Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

Wu Xiaode let out a big yawn.

——Ever since Blood Youth entered the temple again, a whole bunch of sculptures have been continuously fished out.

The harvest was naturally rich.

However, now Blood Youth has entered the cave and started to ascend.

Fishing has basically ended.

Wu Xiaode turned his head to look at his feet.

Beside the stool, the bucket was filled with bracelets, rings, boots, earrings, headdresses, and all sorts of things.

He picked up the bucket and counted, there were about dozens of items.

These things are quite strange.

Each one has the label "Artifacts of an Unknown Epoch" floating on it.

The weird thing is that all of these can be integrated with his third wall.

Should he keep them, or merge them into the wall?

Wu Xiaode was hesitating when he saw a figure appear at the temple entrance.

Blood Youth.

Has she completed her ascension?

Wu Xiaode suddenly felt uneasy and, with a twitch of his hand, integrated all the harvest into the wall.

A line of bronze characters immediately appeared:

"The third wall has gained powerful evolutionary forces, current progress 97%, please continue to find suitable treasures to integrate into the wall."

97%!

Wu Xiaode felt slightly invigorated, stood up, and waved at Blood Youth:

"How is it? Have you completed the ascension?"

Blood Youth smiled at him and nodded, saying: "Completed, thank you Brother Wu for helping me, otherwise I would have died here long ago."

A spark of electricity flashed through Wu Xiaode's mind.

Die?

She's already an Evil Object, how could she die?

Aside from the Holy Sarina, I've never seen anyone able to kill an Evil Demon.

"Are you saying that those guys can kill you?"

Wu Xiaode asked.

"Not kill, but devour me——they can devour everything about me, turn my power into theirs." Blood Youth said.

Devour...

Evil Demons can defeat each other by devouring.

But I'm not an Evil Demon.

Still clueless.

Wu Xiaode looked Blood Youth up and down, puzzled:

"It's said that after Evil Transformation, cognition will completely change, like becoming a different person. How come you don't seem to have changed much?"

Blood Youth was also baffled, opening her mouth: "I was born from the corpses of numerous gods, this trait seems a bit like Evil Transformation, so... I don't know, I am still myself anyway."

Wu Xiaode pondered secretly, feeling that something wasn't right.

No way.

From my knowledge and experience, Evil Transformation is Evil Transformation, never heard of anyone retaining their original self after Evil Transformation.

Could Blood Youth be special?

Recalling carefully, Blood Youth was schemed against by "Pangu," and after Evil Transformation was going to become the new Heavenly Venerate of the Evil Transformed Pangu World.

"Pangu" is not the original evil demon, but the Evil Transformed World Will.

So "Pangu" might also not understand her true value.

After Evil Transformation, Blood Youth was trapped by the Queen Mother of the West in the Blood Pool for eighteen years, without being discovered by any evil demon.

So——

"Brother Wu, it seems that something has come." Blood Youth suddenly said.

Wu Xiaode instinctively reached out, pressed Blood Youth's shoulder, and turned her into a card, storing it in the Golden Evil Spirit Book.

The book closed and disappeared into the void.

Only Wu Xiaode was left on the spot.

——If Blood Youth is indeed special, once discovered by high-level evil demons, it will definitely cause problems.

So it's best to hide her!

As Wu Xiaode finished this, he immediately heard a voice in the void:

"I heard the lower-level ascension ceremony was destroyed, and I'm here to check, but I never expected it to be an S-class."

The surrounding darkness gathered into a humanoid presence.

Wu Xiaode naturally didn't recognize it, but he didn't know if Liao knew this creature, so he said:

"I'm here for business."

The dark humanoid presence said coldly, "Trespass my domain, there's only one outcome."

"Oh?" Wu Xiaode also said coldly.

He clasped his hands together, forming an eerie shape.

Extermin·Veil Frost Requiem!

This is S-class Evil Demon Liao's attack skill!

Wu Xiaode held the handprints without releasing them, staring at the opponent, continued to ask:

"What outcome, you can elaborate."

The dark humanoid presence fell silent.

——This guy starts with such a move, is it necessary?

S-class terminal attack evil magic, prefixed with "Extermin," once unleashed, the enemy is destroyed.

Am I going to take such a blow?

The corners of the dark humanoid's mouth twitched, and it softened its tone, saying:

"You've caused trouble here, so you must explain yourself, otherwise no one will know what happened, don't you agree?"

Wu Xiaode said, "My subordinate came here for a promotion, but faced difficulties from multiple parties. If I don't step in, how can I make my way in the future?"

"Impossible!" the dark humanoid said categorically, "You're an S-level being; who would be foolish enough to block you? I absolutely don't believe it!"

"You can ask those guys guarding the temple," Wu Xiaode said.

The dark humanoid looked back.

Under its harsh gaze, one dark statue after another quietly appeared, trembling as they came before the two of them.

"We sincerely apologize. At first, we didn't know the one seeking promotion was a subordinate of this esteemed personage,"

said one of the statues.

The other statues echoed in unison, "That's right, we just saw her being dragged out of the temple each time, not knowing she had a big boss backing her here."

The dark humanoid listened and turned back towards Wu Xiaode, looking confused.

—You say you're an S-level being; if you want to help your subordinate achieve promotion, you could have just stood at the temple entrance.

But you hid here watching your subordinate get beaten, only to help fight those who attacked them afterward.

What's the point of this?

But these words cannot be said aloud, as doing so would collapse the current situation.

That one move, Annihilation · Ice and Frost Cicada, would destroy everything here.

"Alright, I see this was a misunderstanding. Since it's resolved and those undergoing promotion challenges have paid the price, let's leave it at that."

the dark humanoid said.

"...Okay, that works," Wu Xiaode replied.

As he spoke, he dispersed the magic seal in his hand.

All the evil objects breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, the matter here is settled. I won't intervene anymore. You can all disperse,"

Wu Xiaode added.

"Since your subordinate has already been promoted, and the matter here resolved, why haven't you left?" the dark humanoid asked.

"I'm just wandering around. You don't mind, do you?" Wu Xiaode replied.

"...Alright, I won't disturb you then," the dark humanoid said.

In a flash, it disappeared without a trace.

The other evil objects also quickly moved away from Wu Xiaode.

The entire world returned to tranquility.

Only Wu Xiaode remained standing in his original spot.

His gaze fell on the temple, gradually becoming grave.

There seemed to be... something inside that temple that couldn't be ignored.

The Evil Spirit Book quietly appeared.

Lines of small bronze script appeared before Wu Xiaode's eyes:

"Your spirit skill: Element Detection, has been automatically activated."

"Effect: Detect the elements that compose all things, understanding and mastering the methods to use them."

The sensation in Wu Xiaode's heart intensified.

"Might as well take a look."

He murmured to himself, lightly leaping towards the temple.

As he passed through the temple gates and walked along the long corridor leading to the underground cave, the statues beside the path all prostrated themselves on the ground, making gestures of respectful salutation.

Wu Xiaode ignored these evil objects and walked straight to the bronze wall.

He raised his head and looked at the wall.

On the wall were engraved three complete, colorful murals, conveying stories from a past era despite the ravages of time.

The first mural depicted a sky full of divine beings, gathered in the void, every one of them with worried expressions.

In the second mural, the divine beings collectively used their mana to fight against dark creatures, but they were caught one by one and imprisoned in iron cages.

The last mural depicted the remaining divine beings, still free, gathered in a secret temple, forming a circle, channeling all their power into one divine being.

That divine being punched forward, opening a rift in time and space.

It seemed that only he escaped.

It's unknown in which epoch this happened, or what became of that escaped divine being.

The sensation in Wu Xiaode's heart grew stronger and stronger.

This mural—

actually has a method of use.

Through 'Element Detection,' he had already discerned its operating mechanism.

Yes, once activated, it can take you through the void the divine being tore open to reach his place of refuge.

Go and see!

Wu Xiaode moved, flying into the air, placing his hand on the third mural, where the divine being's handprint was.

"Ha!"

He shouted forcefully, his palm enveloped in Evil Spirit Power, pushing forward.

Rumble—

The divine being's handprint immediately gained power, opening a rift in the void once again, drawing Wu Xiaode in.

The world collapsed, the passage passed in an instant, reaching the other side.

Wu Xiaode landed on solid ground, immediately looking around.

Then he saw a familiar sight—

One after another, mountains of televisions.

—And the evil demons standing before the television mountains.