Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

"Peaceful coexistence?"

"Yes, peaceful coexistence."

"It seems we've reached an agreement."

Wu Xiaode was speaking when suddenly a mysterious feeling emerged in his chest.

This feeling was so familiar that he froze on the spot with a look of surprise.

But he quickly reacted.

He looked up—

Only to see a long blood bar appear above his head.

The blood was continuously dropping.

"I see now... No wonder you're so agreeable, let me find out..."

Wu Xiaode took a step forward.

—According to memory, he originally stood within the secret passage's door, only half a meter away from the bronze pillar.

So—

He raised his hand and reached into the Void.

His hand stopped mid-air.

Clearly, it was the Eternal Cycle Holy Realm, clearly in the wasteland, clearly ahead was the Void—

However, Wu Xiaode's hand touched something.

Continuing to feel, he discovered an oval-shaped pillar hidden in the void.

I see now...

In the void, lines of small bronze words quickly appeared:

"You have pre-set the 135th bronze brick of the bronze castle to be triggered."

"Trigger condition:"

"When the main body of the World Skill stays still for a long time, execute a dagger attack."

"Currently, you are stabbed in the chest."

"Currently, you reached and touched the bronze pillar in the secret passage, unlocking the Divine Soul Concealing Skill."

"The opponent can no longer seal your five senses."

"The opponent's technique has been temporarily broken!"

In an instant.

Everything around disappeared completely.

The world returned to darkness.

Wu Xiaode realized he was still standing in the secret passage, in front was exactly the bronze pillar leading to the Holy Realm.

From the beginning, he had never left here!

Everything that just happened was merely some technique of the opponent!

The Evil Spirit Book opened, showing two bronze castles in symmetrical state, leaping off the page.

The opponent indeed simulated his World Skill.

He even entered the Divine Soul Concealing Skill the opponent cast, luckily he made some pre-preparations, otherwise it would have been impossible to wake up.

"You could actually sense!"

A voice of astonishment rang from Wu Xiaode's body.

U-level Evil Demon!

Its voice sounded, and Wu Xiaode also reacted simultaneously.

"Brick No. 389, Brick No. 792, Brick No. 1585, all activate!"

In the bronze castle, three bricks immediately flew up, changing in mid-air.

One bronze brick became handcuffs and shackles, tightly locking Wu Xiaode's hands and feet.

Another bronze brick turned into a heavy iron armor tightly binding his entire body.

This iron armor was about two fingers thick, covered in beehive-like holes from top to bottom, not knowing for what purpose.

The moment the iron armor trapped Wu Xiaode, the third bronze brick also flew out.

It turned into a faceless bronze helmet etched with dense and eerie runes, directly covering Wu Xiaode's head, sealing his facial senses.

Wu Xiaode's heart was even more anxious—

—it's time to act faster!

After all, the battle prompt rune written "the opponent's technique has been temporarily broken."

Which means—

He could slip back into this terrifying illusion at any moment!

"My small step, is our shared path towards death."

With a thought, Wu Xiaode made these small words float beside the two bronze castles.

He took a small step forward, his entire body falling downward, swiftly plummeting along the bronze pillar.

"Stop."

A voice echoed in his ear.

Wu Xiaode did not respond, continuing to fall.

But a new prompt rune appeared on the Evil Spirit Book:

"You activated the 2211th bronze brick."

A bronze brick appeared out of nowhere, transforming into a sharp spear, roaring as it rushed toward Wu Xiaode.

Thunk.

The bronze spear pierced through the holes in the iron armor, directly penetrating his body.

"Ugh."

He couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

—But he was already prepared, how could there still be sound?

It must be the Evil Demon suddenly subjected to such an attack, unable to help but let out a sound under the pain.

Swish—

The bronze spear pierced through Wu Xiaode's body, like an afterimage shuttling back and forth in the void.

It began to accelerate, piercing through Wu Xiaode's body at an incomparable speed.

The next moment.

All surrounding scenes flashed.

Wu Xiaode found himself standing again at the entrance of the secret passage.

The shackles on his hands and feet had disappeared, the heavy iron armor and helmet were also gone, and the injuries on his body were completely healed.

The Evil Demon spoke:

"You think by jumping down, you can make me die with you? Dream on!"

"So you rescued my body?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"That's right, as long as I'm here, don't expect to die just like that." The Evil Demon replied.

A mysterious smile appeared on Wu Xiaode's lips.

The Evil Spirit Book promptly showed a new line of small text:

"You have released the Holy Skill 'Love, Dreams, and World Peace'."

A blood bar appeared above Wu Xiaode's head.

He looked up.

Only to see that his blood bar had already dropped 20%.

Perhaps it was a sudden event—

Even though in the next moment, the health bar was instantly full again, revealing the truth of the situation.

I am not at full health.

This indicates that the recovery just now was fake!

At this moment, I am still falling towards the bottom of the endless Bronze pillar!

That spear is still relentlessly attacking me!

As Wu Xiaode came to this realization, small bronze letters appeared:

"The power of this technique is strengthening. Henceforth, no matter what, you will be unable to see through this technique."

Wu Xiaode couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

The next moment.

With his will, bronze bricks flew up from the Evil Spirit Book, transforming into bronze spears out of thin air.

All the spears began attacking him.

"Ahhhhh——"

He suddenly burst out in a roar of anger, raised his hand, broke free from the shackles, and pressed down the Void.

All the spears shattered into dust instantly.

"If this body dies, you and I both die, fool!"

Wu Xiaode shouted with the furious screams of an Evil Demon.

However, Wu Xiaode himself did not respond to it.

A line of small bronze letters quietly appeared on the Evil Spirit Book:

"Brick No. 792 activates its hidden ability."

"Slash!"

Suddenly, the armor on his body transformed into the Desert Sword, slicing Wu Xiaode's body in half.

The health bar above his head instantly dropped to zero.

Zero health means he is dead right now!

In a flash—

He screamed, "You won't drag me to death!"

Before the words had finished, the bronze castle belonging to the U-level Evil Demon on the Evil Spirit Book suddenly vanished.

Infinite black shadows emanated from Wu Xiaode's body, coalescing into the figure of the U-level Evil Demon.

Wu Xiaode's body seemed like a lone boat about to sink in the Sea of Death.

But at the last moment, the Evil Demon escaped!

—It managed to break free from the entanglement and restraint of two techniques at the moment of death!

This way, only Wu Xiaode dies!

It remains unharmed!

At the same moment, Wu Xiaode also made his final response—

"I choose to conceal the current path."

He said quickly.

The doll quietly appeared, waved its tiny hand, and shouted, "With the power of the benevolent father, conceal this emergency refuge pathway!"

Yes!

This emergency refuge pathway has a "concealment" trait!

From the beginning, the doll explained to Wu Xiaode—

"The path itself possesses great concealment. If you want to break this concealment, it means abandoning the pilgrimage path, never able to ascend again to reach the Holy Realm."

The Evil Demon had already left Wu Xiaode's body.

To avoid shared death, it even left Wu Xiaode's Evil Spirit Book!

So when Wu Xiaode concealed this pathway, it could never find this pathway again!

If it tried to break the concealing skill of this pathway, it would no longer be able to climb its pilgrimage path.

It would also lose the chance to reach the Holy Realm!

—So everything Wu Xiaode prepared was not for fighting it.

Wu Xiaode's sole purpose was to drive it out of this pathway!

"Pfft."

Wu Xiaode spat out a mouthful of blood, reached out, and grabbed the other half of his severed body.

At this moment, his health bar slightly rebounded a thread.

Holy Realm Attribute—

"Spinning Long Blood"!

Although he had the Holy Realm Attribute buff, Wu Xiaode's body had been cut into two, and at most a few seconds later, he would die!

On the brink of Life and Death, he suddenly raised his hand and shouted:

"Oh benevolent father of Heaven!"

"I support your cause with a total of ten billion tons of Gold!"

Boom—

Endless golden sand appeared in the Void, entirely burying him within.

Almost simultaneously, the brilliant and radiant Healing Skill illuminated the endless darkness, emitting a solemn and majestic golden glow.

Under this blazing golden light, the last thread of blood above Wu Xiaode's head was stabilized.

His two halves of the body began to merge.

For a good dozen breaths.

The wounds gradually healed, and the organs inside were rejuvenated.

The health bar above his head also recovered to 10%.

—He survived!

These events seem slow in narration but actually occurred in the brief moments after he chopped his body.

Taking advantage of the moment when the U-level Evil Demon was evading, he had already concealed that emergency refuge pathway, then healed himself, and then—

"Enter the emergency refuge pathway."

Wu Xiaode said.

Swish—

The emergency refuge pathway reappeared.

Wu Xiaode grabbed onto the uneven surface of the Bronze pillar and slid down several dozen meters before finally stopping.

He hung there on the Bronze pillar, resting for several seconds before letting out a long breath.

U-level Evil Demon—

It is unbeatable.

With its terror, even trapped in my own body, it nearly engulfed me in an endless illusion.

Fortunately, I used every trick, even wagering on the Eternal Evil Spirit Power, and finally got rid of it.

At this moment.

I finally truly gained the "refuge pathway + concealed identity" that the doll mentioned.

The U-level Evil Demon will no longer be able to interfere with me.

—From here on, it's a race to see who reaches the top first and arrives at the Holy Realm.

Only one person can reach the Holy Realm!