Abundant Martial Arts Virtue-Chapter 1028 - 867: The Ceremony Begins!

Wu Xiaode stepped on the massive head of the Evil Demon, feeling a bit surprised.

"Your battle skills are the strongest I have seen among the Evil Demons, but why are you so weak?"

He asked.

"Sealed... for too long..." the Evil Demon King growled lowly.

It tried to struggle, but Wu Xiaode stood firmly on its face, preventing any movement.

Wu Xiaode pondered for a few moments, then spoke:

"Originally, once the Pilgrimage started, you could be released."

"Who would have known that the Pilgrimage was covered up by Liu Ping and Nan Li? Those Evil Demons couldn't even find the door, delayed for countless ages, and your power was excessively depleted without replenishment; is that right?"

The battle was unexpectedly simple.

The opponent clearly had many extremely powerful Magic, but unfortunately, their strength was too weak.

There was a barrier to kill all enemies, which was shattered simply with a powerful finishing move.

——The opponent was too weak!

"That's right, until you opened the door of the 'Pilgrimage'..."

The Evil Demon King sighed with unwillingness:

"Unfortunately, you came too fast, I barely had time to devour a few more Evil Demons."

Wu Xiaode was silent for a moment, then lifted his fist—

Boom!!!

With a punch, the Evil Demon King was smashed into pieces.

——until this moment, he not only gained the Power of Eternal Destruction, but his strength was still increasing at 9 times the speed.

A colorful treasure dropped to the ground.

Wu Xiaode picked it up and looked.

"True Ancient Demon King's Spear."

"?????????"

"Its power has been exhausted, you must infuse enough power into it for it to awaken."

——The Evil Demon King didn't lie.

The treasures it exploded were useless like this.

Wu Xiaode was about to infuse it into the "Demon Transformation" state, but saw that the colorful treasure seemed to be under a curse, directly scattering into threads of light and merging into the ribbon.

Wu Xiaode, with anger, grabbed the ribbon and said:

"What are you doing? Stealing things?"

The ribbon said nothing, with a "pop," transforming into a small colorful key, falling into Wu Xiaode's hand.

The key was surrounded by a frame.

——It transformed into a card.

Lines of bronze small letters quickly refreshed:

"Heavenly Information reminds you."

"The current world is a secret passage world leading to the Holy Realm, and your fourth card has completed basic power evolution, transforming into the key to leave the passage—"

"Ultimate Card·Holy and Demon Key."

"Using it can reach the Top of Holy Pillar, initiating the Ascension Ladder ritual to proceed to the Holy Realm."

"——This is the true return to Eternal, the path to transcendence and sainthood!"

A silence fell.

The entire world fell into boundless silence.

All history, Law, and Power were all frozen in this moment.

In the endless worlds, countless beings seemed to feel something, halting all their actions.

Even the most ordinary people closed their mouths and stopped talking.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing why this was happening.

Billions of worlds plunged into deathly silence.

Wu Xiaode became tense.

——He could already perform the final "Ascension Ladder" ritual, truly heading for the Holy Realm.

He toyed with the Holy and Demon Key card in his hand, sighing lightly:

"It's a pity, without collecting the entire 'Pilgrimage' deck."

"But it seems it doesn't matter anymore..."

Because the most important thing was this key.

With it, the ritual could be initiated.

Therefore——

"I still want to collect other cards, just for fun."

Wu Xiaode said as he was about to turn and leave.

Life Runes flickered all over his body, using the power of the Pilgrimage card two: "Destined Girl," to start searching for the world where other cards were located.

In the next instant.

An unexpected change occurred——

A slender, pale hand emerged from the Void, gently plucking up the "Holy and Demon Key."

Soon after, a woman appeared before Wu Xiaode.

Xia Huilan.

She cheered and took a few steps forward, hugging Wu Xiaode, gently kissing him.

"Little Wu," she said with a happy smile, "you are truly the best!"

"Sister Lan? Why are you here?"

After kissing, Wu Xiaode asked, half-joyfully, half-curiously.

"Because you acquired this card," Xia Huilan proudly showed him the "Holy and Demon Key," then——

Snap.

The card transformed into a colorful key, inserted into the Void.

The entire secret passage world, as well as every world, bronze holy pillar, battlefield, and the all worlds of the pilgrimage, both past and future, began to tremble.

In a flash.

Wu Xiaode found himself and Xia Huilan already standing on an altar.

Beneath the altar was the bronze holy pillar.

——This was the top of the bronze holy pillar!

"Those who ascended to the holy realm in the past merely climbed up from here; they never truly gained the power of the holy realm."

"But this time is different."

Xia Huilan said softly.

She looked around.

The void responded to her will, quietly manifesting countless law runes emitting radiant flames.

The runes encircled the altar, causing a skyward brilliance to rise from its center.

The entire altar was activated!

"Sister Lan, we still don't know what truly lies in the holy realm; everything is unknown, starting like this in haste—could it be dangerous?"

Wu Xiaode asked anxiously.

Xia Huilan gently stroked his face, smiling:

"There will be no danger."

"Little Wu, don't forget, I am the ultimate enigmatic blade of the holy realm, having descended from the true holy realm."

"What will happen?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"The holy realm will reinfuse its power into me, allowing me to reclaim my former authority," Xia Huilan said.

She lightly tapped in the void, releasing runes to merge with the others around the altar.

Endless light surged from the ten directions of the void, converging upon her.

At this moment, she seemed like the ultimate truth between heaven and earth, the end and the beginning of everything, representing eternal truth.

"Sister Lan..."

"Why do the evil demons say I'm one of them?"

Wu Xiaode voiced his doubt.

"I lied to them, deceiving them so they wouldn't attack you for the moment," Xia Huilan said.

"Is that even possible?" Wu Xiaode didn't understand.

Xia Huilan smiled:

"After all, my evil power is stronger than theirs, and my power envelops you, easily subduing their power."

"Sister Lan," Wu Xiaode looked at the woman before him, softly said, "Can we truly end the era of evil demons' rampant chaos?"

"Yes, it's about to end," Xia Huilan said.

The runes around the altar became increasingly violent.

Boundless laws from all worlds gathered at the top of the bronze holy pillar, forming an array around the altar.

Xia Huilan seemed extremely joyous, holding Wu Xiaode's hand:

"When eternity falls, it becomes two extremes."

"In their evolution of everything, they are in an eternally opposing relationship."

"When one increases, the other decreases; when one is born, the other perishes; when one emits light, the other spreads darkness."

"——This entanglement has lasted for endless ages, and without action, it will continue."

"Fortunately——"

"I found you, Little Wu."

"You opened the ascension ritual, giving me the power of the eternal ritual."

"Now, as long as I kill and devour the other extreme, the evolution of eternity's fall will cease and return to a state of no increase, no decrease, no birth, no death, no light, nor darkness."

"I will return and become eternal."

Wu Xiaode instinctively tightened his grip on her hand, asking, "Sister Lan, you're one of the extremes? If you win, will all evil demons disappear?"

"Yes!"

"They will all revert to my power, becoming my subordinates."

"And what about me? What about all beings?" Wu Xiaode asked.

Xia Huilan radiated wave after wave of sharp light pulses, spreading towards the boundless world.

Buzz——buzz——buzz——

The intense waves became increasingly violent, like tides.

She gazed at Wu Xiaode, gently saying:

"You will merge with me, becoming a part of eternity."

"As for all beings——"

"All things in heaven and earth, and void beings, are merely the entropy increase of eternity."

"All these will be reduced to ashes."

On the other side.

Blood Sea.

Gu Qingshan was talking with Liu Ping when he suddenly sensed that tide-like wave of great power.

"What kind of power is this, so incredibly strong!"

Liu Ping's expression changed.

——The wave carried an ominous aura, alerting Liu Ping to something bad.

The source of this power seemed even stronger than Gu Qingshan!

How could that be!

He suddenly realized, looking sharply at Gu Qingshan.

"Hey, the other party used some ritual, seemingly drawing in all existing power, you and I together don't seem enough to match them."

Gu Qingshan, as if unheard, looked up at the sky, and said softly:

"Master..."

His voice was filled with worry.