The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 334 Planning an Escape Route
Wang Wu felt a chill run down his spine!

If even humans cannot escape the fate of being captured and bled dry, wouldn't that prove one thing: all beings in this prison are equal, and everyone takes turns being the boss?

Now, Lu Wuchen is like a jailer in charge of the Heavenly Tribulation. So, in the prosperous era of the Dragon Clan, were there also powerful Dragon Clan members who were jailers, capturing and bleeding out the Tree Grandpa's kin one by one in the sky?

They even captured the dragons who were at odds with them and took them to the sky.

By the same token, were there ever jailers from the Ancient Tree Clan who captured powerful members of the Monster Clan and bled them out of the sky?

He even suddenly thought of something that had always puzzled him.

More than a hundred years ago, when Lu Wuchen attacked the Great Snow Mountain and fought to expand the Western Wilderness, he only needed to bring Grandpa Huang along, and the two of them could have easily taken over the Great Snow Mountain. Why did he go to such great lengths to invite Jade Bee Immortal from the Western Sea Bee Kingdom?
If all else fails, just go find an ally like Yuchi Qianshan, or a friend named Liu Wujiu. It's that simple.

But now he understands somewhat why the guardian spirit beasts cannot easily leave the city, and even when they travel to and from it, they must use the teleportation array.

So that's why they were afraid of being conscripted.

I dare not say anything else, but if Lu Wuchen had dared to take Grandpa Huang to attack the Great Snow Mountain that day, Grandpa Huang might have ascended to heaven directly. If Grandpa Huang had fought back desperately and smashed the Great Disc, revealing the truth, then the entire area within a radius of five thousand miles of the Great Snow Mountain might have been wiped out.

Furthermore, when the Southern Wilderness Left Demon Emperor and the South Sea Divine Martial Demon Emperor led the allied forces to attack the West Coast, Chen Damao, the guardian spirit beast in that Xuan Tie City, did not participate in the battle from beginning to end. It should be noted that at that time, it was also at the peak of the second rank.

"So if the spiritual energy in the sky starts to decrease and reaches a dangerous critical point, if we can't catch a suitable great demon, we might have to use a first-grade guardian spirit beast to make up the numbers. If we encounter a lone first-grade cultivator in the Heavenly Realm, we can just capture him!"

Thinking of this, Wang Wu couldn't help but think of Chen Damao again. Fifty years ago, it was still at the peak of the second rank, but now it has advanced to the first rank in just a few decades. It would be impossible without the help of external forces.

It's quite possible that in a few days, Chen Damao will be captured by Lu Wuchen and bled dry in the sky...

There's also Songpizi, both of which are first-grade guardian spirit beasts and could be included. However, it's unlikely that Grandpa Huang will be used as a substitute, since the Lu family still needs him to protect Yunding City.

“The spiritual energy descending upon this prison each day is decreasing. Under these circumstances, the prison guards have no choice but to desperately grab strong individuals to bleed them dry. If that's not enough, they might even have to grab second-grade demons and second-grade human cultivators to bleed them dry.”

Of course, these are just Wang Wu's guesses. The actual situation will depend on how the North Sea Serpent Emperor decides to win.

Anyway, during this period, Wang Wu felt that the Snake Emperor seemed to be at ease and no longer activated the bloodline induction divine power, which made him feel like doing something.

"It's possible that the battle in Beihai will be decided within ten years."

"As for me, I need to find a way to break free, continue to grind the Three Calamities, and continue to lie low. That's the right thing to do."

"This prison world will likely become increasingly bizarre and dangerous in the future. Those who can't hide will inevitably run into trouble sooner or later!"

With this in mind, Wang Wu made up his mind that he had to find a way to escape before the competition for the Heavenly Pride Ranking ended, otherwise if he returned to Yunding City, he would most likely have no chance.

At this moment, Wang Wu looked around again and saw that tens of thousands of people had gathered on this huge circular array in a short period of time. They were all human elites who had been born in the last three hundred years or whose age was no more than 320.

If humanity were to be wiped out here, it would be utterly devastated.

Haha!

At this moment, he could hardly see the faces of all the participants, as they were all obscured by the magic array. However, the top 300 people on the previous Heavenly Pride Ranking would be displayed above their heads with purple, green, and white aura.

For example, what is currently displayed above Wang Wu's head is purple aura, with the character "nine" inside.

This is a special honor reserved for the top ten on the list of prodigies.

However, only six of the top ten on the previous year's list were actually selected, with four clearly being too old to participate.

Looking at each of the rankings, Wang Wu saw the second, third, fifth, and sixth place winners, as well as himself, who was ninth, and another person who was tenth.

"Huh? Yu Jinyan, ranked third on the Prodigy Ranking, what's she doing here too!"

Wang Wu was taken aback. Yu Jinyan had joined the Dark Alliance and was therefore wanted by the authorities. How could she possibly have had the opportunity to participate?

Unless this isn't the real Yu Jinyan?

Or is there another hidden story?

Just then, a huge, continuous bell rang out, and four large flags began to fall from above.

One of them is the black flag, which corresponds to the 200th to 300th place. Those who want to compete for this ranking can fight under the black flag.

The second flag is white, corresponding to ranks 100-199.

The third branch is the Blue Flag, corresponding to ranks 11-99.

The last one is a large purple-gold flag, corresponding to the 1st to 10th place.

Wang Wu's gaze was fixed on the purple-gold banner. The aura emanating from it stirred his heart, but at the same time, it made him even more vigilant.

He was certain that whoever came in first place would reap enormous benefits, but it also meant taking on unknown risks, such as being locked onto in the future, with nowhere to hide and inevitably being ascended to replenish their spiritual energy...

At this moment, the second, third, fifth, sixth, and tenth ranked individuals on the Heavenly Pride Ranking soared into the sky, heading straight for the purple-gold banner.

At the same time, dozens of people still resolutely chased after them; these were clearly challengers.

The Prodigy Ranking is updated every hundred years, with a shift of 320 years in between. Therefore, many cultivators wait until they are over 200 years old to participate in the final round, with the aim of breaking into the top ten of the Prodigy Ranking.

At this moment, Wang Wu also flew up on his sword, chasing after the banner and flying higher.

The purple and gold banner seemed to be guiding them toward the statue above, but weren't they afraid of being discovered?

Wang Wu recalled his memories of Yue Shan and immediately understood. So that's how it is!
At this moment, there were about fifty of them. They had traveled nearly ten thousand miles upwards in one go, and finally arrived at a place shrouded in mist. The surrounding area was completely shrouded in thick fog, making it impossible to see anything.

Unless one possesses the Wolf's Gaze Divine Power, or someone like Wang Wu.

But that's really rare, or rather, almost zero.

Ultimately, the Ranking of Prodigies is for young people.

Wang Wu is definitely an exception.

At this moment, the purple-gold banner landed directly on the back of a giant tortoise. This giant tortoise was even larger than the old tortoise in Shamen Village, and its entire shell covered an area of ​​about a thousand miles in radius.

It should be a super-grade existence, definitely a super demon during the heyday of the demon race.

Unfortunately, such a powerful demon is now just an empty shell.

Wang Wu secretly used his level 15 spiritual energy to probe his surroundings, mainly sensing the defensive capabilities of the tortoise shell.

He actually managed to find out the result, mainly because the analysis from those four people was very helpful.

"A super-grade demon, suspected to be the Turtle Emperor. Its shell is a top-grade innate bloodline magic treasure, with ninety-nine layers of defensive divine runes and nine layers of golden body protection. It requires a single strike of thirty million points of damage, concentrated on a single point, to break through it."

……

Damn it, don't even think about it.

Wang Wu was in despair; he couldn't break through that tortoise shell.

At this moment, when the last person caught up and landed, the purple-gold banner suddenly emitted rays of light, forming ten great curtains, corresponding to the rankings from one to ten on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

All challengers must enter the main curtain, and no one else can see the entire battle, thus avoiding the disadvantage of knowing yourself and your enemy to win every battle.

No one spoke. The person who ranked second on the previous Prodigy Ranking directly entered the second battlefield. Naturally, this person had come for the top spot on the Prodigy Ranking.

Following closely behind, Yu Jinyan, who was ranked third on the Prodigy Ranking, rushed in. The two of them had to fight each other to compete for first place.

In theory, they need to determine a winner and loser. The winner will temporarily be first, and the loser will be second. The second-place winner will need to accept a challenge. If the challenger loses, they will temporarily be third. If they win, the challenger can continue to challenge the first-place winner.

And so on.

Subsequently, the person who ranked fifth on the previous Heavenly Pride Ranking directly entered the fifth battlefield.

Next, as expected, Mu Qingli, who ranked sixth on the previous Prodigy Ranking, also entered the fifth battlefield.

The former wants to prove he has the ability to hold onto fifth place, while the latter wants to issue a challenge.

Then it was Wang Wu's turn. There were no seventh or eighth place ahead of him, but he still had to accept the challenge from the tenth place to prove that he had the strength to be ranked ninth before he could challenge the sixth place. After defeating the sixth place, he could continue to challenge forward.

Those rookies from this year's draft will have to compete for the tenth spot.

At this moment, Wang Wu did not rush to enter. He glanced at the tenth-ranked person, who was also looking at him, but it was of no use.

Wang Wu must defend his title first, and he must also defend his title. Only after successfully defending his title can he challenge him.

So Wang Wu wasn't in a hurry. He wandered around again and even tried to sense the supreme magic treasure on the Pride Ranking, but unfortunately he didn't detect anything. The supreme magic treasure was not something he could mess with.

At that moment, he simply entered the ninth battlefield.

Upon entering, Wang Wu sensed a change in spiritual energy similar to that of a teleportation array. Although it was very subtle and rapid, he could clearly feel the difference.

The ground beneath our feet is still the turtle's back, but it's definitely not on the original turtle's back anymore, because the battlefield space has become approximately 300 kilometers in radius.

There was a sense of urgency, as if the main venue wasn't big enough, so they had to set up several branch venues.

Wang Wu smiled slightly to himself. With a quick scan of the level 15 spiritual energy, he could basically determine that this was a first-grade turtle demon. First-grade, very strong, but not strong enough.

Its shell is much weaker, requiring about 500 million points of damage to break through.

Hehe, Wang Wu's original idea, which he never dared to even think about, finally started to stir.

Using the shell of a first-class tortoise demon as a competition arena is going too far.

Of course, it's also possible that they've never had a similar safety incident before, so they're quite weak in this area.

After all, everyone came here to compete for a ranking, hoping to become a champion, but then a bear snuck in...

If we don't make a hole in it, it would be a disservice to Lu Wuchen's current illustrious reputation.

Just as I was pondering this, I saw another figure enter the battlefield. It seemed to be the guy who was ranked tenth.

Why so fast?
Logically speaking, he should have defeated a challenger and defended his tenth place before he could continue challenging.

No, he's not the one ranked tenth!
He was the challenger, and he won, all in just two minutes? A peak second-grade cultivator was defeated?
Suddenly, a grand and majestic voice resounded like thunder.

"This year's rising star on the Prodigy Ranking, Liu Zongbai of the Human Race, challenged Lu Yishu of the Human Race, who was tenth on last year's Prodigy Ranking, and won decisively! He is hereby promoted!"

"Liu Zongbai of the human race is ranked tenth on this year's Prodigy Ranking. He challenges Yue Shan of the human race, who was ranked ninth on last year's Prodigy Ranking. The winner will continue to advance, and the loser will be demoted one level."

"This battle is to be stopped once one side has conceded defeat. The other side shall not launch another attack."

"This battle can last for a maximum of twelve hours. If a winner cannot be determined within this period, the Heavenly Pride Ranking will make the final decision."

"After each battle, there will be twelve hours of rest. Apart from the supplies you bring, there will be no other supplies. The victor can either continue to challenge the next level or stay here to defend the title."

"The final deadline for this ranking of prodigies will be when all challengers have completed their challenges."

"The victor of the challenge may not leave the battlefield without a valid reason unless he intends to continue challenging higher levels; otherwise, his battle record will be reset to zero."

"On the battlefield, neither side may use more than ten divine talismans brought from outside the battlefield, nor more than five magical treasures."

"When the incense burns out, the battle begins."

……

A huge incense stick suddenly appeared, but it burned extremely fast, just like a ten-second countdown.

Wang Wu stared in astonishment at the young man opposite him who looked remarkably like Liu Wujiu. "Damn, he's met a true human genius."

(End of this chapter)