The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 450 The Last Fight

With enough boulders and black iron, building a main three-defense fortress is not difficult.

Xiong Wangshou and two other prison laborers finished building it in just a few minutes with smiles on their faces.

Wang Wu wanted to help, but they refused.

"Young brother, take a rest. I'm not bragging, but if you can send out a clone every day to search for old remains, then wherever I am, if that gray-eyed guy tries to jump around again, I'll just crush his balls."

“That’s right, that’s right. Although we are prisoners, our eyes are still sharp. What Array Master Qingxue said makes a lot of sense. The fewer Heaven and Earth Needles there are, the smoother the overall control of the Great Wilderness Prison Tower will be. This is the minimum quality control of the Hidden Origin Society. One hundred Heaven and Earth Needles is already the minimum standard. If one hundred and five Heaven and Earth Needles are actually built, that will be the beginning of bad luck.”

“We don’t know what those guys are up to, but they definitely have bad intentions. Anyway, we’re too lazy to be bribed. We just want a reduced sentence. Qingxue, don’t be discouraged. Can we talk to your master again and invite two more array masters over? If we can compress the Heaven and Earth Needles to 99, that would be a great achievement.”

The two prison guards chatted back and forth, seemingly quite optimistic, while Xiong Wangshou remained silent.

As for Wang Wu, he simply ignored the old prison guard's words, thinking, "What a joke!"

Once the NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical) fortress was completed, the group of five quickly entered it, none of them wanting to linger in the evil winds.

At this moment, Qingxue suddenly said, "Don't nurture the Three-Defense Armor until the supplies arrive. I don't have much spiritual energy left."

Wang Wu deeply agreed, because the consumption was too great.

To remain in this land ravaged by the three calamities for long, one must rely entirely on spiritual energy.

According to Qingxue's previous statement, building a Heaven and Earth Needle would require one trillion points of spiritual energy.

Taking this three-defense main fortress as an example, although it provides a very stable and clear spiritual energy environment, the cost is that it consumes 100 million points of spiritual energy every day it operates.

In addition, the daily maintenance of the Three-Protection Armor requires one million points of spiritual energy each time, and that's just for ordinary nurturing.

The last time Qingxue repaired Wang Wu's three-proof armor, it probably cost over several hundred million.

As for the total value of the three-proof armor, it must be at least several billion, otherwise, he wouldn't have been so angry that Qingxue would have cursed him out for not taking care of it before.

"Wang Zhige, come here."

Qingxue then called out again, and Wang Wu scurried over. Qingxue had a jade talisman in her hand, and with a flick of her wrist, the interior of the main fortress was divided in two, perfectly separating them from Xiong Wangshou and the two prisoners.

Wang Wu was amazed and at the same time understood everything.

Although this array master squad was nominally sent by the Craftsmen's Office, in reality, it was Frost Lord who brought his own funding to join the team. Qingxue was Frost Lord's representative and also served as the squad's financial and logistics manager.

The array master Zihan looked delicate and charming, but she was actually full of wicked schemes.

It's possible that this is still a case of competitors at the same level as Shuangjun undermining each other.

"Wang Zhige, can I trust you?"

Qingxue suddenly said something like this.

Wang Wu looked at her carefully and nodded immediately. "Miss Qingxue, please feel free to ask for my help. I have been grateful for your help many times before, and I will do anything you need to go through fire and water for me!"

Upon hearing this, Qingxue fell silent again. She was wearing a three-proof armor, so her face and eyes were obscured, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

After a long silence, she finally spoke, "Those three outside are not trustworthy either. Don't be fooled by their sweet talk; they won't hesitate to turn on you when the time comes."

"However, we have no way out. Of the one hundred Heaven and Earth Needles, we have only built twenty-four so far. Qin Wushuang and Zhao Zihan's attack at this time is obviously premeditated. It is probably related to the matter outside. Some people see that my master Shuangjun has no chance to advance to the second-grade elder, and they want to take the opportunity to kill her."

“However, the Great Wilderness Prison Tower is very special and cannot be contacted by the outside world. If my master finds out about this, it will take at least nine days. By the time she finds a suitable array master, it will be too late.”

"Therefore, I want you to learn five array patterns to help me build the Heaven and Earth Needle!"

"Ah I!"

Wang Wu was taken aback. "Is this appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate about it? The key is whether you can handle it."

"Are those five array patterns difficult to master?" Wang Wu asked tentatively, because in fact, he had already basically mastered them when Qin Wushuang analyzed the array patterns last time, and he found them quite easy.

Qingxue then explained, "Well, it's very difficult. Becoming a formation master requires talent. It's not enough to just have a strong primordial spirit and strong deduction ability. You need to have the ability to unravel complexities, observe subtle details, and grasp the changes in that wisp of spiritual light."

“Those three outside are all True Immortals at the fifth level of Taiyi. Their strength is strong enough, right? If you say they don’t understand, are not familiar with, or are not good at the Dao of Formations, that’s a joke. In the long years, there’s nothing they can’t learn. However, what they lack is the talent to adapt to changing circumstances and accurately find the most correct path from among thousands of variables.”

“In a sense, I’m no different from them. I can be the second-ranked array master, and so can they. But none of us can be the chief array master.”

“Now, I think your talent for discerning is very likely to have such an ability.”

At this point, Qingxue took out a similar purple jade talisman. The array pattern on it was the same one Qin Wushuang had analyzed last time. "This is called the Vermilion Bird Array Pattern. It's one of the nine array patterns needed for the reconstruction of the Prison Tower. Eighty years ago, our Frost Domain won the right to build one hundred Vermilion Bird Array Patterns through a competition. Now, try to analyze it and see if you can decipher its sixty-four variations. Based on these variations, we can determine the location of the Heaven and Earth Needle and how to build it."

"Qin Wushuang was in charge of this matter before, but he went too far and I could no longer tolerate it."

"Can't you parse it?"

Wang Wu asked curiously.

"Yes, it can analyze those three outside too, but it's useless."

"As I said, this is a talent, a talent that cannot be quantified, understood, described, or replicated. Don't think that just because I am also a formation master, Zhao Zihan and I, like many others, can only build the Heaven and Earth Needle within a pre-carved framework. Or, if it weren't for the interference of the Three Calamities, we could also deploy the vast majority of formations in the world quickly and well."

"But in the current environment, the changes in Yin and Yang are too drastic, and the variables brought about by the three calamities are too great. They are unpredictable and ever-changing. This requires a true array master with such talent to solve the problem."

"Qin Wushuang has this kind of talent. To be honest, if the area he chose this time hadn't been so outrageous, I wouldn't have broken ties with him."

"I understand, I'll give it a try."

Wang Wu suddenly realized that there was such a prerequisite that made Qin Wushuang's analysis of the array patterns seem so easy.

No wonder Qin Wushuang didn't need to hide anything and just openly analyzed it.

Just like the knowledge in books, everything is clearly written out, and the principles are all there. Within this framework, most people can get a good high score or even a perfect score.

However, when applied to real-world situations, they become clueless.

The environment inside the Great Wilderness Prison Tower is now so harsh and complex, with Yin and Yang energies moving like smoke, unpredictable and ever-changing, and further complicated by the Three Calamities.

This is indeed enough to cause the vast majority of array masters to perish.

Without hesitation, Wang Wu took the purple jade slip and then a white jade slip handed to him by Qingxue. After a moment's thought, he began to inscribe the analysis unit on the white jade slip.

In less than ten minutes, he had inscribed a total of sixty-four analytical array patterns.

“I secretly learned a little bit when Qin Wushuang was analyzing it before.”

Wang Wu didn't hide anything.

However, Qingxue wasn't too surprised. She took the white jade slip, examined it for a moment, and then said, "The analysis result is correct, but this only proves that you and I are no different from the three outside; we can all be array masters. What I need is for you to be able to accurately and precisely complete this deployment even in chaotic spiritual energy conditions."

After saying that, Qingxue took out the Heaven and Earth Compass and handed it to Wang Wu. "This Heaven and Earth Compass is extremely valuable. The cost of one piece is enough to build ten Heaven and Earth Needles. Take it and try to find out the location of a Heaven and Earth Needle for me on the Three-Protection Treasure Ship. Don't ask me how to find it, because I don't know either."

"All I can do is buy you fifteen days. If you succeed within fifteen days, then we will have survived this ordeal. If you fail, Frost Domain will sell the construction of the Heaven and Earth Needle to other forces at half price. We cannot invest too much in this matter. It will only make us bogged down and cause heavy losses to Frost Domain. It will also completely cut off Frost Lord's path to becoming a second-grade elder."

"Ah! Can't I try it here?"

Wang Wu was taken aback. No wonder Qingxue was so decisive; the situation had become so dire.

Wait a minute, if Shuangjun withdraws his investment, Qingxue will also leave, but as a prisoner, he can't leave.

"There's no point in trying here. When it comes to formations, if you understand them, you truly understand them; if you don't, you truly don't understand them. You could say that if you successfully explore a Heaven and Earth Needle, you've almost completed half of the task."

After saying that, Qingxue took out a brand new set of three-proof armor, a large bottle of compressed spiritual liquid, and a miniature three-proof boat.

"Don't be surprised. In my current situation, I can only seek medical help in desperation. This is my last resort."

"Remember, if you cannot complete the exploration within fifteen days, do not come back. Take this triple-protection armor and triple-protection boat and find a place to escape. Once Frost Domain sells this mission, I cannot stay and will no longer be able to protect you. The Qin family may only want you to die with Qin Yu, but the blood curse on your body is what Xiong Wangshou wants, and the Hidden Dragon Tendon is what Gray Eyes wants. Do not underestimate these criminals. Before they were thrown into the Great Wilderness Prison, each of them was famous in their own right, and they were on the same level as my master Frost Lord and your master Gray Elder."

"They are now allowed to help repair the Tower of Sin. You might think this is a punishment for you, but it is actually a reward for them because it means that the Hidden Origin Society has actually worn down their backbone and has decided to accept them into the Hidden Origin Society's Dark Domain."

"So don't listen to their nonsense, like they wouldn't dare to violate the rules of the Hidden Origin Society. But in reality, in a few hundred years, they will all be able to become third-rank elders of the Hidden Origin Society's Dark Domain. They could kill you without any consequences, if you're still alive by then."

"Give me a hair of yours, and then go."

After Qingxue finished speaking, she took Wang Wu's hair and used the jade talisman to cut it vertically again. A gentle force cut through Wang Wu, slicing him out of the main fortress space.

After Wang Wu disappeared, Qingxue stood there in a daze for a moment, then took out some materials and slowly crushed them in a jade bottle, finally adding Wang Wu's hair.

The next second, as she turned the jade bottle, a purple light slowly flowed out.

"Change!"

With a soft whisper, the purple light quickly faded, transforming into the shape of Wang Wu.

If Wang Wu were here, he probably wouldn't be able to tell which one was the real him.

(End of this chapter)