The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 529 The gangster eats the gangster

That's it!

As Wang Wu roughly figured out what had happened, he immediately realized that his previous idea was too simplistic. It would be useless for him to sneak in, and he would have no way to bypass the sealing immortal array.

The Twelve Great Luo Immortals must have taken away their core family members, leaving behind only branches and twigs, abandoned pawns. They also intercepted the flow of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms. Although the cultivation world will not suffer from a depletion of spiritual energy as a result, it will certainly develop into a phenomenon of spiritual energy scarcity.

Moreover, the original power structure has been broken down and is meaningless. The Hidden Yuan Society on the other side is probably also in a mess right now. If Shuang Jun were still alive, he would probably be under the command of that Heaven-Defying Immortal Alliance, controlling the spirit-catching ship to capture Taiyi and Earth Immortals everywhere.

What are the captured Taiyi and Dixian for?
Those who are excellent and obedient are selected to join the team, while the weak are very likely to be thrown into the alchemy furnace and refined into immortal pills.

There's no suspense about this.

Mortals have two-legged sheep, and cultivators have elixirs of immortality.

"Gentlemen, there's no point in running away. Right now, those spirit-catching ships are prioritizing the clearing out of cities like ours. Once all the cities have been wiped out, it will be time for them to hunt us down in the wilderness. So, we have to unite and destroy that spirit-catching ship first. The dragon pillar on that ship is especially powerful. If it's not destroyed, no permanent immortal artifact can withstand it."

"That's right. Not only do we need to unite, but we also need to contact other cities. Time is running out, and we can't just sit here and wait to die!"

"But it's not enough for us to just unite; we need to establish connections with other cities! But then another problem arises: our eternal immortal artifacts cannot be moved. Even if we could relocate them, it wouldn't be possible to make both of them function in a short time. And even if we could, we can hold off the spirit-capturing ships, but can we really hold off a half-step Great Luo Immortal?"

Some people are very pessimistic!
"But we can't just sit here and wait to die! If we get caught, guess what they'll do to us? They'll search our storage bags and ransom us for all our supplies. I'm afraid they'll throw us into the alchemy furnace and turn us into elixirs. By then, it'll be too late to regret it!"

"So either way we're going to die, a lose-lose situation is better than a win-lose one, let's fight them!"

"Yes, I agree!"

"That's right, let's do it!"

The crowd was in an uproar, but Wang Wu was not optimistic, because the five Taiyi who were pretending to be commoner Earth Immortals did not speak or stand up. It was all Earth Immortals shouting, and even the city's leader, the fourth-level Taiyi, remained silent.

“Abandon the city immediately. Forget about that eternal immortal artifact. Head to other cities to seek cooperation and protection! Don’t worry about mortals and low-level cultivators. The spirit-capturing ship won’t do anything to them.”

Wang Wu suddenly spoke, dropping his pretense and revealing his Taiyi fifth-level strength!

The crowd fell silent instantly, and the city magistrate who had been silent until now immediately cupped his hands and said, “Fellow Daoist is absolutely right. I intend to abandon the city immediately and seek refuge in the Great Wilderness City. It was originally an important stronghold of the Great Wilderness Immortal Alliance and the most powerful city within a radius of tens of millions of miles. However, we must be quick, otherwise, if the spirit-catching ship catches up with us, we will have no chance to fight back in the wilderness.”

"So, is there any other fellow Daoist Taiyi? Please show yourself immediately!"

The crowd remained silent, and the five Taiyi disguised as commoner immortals made no move. Suddenly, the two Taiyi who had killed the little green dragon roared away and were already tens of thousands of miles away in an instant.

They didn't want to carry these burdens; if they wanted to go to the Great Wilderness City, wouldn't it be better for them to go by themselves?

"Excuse me, everyone, we must also take our leave first."

Two more Taiyi, disguised as commoner immortals, stepped forward and left on their own.

Only the last one, disguised as a Taiyi, remained silent. It wasn't that he didn't want to leave, nor was he particularly righteous; rather, he was severely injured and could only share a table with the Earth Immortals.

"What a disaster!"

The official gave a wry smile, cupped his hands in greeting to Wang Wu, and without saying a word, abandoned the city and left.

As a fourth-level Taiyi cultivator, he could travel 100,000 li in an instant. The Great Wilderness City was a full 5.8 million li away from here, and he could arrive in a moment.

However, if you bring along a group of weak earth immortals whose escape speed is only a little over ten thousand miles and who cannot last long, then you are really asking for trouble.

Why bother?

Let's disperse and everyone mind their own business.

In an instant, all the Earth Immortals turned their hopeful gazes to Wang Wu.

"Everyone, there's no need to look at me. Great Wilderness City is extremely far from here. If I were to bring a few thousand mortals, or just a few Earth Immortals, it wouldn't be much of a loss. But you are all Earth Immortals, more than fifty of you. Rather than lingering here, let's take advantage of the time while the spirit-catching ship is returning and hurry up and leave. Let's bypass the city and just travel through the wilderness. As long as we don't encounter them on the way, we should be able to reach Great Wilderness City."

Wang Wu also sighed; he was powerless to help.

Upon hearing this, the group of immortals no longer hesitated. They weren't stupid; staying in the city meant certain death. So they all swiftly used their supernatural abilities to leave. No one was foolish enough to think they could get away with it by disguising themselves as mortals.

Wang Wu also sighed slightly, and then disappeared in a flash.

This time, all the Earth Immortals and Taiyi Immortals truly left without a trace.

Even the most perceptive cultivators below the first rank in the city immediately took their relatives and friends and quickly left the city. The riot quickly spread to the middle and lower ranks of the cultivators, and eventually affected the mortals. They cried out for their parents and fled the giant city with their elderly and children. They may have only managed to escape a few hundred miles in a few days, but that was enough.

Moreover, without the twenty-four solar terms, ordinary people can survive in the wild and no longer need the protection of giant cities.

However, at that very moment, Wang Wu returned silently.

He wasn't making a surprise attack, nor was he trying to take the opportunity to steal the eternal immortal artifact. Instead, he immediately used his spiritual energy to analyze and upgrade the artifact, investing all the resources he had available, even deploying the White Tiger Heaven and Earth Needles.

They even installed the level 15 Wind Essence that was originally intended for forging the Immortal Sword.

After several hours of this, Wang Wu finally stopped, gazing into the distance, waiting for the spirit-catching ship to arrive.

The days ahead will only get harder.

Then we can't play by the rules; double-crossing is a good option.

That spirit-capturing ship requires a large amount of spiritual energy to operate. For the past three days, it has been virtually invincible, and no eternal immortal artifact has been able to stop it.

But it can only last for three days, after which you have to go back to replenish your spiritual energy.

Furthermore, no other spirit-capturing ships were seen being dispatched, which indicates that even the half-step Grand Luo cultivators were short of supplies.

Next, Wang Wu continued to wait quietly. Most of the mortals and cultivators in the city had left. Those who remained were either stubborn old men, or those who thought they were clever enough to get away with it, or those who were crazy and had unique ideas.

Wang Wu ignored this.

However, to Wang Wu's surprise, the two Taiyi who killed the little green dragon actually sneaked back at night. What does that mean? Do you also want to dismantle this eternal immortal artifact and sell it for money?

You're quite quick-witted.

Although one of them was at the sixth level of Taiyi and the other at the seventh level, Wang Wu could only look at them as if they were idiots and couldn't be bothered to pay them any attention.

This is an eternal immortal artifact that he has modified. You can't just dismantle it whenever you want.

However, when they produced a jade talisman, Wang Wu couldn't help but glance at them again. This jade talisman was the key to controlling the Eternal Immortal Artifact, but it should have been with the Taiyi fourth-level administrator. How did it end up in their hands? Wow, these two are really ruthless and cunning!
After a moment's thought, Wang Wu watched them attempt to control the device and immediately synchronized with them, his movements as smooth as simultaneous interpretation, a perfect teamwork.

They also showed them the power of this modified, eternal immortal artifact without any hesitation.

So much so that the two wandering Taiyi were taken aback. They didn't realize that the jade talisman in their hands was ineffective because the match was so smooth that it was almost entirely at their mercy.

"That idiot actually believed the stupid words of another idiot! I told you, as a branch of the Qingyun Sect, the Eternal Immortal Artifact is definitely not comparable to other cities. Brother Chen, I think we can be bolder and take the opportunity to ambush the Spirit-Capturing Ship. It's absolutely feasible. Look, this Eternal Immortal Artifact actually has a level 15 Wind Essence installed on it. Such a rare thing is rarely seen even in the Outer Heavens. It hasn't appeared for tens of thousands of years. Last time, it was stolen by Yu Chenghu."

"That's right. It seems that Da Luo was in a hurry to set up the Twelve Celestial Realms this time, and he even forgot to dismantle this thing. It's a freebie for us. With this thing, it's impossible to defeat the Spirit-Capturing Ship head-on, but we can launch a surprise attack. Haha!"

The two were very happy and immediately hid in the cave space inside the Eternal Immortal Artifact. Wang Wu also cooperated throughout the process. Relying on his level 24 spiritual essence, his control was so smooth that it was even better than when they controlled it themselves.

So much so that neither of these two experienced wandering Taiyi noticed anything amiss. The key point is, who could have imagined that Wang Wu would actually complete a complete modification and upgrade in just a few hours?

Now, scapegoats have been sent to us like gods.

Wang Wu now sees these two people as if they were his dearest relatives and friends.

In the blink of an eye, a night had passed, and the spirit-catching ship finally sailed out of the sealing immortal array again, heading straight for this giant city.

With no other spirit-catching ships to compete with it, this spirit-catching ship was truly invincible.

Wang Wu watched silently and kept deducing. When the spirit-catching ship finally approached, the people on board immediately realized that it was an empty city.

Such a good thing is something I couldn't ask for more.

As expected, they were very relaxed, because even without activating the Panlong Pillar, the Spirit-Catching Ship's own defenses were enough to block the strongest attack from the Eternal Immortal Artifact. Especially now that no one was in charge of the city, it was even less of a problem.

The next step is simply to send someone down to dismantle this eternal immortal artifact and take it away.

"This is the moment!"

The two wandering Taiyi grinned maliciously and launched an attack by manipulating the jade talisman. It must be said that these two had sharp eyes, and their ideas almost coincided with Wang Wu's.

So, just as those dozens of Taiyi and Dixian responsible for dismantling disembarked, the Eternal Immortal Artifact suddenly activated. Countless rays of light gathered in one place, the wind howled, and Yang thunder converged, like a giant meteor hammer, which slammed into the spot where those people disembarked.

Since we're going to disembark, we'll definitely need to open up some of the defenses in this area.

And that's enough.

The head of this meteor hammer is made from that level 15 Wind Essence, which is not only sharp but also extremely hard.

With a single sweep of the hammer, six Earth Immortals who had disembarked were instantly killed, and three Taiyi Immortals were directly blown apart. The meteor hammer continued its momentum, breaking through the defensive immortal array of the spirit-catching ship in an instant, and sweeping across the deck of the spirit-catching ship!

That's horrible!
In that instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and corpses littered the ground.

Those three thousand spirited Earth Immortals were all annihilated before they could even react.

More than a dozen of the fifty Taiyi warriors died, and the rest were either seriously injured or slightly injured!

That eighth-tier Taiyi was even injured!

There was no way around it; they were too strong, too cautious, and they were also too careless.

All the conditions and factors combined produced this amazing effect.

However, this attack also essentially exhausted the stored spiritual energy in the Eternal Immortal Artifact.

When those two men realized this, they immediately threw down their jade talismans and charged forward with a roar. They must have been wandering Taiyi cultivators who had been spending their days in the Outer Heavens, and they were extremely skilled in the art of combat.

The moment they rushed forward, they locked onto the injured eighth-tier Taiyi, unleashing a barrage of powerful moves and divine abilities that sent the Taiyi fleeing in disarray. They didn't give chase; one of them transformed into a giant blood toad, sweeping away the corpses and flesh on the deck, then laughed three times before gracefully disappearing into the distance, covering tens of thousands of miles in an instant.

Almost simultaneously, Wang Wu silently appeared behind the Taiyi eighth-level opponent. Without any earth-shattering moves, he simply used a Spiritual Envelope Insight. The opponent, already severely injured, had no chance to resist and only felt his mind go blank before he knew nothing more.

Wang Wu showed no mercy, taking his Qiankun bag and igniting a pale flame that annihilated his soul and body, destroying all traces of his body.

The next second, his Wind and Fire Creation Elixir was activated at full speed, and all survivors were silenced.

Then, Lingyun detected the problem again and found the core of the spirit-capturing ship. All the spiritual energy inside was swept away. Good heavens, a whole trillion!

He almost ate his Five Elements Cat Formation to the point of being stuffed.

After doing all that, Wang Wu then dismantled the three calamity sails on the spirit-catching ship completely.

This is the most precious thing. Without these three calamity long sails, this spirit-catching ship is just a lump of iron!

Finally, he returned, took the White Tiger Heaven and Earth Needle and the Level 15 Wind Essence, and left without a trace, heading straight for the Great Wilderness City.

Wang Wu did all of this in just 60 seconds.

But the greatest credit should go to those two gentlemen.

What a wonderful person.

Wang Wu made his decision: from now on, he would follow them!
But why aren't these two going to Great Wilderness City? They're heading towards the back of Great Wilderness City instead.

Pretty smart!

Knowing they had caused trouble, and knowing that Great Wilderness City would be the main force in the fight against them, they wanted to divert the trouble away.
I have to say, they are incredibly clever.

Wang Wu exclaimed in admiration, but instead of taking a detour, he continued straight towards the Great Wilderness City.

Because whether you escape or not, it's all the same.

Once the Half-Step Great Luo is alerted, finding out the reason is only a matter of time.

Therefore, instead of doing that, it would be better to go to the Great Wilderness City. Now all the remaining cities are terrified, and all the Taiyi and Dixian are gathered in the Great Wilderness City.

In truth, while the Half-Step Great Luo is terrifying, it is ultimately only half a step.

It is not invincible.

(End of this chapter)