Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 402 - 381: Am I Empty-Handed?

After taking on the task, Wang Wu didn’t rush to set off but first returned to the night watchman’s hut, which was already deserted, even his Hao Mao Monarch had gone to patrol.

Here, he first consumed 20 million points of Spiritual Qi to continue raising his Healing Talent to Level 21.

Speaking of which, the Healing Talent seems to have become more of a burden now, often unnecessary, because Wang Wu’s strong Qi Blood ensures that various Divine Techniques can block the damage from outside.

However, Wang Wu also knew that even if the Healing Talent seemed redundant, it was still worth raising its level when possible.

Moreover, the Level 21 Healing Talent is indeed quite beneficial, not because of its self-healing speed of ten thousand points per second, but due to its ability to dispel and resolve various negative statuses.

So, when it’s not absolutely necessary, it can temporarily replace the Level 15 Overlord Body Divine Techniques.

After all, activating the Level 15 Overlord Body once consumes 500,000 points of Qi Blood.

The effect is impressive, but the consumption is astonishing.

On the other hand, the Level 21 Healing Talent naturally forms a dispelling state in the body, which can resolve about 60% of the negative influences; the key point is its cost-effectiveness.

Wang Wu thought if he upgraded the Healing Talent to Level 25, there might even be no need for the Level 15 Overlord Body.

Of course, this would come at a greater cost.

Next, Wang Wu consumed another 20 million points of Spiritual Qi to advance the Fury Talent to Level 11, which didn’t change much except for a 50% effect increase.

Overall, it could be calculated that with a set of Big Moves plus Fury, he could let his current 1,000 points of Basic Power surge instantly to 15,000 points, easily defeating any First-Grade Great Demon and severely injuring any Super First Grade.

This isn’t just about numbers; once Basic Power exceeds 5,000 points, it triggers a Level 1 incapacitating injury.

When Basic Power exceeds 10,000 points, it triggers a Level 2 incapacitating injury.

When Basic Power surpasses 15,000 points, it triggers a Level 3 incapacitating injury.

It’s similar to real damage, akin to the different stages of evolution of the Evil Wind Bone Plague, growing exponentially.

In practical combat, it causes physical shock to the target’s Golden Body, Demon Pill, and Spirit Pill, with each attack creating a tsunami-like cumulative shock.

Basically, if the damage from the first attack is 1, the second attack’s damage would double, the third would quadruple, and the fourth would be sixteenfold.

Hmm, this is a conclusion Wang Wu reached after the Mud Turtle demonstrated it in person.

Of course, to achieve this effect, there’s a prerequisite: one must be close, must make physical contact, and must be able to grind the opponent down.

If you can’t get close and can’t grind, well, you’ll be no different from Ta Ri Tian, just adding to the laughter.

After two upgrades, Wang Wu felt it was about right.

He first condensed Qi Blood and plucked a top-grade hair.

Such a cost was considerable since a single top-grade hair would cost him about 5 million Qi Blood.

But it was certainly worth it.

He then operated the Blood Qi Circulation again, synchronizing the Ice and Fire Spiritual Energy Circulation, and finally forming Inner and Outer Grand Circulation. In this way, while consuming the energy within his body, he could also quickly gather Spirit Platform Clear Qi until 81 strands of Spirit Platform Clear Qi were formed, merging into a single thread of Divine Thought.

Because three threads of Divine Thought precisely form a complete Primordial Spirit.

This mission was definitely a trap, so he had to do some more preparations.

Speaking of which, he now had three wandering threads of Divine Thought.

One was acting as Yu Ergou at Bear Ridge of the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance.

One was buried somewhere on Longshou Plateau, keeping company with the Four Clowns.

One transformed into Hao Mao Monarch, patrolling the night for some pocket change.

And he still had three threads left in his own body.

Heh heh, it felt like blossoming everywhere, growing the team strong!

Divine Thought plus fur, absolutely useful.

After completing all this, only half an hour had passed. Wang Wu then consumed 10 million points of Spiritual Qi, compressing it into Spirit Liquid. With this, all necessary preparations were complete.

Only then did he retrieve the top-grade hair, turning it into his current self, dividing a thread of Divine Thought, transferring 800 strands of Five Qi of the Human World over, and handing over the Fifth-Grade Steward Jade Talisman from the Hidden Origin Association to the top-grade fur.

With that, they left Dragon Head City one after the other in the night.

It’s worth mentioning that top-grade hair could almost perfectly replicate Wang Wu’s Bloodline Divine Techniques. For example, the Level 24 Passive Concealment could be replicated to about Level 23.8.

All in all, even if Gui Taizhen had been waiting outside all along to block Wang Wu, it wouldn’t be that easy.

Of course, just to be on the safe side.

Wang Wu had the top-grade Hao Mao Monarch go ahead first, covering up three thousand miles in one go, which made him feel at ease.

Next, he had the top-grade Hao Mao Monarch move north, slowly advancing according to the tracking mark provided by the Jade Talisman.

I, a Third-Grade Cultivator, should move at whatever speed is appropriate for someone at that level, no dragging!

Hmm, just like that.

The tracking mark on the batch of robbed goods currently showed it to be eighty thousand miles away, moving slowly, ready to jump to beyond a hundred thousand miles from the Hidden Origin Bell at any moment. Of course, at that point, the mission would disappear, and pursuing it wouldn’t be advised. However, if you obstinately go retrieve the goods, the rewards remain the same.

Still, that’s truly a case of more loss than gain.

From this perspective, the opponent’s strategy is quite malicious.

He also wondered if there was an insider in the Hidden Origin Association who reported his task acceptance directly to the other side?

Wang Wu chuckled sinisterly to himself. Although this possibility was slight, as the Hidden Origin Bell operates independently, there was still a "what if", right? So, he had his own alternate plan.

Moreover, this time he mainly wanted to test if the Hidden Origin Bell could reliably back him up?

If not, at most he’d lose one top-grade hair, but he could also disenchant.

If it could back him up, well, above the Earth Immortals, whoever’s in charge calls the shots. Below the Earth Immortals, I’m the biggest!

He’s not intimidated at all!

But then again, beyond Super First Grade, is that Earth Immortal?

Is the Super First Grade itself an Earth Immortal?

If it’s the latter, oh man, then he won’t be troubled anymore.

Delightful~

Controlling the speed all the way, after half an hour, the Top-Grade Hairs Monarch finally flew three thousand miles away, no choice, strength is limited, that’s how it is.

At this time, Wang Wu’s main body suddenly accelerated, moving towards the target at a speed of eight thousand kilometers per hour—no faster, not because his Level 12 Demon Wind couldn’t go faster, but because he had to maintain Level 24 Passive Concealment.

Like this, Wang Wu and the Top-Grade Hairs Monarch shared their vision, locking onto the plundered goods’ location.

But the Top-Grade Hairs Monarch held the Jade Talisman, always flying at a snail’s pace behind.

Wang Wu, on the other hand, could reach the battlefield ahead of time.

If the Hidden Origin Association has a mole, they would definitely monitor the Jade Talisman, ignoring other things.

This tactic is called making feints to the east and attacking in the west.

Of course, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that the opposition has someone powerful who already predicted Wang Wu’s prediction.

But so what?

It’s time to show them what a berserk guerrilla is.

Several hours later, Wang Wu was within a hundred kilometers of the target, and he could even clearly see the cultivators suspected of seizing the goods.

"There’s no vast area of Dark Thunder, nor a large number of Interrupt Divine Talismans, two Quick Reaction Sword Arrays to the east and west, a Tracking Sword Array, and two Concealment Arrays, twelve cultivators in total, including two First Grade, four Second Grade, and six Third Grade."

"Looks quite professional, but also a bit slack."

"Of course, maybe that’s what the trap is meant to look like."

With a slight smile in his heart, Wang Wu waited patiently nearby.

Meanwhile, his Top-Grade Hairs Monarch only managed to Sword Fly thirty thousand miles away, it’s really trying hard, but alas, that’s the speed.

So, after weighing the gains and losses, it decisively chose to give up and head back—it’s too far, better to switch tasks.

Yes, that’s called being headstrong.

Several hours later, the Top-Grade Hairs Monarch indeed returned to Dragon Head City, randomly chose another task, but this time it was more cautious, starting to find partners and teammates within Dragon Head City, time passed bit by bit, until twelve hours later, the signal used for tracking in the first mission’s batch of seized goods completely vanished.

That’s it, even if the mission didn’t fail, there’s no way to track those goods again unless the robbers show up voluntarily.

At this moment, Wang Wu ignored the Top-Grade Hairs Monarch, letting it waste away its time and youth in Dragon Head City.

Likewise, he also wasted his time and youth.

He wasn’t in a rush at all.

By now, this mission tailor-made by the Hidden Origin Association for him had lost its meaning.

You seek my interest, but you don’t know that what I want is your principal and everything!

Oh, unless he had misjudged and wrongly accused his Hidden Origin Association comrades.

That wouldn’t matter either.

And so, a day passed.

Two days passed.

Three days passed.

The Top-Grade Hairs Monarch was still wasting time in Dragon Head City.

Meanwhile, Wang Wu finally encountered a new development.

The robbery squad cleaned up, withdrew all sorts of Arrays, gathered together, and waited for a mysterious figure from the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance.

This guy wore a strange gray robe, seemingly possessing anti-detection and anti-perception effects, and Wang Wu found him oddly familiar.

"Wait a minute, is this a Magical Treasure made from animal fur?"

"No, no, it must have at least a Level 22 Passive Concealment layered on it!"

"Not that, not layered, but this is a bear skin!"

Wang Wu quietly observed, the atmosphere had been built up to this point, but he still had no clue in his heart, is there really a mole in the Hidden Origin Association?

Are they plotting against him?

Is it all just his paranoia?

Will he miss a great opportunity because of this?

Oh, it’s so agonizing.

Wang Wu watched them exchange money and goods, and sure enough, after the deal, the mysterious gray-robe man turned and left, and the robbers also joyfully dispersed in all directions.

Indeed, they scattered, to the east, west, south, and north, in a dozen directions, Wang Wu couldn’t catch up with them even if he tried.

So, was it all for nothing in the end?

Was four or five days completely wasted just like that?

So, am I the air force?

Wang Wu couldn’t help but laugh in his heart, not too bothered by it.

He wasn’t an avid angler, but he didn’t mind being wrong, running empty, hmm, at least as of now, there’s definitely a mole in the Hidden Origin Association, but there’s absolutely no one like the Five Poison who specifically targets him with prescience.

As Wang Wu laughed, he suddenly stopped.

Because he suddenly thought, is the situation in Dragon Head City also within Five Poison’s prescience?

This old fellow, always full of lies.