Chapter 238: Chapter 229: By Any Means Necessary

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

The urgent alarm bells sounded, and at the same time, beacon fires were lit on the horizon in the distance.

That was at another human settlement two hundred miles away.

“Activate the formation, everyone gather!”

“All non-contract demon soldiers, enter the beast pens immediately!”

“Contract beasts, follow orders and stand by!”

The leading Human Race Cultivator of this town shouted loudly, very frightened and uneasy. As a Sixth-Grade Cultivator, he was already like this, let alone the mortals.

The entire town was instantly thrown into chaos, screams everywhere, the cries of children; in contrast, all the contract beasts stood obediently in place, not daring to move recklessly. Even if any demon had the intention at this moment, they obeyed meekly, fearing that even a small move could lead to decapitation.

Wang Wu watched this scene, and his Danger Perception sensed the smell of blood. It was the blood fire drifting from afar.

Lu Wuchen is truly ruthless!

This ’Xiong Wu’ killed his way here, slaughtering at least five other Human Race settlements along the way; counting this one where he currently stood, that made six eradicated, not to mention the demon race, who were certainly wiped out.

Within these Human Race settlements, at least twenty to thirty thousand mortals and four to five hundred Human Race Cultivators were thus massacred.

It’s intended to establish ’Xiong Wu’ as a notorious ruthless criminal!

The more horrific today’s massacre, the louder the call for vengeance that will gather tomorrow!

Too ruthless!

But the real Wang Wu didn’t dare to step forward, didn’t even dare to stop this fake Xiong Wu. It’s a dead end, an unsolvable plan, at least on this board, it’s unsolvable.

At this thought, Wang Wu took advantage of the chaos, abandoned even his contracted donkey, and directly used Earth Escape to flee; he needed to escape quickly.

This was a grand show!

Not only was there the notorious thief Xiong Wu leading the charge, but also lighting, set designers, props masters, stunt directors, assistant directors, and the main director.

What could he do?

Staying here, he was at best like a madman crashing into a zombie film set.

A few hours later, as expected, that town turned into scorched earth…

Wang Wu left the Heavenly Dao Mountain Territory without stopping, and by dawn the next day, he had traveled five to six thousand miles, returning to the place he had left years ago.

But this place had already changed beyond recognition.

The once West Mountain had turned into a lake, with a few small mountains, either moved here or formed later, beneath which a new river meandered through.

On the surface, countless vegetation thrived in the early morning sun.

Not a trace of the past could be found.

He couldn’t find it, and presumably, She Shoujiu couldn’t find it either.

“Sorry, this place is no longer suitable as your resting place. I have broken my promise.”

Wang Wu sighed in his heart. He had originally circled back to bury She Shoujiu’s remains, but upon returning and seeing from afar, he knew that this place was already heavily warded with arrays.

Did Lu Wuchen anticipate his return?

Or did the Shaman Village incident significantly enrich Xiong Wu’s notoriety, so much so that even the elusive Human Race Celestial Realm First-Grade Great Cultivator joined the pursuit?

In any case, the West Wilderness, vast as it was, seemed to have no place left for him to stay.

Wang Wu had no desire to linger, bypassed this place, continued to detour around the Great Snow Mountain, and set straight for the east. This time, he could only hide within the Human Race Territory.

This journey over mountains and waters was truly arduous.

Wang Wu dared not move too fast, because the surrounding few thousand miles of the Great Snow Mountain, especially towards the east, as former battlegrounds, were filled with leftover traps and fortress arrays.

Even though the Great Ape King of the Great Snow Mountain had surrendered and was willing to join the Western Alliance, this side had not truly relaxed.

Eighteen hundred miles from the Great Snow Mountain, the Human Race used Great Divine Techniques to forcibly move twelve high mountains, on which they deployed permanent massive Sword Qi projecting arrays, capable of instantly projecting immense, powerful Sword Qi.

Similar to the Temporary Sword Array that Wang Wu, Xiong Shiliu, and Yuan Bupu encountered in the Black Forest, but thousands of times more powerful.

This was a Permanent Works capable of easily attacking any target within a 2500-mile radius, precise, terrifying, and powerful!

Wang Wu didn’t know how the Great Ape King withstood it back then?

In that initial Great Snow Mountain battle that lasted around twenty years, how many from the Demon Race died here?

Wang Wu watched with a sinking heart, not daring to approach. He deeply suspected that atop these twelve Permanent Works, besides having super-large Sword Qi projection arrays, there must also be super high-powered reconnaissance arrays.

When it comes down to it, whether it’s the Divine Communication Dao Skills of the Human Race or the Innate Divine Techniques of the Demon Race, they all pale in comparison to the high Cultivation Realm value of arrays as external aids.

In this regard, Wang Wu had profound experience. Perhaps in terms of flexibility, arrays might lag behind, but in fixed defense, they certainly have an overwhelming advantage.

It took him a full three months to bypass these twelve Permanent Works from a distance, but he never expected what even more hair-raising things lay ahead.

It was a giant city.

A giant city that reached the heavens, not much lower than the Great Snow Mountain, and it was under construction.

This giant city was five thousand miles from the Great Snow Mountain and covered an area of about eight hundred square miles…

There were over a hundred thousand Human Race Cultivators involved in its construction, in addition to various construction mechanisms and puppets numbering probably over a million.

Every day, resources flowed into this place like rivers from the West Wilderness.

Every day, more resources were transported from the east. Was this an attempt to build an imperial capital here?

Wang Wu couldn’t imagine this; it had already exceeded the limits of his imagination.

He felt that his understanding of the Human Race’s Cultivation Realm was indeed too superficial.

And this giant city made him feel extremely insecure, sensing that once it was completed, even attempting to approach might get him detected, discovered, and then killed.

“Surely, this giant city wasn’t designed from the start to guard against assassin-type targets like me with Passive Concealment, sneaking in silently?”

As fear swelled in Wang Wu’s heart, he couldn’t help but have the thought of sneaking in to investigate. If he could pull off some sabotage, it would be immensely satisfying.

Of course, he only thought about it.

Because he wasn’t facing a giant city or merely Lu Wuchen, but the increasingly formidable composite strength of the Human Race’s Cultivation Realm.

No matter how powerful his Passive Concealment was, succeeding once or twice, could he succeed the third or fourth time?

One action would close up a loophole, and eventually, as the loopholes dwindled, he would find himself trapped in an invisible net.

“Let’s go, it’s not worth the risk.”

Wang Wu shook his head, bypassing five hundred miles away from the giant city.

Simultaneously, on a city wall already built to a height of over ten thousand meters of the giant city, two men seemingly around thirty years old were overlooking this vast land and the complex massive construction site resembling hives and anthills.

“Wuchen Senior Brother, do you think that Xiong Wu will take the bait?”

One of them, disheveled with hair and clothing in a mess, looking as if he hadn’t fully awakened from a drunken stupor, frowned and asked, seemingly a bit impatient.

And on his left wrist, there was a two-headed snake coiled.

“Hehe! Why are you in such a hurry, Wujiu Junior Brother? That little thief Xiong Wu is exceptionally cunning. I have long given up on chasing it, not wanting you to be so angered for it. It’s not worth it. Actually, we only need to casually mobilize pieces, controlling the heat, leveraging the great momentum, and within a hundred years, we will inevitably leave no place in the West Wilderness for Xiong Wu to stand. By then, watching it flounder will be exhilarating, won’t it?”

The other man laughed; he was indeed Lu Wuchen.

“Wuchen Senior Brother speaks lightly! Don’t you know how great my loss was that day? Plus, Shaman Village needs rebuilding, and we have to wait a long time for that again; it is truly hateful!”

The junior brother Wujiu was somewhat agitated, understandably so, as he was the greatest loser when the Shaman Village array was broken three years ago.

Lu Wuchen only looked at him, no longer persuading, but instead said, “This two-headed snake is indeed rare. Wujiu Junior Brother, are you preparing it for the disciples to use in transcending the Innate Heart Demon Tribulation? Forgive my bluntness, this two-headed snake has already advanced to Third Grade, has a thousand years of cultivation, and understands worldly matters—it is entirely unsuitable for disciples lacking experience in transcending the Innate Heart Demon Tribulation. The best way is to kill it for alchemy.”

Junior Brother Wujiu shook his head upon hearing this.

“Not at all; this is a Snake Guard of Xiong Pi’s child, but somehow, later it became a double agent for the Fallen Snake clan and was the one that stole the complete Five Elements Pill Formula, leaked it to Xiong Wu, enabling Xiong Wu to master the Fire-Storage Spirit Pill production method; it truly deserves death.”

“The reason I spared its life is that it ultimately had dealings with Xiong Wu, being quite familiar with its aura, and it’s rather meticulous, leaving behind a dozen of Xiong Wu’s bear hairs at the time, so it might come in handy in the future.”

“A dozen bear hairs? How effective are they?”

Lu Wuchen perked up a bit with expectation.

But Junior Brother Wujiu shook his head, “That little thief Xiong Wu is indeed formidable. No one knows to what grade its Passive Concealment Talent has cultivated, perhaps it’s reached the level of the Bear Demon Emperor, as the bloodline aura contained in its bear hair dissipates and loses effectiveness twelve hours after separation.”

“Nevertheless, the existence of this Snake Guard is a critical weakness for Xiong Wu. I have comprehensively understood the situation; it seems there was some internal conflict between it and the Snake Guard. Moreover, all Snake Guards can actively activate the Snake Guard Mark to sense the one on Xiong Wu.”

“So, I plan to spend a hundred years setting up a special array in every Human Race Cultivation City, with the core of the array focusing on simulating the activation of the Snake Guard Mark, continuously activating it and radiating it widely around.”

“As long as Xiong Wu dares to approach these Cultivation Cities, it will be instantly discovered, even if it tries to interrupt with the Overlord Demon Technique, it will be pointless. Now, I have come to set up such an array in this city. Wuchen Senior Brother, do you agree?”

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