Chapter 353: Chapter 333: Plotting an Escape Route

Wang Wu felt a chill down his spine!

Because if even the Human Race can’t escape the fate of being caught and bled, doesn’t that imply something—that in this prison, all beings are equal, taking turns to rule?

Now Lu Wuchen seemed like a prison guard, wielding the Celestial Tribulation. So, during the era of the Dragon Race’s prosperity, was it also that Dragon Race experts acted as prison guards, capturing members of Grandpa Tree’s clan and taking them to the heavens to bleed?

Even capturing those dragons who opposed them and taking them to the heavens?

Following this logic, was there ever a prison guard from the Ancient Tree Race who captured Monster Race experts to the heavens to bleed?

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 to expand the West Wilderness, he obviously only needed to bring Grandpa Huang along, and the two of them could easily take the Great Snow Mountain. Why go through all the trouble to invite Master Jade Bee from the West Sea Bee Kingdom?

In a pinch, he could have sought help from the ally Yuchi Qianshan, or that friend called Liu Wujiu, how simple that would be.

But now he somewhat understood why the Guardian Spirit Beasts couldn’t easily leave the city, even when they did, they must use the Teleportation Array.

It was all to avoid being drafted for labor.

To say the least, if back then Lu Wuchen dared to bring Grandpa Huang to attack the Great Snow Mountain, Grandpa Huang might have been directly sent to heaven. If Grandpa Huang resisted to the death and destroyed the grand disk, exposing the truth, then the Great Snow Mountain might have been silenced within a radius of five thousand miles.

Furthermore, on that day when the Southern Wilderness Left Demon Emperor and the South Sea Divine Martial Demon Emperor led the coalition to attack the West Coast, Chen Damao, the Guardian Spirit Beast in that Profound Iron City, did not engage in the battle at all, even though it was at the peak of Grade Two back then.

“So, if the Spirit Essence in the sky begins to decrease and reaches a certain dangerous critical point, if they can’t catch a suitable Great Demon, they might have to use First-Grade Guardian Spirit Beasts to make up the numbers. If they encounter a lone Celestial Realm First-Grade Great Cultivator, catching them isn’t out of the question!”

Upon realizing this, Wang Wu couldn’t help but think of Chen Damao. Fifty years ago, it was still at the peak of Grade Two, and now in just a few decades, it advanced to First Grade; without external help, this would have been impossible.

In no time, Lu Wuchen might catch Chen Damao and take it to the heavens to bleed…

And then there’s Song Pizi—these two First-Grade Guardian Spirit Beasts both have this possibility. However, Grandpa Huang is unlikely to be used as filler because the Lu family’s Yun Ding City still needs its protection.

“This prison’s daily drop of Spirit Essence is decreasing; under such circumstances, the prison guards have no choice but to desperately catch strong individuals to the heavens to bleed. If not enough, they might even catch Second-Grade Great Demons and Second-Grade Human Race Cultivators to the heavens to bleed.”

Of course, these are just Wang Wu’s speculations. The actual situation depends on what outcome the North Sea Snake Emperor’s side will determine in the end.

Anyway, during this period, Wang Wu felt that the Snake Emperor seemed to have relaxed and didn’t activate the bloodline-inducing Divine Techniques anymore, stirring his instincts.

“Maybe the battlefield on the North Sea side will see a resolution within ten years.”

“As for me, I need to find a way to get out, continue surviving the Three Calamities, and continue lurking, that’s the real answer.”

“In this prison world, the future will only become increasingly bizarre, increasingly dangerous. Those who cannot endure it will eventually encounter trouble!”

Realizing this, Wang Wu was determined that he must find a way to escape before the Celestial Pride List contest ends; otherwise, if he returns to Yun Ding City, he most likely won’t get another chance.

At this moment, when Wang Wu looked around, he saw that in this vast disk Array, within a short period, tens of thousands had already gathered, all were Human Race elites born within the past three hundred years or under 320 years old.

If they were wiped out here, the Human Race would definitely experience an irreparable setback.

Haha!

At this time, he could not see the faces of all the participants, obscured by the Array. However, the top three hundred from the previous Celestial Pride List were displayed above with purple, green, and white Qi.

For example, the Qi above Wang Wu’s head now was purple, with the number nine inside.

This was a special honor for the top ten of the Celestial Pride List.

However, the top ten of the previous Celestial Pride List only consisted of six, with four evidently over the age limit and ineligible to participate.

As Wang Wu looked around, he saw the second, third, fifth, sixth, himself as the ninth, and another as the tenth on the Celestial Pride List.

“Huh? The third on the Celestial Pride List, Yu Jinyan, she’s here too!”

Wang Wu was stunned. Yu Jinyan joined the Dark Alliance, making her a wanted person. How could she have the opportunity to participate?

Unless this wasn’t the real Yu Jinyan?

Or was there another story?

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a gigantic, continuous bell tolling, and four large banners began to descend from above.

One of them was a black banner, corresponding to ranks 200-300. Those wanting to compete at this stage could fight under the black banner.

The second banner was white, corresponding to ranks 100-199.

The third banner was green, corresponding to ranks 11-99.

The final banner was a purple-gold banner, corresponding to ranks 1-10.

Wang Wu’s gaze was fixed intently on that purple-gold banner, the aura from it made his heart leap, but at the same time, he became even more cautious.

He dared to assert, whosoever obtains the first place will surely gain huge benefits, but also assume unknown risks, for instance, being marked and unable to hide no matter where they go, eventually being ascended to bleed and replenish Spirit Essence…

At this moment, the second, third, fifth, sixth, and tenth from the Celestial Pride List had already shot to the sky, heading straight for that purple-gold banner.

Simultaneously, dozens more resolutely chased after them, clearly all challengers.

The Celestial Pride List is updated every hundred years, shifting upwards by three hundred twenty years. Hence, many cultivators wait until they are two hundred years old to participate for a final time, with the goal of breaking into the top ten.

Now, Wang Wu too rose on his sword, chasing the banner flying higher.

That purple-gold banner seemed to guide them towards a statue above, but weren’t they afraid of it being discovered?

Recalling Yue Mountain’s memories, Wang Wu immediately understood, so that’s it!

At this moment, about fifty-odd individuals were rushing upward approximately ten thousand miles straight, finally reaching a foggy place, surrounded on all sides by dense fog, impossible to see through.

Unless possessing the Wolf Gaze Divine Techniques, or someone like Wang Wu.

But that’s very rare, or rather, nearly nonexistent.

The Celestial Pride List, in the end, is meant for the young.

Wang Wu is definitely an exception.

At this moment, the Purple Gold Banner directly landed on the back of a giant turtle.

This giant turtle was even larger than the Old Turtle in Shaman Village, its shell covering nearly a thousand miles.

It should be a Super First-Grade existence, definitely a super Great Demon from the Demon Race’s peak period.

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

Wang Wu quietly used Level 15 Spirit Essence to probe the surroundings, mainly to sense the defense level of the turtle shell.

He actually found out the results, thanks to the solid analysis of those four individuals.

“Super First-Grade Great Demon, suspected to be a Turtle Race Great Emperor, its turtle shell is a top-grade innate bloodline treasure with ninety-nine layers of defense divine patterns, nine layers of golden body protection, requiring a single attack of thirty million points, focused on one point, to break through.”

…

Damn, don’t even think about it.

Wang Wu was hopeless, this kind of turtle shell couldn’t be broken by him.

At this moment, when the last person caught up and landed, the Purple Gold Banner suddenly emitted beams of light, forming ten large curtains corresponding to the rankings from one to ten on the Celestial Pride List.

All challengers need to enter the curtain, and others cannot watch the entire battle, thus avoiding the disadvantage of knowing oneself as knowing the enemy a hundred battles a victory.

No one spoke, the one ranked second on the previous Celestial Pride List directly entered the second curtain battlefield, naturally here for the first rank.

Immediately, Yu Jinyan, who was ranked third on the Celestial Pride List, also rushed in. The two must have a fight for the first place no matter what.

Theoretically, they need to decide the winner, the victor temporarily becomes first, and the loser second. The second place needs to accept a challenge; if the challenger loses, it remains third, but if they win, they can challenge the first position.

And so it goes.

Then, the person ranked fifth on the previous Celestial Pride List directly entered the fifth curtain battlefield.

Next, as expected, Mu Qingli, ranked sixth on the previous Celestial Pride List, also entered the fifth curtain battlefield.

The former aims to prove he can hold the fifth position, while the latter intends to challenge.

Then it was Wang Wu’s turn; he did not have a seventh or eighth rank ahead of him, but he still had to accept a challenge from the tenth rank, proving he had the ninth rank strength before he could challenge the sixth rank, progressing further upon defeating the sixth one.

As for this season’s newcomers, they needed to compete for the tenth position.

At this moment, Wang Wu didn’t rush in; he glanced at the tenth position, the other party also looked at him, but there was no use.

Wang Wu had to guard the arena first, and so did the other party; only after successfully defending could they proceed to challenge.

So Wang Wu wasn’t in a hurry, he wandered around again, even attempted to sense the Celestial Pride List Supreme Treasure, but sensed nothing; the Supreme Treasure wasn’t something he could simply mess with.

Therefore, he straightforwardly entered the ninth curtain battlefield,

Once inside, Wang Wu felt a change in spiritual energy similar to a teleportation array, very subtle and quick, but noticeably different.

He was still on the turtle back, but definitely not the original turtle back since the battlefield space had become about three hundred kilometers in circumference.

It had a sense of embarrassment like the main venue being inadequate and additional sub-venues being created.

Wang Wu slightly smiled within, with a sweep of his Level 15 Spirit Essence, he could basically determine this was a First-Grade turtle Great Demon, quite strong, but not strong enough.

The defense of this turtle shell was much weaker, requiring roughly 5 million points of damage to penetrate.

Heh, Wang Wu’s previously unimaginable thought finally started to come to life.

Using a First-Grade turtle Great Demon’s shell as a competition arena, isn’t it a bit too perfunctory?

However, this might be due to the absence of similar safety incidents in the past, making it quite weak in this aspect.

After all, everyone came for the ranking, aiming to be recognized as a Celestial Pride, but then a bear sneaked in…

It would be a disservice to Lu Wuchen’s currently skyrocketing fame if a hole wasn’t drilled through.

As he pondered, a figure also entered the curtain battlefield, seemingly the person ranked tenth.

Why so fast?

Because in theory, he also needed to defeat a challenger, secure his tenth position, to continue challenging.

No, he isn’t the tenth-ranked person!

He is a challenger, won, taking only two minutes for the entire process? A Peak Second-Grade cultivator was defeated just like that?

Suddenly, a majestic and authoritative voice boomed like thunder.

“Celestial Pride List’s new talent, Human Race’s Liu Zongbai, challenged the previous Celestial Pride List’s tenth-ranked Human Race’s Lu Yishu, achieving an absolute victory! Special promotion!”

“Celestial Pride List’s current tenth-ranked, Human Race’s Liu Zongbai, challenges the previous Celestial Pride List’s ninth-ranked, Human Race’s Yue Mountain, the victor may proceed to advance and the loser drops a rank.”

“At the end of this battle, the other party must not initiate attack after one party concedes.”

“This battle may last up to twelve hours; if no result is reached within this time, the Celestial Pride List will make the decision.”

“After each fight, there can be a twelve-hour rest time; aside from personal supplies, there’re no other provisions, the victor may continue the challenge upwards or remain to guard the arena.”

“The Celestial Pride List concludes once all challengers complete their challenges.”

“The victor, unless intending to challenge further upwards, must not leave the curtain battlefield without reason, violators will have their records reset to zero.”

“In the battlefield, the number of Divine Talismans brought from outside must not exceed ten, and the number of magical treasures must not exceed five.”

“When the incense burns out, the battle begins.”

…

A giant incense stick suddenly appeared, burning extremely rapidly like a ten-second countdown.

Wang Wu stared in shock at the young man across, resembling Liu Wujiu, damn, he’s really come across a true Human Race genius now.

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