Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 457 - 430: Striking Mid-Crossing
To kill Senior Sister Qin, first you must catch up to her, second you need to know where she will be, and third you must ensure an appropriate time to strike.
This is difficult.
But for Wang Wu, it’s not too difficult.
He possesses Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception and has had close contact with Senior Sister Qin, fully aware of her aura.
Finally, he can roughly guess where Senior Sister Qin has gone.
Yes, it’s the Dragon Head City that Song Guangming once built anew, lacking only a Hidden Origin Bell, but not inferior in other aspects.
As for the reason, of course, it’s simple — because it’s very close to Dragon Head City, with a direct distance of only two hundred thousand miles, which is just two uses of Escape Technique for a Taiyi True Immortal.
Hence, it’s very convenient for Senior Sister Qin to correct Wang Wu by tomorrow morning.
What if Wang Wu doesn’t intend to surrender?
She will definitely report to the Hidden Origin Association Headquarters while keeping an eye on Wang Wu, to prevent him from escaping in desperation.
Yes, when it comes to the three thousand beloved friends and relatives, the choice in the face of one’s own life is not difficult.
In case Wang Wu flees out of guilt, falsely accusing Baiyu would be tough.
At this moment, Wang Wu silently and secretly fled, thinking as he moved, and after leaving Dragon Head City ten thousand miles away, he directly used a Fire Escape Divine Technique, instantly spanning ninety thousand miles, consuming only 6500 points of Level 6 Red Flame Spiritual Qi.
This huge transformation comes from secretly learning from Xu Taiping.
If not, though he could instantly cross one hundred thousand miles before, the consumption of Level 6 Red Flame Spiritual Qi would start from at least ten thousand points. Also, none of the standards would be so smooth, so fluid, and the aura would somewhat be exposed.
But now, it’s extremely perfect.
The whole body’s aura is condensed to an extremely pure state, without any overwhelming Red Flames, nor any commotion. Even if Wang Wu uses Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception to look back at the trajectory of this Fire Escape Divine Technique, he only finds a tiny remnant trace, which can be confirmed to dissipate without a trace in just ten minutes.
Of course, to be on the safe side, Wang Wu indeed waited for half an hour and used Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception again, finding nothing at all this time, which assured him.
Subsequently, he looked at the familiar towering giant city standing in the wilderness, dark and looming with flickering Spiritual Light, indicating that this city has not been abandoned and is still serving some purpose.
Perhaps, it was occupied by Elder Hui during the confrontation over eighty years ago.
"Anyway, I can’t think of a reason why this Senior Sister Qin shouldn’t be here."
Wang Wu spoke to the Four Clowns, and this time, he didn’t hide anything, letting the Four Clowns offer suggestions, check for any omissions, while the Four Clowns had gone mad, all urging him to abandon everything and immediately flee to the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance—wouldn’t it be nice to be carefree?
"I must have my boundaries, and I want to try; this is a good opportunity. I have an alibi, and I have Blood Curse Exemption Level 27 Divine Calculation. I know Elder Hui will definitely suspect me, but now is the most intense moment of confrontation between him and the Frost Monarch faction, and I hope the Frost Monarch wins. As long as we can still stay in Dragon Head City, as long as I remain a Steward of the Hidden Origin Association."
"But how do you ensure Baiyu won’t expose your crimes? What if the Frost Monarch faction doesn’t need you as a pawn?"
"There’s no other way. I can only do this. At worst, I’ll make a trip to the Great Wilderness Sin Prison myself, but at least others can be preserved. As long as the position as a Steward of the Hidden Origin Association is retained, the Frost Monarch faction can’t act overtly."
The Four Clowns fell silent, while Wang Wu began activating Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception around this city, continuously, and as expected, he detected a trace of nearly dissipated Escape Technique marks.
Left behind by Senior Sister Qin.
Through Penetrating Divine Techniques, Wang Wu can even instantly reconstruct most of the information.
The first feeling was, it’s a bit rough!
Senior Sister Qin’s Escape Technique can’t be said to be bad, but it’s just a bit rough—yes, compared to Xu Taiping, compared to Wang Wu’s Fire Escape Divine Techniques, it’s just like this.
This Escape Technique is fine midway, but at the moment of reaching the destination, there’s a slight aura leakage, like leaving a glaring skid mark.
By penetrating and detecting these trace pieces of information, more information emerged in Wang Wu’s mind, leading to a more extensive and professional deduction from the Four Clowns, eventually yielding detailed data.
"Confirmed, it’s Wind Escape Divine Techniques, derived from the Wind Spirit Pill—Daoist Technique, the Level is hard to determine, but it shouldn’t be lower than Level 20."
"Referring to Xu Taiping’s Wind Spirit Pill and Wind Daoist Divine Techniques operation, this Senior Sister Qin, though of a higher realm, has a slight flaw in her foundational mastery—not, it’s not a flaw, it should be considered very good, almost perfect. But compared to Xu Taiping, it’s indeed not perfect. That Xu Taiping is monstrous; before seeing him operate Spiritual Qi, we couldn’t imagine someone could achieve this level."
"Therefore, we suggest implementing a half-crossing strike ambush strategy on Senior Sister Qin, by locking onto her Wind Escape Divine Technique trajectory for interception. Of course, the difficulty is too great, requiring computing power beyond our capability."
The Four Clowns’ suggestion was not bad, half-crossing strike, but this requires more variables to consider.
Especially before tomorrow morning, Senior Sister Qin is not likely to leave this city.
As for infiltrating the city, that is basically impossible.
Although there is no Hidden Origin Bell in the city, the strength and density of the arrays surrounding it are something Wang Wu already experienced last time.
And infiltrating the city, can he really succeed in assassinating Senior Sister Qin?
For a moment, Wang Wu felt like a turtle being dragged by a mouse, with no way to start.
"It seems that I can only adopt the method of striking at the halfway point, but if I can’t intercept her, then I can only flee in panic. My three thousand beloved friends and family, I’ll have to avenge you later."
Wang Wu had to consider a backup plan.
Next, he had the Four Clowns perform calculations as much as possible, while he himself also researched how to intercept and kill Senior Sister Qin.
Early tomorrow, Senior Sister Qin will definitely step forward first and report Wang Wu, and then she will probably leave the city and head to Dragon Head City. For her, going from here to Dragon Head City takes less than two seconds.
To achieve the effect of striking at the halfway point, Wang Wu must find a way within these two seconds to first interrupt her Wind Escape Divine Techniques and intercept her ten thousand miles outside Dragon Head City, preferably fifteen thousand miles away. This way, the Hidden Origin Bell of Dragon Head City won’t be able to provide support nor receive information.
Similarly, this interception must be controlled within five to ten seconds because, quite possibly, as soon as Senior Sister Qin’s Wind Escape Divine Techniques are interrupted, she would have already sent out a signal for help.
And within ten seconds, to forcefully kill a Tier Three Taiyi True Immortal, Wang Wu feels immense pressure.
But he has no choice; he must harbor the mindset of mutual destruction. If he cannot complete the forceful kill, then it ends in mutual destruction.
Or, at the very least, he must seriously injure Senior Sister Qin.
Thus, time passed second by second, and the deductions by the Four Clowns became faster and faster, but there was still a significant gap from achieving accurate deduction results.
Wang Wu also racked his brains and imagined himself in the shoes of Xu Taiping, considering what he would do if he were Xu Taiping.
No, no, no, I should consider Xu Taiping’s Wind Spirit Pill and Wind Element Divine Techniques.
This is where I must put in the effort.
At that moment, Wang Wu suddenly had an epiphany and came up with an even bolder idea.
The difficulty of striking at the halfway point is too high, and the variables in the deduction are too many.
So why not change the strategy, with him and Senior Sister Qin setting off at the same time, both heading from point A to point B. But as long as his escape speed far exceeds that of Senior Sister Qin, he can certainly intercept her from behind before she reaches point B.
"Four Clowns, carry out the deduction according to this train of thought; I need to know the specific values of Senior Sister Qin’s Wind Escape Divine Techniques!"
As Wang Wu instructed, he also silently calculated in his mind, figuring out the maximum escape speed of his Fire Escape Divine Techniques.
However, after a round of calculations, he decided to leave the city and go far away to conduct a direct test; nothing compares to running a test firsthand.
To be safe, he ran a full fifty thousand miles away; only then did he have the Four Clowns start recording, while he slowly operated the Fire Spirit Pill, manipulated the Red Flame Spiritual Qi, and gradually accelerated the operation speed. When the operation speed of the Red Flame Spiritual Qi reached 9000 times per second, he immediately stopped and quickly used Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception to conduct radiation measurement of the aura leakage in this place.
Because with the Escape Technique, the place with the highest radiation is either at the starting point or the endpoint.
Although Wang Wu need not be too concerned about this point, every detail must be in place.
A few seconds later, Wang Wu frowned slightly; as expected, as he anticipated, when Level 6 Red Flame Spiritual Qi operates at full speed, although the entire process is perfect, the surge in energy radiation is unavoidable.
"There are two solutions: one is to activate with a cold activation of 6000 Circulation of Spiritual Qi, then quickly switch to hot activation after escaping ten thousand miles, which can minimize leaving traces. However, this approach might significantly delay the intercept position of Senior Sister Qin, bringing it within the influence range of Dragon Head City’s Hidden Origin Bell."
"The second is to deploy an array at this place, similar to a Quick Reaction Sword Array. On the one hand, it can create an effect similar to electromagnetic catapulting, providing cold-assist power, then converting to hot activation halfway, and afterwards just needs to be dismantled—no, why not leverage that City Defense Array."
"Four Clowns, verify it."
At this moment, Wang Wu was extremely sharp, but he also had to thank Xu Taiping. It was the opponent’s masterful use of five kinds of spiritual energies that broadened his horizons and enriched his experience.
He then left it to the Four Clowns, directly controlling the Fire Spirit Pill, and unleashed a fully erupting Fire Escape Divine Techniques like never before.
And this Fire Escape Divine Techniques wasn’t about how far it could go, but how fast it could run, with a maximum pursuit distance of fifty thousand miles, and the requirement was—to run within 0.1 seconds!
Only this way, within such a short time, can he catch up with Senior Sister Qin within fifty thousand miles and intercept her.
"Phew!"
A second later, Wang Wu slowly stopped six thousand miles away. He couldn’t stop abruptly; the commotion would be too big, like needing to jog a bit after passing the finish line.
However, the test results were already out.
