Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 478 - 451: Breaking the Blood Curse
Wang Wu controlled the Three-Defense Boat, flying for an entire day and night before finally catching the signal from the Heaven and Earth Needle.
The bad news was that this was not the Heaven and Earth Needle that Qingxue and the others had previously built.
However, the good news was that as long as one Heaven and Earth Needle was discovered, it could be fully networked, quickly locking onto those twenty-four Heaven and Earth Needles.
Because it’s easy to recognize.
Vermilion Bird Array Pattern.
"Left Cyan Dragon, right White Tiger, with a small Vermilion Bird crouching in the middle."
"Each of the nine array patterns has two groups, so there are a total of eighteen groups of array patterns, resembling nine lines intersecting at a single point. This deployment scale is truly grand!"
"So far, this gigantic project has only begun for less than a century, involving eighteen array master teams. The fastest has constructed thirty-six Heaven and Earth Needles, while the fewest has only twenty-four Heaven and Earth Needles. So, the question arises: why was I able to see nearly three thousand Heaven and Earth Needles before?"
"Either I was experiencing an illusion before, or there’s a special effect when the Heaven and Earth Needles are networked. Because the Heaven and Earth Needle itself acts like neurons, and by deploying enough Heaven and Earth Needles on the Sin Prison Tower, it equates to controlling this Eternal Firm Immortal Artifact."
"So there could be virtual neurons, there certainly should be virtual neurons. But that’s not my current concern; rather, it’s about how to explore the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle. Four Clowns, get to work!"
Wang Wu placed the Three-Defense Boat on the ground, sat on it, maintained the Celestial and Earthly Compass, simultaneously tracking the Yin and Yang Qi, and mapping the terrain.
These should be the basic data, without much technical complexity.
Forget about Qin Wushuang, even Qingxue herself or those prisoner laborers, should all be able to provide it easily.
However, Qingxue really didn’t provide it to him.
Is this a desperate attempt to seek help?
With perfunctory, deceit, and determined to let him escape on his own.
It’s quite clear.
Wang Wu smiled bitterly in his heart. He must thank Qingxue for her kind intentions, and even more so must sincerely thank the Frost Monarch. Without the Frost Monarch’s instructions, Qingxue wouldn’t go to such lengths. Who are you, whom she met casually?
But he truly had no other choice.
He still quite liked mixing in the Hidden Origin Association, leaning on big wigs to pass the days.
"Record! The first Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needle is located outside the former Yun Ding City. Here too are the other seventeen Heaven and Earth Needles. This is the most densely populated area."
"The second Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needle appeared five hundred miles away, maintaining a linear relationship with the opposing group of Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needles."
"Then the third appeared five hundred miles from the second, with changes occurring at the fourth and fifth Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needles. They no longer maintain a linear relationship but are in a diverging pattern, which can still be seen as a fan-shaped line, still maintaining high symmetry with the opposing group of Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needles."
"But by the sixth, seventh, and eighth Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needles, a third change appeared. They no longer maintained symmetry with the opposite group of Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needles. Instead, they became more random, like placing pieces on a chessboard, with no discernible pattern."
"From then on, starting with the ninth Heaven and Earth Needle, each Heaven and Earth Needle was more than one thousand miles apart, yet remained within the fan-shaped area, seemingly capable of independent operation. This is something I don’t quite understand about the designer’s intention, though perhaps it’s not important, is it?"
"By the fifteenth Heaven and Earth Needle, the distance from Yun Ding City was already over thirty thousand miles, which was approximately the location of the former Great Snow Mountain, if I remember correctly."
"By reaching the twenty-second Heaven and Earth Needle, it had actually arrived at the former Black Forest. The twenty-fourth Heaven and Earth Needle was at the location of the former West Sea Bee Kingdom."
"And we’ve now actually run to the North Coast. As for the location of the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle as set by Qin Wushuang, let me see, it’s in the West Sea. Though it hasn’t left the fan-shaped area, the distance from the twenty-fourth Heaven and Earth Needle is already over ten thousand miles, more than eight thousand miles from the twenty-third Heaven and Earth Needle, and over thirteen thousand miles from the twenty-second Heaven and Earth Needle."
"The distance is drawn too far apart, no wonder Qingxue wants to flip out. Anyone can see that it’s heave-ho unmatched."
"Then can we refer to the opposing Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needles, or other types of Heaven and Earth Needles as references?" Four Clowns asked at this time.
"There’s no reference value. Aside from the first five, these eighteen groups of Heaven and Earth Needles have maintained absolute uniformity, but the others seem almost like they’re all doing their own chaotic thing. For example, the group of Cyan Dragon Heaven and Earth Needles beside us. The eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth Heaven and Earth Needles are built within a five hundred miles radius, like a pin-shaped character, can you imagine?"
"In any case, this isn’t nearly as simple as it looks."
"I’m even beginning to suspect that Qin Wushuang might be right." Wang Wu sighed, because he was really at a loss.
"Do not belittle yourself. You have your strengths. Try using Spiritual Essence Revelation Divine Techniques to observe; the worst-case scenario is being a prisoner again!"
Even the Four Clowns knew how to comfort people, bringing Wang Wu a sense of relief.
But he didn’t rush to release the Spiritual Essence Revelation Divine Techniques. He needed to switch positions to collect data and information. In short, don’t force yourself too much, don’t be too anxious, just do your best.
Next, Wang Wu adjusted his mindset and continued his journey, but no longer ran randomly like a headless chicken, sticking instead to the adjoining Cyan Dragon Heaven and Earth Needle, utilizing its signals to support the information for his Celestial and Earthly Compass.
Sure enough, each time he switched a Heaven and Earth Needle, the information observed varied. Sometimes only three to five Heaven and Earth Needles could be seen, and other times thousands, with the most exaggerated instance revealing over ten thousand.
But evidently, these were all virtual Heaven and Earth Needles.
Time passed by in this fashion, and before he knew it, five days had gone by, getting closer and closer to the fifteen days mentioned by Qingxue.
And Wang Wu was still unsure, but fortunately, he finally reached the twenty-third Heaven and Earth Needle of the Vermilion Bird group.
This Zhuque Team 1 is a number he set to distinguish it from the opposite Zhuque Team 2.
It’s worth mentioning that the opposite Zhuque Team 2 has already started constructing the twenty-sixth Heaven and Earth Needle, progressing far ahead.
The constructed Heaven and Earth Needle is not guarded. Approaching it does not require any identity verification, perhaps due to it being incomplete, or the identity verification might actually be complete.
Wang Wu leaped to the very top of the Heaven and Earth Needle, embedding the Celestial and Earthly Compass. At this moment, the sheer volume and accuracy of information he gained was indescribable.
Because this moment was akin to having all the Heaven and Earth Needles of the eighteen teams at his disposal.
Without hesitation, Wang Wu activated the Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception.
In an instant, the Spirit Essence Perception first locked onto the shifting Yin and Yang Qi, then spread through the Celestial and Earthly Compass to encompass everything.
He could distinctly sense that where the Heaven and Earth Needle was present, the Yin and Yang Qi was more stable. For example, in the former Yun Ding City, although the Evil Wind still rampaged, it was much improved in reality.
But the farther outward one goes, the weaker the effect becomes, so this is the principle behind constructing the Heaven and Earth Needle?
At this moment, Wang Wu was lost in thought, as if he had really understood it.
He felt he could even continue laying things out according to this train of thought; it wasn’t too difficult!
Following the changes of the Yin and Yang Qi, yes, yes, it should be here where the twenty-fifth...
At this point, Wang Wu had a very clear and thorough feeling, much like an ordinary person seeing a river, naturally guessing where it would flow. The changes in the Yin and Yang Qi were just this river.
And all the previously constructed Heaven and Earth Needles were built along the river, although some adjustments were made to the river by guiding it, causing slight changes in the Yin and Yang Qi.
This even includes why the source of the eighteen array patterns was set in Yun Ding City, as it seemed to be the origin of all the Yin and Yang Qi.
Then, the eighteen array patterns were used to dredge, organize, summarize, and subdue this Yin and Yang Qi.
It’s all so clear.
Thus, the twenty-fifth Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needle should be deployed in this area.
When this thought crossed his mind, Wang Wu’s gaze fell into the distance, where the straight-line distance from the twenty-third Heaven and Earth Needle was one thousand four hundred miles, and from the twenty-fourth was two thousand three hundred miles, converging at a point where the two extended lines met.
Too easy...
Just as this thought crossed, Wang Wu felt a bit dizzy. He hastily ended the Spirit Essence Perception, discovering that his Divine Thought had directly consumed three strands.
This is the cost.
But he was still very pleased; finding the deployment location was good enough. The consumed Divine Thought could gradually recover.
Now, although his Acquired System was disrupted and weakened,
his Innate System had two Foundation Establishment Arrays and could operate autonomously at all times, continuously strengthening. During this operation, his Lifebound Demon Soldiers would automatically strengthen, and his Divine Thought would automatically recover.
The effect was only slightly less than if he specifically sought a location to closed-door cultivate.
"However, to be safe, multiple verifications are still needed."
Next, Wang Wu navigated the Three-Defense Boat straight to the twenty-fourth Heaven and Earth Needle.
Upon arrival, he purposely rested for a day. When the three strands of consumed Divine Thought recovered, he leaped onto the Heaven and Earth Needle, embedded the Celestial and Earthly Compass, and activated the Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception. He was very relaxed and leisurely.
The activation process went smoothly, and the first half was identical. However, in the middle, there was a slight deviation, and by the end, the result deviated by a hundred miles from the previous one!
What’s going on?
Exiting the Spirit Essence Perception, Wang Wu jumped down from the Heaven and Earth Needle, bewildered, how could there be a hundred-mile error?
Since the construction of the Heaven and Earth Needle requires precision to a single point.
But his Spirit Essence Perception could not provide him the answer, which meant his Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception was still far from adequate, even falling short of Qin Wushuang’s level.
"Seems like there’s no other way, only one last path remains, breaking the Blood Curse!"
Wang Wu silently said in his heart, even the Four Clowns didn’t dare to give an opinion this time.
Because breaking the Blood Curse would mean re-exposing Wang Wu to operations like the Level 27 Divine Calculation, and the truth of him killing Senior Sister Qin would also be confirmed.
But there’s no choice.
"After breaking the Blood Curse, my Bloodline Evolution Level may finally surpass 75%, allowing all my Bloodline Talents to increase their upper limits significantly, maybe the solution lies there."
"Let’s do it!"
