Chu Qing ran.
He ran without restraint, at top speed.
Before:
His speed could exceed three times the speed of sound.
Now, after completing more than twenty rituals, each ritual had only increased it a little.
But drops of water could pierce through stone.
Now, he could easily reach four times the speed of sound, while his limit could reach five times.
And relying on his formidable foundation and terrifying secret teachings, he could sustain that maximum speed for three to five hours.
Chu Qing ran at five times the speed of sound.
Sonic booms erupted wherever he passed.
Whether rock or vegetation, everything was destroyed in an instant.
With the Imperial Capital as the center, Chu Qing began running in circles, trying to find people.
But he simply could not find them.
The Great Gan Empire was too vast.
Without a clear target, he ran for a full day and night without finding those teams.
At dusk, Chu Qing stopped.
"I'm such an idiot!"
"Although I didn't accept an assessment mission, I memorized the locations of every assessment mission."
"Those teams will definitely head to the assessment sites."
"I just need to wait for them at one of those sites."
Originally, he only needed to pick an assessment site at random and wait.
But an insight into the rituals, born from somewhere beyond knowing, gave him a new decision:
"I want a formidable opponent!"
"The stronger the opponent, the better!"
All five hundred assessment missions were difficult, in truth.
Chu Qing could not determine which assessment site the strongest teams would choose.
"But I can be certain of one thing—any team daring to accept the most difficult assessments must be absolutely confident they can complete them."
"The leader definitely won't be weak."
"In that case..."
He thought of one