Double Breakthrough, Seeking Servants

In a hidden cave, Wu Sheng, dressed in green, sat cross-legged as a Blood Red Light radiated from his body, flickering intermittently.

After another half-day passed, the red light on his body gradually weakened until it vanished entirely.

At the same time, he opened his red eyes, though within those blood-red pupils, eight miniature planets were slowly rotating.

"Not bad. Relying on the pure soul energy provided by Soul Devour, along with the assistance of Cosmic Crystals and other treasures from those Space Rings, my psychic power has advanced to the eighth order of the Planet Grade ahead of schedule. My willpower has also successfully broken through to the Star Grade. With this, even if I encounter those ninth-order Planet Grade Prison Clan Members, I have the strength to put up a fight."

A smile touched the corner of Wu Sheng's mouth. After these dozens of battles, which consumed over a hundred days, he had finally reached the first step of his plan.

The weapons provided by the Trial Ground were too rigid. Even though he possessed perfect force application and perfect psychic control, the strongest form of a third-grade mid-rank weapon only offered an 80-fold amplification, which effectively lowered his strength in a subtle way.

That was why Wu Sheng chose to follow the soul path.

"After the willpower breakthrough, there is a significant amplification effect on soul-based secret arts. Although my willpower has only just stepped into the Star Grade, with the coordination of my psychic power and Psychic Amplification, even those elite ninth-order Planet Grade psychics might not be able to shake off the influence of my Mind Confusion."

"Now, as long as I don't have the bad luck of running into those Special Elites or trial takers who have broken through to the Star Grade, I should be able to protect myself."

Amidst his joy, a hint of gravity remained in Wu Sheng's eyes.

According to the rosters of the last 1,000 Blood Trials of the Blood Sun Tribe, the Prison Clan Members who successfully walked out were all incredibly powerful.

They were either Elite Trial Takers who had successfully broken through to the Star Grade.

Or they were Special Elites who possessed a Domain in advance, with some even touching upon the fringes of the Laws. Such super geniuses could be considered invincible even at the Planet Grade, so naturally, they could easily walk out of the Trial Ground.

The most terrifying were the Special Elites who had broken through to the Star Grade; if such a person appeared in a Trial Ground, they could easily slaughter everyone else, emerging as the sole survivor to claim all the rewards.

Such a scenario, where only one person left the Trial Ground, had occurred 11 times in the 1,000 Blood Trials (100,000 years) of the Blood Sun Tribe.

That was an average of once every ten thousand years!

The Blood Trial was cruel, but for such super geniuses, it was merely a stage to prove themselves.

"I hope a monster like that doesn't appear in our Trial Ground!"

Wu Sheng shook his head and sighed.

If he encountered such a powerhouse, even he, a Special Lifeform, would have to meet his end—after all, he was the weakest kind of Special Lifeform.

"Hmm, I can't delay any longer. I must find two suitable targets and turn them into my servants. There are non-soul-based races among the Prison Clan Members; if my soul arts fail against them, I will still be at risk of falling."

Thinking this, Wu Sheng slowly walked out of the hidden cave he had painstakingly constructed.

"Third Brother, did you really see a scrawny guy crawl in there?"

A quadrupedal creature that looked like a rhinoceros, nearly three meters tall, with three sharp horns on its head and a massive neck shield at the back, asked its companion. Its companion was a falcon-like avian lifeform, only one meter in size and entirely white.

"That's right, Boss Man Gu. I was just in mid-air and saw a green figure from afar; he disappeared right into this small hill."

The white avian lifeform was very certain, gesturing continuously in the air with its wings.

"Hmph! It's been a month since our Seventh Squad submitted to our master, and the Battle Suit Count in our hands is barely over a hundred. This is pathetic! If this continues, none of the five of us will be able to successfully walk out of the Trial Ground."

The four-legged bovine creature appeared very irritable. Their master was powerful and willing to take them in, but that was only because they had some strength to offer.

Now that they couldn't even complete the lowest-level mission objectives, they were destined to be abandoned in the near future.

"Found him! The entrance is here, cleverly blocked by a rock. Tsk tsk, if my psychic power hadn't scanned deep inside, I would have almost missed it."

A member of the Woodborn Clan in the distance loudly alerted his two companions.

"Very good! Let's lie in ambush nearby and wait for that guy to come out on his own."

The four-legged bovine creature snorted, spraying two jets of blue vapor, feeling quite satisfied.

"Should we call more team members over? What if the five of us aren't a match for him?" The white avian lifeform was clearly worried and hoped to call for more help.

"Are you stupid? There's only one of him, and the battle suits in his hands aren't enough for the five of us to split, so why call anyone else? If you're scared, you can leave now. We'll just pretend we never met, and the next time we see each other, we'll be enemies."

The four-legged bovine creature walked away quite decisively, feeling nothing but contempt for his avian companion. If it weren't for the fact that this companion had some flight ability and was suitable for reconnaissance, he would have kicked him out of the squad long ago.

When the white avian lifeform heard his companion was going to abandon him, he was jolted awake and immediately shouted as he followed along.

Staying by his companion's side meant he wouldn't die quickly and might even get some scraps, but if he were left alone, he would surely die a miserable death.

"Hmm, something's not right!"

Wu Sheng had just stepped out of the cave entrance when he discovered the anomaly. Although most of the surrounding area had been restored, a few specific spots had been altered.

He knew that his cave entrance had likely been exposed.

"As expected, it's been nearly a hundred days; many places that could be used for hiding have been searched by these guys. It's going to be too hard to find a hidden spot from now on!"

Wu Sheng sighed. He could only rely on himself, and he was in a treacherous region of the Prison Clan; he possessed none of the high-tech products that the human race or the Machine Clan had.

He could only use the most primitive methods to avoid enemy detection, yet everyone in this Trial Ground was his enemy.

"Attack!"

A thunderous roar erupted, and a three-meter-tall giant black monster appeared first. He lowered his head, baring his three sharp horns, and charged headlong at Wu Sheng.

"Damn, is this a Triceratops?"

Wu Sheng was startled. The more he looked, the more familiar the guy seemed, especially the massive neck shield behind his head and those three sharp horns—he looked exactly like the Triceratops he had heard of in his past life.

"Kill!"

"Roar!"

There were five of them in total: three in front, one behind, all Planet Grade level seven or eight martial artists. Above, there was also a bird-type alien of Planet Grade level eight, who appeared to be a spirit reader, remotely controlling a large net as it descended to envelop him.

"Hmph, courting death!"

Wu Sheng's eyes turned cold. These small fries would have been quite troublesome for him to deal with in the past, but now was the perfect time to test the power of his Mind Confusion.