Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear

Wang Wu didn't know what was happening outside, but the whole land was like soft bread, being crazily kneaded by a pair of invisible giant hands.

The rumbling sound echoed from above to below, then resonated from below to the ground surface.

It lasted for almost a dozen seconds before it quieted down.

"Third brother, what happened? Our way back is gone. Big brother was buried alive, and we've been buried alive too, boo hoo! We're going to die!"

The Little Wild Boar was terrified, shaking like a leaf, on the verge of collapse and despair.

Wang Wu was similarly consumed by enormous fear because he suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Could it be that human race cultivators have already started attacking? This is that kind of big fireball!"

"You mean, human race cultivators unleashed Heaven and Earth Destruction? How did they get here so fast? No, third brother, let me guide you to determine the direction. We must quickly return to join up with big brother, or it will be too late."

The Little Wild Boar was so anxious it was jumping on its feet.

Then it was forcibly held down by Wang Wu!

"Pighead, calm down. You're just a little demon who has just advanced to Eighth Grade. What can you do with your strength besides digging?"

"Old Niu is clearly about to condense an Acupoint Opening Demon Pill, it even has Seventh Grade Companion Spirit Vine, and it is situated at the Tree Heart, where it's never hungry or thirsty. It doesn't need you or me to rescue it, and due to the environment around the Tree Heart, a collapse wouldn't affect it!"

"It's us who need to save ourselves!"

"Then what about big brother? Won't it be panicked, flustered, and in a hurry come to rescue us, only to get lost underground, unable to find us or to return, boo hoo, big brother, you died so miserably!"

"Old Niu isn't as dumb as you!"

"Alright, third brother, big brother said you faintly have the demeanor of a general. Now I am convinced. I'll listen to you. How do we save ourselves?" the Little Wild Boar asked eagerly.

"You need to help me pinpoint the upward direction, then we need to dig our way out within three days, or else you'll die!" Wang Wu said gravely. Their weak link was the Little Wild Boar, which could only hold its breath for three days.

"Upward? Wouldn't that expose us?"

"Exposing us is better than dying."

"Then what about big brother? If it knows we're trying to save ourselves, it won't lose its composure, but to prevent us from getting separated, it would surely guard the Tree Heart stubbornly, and then after thousands of years, it just turns into a zombie, boo hoo, big brother, you died so pitifully!"

Here we go, the pighead is at it again!

Wang Wu could only patiently explain,

"Shut up, Old Niu is smarter than you. That big fireball either hit the summit of the West Mountain, leveling it, or hit nearby, possibly causing the Xijiang River to flood in."

"Even if it hasn't flooded in, this is a secret stronghold of the human race. Do you suspect the human race cultivators would send a vanguard team to take over here?"

"I bet Old Niu will guess that we are intending to dig our way out, it will be waiting for us on the surface."

"Then what if, in the confusion of the situation, it gets discovered by human race cultivators or captured and sent to the Seek Death Camp..."

"Then there's no choice. If Old Niu is smart enough, it will find a way to get itself captured and sent to the Seek Death Camp, because that's the only path to survival right now."

Wang Wu spoke softly.

"No, third brother, what do you mean by that?"

The Little Wild Boar was taken aback.

"The big fireball has been dropped, which means the human race has already started a fierce assault on Great Snow Mountain. How do you think they'll attack? Will they surround three sides and let one escape to break the defenders' will, or directly confront and tie down your army's main force, with elite squads surrounding and hitting your viable forces in other areas? Or use encirclement to aid the besieging?"

"I, I don't know, I haven't experienced such a battle growing up. Those human race cultivators are too ruthless, we haven't even started migrating, how can they attack without giving us a heads up!"

Wang Wu was speechless, this is a brutal war of life and death, asking for a heads up, treating it like a turn-based game?

"Forget it, from now on, hold your breath immediately, don't waste your energy, and determine the direction for me."

Not wanting to reason with the Little Wild Boar further, Wang Wu began digging upwards along the cracks in the gigantic rock layer.

The digging wasn't difficult at this point, the cracks in the rock layer were large, in places where he couldn't pass a few claws would solve it.

Once out of the rock layer, it was the Little Wild Boar's turn.

Due to the collapse of the ground, the soil structure changed, no matter how sharp Wang Wu's claws were, they were helpless against a mass of loose sand-like soil.

But the Little Wild Boar's vibrating iron snout could stabilize the surrounding soil structure.

Thus, encountering rock layers, Wang Wu took charge.

Encountering loose soil, the Little Wild Boar led the way.

The direction also had to be determined in between.

In about half a day's time, they truly managed to dig from over three thousand meters underground to the surface.

To be precise, they dug to a place just over thirty meters from the surface, where they ran into a large rock layer.

Here, Wang Wu dug a big hole and left the Little Wild Boar waiting. He wanted to go up and scout a bit.

"Don't worry, keep quiet, and don't move rashly, I will definitely come back."

He reassured the Little Wild Boar, who was extremely scared, tears streaming down its face.

"Third brother, how about I go up with you? If we're dying, let's die together. I'm not afraid of death, I'm just afraid of being left alone again..."

"Shut up, you pighead, calm down! You need to learn to stay calm! Just wait here, at most an hour, I'll be back."

Wang Wu had to enforce orders, sigh, so speechless.

He then left the rock layer, smoothly digging upwards like a fish.

At this distance, his Level 15 Danger Perception could lock onto the ground, eliminating the worry of getting lost, including the Little Wild Boar, as long as it didn't move, it wouldn't get lost.

The situation outside was pretty bad; it seemed to have turned into scorched earth.

Wang Wu made his movements as gentle as possible, though he had Level 15 Passive Concealment, being on such a battlefield, it was surely insufficient.

Took him nearly ten minutes to slowly dig to the surface, not needing to peek out, just the information transmitted by Level 15 Danger Perception was enough to make him despair.

First of all, the West Mountain was gone.

Really gone. Within a radius of a hundred miles, a mountain with a relative elevation of at least three thousand meters, was completely obliterated this way.

All the ancient trees, grasses, mountain rocks, gone without a trace.

Nowadays, this place is a gentle, endless pit.

No ice, no fire, nothing at all.

Not to mention anything about Ice Slaves.

With such power, if they weren't three thousand meters underground, if the entire West Mountain hadn't taken it all, Wang Wu figured they would've turned to ashes long ago.

At this moment, Wang Wu instead hoped that Old Niu really wouldn't be too clever and just stay put quietly in the Tree Heart, never coming out.

In this kind of situation, the Tree Heart was actually the safest place.

He even wanted to return to the Tree Heart.

But that's impossible.

Firstly, the way back had been destroyed, and the distance of seventy to eighty miles was too far; even if the Tree Heart's structure wasn't destroyed, how many days would it take to dig their way out?

The Little Wild Boar could only hold its breath underground for three days.

Once it died, Wang Wu would lose his sense of direction, and it would still lead to death.

Sigh, if he had known, he would've helped dig the tunnel ten days earlier, perhaps by now they would've escaped...

No, that's not right.

Wang Wu gazed vaguely eastward through the soil; he wasn't sure what time it was, but the sky was dim, and the Great Snow Mountain was nowhere to be seen, but North Mountain and South Mountain indeed couldn't be seen either.

"The explosion's center is in West Mountain, but South Mountain and North Mountain, a hundred miles away, were flattened? This shockwave could probably reach a thousand miles out!"

"Damn it!"

Wang Wu couldn't help but curse, quickly retracting his previous thoughts.

Thankfully, they hadn't sneaked out earlier; otherwise, they would've been doomed.

However, why couldn't he see any Human Race Cultivators, nor hear any sounds of fierce battle?

Wang Wu, braving himself, poked his head out a bit, peering into the distance, but saw nothing, including the black cloud-like mist in the sky, not even a flash of sword light within it.

There wasn't even any wind, as if this place had been forgotten since time immemorial.

Wang Wu paused for a few seconds, decisively turned back, burrowed down, and brought the Little Wild Boar up with him.

Perhaps this was a window of opportunity.

They had to escape during this time.

"It's over! It truly is Heaven and Earth Destruction! Everything's over! We're beyond saving!"

The Little Wild Boar, upon coming out, was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but break down crying.

In frustration, Wang Wu slapped it unconscious!

So this was the legendary pig teammate.

Usually smart, how could it be so mindlessly frantic now?

Fortunately, the Little Wild Boar's cry seemed to have no effect; it was too quiet around.

Wang Wu quickly discerned the direction and carried the Little Wild Boar towards the center of the big crater, for a simple reason: based on Earth's crater theories, the chances of a second big fireball landing here were minimal.

Moreover, he hoped to find Old Niu here.

Without Old Niu as the logistics captain, they'd probably starve to death, as the area within a thousand miles had likely turned into scorched earth.

After running an exhausting forty to fifty miles, Wang Wu reached the edge of the big pit.

While he sprinted wildly, everything around remained still, showing this was truly a massacre.

But just then, an overwhelming sense of despair suddenly arose within him, as if some super Venerable terror was about to descend, pressuring even his Level 15 Danger Perception beyond its limit.

Turning around abruptly, Wang Wu was instantly petrified.

In the due south direction, countless miles away, a fireball like a blazing sun was rising again, and then plummeted straight down.

"Damn it!"

Wang Wu pressed the Little Wild Boar beneath him, snatching three Spirit Fruits from its small pouch and devouring them frantically, readying to activate Copper Head Iron Bone.

At that moment, the entire world seemed to tremble, yet no explosive roar sounded; instead, a brilliant radiance burst forth.

Then came a tidal wave-like shockwave sweeping all around, unavoidable within a thousand-mile radius.

However, where Wang Wu was, there wasn't much impact; the sky merely grew murkier and darker as large amounts of sand and dust trickled down, akin to a super sandstorm, turning sightless when reaching out a hand.

"Hold on, this fireball landed fifteen hundred miles away?"

"I understand what the Human Race Cultivators are trying to do!"

Wang Wu laughed bitterly in his heart; yes, he understood now.

It was just a scorched earth tactic.

Surrounding the Great Snow Mountain, turning the surroundings all into scorched earth.

No vegetation, no life, no support, not even Spiritual Qi to absorb, as the stirring dust blanketed the heavens above.

No sunlight meant no golden Spirit Essence.

Truly vicious, but indeed this was the truest form of war.

Thinking of face-to-face, one-on-one fights, dreaming!

Even depriving you of chances to unleash all kinds of Divine Techniques,

Directly destroying your environmental ecosystem!

Starving you out, trapping you, and finishing you with a final blow later!

"So this is also a war of who has more resources, whose logistical support is stronger!"

"I see, Grandpa Tree's branch withering is key!"

Wang Wu suddenly understood.