334: Taboo reappears!

Xiao Shi nodded.

This was indeed a question that required careful consideration.

His journey to this special area was certainly for the purpose of refining it.

It was impossible for him to just go there and be a hired thug.

"If the Great Wu Crown Prince intends to use some means to prevent us from not assisting, I believe he will start with the great wu mark..."

Xiao Shi knew deeply.

The existence of the great wu mark, besides preventing them from betraying and leaving the Great Wu Dynasty, also allowed the Great Wu Crown Prince to impose some corresponding restrictions on them through the great wu mark.

For this, Xiao Shi couldn't think of any good way to deal with it for a while.

He had already researched the great wu mark on his body before.

He wanted to see if there was any way to remove the great wu mark from his body.

Since he had already become disillusioned with the Great Wu Dynasty.

Naturally, there was no need to keep the great wu mark and be restricted by it.

However, Xiao Shi discovered that the great wu mark was an imprint of extremely high status.

Even with his current abilities and the many items he possessed, he couldn't remove it.

After all, the great wu mark could restrict not only Martial Demons like him, but even Saints within the Great Wu Dynasty couldn't remove it.

The Great Wu Crown Prince had originally formed the great wu mark through the Imperial Domain to prevent future incidents of betrayal, such as the Three Heavenly Kings and other lords leaving the Great Wu Dynasty.

And from the formation of the great wu mark until now, there had never been a single instance of defection within the entire Great Wu Dynasty.

Therefore, it was certainly impossible for Xiao Shi to remove the great wu mark.

Xiao Shi fell into deep thought about this.

No matter what.

He was determined to go to the special area that had appeared this time.

Even if his cultivation hadn't reached the point of refining the area and impacting Sainthood, he could first break through to the second stage of the Martial Demon Realm after arriving there, and then refine the area.

He believed that with the uniqueness of this area.

Even if other Martial Demons wanted to refine it, it would certainly not be something that could be done in a short time.

Xiao Shi didn't have to worry about time at all.

The main thing that needed to be considered now was how to deal with the restrictions the Great Wu Crown Prince would impose... Three days passed in a flash.

All the Saints, each bringing the people they had chosen from their respective areas, arrived at the Imperial Palace.

Without exception.

They all chose Martial Demons from their respective areas.

And basically, they were all Martial Demons of the second stage.

Xiao Shi was also among them.

However, with his cultivation at the first stage of the Martial Demon Realm, he was not conspicuous in the crowd.

No one paid any attention to him.

Soon.

These Martial Demons, led by various Saints, arrived at the Imperial Palace Plaza.

The Great Wu Crown Prince, seated high above, had a gentle smile, giving people a feeling of warmth, appearing extremely benevolent.

His gaze quickly swept over these Martial Demons.

As he passed Xiao Shi, his gaze suddenly lingered for about half a second.

His eyes deepened.

Anger rose in his heart.

Since these Martial Demons were all standing behind their respective Saints, the Great Wu Crown Prince could immediately tell which Saint had chosen each Martial Demon.

Upon seeing that Xiang Zizhen had actually chosen a first-stage Martial Demon, the Great Wu Crown Prince felt a surge of anger.

He felt that Xiang Zizhen clearly knew that he couldn't choose someone from his area to refine this special area, so he deliberately chose a Martial Demon with insufficient strength to assist.

This attitude of not being willing to contribute to the Great Wu Dynasty.

Further deepened the Great Wu Crown Prince's dislike for him.

At the same time, he became even more convinced that the previous decline in luck must have been caused by Xiang Zizhen.

However, the Great Wu Crown Prince knew that now was not the time to dwell on these matters.

He could only suppress the anger in his heart for now.

He looked at the others.

Before this.

Most of the Saints had already reported the Martial Demons they had chosen to the Great Wu Crown Prince in advance.

This allowed the Great Wu Crown Prince to have a sufficient understanding of these Martial Demons.

At this moment, the Great Wu Crown Prince's gaze was mainly focused on four individuals.

One of them was an arrogant young man with a short ponytail and handsome features, but when combined, they gave an uncomfortable feeling, appearing overly sharp and unruly.

He carried a pair of crossed longswords on his back, wrapped in black and white cloth respectively.

He was clearly a Martial Demon sword cultivator.

Another was a white-haired girl standing with her arms crossed, her cascading white hair obscuring her face, making it impossible to see her features.

Only through her figure could one clearly see the robust, rock-like muscles etched onto her body, indicating she was a Martial Demon focused on physical cultivation.

Although after reaching the Martial Demon Realm.

The physical body and soul were basically one.

However, some powerful Martial Demon cultivation techniques could enable these Martial Demon Realm Experts to unleash even greater physical strength.

Making physical strength their primary power in the Martial Demon Realm.

The third person was a man with a square face, a buzz cut, and a burly, sturdy physique, who, simply by standing there, gave off a sense of a towering mountain.

This person came from the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, and was from the Mountain God Branch within the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

He was also the person chosen by Chen Yuan this time.

The last person was Rong Sufei, who had previously lost to Xiang Zizhen.

He was recommended by Cheng Riyou, the Pavilion Master of Martial Pavilion.

It could be said that among all the Martial Soul Realm cultivators in the entire Great Wu Dynasty at present.

These four were the most outstanding.

The Great Wu Crown Prince believed that these four had the greatest hope of refining that special area.

He was prepared to choose one from these four.

The Great Wu Crown Prince first ruled out Rong Sufei.

Although he had always wanted to strengthen the Martial Pavilion so that it could form a checks and balances situation with the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

However, the competition for this special area was of great importance.

If he failed to secure this special area due to favoritism, it would be a case of penny wise and pound foolish.

Therefore, this time, when choosing personnel, he would not consider the affiliations behind them, with the exception of Xiang Zizhen.

And ever since Rong Sufei lost to Xiang Zizhen last time.

He had already been labeled as a good-for-nothing by the Great Wu Crown Prince.

Naturally, he would not choose him again.

At the same time, the Martial Demon from the Mountain God Branch, recommended by Chen Yuan, was also excluded by the Great Wu Crown Prince.

He knew.

The strength of the Mountain God Branch was more about defense and endurance.

It could be said that warriors of the Mountain God Branch could almost stand undefeated among warriors of the same realm.

But the shortcomings were also very obvious... insufficient offensive power!

This would make them passive.

Perhaps assisting was the most suitable role.

The Great Wu Crown Prince mainly chose between the Martial Demon sword cultivator and the Martial Demon girl focused on physical cultivation.

These two were relatively well-rounded.

They didn't have any obvious weaknesses.

After much deliberation.

The Great Wu Crown Prince ultimately chose the Martial Demon sword cultivator youth, Chu Tong, as the candidate to refine this special area.

The others were to assist him with all their might.

At the same time, to prevent these Martial Demons from not assisting as he arranged after entering the special area.

The Great Wu Crown Prince directly formed taboos on them through the great wu mark on everyone's bodies and the luck of the Great Wu Dynasty!

This greatly shocked everyone.

Especially Xiao Shi and Xiang Zizhen.

Even before this.

They had both anticipated that the Great Wu Crown Prince would have a powerful backup plan to prevent those entering the special area from not assisting.

At the same time, Xiao Shi had even anticipated that the other party would impose restrictions through the great wu mark.

But no matter what, they hadn't expected... the Great Wu Crown Prince could actually form taboos through the great wu mark and the luck of the Great Wu Dynasty!

One must know.

Taboos and rules were things that only Demigods could achieve.

Even Dao Masters couldn't form taboos and rules.

The Great Wu Crown Prince clearly couldn't be a Demigod.

Currently, there were no Demigods in the entire Great Wu Dynasty.

However, he had directly formed taboos on them through the great wu mark and the luck of the Great Wu Dynasty, which was terrifying!

Once a taboo was formed.

It could not be violated!

At the same time, due to the status of taboos, it was impossible to remove them.

Thus, Xiao Shi could only assist like everyone else.

At this moment, these Martial Demons were all sensing the taboos on their bodies.

Taboo One: Everyone must fully assist Chu Tong (the sword cultivator youth) in refining the area. No one is allowed to privately refine the area. As long as Chu Tong is alive, only he can refine it.

Taboo Two: No one shall attack another person from the Great Wu Dynasty.

Taboo Three: No one shall form any alliance, agreement, or transaction with anyone outside the Great Wu Dynasty.

Taboo Four: If Chu Tong dies, everyone else must fully assist the next chosen person in refining the area, and so on...

There were a total of four taboos.

The second taboo was to prevent mutual slaughter or someone attacking and killing Chu Tong.

The third taboo was to prevent anyone from colluding or conspiring with people from the Three Great Domains to harm their own people.

The fourth taboo was to prevent the situation where if Chu Tong died, others would be unable to refine this special area.

After all, the first taboo prohibited anyone other than Chu Tong from refining this area.

If there were no fourth taboo, once Chu Tong accidentally died, none of the others would be able to refine this area, and then their Great Wu Dynasty would be completely out of luck.

With the fourth taboo, if Chu Tong died, the white-haired girl, who was the second in line, would take over and continue refining this special area.

Currently, the Great Wu Crown Prince had already ranked these Martial Demons who were entering the special area.

Among them, only one person would ever be able to refine the area.

The others were all for assistance.

After examining these four taboos, Xiao Shi compared them to the taboos he had encountered in the Demigod Land where the eye of imperial judgment was sealed, and he could clearly feel that the taboos formed by the Great Wu Crown Prince had a huge difference from true Demigod taboos.

For example, regarding the taboos against privately refining the area, attacking fellow Great Wu Dynasty members, and forming alliances with outsiders, the Great Wu Crown Prince could only enforce prohibitions on actions.

True Demigod taboos, however, meant that one couldn't even think about it, not even a trace of such a thought could exist!

However.

Although the taboos formed by the Great Wu Crown Prince couldn't reach the level of Demigod taboos, this prohibition on actions was enough to make these Martial Demons of the Great Wu Dynasty obediently assist.

Even if they harbored resentment or ulterior motives in their hearts.

They could not violate these four taboos.

"I must remind you all that this special area is very likely fundamentally different from the areas you have known before."

"You must be cautious and careful!"

The Great Wu Crown Prince said in a deep voice.

Although he had already learned a lot about this special area through the Imperial Guard.

But even the Imperial Guard themselves.

Did not know the situation inside this special area.

When Emperor Wu created this special area, no one participated in its creation, so no one knew what exactly existed within this special area.

One thing was certain... since this area was a special area stronger than other ordinary areas, the situation within it would certainly not be simple.

After admonishing everyone.

The Great Wu Crown Prince checked the time.

"It's almost time..."

He took a deep breath.

He immediately instructed the many Saints to begin preparations.

Saints like Xiang Zizhen all nodded.

They directly sat down cross-legged on the Imperial Palace Plaza.

Following the method the Great Wu Crown Prince had previously instructed them, they began to perform a special ritual.

This was the method to open this special area.

This opening required the Saints of each area to simultaneously operate their own domains, thereby forming a passage to the special area.

At this time, the Saints in the Three Great Domains also began to perform this ritual simultaneously under the command of the Three Heavenly Kings.

As they operated.

A circular light immediately projected out in front of each Saint.

"Stand on it."

The Great Wu Crown Prince and the Three Heavenly Kings said in a deep voice.

These Martial Demons, chosen by each Saint, immediately stepped into the circular light that appeared on the ground.

They could clearly feel it.

The circular light beneath their feet and the colossal land above the sky formed an invisible passage at this moment.

After all, this special area itself was composed of parts that had been separated from these Saints' areas.

Now, these Saints were essentially activating the parts that had separated from their own areas, thereby forming a passage.

Whoosh!

In an instant.

These Martial Demons standing in the circular light immediately disappeared from within the circular light, guided by the circular light passage.

They were directly teleported by the circular light.

Into the special area above.

The Great Wu Crown Prince and the Three Heavenly Kings simultaneously looked up at the colossal land in the sky, their eyes filled with intense fervor and anticipation.

There were not many Saints in the entire Tianwu Continent.

The birth of every Saint, whether for the Three Great Domains of the Three Heavenly Kings or the Great Wu Dynasty, was extremely important.

What's more, this time it was the strongest Saint ever!

This was crucial for both the Great Wu Dynasty and the Three Great Domains.

Xiang Zizhen also clenched his fists at this moment, hoping in his heart that Xiao Shi would successfully refine this special area.

Although the Great Wu Crown Prince had formed taboos on them.

But Xiang Zizhen believed that Xiao Shi would surely have a solution.

After all, only he knew that the person who truly entered the sealed Demigod Land of the eye of imperial judgment was Xiao Shi!

This was not the first time he had encountered taboos!