A lucky cat fell from the sky.

Chapter 763 One Against Three

Before making his selection, Wu Cheng asked Lao Li, "What's the difference between these puppets? I mean, is the only difference between choosing the high-difficulty and low-difficulty ones just the score?"

"No, these three puppets, except for the bronze-shelled puppet which only gives points when defeated, give extra rewards when defeated. Defeating the silver-shelled puppet will give you a bottle of Condensing Yuan Pill. This Condensing Yuan Pill can help quickly increase Yuan Power, allowing cultivators to skip the first stage and directly reach the second stage of Yuan Master. Of course, the premise is that the elemental purity is over sixty, otherwise this Condensing Yuan Pill will not distinguish between primary and secondary elements and will randomly enhance various elemental attributes."

"This is a good item. What about the golden-shelled golem?"

"After the Golden Shell Puppet is defeated, you can obtain a Yuan Technique. The purpose of the Yuan Technique is to accelerate your cultivation."

"This is a good thing." Wu Cheng knew that no matter where you were, cultivation techniques were always the most precious thing.

Seeing Wu Cheng's eager look, Old Li shook his head: "But I think you should not challenge the Golden Shell Puppet. It would be better to challenge the Silver Shell Puppet and get that bottle of Condensing Yuan Pill."

"What does this mean? Isn't the Yuan Technique good enough?"

"It's not that Yuan Techniques are bad, but the Yuan Techniques available in our small town are either obscure or too common. Even if you win a challenge, you'll only get some second-rate Yuan Techniques, so your choices are limited. But if you choose the Condensing Yuan Pill, it's different. One Condensing Yuan Pill is equivalent to one hundred mithril, and a bottle contains thirty pills, which is equivalent to three thousand mithril. With three thousand mithril, you can easily buy a decent Yuan Technique, and you can use the rest for your own cultivation."

Wu Cheng knew that Old Li's earnest words were for his own good.

But he still looked at the golden-shelled puppet: "Since the golden-shelled puppet is the most difficult, there must be a reason for it. Why don't I try to challenge it? By the way, can I only challenge one puppet at a time?"

"There isn't such a rule. It seems you can challenge multiple puppets, but the puppets cooperate with each other. The difficulty of challenging one is vastly different from challenging two. As for challenging three puppets, that's practically suicide..."

"Are the results of challenging the puppets reported to the local authorities or headquarters?"

"No, that won't happen. If it could be reported to headquarters or the local authorities, I wouldn't stop you from challenging the Golden Shell Puppet. The challenge results are only valid for the loose cultivator alliance in our town, and the prizes also come from the town, so I think it's rather pointless."

“I’ve made up my mind, let’s all three of us take on the challenge together,” Wu Cheng said.

"This..." Old Li was getting a little anxious, "Why won't you listen to advice?"

"There's nothing I can do, I'm just poor," Wu Cheng said.

Old Li sighed. It seemed he had said too much. If he hadn't told Wu Cheng about these differences before, Wu Cheng would probably have chosen to challenge the Golden Shell Puppet at most. Now Wu Cheng was going to challenge three at once. What was the difference between that and courting death?

However, he had no way to change Wu Cheng's decision, so he activated the three puppets, which surrounded Wu Cheng.

Just as Old Li said, these three puppets really know how to cooperate.

Each move was executed with great skill and technique, and Wu Cheng was quickly struck several times. However, these blows made Wu Cheng feel a ticklish sensation.

It can't break through the defenses.

This punch was delivered by the golden-shelled puppet, yet it still couldn't break through the defense, which means Wu Cheng's defense is simply too strong.

He walked around the arena with ease, enduring punch after punch thrown at his puppets.

Old Li, standing to the side, had his jaw drop and couldn't close it for a long time.

What does p count as?

This golden-shelled puppet possesses the strength of a peak Yuan cultivator, the silver-shelled puppet possesses the strength of a peak Yuan disciple, and the bronze-shelled puppet possesses the strength of a peak mortal. When these three puppets are combined, their combined strength is more than doubled, yet they are completely unable to break through Wu Cheng's defense.

Could it be that this guy possesses some extraordinary treasure?

It doesn't look like it.

Why does Wu Cheng possess such powerful defensive capabilities?

Old Li couldn't figure it out.

He was secretly shocked; this was just too powerful.

With such a powerful defense, it's no wonder he seemed so confident. In this way, even if Wu Cheng is weak, he is completely safe.

At this moment, Wu Cheng began to fight back. He first punched the bronze-shelled puppet to pieces, then kicked the silver-shelled puppet away, and finally hugged the gold-shelled puppet tightly, using his strength of 32,000 shi to paralyze it.

In less than five minutes, Wu Cheng actually managed to take on three opponents at once.

Old Li was terrified. After waking up, he quickly clapped his hands, tallied Wu Cheng's score, and took Wu Cheng to receive the award.

He didn't even care about the people waiting to be assessed behind him.

If he can latch onto Wu Cheng's coattails, he'll likely have a very good chance of advancing to the Yuan Shi level in his lifetime.

Wu Cheng followed Lao Li to the place where the general was to be commanded.

After the results were announced, the guy awarding the prize was also taken aback: "Are you sure? This result has completely broken the historical record, and it has far surpassed the historical record by several levels."

"That's right, this could very well be one of the most outstanding geniuses to emerge from here!" Old Li exclaimed excitedly.

“Great, a genius is great,” the award presenter said. “We can all benefit from this. Old Li, don’t worry about him, leave him to me. I’ll make sure he gets the best prize.”

Old Li knew that Wu Cheng, this peerless genius, was a powerful figure, and he couldn't rely on him anymore, so he could only say, "Then I'll leave it to you."

The award presenter nodded and urged Lao Li to hurry back and test others, as he himself had just returned to his office with Wu Cheng.

They gave Wu Cheng a new token and a badge.

"Wu Cheng, right? My name is Luo Xuan. Let me introduce you to some of the rules of our alliance. Our alliance has a relatively loose structure. Everything is based on mithril. Of course, strength is the biggest asset in earning mithril. If you don't have strength, you'll have fewer ways to make money and fewer resources. In the end, your strength will improve slowly, which will create a vicious cycle. But if you are strong, you will get more resources. After improving your strength, you can earn even more resources. This is a virtuous cycle."

Our alliance has three badges, corresponding to three zones: Upper Zone, Middle Zone, and Lower Zone. You can now enter the Upper Zone based on your performance. Let me tell you about the advantages of the Upper Zone: it has abundant energy and rich resources. Everyone who enters the Upper Zone receives a villa with a yard, a fish pond, and a field where you can grow various energy grains, herbs, and fruits. This ensures you won't be particularly short of resources.

Meanwhile, the Upper District is inhabited by powerful figures within the alliance. The strongest members of our town's alliance are at the Yuan Master level, namely the town's leader and deputy leader, along with ten Yuan Shi level members and three advanced Yuan practitioners. You are the sixteenth person to move into the Upper District, and you are doing so as a mortal, giving you a much higher starting point than others.

The Upper District boasts the most comprehensive facilities. Whether it's alchemy, crafting, talisman making, or equipment crafting, the facilities there are the best in the alliance. Moreover, the Upper District regularly organizes Yuan Research Conferences, where Yuan Masters from outside the district give lectures. Residents of the Upper District can attend these lectures for free, whereas in the other two districts, it costs money to attend.

In short, life in the upper district is the best, and all the conditions there are the best; it's incredibly enviable.

As he said this, he found another set of keys and said to Wu Cheng, "Let's go collect the prize you got for defeating the puppets. You are the only person in history to defeat three puppets. According to the rules, you can choose three items from the treasure vault. In addition to the Yuan Jue and Ning Yuan Dan, you can also choose a Yuan weapon."

Wu Cheng said, "I've never heard Old Li mention this before. I don't know what Yuan soldiers are either. Why don't you explain it to me, Brother Luo?"

"Yuan weapons, which are the weapons of Yuan power cultivators, are generally divided into two types: civil weapons and military weapons. Military weapons are used for close combat and do not require Yuan energy to power them. Their strength lies in their sharpness, and the sharper the better. Civil weapons, on the other hand, are forged by talisman masters and require Yuan energy to power them. Such Yuan weapons can take a person's head from thousands of miles away without leaving a trace."

Wu Chengyi understood by comparing the situation in the Xuanhuang Universe that military weapons are swords, while civil weapons are flying swords.

One is more focused on melee combat and the other on ranged combat, so they're not that hard to understand.

"Thank you very much, Brother Luo. I'll go in and make my selection now."

Wu Cheng entered the Alliance's treasure trove.

Although it's just a small alliance of independent cultivators in a small town, its treasure trove is quite large, and the contents are quite comprehensive.

The treasure vault was divided into many areas. Wu Cheng walked towards the pill area, where he saw all kinds of pills, including many Qi Condensation Pills.

If Wu Cheng's storage ring were still usable, he might have been able to sweep through this place, but now he can only take one bottle.

After taking it, he headed towards the Yuan soldiers' area.

The Yuan army area contains all kinds of weapons, including swords, knives, spears, clubs, and various unusual weapons. They are displayed on two shelves: civilian weapons and military weapons.

Wu Cheng always believed that civil soldiers were more valuable than military soldiers.

It's like comparing a regular sword to a flying sword.

However, given the current situation, he cannot choose the civil service, because he is currently lacking in energy.

Without vital energy, one cannot control troops with qi; even if one acquires civilian weapons, they are merely decorations. Their function is limited to mere ornamentation.

Therefore, he could only choose the military option; as for the civil option, he would have to wait until he could cultivate his vital energy before he could use it.

Wu Cheng felt it was better to be realistic, so he turned his attention to Wu Bing.