"This giant king's city before you is protected by a powerful witchcraft array that our giant race is proud of. Even if your strength is truly great, you will be unable to escape its suppression!"
The giant maiden, Wu Remo, looked at Wu Tao and said with a smile, "Of course, if you're just here to visit the capital for a while, then there's no problem."
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Hearing the giant maiden's words, which seemed like a warning but were actually a reminder, Wu Tao nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
Then, Wu Tao took out some rare items from his storage bag and handed them to the giant maiden, Wu Remo.
After all, she had kindly offered a reminder, and Wu Tao was not an ungrateful person.
As for why the giant maiden, Wu Remo, had said such a thing, it was clearly because Wu Tao was not a member of the giant race.
Wu Tao's height was not even as long as a giant's finger, so he could naturally not be a member of the giant race.
After chatting for a few more sentences, Wu Remo looked back and said, "Since we've arrived, let's go in. Don't block the way here."
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"Alright."
Wu Tao nodded upon hearing this, with no objection. He urged his Qilin towards the inside of the capital.
On the road, which was about a hundred miles wide and seemingly endless in length, there were many carriages around. Among them, there were quite a few like Wu Tao's group.
And in the carriages, Wu Tao could also sense several hidden fluctuations. He observed everything inside the carriages through the carriages, clearly testing himself. However, these were clearly not divine sense fluctuations, but likely giants who were also participating in the bloodline sacrifice.
The moment he entered the million-zhang city gate, a fluctuation that resonated with the blood in his body struck him, making Wu Tao feel a sense of unease.
Immediately, he frowned. The Nightmare Eye on his forehead opened wide again. Using the unique ability of the Nightmare Eye, he carefully examined his surroundings.
In this capital, which was built on the foundation of a small world, a colossal force of law pervaded.
No...
This was a power above the force of law; it should be the power of the Great Dao.
Although this power was intrinsically extremely powerful, even peerless, it was very hidden.
If it weren't for the commotion in Wu Tao's blood and his late Nascent Soul stage cultivation, he wouldn't have discovered it.
This well-hidden power of the Great Dao, although it wouldn't cause any harm under normal circumstances, could unleash unimaginable effects at crucial moments.
Sitting quietly in the carriage, under the gaze of the Nightmare Eye, he had already discovered countless rule-like threads enveloping him.
Moreover, the threads enveloping him were far more numerous than those of others.
For those giants, this power was insignificant, as it existed to protect them.
However, for an outsider like Wu Tao, it was a different story.
The giants who controlled this power in the giant king's city were definitely giants of the Ancestral Witch level.
If any wrongdoing were committed in this city, with this power and the witchcraft array, the identity and location of the perpetrator could be instantly confirmed.
Thinking of this, Wu Tao's heart stirred, and he gained a deeper understanding of the giant race's foundation.
"The giant race is indeed extraordinary, worthy of being a powerful race that has survived the three epochs of Primordial, Desolate, and Ancient eras and still maintains its prosperity!"
Sitting in the carriage, feeling the seemingly non-existent yet actually present power, like that of the Great Dao, enveloping him, Wu Tao couldn't help but sigh.
The giant race was few in number, with a total population of only a little over a million.
About one hundred thousand giants were gathered in the giant king's city.
The remaining hundreds of thousands of giants were scattered among over a hundred tribes of various sizes.
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After they left, several hours later, a peculiar combination stealthily infiltrated the capital, undiscovered.
"Is this the place to register?"
Looking at the hall, at least several hundred miles in area, constructed from giant stones, Wu Tao's mouth twitched slightly.
He gained a further understanding of the size difference between giants and humans.
Wu Ming looked at the numerous giants and said with some surprise, "There are so many people here."
Wu Tao observed his surroundings and chuckled, saying, "Actually, there aren't that many. Haven't you noticed? Some are attendants, not registrants."
Hearing this, Wu Ming touched his head, clearly embarrassed.
The bloodline sacrifice was not something anyone in the giant race could participate in.
Before departing, Wu Tao had inquired. Although he didn't get much useful information from the leader of the Giant Stone Tribe, Wu Fei, he had some idea about the number of participants in previous years.
According to Wu Fei, although the giant population had always remained around one million, the number of giants participating in the bloodline competition was not very large.
Around fifteen hundred to two thousand was probably the limit.
Every time the bloodline sacrifice was about to begin, the larger and smaller tribes, centered around the giant king's city, each had a few or a dozen free slots to participate in the bloodline sacrifice.
These people alone could account for a thousand slots, and if the self-funded participants were added, this number would increase by several hundred.
On the other side!
Facing these young giants, who were twice or three times his height and possessed purer bloodlines, Wu Ming appeared somewhat nervous and inferior. Wu Tao, on the other hand, felt nothing and was completely at ease.
Those who could participate in the bloodline sacrifice were either natural geniuses with pure bloodlines or descendants of prominent Great Witches. Wu Ming could not compare in either regard.
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Standing in place, Wu Tao was aware of Wu Ming's nervousness and inferiority, but he did not intend to say anything further.
Some things could only be experienced personally; others could not replace or accompany them.
Constant companionship or care would never lead to maturity or growth.
With a late Nascent Soul stage cultivator like Wu Tao willing to help him, Wu Ming had already started from a relatively high starting line.
In other words, he now had backing, but Wu Ming had not yet shifted his mindset, which made him so sensitive.
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In fact, standing with Wu Tao, Wu Ming was already quite conspicuous.
Wu Tao's height was clearly not that of a member of the giant race.
However, daring to participate in the bloodline sacrifice indicated that Wu Tao was likely a descendant of a union between the giant race and another race.
He should have some giant blood in his body, just not a lot.
This was the thought of the nearby hundreds of giants.
Of course, although all these giants had guessed incorrectly, Wu Tao's body had indeed fused with some of the ancestral essence blood of the giants after refining the Chaos Primordial Embryo Stone.
After refining the Chaos Primordial Embryo Stone, Wu Tao seriously suspected that the Tuoba family was not actually a descendant of a union between giants and humans.
Instead, the ancestor of the Tuoba family, after refining a piece of Chaos Primordial Embryo Stone, like Wu Tao, had some ancestral giant essence blood in his body.
And because the Tuoba family were all descendants of the Tuoba ancestor, they also had some giant blood flowing in their bodies.
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"Please place your hand on this Witch Pillar..."
A giant of the Great Witch level, tens of thousands of feet tall, responsible for bloodline testing, looked at Wu Tao with a hint of curiosity.
At this point, Wu Ming had finished his test and was standing behind Wu Tao, waiting for his results.
Looking at the Great Witch before him and then at the other giants watching him, Wu Tao pouted slightly, expressing his impatience.
Then, he placed his palm on the very tall Witch Pillar.
As Wu Tao placed his palm on the Witch Pillar, the Witch Pillar rapidly emitted a dazzling light.
The originally lusterless stone pillar suddenly emitted an orange glow, which grew brighter and brighter.
Under the dumbfounded gaze of everyone, the orange quickly turned into red, then blue, then cyan, then golden yellow, and finally, from golden yellow, it turned purple.
This change continued for five times, and only when the very tall stone pillar completely turned purple did it stop changing.
"How is this possible?"
"This guy is clearly just a mixed-blood, so why does he have such pure giant blood?"
"This level of giant blood has the potential to grow into an Ancestral Witch..."
"How is this possible? This is fake?"
"It's absolutely a lie..."
Seeing this scene, all the giants were stunned at this moment.
The Witch Pillar at the testing site was specifically used to test the purity of the giants' bloodlines. Each color change represented the strength of the giants' bloodline, equivalent to different levels.
Orange represented the lowest rank, equivalent to the most ordinary giants. Purple represented the highest level.
This level of bloodline was generally only possessed by descendants of Ancestral Witches.
Many giants had already been tested, but the best among them was only golden yellow, while Wu Ming's test was only orange.
And just now, as soon as Wu Tao placed his hand on it, the Witch Pillar flashed and finally pulsed with a dazzling purple light.
That dazzling purple light seemed to mock these giants who were as tall as mountains.
It was no wonder that these giants, feeling unbalanced, raised various doubts.
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"I think this is pretty much over, right?"
Looking at the large group of noisy giants beside him, Wu Tao suppressed his impatience and said.