The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Old Ma, with a gloomy face, looked at the opposite group asked, "We have nothing to do with Long Qilin. We just met by chance and aren't familiar with him at all. Can't you let us go since we have no grudges?"

Ma Wu looked at him mockingly and said, "Let you go? Letting you go would expose the fact that we killed Long Qilin, wouldn't it?"

"Long Qilin is the son of the head of the Long family, a renowned genius of the Long clan. If this news leaks, it could trigger a war between the two clans."

"Do you think I'll let you go?"

Upon hearing this, Old Ma stopped talking. He had already known that it was impossible, but he couldn't help but ask out of a sliver of hope. Now, he has completely given up hope.

"Feng San, Feng Si? I didn't expect it to be you two!"

Long Qilin scanned the faces of the two people in front and recognized them. He questioned, "Was it you who brought that useless Earth Bear over just now?"

"That's right! It was a gift prepared for you by us three brothers. How do you feel? Surprised?" Feng Si said with a sinister smile.

"Don't misunderstand, the Earth Bear was indeed for you, but whether it had anything valuable inside, we didn't know. You can only blame your bad luck for not finding anything good. Hehe!" Feng San mocked.

"You must think highly of me, sending so many people to deal with me."

Long Qilin glanced at the gathered Feng clan Gu cultivators and sarcastically said, "Just two early-stage marrow cleansing  cultivators would be enough to take me down. Why send so many people?"

"And you even planted a spy, which was unnecessary. In fact, he was of no use at all." Long Qilin looked at Ma Wu not far away.

"Hmph! If it weren't for Long Xuan's lucky method to kill the Earth Bear, and if it weren't for Long Xuan's luck in seeing through my Gu technique, do you really think you could have avoided the first two disasters?" Ma Wu, angered by these words, retorted furiously.

Feng San laughed instead of getting angry, "Being cautious is necessary, isn't it? To deal with a genius like you, naturally, we have to set up more tricks."

"Even if the first two plans didn't succeed, we have other ways to deal with you. Moreover, the Earth Bear has already consumed most of your spiritual power, hasn't it? Today, you are destined to be unable to escape!"

Feng San's eyes suddenly turned sharp, and without further ado, he charged at Long Qilin. Feng Si followed closely behind.

"Feng Wu! Take care of those rogue cultivators. Don't let a single one escape!" Feng Si said to Ma Wu after glancing at him.

"Don't worry! I've already seen their pathetic combat power. Dealing with them will be a piece of cake."

Feng Wu showed a cruel smile and, along with a group of Feng clan Gu cultivators, began attacking the rogue cultivators trapped in the center.

"Damn! I hate it when the enemy is overly cautious."

Long Xuan cursed inwardly. Seeing all exits blocked, he knew that he had to fight for his life today. He immediately used all his strength to hurl a Five Elements Jade at one of the approaching Feng clan Gu cultivators.

The fighting styles of the Long and Feng clan Gu cultivators generally involved close combat. This Feng clan Gu cultivator condensed a massive fireball with his right hand and hurled it heavily at Long Xuan. Seeing that this rogue cultivator, who was a level below him, dared to face him head-on, he revealed a cruel smile.

He increased the fireball's power, clashing it heavily against Long Xuan's Five Elements Jade.

"Boom!!!"

The Five Elements Jade and the fireball collided with a deafening explosion, and the shockwave spread out from the center of the collision.

Under the impact of the explosion, both retreated.

However, Long Xuan only took five steps back, while the Feng clan Gu cultivator, who was a level above him, was sent flying backward, retreating at least ten steps.

He barely stopped himself by stepping on a stone behind him, his expression filled with shock and disbelief as he looked at Long Xuan.

Despite being a level higher, he was at a significant disadvantage in a head-on clash. How could this not surprise him?

It wasn't just him; everyone else paused and looked over with incredulous expressions.

As a Gu cultivator from a prominent clan, Feng San immediately shouted, "His spiritual technique's power is abnormal. It is very likely that he has the legendary Ten Absolute Bodies."

"Be careful, the Ten Absolute Bodies have the ability to fight above their level. But in this era, they can only show their might during the Spirit Gathering stage and can't break through the Marrow Cleansing stage!"

"If you can't beat him, just hold him off until Feng Si and I kill Long Qilin, then we'll deal with him together!"

With that, he intensified his attack on Long Qilin.

"You again! You again! Every time, something goes wrong because of you. Do you think I'll let you ruin my plans a third time?"

Feng Wu, filled with resentment, looked at Long Xuan. Pulling out the sword stabbed into Li Laodao's heart, he turned to attack Long Xuan, determined to kill him first to quell his anger.

However, as he pulled out the sword and turned, he sensed something was wrong. Instinctively dodging, he was still a beat too slow and was struck on the shoulder by Li Laodao's sword.

Feng Wu, in pain, kicked Li Laodao away, leaving the low-grade spiritual sword embedded in his shoulder.

"Damn! It's the Little Stong Gu!"

Feng Wu cursed, pulling out the deeply embedded spiritual sword and throwing it to the ground.

Normally, a person with a pierced heart would surely die, but in this world, a certain day suddenly brought about a type of Gu called the Little Strong Gu, making that common knowledge obsolete.

Feng Wu had heard of the Little Strong Gu. He should have been on guard, but in his rage, he was influenced by habitual thinking and fell into the trap.

Being outsmarted by a rogue cultivator infuriated him, making him lose his mind completely, his face becoming more and more ferocious.

"You forced me! The Little Strong Gu is said to be immortal, but let's see if you can revive after being eaten by bugs!"

Feng Wu patted one of his insect bags, and a large swarm of black insects flew out, forming a cloud that headed towards Li Laodao.

Li Laodao was terrified, knowing well the weaknesses of the Little Strong Gu. If he were devoured by a swarm of insects, he would surely die.

Gu cultivators didn't always use Gu insects for combat; spiritual insects could also be deadly weapons. Though far weaker than Gu insects, even poor rogue cultivators disdained using them.

However, one couldn't deny the advantage of spiritual insects: they could reproduce massively through self-breeding.

Quantity could be an advantage. Once a certain kind of spiritual insect becomes overwhelming in scale, it is even possible to surround and kill a peak-grade spiritual insect.

And controlling such a large swarm only required a blood contract with a single insect king, occupying just one slot.

However, this combat style, despite having the potential to surpass peak-grade Gu insects, had obvious drawbacks.

Feeding hundreds of thousands or millions of insects consumed a massive amount of food and resources, something only the wealthy could afford.

Moreover, swarm insects had extremely poor individual combat capabilities in terms of attack and defense, making them easily wiped out by a single powerful attack, wasting the huge initial investment.

Therefore, only a few insect species were suitable for the swarm tactic, and not any insect could be bred in vast numbers for combat. Using such insects would only result in them being killed en masse by a powerful attack, leading to significant losses.

But if someone could cultivate an insect species that wasn't afraid of large-scale attacks and breed them to a scale of tens of thousands, it would be a nightmare for all enemies, with few opponents at the same level.

The Little Strong Gu feared few things, and a swarm was definitely one of them.

Li Laodao hadn't expected Feng Wu to be one of the rare swarm Gu cultivators, a an existence that could extremely restrain him. His face changed drastically.

"Damn it!"

Li Laodao shouted in alarm and turned to run.

However, his speed couldn't match that of the spiritual insects. After just a few steps, he was engulfed by the swarm.

Seeing the black insects tearing through his clothes and skin, about to burrow into his body, at this critical moment, a massive fire engulfed him.

With the Little Stong Gu, Li Laodao might survive the fire.

But the black insects were different. Despite their overwhelming numbers, they were all incinerated by the sudden fire.

Feng Wu's carefully cultivated black armor insects were fire-resistant, but Long Xuan's Blazing flame palm-produced fire was no ordinary fire.

That was an enhanced sea of ​​fire that was fueled by four types of mutated spiritual power, and it had been enhanced four times. Its power was far beyond that of ordinary flames.

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