Water Artistic Conception!

"Hall Master, there seems to be a problem with the ruins on Antarctica!"

In a somewhat dim room, a short, stocky man reported to Thor on the other end of the screen.

"What happened? Even the two of you inspectors can't handle it?" Thor asked with a frown.

Like the Limitless Martial Arts School, the Lightning Martial Arts School also had inspectors and supervisors beneath it.

A supervisor needed the strength of a High-level War God to be qualified.

An inspector needed strength surpassing a War God's—meaning Planetary Level—to serve.

The Lightning Martial Arts School had only three inspectors, two fewer than the Limitless Martial Arts School.

"Inspector Jiang was surrounded by a beast horde and forced into the ruins. Several King-level Monsters seem to have reached some kind of agreement and attacked our base in Antarctica together. I was held up by the monsters and couldn't rescue him in time. When I went over to check again, the ruins in Antarctica had already sealed themselves completely," the short, stocky man continued.

"...Don't act rashly for now. I'll come over as soon as I finish dealing with things here," Thor said, then cut off the video.

"Antarctica... a change in the ruins?" Thor murmured.

"And I even promised that kid Gu Ce I'd take him to have a look. Looks like it'll have to be postponed..."

"Boom!"

As the final sword slash fell, the bull's head was severed, and Gu Ce stopped as well.

"What trash." Gu Ce looked at the Blood Scale War Bull's corpse with utter disdain.

If the Blood Scale War Bull had a spirit in the afterlife, it probably would have said:

Sorry I couldn't let you enjoy yourself.

Killing this Blood Scale War Bull had not enabled Gu Ce to break through in battle. Gu Ce wondered how those protagonists had actually done it—having sudden enlightenment in battle and inevitably breaking through their current realm on the brink of life and death?

They were basically cheating bastards.

Since a Beginner Lord would not do, Gu Ce planned to try the one suspected to be a High-level Lord Monster.

The northwest of City No. 1001.

There was a lake here more than a thousand meters in diameter, and the suspected High-level Lord Monster was located here.

In outer space above City No. 1001.

A satellite was watching this place.

To be precise, it was watching Gu Ce.

"That kid isn't thinking of challenging that electric eel, is he?"

Inspector Wang had previously received Hong's order to pay more attention to Gu Ce, and at this moment, he was rather alarmed as well.

He had heard something about the commotion Gu Ce caused in the Training Camp before, but he had only treated it as a minor fuss. After all, the students who were truly powerful had yet to step into the ring.

But after Gu Ce left the Training Camp, the first thing he did was kill a Lord-level Monster. Only then did Inspector Wang finally take Gu Ce's existence seriously, and he felt increasingly astonished.

With the talent Gu Ce had displayed, if nothing unexpected happened in the future, the worst he would become was Council Member Level!

Just as Inspector Wang was about to go remind Gu Ce not to kill too many Lord-level Monsters, lest he graduate early, he discovered that Gu Ce had already run into the electric eel's territory, and he could not help becoming anxious.

A Beginner War God against a High-level Lord?

"Hall Master, you said not to interfere with whatever he does, but he's going off to get himself killed." Inspector Wang was rather anxious, but because of Hong's order, he could not interfere with Gu Ce's training.

"Purple Lightning Li Dragon. This should be the place!"

Gu Ce stood before the lake and looked at the calm surface of the water as he spoke.

The Purple Lightning Li Dragon had already been a Mid-level Lord a long time ago and was quite famous in the Training Camp.

Some time ago, students in the Training Camp had discovered that its body had grown another size larger and suspected it had entered High-level Lord rank. This area had therefore been marked as a forbidden zone in the city.

Although it was called a dragon, in reality, it had mutated from an electric eel from before the Great Nirvana.

Luring the Purple Lightning Li Dragon out was very simple too.

Gu Ce grabbed the head of the Blood Scale War Bull he had just killed and threw it into the center of the lake.

"Splash!"

A huge spray of water erupted in the middle of the lake.

Ripples spread across the surface, and the bull's head gradually sank into the depths.

The head of a Beginner Lord Monster was also a feast for the Purple Lightning Li Dragon.

Gu Ce did not have to wait too long.

Very soon, a massive dark shadow appeared beneath the surface.

That dark shadow was more than forty meters long. Barring any surprises, it should be the Purple Lightning Li Dragon.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the Purple Lightning Li Dragon leaped up, bit down on the Blood Scale War Bull's head, and swallowed it into its belly!

Most of its body was exposed above the water. It was covered all over in pale-purple scales as translucent as crystal. They glittered under the sunlight, and within the scales were leaping Electric Arcs that filled one with dread, along with the faint sound of thunder.

It was indeed a High-level Lord!

A smile appeared on Gu Ce's face, and he seemed somewhat impatient.

Although, in theory, a Beginner War God facing a High-level Lord had no hope of surviving, that was other people!

He was Gu Ce!

Gu Ce clearly did not think he would lose!

"I'll use you as the stepping stone for me to comprehend artistic conception!" Gu Ce drew the Longevity Sword and murmured to himself.

In a flash!

Gu Ce stepped on the surface of the water for leverage and instantly arrived on the Purple Lightning Li Dragon's body.

Before it could return underwater, Gu Ce gripped the longsword in both hands with a reverse hold and stabbed downward!

"Pfft!"

A longsword made of SS-grade material could already harm a King-level Monster.

Gu Ce stabbed a bloody hole into the Purple Lightning Li Dragon's back, and a large amount of lightning instantly burst out from within its scales!

"Zzzzt!"

Electric current surged. Gu Ce exerted force abruptly and leaped up from the Purple Lightning Li Dragon's body, breaking away from it.

A burnt smell drifted through the air.

The Purple Lightning Li Dragon forcibly twisted its body in midair, its enormous dragon head glaring viciously at Gu Ce as if it wanted to memorize his appearance.

"Splash!"

The surface of the water was churned into chaos by the Purple Lightning Li Dragon's movements, forming a whirlpool. The surrounding currents layered over one another, turning into wave after wave.

Gu Ce seemed to gain some insight. He ignored the Purple Lightning Li Dragon's existence and fixed his gaze on the fluctuations of the water.

Six Eyes turned unconsciously, and lines belonging to the Origin Laws of Space appeared in his eyes.

Water.

Waves.

Layer upon layer, endless and unceasing!

He recalled what Gu Hechang had displayed—the Longevity Swordplay Third Layer, the Water Artistic Conception. It seemed it should be like this, right?

Endless and unceasing?

No!

Gu Ce sank into it utterly, forgetting himself, completely oblivious to the Purple Lightning Li Dragon watching hungrily from the side.

Inspector Wang, watching through the monitor, was so anxious he nearly died. Why had this kid suddenly stopped moving?

"Roar!"

The Purple Lightning Li Dragon leaped out of the water once more, kicking up surging Wave. The current formed a huge breaker that slammed toward Gu Ce.

Water could also be ferocious!

Gu Ce's eyes instantly became clear. Within those brilliant azure eyes, dazzling like a starry sky, the traces of water were reflected.

Drawing his longsword, Gu Ce stared at the Purple Lightning Li Dragon, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.

In the next instant!

The Purple Lightning Li Dragon swallowed Gu Ce in one bite and slipped back into the lake.

Inspector Wang picked up his weapon, already preparing to rush over and rescue him. With the speed of a Planetary Level martial artist, there was still time!

"Wait?"

Inspector Wang's gaze sharpened as he looked at the screen.

"Swish!"

"Haha! I did it!"

"Next time, remember to chew first!"

"Longevity Swordplay Third Layer!"

Gu Ce's excited voice rang out from inside the Purple Lightning Li Dragon's belly. In an instant, he swung eight slashes, breaking the Purple Lightning Li Dragon apart from within and cutting it into nine segments!

A Beginner War God's fourfold force generation was already equivalent to the full-power burst of an ordinary High-level War God.

The Purple Lightning Li Dragon had only just reached the High-level Lord realm. As a monster, it had not mastered Force Generation Techniques, and it had even sent Gu Ce into its body, where its defenses were weakest. Wasn't that just courting death?!

"Water Artistic Conception is that simple."

Having comprehended artistic conception in just over a month, Gu Ce felt he was qualified to say those words.

Water had no fixed shape. It could attack or defend, and it could transform back and forth between gas, liquid, and solid. Water could bring life, and it could also take life!

The Water Artistic Conception Gu Hechang had comprehended was continuous, endless, and unceasing, good at defense.

The Water Artistic Conception Gu Ce had comprehended was Tsunami tides, surging waves, good at offense!

Because of this, the Longevity Swordplay Gu Ce displayed was not the same as Gu Hechang's.

One was good at defense, the other at offense.