Setting a Trap

"It's those bastards from the Bai Clan. What are they doing here on our turf with so many of them? I'm going over there to teach them a lesson."

Long Biao was furious and rolled up his sleeves, ready to rush forward to help, but Long Qian grabbed his shoulder, his face grim, and said, "Stay put! Let's see what they're planning first. Rushing in recklessly now will only make things worse. Don't reveal my presence."

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan finally understood the identities of both parties. Since the Bai Clan's surname was Bai, it was reasonable for them to wear white clothes. The one wearing black clothes must be a Gu cultivator from the Western Land Long Family.

He finally understood why the young man who led the Long Family's Gu cultivators possessed such exaggerated combat power.

His Evil Dragon Emperor Eye can see through the flaws in all of his opponent's moves, allowing him to defeat them in one strike.

If his opponents can't even withstand a single move from him, then a war of attrition is impossible, and numerical superiority is naturally useless to him. What difficulty is there for him to fight a large group of opponents?

In other words, killing is forbidden in the marketplace; otherwise, those he knocked to the ground would probably never get up again, and the fight wouldn't have lasted this long.

Long Xuan clicked his tongue, experiencing the terrifying power of the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye for the first time. His apprehension towards this Eye Gu increased by three points. However, he quickly became doubtful: Was the Long Family's Evil Dragon Emperor Eye really that powerful?

As far as he knew, due to a large shortage of materials for refining the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, the current Evil Dragon Emperor Eye were all incomplete versions with limited power. They could only see through the flaws of ordinary abilities, and were ineffective against slightly stronger abilities.

His own Steel Fist was not yet fully developed and should have been full of flaws, but Long Biao could not see any weaknesses at all. This clearly shows how limited the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye really is.

But this young man was different. His Evil Dragon Emperor Eye could break through any ability and see the flaws in any move, allowing him to kill any opponent of the same level in one strike.

Keep in mind that his opponents were all Gu cultivators from the Bai Clan. The Bai Clan was one of the ten great clans of the Western Land, and they were not lacking in high-level abilities. How could an ordinary Evil Dragon Emperor Eye be broken so easily?

Long Xuan immediately asked curiously, "Is this person's Evil Dragon Emperor Eye the complete version? How can he find flaws in every ability?"

Long Ziyan, who was standing to the side, also pricked up her ears to listen, even though her Evil Dragon Emperor Eye was not nearly as powerful.

"Hehe!" Long Qian laughed smugly, "It's not just your Far West Long Family that has peerless geniuses; my clan also has its own prodigies."

"This person is named Long Dan, the number one genius of our clan, far superior to Long Biao, that good-for-nothing."

"The reason he has such high combat power is because he possesses Innate Gu, and it is one of the top ten Innate Gu."

At this point, he smiled, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense, and didn't continue.

However, Long Xuan's clone enjoyed reading, so he knew what the Innate Gu was.

In this world imbued with spiritual power, anything is possible. Not only can spirit medicine and beasts breed worms, but even humans can be born with parasites by fortuitous opportunity.

These worms that are born naturally in the human body are called Innate Gu.

Some Innate Gu are very weak and useless, while others are very strong. Obtaining just one of them can grant one Innate Gu -defying combat power, even making one invincible among those of the same level.

But regardless of whether the Innate Gu is strong or weak, it is something that any gu cultivator desires to possess.

Because the Innate Gu will grow along with the strength of the gu cultivator, there is no need to spend a huge amount of resources to cultivate it, and there is no need to worry about its transformation in the future.

The Innate Gu is the only type of Gu Insect that can grow on its own without any investment of resources. Obtaining one is equivalent to getting an ability for free. Regardless of the strength of the ability, who wouldn't want something for free?

The most powerful Innate Gu are known as the Ten Great Innate Gu.

Legend has it that the Ten Innate Gu possess endless life, are invincible, and are unique in the world; it is impossible to find another one like them in the entire world.

No one knows the form of the Ten Innate Gu, nor does anyone know where they are hidden in the human body.

However, once the host is killed, it will fly out of the corpse and search for the next host. Once it selects a target, it will forcibly parasitize that person's body, regardless of whether the person agrees or not.

After this person dies, it will continue to repeat this process, endlessly cycling over and over again.

Long Xuan only knew what the Innate Gu was and that the Ten Innate Gu had a unique attribute, but he did not know what kinds of Gu Insect were among the Ten Innate Gu.

Many times he wondered if his cheat ability might be a certain Innate Gu, or even one of the ten Innate Gu, called the Growth Gu.

The Growth Gu would manifest its progress according to the host's cognitive development, which is why something similar to the system from his previous life appeared in his vision, but it was actually not a system at all.

The original owner's understanding was based on the primitive stage of mathematics in this world, so the progress he saw was only a few percent or a fraction of a percent, without any precision improved by the decimal point. So how could he possibly develop anything?

In a world where mathematics is in its primitive stage, the Growth Gu is basically useless; it would become a useless ability in anyone's hands.

Of course, this was just a guess in his mind. He was still unclear about the origin of his cheat ability and was unsure whether the ability to see the progress of all things came from the Innate Gu.

After all, his cheat ability couldn't see inside his own eyes, so he couldn't see what was inside his eyeballs. And his clone couldn't replicate his cheat ability, so he really didn't know if there were any unknown Gu Insect inside his eyeballs.

Although he didn't know which Gu Insect were among the Ten Great Innate Gu, his learned senior sister's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and she blurted out, "Limit Gu! He possesses Limit Gu!"

"The Limit Gu's ability is to break limits. This ability can turn Low-Grade Gu Insect into Mid-Grade Gu Insect, and Mid-Grade Gu Insect into High-Grade Gu Insect."

"If this ability were applied to a supreme-grade Gu worm, that Gu Insect would break through the upper limit of top-grade, becoming a terrifying existence that surpasses even the supreme-grade Gu worm."

"And this ability is by no means limited to Gu Insect."

"Cultivation Method, spiritual arts, physical skills... any ability can be unconditionally increased by one level under this ability."

"However, in its initial stage, the Limit Gu can only affect one ability, and this effect cannot be changed."

"Long Dan should give this sole spot to the Evil Dragon Evil Dragon Emperor Eye 'Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, transforming its incomplete Evil Dragon Emperor Eye into the complete version."

"That's why his Evil Dragon Emperor Eye is so terrifying, able to see through any weakness in an ability!"

Long Qian glanced at her in surprise, not expecting her to have such insight. This left him speechless, having failed to keep her in suspense. What else could he say?

"You are indeed clever and knowledgeable, able to see through his secret at a glance."

"However, you're wrong about one thing. His current level of the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye is only infinitely close to the complete version; it hasn't reached the level where it can rival the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye of his ancestor."

"Even with the most heaven-defying ability in this world, he still couldn't find a flaw. The ability to see through all flaws in any ability is simply too heaven-defying. This ability may have even surpassed the scope of supreme-grade Gu worm, how could the Limit Gu possibly be restored so easily?"

"Even this level of the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye is powerful enough to defy the heavens. In this region, the Long Dan is invincible among those of the same level."

"No, you two should be excluded." Long Qian suddenly glanced at Long Xuan and Long Ziyan.

The Ten Extraordinary Bodies and the Ten Innate Gu should be of equal rank.

The Ten Extremity Physique can amplify the power of spiritual techniques and Internal Gu abilities, essentially breaking the limits of those abilities. How is that different from the Limit Gu?

If Long Xuan and Long Dan were to face off at the same level, Long Qian vaguely felt that the Ten Extremity Physique would have a better chance of winning.

After all, the Long Dan only breaks the limit of one ability, while the Ten Extremity Physique, apart from External Gu, have all-around limit-breaking abilities. The Ten Extremity Physique are known as invincible among their peers, and that is no joke.

However, the Ten Extremity Physique cannot be cultivated in this era. He was not very optimistic about Long Xuan's future. Breaking through the Marrow Cleansing Stage was already the limit, and breaking through the Spiritual Sea Stage was absolutely impossible in his opinion. There was simply no pill in this world that could enable the Ten Extremity Physique to break through to the Spiritual Sea Stage.

Just as they were talking, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield.

Two Bai Clan Gu cultivators who had been knocked to the ground by Long Dan suddenly vomited blood and died. The blows were not heavy, yet the two died suddenly, their deaths were incredibly fast.

After the two men died, a loud shout suddenly rang out from the crowd, "Sons! You died so tragically! How cruel you are at such a young age! You must not be allowed to live!"

Suddenly, an aura of a Spirit Sea Peak emanated from the crowd, and then an old man rushed out from the crowd, charging towards Long Dan with murderous intent. He was extremely fast, as if afraid of being too slow.

Seeing this, Long Xuan's lips twitched involuntarily, and his expression became quite interesting.

The two Bai Clan Gu cultivators, whose injuries were clearly not serious, suddenly died. There's probably something fishy going on. It could be suicide, or they were secretly killed by someone.

No sooner had these two died than a Gu cultivator at the Spirit Sea Peak jumped out, preparing to overwhelm the Long Family's genius by relying on his superior cultivation level.

He wouldn't believe a word if there wasn't a conspiracy involved.

At this point, he could clearly see that this was a trap set by the Bai Clan for Long Dan.

The goal was to eliminate one of the Long Family's geniuses before the Genius Arena Tournament even started, thereby increasing their chances of winning the subsequent matches and securing a larger share of the mines.

To win one more round, the Bai Clan has completely abandoned all pretense of decency.

But are the Marrow Cleansing Stage Gu cultivators in the Western Land really free?

In order to kill Long Dan in a justifiable way, they were willing to sacrifice their own people to save their own lives. They were really going all out to win, even Marrow Cleansing Stage expert without hesitation. That's ruthless!

Seeing a powerful expert with the aura of the Spirit Sea Peak lunging at him with a ferocious expression, Long Dan's face changed drastically; he was truly startled.

No matter how talented he is, it's impossible for him to defeat a Spirit Sea Peak expert across such a vast realm. If this Spirit Sea Peak expert catches up with him, he's practically doomed.

However, a group of Gu cultivators in the Marrow Cleansing Stage from the Bai Clan seemed to have been prepared, sparing no effort to entangle him tightly, giving him no chance to escape.

In the blink of an eye, just as his life hung by a thread, Long Qian, who had been watching the show from the crowd, finally made his move.

He leaped out of the crowd with incredible speed and lashed the old man's back with a whip.

This strike was merciless, using all its strength; if one didn't dodge in time, this whip could take half a person's life.

"Hmph! It's none of your business to lecture the geniuses of my clan!"

"A dignified Spiritual Sea Stage expert actually lowers himself to attack a junior? You shameless old man, don't you feel ashamed?"