West Sea Battle
Several hours later, Long Xuan stared at the several sheets of paper on the table and fell into deep thought.
The ability of the Medicine Insect to mass-produce millennia-old spirit medicine is simply too heaven-defying. It is already so heaven-defying, yet you still want to refine it into Gu Insect. The difficulty of that is unimaginable.
Such incredible power must be limited by the materials available.
After several days of research, Long Xuan discovered that the upper limit of the Medicine Gu was terrifyingly high.
The maximum number of materials required for Medicine Gu is probably over ten million. Even if most of the materials overlap, it would still take a huge amount of time to research such a long Gu Recipe.
Furthermore, a significant portion of the materials are undoubtedly extinct, so the research on the Medicine Gu Recipe can basically be declared a failure.
However, Long Xuan was not giving up. He knew that the same material could be used for different Gu Recipe, so why did he have to study the longest Gu Recipe? He could have just chosen the shortest Gu Recipe.
Although the Medicine Gu produced as a last resort is not perfect, it can always be cleaned up later in the Spirit World. It can be used as a temporary solution in the early stages.
So after Long Xuan wrote the Medicine Insect on the paper, he began to experiment with the second set of materials.
It's important to know that when the materials are applicable to multiple Gu Recipe, the cheat code will display the longest Gu Recipe. However, it can refine the Gu Recipe by increasing the materials, gradually finding the Gu Recipe with the fewest materials.
As he continued experimenting with the second set of materials, the progress on the paper began to change.
Sometimes the progress disappears, sometimes it increases slightly, sometimes it suddenly becomes four digits, and sometimes it suddenly becomes five digits.
Long Xuan dared not be greedy; that was definitely beyond what he could handle in his current state.
Ultimately, he chose the Gu Recipe, which required tens of thousands of materials.
In fact, the number of materials can be further reduced; even with tens of thousands of materials, Gu Recipe could still result in the extinction of materials.
However, Long Xuan found the Medicine Gu with too few materials to be too weak and had no motivation to research it.
So he chose to push the limits, and taking a risk once in a while wouldn't hurt. If he failed, he could just switch to a Gu Recipe formula with fewer materials. At most, he would waste some time, which he could afford.
And so, Long Xuan discarded the other Gu Recipe and chose Gu Recipe with approximately ten thousand materials. He then went into seclusion and began working on creating his own Medicine Gu Recipe.
Meanwhile, at West Sea Dragon Island.
The decisive battle between the Long Family and the Zhu-Song Families has arrived.
The two sides of Gu cultivators stood in rows, facing each other on a flat terrain.
However, this time the West Sea Long Clan had the assistance of the Far West Long Family, so they were not at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, with both sides having around 10,000 Gu cultivators.
Finally, with the sound of a horn resounding like a dragon, the morale of the Long Family Clan surged, and they launched the first attack.
Each of the Gu cultivators from the Far West Long Family took out a giant Earthworker from their Insect-Rearing Pouch and then rode on its back.
Just when the Gu cultivators on Zhu Song's side thought they would launch an attack riding these huge creatures, the Long Family's actions took them by surprise, and they were quickly stunned.
Each Earthworker spat out a huge earthen ball disproportionate to its own size from its mouth, then threw it high into the sky with great force.
Under normal circumstances, everyone would scoff at this type of attack because the landing speed of a thrown attack is so slow that anyone could easily dodge it.
But what if you saw five thousand Earthworker throwing clay balls at once?
The earthen balls are so big that if five thousand of them were launched simultaneously, they would be enough to cover the entire sky, and their impact on the ground would be almost seamless.
Unfortunately, in the midst of a large-scale battle, their formation was so dense that how could they possibly dodge the overwhelming barrage of earthen balls falling from the sky? At this moment, all the Gu cultivators on Zhu Song's side changed their expressions.
As the sky suddenly darkened, one after another huge earthen sphere crashed down like meteorites. The Gu cultivators of the Zhu-Song Families turned pale and fled frantically, no longer caring about their formation.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Meteorites rained down, each one creating a huge crater in the earth.
The earth shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck, producing deafening sounds.
Occasionally, a Gu cultivator would fail to dodge in time and be hit by the earthen ball, turning into a bloody pulp.
The scene was in complete chaos, filled with screams. The surviving Gu cultivators were all deathly pale, clutching their heads and running around in terror.
Some lucky Gu cultivators managed to dodge all the earthen balls' attacks by finding an opening, while others withstood the onslaught, spitting out blood as they barely survived the round of attacks.
But who says Earthworker can only throw one dirt ball? After each Earthworker throws out a dirt ball, before the ball has even completely fallen from the sky, it spits out another one, launching a second round of bombardment, followed by a third...
Before long, the sky was filled with countless spheres of earth, making it look like the end of the world.
The ground beneath the earthen ball became completely dark, and not a single ray of sunlight fell.
Countless meteorites fell continuously, some of them still burning fiercely. When they hit the ground, they could create a huge sea of fire, further reducing the space below where people could take cover.
Under such a frenzied bombardment, the earth trembled incessantly, as if it were about to be smashed through, and the deafening sound completely drowned out the screams of the Gu cultivators.
The Gu practitioners of the Zhu-Song Families met their end on this day. In such an apocalyptic scene, they cried out to heaven and earth in vain, and people died in droves.
The top officials of Zhu-Song Families were all deathly pale, completely stunned.
They were standing so close together that, despite repeated bombardments from the five artillery regiments of the Far West Long Family, far less than half of them survived.
When a sliver of sunlight finally pierced the sky and the massive meteorite no longer blocked the sunlight, the ground began to shake violently once more, accompanied by a series of booming sounds.
The Long Family's cavalry regiment of Earthworker raiders launched a charge against the still bewildered survivors.
Each Earthworker's body was covered with a layer of Cement -made Insect Armor, and the huge surface area was enough to be engraved with many formations.
Each Earthworker is equivalent to a movable Formation Base, and every thousand Earthworker can be pieced together to form a Mountain-Protecting Formation, which is also a movable Mountain-Protecting Formation.
Thus, the surviving Gu cultivators of the Zhu-Song Families, despite not making a move, inexplicably triggered the Killing Formation of the Mountain-Protecting Formation.
Soon, various lightning bolts and fireballs rained down from the sky, and the Killing Formation of the Mountain-Protecting Formation mercilessly slaughtered the Gu cultivators who had entered the array.
How many Gu cultivators can withstand the attack of the Mountain-Protecting Formation?
The Gu cultivators of the Zhu-Song Families died in droves once again, leaving a trail of corpses on the ground, a scene of carnage.
Even the Gu cultivators at the Spiritual Sea Stage were decimated by the Mountain-Protecting Formation, and the number of high-level Gu cultivators was severely reduced in just one encounter.
The top Zhu-Song Families had red eyes, their gazes almost bursting.
Fighting in the open with Mountain-Protecting Formation? Is this how you play? This is the first time they've ever seen such a cheating fighting style.
This is so unfair, how can we even play?
"Retreat! Retreat immediately!"
The heads of the Zhu-Song Families shouted at the top of their lungs, but before they could even speak, the two groups of Gu cultivators had already collapsed like a house of cards. The surviving Gu cultivators were all running for their lives, so there was no need for them to speak.
At this point, the allied forces of the two clans had completely lost their fighting capacity and will to fight, and were easily defeated by the Gu cultivators of the Long Family.
The Long Family won the war without shedding a drop of blood; it was a miracle that not a single person was lost in the entire battle.
The Gu cultivators on the West Sea Long Clan's side were all stunned, their eyes wide open, staring blankly at the scene, their mouths agape as if they could stuff an egg in their mouths.
They could hardly believe that the Zhu-Song allied forces had been defeated so easily.
"Looks like this is none of our business anymore?"
The head of the West Sea Long Clan stared blankly ahead, then gave a bitter smile.
"We were definitely unnecessary to come. Their clan alone is enough. What kind of Gu Insect is that? Low-Grade Gu Insect from a ghost, right? You call this Low-Grade Gu Insect?"
The elder of the West Sea Long Clan stared blankly at the enormous creatures, muttering in a daze.
"What a monstrous Gu Insect! What kind of Low-Grade Gu Insect is this? Has the Heavenly Dao gone blind? How could it define such an outrageous Gu Insect as Low-Grade Gu Insect!"
The three elders of the West Sea Long Clan shouted in disbelief, completely stunned by the scene.
This battle shattered their understanding. The Earthworker's tactics were simply unbelievable. He could send meteorites from the sky and launch a massive attack while carrying out mountain defenses. He had never seen such a style of warfare before. Who could withstand such a combination of attacks?
It would be strange if the Zhu-Song Families didn't lose; even if they were in their place, they wouldn't have been able to withstand it, and would have suffered an even more crushing defeat.
All the high-ranking members of the West Sea Long Clan showed extremely solemn expressions, and their gazes towards the Far West Long Family's Gu cultivators were completely different.
In this battle, the Earthworker slaughtered everyone on all sides. The initial victory of the Earthworker cavalry shocked even the Gu cultivators of the Far West Long Family, not to mention the onlookers. All forces paying attention to this war were alarmed.
This great battle was the one that made the Earthworker famous. Earthworker became renowned in this battle and became a terrifying force that struck fear into the hearts of all sides.
The newly emerged and powerful Gu species, the Earthworker, began to be widely known, and its creator was constantly being investigated.
But it wasn't until many years later that everyone realized this famous Gu poison was created by a genius boy who was only at the Spirit Gathering Stage at the time—but that's another story.
At this moment, Long Xuan was unaware that the Earthworker would use this battle to burn the entire world like a fire. He, the instigator who nearly wiped out the Zhu-Song Families, was still quietly Liver Gu Formula in the small pavilion.
The Liver Gu Formula went surprisingly smoothly this time, because the caterpillar was too weak; even a Low-grade Spirit Insect could easily devour it.
How could the main insect in a Gu Recipe be allowed to be eaten? Therefore, all insect species stronger than the caterpillar can basically be ruled out.
Unfortunately, the caterpillar is at the bottom of the insect world, and every insect is stronger than it. After such elimination, there are not many kinds left to put into the Gu Recipe.
Therefore, after eliminating species by process of elimination, Long Xuan did not have many insect species to choose from, which naturally saved a lot of time in exhaustive search.
Moreover, although the Medicine Gu Recipe requires 10,000 kinds of materials, there are too many repeated materials, and the types that can be used are probably only a thousand or so.
Thus, Long Xuan only spent half a year to produce the heaven-defying Medicine Gu Recipe.
He dusted off the dust that wasn't on the Gu Recipe and revealed an extremely smug smile.
"Hehe, because the number of the Ten Heaven-Defying Spirit Insect is unique in the world, no one throughout history has been able to research the Gu Recipe for the Ten Heaven-Defying Spirit Insect."
"Only I! Only I, Long Xuan, have broken through what no one before me could achieve and developed Gu Recipe using the ten most powerful and rebellious Spirit Insect as its main ingredients! Who else can compare?"
Long Xuan was in high spirits and let out a triumphant laugh.