The Might of the Ten Extremity Physique

When Long Xuan stepped onto that stretch of gravel road, the Eye of Heavenly Secrets quickly spotted several Gu insects shaped like crushed stones lying in wait on the road.

After magnifying them through the Eye of Heavenly Secrets, progress bars appeared above the insects' heads. Long Xuan became even more certain that they were not gravel, but Rock Gu shaped like gravel. His heart skipped a beat as he realized that things had taken a turn for the worse.

The only Gu cultivator who usually traveled the road to Great Stone Village was himself. He did not harbor the lucky illusion that this had been prepared for someone else. He understood that there was a very high chance someone had set their sights on him.

He cursed inwardly. He had never made enemies with anyone, so why was he being ambushed? Could it be because he had sold too many things?

But everything he sold was within a controllable range. High-grade Spirit Insects were merely materials, things that could be exchanged for with Spirit Stones and were not difficult to gather. Who didn't have a few High-grade Spirit Insects?

Were the things Di Xin sold not all more expensive than his? Why didn't they go after her instead?

Long Xuan sighed inwardly. If he wanted to gather resources, he had to sell resources. Otherwise, did he expect others to hand over resources for free? It was fundamentally impossible to keep one's wealth completely hidden. Even if he only bought and never sold, spending too many Spirit Stones could still draw attention.

He absolutely would not stop trading resources with others in the future. Otherwise, each Gu recipe he created would cost more than the last. Where was he supposed to gather so many resources? And if he resorted to robbery, how would that be any different from dealing with the current situation?

Since there was no solution, he could only meet soldiers with generals and water with earth.

Long Xuan took a deep breath and cursed Old Daoist Li in his heart for harming people so deeply. Those harmful things Old Daoist Li had sold had actually ended up being used on him.

Though his heart was far from calm, his expression did not change in the slightest. He continued humming a little tune, looking as though he were in quite a good mood.

He pretended to stray from the route by accident, conveniently avoiding the spot where the Rock Gu lay in ambush.

Once he had gone around them, he would immediately rush into Great Stone Village at top speed. Old Long was stationed there, enough to ensure his complete safety.

However, his actions did not fool the people lying in ambush at all. The female Rogue Cultivator shouted, "Not good! We've been discovered!"

The three of them immediately leaped out of the grass and blocked Long Xuan's path.

Upon seeing the familiar face of the female Rogue Cultivator, Long Xuan cried out, "So it was you!"

His face shifted from green to white. At the treasure exchange, he had spent a long time wondering who the unlucky bastard she had targeted would be. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that unlucky bastard would be himself. The Soundproof Array Disk she had purchased had actually been prepared for him. The twists and turns of fate were truly beyond prediction.

Long Xuan cursed inwardly. This Di Xin had harmed people deeply too. The Soundproof Array Disk she had traded away was actually being used on him. Things were seriously troublesome now. With a soundproof array in place, there was no hope of waiting for the market guardians to come to his rescue. He could only rely on himself.

"It's me! Since you know we have a Soundproof Array Disk, then obediently hand over all the valuables on you, as well as every Gu insect under blood contract. We guarantee that we'll only take your wealth and not your life."

Considering that Long Xuan possessed the Cockroach Gu, which was difficult to kill, even three against one might not be enough to kill him quickly. Thus, the female Rogue Cultivator did not attack right away.

If she could truly trick him into handing over the Cockroach Gu, then they could dispose of him without lifting a finger.

Naturally, Long Xuan did not believe her nonsense. He glanced at the two people behind her and found that they were both Late Spirit-Gathering Stage Gu cultivators. Three against one—he did not know whether the Ten Extremity Physique could handle it.

"To deal with a mere mid Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivator like me, you actually sent three Late Spirit-Gathering Stage experts. Are you really that lacking in confidence in your own strength? Bullying the weak with the strong is one thing, but now you're also ganging up on the few with the many. Isn't that going a little too far?"

Long Xuan tried to provoke them with taunts. If they could not endure the provocation and came at him one by one for single combat, that would be perfect. With the formidable battle strength of the Ten Extremity Physique, his chances of victory would be extremely high.

However, the people opposite him were clearly not brainless villains. His words did not provoke them in the slightest.

"Hehe! Sorry to disappoint you, but we like using numbers to bully the few. One should always prepare for the worst, after all. Your Cockroach Gu is notorious, and we wouldn't dare let down our guard even a little," the female Rogue Cultivator said with a light laugh.

"You like using numbers to bully the few? What a coincidence. So do I."

Long Xuan smiled and clapped his hands. Five clones immediately split from his body and surrounded the three opponents on all sides.

Including his main body, there were now six Long Xuans in total, enough to form a two-against-one advantage. The numerical advantage had flipped in an instant.

His clones could be released and withdrawn at will. If they were all retracted into his main body, his power would be most concentrated. If they were all divided out, then his power would naturally be split into six.

However, because the Ten Extremity Physique possessed such an enormous amount of spiritual power, even with his power divided into six, the spiritual power of each clone still far surpassed that of cultivators at the same stage.

With such a special physique, he had so much spiritual power that he could not possibly use it all up. It was better for all six bodies to use it at once. Therefore, releasing all his clones to overwhelm the few with the many was his strongest combat form.

It was his first battle, and he was nervous, so he directly used his strongest combat form.

The female Rogue Cultivator looked around with a disdainful expression and sneered. "How can a mere cloning technique make up for the difference in numbers? How naive. As long as we find your main body, the rest of the clones will collapse without a fight."

At that moment, the bald man behind her grimly pushed her shoulder, swallowed, and said, "Those probably aren't clones. They're the legendary Externalized Clones. We may be in serious trouble!"

Clones and Externalized Clones were vastly different. The greatest difference was that while many people could create clones, ordinary clones were merely incorporeal energy forms. They could only confuse opponents and could not harm them. Once the main body was found, the other clones would naturally collapse without a fight.

Externalized Clones, however, were different. They possessed physical bodies and could effectively attack opponents. Their combat strength might not be much weaker than that of the main body.

Very few great figures possessed Externalized Clones, but anyone who did was surely a powerhouse renowned throughout a region. Refining an Externalized Clone was the lifelong dream of every Gu cultivator.

The bald man had never expected that on his first roadside robbery, after carefully picking what seemed to be the weakest target, he would run into someone who had been playing the pig to eat the tiger. At such a low realm, Long Xuan had actually cultivated Externalized Clones—and not just one, but five. Even a Gu King did not have so many Externalized Clones.

This time, they had kicked an iron plate. Externalized Clones could attack, so their attacks absolutely could not be ignored. Without at least six people to fight them one-on-one, there was no chance of dealing with someone like this.

"What? They're Externalized Clones?"

The female Rogue Cultivator's expression changed drastically. Just as she was about to examine them carefully, the five Externalized Clones had already attacked.

"Flame Jade!"

A red sphere of energy condensed from the power of flame appeared in the Flame Clone's right hand. He struck his palm toward the female Rogue Cultivator.

"Thunder Palm!"

The bald man reacted first and rushed in front of the female Rogue Cultivator. A spherical mass of lightning condensed in his right hand as he met the Flame Jade launched by the Flame Clone.

"Boom!"

Their palms collided, erupting with a deafening blast.

The bald man only felt a mountain-toppling, sea-overturning force surge from his palm. He was directly blasted ten steps backward, his face turning pale. Finally, he could not hold back a mouthful of blood, and his body staggered.

"How is that possible?"

The bald man was utterly horrified.

He was a Late Spirit-Gathering Stage cultivator, while this Externalized Clone was merely at the mid Spirit Gathering stage. Yet in a direct clash, he—the one who should have crushed the other through realm superiority—had instead fallen into the disadvantage. He could not make head or tail of it.

How could he know that Long Xuan possessed the Ten Extremity Physique, known as invincible among those of the same stage? With his broad meridians, the attack power he unleashed far surpassed that of others at the same stage.

He could remain invincible at the same stage even against supreme geniuses. Against Rogue Cultivators with extremely poor combat strength, he could fight above his realm—and even defeat opponents above his realm.

If it could not even fight above its realm, how could it deserve the title of the world's number one extraordinary physique? Long Xuan realized that he had still underestimated the Ten Extremity Physique's battle strength.

His Externalized Clones each possessed only a single attribute. Yet Flame Jade, wielded with only a single attribute, had already beaten the bald man until he vomited blood. If he used the Five Elements Jade with his main body, would he not be able to kill him in a single move?

The female Rogue Cultivator's idea of preparing for the worst had been correct. To be safe, even with a realm advantage, she had brought two others to make it three against one. But she still had not prepared broadly enough.