Conceiving a Third Supreme-grade Gu Formula

However, Long Xuan's extremely cautious nature made him unsure about his lifespan of one hundred years, even though the power should have been sufficient in theory.

But what if Feng Wu dodges the attack and the bomb misses its target? What if Feng Wu happens to possess some kind of defensive treasure?

There are simply too many uncertainties in theory. What if these situations actually happen? What if he was just a hair's breadth away from being killed by the explosion?

Long Xuan was deeply suspicious; he would rather waste an extra hundred years of his lifespan than let that one uncertain factor slip by.

Anyway, he already has a lifespan more than 700 years longer than his peers, and it will continue to increase in the future, so there is no need to be frugal with it.

So he gritted his teeth and added another hundred years of lifespan to the Energy Bomb. With the injection of another hundred years of lifespan, the Energy Bomb became larger and brighter, releasing a dazzling light and a heart-palpitating power.

"Die!"

When the Energy Bomb became extremely unstable, Long Xuan quickly hurled Energy Bomb at the enraged Feng Wu, then turned and ran.

He had already anticipated that the two-hundred-year-old Energy Bomb would produce a terrifying explosion, the destructive force of which would be enough to affect him. If he didn't run now, when would he?

"Hmph! A mere trick!"

A pair of black phoenix wings sprouted from Feng Wu's back, firmly blocking his front.

He had already recognized the extraordinary nature of this move, but so what? No matter how powerful the Ten Extremity Physique was, it was impossible for him to fight three levels higher, so he didn't take the flying ball of light seriously.

However, he was destined to pay a heavy price for his underestimation of his opponent.

"Boom!!!"

The Energy Bomb slammed heavily into his phoenix wings, releasing a dazzling light before exploding with a deafening roar.

His black wings were as fragile as paper, instantly evaporated by the intense light. Without the wings to shield him, the destructive power relentlessly assaulted Feng Wu's body, causing him to let out a painful scream. In just an instant, he was crushed into pieces by the destructive force, and his scream abruptly ceased.

However, this was not the end. The power of the Energy Bomb was not fully unleashed, and the blast continued to spread, impacting in all directions.

At that moment, the earth trembled violently, and large sections of the ground were torn up and thrown in all directions by the shockwave.

"Puff!"

Even though Long Xuan had run quite far, he couldn't escape the ravages of the Energy Bomb. He suddenly felt a burning pain in his back, and then he was sent flying into the air, crashing heavily to the ground some distance away, making a pathetic face-first gesture.

Then he knelt on the ground and coughed up blood.

If he was already in such a state after running so far, then one can only imagine how the others on the battlefield fared.

The people who were engaged in fierce fighting were suddenly stunned by the explosion. Everyone was engulfed in the blast and relentlessly ravaged by it.

As a result, Long Xuan's teammates were once again accidentally injured. They were blown away by the shockwave of the explosion, and after being thrown an unknown distance, they crashed to the ground, spitting out blood.

The Feng Clan Gu cultivators who were fighting them were also not spared. They were directly affected by the blast wave. Some were sent flying, while those who were close by were torn to shreds by the violent force, leaving no trace of their bodies.

At the same time, the three who were fighting, Long Qilin and Feng San Feng Si, also coughed up blood. The three of them were sent flying and crashed heavily into a boulder under the shockwave.

They smashed the boulder to pieces and rolled a great distance before finally getting up together, spitting out a mouthful of blood, all severely injured.

As for that Withering Gu, although it was supreme-grade Gu worm, its defense was surprisingly fragile. It was instantly blasted into pieces and evaporated before it could even utter a sound.

The sudden explosion completely stunned the three men. Their heads were buzzing, their eyes were blank, and they looked on in disbelief.

The explosion happened so suddenly that all three were seriously injured before they could react.

Long Qilin's body tempering was strong enough, but Feng San and Feng Si's injuries were much more severe.

If three Gu cultivators in the Early Marrow-Cleansing Stage were in such a state, then it goes without saying that the rest of the Gu cultivators in the Spirit Gathering Stage were even more affected.

Except for Old Daoist Li and the Little Apothecary, who were lucky enough to be half-crippled by the blast due to the presence of the Cockroach Gu, they were still alive.

As for the rest of them, they were all killed in the explosion. The Feng Clan's Gu cultivators were completely wiped out, with not a single one surviving.

All the survivors looked horrified, not knowing what had happened.

Long Xuan's ultimate move was incredibly ruthless, damaging his own teammates before even harming the enemy.

Even the Feng Clan's group of Gu cultivators were killed in the explosion, so how could Old Ma and the others possibly escape unscathed?

However, even without Long Xuan, they were destined to be killed by the Feng Clan Gu cultivators today. They were almost killed by the Feng Clan Gu cultivators before the Energy Bomb even hit the ground, and they were only on their last breath. The result would be the same.

At least with this move, Old Daoist Li and the Little Apothecary were able to escape the pursuit of the Feng Clan's Gu cultivators, which was equivalent to saving two more people and evening things out. Long Xuan could only comfort himself with this thought before getting up, turning around, and running away.

Long Qilin was still dazed and completely stunned by the explosion. He stared blankly at Long Xuan's retreating figure.

Is this the power of the Ten Extremity Physique? That's way too exaggerated!

He felt that the historical records were wrong; the historical records were far too conservative in their description of the Ten Extremity Physique Ten Extremity Physique, greatly downplaying their power.

Once Long Xuan had run far away, he finally realized what was happening, quickly got up, shook his head, and then turned and ran as well.

If not now, when?

"Stop running!"

Feng San quickly got up, suppressing his injuries, and painfully chased after them.

"Younger brother!!!"

At this moment, Feng Si finally realized that his younger brother Feng Wu had been blown to bits. His eyes turned red and his gaze was filled with rage. After letting out a mad roar, he chased after Long Xuan without any regard for anything else.

The speed of a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage is incredibly fast. Feng San and Feng Si, one in the south and one in the north, had already covered an unknown distance in no time.

Feng San quickly realized that Feng Si hadn't followed. When he turned around again, a tall tree blocked his view, and Feng Si was nowhere to be seen.

"Damn it! What on earth is he doing?!"

Feng Si cursed angrily, then his expression suddenly changed.

"Oh no! My Withering Gu is gone!"

He had a bad feeling, and then his face paled with shock.

Without the limitations of the Withering Gu, the Long Qilin, empowered by the Ascending Dragon Gu, is now at the Mid Marrow-Cleansing Stage, while I am only at the Early Marrow-Cleansing Stage, alone, and even more seriously injured than the Long Qilin.

He realized something was wrong, immediately stopped, and abandoned the chase.

However, Long Qilin had finally realized this situation, discovering that he had recovered to the Mid Marrow-Cleansing Stage, and that there was only a small Early Marrow-Cleansing Stage behind him who dared to chase him.

He couldn't help but grin maliciously. A golden opportunity! How could he not seize it? He immediately stopped, swung his fist, and turned to smash it at Feng San, suddenly launching a surprise attack...

Meanwhile, when Long Xuan used his Eye of Heavenly Secrets to see a marrow Marrow Cleansing Stage Gu cultivator with a ferocious expression hanging behind him, he was startled and turned to run into the complex terrain.

At this moment, he once again realized the importance of speed. His short legs were no match for a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage, so he could only use the complex terrain to leave him behind.

Creating my own Movement Method is something I need to put on the agenda; I'll do it as soon as I get back. But let's wait until we've escaped this calamity before making a decision.

The mountain road was rugged and full of potholes, covered with fallen branches and leaves, making it difficult to spot.

Long Xuan deliberately ran towards areas with many pits and hollows, but his Eye of Heavenly Secrets also had a slight ability to see through things, allowing him to perfectly avoid the pits and hollows under the branches and leaves.

Feng Si, who was behind him, was in a much worse situation. He kept feeling the ground slippery under his feet, sinking deep into it and almost falling over. He hadn't run very far, but he had already fallen countless times.

So much so that even though he was a whole realm higher than Long Xuan, he was still unable to catch up with him.

But it's clearly impossible to shake him off just because of the potholes in the road.

Feng Si was so enraged that she completely lost her mind, her eyes fixed on Long Xuan's back, determined to fight to the death.

Until he pulled a huge black beetle from the Insect-Rearing Pouch and rode on its back, although the speed was not as fast as before, the beetle moved as if it were flat ground and could ignore the potholes in the ground, and gradually began to catch up with Long Xuan.

Long Xuan was greatly surprised. The characteristic of insects is their small size; if they weren't small, would they still be called insects?

This was the first time he had ever seen such a large Gu Insect that could be ridden; it already had the potential to become a mount.

At this moment, he felt an urge to refine large-scale Gu Insect as well; how could he travel without a car?

But now is not the time to think about these things; if I keep letting my mind wander, that giant beetle will catch up with me.

It didn't take long for Long Xuan to come up with a way to break the deadlock. He had Gu Insect, so why didn't he have his Gu Insect?

Finally, Long Xuan took the still-sleeping Little White out of the Insect-Rearing Pouch. Little White had drunk too much distilled liquor and had been fast asleep in the Insect-Rearing Pouch, sleeping soundly at this moment.

Drinking leads to trouble; it didn't help at all in the fight just now, but it's incredibly carefree.

But now that we're at a life-or-death situation, we can't let it sleep anymore. Is this the reincarnation of the god of sleep?

Long Xuan shook it awake with force.

"Wake up and open your eyes to look at me!"

Little White groggily opened her eyes, glanced at him sleepily, then looked behind him, released her Slowing Domain, and continued to snore.

At this moment, Long Xuan was holding its tail, its head down, hanging like a rope, swaying in the wind.

It can even fall asleep in this position. Long Xuan was completely Qi Ingestion. What kind of ancestor did he raise?

As soon as the Slowing Domain was activated, the speed of the person and the Gu behind them immediately decreased.

Feng Si felt an endless resistance preventing him from moving, making every step extremely difficult.

Not only did his speed decrease drastically, but his physical exertion also increased exponentially. He used every ounce of strength he had, yet he still couldn't get any closer and was instead left further and further behind.

He was completely dumbfounded. What kind of ability was this? He had never seen such an ability in this region before, and he had no idea how to counter it.

"It's supreme-grade Gu worm!"

Feng Si's pupils contracted, revealing a look of shock.

The highest quality Gu Insect supreme-grade Gu worm are the rarest and most rarest of all; even someone from a powerful clan rarely sees them.

He never expected that a mere Rogue Cultivator would possess supreme-grade Gu worm, and with such bizarre abilities.

In most cases, the abilities of Gu Insect have little or no effect on those at a higher level, such as the Withering Gu.

But this Little White was clearly not among them; its ability could ignore the difference in cultivation level, which greatly surprised him and made him feel troubled.

The slowdown in his actions meant that he could no longer catch up with Long Xuan, and continuing the pursuit was pointless.

Feng Si checked Long Xuan's spiritual power again, and he suddenly felt an urge to vomit blood.

It's full! It's completely full!

He fought for a long time and even unleashed a powerful attack that killed everyone, yet his spiritual energy is still full!

He couldn't understand at all where this freak came from; he was completely bewildered.

He had regained his senses by now. His opponent was clearly very persistent, while he was being worn down many times over by this damned resistance. He might not be able to outlast this kid.

"Damn it! Where did this weirdo come from?!"

Feng Si gritted his teeth in resentment and finally stopped. At this moment, he finally realized that the Long Qilin had not been dealt with yet, and Feng San had not followed.

With business at hand, and since it was impossible to catch up in a short time, he decisively gave up the chase and turned to run back.

Seeing Feng Si finally turn and leave on the giant beetle, Long Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, patted his frightened heart, and felt a lingering fear.

This trip was truly perilous, but thankfully he had a lot of trump cards up his sleeve; otherwise, if any one of those elements had been missing, we would probably all be doomed today.

He couldn't help but wonder if this Old Daoist Li was cursed, always seeming to run into all sorts of bad luck. If he hadn't been saved this time, even with his Cockroach Gu, Li wouldn't have escaped death...

After Feng Si rode the giant beetle back to the scene, quite some time had passed, and the Long Qilin were nowhere to be seen.

Looking at the huge crater on the ground and the dismembered fragments at its edge, his heart sank, and he quickly searched for Feng San's figure.

Finally, some distance from the crater, he discovered a headless corpse.

The headless corpse was surrounded by ravages, clearly indicating that a very fierce battle had just taken place here.

And the clothes worn by this headless corpse—aren't they none other than those of Feng San?

"Elder brother!!!"

His eyes widened in fury once more, and he rushed over like a madman, picking up the headless corpse and roaring wildly. At this moment, he lost his mind again.

"Long Qilin! And that brat with the Ten Extremity Physique! I swear I won't rest until I kill you both..."

The desperate echoes reverberated through the mountains, carrying far and wide.

Long Xuan was unaware that Long Qilin had already killed Feng San. In truth, he was incredibly resourceful, always anticipating his enemies' moves and having one backup plan after another.

Logically speaking, any of his backup plans should have guaranteed victory, yet despite such thorough preparation, he still died in the end. His death was truly unjust.

It's also because Feng Si is easily blinded by anger, easily loses her rationality, can't distinguish what's important and what's not, and has no sense of the big picture.

If he hadn't gone mad chasing after Long Xuan, his brother wouldn't have died at all.

Having narrowly escaped death, Long Xuan dared not wander around anymore. Now that his teammates were either dead or had fled, and with no one to guide him, he knew absolutely nothing about this place, so how could he dare to wander aimlessly?

He originally intended to use his Eye of Heavenly Secrets to find a cave, but then he suddenly remembered that there were many spirit beasts here, and that spirit beasts liked to go into caves and treat them as their homes.

What if I entered a cave that was already occupied and unfortunately got trapped inside by a spirit beast returning home? Wouldn't I be like a turtle in a jar?

So he decisively abandoned the idea, found a giant tree and climbed up it, intending to hide in the tree for a while until his injuries healed before considering going back.

Although he himself was also seriously injured in the explosion, his injuries were much less severe than those of the others.

Not only does the Cockroach Gu have strong defensive capabilities, it also has strong self-healing abilities, allowing Long Xuan to recover from his injuries in a short period of time.

With nothing to do while sitting idly up in the tree, Long Xuan took out paper and pen and began to think about creating his third Gu Recipe, while instructing his clones to keep watch on the other trees.

Having unexpectedly found a Supreme-grade Spirit Insect, Long Xuan now possessed the main ingredient for a top -Supreme-grade Gu Formula Supreme-grade Gu Formula, fulfilling his desire to create his own. His expression was filled with excitement...

In fact, he had done a lot of research before coming. The Spirit Insect born from spirit beasts are often used to refine Animal Gu.

Animal Gu is one of the common types of Gu, and he had personally witnessed it on Long Lie.

Animal Gu will exhibit certain characteristics of spirit beasts, including similarities in appearance and abilities.

For example, Long Lie's Dog Gu perfectly inherited a dog's sense of smell, even surpassing it, so much so that it could easily smell the alcohol on Long Xuan's body.

Animals' bodies are far more wondrous than humans', possessing all sorts of strange and wonderful abilities. And the Gu Insect that inherit these characteristics are often more troublesome than the last.

Animal Gu not only includes External Gu with strong bodies, but also Internal Gu. Internal Gu Animal Gu make Gu cultivators half-beast, which is equivalent to giving Gu cultivators a transformation ability. Once transformed, their combat power will soar.

Animal Gu have complex abilities and a high potential, which is why Long Xuan Animal Gu very interested in them.

Since most of the Spirit Insect born from spirit beasts are used to refine Animal Gu, he decided to refine the third supreme-grade Gu worm into Animal Gu.

He once again unleashed his unfathomable imagination, his brain racing, all sorts of fantastical ideas appearing in his mind, only to be filtered out one by one.

He wanted to refine Animal Gu, and he wanted to do it differently from others, to be unique and innovative, even to create his own system, form his own school, and deviate from the norm.

Otherwise, he might as well just use the Gu Recipe from this world. Why spend so much time creating his own Gu Recipe if he has no advantage?

Creating Gu Recipe requires a massive amount of time, and he must justify such a long time investment by ensuring that the returns are proportional to the time spent; otherwise, it's better not to create it at all.

It is under this mindset that his demands are extremely high. Considering his amazing imagination, it is not something that can be conceived in a short period of time.

He quickly frowned. He had many ideas, but now a very critical problem lay before him.

Animal Gu not only possess abilities similar to those of spirit beasts, but also share many similarities in appearance.

For example, Long Lie's Dog Gu is a miniature version of a puppy; those who don't know anything about insects can't tell that it belongs to the insect family at all.

Now here's the problem: his supreme-grade Gu worm was extracted from a rabbit's body. If this pattern holds true, wouldn't the Gu Insect he refines resemble a rabbit?

How can this be? Rabbits are far too weak in this world; they're simply not presentable.

What can a rabbit do? Can it possibly hurt people by being cute?

Long Xuan quickly shook his head, greatly dissatisfied. His Animal Gu absolutely could not resemble a rabbit; form is extremely important for a species.

Some forms are suited for combat, while others are not. Otherwise, how could the insects of this world be divided into the Five Poisons, with a distinction between superior and inferior from the outset?

If the Gu Insect he creates resembles a rabbit, then that Gu Insect is basically useless, and he absolutely cannot allow that to happen.

Long Xuan's brain started working at high speed again, killing countless brain cells until his brain CPU was burning up. Finally, he had a flash of inspiration, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He's a man who likes to break the rules, so why should he stick to conventions? Others can make something look like anything, but he insists on making something that's neither fish nor fowl.

He insisted on combining the features of various animals to create a monster that resembled nothing but parts of multiple mythical beasts.

Once his mind was opened up like this, he quickly had an inspiration.

He quickly thought of a strange, unrecognizable monster from his previous life.

This monster has horns like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a clam, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, and ears like a cow.

This monster was none other than the famous Eastern Divine Dragon from a previous life.

Since using this Supreme-grade Spirit Insect to refine Gu is destined to make it resemble a rabbit, then I'll just make it resemble a rabbit's eyes, so that they match the eyes of the Eastern Divine Dragon.

Then, we can find the Spirit Insect of the other eight spirit beasts and combine them, making each one a part of the body. By piecing all the parts together, wouldn't that create a living, breathing Eastern Divine Dragon?

Long Xuan's eyes suddenly flashed with a fiery light, and his heart raced.

To test this idea, he hurriedly wrote the words "Dragon Gu" on a piece of paper, thus setting it as his topic.

Then he quickly wrote down the nine kinds of Spirit Insect related to the nine spirit beasts.

After finishing writing in one go, he hurriedly looked at the progress bar at the top of the paper and immediately showed excitement.

There's actually progress! If there's progress, it means his idea is theoretically feasible. He really can create a kind of Gu Insect that looks a lot like the Eastern Divine Dragon.

Regardless of whether the Gu Insect he created is actually a dragon, as long as its form is the same, that's enough for him, enough for him to spend a lot of time researching it.

Imagine this: everyone else rides giant beetles, while you ride a Eastern Divine Dragon soaring through the skies—how cool would that be?

I had the idea of training a mount while we were on the run, and here it is!

Long Xuan's eyes lit up, and a smile slowly crept onto his face.

However, his smile quickly faded, and his expression froze on his face.

He was too excited to think much earlier, but now he belatedly realized that he had discovered something extremely terrifying.

That means that to complete this Gu Recipe, you definitely need nine kinds of Supreme-grade Spirit Insect from spirit beasts.

These are nine Supreme-grade Spirit Insect! Where is he supposed to get them?!

This isn't Supreme-grade Spirit Insect from the Microscopic World, which you can find in abundance. Supreme-grade Spirit Insect are incredibly rare; even if you had a ton of Spirit Stone, you wouldn't know where to buy them.

As for replacing the other eight types of Spirit Insect with High-grade Spirit Insect, Long Xuan didn't even need to think about it; it was definitely not going to work.

If this is done, then the Rabbit Gu will become the sole main ingredient, and the entire process of refining the gu will revolve around it. It would be strange if the gu, once formed, didn't resemble a rabbit.

Therefore, the remaining eight Spirit Insect must be Supreme-grade Spirit Insect, on par with the Rabbit Gu.

Only in this way will the power of the nine directions be balanced, and after forming the Gu, each will occupy a part, instead of being completely devoured by the strongest one.

In other words, Long Xuan's Gu Recipe requires at least nine Supreme-grade Spirit Insect as a base, not to mention the other materials. With such a terrifying number of Gu Insect materials, how could there be a shortage? It would be strange if there were.

Long Xuan had already anticipated that the cost of this Gu Recipe would likely far exceed the exorbitant price of the Wine Gu Little White.

The prerequisite is that he must be able to find the corresponding Supreme-grade Spirit Insect, which requires specific species; even with the best connections, it's not guaranteed that he can find it.

This really worried him. Who knew if he could find the other eight Supreme-grade Spirit Insect? And how much time would it take to find so many Supreme-grade Spirit Insect?

It would be a tragedy if, after spending a great deal of time and effort to create the Dragon Gu Recipe, it took ten years, or even a lifetime, to find the necessary materials.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and decided to grind it out! Who could resist the temptation of a cool mount?

Besides, he's the protagonist; he simply doesn't believe he can't collect those materials thanks to his protagonist aura.

Like a gambler, he disregarded the consequences and began to concoct Gu Recipe on the tree.