The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

"Die! All of you, just die already!"

The fat man was still arrogantly roaring when suddenly, his hand felt empty. He quickly looked down, only to find that the Ten Thousand Poison Bead in his hand had disappeared into thin air. He was stunned, and when he tried to grasp it again, his prized pearl was nowhere to be found.

Upon seeing a small four-legged snake flying away, clutching his Ten Thousand Poison Bead, his face instantly twisted with rage.

"Dammit! You dare touch my stuff? You're courting death!"

Ye Xiu (Fatty Ye) cursed the four-legged snake angrily and chased after it.

As he stormed through the battlefield, everyone in the midst of combat turned pale with fear and quickly stopped fighting, moving as far away from him as possible.

In no time, Ye Xiu was lured away from the battlefield, running farther and farther from the crowd. Long Xuan followed closely behind, pursuing at a quick pace.

Once both of them had left, the path they had taken closed up, and the two warring sides resumed their fierce battle.

With the seventh-ranked genius now holding off that guy, the Long Clan's Gu Masters breathed a sigh of relief. Without needing to constantly guard against the fatty, their combat power suddenly increased by thirty percent.

Despite Ye Xiu round, nearly ball-like figure, his speed was surprisingly fast. Several times, he almost managed to catch up to the Dragon Gu.

However, the Dragon Gu had the ability to teleport, and it seemed to be deliberately teasing him. It would only teleport at the last moment, right when Ye Xiu was about to grab it, disappearing into thin air with a mischievous smile, driving him into a fit of rage.

"You little pest! How dare you toy with me? I'll skin you alive!"

"So, you can teleport, huh? Let's see you teleport when I fill the entire area with poison! Let's see where you go then!"

Ye Xiu, thoroughly provoked, unleashed a cloud of toxic gas. Centered around him, the plants and trees in the vicinity quickly withered.

Within just a few breaths, the entire space was filled with poisonous fumes.

The range of the poison was vast.

All the surrounding plants, insects, birds, and beasts were killed instantly. The vegetation turned yellow and wilted, and the ground was littered with the corpses of various creatures. The area became a death zone, eerily silent, devoid of all life.

The Dragon Gu's teleportation domain was now completely filled with the toxic fumes. No matter where it teleported, it would land directly into the poisonous gas. With no space to escape, it could only give up and was instantly engulfed by the poison.

"Hmph! Run! Keep running! Let’s see where you run off to this time!" Ye Xiu grinned wickedly. But as he watched the Dragon Gu continue to bounce around despite his poison, completely unaffected, his grin froze, leaving him stunned.

It wasn't until the Dragon Gu suddenly teleported onto a person's shoulder, and that person casually retrieved the Ten Thousand Poison Bead from its grasp, playing with it in his hand, that Ye Xiu narrowed his eyes, a serious expression appearing on his face.

That person had actually walked straight into his poisonous gas and was completely unaffected. Ye Xiu was shocked.

How could this be? The poison from the Ten Thousand Poison Bead was identical to the one in the gas. No one should be able to withstand the venom from the pearl. Yet this person was resisting it, walking freely through the poison. How was that possible?

He saw the blue smoke rising from both the four-legged snake and the person's body, with faint black light swirling on their skin under the corrosive effect of the poison. A suspicion began to form in his mind.

"You freak! Wearing a transparent silkworm armor is one thing, but you even went and tailored one for your Gu insect. You're an absolute weirdo!"

Ye Xiu's mouth twitched uncontrollably. Customizing a silkworm armor for a Gu insect was unheard of, a bizarre tale that would go down in history. This guy was an absolute oddball, as if he had some serious mental illness.

Long Xuan paused for a moment, surprised that this guy, who didn’t seem that bright, could see through his poison resistance strategy so quickly.

Indeed, Long Xuan had equipped the Dragon Gu with a Soul Armor. In fact, except for the Earth Master Gu, which was too large and would waste too much fabric, he had outfitted all his Gu insects with Soul Armor. Each had their own set—it was absolutely insane. Anyone who saw it would be dumbfounded.

The Soul Armor naturally had poison resistance abilities. It didn’t interfere with vision, breathing, or hearing and provided complete protection with no weak points anywhere on the body.

Not only was Long Xuan's Soul Armor resistant to poison, but his Water Bear Gu was also highly resistant to toxins. With both internal and external defenses, it wasn’t easy for Ye Xiu to poison him.

"You led me here because you were worried that my poison gas would kill all the Long Clan’s Gu Masters, right? If I unleash my poison, hardly anyone on the battlefield would survive."

"But let me tell you something—only in a place like this, where no one else is around, am I at my strongest. Here, I can freely use my trump cards, ones I can’t afford to reveal in front of others."

"You, on the other hand, brought me to this desolate place—you’re just asking to die. You may be clever, but you’re only dooming yourself. Instead of worrying about others, you should worry about your own life first!"

Ye Xiu sneered coldly and pulled out three top-grade Gu insects from his Insect Pouch—a snake, a centipede, and a mantis. All three were completely immune to the poison and swiftly charged at Long Xuan.

"So, this is your hidden trump card? Just three peak-grade Gu insects?"

Long Xuan smirked. Ye Xiu, unable to reveal his cards in front of others, could only unleash his full power here in this desolate place. But wasn't that also the same for Long Xuan?

He too had a horde of peak-grade Gu insects, which he couldn’t casually reveal on the battlefield in front of so many people. Like Ye Xiu, Long Xuan was also at his strongest only in a place like this.

Little White, the Water Bear Gu, Eye Of Heavenly Secret, and Heavenly Dream Dragon Silkworm—none of these peak-grade Gu insects had ever been revealed in front of anyone.

Year after year, he intentionally hid his true strength, never participating in any clan competitions. For any tasks, he would send his clones to handle them. His peak-grade Gu insects had long rusted from disuse. Now, with no one around, it seemed like a good opportunity to let them out and stretch their muscles a bit.

After all, you raise Gu for a thousand days to use them in a critical moment. They couldn’t continue freeloading without earning their keep, especially Little white (wine Gu)—lazy, cunning, and greedy. It was about time it did some work.

Long Xuan smiled as he reached into his insect nurturing bag, pulling out Little white and the Blade Gu. He tossed Little white, the Blade Gu, and the Dragon Gu on his shoulder toward the three incoming peak-grade Gu insects.

The six peak-grade Gu insects immediately clashed fiercely. The Dragon Gu faced off against the centipede, Xiao Bai wrestled with the serpent, and the mantis squared off against its counterpart.

For a moment, the battle between the six peak-grade Gu insects was evenly matched.

Long Xuan was taken aback. He hadn’t expected the opponent’s peak-grade Gu insects to be so strong, not falling instantly to his own.

Now he understood why Ye Xiu was hesitant to reveal those three peak-grade Gu insects in front of others—these three Gu were simply too powerful.

However, he quickly made sense of it. Every time Ye Xiu entered the battlefield, people fell in droves. He collected storage bags until his hands were numb, amassing mountains of resources. It was no surprise he had refined some heaven-defying Gu insects. If his Gu weren’t powerful, "that" would be the strange thing.

Seeing that his opponent’s Gu could contend with his own three peak-grade Gu and that his own Gu were starting to lose ground, Ye Xiu was momentarily stunned.

Noticing that none of his opponent’s Gu feared his poisonous aura, Ye Xiu’s lips twitched in disbelief. Well now, it seemed his opponent had dressed all their Gu insects in silk armor—what a bizarre person.

Recognizing the unmistakable ten-armed mantis, Ye Xiu immediately guessed his opponent’s identity and laughed, “So, it’s Long Xuan, ranked seventh on the Western Demonic Prodigy Rankings. A pleasure to meet you.”

“I didn’t expect you to have more than just a ten-armed Blade Gu. Your ranking is too low.”

“But my rank shouldn’t be only fifth either. As a Gu cultivator, your strength shouldn’t rely solely on your Gu. In my presence, Gu strength is useless. Let me experience the skills of the seventh-ranked Demonic Prodigy!”

Ye Xiu sneered disdainfully, then charged toward Long Xuan.

Since his Gu weren’t enough to win, he would go after the source—defeat the master, and no matter how powerful the Gu were, they would die instantly.

Ye Xiu had full confidence in his poison arts. He didn’t need to heavily injure his opponent; just a scratch would do. He believed his poison was potent enough to kill upon contact with blood.

No one could engage in close combat with him, a poison master.

“Oh, really?”

As Ye Xiu rushed toward him, Long Xuan smirked and aimed the Ten Thousand Poison Bead at him.

In an instant, the surrounding poisonous gas was frantically absorbed by the Ten Thousand Poison Bead. In mere moments, the poison in the air was completely devoured.

It was well known that the Ten Thousand Poison Bead could absorb all poisons. Since Ye Xiu’s entire body was filled with poison, including his mutated spiritual power—poison spirit power—it was naturally drawn into the Bead's range of absorption.

The Ten Thousand Poison Bead, while useful in helping Ye Xiu cultivate his poison arts, was also his greatest nemesis. In the hands of another, it could absorb him into nothingness.

Long Xuan, having observed Ye Xiu’s residual restrictions in the Bead through the Heaven’s Eye, swiftly removed them and easily took control of the Ten Thousand Poison Bead. At this moment, Ye Xiu’s fate was sealed.

Under the Bead's devouring force, Ye Xiu let out a horrifying scream as his poison and spirit power were absorbed.

Countless green specks and black mist flowed out from Ye Xiu’s body, traveling through the air into the Ten Thousand Poison Bead.

Even his refined Gu insects, all poisonous creatures, were similarly drawn into the Bead's absorption range.

The three peak-grade Gu insects shrieked in agony as their poison was quickly drained by the Bead.

Disrupted by the Bead, the three Gu were easily killed by Long Xuan’s own Gu insects.

As a Gu cultivator still in the Marrow Cleansing stage, Ye Xiu didn’t have much poison spirit power to begin with. Within just a few breaths, the black mist around him disappeared, leaving him utterly powerless. He collapsed to his knees, seemingly drained of all strength, his face filled with terror and despair.

“You… you can control my Ten Thousand Poison Bead! How is this possible? How did you do it?” Ye Xiu cried out in desperation.

Long Xuan didn’t bother with any explanations. Since Ye Xiu had uncovered his secret, there was no way he could be allowed to live.

Now a complete cripple with all his Gu destroyed, Ye Xiu posed no threat. With ease, the Blade Gu decapitated him with a single slash.

Long Xuan collected his storage bag and grabbed Ye Xiu’s head, walking toward the battlefield.

This battle had been unexpectedly smooth. He hadn’t anticipated gaining control of the Ten Thousand Poison Bead, and with it, he was able to kill Ye Xiu effortlessly.

Had it not been for the Bead, dealing with Ye Xiu would have required more effort—his terrifying poison arts were indeed something to be feared.

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