The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Just as he was deep in thought, a familiar name mentioned by Long Wanli suddenly reached his ears, interrupting his thoughts and snapping him back to attention.

"Now, Long Xuan, Long Panpan, take the number 1 Gu pit."

Hearing this familiar name, Long Xuan was momentarily stunned—what a coincidence that he was the first one to go up again.

Being the first to appear really drew too much attention, and he truly disliked being the center of focus.

He slowly walked to the Gu pit and saw that his opponent was a sweet and cute female Gu cultivator named Long Panpan, whom he had actually heard of before.

After all, she was the second most beautiful woman in the Long family, her beauty only second to Long Ziyan. One was of the cold and aloof type, the other was of the cute type. Both were extremely popular in the Long family and were prominent figures among the younger generation. It was hard not to notice her name.

Moreover, because she was the second most beautiful woman in the clan, all the spectators rushed to the number one Gu pit, once again gathering everyone's attention on it.

Long Xuan's face was also drawn into everyone's gaze, making the attention-shy him feel very uncomfortable.

"Panpan! Go for it! Beat him up!"

Hearing the cheers for Long Panpan from the entire crowd, Long Xuan's face darkened.

When he saw Long Panpan remove the insect armor from her Earth Master Gu and replace it with one engraved with an anti-flight formation, and then give him a sweet smile, Long Xuan's face darkened even more.

Goodness, it's actually an anti-flight formation! This thing is a perfect counter to his bee swarm! It seems that during the halftime break, many people had already found ways to counter him.

In such a short time, it was naturally impossible to instantly create an insect armor that could counter him.

However, a new profession had already emerged in the Long clan called the Insect Armor Master. The Insect Armor Master is a highly lucrative and special profession, even surpassing Alchemists in earning potential. This profession's method of making money is to forge various insect armors for insects.

A powerful Insect Armor Master can forge extremely strong insect armor by combining inscription patterns and formation patterns, making them highly sought after.

Do not think that the only clients for Insect Armor Masters are Earth Masters. Earth Masters can wear insect armor in battle because they meet two key criteria: large surface area and great strength.

It can be said that as long as an insect meets these two conditions, it can wear insect armor.

Although large-sized Gu insects are rare, they do exist in this world, and it's certainly not just Earth Masters that are suitable for wearing armor.

There are many other types of Gu that meet the criteria, but their strength, size, and cost-effectiveness are far inferior to that of the Earth Master Gu, though they still meet the conditions to wear armor.

The idea of putting armor on Gu insects that Long Xuan came up with was something impossible to keep secret; anyone could easily copy it just by looking at it once.

As a result, the practice of armoring Gu insects began to trend in this region, and the trend was even growing more intense.

Moreover, this trend was spreading at an astonishing speed to surrounding areas, becoming the most beloved battle method for all Gu cultivators. It can be said that this combat style is now in vogue.

Insect armor is a new thing, but where there is demand, a profession specializing in making insect armor is naturally born, and some even use it as a way to make a living.

Under this trend, Insect Armor Masters sprang up like mushrooms after rain, becoming increasingly popular. Centered around the Long family, Insect Armor Masters were spreading at an incredible rate to surrounding areas, even infecting major regions.

Insect Armor Master has become the hottest special profession of the moment, with a trend of sweeping the world, and is becoming one of the most profitable special professions of the time, attracting many Gu cultivators with a talent for making insect armor.

Many people were eager to switch professions to become Insect Armor Masters, to catch this new wave and seize this opportunity that could send them soaring to the skies.

Long Xuan is truly amazing—he actually created a new special profession in this world. He became the founding master of the Insect Armor Master profession, the progenitor of this school.

But he would eventually be harmed by what he had created; now, someone was already trying to use insect armor to deal with him.

The insect armor had limited space and could often only carry one formation, so most people would choose to engrave offensive formations on the insect armor. In the first half, he didn’t encounter any insect armor with an anti-flight formation.

But during the halftime break, Long Panpan had enough time to buy an insect armor equipped with an anti-flight formation from a Long clan Insect Armor Master to counter him.

Every Insect Armor Master has a pile of insect armor ready to sell; they're already made, so she just bought one directly, without needing time to make it herself.

If she could buy an insect armor that counters him from an Insect Armor Master, then others could too.

So in the second half, Long Panpan would definitely not be the only one with an anti-flight insect armor. The opponents he faced afterward might all have one, especially since cement was so cheap.

Long Xuan's scalp tingled, and he felt immense pressure. He was counting on his bee swarm to survive, but if his bee swarm were neutralized, how could he continue fighting?

There was no choice. Since anti-flight insect armor had become widespread, he couldn't just admit defeat in this tough battle. He had to overcome this, or else he might as well surrender for the rest of the matches—there would be no point in fighting.

Seeing Long Panpan looking at him with a mocking smile, Long Xuan got angry. How dare she bully the founder of the Insect Armor Master profession? He must make her cry.

Originally, he was too lazy to plan a strategy and didn’t want to think too much during a Gu duel, but now he was being forced to use his brain, and it was clear he had no choice.

The essence of Gu battle is half dependent on the strength of the Gu and half on the strategies of the Gu cultivator. Now it seems that he must follow the rules of the game and use his high IQ to plan strategies for his bee swarm.

Long Xuan frantically activated his sharp mind, and in just a few seconds, with his intelligence, he devised a strategy for the bee swarm to disregard the anti-flight formation.

After transmitting his idea to the Queen Bee, Bing Bing, via his soul, Bing Bing widened her eyes at Long Xuan, wondering how he could be so clever. How did he come up with such a cunning plan? It was truly brilliant.

After giving Long Xuan a shocked look, Bing Bing led the bee swarm to fly above the number one Gu pit. Long Panpan looked at the bees filling the sky, her smile still sweet.

However, just as she was about to activate the Earth Master Gu's anti-flight formation, something happened that left her utterly bewildered.

The bee swarm suddenly scattered, flying above the other Gu pits.

Long Panpan was stunned on the spot, her small mouth slowly opening wide.

It wasn't just Long Panpan who was confused—everyone watching was equally baffled. They were dumbfounded, their expressions strange as they looked up at the sky. The entire arena fell silent.

Long Xuan sneered. Did she really think she could outwit him? She was still too inexperienced. He was the ancestor of trickery.

This brings up an important rule of the Gu Battle Tournament: If a Gu insect leaves the Gu pit, it is considered out of bounds and a loss.

However, the ground can be divided by the pit to determine boundaries, but how do you judge if a flying Gu insect is out of bounds? There's no way to set a boundary in the sky, so only if a Gu insect lands outside the pit on the ground is it considered out of bounds.

So Long Xuan had this crafty idea: since there's no boundary in the sky, why not fly over the other Gu pits?

If she dared to use the anti-flight formation, it would only bring down the flying Gu insects of the other competitors, turning it into a two-against-one situation, which certainly wouldn't be allowed.

So Long Panpan was left dumbfounded. She had the anti-flight formation in hand, but she couldn’t use it, nor could she leave it unused.

If she didn’t use it, she’d get beaten up. But if she did use it, it would interfere with the other competitors, and they'd surely come after her.

Her head was spinning, and she stood there with her mouth wide open, unable to close it.

"Despicable! You’re really despicable!"

"If you have the guts, bring them back here!" Long Panpan, frustrated, jumped up and down, pointing at Long Xuan and shouting in exasperation.

"Heh, go ahead and activate your anti-flight formation! Why aren't you doing it?" Long Xuan smiled provocatively.

"Oh my! This is just too shameless! So despicable!"

"This is too despicable! Is it really okay to bully a pretty girl like this?"

"Great strategy! Why didn’t I think of this method to counter the anti-flight formation? Truly a clever plan, excellent tactics!"

At this moment, all the Gu cultivators in the arena were in an uproar, discussing the scene loudly. Some were watching with amused smiles, while others cursed Long Xuan’s despicableness and sympathized with Long Panpan, causing a chaotic uproar among the crowd.

At the same time, the elders on the high platform couldn’t help but twitch their mouths, exchanging glances, their expressions full of surprise, unable to maintain their composure.

"This seems a bit like cheating. Is this really allowed?" The fourth elder asked, his mouth twitching.

"At least according to the rules, flying Gu insects are only considered out of bounds if they land outside the Gu pit’s boundary. His strategy adheres to the competition's rules," the first elder replied with a bitter smile.

"He’s exploiting a loophole in the rules. He really is something, able to come up with such sneaky tricks. I like this kid," the second elder said with a smile of approval.

"Using the rules to your advantage is also a form of intelligence. The fun of Gu battle lies in outsmarting stronger opponents. Since he hasn’t broken any rules, we have no reason to stop him."

"However, in the next Gu battle Tournament, we’ll definitely need to set a boundary in the sky." Long Wanli looked up at the sky, revealing a helpless expression. How were they supposed to draw a boundary in the sky? This kid had truly given him a colossal problem.

Seeing that the elders on the high platform didn’t intervene, Long Xuan hesitated no more and immediately ordered BingBing to launch an attack.

In an instant, following the Queen Bee Bing Bing’s command, all the ice bees aimed at the number one Gu pit and unleashed a barrage, raining stingers down like a shower, covering the entire pit with no room to dodge. Everyone watching felt their scalps tingle.

Meanwhile, Long Xuan’s Earth Master Gu also charged into the pit under the rain of stingers and started pummeling the Earth Master Gu’s descendants within.

Long Panpan's face turned pale, and she quickly waved her hand and shouted, "Stop! Stop! I surrender!"

She looked like she was about to cry.

Seeing her tearful face, Long Xuan had no choice but to order the attack to stop and tossed a bottle of pills towards her, then walked away coolly.

At this moment, not only was she on the verge of tears, but everyone who had already purchased the anti-flight insect armor looked like they were about to cry as well. It was over; the anti-flight insect armor was a wasted purchase.

This anti-flight insect armor not only failed to counter the bee swarm, but this strategy would also be learned by others, rendering the anti-flight formation useless in all subsequent Gu battles. The anti-flight insect armor was now completely worthless.

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