Chapter 193: Purification Gu

The Gu Kings from the surrounding major regions gathered together, numbering over two hundred. Led by a Gu Imperial City Law Enforcer holding a Purification Gu, they marched majestically toward Shi Haojun.

Ever since Long Xuan learned from Long Dan that the Purification Gu was the natural nemesis of the Plague Demon Gu, he had studied this type of Gu worm in detail.

The Purification Gu was not found in either the Far West Region or the Western Lands; he had known very little about it before.

The greatest function of the Purification Gu was that it could purify everything and eliminate all negative effects.

For example, poison was a negative effect on the human body, so the Purification Gu could be used to detoxify.

The burning of flames was a negative effect on the human body, so the Purification Gu could be used to avoid fire.

Pain was likewise a negative effect on the human body, so the Purification Gu could also allow a person to be exempt from pain.

In short, with the Purification Gu, one could almost be immune to the vast majority of damage in this world, equivalent to an undying person who couldn't be killed.

Such an ability was simply heaven-defying. It could be said that the Purification Gu was already considered one of the most powerful top-grade Gu worms in this world, and those who possessed it were extremely few.

And once the Purification Gu's Purification Domain was opened, it could directly eliminate the influence of the Mutation Domain on microorganisms in the air, allowing the microorganisms in the air to return to normal.

It could also purify the already polluted Black River water, allowing the Black River water to be drinkable by humans again.

Once the Purification Domain was opened, the Plague Demon Gu's Mutation Domain could almost be said to be scrapped.

Even countless Plague Corpses, under the Purification Domain, would have their corpse poison eliminated and return to being normal corpses, making Shi Haojun's Corpse Sea Army no longer effective.

Therefore, it was said that the Purification Gu's ability was the natural nemesis of the Plague Demon Gu.

With a Purification Gu, at least half of Shi Haojun's combat power would be scrapped.

However, even so, that demon-slaying battle was fought extremely arduously, with a full half of the manpower dying.

Finally, it was said that a mysterious woman who could manipulate the sun suddenly rushed into the battlefield and launched a sneak attack on Shi Haojun.

The mysterious woman's combat power was extremely terrifying. Shi Haojun was heavily injured under her sneak attack and nearly lost his life, but he ultimately did not die in that siege.

He found the weak point of the encirclement through mind-reading and successfully escaped, causing this siege to fall short of success.

It was said that it was fortunate that this mysterious woman launched a sneak attack at that time; otherwise, the result of that battle would have been a crushing defeat for the Gu King Alliance, and Shi Haojun would have won.

Under Shi Haojun's slaughter, seven or eight out of ten Gu Kings in that battle would have fallen.

No one knew the identity of the mysterious woman. After that battle, she evaporated into thin air, and no one could find her tracks again.

Afterward came the arrival of the second batch of Gu King reinforcements. This batch of Gu Kings all came from the Central Region, where experts were as numerous as clouds, and their overall strength was far superior to the first batch of Gu Kings.

After this group of Gu Kings arrived at Black Stone City, they first split off a portion of people to use the Purification Gu to purify the water areas everywhere, thoroughly dealing with the plague in this range, while the remaining large force continued to pursue and kill Shi Haojun.

Moreover, Gu Kings from various places were still arriving one after another, which showed the intensity of this demon-slaying; Gu Imperial City would not give up until Shi Haojun was thoroughly eliminated.

All forces intended to take advantage of Shi Haojun's heavy injuries to eliminate him in time. After all, the growth of the Plague Demon Gu required slaughtering cities everywhere. If the Plague Demon Gu reached full growth, who knew how many cities it would slaughter? And who could guarantee that the Plague Demon Gu wouldn't slaughter their own heads next time?

Therefore, all forces participating in the mission to siege Shi Haojun dared not slack off.

Long Xuan did not know the situation afterward for the time being; the distance was too far, and the news had not been passed over.

It was possible that Shi Haojun had been eliminated, or it was possible that he had escaped another disaster, not knowing where he had escaped to continue slaughtering cities. This was not something he could guess.

The danger to Black Stone City had currently been resolved. As early as ten days ago, Black Stone City had already been unsealed. The people inside, who had been starved to skin and bones, could finally run out and eat to their hearts' content. Everyone wept with joy.

However, it was not until this moment that they discovered their purses were already empty.

Over these two years, the price of grain in the city had risen hundreds or thousands of times. Everyone had been living off their savings; it would be strange if they hadn't eaten their storage bags empty.

Only the Long Clan had earned a fortune in these two-plus years. The Long Clan Head was grinning from ear to ear all day long; this was not something outsiders could know.

At this moment, the Flame Clone suddenly walked over and threw a stone at Long Xuan.

He hurriedly caught it, and after seeing clearly what it was, his eyes instantly lit up.

"You finally brought that stone back? You really made me wait!" Looking at the stone in his hand, Long Xuan revealed a look of pleasant surprise.

Ever since he handed in the Longevity Gu formula, he had earned another 100 million in contribution, and he had another dragon on his body.

After he used the contribution to exchange for the materials to refine the Zhu Xian Great Formation's array base, there was still quite a bit left over.

So he used the remaining contribution to exchange for another second-tier top-grade dragon boat, once again spending his contribution completely.

After getting the second-tier top-grade dragon boat, he immediately ordered the Flame Clone to take the dragon boat to retrieve the Tomb-Suppressing Treasure from the ancient tomb. Today, the Flame Clone finally returned with that stone.

Come to think of it, Long Xuan was truly curious about what was inside this stone that could display an "∞" progress. Today was finally the moment for the mystery to be revealed.

Long Xuan took out a top-grade spirit axe and couldn't wait to start breaking the stone. This top-grade spirit axe was also one of the treasures he had exchanged for with his massive contribution; he usually used it for cutting stones, and it was very handy.

The volume of this stone was not large. Not long after, a green caterpillar appeared in Long Xuan's hand, curled up in his palm, fast asleep.

Long Xuan was stunned. The thing that displayed infinite progress was this guy?

Caterpillars belonged to one of the weakest insect species in this world; it seemed they couldn't beat anyone. Could it really have an infinite lifespan?

"This guy seems to be the legendary Medicine Gu. Don't look at it as having no attack ability, but its auxiliary ability is too heaven-defying, enough to create countless wealth for its owner."

The Flame Clone looked at this caterpillar with a solemn gaze and suddenly spoke.

"This guy is actually a Medicine Gu?" Hearing this, Long Xuan also gradually revealed a solemn expression, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

If one were to say that spirit insects were divided into four qualities: lower-grade, middle-grade, upper-grade, and top-grade, with top-grade spirit insects being the strongest, but the ten types of top-grade spirit insects with the most heaven-defying abilities were known to very few people.

These ten types of spirit insects were called the "Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu" by the ancients, named because their abilities were too heaven-defying. But precisely because their abilities were too heaven-defying, their numbers were limited to one by the Heavenly Dao.

In other words, only one of each of the Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu could be found in the whole world; they were unique in heaven and earth.

Only when that spirit insect died would a second one randomly refresh in the world; it was absolutely impossible for two to exist in the world at the same time.

One could imagine how terrifying an ability that could be heaven-defying enough to be limited in number by the Heavenly Dao was.

Rumor had it that obtaining any one of the Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu would allow one to stand at the peak of this world, even if one possessed the worst aptitude.

One had to know that this was only in the form of a spirit insect. Because their numbers were unique in heaven and earth, it was impossible for anyone to research a Gu formula regarding it.

If someone could research a Gu formula regarding the Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu, what kind of heaven-defying ability would they obtain? Long Xuan's breathing became rapid.

If one were to say who in this world could research a Gu formula with the Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu as the main insect, today, he was probably the only one.

This pervert didn't need to conduct any experiments to research Gu formulas; even if there was only one set of materials, it was completely enough for him.

Looking at this heaven-defying spirit insect in his palm, Long Xuan's eyes flashed with brilliance.

The Medicine Gu ranked tenth among the Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu. Its heaven-defying power was to ripen spirit medicine, and it could break the lifespan limit of spirit medicine, ripening any kind of spirit medicine into ten-thousand-year spirit medicine.

In other words, those who obtained the Medicine Gu could not only obtain ten-thousand-year spirit medicine in batches but also obtain top-grade spirit insects in batches.

If ten-thousand-year spirit medicine appeared in the medicine garden from time to time, and there were top-grade spirit insects everywhere in the medicine garden, wouldn't even a pig be able to stand at the peak of this world by mastering such massive wealth?

And such a heaven-defying ability could only rank tenth among the Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu. How terrifying would the top nine heaven-defying spirit insects be?

Long Xuan's breathing was rapid. It was truly a case of needing something and having it arrive; this Medicine Gu was simply a timely rain, and its help to him was truly too great.

One had to know that the four Divine Dragon Woods he planted in his medicine garden were still seedlings to this day, and the Divine Dragon Milk produced was limited. Who knew how many years he would have to wait for the Heavenly Mechanism Eye to complete its perfect transformation.

But now he didn't need to worry about this problem anymore.

The Medicine Gu could make the Divine Dragon Wood grow rapidly, and his Heavenly Mechanism Eye was not far from transformation.

No, to be precise, the Medicine Gu could make the Divine Dragon Wood grow rapidly. He had the ability to refine the Medicine Gu into a Medicine Gu, making the heaven-defying spirit insect even more heaven-defying.

Thinking of this, Long Xuan's mood became even more excited. He couldn't wait to quickly liver out the Medicine Gu formula; he couldn't wait any longer.

He immediately ran toward home, preparing to go into seclusion for a period of time. How could he still have the heart to continue guarding here?

However, what Long Xuan didn't know was that just after he left, a woman with a weary expression walked out of the array. Looking in the direction Long Xuan left, she let out a long breath and sighed, "So he finally left?"

She suddenly revealed a beautiful smile, opened her insect-breeding bag, and released a Blade Gu.

That's right, the ten-thousand-material Blade Gu she refined had also succeeded. She was truly a Daughter of Fortune; she had refined the ten-thousand-level Blade Gu in one go.

If Long Xuan were present, he would definitely shout "Daughter of Fortune!" again.

Once the ten-thousand-level Blade Gu was formed, she was enough to sweep across this region.

Of course, no matter how perverted she was, she wasn't as perverted as Long Xuan. Long Xuan's Blade Gu material quantity was a full 530,000; her ten-thousand materials didn't even count as a fraction in Long Xuan's eyes. How could they compare?

Perverts were only afraid of meeting perverts; otherwise, you would find there was always one even more perverted.

"Can't wait, right? I don't intend to let you take the transformation route of fusing spirit tools anymore. I want you to take the even harder transformation route of Sword Intent. Your master now has this strength."

Long Ziyan stroked the Blade Gu's head, revealing a smile, and said very confidently.

Suddenly, she pointed her fingertip at the Blade Gu's forehead. Instantly, a powerful Sword Intent radiating coldness surged into its mind, making its eyes instantly become dull.

"Comprehend well. This is the Sword Intent you need to comprehend for your first transformation, and it is also my strongest Sword Intent. As long as you comprehend this Sword Intent, then your transformation will be successful."

Long Ziyan stroked its head again, then smiled and turned to leave.

Having stayed with Long Xuan for a long time, she had gradually developed the same habit as Long Xuan. One of the habits was always loving to touch the heads of Gu worms.

The Blade Gu felt the Sword Intent in its mind, gradually revealing a look of excitement, and then couldn't wait to sit on the ground, starting to close its eyes and comprehend the Ice Sword Intent.

From this point on, this place became quiet again...

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