Chapter 70: Beast Tide Outbreak (With Illustration)

Time flew by, and three days passed. Long Xuan's injuries, under the formidable self-healing power of the Cockroach Gu, were almost healed.

Of course, he couldn't write anything in these three days, but there were still gains.

At least he knew that this Gu formula not only required nine top-grade spirit insects but also the corresponding body parts of nine spirit beasts.

For example, if the dragon head looked like a deer, then there must be deer antlers in the Gu formula.

For example, if the dragon scales looked like a fish, then there must be fish scales in the Gu formula.

For example, if the dragon claws looked like an eagle, then there must be eagle claws in the Gu formula.

And they couldn't be the beast materials of ordinary spirit beasts; they must be the beast materials of rare spirit beasts, and they must come from a beast king.

Materials without the aura of a king would not work.

In this way, how could the price be cheap? Collecting nine types of beast king materials at the same time could make you vomit blood from the price, plus nine top-grade spirit insects.

Long Xuan's scalp was numb. It was truly too expensive. He hadn't written down a few types of materials and it was already so expensive. By the time the Gu formula was completed, wouldn't it exhaust half of his small treasury? Long Xuan's face was uglier than crying.

Since his injuries were almost healed, Long Xuan didn't intend to stay in the tree.

Livering the Gu formula still required going home to liver it, quiet, and undisturbed by anyone.

Staying here required being worried, and the distraction was serious. This was not a good place to engage in research.

Just when Long Xuan was about to climb down the tree, he suddenly saw a leopard carrying prey and climbing up a tree next to him. His pupils instantly shrank.

Who told him that it was safe to be in a tree when there was danger? I guarantee I won't beat him to death.

So Long Xuan didn't dare to move, didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that this leopard would notice him, this prey.

This was a spirit beast that could climb trees. If he was targeted by it, he really had nowhere to run, and he might have to use another Yuan Qi Bomb.

He didn't dare to make a single sound. The hearing of many spirit beasts was dozens or even hundreds of times that of humans, and he couldn't afford to gamble.

It wasn't until this leopard had a beautiful meal in the tree and fell asleep on the trunk that he felt relieved, carefully climbed down from the tree, and finally left here like escaping.

Along the way, his Heavenly Mechanism Eye was on the whole time.

His Heavenly Mechanism Eye could see spirit beasts from very far away, so he could avoid danger in time and wouldn't be like the other loose cultivators, bumping into the perception range of spirit beasts. When they wanted to run again, how could they run with the terrifying speed of spirit beasts?

It had to be said that this eye of Long Xuan was truly a great help to him. The Heavenly Mechanism Eye plus the assistance of the Golden Finger was enough to help him avoid more than ninety percent of the dangers in the forest.

But precisely because of this, he basically wouldn't encounter any danger, so his courage slowly became larger.

One had to know that the Dragon Gu formula he was creating required nine top-grade spirit insects. If he collected them step by step, when would he collect them?

So he had to take risks and try to hunt spirit beasts.

One had to know that he might not just find top-grade spirit insects in the forest, but he would definitely find top-grade spirit insects. His Golden Finger was simply a bug in this world.

It was just a question of whether the top-grade spirit insects he found met his requirements. This was also a difficult thing for him.

There were many types of top-grade spirit insects in this world. How could it be so coincidental that he happened to encounter the variety he needed?

So even if he cheated with the Golden Finger, finding a suitable target was absolutely not an easy thing.

He searched for a full month.

In this month, he encountered countless spirit beasts carrying spirit insects, and he even encountered several spirit beasts carrying top-grade spirit insects.

But these few top-grade spirit insects were not the varieties he needed. Plus, the spirit beasts were powerful, and he wasn't sure if he could beat them, so he didn't dare to take risks and left without nostalgia.

His character was like this. Life safety was greater than everything. Even if there were treasures in front of him, don't even think about luring him to take risks. Unless it was one hundred percent safe, even if there was a ten percent danger rate, he wouldn't consider it.

After searching for a month, just when he intended to give up, hard work finally paid off. He discovered a spirit beast that completely met his standards.

When his Heavenly Mechanism Eye saw this spirit beast, his eyes instantly lit up, and then Long Xuan ran over quickly. He had searched for a top-grade spirit insect for a full month, which really made him search for a long time, and it was really not easy.

In the vision of the Heavenly Mechanism Eye, there was a large emerald green fish lying on the shore basking in the sun.

This large fish was as tall as a person, with emerald green scales all over its body. The two pairs of fins in the front and back were large and powerful, actually supporting it to walk on the shore. It had an underbite, pouting its lower lip, with horizontal eyebrows and standing eyes, looking fierce.

It was precisely the fish species he was looking for, called the Great Dragon Fish. After repeated attempts, the Dragon Gu's materials must be the parasites of the Great Dragon Fish, and no other fish species would work; otherwise, why would he spend so much effort and find the target after a full month?

And there happened to be a top-grade spirit insect clinging to the spirit core of this Great Dragon Fish. It was really heaven helping him.

Long Xuan was instantly excited. After approaching the target, he began to walk carefully, not letting his footsteps make a sound, so as not to scare this Great Dragon Fish back into the water.

Once the Great Dragon Fish returned to the water, it would be a fish entering the sea. It would be extremely difficult to catch it again.

Finally, Long Xuan leaned behind a giant tree to block the Great Dragon Fish's sight and began to think about how to hunt this Great Dragon Fish.

The aura of this Great Dragon Fish was a First-Rank peak spirit beast, matching a Gu cultivator at the peak of Spirit Gathering.

Long Xuan possessed the Ten Extremes Body and could fight across levels. He had the strength to fight this Great Dragon Fish.

However, Long Xuan's overly cautious psychology began to rise again. Although he had the strength to fight, what if an accident happened?

At the same rank, spirit beasts were stronger than Gu cultivators. How could they be treated as Gu cultivators at the peak of Spirit Gathering? What if he couldn't beat it, or it didn't fight and ran back to the water directly?

Long Xuan had ten thousand "what ifs" in his heart.

In his view, there was no battle with one hundred percent chance of winning in this world. Up to now, all his opponents thought they would definitely win, predicting the enemy generously, but what was the result?

The grass on their graves had grown very long, and this batch was directly blown to the point of not even having bones left, not even having a grave.

So Long Xuan didn't intend to rush up recklessly. The biggest difference between humans and beasts was the difference in IQ. He wanted to use the most stable method to solve the battle and absolutely not take any risks. Even if there was a ninety percent success rate, he would absolutely not take risks.

Long Xuan thought about it for a while. There really wasn't much he could use on his body. The Original Realm was probably not good. This guy was a beast king, and its realm was higher than his.

After thinking about it, he finally put a large jar of distilled wine on the ground, and he hid in a hidden position in the tree.

Spirit wine contained majestic spiritual power and had the effect of spirit pills, which was a great attraction to spirit beasts.

Especially since this was a spicy wine, which had the effect of permanently increasing strength after drinking, the attraction to spirit beasts was even greater.

At the same time, spicy wine was also the highest intensity among his four-flavor wines.

Although this Great Dragon Fish had a huge body, it wouldn't be able to stand steady once this jar of wine went into its stomach. Even the wine Gu Little White couldn't carry the intensity of distilled wine, let alone a spirit beast?

As long as it drank it, it would definitely be drunk. By then, this Great Dragon Fish would become the fish on his cutting board, letting him slaughter it.

Even if it knew how to restrain itself and only tasted it without getting drunk, just luring it away from the seaside would be considered a success.

Fish must be the best at water warfare. It must be made to stay away from the seaside. Fighting on land would definitely make a fish's combat power drop by more than ten times. By then, even if he was discovered and had to fight head-on, the chance of winning would be much greater.

This could also prevent it from quickly escaping back to the sea once it couldn't beat him, simply killing multiple birds with one stone.

Suddenly considering that spirit wine might not be able to lure this Great Dragon Fish over, Long Xuan put honey and a large amount of spirit pills on the ground, even Spirit Gathering Pills were there, and then he hid back in the tree.

Predicting the enemy generously, he had long learned from the enemy.

To be honest, this trap was a bit pediatric. As long as it was a normal person, they wouldn't be fooled.

There was nothing around just now, and suddenly there were treasures, and various treasures appeared together. Who are you trying to fool? I'm afraid even a fool wouldn't believe it.

But you don't say, spirit beasts might really believe it. Such a trap that was simple to the extreme wouldn't fool a seven-year-old child, but a spirit beast might be fooled.

Especially fish-type spirit beasts, clearly not blind, watching a sharp big hook in the water, it would bite it, and then be caught by humans. Isn't it strange?

His trap was much higher than a fish hook. Fooling people wouldn't work, but fooling a stupid fish wasn't it easy?

Things really went as Long Xuan expected.

That Great Dragon Fish basking on the shore suddenly sniffed its nose, and soon its eyes lit up, and it crawled over along the wine aroma.

Long Xuan was overjoyed. It was really a stupid fish. Being a fish and daring to run inland, if you don't die, who will? Will eating it affect IQ?

The Great Dragon Fish flapped its front and rear pairs of large fins, quickly waddling over to the side of the wine jar. It sniffed inside, immediately revealing an intoxicated expression.

Suddenly, its fierce brows frowned, as if it noticed something wrong, so it immediately looked around with vigilant eyes, but it just didn't look up.

After seeing no one around, it finally felt relieved, thinking it was overthinking. Only then did it begin to enjoy the delicious spirit wine with peace of mind, drinking with an intoxicated expression.

Don't look at its big size, its wine capacity was really not good. Before it drank a few mouthfuls, it was swaying, and then it fell to the ground with a thud, sleeping soundly.

From the tree, Long Xuan could hear its deafening snoring, its belly rising and falling with the snoring.

"Success!"

Long Xuan was overjoyed. It was really a stupid fish, too easy to fool. With a little trick, he took it down without blood.

Long Xuan slowly climbed down from the tree, trying his best not to make a sound, even if this Great Dragon Fish was already drunk as mud, he would never put away his caution.

Long Xuan moved to the side of the Great Dragon Fish carefully, and then...

"Life-Destroying Palm!"

"Life-Destroying Palm!"

"Life-Destroying Palm!"

Then there was no then.

Long Xuan drew the tendons and peeled the skin of this Great Dragon Fish, ate a beautiful fish meal, and then left with the remaining fish meat and that emerald green top-grade spirit insect.

Another top-grade spirit insect was obtained. His mood was quite good. He hummed a little tune along the way, intending to look for the third top-grade spirit insect.

It had to be said that he was addicted to finding top-grade spirit insects. He was completely addicted.

Greedy, he really had the intention of collecting all nine top-grade spirit insects here in one breath.

However, not long after such an idea was born, he suddenly heard a slight vibration from the ground, as if a large group of things were running.

His face suddenly changed slightly, and he hurriedly looked into the distance with the Heavenly Mechanism Eye. At this look, he really saw acquaintances.

Only to see Li Laodao and Little Medicine Boy running for their lives toward this side, with panicked expressions, looking back from time to time.

Long Xuan looked along their backs. Good fellow, behind them were actually chasing a piece of black rats, a black piece.

But were these black rats a bit too big? Many rats were actually half a person tall? You call this a rat? It's become a spirit!

Although Long Xuan had already seen this group of rats in advance, he didn't choose to avoid them in time.

This group of rats looked like many, but they were all ordinary spirit beasts at the early stage of the First Rank, not enough to make him fear at all. When the rat group was about to approach him, he took the opportunity to hit a Flame Palm, and the fire sea instantly covered the rat group.

How could spirit beasts at the early stage of the First Rank withstand the attack of the Flame Palm? A large number of rat groups were sometimes very terrifying. Clearly spirit beasts at the early stage of the First Rank, but they could rely on the advantage of quantity to surround and kill a Gu cultivator at the peak of Spirit Gathering.

Even Gu cultivators at the Essence Refining stage had the possibility of being killed. If the quantity was larger, even Gu cultivators at the Spirit Sea stage had to avoid the edge.

But rat groups were sometimes not terrifying. Just like the group of black-armored insects destroyed by Long Xuan, gregarious creatures were terrifying in quantity. In fact, taking them out individually was not strong at all, and it was easy to be wiped out by large-scale attacks.

Long Xuan happened to be one of the few Gu cultivators who possessed heaven-defying big moves, completely not afraid of this kind of group of things, whether it was insects or beasts.

He only used one Flame Palm, and the huge rat group was basically burned clean, and he also saved the two dragon sets by the way.

"I saved you another life. You now owe me two lives each. You must think carefully about how to repay my life-saving grace." Long Xuan made a joke.

Li Laodao and Little Medicine Boy sat on the ground with a thud, panting heavily. They looked exhausted, almost reaching their limit. If Long Xuan had made a move a little slower, this old and young would not be swallowed by the rat group, even if they had Cockroach Gu, it would be useless.

After a long while, Li Laodao caught his breath, bowed to Long Xuan, and said, "Thank you, little friend, for saving me. Great kindness is not spoken of. Consider it that I owe you a favor."

Little Medicine Boy also said, "Thank you. What spiritual technique was your move just now? Why have I never seen it!"

"Any attack is inversely proportional to the attack range and attack power. Single-attack spiritual techniques have high attack power, and group-attack spiritual techniques have weak attack power. If you want to pursue attack range, you must inevitably disperse power and abandon attack power."

"Your spiritual technique has a large attack range, and the attack power is also surprisingly large. It is definitely not an ordinary spiritual technique." Little Medicine Boy looked at Long Xuan with surprised eyes and said.

"Is the power great? Maybe it's because of the Ten Extremes Body." Long Xuan prevaricated casually.

Li Laodao and Little Medicine Boy both revealed looks of disbelief. They were not stupid. Every ability Long Xuan used along the way was something they had never seen before.

Especially that white energy ball that could explode and almost blow them to death. Let alone seen it, they couldn't believe that there was a spiritual

If it were just one or two things they hadn't seen before, it might be due to their own ignorance, but if they hadn't seen any of them, they had to suspect one thing: could those mind-boggling spirit techniques all be self-created by this kid?

Li Laodao and Little Medicine Boy looked at each other, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes.

Long Xuan didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he changed the subject and asked, "Tell me about yourselves. How did you end up being chased everywhere by a group of rats? Why on earth did you provoke them?"

"This thing is no different from that group of rabbits. Don't look at the size of the swarm; they don't actually drop any good loot. Provoking them is completely thankless work."

Li Laodao shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's not that I wanted to provoke them. A rat tide occurred—no, to be precise, a beast tide has already broken out. The rat swarm is just one group within the beast tide."

"And we only happened to run into a small fraction of the rat tide. We can consider ourselves lucky that we didn't run into a large swarm; it didn't contain any troublesome existences like Flying Rats, Fire Rats, or even a Rat King."

"Otherwise, not only would you be unable to save us, but you would end up getting yourself killed too. No matter how powerful your spirit techniques are, they cannot contend with a rat tide of that level."

"That's right!" Little Medicine Boy stood up, his expression extremely grave as he said, "The predictions of those Gu Kings were correct. A beast tide has already broken out in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and the scale is unprecedented. It will flow into every region of the human world; a beast tide of this scale is extremely rare in the last thousand years."

"The Ten Thousand Mountains are in complete chaos right now; it is no longer a place to stay. We must leave here as quickly as possible."

"We can consider ourselves lucky to have run into a small group of rats this time, but if we run into a large-scale rat tide next time, we won't be so lucky as to escape with our lives again."

(End of chapter)