The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 74: (2): The Power of the Ice Formation

If they were lucky, they'd land directly on the back of another ground beast, causing both to be burned together. The scene was like a living hell, with fire everywhere in the sky and on the ground, leaving no safe place to step. The fire on the ground burned continuously, making it scorching hot to walk on and filled with the anguished cries of the beasts.

This beast army suffered heavy losses in just a single encounter, with countless beasts perishing in the sea of flames, creating a horrific sight.

When the beast army realized they had entered a forbidden zone that could not be attacked, it was already too late to escape.

The killing array's attack range was vast and its firepower overwhelming. Even the remaining beasts that fled in panic were dying in droves. It would take a long time to escape the killing array's attack range.

In the end, the battlefield was strewn with corpses, and only a few dozen beasts managed to escape, while the rest of the army perished, resulting in a tragic outcome.

Once the beasts were wiped out, the fireballs finally stopped raining down, and the array slowly resumed its calm, returning to its previous tranquil state.

If not for the remains of the beast corpses and the flames on the ground, it would be hard to imagine that such a fierce battle had just occurred, and that this serene array possessed such terrifying destructive power.

Long Xuan was stunned for a long time. The terrifying scene of fire raining down from the sky was too visually shocking, more spectacular than any special effects in movies, making him exclaim with excitement.

After taking a deep breath, his eyes lit up with excitement as he rushed out of the array.

There were 500 beast corpses outside, a treasure trove left on the ground, making him feel like he had struck it rich.

It's important to know that his Divine ice flame was different from ordinary flames. Ordinary flames would burn the beasts completely, leaving nothing behind, and even the spirit insects parasitizing within would be burned to death.

However, his ice flame was different. Beings burned by the ice flame would mostly turn them into ice sculptures, with their beast materials perfectly preserved.

Additionally, the beast meat frozen by the ice flame would remain fresh for a long time, which he could sell to Qian's restaurant and make a tidy profit.

With 500 beast corpses, even just selling the meat would make him a fortune.

Long Xuan was overjoyed, calling his clones to fetch a large number of storage bags and then began collecting the treasures scattered on the ground.

With 500 beast corpses of various sizes, it would take him a long time to collect them all, and he wasn't sure if he had enough storage bags.

When Long Xuan casually stuffed an elephant into a storage bag and saw the nearest ice sculptures, he couldn't stop smiling.

"Oh! Isn't this the legendary beast king? How are you all doing?"

Long Xuan laughed heartily, and upon recognizing the beast king within the ice sculpture, his eyes sparkled with excitement.

Wow, this tiger king turned out to be a Overlord Tiger.

Overlord Tigers were known for their extraordinary defense, yet they couldn't withstand the ice flame's damage and were instantly killed before they could showcase their abilities, dying an unjust death.

Most importantly, after a year of effort, the Flame clone had almost collected all the peak-grade spirit insects and beast materials needed for the Dragon Gu recipe.

All that was missing was a peak-grade spirit insect related to tigers and a beast material from a tiger king.

He only needed the tiger king's paw to complete the dragon's body for the Gu recipe.

And lo and behold, just as he needed it, the tiger king's beast material arrived on his doorstep.

Not only did he get the perfect tiger paw, but there was also a peak-grade spirit insect in its spirit core.

With these two peak-grade materials, all the difficult-to-collect materials for the Dragon Gu recipe were finally complete.

The remaining materials, although numerous, could be bought with spirit stones, so there was no need to worry.

This meant that once he created the Dragon Gu recipe, he could start refining the Gu on the same day, achieving an astonishing efficiency.

Initially, he was worried about how to collect so many peak-grade materials, thinking it might take ten years to gather them all.

Unexpectedly, the materials were ready even before the Gu recipe was created, showing how unpredictable life can be.

The elephant was quite heavy, and after putting it into the storage bag, he felt a bit tired, so as usual, he delegated the dirty and tiring work to his clones, letting them exercise while he supervised.

After storing the tiger king's ice sculpture in the storage bag, he smiled with satisfaction, feeling that today was full of pleasant surprises.

However, as he walked back to the medicine garden, his gaze inadvertently returned to the place he had just looked at.

Unable to resist, he rubbed his eyes and looked again, his face suddenly changing.

"Damn! Where are my spirit stones?"

Long Xuan was completely baffled, quickly running to the center of the array and anxiously feeling the empty air.

This was the formation's backup energy source, where a mountain of spirit stones should be powering the array, but now it was empty, not even a single spirit stone left.

"Where are my spirit stones? My huge mountain of spirit stones!"

Long Xuan was on the verge of collapse, his previous smug expression completely gone.

He had to face a harsh reality: people must believe in science and the law of conservation of energy.

The more terrifying the formation's attack power, the more energy it required to generate such an attack.

The earlier scene of fire raining down from the sky was visually impressive but also consumed a lot of energy. The attack power and energy consumption were directly proportional.

If his guess was correct, the formation's reserve energy must have been exhausted during the earlier barrage.

This was a tragedy, a case of joy turning into sorrow.

Everything has its limits. If a formation is too powerful, it may not be a good thing.

Although he effortlessly gained 500 beast materials, considering the formation's energy consumption, he might not have profited much.

The power was clearly excessive, leading to unnecessary waste.

It was his first time using the array, and he was inexperienced, neglecting the fact that sometimes the formation shouldn't be left to operate automatically.

The formation's energy came from three sources: the first was the spiritual power from the natural world. The array constantly absorbed the ambient spiritual power to maintain its daily consumption, ensuring it was always operational.

The second source was the spiritual power reserve at the formation's center, where vast amounts of spirit stones were stored. The higher the grade of the spirit stones, the better. If there were more advanced energy sources, it would be even better.

If the ambient spiritual power couldn't sustain the formation's consumption, the formation would draw on the spirit stones' spiritual power.

The third source of energy came from the treasure at the formation's core. This third source provided the highest energy level, determining the formation's maximum attack power and its upper limit, offering the formation the greatest power.

Activating the killing formation would inevitably increase energy consumption. The thin spiritual power in the air alone wouldn't suffice, requiring the use of the spirit stones in the reserve.

The earlier scene of fire raining down from the sky must have consumed a lot of energy, and it was natural for the spirit stones to be used up...

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