The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 492: Long Xuan’s Decision

After the Heaven-Devouring World Toad landed, its eyes sparkled as it stared at the exposed Blacksteel Gold ore. Even before Long Xuan could give the order, it leapt over excitedly.

Under Di Xin’s shocked gaze, its body began to grow larger bit by bit. It didn’t stop until it became so massive that this space could barely contain it. Then, it opened its enormous maw and bit a huge chunk out of the solid stone wall.

The rocks, along with the Blacksteel Gold, were swallowed right into its belly.

It was as if its gigantic mouth was a spatial blade capable of cutting through anything, no matter how hard.

“Is this the Heaven-Devouring ability of the Three-Legged Golden Toad?” Di Xin exclaimed in shock, her eyes filled with contemplation.

The Heaven-Devouring ability of the Three-Legged Golden Toad could devour everything. The Gu insect in front of her displayed abilities that were extremely similar, perhaps even stronger.

She strongly suspected that if not for the spatial limitations here, this giant toad might have been capable of swallowing the entire ore vein in one gulp.

A Gu insect capable of moving an entire vein with ease was truly terrifying. Even the famed Three-Legged Golden Toad of the Qian Clan didn’t possess such a heaven-defying ability.

As time ticked by, although the vein took up a considerable amount of space, it still couldn’t withstand the endless consumption of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad. After roughly dozens of gulps, the entire Blacksteel Gold vein had been devoured clean.

At this moment, within the internal space of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad, another floating island appeared. However, this island was somewhat fragmented and lacked any aesthetic appeal.

This floating island also continuously released treasure energy, causing the toad’s body to grow even further.

The fact that the toad could actually consume an entire ore vein left Long Xuan a little surprised.

This ability—to freely devour an entire vein—was nothing short of heaven-defying. If he were to roam the world searching for different types of ore veins, and had the toad devour each one upon discovery, he could slowly accumulate unimaginable wealth.

The strength of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad would also rise rapidly based on the number of veins within it. The amount of treasure energy produced by even one ore vein was already quite substantial.

Long Xuan quickly scanned the large hole with his Golden Finger, and upon confirming that all the Blacksteel Gold had been completely consumed, he nodded in satisfaction. Turning to Di Xin, he said:

“With this Blacksteel Gold vein, our gains from this journey are more than sufficient. I am already content.”

“My body has suffered severe injuries. I need to begin recovery immediately. Given my current condition, there’s absolutely no way I can venture into the even more dangerous areas ahead.”

“I plan to stay here and recuperate. Once I’ve healed, I’ll make further plans. What about you—what do you plan to do next?” Long Xuan asked as he looked at Di Xin.

Hearing this, Di Xin looked him up and down carefully, taking in the state of his heavily wounded body. She curled her lips slightly.

She was genuinely curious—how had he ended up in such a state not long after she descended below?

What had happened in this short time? For Long Xuan to suffer such heavy injuries, the situation must have been extraordinary. Unless he had been hunted by a Gu King, there weren’t many things that could harm him.

“I kept forgetting to ask—how on earth did you get like this? Were you ganged up on by dozens of Gu Kings?” Di Xin asked with a half-joking, half-serious smile.

“Don’t even mention it. The Xuanyuan Imperial Clan went berserk. They actually dispatched numerous experts intending to slaughter all tomb raiders. It’s fortunate that you went underground in time. Otherwise, you would’ve been in serious trouble too.”

“I was just chased down by a peak-level Gu King from the Xuanyuan Clan. I had no choice but to forcibly fuse Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water. That’s how I ended up like this,” Long Xuan briefly summarized what had happened above.

Upon hearing that, Di Xin’s mouth twitched repeatedly, and her eyes were filled with disbelief and astonishment.

Good heavens. Fusing Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water? That was sheer lunacy. It was insane that he had even thought of it. The fact that he hadn’t been blown to bits was a miracle.

She could easily imagine the level of destruction such a fusion would cause. That move was no different from suicide. Truly insane.

“Fusing Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water... you really do have a death wish. The fact that you're still alive is nothing short of miraculous,” Di Xin said, genuinely shaken by his reckless behavior.

“Since you’ve been so badly injured, you should definitely stay here and recover for a while.”

“Even if you weren’t injured, we honestly wouldn’t be able to proceed further on our own.”

“According to the original plan, we need a large number of Gu Kings to act as scouts for us. Once they break through all the dangers ahead, then we can come in and pick up the leftovers.”

“If these Gu Kings aren’t strong enough and can’t reach the end, then we’ll simply have no chance at obtaining the most valuable treasures buried in the tomb.”

Di Xin suddenly turned her gaze behind her, frowning slightly. She said,

“Someone has already passed through that tomb passage filled with spatial rifts. We must absolutely avoid running into them. Where do you plan to hide?”

Long Xuan followed Di Xin’s line of sight. Sensing a large number of Gu Kings approaching, his expression also grew solemn.

Many signs had disappeared behind them, and he had already guessed what method the people in the rear used to traverse the spatial tomb path.

Fixed spatial rifts could be mapped out using human lives to probe their positions.

Mobile spatial rifts could also be figured out by sacrificing a vast number of people to discern their movement patterns.

As long as there were enough Path-Seeking Stones, it was only a matter of time before a safe route could be discovered.

“I didn’t expect this group to be so ruthless. They actually used a huge number of living people to pave the way.”

“Since they’re so good at scouting paths, we’ll leave the dangers deeper in the tomb to them!”

Long Xuan curled his lips into a smirk and dove into the belly of the World-Devouring Three-Legged Toad, vanishing without a trace.

Immediately afterward, the World-Devouring Toad began to shrink—smaller and smaller—until it was only the size of a fist. Then, with a swift leap, it hid itself in an extremely well-concealed corner.

Once Long Xuan entered the toad’s stomach, his aura was completely gone.

Even if those Gu Kings exhausted themselves to death, they wouldn’t be able to find him.

Witnessing this scene, a look of astonishment appeared in Di Xin’s eyes.

At this point, how could she not realize?

The Three-Legged Golden Toad that Long Xuan had modified was capable of storing living beings.

Just imagining such a creature absorbing the spiritual energy of living things sent shivers down her spine—how terrifying would that be?

Seeing that the group behind was getting closer and closer, Di Xin didn’t dare to delay.

She quickly found a hidden corner, took out a formation disk, and activated it to shield herself tightly.

Once the barrier raised by the formation disk enveloped her, she vanished into thin air.

No trace of her aura remained.

Clearly, this formation had stealth or cloaking properties.

Since Di Xin dared to use it, she must have had full confidence it could shield her from the detection of those Gu Kings.

Before long, the tomb passage behind echoed with a dense pattern of footsteps, and a group of people soon arrived at the scene.

When they saw the massive hole in the stone wall—dug out by some unknown creature—they were all stunned.

“The marks here are fresh. Obviously, this huge hole was just excavated. What on earth was dug out here that required such a large opening?”

An elderly man’s gaze was filled with shock as he clicked his tongue in disbelief.

“The treasure here was clearly taken by someone who came before us. But what kind of heaven-defying method did they use to dig such a massive hole in an instant? It’s utterly inconceivable.”

A female Gu King stepped into the hole, used her spiritual sense to scan the space, and spoke with great astonishment.

“That brat who stole the treasure can’t have gotten far. Let’s pursue him quickly!”

“We’ll know exactly what kind of treasure was hidden here once we get a look at his storage pouch!”

Lan Yan merely glanced at the hole before hastily pressing forward.

He instinctively assumed that whoever had taken the treasure had continued moving ahead, so he didn’t investigate the area thoroughly.

The others clearly shared this assumption.

To catch the person ahead quickly, they also pressed on without delay, barely pausing here.

Yet none of them could have imagined that the very person they were so desperate to find…

…was hiding right here, closer than they ever thought—right under their noses.

And so, Long Xuan, the one who had led at the front of the group, now miraculously ended up behind them.

The identity of the pathfinder had subtly and completely reversed...