Fang Yuan carefully examined the Mutated Immortal Gu in his hand.
This Immortal Gu had a peculiar appearance—it possessed a longhorn beetle's body, a spider's eight claws, a rhinoceros beetle-like horn jutting upward from its head, cicada wings on its back, and two mantis-like blade arms in front. Its tail glowed like a firefly's, but the light it emitted was multicolored.
The Mutated Immortal Gu was the property of Ancestor Thousand Transformations, but this did not trouble Fang Yuan.
Shortly after leaving the battlefield, Fang Yuan had already refined this Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu midway along the road.
Setting aside the fact that Ancestor Thousand Transformations sensed it and hated Fang Yuan all over again, Fang Yuan attempted to activate it several times and roughly grasped the Mutated Immortal Gu's functions.
This Immortal Gu was designed for combat, wielding considerable power—it could force a certain portion of the enemy's body to rebel against its owner, crushing existences at the Seventh Transformation level and posing enormous trouble for Primordial desolate beasts and the like.
It could also be used on oneself, adding variations to transformations. For example, if Fang Yuan transformed into a fierce tiger, using the Mutated Immortal Gu might allow a pair of wings to grow from both sides of the tiger's body. Or perhaps a third eye could appear on the tiger's head, or a scorpion's venomous stinger could sprout from the tip of the tiger's tail.
Of course, these were only the beneficial transformations.
There were also potentially unfavorable ones.
For instance, elephant legs might sprout from the tiger's belly, extending longer than the tiger's own four limbs. Or wings might grow on the tiger's back—an obvious weak point that would serve as nothing more than a target painted for the enemy.
Using the Mutated Immortal Gu alone yielded mixed results, unpredictable at best.
Because this Immortal Gu was as high as Eighth Transformation, the variations it introduced were all at the Eighth Transformation level, having an enormous impact on the host.
Therefore, for safety's sake, it was best to use other Gu Insects to assist the Mutated Immortal Gu and form a killer move.
Using this killer move to enhance oneself was the most secure approach.
Beyond attacking enemies and enhancing transformations, the Mutated Immortal Gu could also be used for the development of an Immortal Aperture.
Using it as the core to execute killer moves or lay down Immortal Formations could cause the life forms within the Immortal Aperture to undergo more mutations. Ordinary beasts could gradually evolve into variant beasts.
Of course, some of these variant beasts would be defective, but through the natural cycle of survival of the fittest, they would be gradually eliminated.
Those superior variant beasts, however, would survive, reproduce, and flourish, forming new populations.
Often, after these mutated life forms grew powerful, they would become a specialty unique to a particular Immortal Aperture—available nowhere else. If they performed well in the market, they would become a long-term business for a Gu Immortal, bringing in a steady and considerable income.
"The Mutated Immortal Gu is so versatile—it must be one of the core Immortal Gu of the Mad Berserker's True Inheritance. No wonder Ancestor Thousand Transformations was so anxious after losing it," Fang Yuan thought.
Beyond the Mutated Immortal Gu, Fang Yuan had also obtained several other Immortal Gu.
Most were Transformation Path Immortal Gu, and there was also a Seventh Transformation Law Path Immortal Gu—Guan.
This Gu resembled a beetle commonly known as the ground beetle. It was about the size of an infant's fist, with an extremely flat body that radiated a steel-like luster, giving an impression of extreme sturdiness.
It had been the core when Night Fiend Girl and Green Mist Immortal Consort first laid down the Immortal Formation.
Feng Jiuge, hiding in the distance, had spotted this Immortal Gu and wanted to seize it.
This Gu held great value for him.
Unexpectedly, it ultimately ended up in Fang Yuan's hands.
"Just from these Immortal Gu and Ancestor Thousand Transformations' methods, one can see how formidable the Mad Berserker's True Inheritance really is. Unfortunately, it's not easy to make a move."
Ancestor Thousand Transformations had survived one Myriad Tribulation, so his Dao Mark foundation was inferior to Fang Yuan's. But his methods were rich and varied, his temperament patient, and his acting skills outstanding—Wei Feng had been schemed to death by him. Unless Fang Yuan could lure him into a battlefield killer move.
Ancestor Thousand Transformations also had the Myriad Manifestations Palace at his side. This Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu House was astonishingly powerful, and at critical moments could transform into Ancestor Thousand Transformations himself to confuse the situation—another enormous obstacle.
Plotting against him was truly not easy.
Look at how Heavenly Court had schemed for so long, deployed the World Overturning killer move, mobilized four Eighth Transformation experts, and in the end still returned in defeat.
More critically, Fang Yuan himself could not reveal his true strength.
A moment's impatience would ruin the grand plan. Once his secret of reaching Eighth Transformation was exposed, the consequences would be far worse.
That was why he had been so careful when dealing with the three Crazed Demons.
Fang Yuan was plotting a grand strategy.
"The time until the Gu Refinement Convention in Central Continent is drawing near."
"The Northern Plains Gu Immortal world has the leader of Eternal Heaven, Southern Border has Wu Yong the schemer. Eastern Sea has my guise as Ancestor Qi Sea to champion, and Western Desert has the Fang Family and the Tang Family to leverage."
"The grand strategy of the four regions besieging Central Continent is taking shape."
This was what Fang Yuan had been plotting ever since his rebirth.