The Evil King snorted coldly and walked deeper into the tower.
He first entered a hidden passage on one of the floors and then descended along a ladder.
In the dark passage, oil lamps flickered with a "pu pu" sound, making one’s heart tremble.
The air gradually became humid.
Bai Zihe, brimming with confidence, was unafraid of any tricks the Evil King might play and followed closely behind.
After about ten minutes.
The dark passage began to grow brighter.
Another minute later, it opened up, revealing a spacious platform before the two of them.
Stepping onto the platform, a cold wind blew.
The ground beneath them made a "hua hua" sound; it was a rushing great river.
On the platform, there was an iron chain, and at its end was a cave opening on a steep cliff.
Standing on the platform, the Evil King pointed at the cave opening in the cliff and said indifferently, "The Gu King is imprisoned within."
"If you want to find him, then go in."
As he spoke, he gazed at Bai Zihe with a smile that was not a smile.
It seemed like a provocation, or perhaps a goading.
Bai Zihe glanced at him and said lightly, "Are you sure the Gu King is inside?"
He wasn't afraid that the Evil King had set a trap.
He simply didn't want to be trapped and waste time, as his little sister couldn't wait.
The Evil King immediately replied, "I can swear to the Gu Emperor that if the Gu King is not inside, I am willing to die by ten thousand gu devouring my heart!"
Gu Emperor!
He was the object of faith for the Miao lineage.
With his words reaching this point, it naturally meant the Gu King was indeed inside.
"Bai Zihe, what, are you scared?"
A smile, full of disdain, curved his lips.
Bai Zihe ignored him. Having received his answer, he leaped into the air, landed on the chain, and glided towards the cave opening on the cliff.
In just a few swift movements, he stood at the cliff's cave entrance.
Watching his receding back, the Evil King narrowed his eyes, sharp glints shooting out from the slits.
Then, he turned back into the dark passage and immediately activated the formation.
"Bai Zihe, oh Bai Zihe."
"I admit... you are indeed very strong."
"But the arrogance of the strong will ultimately make you pay the price!"
On the cliff.
Bai Zihe was just about to enter the cave.
"Ahhhh—"
Suddenly, an extremely piercing scream echoed, clearly coming from deep within the cave.
Bai Zihe rejoiced instantly!
He must be the Gu King.
Although he didn't know why he was screaming, as long as he knew he was here, it would be manageable.
Bai Zihe immediately moved deeper in.
Suddenly.
A profound iron栅栏 descended from the sky, striking with lightning speed before Bai Zihe and trapping him outside.
Bai Zihe stepped forward and grabbed the railing, testing its strength.
But at this very moment.
Hiss, hisss—
Crunch, crunch…
Buzz, buzz…
From all directions.
From beneath his feet to above his head, from the walls on both sides, countless gu worms emerged.
Some were fat-headed, some had wings and buzzed with a sound that unsettled the mind, and some were bathed in blood…
Dense and numerous, tens of thousands.
"Evil King, are these your doing?"
Bai Zihe remained composed.
Whoosh!
The winged gu worms flew towards Bai Zihe first.
Their movements were incredibly swift; in just a blink of an eye, they had flown from a distance to Bai Zihe's front.
Moreover.
These gu worms possessed simple intelligence.
They didn't attack all at once but launched their assault from five directions—front, back, left, right, and above—attempting to overwhelm Bai Zihe.
"Interesting."
Bai Zihe smiled faintly and punched out.
A wave of winged gu worms before him was sent flying, many falling to the ground, dead!
The winged gu worms behind him, to his sides, and above, seemed to sense Bai Zihe's action and flew even more ferociously.
Buzz!
The next moment, a barrier enveloped Bai Zihe.
Qi projection!
Crack, crack—
Sizzle, sizzle…
The winged gu worms collided with it, some being repelled, while more immediately began to bite.
Instantly.
The sounds of tearing filled the entire cave, making one's scalp tingle.
Bai Zihe paid them no mind.
He continued to eliminate more gu worms.
Whoosh!
Every time he threw a punch, a swarm of gu worms was killed, falling to the ground.
However, to prevent himself from being gnawed by the gu worms while continuously killing them, the consumption of internal energy was undoubtedly immense.
Even Bai Zihe had to end it quickly.
But.
The gu worm corpses that fell to the ground were devoured by gu worms that emanated blood light.
And each time they devoured some gu worms, the blood light on these creatures grew brighter, and their size increased.
They were evolving!
One minute.
Three minutes.
Ten minutes passed!
The gu worms coming from all directions, he didn't know how many he had eliminated.
And the initial batch of gu worms that had clung to him were repelled and almost all killed by Bai Zihe.
Now.
There were few gu worms left.
Bai Zihe didn't want to waste too much time here, so he pursued and killed all the remaining gu worms.
Until the very last one!
After eliminating the gu worms, Bai Zihe began to examine the profound iron栅栏.
"Open!"
He gripped two profound iron rods with his hands, channeling immense power into them, and directly deformed them.
The next moment, Bai Zihe stepped through.
However, at this very moment.
Whoosh—
A streak of blood light suddenly descended from above.
It was the giant gu worm that had evolved after devouring all the gu worm corpses and then devouring each other!
It was about the size of a baby's fist, swift as the wind, and in a flash, it was above Bai Zihe.
"I've been waiting for you!"
Bai Zihe sneered and punched out.
Although he didn't remember how many gu worms he had killed, he had a rough idea.
But seeing no gu worm corpses on the ground, he naturally realized something was amiss.
Boom!
The next moment, his fist struck the giant blood gu.
The giant blood gu immediately convulsed and flew backward, crashing against the cave wall.
To Bai Zihe's surprise, it took the opportunity to burrow into the wall and quickly disappeared.
But it was merely a surprise.
"Ahhhh—"
At this moment, a mournful wail came from deeper within.
Bai Zihe ignored the gu worm, pulled open the栅栏, and walked in directly.
He knew that gu worm would surely reappear.
As expected.
After traveling only about ten zhang, the blood-colored gu worm attacked again.
This time, Bai Zihe gave it no chance to escape, condensing a portion of his internal energy and striking it down.
Looking at the gu worm that had dissolved into a pool of blood on the ground, Bai Zihe had no further worries.
He went deeper.
The wailing grew clearer.
And the scenes Bai Zihe encountered along the way became more terrifying.
Piles of white bones intertwined, patches of blood flowing…
On the bones, there were countless tiny pores, densely packed. In the blood, there were countless wriggling maggots, shoulder to shoulder…
It was evident that these were the works of gu worms.
He didn't know how many people had died in vain, how many souls had been harmed.
Before long.
Bai Zihe arrived at a cave.
The terrifying wailing emanated from here.
Without hesitation, Bai Zihe stepped in.
Within ten paces, he entered a vast, open space.
In the center, there was a blood pool.
In the middle of the blood pool stood a rusty iron pillar, topped with a bronze cross.
Nailed to the cross with several steel spikes was a naked man, covered in wounds, with no part of him intact.
At his heart.
A gu worm was continuously coiling, devouring the purest heart's blood!