"Speak!"
The Evil King stared intently at Miao Yinuo, blood still on his lips—the backlash from Bai Zihe destroying his clone had injured him, making him look unusually ferocious.
"Miao Yinuo, I'll give you one last chance."
"Tell me where the Gu King's Spirit Pearl is now, and I can let you die quickly. Otherwise..."
A sneer curved the Evil King's lips, not a smile, but endless coldness!
At this very moment.
Miao Yinuo's face was pale, blood also at the corner of her mouth, her hair disheveled, clearly having endured much torture.
On her Dantian, a Gu worm continued to gnaw.
But...
Miao Yinuo's eyes were exceptionally firm, with a glint of light: "Old dog Evil King, kill me directly if you have the guts."
"You want to know the secret of the Gu King's Spirit Pearl? Impossible!"
"Just give up on that idea!"
The Gu King's Spirit Pearl...
It was what the Gu King had given Bai Zihe to suppress the Gu worm in Bai Ruoyi's mind, but it could only last for half a year at most.
Because.
Once the Gu King's Spirit Pearl entered the body for half a year, it would hatch the most powerful Gu worm within it, capable of commanding all Gu in the world!
However, without corresponding attainment in the path of Gu, one would be instantly backlashed.
The Gu King's Spirit Pearl was a nightmare for ordinary people, and a supreme treasure for Gu cultivators!
Without the Gu King's Spirit Pearl, the Evil King would not be a true Gu King, nor could he obtain the highest secret arts of the Gu path inherited within!
"Good, very good!"
The Evil King's face turned extremely cold, clearly enraged to the extreme.
"Swish..."
In the next moment, he waved his hand, and several more Gu worms flew out, pouncing on Miao Yinuo in a flash and immediately began to gnaw.
These Gu worms would not be fatal, but they would increase Miao Yinuo's suffering.
Without the Gu King's Spirit Pearl, the Evil King would not kill her.
But he would definitely not let her off easily.
"Heh..."
Miao Yinuo endured the gnawing of the Gu worms, boundless pain causing cold sweat to stream down her face, her body extremely weak, but her spirit remained, utterly unyielding.
The Evil King snorted coldly and ignored her.
He needed to cultivate now.
Bai Zihe's reappearance made him feel a sense of urgency.
Originally, he thought.
His strength was already sufficient to easily sweep away countless experts, including the former Bai Zihe.
He never expected.
After not seeing each other for a few months, Bai Zihe had become so powerful, his progress far more exaggerated than his own.
Thinking of the supreme pressure transmitted by his clone just now, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
He had to become stronger.
He must continue to become stronger!
It's just that.
With Bai Zihe now in Miao territory, he dared not move freely, fearing his main body would be encountered by Bai Zihe. He could only take out another clone Gu.
A moment later.
An Evil King emerged.
Identical appearance, identical aura, only the strength was inferior.
"Swish..."
Soon, the clone Gu emerged from its hiding place.
The Evil King planned to follow his old method—killing people—to increase his strength, something he had discovered by chance.
Months ago.
When Gu Changkong, the president of the Ancient Martial Arts Association, died at Bai Zihe's hands, the Evil King knew that if he didn't continue to adapt, he wouldn't be Bai Zihe's opponent.
Thus.
After learning of Gu Changkong's death, he immediately returned to Miao territory and made up his mind to explore the secret realm—the Gu Emperor's Tomb.
As the name suggests.
It was to explore the tomb of the Gu Emperor.
The Gu Emperor was a Gu path genius from a hundred years ago. After his death, only a very few people knew the true location of his tomb.
The Evil King paid an immeasurable price to finally ascertain it and then set off.
In fact.
Many people in the Miao territory's Gu path had harbored this thought.
The Gu Emperor's achievements were too high, and everyone wanted to stand on his shoulders to make new breakthroughs in the Gu path and improve their strength.
However.
Most people, in their lifetime, didn't even know the burial place of the Gu Emperor.
And the remaining one in a hundred who knew the location of the Gu Emperor's tomb would face certain death upon entering.
In Miao territory, only one person had ever walked out of the Gu Emperor's Tomb alive.
That person was the previous Gu King, Miao Yinuo's father.
He also greatly increased his strength and obtained the Gu King's Spirit Pearl and other supreme treasures of the Gu path, becoming the undisputed Gu King.
It was from that time that the Evil King became fixated on the Gu King, wanting to replace him.
After the Evil King entered the Gu Emperor's Tomb.
Before he could explore much, a mass of sinister black energy entered his body, and his strength greatly increased.
Moreover, he discovered that as long as he killed others, he could plunder their essence and blood, thereby increasing his strength.
Therefore, he had already secretly killed many people to reach his current realm.
However.
Those instances were all covered up as invasions by foreign forces from the southwest into Miao territory, followed by fierce battles, using this as an excuse.
As for the Gu Emperor's Tomb...
The Evil King had probed it later and found no valuable discoveries—the valuable things had long been taken by the Gu King.
The only thing worth his attention was the extremely dense Gu energy surrounding the Gu Emperor's Tomb, which was more conducive to his cultivation.
And it also amplified the power of his Gu techniques.
Coupled with its concealment, he made this place his lair, and after capturing Miao Yinuo, he brought her here.
"Kill!"
"Keep killing!"
"As long as I kill enough people, I will become strong enough!"
With this thought.
The Evil King's clone quietly appeared outside the Gu Emperor's Tomb and stealthily approached places with many people.
Clone Gu...
Besides creating a clone, it had another benefit.
The strength gained by the clone could be fed back to the main body through a mother-child Gu system, so even if the clone went out, the Evil King's main body could still become stronger!
"Swish..."
A figure flickered incessantly, heading towards the most densely populated areas of Miao territory to kill.
At this time, the Evil King, due to Bai Zihe's appearance, had completely gone mad, only wanting to become stronger, to become stronger at all costs.
Wherever there were many people, he would go to slaughter!
The Tower.
"Hmm?"
Bai Zihe was about to withdraw his divine sense, but unexpectedly, he suddenly detected the Evil King's clone appearing in the furthest outskirts.
It had to be said, the Evil King's luck was not good.
He thought.
The distance between the Tower and the Gu Emperor's Tomb was sufficient.
Therefore, as long as his clone emerged and moved in a direction away from the Tower, towards another place, it would not be discovered by Bai Zihe.
Unfortunately.
Bai Zihe's strength was sufficient.
With a flash of his divine sense, he locked onto the location of the Evil King's clone.
"As expected..."
Bai Zihe's divine sense sensed a strange area in the vicinity of his clone, a place his divine sense could not penetrate.
This should be the Evil King's hiding place!
Since the location was locked, it was easy.
But before that.
Bai Zihe still had to deal with his clone first!
Because Bai Zihe had already detected the powerful killing intent contained within that clone.
After the Evil King's clone emerged, it immediately headed towards the western region of Miao territory.