187: Chapter 187 What the heck are those black bugs?

Ghost Doctor Daoist's Revered Master, Daoist Shen Gui, had not appeared for over thirty years. Many people were spreading rumors that Daoist Shen Gui had already passed away.

But Ghost Doctor Daoist knew that his Revered Master, Daoist Shen Gui, was not dead!

Because Revered Master Daoist Shen Gui had planted the "God Insect Gu" in him. The "God Insect Gu" was his Revered Master's natal insect Gu. Although it had been extremely weak for the past two years, it was still holding onto a breath of life!

In other words, Revered Master Daoist Shen Gui was about to pass away, but he was not dead yet!

Ghost Doctor Daoist had originally planned to wait for his Revered Master to die, then chew the several Vice Sect Masters and Elders of the Mandala Sect to death alive, and truly take control of the Mandala Sect.

But man proposes, heaven disposes!

Ghost Doctor Daoist had now lost eighty percent of his natal insect Gu directly. If he fled back, he would definitely be fed to those Junior Brothers by his Revered Master, and then a new Personal Disciple would be supported to serve as the Old Ancestor of the Mandala Sect!

It could be said that Ghost Doctor Daoist now had no way out. The only path to survival was to refine the hundreds of thousands of Cultivators in the Taixu Realm into human Gu, feed them to his own natal insect Gu, return his strength to its Peak, and perhaps even enter the Integration Realm!

Thinking of this, a look of vicious determination appeared on Ghost Doctor Daoist's face. Green blood spilled from the corners of his mouth, curving into a hideous arc.

Yes! Ghost Doctor Daoist was going to fight for his life!

Humans are strange creatures; under normal circumstances, they avoid harm. But once pushed into a dead end, they will erupt with primordial power to launch a desperate counterattack!

This is the logic often mentioned in military books: do not press a desperate foe too hard!

"Kid! Since you are rushing to your death, I will grant your wish!"

Ghost Doctor Daoist formed seals with his hands at lightning speed, and a "Gu Integration Seal" was unleashed!

"Sizzle!"

More than three thousand seven-colored poisonous centipedes, as if summoned, suddenly narrowed their black, round, bulging insect eyes, emitted a hair-raising insect cry, and flew toward Ghost Doctor Daoist.

The seven-colored poisonous centipedes, each the length of an arm, made rustling sounds as they ruthlessly burrowed into Ghost Doctor Daoist's eye corners, nostrils, mouth corners, and ear holes!

Immediately after, a bizarre scene occurred!

On Ghost Doctor Daoist's body, hundreds of insect legs suddenly grew out!

His body actually transformed into segments of seven-colored insect joints at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In just a few breaths, Ghost Doctor Daoist had directly transformed into a hundred-zhang giant centipede, with only his hideous head left, hanging uncoordinatedly on the hundred-zhang insect body!

"Clang!"

With a crisp metallic sound, the hundred-zhang giant centipede opened its two front claws, which were like the scythes of the Grim Reaper.

"Kid, you are lucky to see my final insect form; you can die with a smile! Next... eh? What the hell are those black insects?"

Accompanied by the buzzing sound of insect wings tearing through the air, fist-sized black insects flew out from the immortal ring on Jiang Lan's finger!

Ghost Doctor Daoist's pupils shrank to needle points. With a look of seeing a ghost on his face, he stared at the Soul Devouring Worms that were blotting out the sky and flying toward him!

Although Ghost Doctor Daoist did not recognize the Soul Devouring Worms, a sense of fear from the depths of his Soul surged into his heart!

Ghost Doctor Daoist acted as if he had seen the emperor of insect Gu. His body couldn't help but tremble, his legs went soft, and he prostrated on the ground. His feet felt as if they were tied with ten thousand tons of lead, and he couldn't lift them even an inch!

"Ah!..."

A tragic, inhuman scream soared into the sky, making one's scalp tingle!

Ghost Doctor Daoist's hundred-zhang insect body was devoured clean by the swarming Soul Devouring Worms at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Jiang Lan stood with his arms crossed on the head of the thousand-zhang Fire Dragon, looking at the pig-liver-colored, screaming Ghost Doctor Daoist with a playful expression!

Jiang Lan enjoyed this feeling, like a crowned emperor looking down on an ant being crushed to death, struggling helplessly on the ground!

A few breaths later, the Soul Devouring Worms had devoured Ghost Doctor Daoist's hundred-zhang insect body clean, leaving only a head full of painful and hideous expression!

Jiang Lan's mouth curved into a playful arc. He exerted force from his feet, turned into a streak of red light, leaving several afterimages in the air, and blasted a "Mystic Heaven Fist" dozens of zhang in size directly toward Ghost Doctor Daoist's head!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out. Ghost Doctor Daoist's head was blasted into pieces, turning into specks of blood that splattered everywhere! The air was instantly filled with a thick, bloody smell.

The Mandala Sect Revered Master, who had dominated the Central Plains for over three thousand years, Ghost Doctor Daoist, was dead!

In the Northern Region of the Central Plains, ten thousand meters underground, inside a secret cave, an old man wrapped in Death Qi slowly opened his withered, somewhat frightening eyes.

The old man slowly turned his head to look at a dusty painting on the left wall.

The painting depicted a silver-haired young man standing on the head of a Fire Dragon, arms crossed, looking playfully at the devoured Ghost Doctor Daoist on the ground!

"Hmm? Ghost Doctor is dead?"

"Squeak!"

A demon rat the size of an arm poked its head out from a newly dug rat hole.

The demon rat twitched its nose vigorously, sneaking around in the secret room looking for food!

The demon rat wasn't exactly fearless; it was mainly because the old man in front of it was completely shriveled and had long since lost any trace of Life Qi. In the demon rat's view, he was already a completely dead dried corpse.

Suddenly!

The old man's shriveled mouth opened violently, spitting out a tongue like a snake's, which suddenly elongated, turned into a red afterimage, and violently coiled around the demon rat!

"Crunch!"

After the demon rat let out a scream, it was dragged into the old man's mouth by his long tongue and burst into juice in one bite!

The old man looked satisfied, stuck out his dark red snake-like tongue, licked his lips, and slowly closed his withered eyes.

In the Southern Region of the Taixu Realm, the sky-blotting Soul Devouring Worms tore through the air, making a huge "buzzing" sound, and flew into the immortal ring on Jiang Lan's finger!

More than one hundred thousand fist-sized Soul Devouring Worms flew into the High-Grade Soul Devouring Insect Rearing Array and then entered a dormant state, quietly piled together, motionless.

This time, Jiang Lan's natal magic worm, the Soul Devouring Worms, had devoured the more than 2,000 seven-colored centipede poisonous insects of the Spirit Transformation Realm poison Cultivator, Ghost Doctor Daoist.

It looked like the Soul Devouring Worms were about to start evolving again!

Jiang Lan turned into a red streak of light, leaving several afterimages in the Void Realm, flashed in front of Jiang Shuyue, and looked at the dying Medicine Dust Child on the ground.

"Shuyue, how is your Revered Master, Medicine Dust Child?"

"Revered Master... Revered Master is too heavily injured. I'm afraid Revered Master isn't going to make it!"

Jiang Shuyue said with wet red eyes, choking with sobs.

Although Medicine Dust Child had relied on his obsession to force his Soul to return to his body and survived, his injuries were indeed too severe. If he could not receive effective treatment, he would eventually perish!