219: 0 combat power

Gu Qinghan watched the half-giant insect from a distance, even having the thought of escaping at any moment.

He was never relaxed, it was his habit.

However, the Lord of the Secret Realm did not seem to be preparing to do anything to Gu Qinghan.

Its corpulent body moved, and finally, a white light appeared at the position of its head.

A Winged Insect flew over, carefully grasping the white light, and then slowly flew towards Gu Qinghan.

After the Winged Insect flew over, Gu Qinghan realized that what it brought was a small, somewhat illusory white worm.

The small white worm was in the light cluster, and its main body was only as thick as an index finger.

This fellow was gently placed on the ground by the Winged Insect, which then flew back into the sky.

After confirming there was no danger, Gu Qinghan's brows furrowed directly.

[Source Worm (Monarch): Level 1]

[Combat Power: 0]

[Skill: Return to Source]

[Return to Source: The Source Worm can refine more fundamental energy by devouring.]

A combat power of 0 even made Gu Qinghan think he was seeing things.

But he looked twice more before confirming that this fellow really had 0 combat power.

It wasn't hard to guess that this thing should not have any offensive capability.

Such a small thing, what could it possibly devour?

Gu Qinghan looked up at the half-giant insect and suddenly found that it seemed to have expended a huge amount of energy at this moment.

Its massive body was even prostrate on the ground, yet it still seemed to be observing him.

And at the same time, Gu Qinghan could vaguely feel extremely dangerous auras locking onto him.

These auras seemed to come from underground.

Looking at the weakened Lord of the Secret Realm, Gu Qinghan seemed to understand something.

This Lord of the Secret Realm was afraid that Gu Qinghan would attack him.

Gu Qinghan helplessly stroked his chin; indeed, the moment he saw the opponent fall into weakness, Gu Qinghan actually had such a thought.

But now it seemed, the opponent had already prepared for it.

Those dangerous auras did not move, as if they would not act as long as Gu Qinghan did not move carelessly.

This Lord of the Secret Realm indeed had a backup plan.

Gu Qinghan thought for a moment and still picked up the small thing that had no combat ability whatsoever.

Although this Source Worm had no combat ability, for it to make a Lord of the Secret Realm fall into such a weakened state, its identity was already very clear.

Isn't this the crown prince of this Secret Realm?

Moreover, a Monarch-level existence was something Gu Qinghan had never seen before.

It was imaginable that this little fellow must have enormous potential.

However, at this moment, Gu Qinghan also felt a bit annoyed.

If he kept this guy by his side, he would definitely have to control it with his soul.

But its parent was right here, Gu Qinghan couldn't just crush this little thing to death, could he?

He looked at the Lord of the Secret Realm with a complex expression and said loudly:

"I can't take this thing away, I can't just crush it to death, can I? How about we exchange it for an equivalent reward?"

As soon as these words came out, the Lord of the Secret Realm immediately let out a short shriek.

It seemed to be protesting Gu Qinghan's shameless behavior, yet it couldn't do much about it.

A light cluster floated out from the body of the Lord of the Secret Realm, brought by a Winged Insect to Gu Qinghan's front.

Gu Qinghan noticed that it seemed to be a somewhat illusory sphere:

[Contract Space: Attempt to establish a contract relationship with the target. If successful, the target can be brought into the Contract Space.]

Gu Qinghan's eyes moved slightly; this little fellow was actually a rich second generation!

However, he did not rush to speak, instead, he first established a contract relationship with this little thing.

The Source Worm offered no resistance at all and directly became Gu Qinghan's little follower.

Seeing this, Gu Qinghan immediately put the little fellow away and looked up in the direction of the Source Worm.

"The child is still young, how do we calculate the milk powder money?"

After Gu Qinghan shouted this, even Zhang Kuang and the other two behind him instantly froze on the spot.

They had seen people extort, but never to this extent, from a monster.

No, Gu Qinghan's actions at this moment were no different from kidnapping and extortion!

The Lord of the Secret Realm almost rioted in anger, but quickly calmed down.

Streaks of light appeared from its body, brought by Winged Insects to Gu Qinghan's front.

Only when no more light clusters appeared did Gu Qinghan click his tongue with a hint of regret.

Fifty Insect Master class change scrolls, fifty Swordsmanship Master class change scrolls.

Gu Qinghan still wanted to ask why there were no skill upgrade scrolls, but saw that the Lord of the Secret Realm had already turned its head away.

It seemed the opponent was either preparing to ignore Gu Qinghan's request or showing signs of extreme exhaustion.

Gu Qinghan also understood that he shouldn't be too greedy, so he happily put away the items and said no more.

This trip yielded far more rewards than he had imagined.

Just then, a silver-white shadow suddenly approached rapidly from a distance.

Gu Qinghan turned his head to look and found that it was an insect he had never seen before.

After this insect appeared, it threw the item in its hand in front of Gu Qinghan, and then quickly burrowed underground.

Gu Qinghan pursed his lips because he discovered that the insect had brought back Seventh, whom he was preparing to search for.

At this moment, Seventh had returned to human form, but his body was covered in dense, pockmarked holes like those of a Cang Worm.

There were even several deep, bone-visible wounds on his body, attempting to self-repair.

"Mimic Demon Contractor? Not bad, can it imitate appearance and gain abilities?"

Gu Qinghan looked at this fellow with interest; at this moment, the opponent was lying on the ground with a ashen face, without any thought of resistance.

He seemed to realize he had no retreat, glanced at Gu Qinghan briefly, then closed his eyes.

However, the expected death did not come.

Seventh opened his eyes, looking at Gu Qinghan in confusion.

At this moment, Gu Qinghan smiled and said to him:

"There's no need to look like you're ready to die. Let's make a deal.

You release the second Lord of the Secret Realm, and I'll give you a chance; I won't kill you this time, how about it?"

The previous Corpse King had increased his number of Death Swordsmen by one, and Gu Qinghan was very eager.

Before, he had only seen the cannibalistic warriors, but he had not seen the Lord of the Secret Realm in this Secret Realm.

Seventh sneered. Although he didn't know Gu Qinghan's exact purpose, he didn't believe Gu Qinghan's nonsense at all.

"Do you think I'm a child? To have reached this point, you must have killed many people already.

Even if I die, I won't let you off easy."

Gu Qinghan looked at him, gently shook his head, and said:

"I can only say that you don't understand me at all.

There's an old saying in our country: 'A gentleman's word is his bond, once spoken, it cannot be retracted even by a team of four horses.'

I swear, as long as you release the Lord of the Secret Realm from that Secret Realm, I will not lay a hand on you this time.

But I will only spare you this once; the next time we meet, I will still kill you."

After speaking, he slowly took a step back, shrugged, and said:

"Of course, you can choose not to believe me.

For me, it's just a small benefit I won't get.

But for you, this deal can determine your fate."

He didn't continue speaking; saying too much would make the other party think he really needed this item.

During a negotiation, appearing too eager is definitely a big taboo.