"Qin Jishi... don't..."
Zhang Shiqing struggled to rise. "Qin Jishi... don't."
"Don't listen to him... he... he won't let us go."
"Qin Jishi... this man only wants to torment us. You absolutely cannot do as he wishes."
"..."
No matter how Zhang Shiqing screamed, Qin Jishi had already made up his mind.
"Shiqing, with me here... you'll be fine..."
Qin Jishi slowly accepted the Heavenly Fiend God Devouring Gu from Ancestor Xuanming.
After saying those words to Zhang Shiqing, he hesitated no longer and swallowed it in one gulp...
"Jishi!"
"No!"
Acting on instinct, Zhang Shiqing cried out to stop him.
Sadly!!
It was already too late!!
By the time her voice fell, Qin Jishi had already swallowed the Heavenly Fiend God Devouring Gu.
In an instant!!
Gray threads appeared in Qin Jishi's eyes, spreading outward from his pupils.
In just a few breaths, those gray threads had spread across his entire body.
The gray strands resembled writhing worms, constantly crawling beneath his flesh. Even through his clothes, they could be seen clearly.
Once the gray threads had covered Qin Jishi's body, they vanished without a trace.
Qin Jishi: "..."
He did not feel anything unusual within his body, but after everything Ancestor Xuanming had done, he certainly had not given it to him merely to toy with him.
To put it bluntly, this Heavenly Fiend God Devouring Gu was definitely no ordinary thing.
"What... what did you do to me?" Qin Jishi's voice seemed to claw its way out of his throat, hoarse and low to the extreme.
"J-Jishi... how are you?" Panic showed on Zhang Shiqing's face, and even her voice choked with sobs.
"I'm fine!" Qin Jishi shook his head. "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
"Hehe, will you really be fine?" Ancestor Xuanming began to laugh sinisterly.