Devouring its master!
Lu Da quickly realized what the Heavenly Demon Stomach had done, then just as quickly dismissed the thought. What master? Who could become the master of the Heavenly Demon Stomach? At most, Lan Jiuji was merely someone who had yet to be devoured by his master. The two might only have been cooperating!
On the contrary, the Heavenly Demon Stomach swallowing Lan Jiuji outright under these circumstances was much more in line with its nature—it had originally been carved from the Heavenly Demon itself!
Come to think of it, Lan Jiuji really had been terribly overconfident. How had he ever thought he could control such an evil thing?
But... there seemed to be another possibility.
"Old Cao, don't tell me you did this?" Master Lu looked strangely at the Grand Dean, who had already been trapped by the formation.
His suspicion was not unfounded. Whether it was Cao Qiudao plotting this fake death or Lan Jiuji discovering that half of the Longevity Great Medicine was already inside the Heavenly Demon Stomach, Lu Da remembered that when the Heavenly Demon Stomach had been returned, there had been nothing inside it at all.
Faced with Lu Da's suspicion, the Grand Dean offered no explanation.
In truth, he did not know how to explain it either. The Heavenly Demon Stomach's abnormal behavior had completely exceeded his expectations. He had indeed tried to control it, but in his own estimation, he had not done any better than Lan Jiuji.
Or perhaps the Heavenly Demon Stomach had only just escaped and temporarily lost control. Or perhaps it really was hungry and would swallow anything that came its way. That also fit the demonic nature of this thing rather well.
Trying to control the Heavenly Demon Stomach had always been no different from