The room was dark and silent.
King of Pain sat high on his throne, silently watching the Insect Corpse on the floor.
Wasn't this guy supposed to be incredibly powerful?
How had he not even managed to escape?
Gu Qingshan's thoughts raced. He shouted:
"Quit pretending. Get up."
The Insect Corpse twitched, then struggled to its feet.
"...I knew it was you," the insect said.
"If you couldn't even figure that out, I'd be very disappointed," Gu Qingshan replied.
"Damn it, a whole bunch of Void Masters suddenly appeared and all went after me at once. I couldn't hold them off," the insect said furiously.
Its aura had weakened considerably.
As expected, death had affected it greatly, but it hadn't destroyed it completely.
Gu Qingshan sighed silently.
He should have realized it sooner.
—The mastermind had intended to use Gu Qingshan to kill the insect from the start.
Although Gu Qingshan had stepped in at the last moment and figured everything out, King of Pain had immediately "killed" him.
So the mastermind's plan wouldn't change.
He still wanted the insect dead, which was why a whole group of Void Masters had surrounded it—
And the insect had died.
"I can save you once, but I can't keep saving you. What are you planning to do now?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"I won't drag you down. I'll go far away and hide somewhere no one knows about," the insect said.
Gu Qingshan replied lazily, "You're much weaker now. What if another bunch of people come to kill you? Do you think you can still escape? If I happen to be away and the other Void Masters really eat you, are you capable of living as a parasite in their stomachs?"
The barrage of questions left the insect stunned.
Gradually, it came to