The Bald Monk wore a bitter expression, genuinely at a loss for how to reply. But then the Triangle Eye burly man standing right beside him shouted, "You bald donkey, what are you dawdling for? Things have come to this, and you're still clinging to some delusion. Do you think you've slaughtered, burned, and plundered so much that you've moved the Buddha, and he'll bless you to weather this calamity unscathed?"
The Bald Monk glared fiercely at him, then promptly took out several small, transparent bottles. A wormlike creature, like a silkworm, crawled inside each one. Xu Yi recognized them at a glance: they were Life-Death Gu.
The Bald Monk immediately uncapped one of the little bottles and swallowed the creature inside, then casually tossed the bottle toward Xu Yi.
Next, he scattered the remaining bottles of Life-Death Gu toward the other five.
The other five all wore bitter expressions as they swallowed the gu worms, then tossed their empty bottles toward Xu Yi.
This was the Bald Monk's last-ditch plan to stay alive. It sounded rather ridiculous, yet it was incredibly effective.
Indeed, since Xu Yi had already gained control over their lives and deaths, there was no need for him to chase them to the ends of the earth and force them to die.
Conversely, with their lives in his hands, the Bald Monk and the others could become his helpers. Xu Yi would have to be out of his mind to destroy his own assets for no reason.
"Very good. If you'd done this from the start, why would we have had to go through so much trouble?"
Xu Yi was quite pleased with how things had turned out.
He'd enjoyed delivering that sarcastic remark, but the little gust of wind it stirred up nearly sent the