Compared with removing the Gu worm from their Nascent Souls, losing an arm was a trivial matter. After all, an arm could grow back, but the Gu worm in their Nascent Souls would torment them forever, leaving them under the control of whoever had planted it. Such a fate was worse than death.
Now that Ling Tian had helped remove the Gu worms, Tang Qi and Tang Tong were overwhelmed with gratitude. Their earlier unpleasantness naturally meant nothing anymore.
Ling Tian stopped the two from bowing and said solemnly, "We were all captured, and our fates are the same. You should understand the grief of the rabbit when the fox dies. I don't want to watch you be pushed around by others. Besides, I said earlier that you'd told us what we wanted to know. This is your reward."
"Helping remove the Gu worms from our Nascent Souls is a great kindness," Tang Qi said earnestly. "Perhaps with your strength, you don't need our help at all, but I still have to say this: if you ever need us, we'll help you, even if it costs us our lives."
Ling Tian didn't take the offer to heart. Just as Tang Qi had said, he didn't believe he would ever need their help.
"Although I helped remove your Gu worms, I never said I'd let you leave," Ling Tian said, glancing at Little Squall beside him. "Little Squall and I have identities that are far too important to be revealed, so you may have to stay in this Small World for a long time."
At his words, Tang Qi and Tang Tong's expressions didn't change. They knew the matter of the Heaven-Devouring Wolf was of grave importance. Ling Tian would never allow even the slightest chance of its existence being exposed.