"What's going on?"
Lin Baici stared in bewilderment.
A fierce hunger came crashing over him like a tsunami powerful enough to kill, making his stomach cramp.
The pain hit so suddenly that Lin Baici clutched his stomach and doubled over.
This couldn't be right.
When he was a child, his hunger pangs only appeared when something valuable was nearby. He'd found plenty of good things by following his hunger radar.
After becoming a God Hunter, his hunger only reacted to God's Taboo Objects and God's Remains.
Hunger this intense only struck when he was facing a god. But this was his home. How could there be a god here?
Wait.
Could that god from the Ghost Ship off Hong Kong Island have come looking for him?
No!
That god was incredibly arrogant. Apart from asking his name, it hadn't even asked where he lived. Even if it could find him, it shouldn't have arrived so soon!
Then the only possibility was that one of the gods living in Haijing had come after him?
But he hadn't provoked any of them, had he?
Besides, with Xia Hongmian around, the gods in Haijing were probably all living under false names and keeping their heads down. Otherwise, they'd be waiting to get purified, wouldn't they?
A powerhouse like Xia Hongmian was someone even gods probably wouldn't want to face.
[Don't overthink it. No god is attacking!]
[The thing is inside your Black Altar Bowl!]
With God of Gluttony's assessment, Lin Baici relaxed. Then curiosity got the better of him.
Inside the Black Altar Bowl?
Everything in there had been put there by him. How could he not know what was inside?
Muttering to himself, Lin Baici carefully took everything out of the Black Altar Bowl. Then he spotted a milky-white "pearl" about the