Devour the Lake!

Bai Yu's words made Ba Longxiang so furious that the three corpse spirits leapt in rage. Just as he was about to flare up, Red Lotus Karmic Fire slowly gathered at Bai Yu's fingertips. Within the karmic fire was a black mass that writhed incessantly, radiating a faint devouring force.

Seeing Bai Yu's movements, Shu Lichuo's pupils contracted, her heart filled with shock. Though the Red Lotus Karmic Fire concealed the black mass's aura, she could now clearly sense that the black thing was a living creature. Moreover, the faint pressure it gave off was profoundly unpleasant.

"The Buddha said that there is a strange insect in hell called the Buddha Wriggler. It is an ephemeral creature of the hungry ghost path, and like hungry ghosts, everything is food in their eyes."

Bai Yu fabricated the tale casually. Naturally, he could not expose his identity as a Gu Master. To give the Void-Devouring Dragon Louse Gu a reasonable explanation, he needed the Esoteric Sect to vouch for it.

Though no one had ever heard of such a thing, since he had said it existed, then it existed—and it was right before their eyes!

"By another stroke of luck, I actually subdued a few Buddha Wrigglers. Unfortunately, raising these things is far too difficult."

"But perhaps because of the Holy Empress, my luck has improved greatly since meeting you. And this Blood Calamity Lake is a blessed land for the treasure in my hand."

Bai Yu raised his brows at Shu Lichuo, his tone teasing.

"Hmph!"

"Playing tricks and pretending to be mysterious!"

"I have read extensively, and even studied Buddhist scriptures. I have never heard of anything called a Buddha Wriggler."

Lu Chuan stared at Bai Yu and said coldly.

"A secret never passed down by the Esoteric Sect—is it