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When the insects burrowed into Elder Cedric's body, the two Protector Elders shuddered despite themselves. Instinctively, they felt an itch begin in their stomachs, their blood vessels, even the marrow of their bones.
These were the so-called Black Death Worms, which Tang Changsheng had refined into his Life-Bound Gu.
Tang Changsheng had refined Gu several times before, but never a Life-Bound Gu. He had felt that none of the Gu Worms were powerful enough. Now, at last, he had made these Black Death Worms his Life-Bound Gu through Ritual Refinement.
The moment they entered Elder Cedric's body, they flew toward his Heavenly Pass Secret Aperture.
Before they could reach it, however, masses of thick black smoke blocked their path in layer upon layer, so dense they seemed almost solid.
"These are all toxins that have built up inside his body. The poison of Fu Shi... I've never seen bodily toxins this powerful.
"Cedric really has lived too long and taken too many medicines. The medicinal toxins in his body have nearly become solid. Opening his Heavenly Pass Secret Aperture would be like chasing a dream...
"And even if I opened it, the power of the Fu Shi Soul couldn't clear away these toxins. Fortunately..."
Countless Black Death Worms flew in. At the sight of the toxins, they rushed forward in delight and began devouring them, stripping away great swaths almost at once.
Gu Worms refined with the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Heart Method were nourished by the power of Fu Shi's Non-Toxin. Moreover, Black Death Worms already had the ability to devour toxins within the body...
That was why these Black Death Worms, once made into his Life-Bound Gu, were so formidable.
Yet the toxins Cedric