As the voice faded, a streak of blood light shot from Xu Yan's palm, and a strange Blood-Colored Rune branded itself onto the gu insect at an incredible speed.
Buzz!
The instant the Blood-Colored Rune landed on the gu insect, it spread like rippling water. Countless fine, blood-colored threads swiftly burrowed into its body and vanished.
"M... Master!" Gazing at the figure seated cross-legged like a god or devil, the gu insect's blood-colored eye revealed a trace of submission.
Seeing the Slave Talisman take hold on the blood-colored gu insect, Xu Yan relaxed a little. He had never heard of a monster like this, fused with a cultivator's body. Only branding it with a Slave Talisman could put him completely at ease.
"Was Kunwu the cultivator you parasitized?" Xu Yan asked coldly, looking at the blood-colored gu insect.
The blood-colored gu insect nodded gently. "Yes. I parasitized Kunwu for roughly half a sexagenary cycle. Once a Golden Core formed, I could devour him completely!"
"Tell me where you came from! If you dare deceive me, a single thought will scatter your soul to the winds!" With that, Xu Yan enveloped the gu insect in his full divine sense.
Feeling the terrifying divine sense, comparable to that of a Golden Core Stage cultivator, the blood-colored eye atop the gu insect's head abruptly contracted. After several breaths of silence, it finally opened its mouth and spoke slowly.
"To tell you the truth, Master, I do not know whether I am a cultivator or a spirit-communicating blood gu. I was originally a wisp of the Blood Spirit Sacred Hall's Hall Master's remnant soul. At the final moment, an accident occurred when I attempted body seizure of a spirit-communicating blood gu. Not only did this wisp of remnant soul merge with the spirit-communicating blood