"The feeling is mutual." Though Xia Jue had never let it show on his face, he had never liked any of the men around Su Jiu.
He had never said so because he had known from the very beginning that he had no right.
Anyone in this world could love her, except him.
Yet even so, he could not help drawing close to her, again and again...
Like poppies to mortals, he knew she was poison, yet still could not resist the attraction, could not keep himself from approaching.
It was laughable, really-a demon had fallen in love with a deity born to stand in the sunlight...
Beside him, Yun Huanling seemed about to say something more, but just then, he suddenly noticed Li's corpse beginning to writhe.
"Wh... what is that?"
Li's tightly closed mouth suddenly opened on its own, stretching so wide that it was almost grotesque.
Coupled with her still wide-open eyes, it looked all the more horrifying.
A few breaths later, Li's body stopped writhing and rapidly shriveled, as though something had sucked her dry.
A black worm as thick as a forearm slowly crawled out of her mouth.
The worm was utterly revolting, its body covered in glossy black swollen sacs, each segment bloated and bulky.
Yun Huanling's expression changed, and he involuntarily took several steps back.
A ball of Black Flame ignited in Xia Jue's palm. The next instant, it landed on the worm.
Scorched by the flames, the worm howled in agony. It rolled about, seemingly trying to extinguish the Black Flame on its body.
Instead, the flames only burned more fiercely.
Before long, the worm died, leaving only a heap of black ashes.
"It's a combination of a demon seed and a Gu Worm..."
Disgust filled Yun Huanling's face. "Just what revolting