Seeing the change in these Demon Souls, Mu Bai grew even more certain that something unusual had happened here. There had to be a more powerful Demon Soul to cause such a commotion in this place.
Rumor had it that members of the Demonic Beast race developed Demon Cores upon reaching the Demon General realm. Mu Bai needed to refine large quantities of Demon Cores for his upcoming cultivation of the Heavenly Son Nine-Demon Art. If there really was a powerful Demon Soul here, he wanted to see it for himself.
As he pondered, Mu Bai reached the spot where he had once left the jade bottle containing the God-Devouring Insect. The bottle still sat where it had before, but its surroundings were exceptionally clean, with neither turbid qi nor Demon Souls lingering nearby. Presumably, over all these years, this jade bottle had become the bane of the Demon Souls here. Even as a reflex, those Demon Souls that had yet to develop consciousness dared not approach it.
Mu Bai lit a small flame on his fingertip and examined the jade bottle by its light. There was no God-Devouring Insect inside!
Just as Mu Bai was puzzling over this, an insect shaped like a black hairpin appeared before him. He focused his gaze on it-it was the God-Devouring Insect. Clearly, it was no longer the wisp of flying fluff that acted on instinct alone. It had developed consciousness. At the sight of Mu Bai, it arched its body and darted into a crack in the stone.
You're what I came for. How could I let you escape? Mu Bai immediately moved as well, slipping into the earth and stone and reaching out to seize the elongated God-Devouring Insect. With no distinction between head and tail, the God-Devouring Insect opened its