Chapter 37: Total Annihilation

  He didn't mention the complicated mood that had been building up since dusk, and now Hao Hai's body and mind were all focused on the half-dead Dog King. Having been poisoned by Xiao Jin, it was so unbearable there.

  All the toxins have fully invaded his body, and even a strong spiritual beast like Jīn is still unable to withstand it completely. Perhaps Little Gold is not an opponent for a spiritual realm beast. However, this sneak attack and use of poison cannot be entirely attributed to strength. The Gu insect is most skilled at using poison, and in the eyes of many people, as long as it's a Gu insect, it's poisonous.

  "No wonder people on Earth are so afraid of the legendary Gu insect. Such a flexible poisoning technique, who can withstand it? Right, should we make some Gu powder to use against our enemies in the future?"

  Huo Hai began to daydream again, not because he was distracted, but because he had already severed his connection with Xing Huang, and at the same time, he no longer looked at the Dog King. The Dog King was on the verge of death, struggling for a while before the toxin spread throughout its body.

  The speed at which it spreads to the heart, under the flow of blood, quickly spreads throughout the body. The whole body is numb and painful, and even the spiritual power cannot be controlled. The detoxification ability of spiritual power has little effect under the terrifying toxin of Xiaojin.

  Hu Hai didn't dare to look with his eyes, because he was worried that he would lose control of his killing intent again. Although these were just spirit beasts and not humans, there were too many of them, hundreds of spirit beasts. If they died, it would stir up his own killing intent, which was normal. Hu Hai turned his head around, and Ji Mu also came to his senses, shaking off the messy thoughts in his mind.

  "The Dog King is about to die, your bug is really fierce." Ji Mu didn't know why he said such a thing.

  Huo Hai nodded, suppressing the turmoil in his heart: "Yes, this time the insect is indeed very powerful. Unfortunately, no matter how strong the insect is, it's just an external object and will never be the right path." Huo Hai didn't know why he suddenly said such a sentence.

  After saying a sentence, Huo Hai had an epiphany. Yes, what is the right path? One's own cultivation is the right path. The Gu worm can be strong, but it's just a means after all. It's not one's own self in the end.

  Even if the strength of the Gu is powerful enough to be unmatched throughout the continent, but if one is just an ordinary person, with a lifespan that has reached its limit, they will still die. Think about it, on Earth, even emperors who have lived for generations want to find ways to live forever, no matter how much labor and expense it takes. Longevity, or even just extending one's lifespan, is incredibly attractive to people.

  People in this world are born with an environment for cultivation, and can continuously increase their lifespan. As a result, they have become somewhat neglectful of such increases. One must not lose themselves, lost under the greatness of the Gu worms.

  "Hmph, if it wasn't for the sneak attack just now, I'm afraid that many Gu worms attacking together would have allowed that Dog King to escape as well." Huo Hai suddenly thought of it, the powerful spiritual energy of the Lingzhe realm was not something that the current Gu worms could handle.

  At this moment, Huo Hai's sense of righteousness expanded infinitely in his heart, as if he had found the path he was meant to take. That's right, constantly strengthening himself was the path he was meant to take. The insect was strong, but it was nothing compared to his own strength. If he could continue to grow stronger, then his insect could also continue to grow stronger. Conversely, if he stagnated, the insect's power would only be limited.

  After such a long period of improvement, there are not a few star worms that have the ability to reach the spiritual blood boundary of spiritual beasts. As long as they have the opportunity, let them be reborn again and they can do it. However, Xiaojin and Xiaoxing ate a lot of things.

  Accumulated a large amount of power, had long reached the peak of the Spiritual Blood Realm's Spirit Beast, yet still didn't have even half a trace of breakthrough.

  Huo Hai had long had this idea, that the strength of the Gu worms was actually related to himself. If he couldn't break through, then the Gu worms wouldn't be able to either. Although the Gu worms were restricted by their own innate talents, an even greater restriction came from himself. It seemed that in the future, no matter what kind of insect he raised, they would all be subject to this limitation.

  This seems to be a fundamental law of this world, which cannot be stopped by human power.

  Huò Hǎi was constantly thinking about the right path, while outside, Jì Mù saw everything clearly. The Dog King had been poisoned for too long and kept moving around, the toxin had already entered his vital organs, his life was coming to an end, he couldn't even move anymore.

  At this time, a large number of stars began to launch an attack. These were the Star Gu of Huo Hai. The Iron Armor Dog was covered in hard fur all over its body, and even its throat had extremely hard fur that was difficult to penetrate.

  These star wasps are skilled attackers, or rather, Huo Hai had already set their attack routes from the beginning. Only Ling Blood and even Iron Armor Dogs in the Spiritual Body Realm were directly targeted at the throat by the star wasps. The star wasp's body is small, but its strength is powerful, flying speed and penetration are extremely strong, and its biting force is terrifying.

  The iron-plated hound, which was supposed to be a match for the spiritual blood and spiritual realm, had its relatively weak throat pierced through, making it easy to kill. In fact, the star drill seemed like a bullet, leaving behind a faint trail in the air as it flashed by.

  It was extremely easy to pierce through the throats of these iron-armored dogs. The iron-armored dogs didn't even have a chance to make a sound, and could only die in agony.

  But for the Linggu Bone Boundary, it's different. The skin and fur are too hard, and the throat can't penetrate. The place where these star beetles choose is the nose of the Iron Armor Dog. Last time, such an attack made Ho Hai taste a great sweetness.

  The star worm that entered the nose began to gnaw rapidly, non-stop, and drilled towards the Iron Armor Dog's brain. The intense pain caused the Iron Armor Dog to howl continuously, rolling around on the ground. If it weren't for being deep in the center of South Mountain with no one nearby, such a commotion would likely attract other teams soon.

  Even so, Huo Hai still had to be careful and end the battle quickly, or else who knows what unexpected changes might occur.

  Here, the star worms could only attack freely because they no longer had Huo Hai's control and only knew to follow their previous programming. Afterwards, the star worms pounced onto Tie Jia Quan's body, regardless of whether he was dead or alive, and started tearing him apart.

  The iron armor dog's fur is indeed hard, the star beetles sneak attack, can't break it open in an instant. But slowly gnawing, they can bite through bit by bit and then eat it. Whether alive or dead, the iron armor dogs are all under the star beetles' tearing bites.

  Finally, even the Iron Armor Dog King was within the range of being devoured by the Star Gu. The Iron Armor Dog's eyes were filled with sorrow, but it could only watch as its own tribe members died one after another. Unfortunately, its body was completely numb, and even if it wanted to move, it was powerless. The Dog King continued to let out mournful howls, its voice growing weaker and weaker, without any effect.

  The star wasps didn't mind the venom spat out by Xiao Jin at all. Wasps are wasps, even if they themselves aren't poisonous, they still won't be afraid of poison. Unless this toxin far exceeds their own tolerance, but that's impossible.

  At least the toxins he produced himself were not enough to exceed the tolerance of the Gu worms. Listening to the constant wailing sounds from behind, the killing intent in Huo Hai's heart was rising bit by bit. Huo Hai closed his eyes, covered his ears and suppressed with all his might. His mouth still kept reciting the Diamond Sutra that Ji Mu couldn't understand at all. In fact, even he himself didn't know if he was reciting it correctly or not.

  In the end, a few Ironclad Hounds finally discovered the existence of Huo Hai and his companion. Instinctively, they knew that this matter was related to these two people. The Ironclad Hounds struggled to approach them, but unfortunately, it was already too late.

  At this point, the body was already crippled, and even if it hadn't died yet, it was almost there. There was even an Iron Armored Dog that was struggling to move, one of its paws had been completely eaten away by a group of Star Wasps. Not long after, it died under the Star Wasps.

  The entire process, Tie Jia Quan almost didn't have any resistance at all, and was taken down by a group of hornets just like that. The mournful howls grew smaller and smaller, and Huo Hai's mood gradually calmed down as well. Still not opening his eyes, Huo Hai continued to suppress the killing intent within himself. Ji Mu saw Huo Hai's state and also grasped Huo Hai's arm, hoping to bring calmness to him.

  It was unknown how long had passed, when the jungle was completely silent, Huo Hai finally suppressed his killing intent and opened his eyes. His calm gaze made Ji Mu feel a sense of tranquility in his heart.

  "Maybe, just maybe he won't become a bad person after all. Such willpower is really making me look at him in a new light." Ji Mu narrowed his eyes as he looked at Huo Hai, strange thoughts flashing through his mind.

  Suddenly, Ji Mu seemed to have thought of something and immediately said: "Huo Hai, let's go down quickly and take a look. This time your harvest should be very big." While saying this, he was extremely regretful in his heart. So many prey were eaten by the white beetle for nothing. If they could bring them out, it would be a huge fortune. Even the Ji family couldn't ignore it completely.

  Huò Hǎi nodded, and after communicating with the star wasp, he found out that the food had been almost completely eaten up. Only then did he carefully climb down from the tree. What Huò Hǎi found strange was that even though they had almost finished eating, there were still some things left uneaten.

  Xiao Xing told himself that this thing seemed to be unchewable. Was there still something that even the star worms couldn't chew through? They were existences that could eat away metal, after all. Huo Hai descended slowly from the tree to the ground, filled with doubt.

  At this moment, a golden light suddenly flew over and landed on Huo Hai's body. The Gu insect didn't have Huo Hai's mind, it just wanted to hide itself. A golden centipede with a pair of wings, what was this thing? Thinking back to how the Dog King was killed by a golden light earlier, Ji Mu finally knew how dangerous this thing was and involuntarily took several steps back.

  Xiao Jin basically didn't care, at the Huo's house, he was almost becoming a pet of Huo Yun'er. As long as they weren't enemies, Xiao Jin had no hostility towards humans whatsoever. This person seemed to have a good relationship with their master too.