Chapter 53: The Source of Ten Thousand Gu!

"What's going on?!"

Su Ming's heart hammered.

"Thump—! Thump—!"

In the next second, low, stirring drumbeats came from all directions.

Consciousness...

... was gradually being pulled away!

He was no longer in the basement!

Around him was a lush primeval forest.

Ancient altars built of massive stones and beast bones burned with eerie green flames.

They illuminated below, where countless devout tribal members knelt in worship.

Beside them, a blind old crone cradled a pitch‑black ceramic jar, her voice hoarse.

"Cackle…"

"No silk yet to spin a net, no thread yet to bind bone, binding three thousand, soul threads pierce the holes…"

It formed no melody.

Nor was it sung for the tribe.

It was sung for the one inside the jar, a snow‑white spider dancing gracefully!

No…

This isn't a jar…

It's a spider‑silk coffin!

"Ding—ling… Ding—ling…"

Hearing the sound, Su Ming spun around sharply.

Behind him, dozens of lithe women with silver bells tied to their ankles danced gracefully.

They were…

Luring!

Not to lure Su Ming.

But on the ground, among vines, in shadows…

Countless brilliantly colored poisonous snakes!

The river of snakes surged, the nest gate opened!

Gu of various schools all presented their devotion to the supreme Gu Nest!

"Look! This is true Gu!"

"It is obeying the Rule! It is inheritance! It is a willing sacrifice!"

"You, a baseless mortal, dare to speak of founding a sect?"

"You! On what! Grounds!?"

The chaotic will turned into a torrent, interrogating madly, intent on grinding Su Ming's mind into powder.

He only felt his mind explode, the images before his eyes began to flash wildly.

Forest!

Basement!

Forest!

Basement!

…

He vaguely saw the Gu Insects on the basement altar about to burst through a membrane and crawl over his hand pressed against the Ancestor Tablet.

He tried to pull away and hide…

But he suddenly stalled there!

"I... I..."

"I'm screwed!"

Su Ming's eyes reddened, and he roared.

The Soul Dagger in his pocket swirled with black energy!

"Your so‑called inheritance is merely the echo of a bygone era!"

"I, however, am the beacon of the new era!"

"I—am the Rule!"

Once the declaration was made,

that raging chaotic will seemed to crash into a towering divine mountain.

No matter how it roared and churned, it could not shift a single fraction!

"Bang!"

The illusion shattered completely.

"Huff… Huff…"

Su Ming panted heavily, his whole body already drenched in cold sweat.

But he…

Felt exhilarated!

The Gu Insects in the Flesh Cocoon, about to burst through the inner membrane, froze in unison.

The next moment!

Creak! Creak! Creak!

They moved!

Hundreds of millions of Gu insects, tearing and devouring a hundred times more wildly than before!

This is… a miniature version of a Shura Hell!

"Is this the world of Gu?"

Su Ming felt a shock in his heart, his expression complex.

Cruel!

Bloody!

But… the most effective!

"Creak—!"

Suddenly, all sounds stopped abruptly.

After the bloody slaughter.

Within the Flesh Cocoon, only a gigantic beetle, entirely jet‑black, its back bearing mysterious dark patterns, as if forged from black gold, remained.

It stepped upon countless corpses, gathering an unparalleled ferocious kingly aura!

"So…"

"You, are you my Gu King?"

Su Ming's voice trembled, his eyes filled with excitement.

This momentum…

Legendary Rank should be secured!

"Hm?"

But suddenly, his eyelids twitched wildly.

An ominous premonition exploded in an instant!

A sudden mutation!

The thin membrane of the Flesh Cocoon that enveloped the Gu King suddenly tightened!

"Pfft—!"

It directly squeezed the Gu King, who had survived countless battles, into raw flesh pulp!

???

"Holy crap!"

Su Ming's pupils trembled, completely breaking his defenses!

"And it still has this?!"

"Playing with me?!"

Betting everything on himself, founding a sect, enduring mental shock…

In the end, not even a single Gu insect was given to him?!

Just as he tensed his body, ready to strike with a heavy punch.

"Boom—!!!"

The sagging Flesh Cocoon erupted with a sky‑piercing Red Light.

The entire basement felt like a blood prison arrived!

This might, surprisingly, was no weaker than the birth of the Abyssal Demon Dragon's Egg and the Soul Dagger!

"What?!"

Su Ming was horrified, stepping back half a step from the terrifying Energy Fluctuation.

This kind of might and pressure…

"So…"

His breathing quickened, his eyes reddening.

"Did I guess wrong?!"

"It seemed that beetle was the final victor, but not so…"

"Behind it, an even stronger existence?!"

The Red Light faded.

The original Flesh Cocoon altar still stood, but its interior was empty.

Not a single Gu insect remained.

Above the altar floated a teal‑black flesh core.

The pattern resembled a lone Gu insect, emitting a faint glow.

"This is…"

Su Ming's heart raced, instantly activating the Eye of Truth.

Buzz—!

Lines of rust‑green text appeared.

【Name: Heart of Gu Nest】

【Quality: Myth】

【Function 1: Source of myriad Gu! Can absorb the energy of heaven and earth at will; every 15 days, it randomly cultivates a brand‑new Gu insect within the heart!】

【Function 2: Can be used to store and merge all varieties of Gu insects!】

"Whoa!"

Su Ming's breath caught.

Myth-level!

And… it's a Perpetual Motion Machine again!

The Celestial Sovereign takes turns hosting, and today it's at his house!

This Function One is clearly a hacked version of the Hope's Matchbox!

Although the output interval is longer, Gu‑type things…

Are there any weak ones?!

Who the hell knows what overpowered thing it could produce—

Responding Insect?!

Seven-Absolute Gu?!

Dao-Devouring Gu?!

Lovesick Gu?!

And moreover…

This Function Two also seems overpowered!

"Gu Insect Fusion…"

"What does that mean? Hybridization?"

"For example, the Responding Insect and the Seven-Absolute Gu, directly combine into an Ultimate Resonance Gu?!"

"The Heartless Gu and the Lovesick Gu, pair to make a Love-Hate Gu?!"

"Hiss!"

"There's something here!"

Su Ming couldn't suppress the corner of his mouth, which rose wildly.

This is a blood profit!

"Hm?"

All of a sudden, Su Ming squinted slightly and looked toward the side of the Heart of Gu Nest.

There, it seemed another was still floating…

No!

It's two Gu insects!

One large, one small, both entirely blood‑red.

The larger one, the size of a fingernail cap, lay quietly in ambush.

The smaller one resembled a red mole, circling the big Gu insect.

"What… is this again?!"