Zi Xiao had lived in this world for at least a hundred years, having consumed an uncountable number of snakes, insects, rats, ants, and even humans. It ranked third among the top ten Gu insects of Witch Ancestor Mountain.
How could such a terrifying creature as Zi Xiao die here?
The first reaction of everyone was that a Gu Master had refined a formidable Gu insect, and it must have been this Gu insect that killed Zi Xiao.
As confusion set in among them, a Saintess suddenly screamed out from the other side, "Hunchback... Hunchback old man!"
"?" Everyone turned their heads in confusion.
Upon seeing clearly what lay on the ground, everyone was petrified.
Lying beside Zi Xiao was that old man, if not the Hunchback, then who? At this moment, just like his Lifebound Gu, the Hunchback had completely stopped breathing.
If... the Hunchback lay here, then... who was the person someone carried away just now?
People finally realized something was terribly wrong, and they quickened their pace inside, soon arriving at seven cave entrances.
There were strange secretions flowing out from the first and fourth cave entrances, while the remaining five were clean and tidy. The crowd subconsciously moved towards the clean caves, only to be bitten by the humanoid monsters that ambushed them upon entry.
Then chaos ensued amongst the crowd once again.
After finally getting rid of the humanoid monsters, everyone stood dumbfounded.
They had lived in Witch Ancestor Mountain for so many years and had never seen such a bizarre thing.
"It seems... like it was refined using humans."
Someone said something to that effect.
This statement stirred up a thousand waves.
One must know that Witch Ancestor Mountain had explicit rules, stating the Gu People were only allowed to refine insects, and extending the refinement spells to living humans equated to betraying the Witch God and Witch Ancestor Mountain.
Could the Gu Master have dared to break the law knowingly?
"That’s impossible, the Gu Master definitely didn’t do this." Someone said in a dry tone, but his voice was very weak, obviously not too convinced himself.
"Regardless, let’s investigate further inside," one of the Elders said with a heavy sigh.
So, the crowd decided to abandon the clean caves and entered through the ones with the secretions.
They chose the first cave and were immediately met with the sight of humanoid monster corpses, riddled with arrows like sieves.
Everyone was taken aback.
How... could there be bows and arrows here? And so many of them, it was unlikely that the entire Witch Ancestor Mountain could mobilize so many.
Where did these come from?
While pondering, the crowd continued cautiously inside, fearing an army might emerge at any moment.
However, they didn’t encounter an army but stumbled upon a scene more terrifying than any army.
Because at the end of the cave, there lay a person, whose cloak they would never mistake in their dreams—it belonged to the Gu Master.
But at this time, the Gu Master was decapitated, and even her Gu insect Toad was chopped in half, scattered throughout the area, and the Gu Master’s body was badly corroded by the Toad’s secretions.
The crowd was trembling, utterly unable to regain their composure.
Just a moment ago, everyone suspected the Gu Master of betraying the Witch Tribe, but in the next instant, they saw the Gu Master decapitated, and not far away, the Insect Pool was ablaze with fire, and the burning insects could be faintly heard wailing.
And among the corpses, there were also Nine-Headed Hydras, the Gu Master’s Centipedes, and more.
The people could no longer sit idly. The lead Elder roared, "No matter what happened, catch those people we just saw first! They must know the truth!"
"First-Level Alert, there is an invasion by foreign enemies!"
"First-Level Alert, there is an invasion by foreign enemies!"
"First-Level Alert, there is an invasion by foreign enemies!"