The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Ling Guang's departure signifies her unwillingness to participate in the upcoming battles.

But the fact that she was willing to lend a helping hand to the Butterfly Queen by buying her half an incense stick's worth of time was already a tremendous assistance.

Upon reuniting with the Butterfly Queen, Chu Xiu immediately opened his storage space, and the Butterfly Queen in her demon soul form flew directly into his true body.

The emaciated butterfly queen slowly opened her eyes. Although her eyes regained their lively light, her expression was unusually solemn.

Her true form, having endured the ravages of time and the Blood Demon, had reduced its vital signs to an extreme level, resembling a corpse. Not only could it not replenish the Butterfly Queen's soul, it also restricted the dissipation of her soul's power.

In other words, before the Butterfly Queen, who had merged with her true form, could recover her true form, her strength was not much different from her previous demon soul form, and was even slightly weaker.

The Butterfly Queen suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Xiu, who had followed her into the storage space. A strange thought suddenly surfaced in her mind—

If one were to devour him... it would allow one to recover a third of their former strength within half an incense stick's time...

However, the moment this thought arose, the Butterfly Queen immediately rejected it.

The Butterfly Queen frowned, staring in disbelief at her hands, which looked like withered bones.

The intense blood energy here actually affected her mind to some extent, and in that instant, she felt murderous intent towards Chu Xiu, who was her savior...

Chu Xiu, who had just arrived in front of the Butterfly Queen, was slightly taken aback and looked at the Butterfly Queen with a puzzled expression.

That was... murderous intent?

Even though the Butterfly Queen's killing intent was dispelled by itself the moment it appeared, it was still detected by Chu Xiu, who was extremely sensitive to malice such as killing intent.

Why would the Butterfly Queen suddenly harbor murderous intent towards me?

Despite his doubts, Chu Xiu had no choice but to swallow them and continue walking towards the Butterfly Queen, forced by the circumstances.

However, with each step he took toward the Butterfly Queen, the killing intent surging in her heart grew stronger.

"Stop!" the Butterfly Queen shouted urgently.

Chu Xiu stopped in his tracks.

His gaze was equally solemn; the killing intent he had sensed from the Butterfly Queen earlier was indeed not an illusion.

"There is something dirty inside my body!" The Butterfly Queen examined herself internally but could not find anything unusual.

"You suspect that Gu worm?"

Chu Xiu immediately understood.

Previously, the Butterfly Queen was controlled by the Gu worm born from the Blood Demon Source. Now, her true form and demon soul have reunited, and the Blood Demon Source has also been hidden by Chu Xiu in this storage space.

Could it be that the Gu worm left some hidden trick inside the Butterfly Queen's body?

"Damn it! That jar of Blood Demon Source!"

Chu Xiu sensed something was wrong and quickly flew towards the corner where the Blood Demon Source was stored.

However, it was too late.

The stone jar that once contained a large amount of Blood Demon Essence had shattered, forming a blood pool several meters long and wide in the low-lying area.

All sorts of rare and precious materials in the storage space were thrown into the blood pool, where they transformed into pure energy and merged with the blood pool.

A fleshy worm the size of a palm was greedily devouring the source of the blood demon in the pool of blood.

Chu Xiu was completely unaware of all of this!

As soon as he arrived, an extremely powerful spiritual force enveloped the area around the blood pool, isolating Chu Xiu from approaching it.

"Damn it!"

"When did this thing appear in my storage space?"

Chu Xiu bombarded the mental energy barrier with all his might, but failed to cause any damage to it. Instead, he was pushed back dozens of meters by the barrier's rebound force, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, suffering considerable internal injuries.

The Butterfly Queen dragged her frail body to Chu Xiu's side and slowly said, "It lurked within my body until you put it into your storage space. Only then did it sense the aura of this blood pool and awaken..."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu felt a pang of annoyance.

Even with her late-stage Qiankun Realm cultivation, the Butterfly Queen couldn't break through the mental barrier erected by the Blood Demon Gu Worm, nor could she stop it from frantically absorbing nutrients from the Blood Demon Source.

Even the imperial aura within her body wouldn't work.

The Butterfly Queen suddenly glanced at Chu Xiu, a strange smile unconsciously curving her lips: "Try using your imperial lightning to bombard this barrier."

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up.

The imperial aura within him is different from that of other cultivators, and it can directly affect the ghosts originating from the Misty Sea.

The Gu worms are also a product of the Misty Sea, so it should be feasible.

Chu Xiu first concentrated his imperial aura into his fist and slammed it into the barrier.

The previously still barrier suddenly rippled with an eerie ripple.

Seeing that his imperial aura was effective, Chu Xiu used all his strength to divert 50,000 units of imperial aura within his body, condensing them into two thunder dragons, which, along with his full-force attack, slammed into the barrier!

However, the mental barrier suddenly dissipated on its own before Chu Xiu's hands made contact with the imperial lightning, causing Chu Xiu's full-force attack to miss its target. He staggered several steps toward the blood pool and almost fell into it.

Just as Chu Xiu felt a surge of relief, the Butterfly Emperor, who was standing to the side, suddenly smiled strangely and kicked him into the blood pool!

Upon entering the blood pool, Chu Xiu's clothes melted instantly, and the blood around him surged wildly into his body through his pores, seeping into every corner of his body through his meridians and blood vessels.

The blood pool, which had seemed crystal clear, was now like a quagmire. No matter how Chu Xiu struggled, he could only watch himself sink to the bottom.

After the Blood Demon Source invaded his body, Chu Xiu felt his body getting hotter and hotter, turning completely red.

Beneath every inch of skin, some stale substances are being expelled from the body surface on their own.

Chu Xiu was extremely surprised that these sources of blood demon energy were actually cleansing and rejuvenating him!

However, the feeling of drowning was truly unbearable for Chu Xiu, who needed to breathe with his lungs.

To Chu Xiu's disbelief, the Blood Demon Source was merely an unknown body-forging liquid, rather than being deeply bound to the Blood Demon as its name suggested.

Therefore, the most dangerous thing is not the source of the blood demon, but the blood demon worm mother who has obtained the source of the blood demon!

Chu Xiu suddenly opened his eyes, and the insect queen hiding in the blood pool appeared right in front of him.

To Chu Xiu's surprise, it suddenly charged at him, darting straight into his body through his nostrils.

The next second, Chu Xiu sensed an extremely powerful soul emerging from his sea of ​​consciousness, vying with his own soul for control of his body.

This Blood Demon Gu worm has actually taken over his body!

At this moment, Chu Xiu was unable to mobilize even a fraction of the imperial energy within his body!

"It's over!"

Chu Xiu sensed something was wrong and quickly swam towards the surface of the water.

Once it leaves the blood pool, the worm mother will lose its energy supply and become at Chu Xiu's mercy within his body!

Just then, a naked, slender figure suddenly fell into the blood pool, grabbed Chu Xiu who was about to reach the surface, and pulled him back to the bottom of the pool.

"Butterfly Queen? What are you doing?!"

Chu Xiu looked at the Butterfly Queen in disbelief, and at this moment, the Butterfly Queen's face also showed a look of struggle.

"It's... the Queen Insect!"

"My body...is out of my control!"

Chu Xiu found it hard to believe that the Blood Demon Insect Mother could simultaneously possess both his and the Butterfly Queen's bodies!