Chapter 377: Chapter 373: Golden Silkworm Gu Snake

Suddenly, a bizarre and horrifying sight unfolded. Within Yu Zitong’s skeletal frame, a slender shape could be seen gliding under his skin.

Seeing this, Su Yu gasped sharply. "Is that shadow the Gu Snake?"

"That’s right."

A look of reminiscence suddenly crossed Tu Xiao’an’s face. He remembered that when he was a child, he would always listen to the old-timers tell stories of how they went Ascending the Mountain to catch snakes.

Every time he heard their tales, his heart would pound with fear at the immense danger, yet his blood would boil with excitement. The venomous snakes in the mountains seemed more terrifying than tigers.

The Snake Catchers relied on their wits and skills, engaging in life-and-death struggles with the venomous snakes until they were finally captured.

Tu Xiao’an remembered when he first apprenticed himself to He Zhennan and became a Snake Catcher. He had asked, "Master, what’s the most terrifying venomous snake in the world?"

Back then, He Zhennan had told Tu Xiao’an that there was a type of venomous snake that could live inside a person’s body. It would treat your body like a large house, settling in to live a comfortable life, eating your flesh and drinking your blood.

Once it has hollowed you out, it will have grown to maturity, and you will be dead.

That is called a Gu Snake.

But the Gu Snake is not a natural species of snake. It is a creature created through very special and sinister means, something that it seems only a Wizard can accomplish.

Of course, Tu Xiao’an’s own knowledge of Gu Snakes was superficial. He hadn’t truly believed such a malevolent creature existed.

"So Master Yu ended up like this all because there’s a Gu Snake living in his body. That’s horrifying!" Su Yu said, his heart still racing. He quickly asked, "We have to get that Gu Snake out of him, right? Otherwise Master Yu is going to die! Should we take him to a hospital for surgery?"

"And what would you say at the hospital?" Tu Xiao’an asked with a mocking smile. "That there’s a snake inside Master Yu? And would you then ask the doctors to please operate and take it out? Besides, you just said it yourself—the hospital’s equipment can’t even detect this Gu Snake."

’If it were really that simple, it wouldn’t be so terrifying.’

Su Yu grew anxious. "Then what should we do? Are we supposed to just watch Master Yu die a horrible death? Brother Xiao’an, you must have a solution, right?"

’It’s strange,’ Tu Xiao’an thought, ’why is Su Yu suddenly so concerned about Yu Zitong? During the incident at the construction site, Master Yu was just a background character.’

’Could it be that he still wants to buy those Golden Pupils from Yu Zitong, so he’s trying to curry favor with him first?’

"Don’t worry, Brother Su. If Master Yu had a Gu-insect, I really wouldn’t be much help. But since it’s a Gu Snake, you’ve definitely come to the right person."

Tu Xiao’an smiled, then shot Yu Zitong a look that said, ’You’re one lucky guy.’

’I don’t care if this snake is a natural creature or artificially created. As long as it’s a snake, I can handle it.’

He was, after all, the enthroned Snake King, and he possessed the dominance ability over the entire Snake Race.

"Alright, Master Yu, open your mouth. I’m going to try and summon the Gu Snake that’s been feeding on your flesh and blood. No matter how much it hurts, you cannot close your mouth. Do you understand?"

"COUGH, COUGH..." Yu Zitong nodded. Tu Xiao’an was his last hope.

’Dominance ability, activate.’

Tu Xiao’an chanted silently in his mind. In an instant, a wave of Emperor’s Qi radiated from his body, immediately enveloping Yu Zitong.

A dozen seconds later, Su Yu, staring at Yu Zitong’s body, exclaimed, "That shadow... it looks like it’s moving upward!"

Seeing that his dominance ability was affecting the Gu Snake, Tu Xiao’an breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

Next, he used his dominance ability to guide the Gu Snake, coaxing it to swim out through Yu Zitong’s throat.

As the slender shadow within his skeletal frame continued its upward journey, Yu Zitong began to tremble violently, a look of extreme agony on his face.

"Don’t close your mouth! If you want to live, endure it!" Tu Xiao’an yelled.

Su Yu chimed in, "You can do it, Master Yu! The Gu Snake is at your chest now, it’s swimming towards your throat!"

Yu Zitong felt an excruciating pain flare up in his chest, nearly causing him to faint.

He couldn’t even clench his jaw. His mouth had to remain open. The pain was immense, and cold sweat streamed down his face.

"Hold on, Master Yu! It’s at your throat!" Su Yu shouted, able to see the shadow’s movements clearly.

Meanwhile, Tu Xiao’an continuously guided it with his dominance ability.

Just then, perhaps overwhelmed by the pain, Yu Zitong began to cough and retch violently, looking as if his whole skeleton was about to shatter.

Suddenly, he vomited a pool of liquid onto the floor. The liquid was streaked with blood, and amidst it, a thin, long creature was writhing.

GASP...

Su Yu drew in another sharp breath. He could see the Gu Snake now. It wasn’t black, but golden. It was incredibly small, about the length of a cigarette but even more slender.

"HISS..."

A faint hissing sound echoed in the private room. It wasn’t loud, but it was clear and utterly bone-chilling.

Yu Zitong had already collapsed to the floor, unconscious.

The tiny Gu Snake began to move, twisting its body and flicking its tongue with another "HISS...". Blood from around its mouth trickled down its golden scales. Then, suddenly, its tiny body bizarrely began to grow longer and larger—a truly surreal sight.

AHHH...!

A scream echoed through the private room. A waitress, who had just entered with a bowl of yellow congee, saw the snake on the floor growing larger. CRASH! The bowl fell from her hands, shattering on the floor. The broken porcelain mixed with the bright yellow porridge, creating a surprisingly gruesome sight.

"HISS..." The tiny snake had grown to about a meter long, its body covered in golden scales. It raised its Snake Head, its eyes flashing ominously. The waitress’s scream had drawn its attention, and a vicious glint appeared in its eyes.

WHOOSH! The golden Gu Snake shot toward the waitress like a Fierce Ghost, radiating an overwhelming malevolence.

"Hmph. You just got out and you’re already eager to bite someone?"

Tu Xiao’an’s cold voice rang out as he struck with lightning speed. He seized the golden Gu Snake, holding it fast so it couldn’t struggle.

The waitress had been saved, but she had never witnessed such a terrifying scene and fainted on the spot. Even Su Yu was pale and shaken.

Throughout the entire room, only the Bull Demon King at the table remained oblivious. As long as its master didn’t call, it just kept eating, not bothering with anything else.

"HISS..." The meter-long Gu Snake struggled desperately in his grip.

Hm?

"You dare act so brazenly in my presence?" A cold, sinister aura emanated from Tu Xiao’an. Instantly, the Gu Snake fell silent, trembling in terror.

"Ding... Golden Silkworm Gu Snake, Level 11."

The system did not scan any other data on the snake.

’Golden Silkworm Gu Snake, Golden Silkworm Gu Snake...’

Tu Xiao’an repeated the name to himself. ’Clearly, this counts as an awakened Snake Species. To be able to change its size at such a low Level...’

’Since it’s a Gu Snake, its origins can’t be simple. It must have been raised by humans using special, sinister techniques. A truly vicious creature.’

’You couldn’t even call it a venomous snake anymore.’