Then Wei Tu suddenly remembered something. His gaze shifted, and he walked toward the insect chamber within the cave abode.
The insect chamber of the cave abode had been specially tailored for the Iron Venom Flying Ant—the entire chamber was a massive "gu-refining ground," and the gu king was the Iron Venom Flying Ant.
Thus, to ensure that this round of "gu refining" went without mishap, after placing the Golden Marrow Worms into the insect chamber, he had set up array barriers and all manner of restrictions around it.
Even with divine sense alone, it was not easy to discern the Iron Venom Flying Ant's current condition.
"I hope this insect can successfully break through to the sixth order."
"And become another means at my disposal in the Void Refinement Realm."
With a sweep of his sleeve, Wei Tu opened the insect chamber's restrictions and walked inside.
The moment he entered, he saw the Iron Venom Flying Ant sprawled atop the corpses of several hundred spirit insects.
Compared with before, the insect's body had grown more than twice as large, reaching the size of an infant's fist. A conspicuous golden line had also appeared across its abdomen, stretching all the way to its tail.
Of course, what deserved the most attention was the spiritual pressure it now emitted as a sixth-order spirit insect.
"A mutation?" Wei Tu pondered briefly, then reached out and grabbed. He drew the Iron Venom Flying Ant from atop the insect corpses, intending to inspect it closely.
But at that moment—
The Iron Venom Flying Ant, which had been docile just moments ago, suddenly erupted with ferocity. Midway through, it forcibly broke free of Wei Tu's mana restraints, opened its fang-filled mouthparts, and shot toward him like an arrow, biting at the back of his hand.