The Great Strength Tribe Old Ancestor was grateful to the Cultivators, unaware that Qu Jianlei had chosen this angle for two main reasons.
Only by attacking this way could he pierce through two targets at once! And after attacking, he could promptly hide behind the star continent and avoid being caught in the aftermath!
The Great Strength Old Ancestor felt somewhat relieved. The Cultivators actually knew to preserve the tribe's strength.
Although it immediately realized that attacking this way also made it easier for them to evade, that was not much of a problem.
Every man for himself, or heaven and earth would destroy him... The key was that the tribe benefited! Yet even though it understood this, it still chose to hide underground at the first opportunity.
As for pursuing the Man Shan Tribe Old Ancestor? That fellow could not possibly have survived! The other Small Nests... those would have to wait. It needed to escape the aftermath first.
The Old Ancestor had indeed heard of the World Piercing Shuttle's power, but it had never experienced it firsthand. At a time like this, protecting itself was the sensible choice.
The aftermath came fiercely and swiftly. Its ferocity went without saying; the crucial point was that it was too fast, sweeping past in an instant.
The most violent phase lasted only a little over ten minutes before noticeably weakening.
"These things made by immortals really are useful," the Great Strength Tribe Old Ancestor had to admit.
Immediately afterward, it emerged from underground—the aftermath had passed. If it did not show itself now, there would be trouble.
If it angered the immortals and they gave it another World Piercing Shuttle strike, it did not think it could withstand it.
At that moment, it could not even be bothered to see what