Chen Fei's brow furrowed slightly. In the end, he had still been a step too late. Not every rescue could arrive in time.
However, if they were Dao Integration Realm cultivators from Aurora City, the Aurora City residents inside their Dao Artifacts could still be saved.
A thousand miles away, Zhao Tan released his right hand and looked at the crushed, misshapen head before him. A cold smile spread across his face.
A mere Human Race Dao Integration Realm Mid-stage cultivator had actually dared to resist him. He truly did not know the difference between life and death.
With a flick of his right hand, a sword-shaped mid-grade Dao Artifact flew into Zhao Tan's grasp. Zhao Tan directly erased the artifact spirit's sentience, then sent a strand of his mind into the Dao Artifact and saw more than two hundred thousand humans within.
From Sun Moon Realm cultivators down to Body Refining Realm children, the humans inside the Dao Artifact were not particularly strong. In terms of value, they were far inferior to the Human Race Dao Integration Realm Mid-stage cultivator he had just killed.
But since the Abyss Clan and the human race were already mortal enemies, Zhao Tan naturally had no reason to spare the more than two hundred thousand humans inside the Dao Artifact.
The Spirit Devouring Worm had descended upon Aurora City, and the Ice Clan and Abyss Clan, who had been watching the human race closely, naturally received the news as well.
Among the various races of the Black Stone Domain, the Abyss Clan knew comparatively much about Spirit Devouring Worms.
After all, the Abyss Clan had a Heaven Opening Realm ancestor. Though this Heaven Opening Realm was not particularly orthodox, it was still ultimately above an ordinary Peak Dao Integration Realm cultivator.
If Aurora