This young cultivator was naturally Qin Fengming, who had come chasing after the enormous creature.
By now, Qin Fengming had figured things out. The Ice Louse Insect swarm he had encountered at that restriction barrier probably had not come for him. Rather, it had likely been protecting that mountain-sized enormous creature as it came out to move about.
He had this feeling because after those semi-mature Ice Louse Insects appeared, they had not targeted the Silver Sheath Worms. After forcing the Silver Sheath Worms back, they had immediately guided the enormous creature out and then entered another tunnel.
With the intelligence and ferocity of semi-mature Ice Louse Insects, even if they encountered Silver Sheath Worms ranked higher than themselves on the Spirit Insect Ranking, they likely would not simply flee in panic without putting up a fight.
The intelligence of semi-mature Ice Louse Insects should already have been considerable. Naturally, they could tell which side was stronger and which was weaker.
In a one-on-one fight, adult Ice Louse Insects were naturally no match for adult Silver Sheath Worms. But billions of adult Ice Louse Insects would not fear the mere thirty thousand Silver Sheath Worms.
If Qin Fengming had been on the Ice Louse Insects' side, with an uncountable number of Ice Louse Insects at his disposal, he would also have fought to the death instead of fleeing so easily.
Precisely because Qin Fengming had anticipated that the Ice Louse Insects might be in such a situation, he had confidently driven the Taotie ferocious beast and the Silver Sheath Worms in pursuit from behind.
But what he saw before him shocked him greatly.
Within the vast ice cavern stretching thousands of zhang, an uncountable number of Ice Louse Insects had gathered. Layer upon layer of Ice Louse Insects filled it,