It was not difficult to see from the dark tunnel at the bottom of the giant pit just now that the Demon Devouring Ant Swarm had intended to avoid the four great beast swarms and secretly take away the Azure Willow Wood.
In the original timeline, without the presence of the six of them, after Chi Xiao and the others dealt with the Soul-Snatching Beast King, more than just Han Qi would certainly have been seriously injured.
Moreover, having successfully obtained a portion of the Nine Heavens Pure Qi, they would most likely have abandoned their original plan to clear out the four great beast swarms and retreated while they still could with the treasures they had obtained.
Thus, they had never discovered the existence of the Demon Devouring Ant Swarm.
This meant that the Demon Devouring Ant Swarm should ultimately have succeeded in obtaining the other three pieces of Azure Willow Wood and peacefully refined them for decades.
However, one of their tunnels had now been exposed. The Demon-Absorbing Ants were bursting from the ground in great numbers, so the Ant Queen clearly believed her plan had been exposed and was preparing to seize them by force!
In other words, the current Demon Devouring Ant Swarm did not possess the strength to besiege and kill all four great beast swarms at once. Otherwise, there would have been no need for such scheming.
"With such a spirit beast in hand, it is no wonder Fellow Daoist Luo wishes to take a risk now. However, please forgive Long for being unable to accompany you."
The Long Family Ancestor knew full well how dangerous this venture would be. Moreover, the greatest loot had already been claimed by the other party, so he naturally had no desire to toil in vain.
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