"Three-Eyed Suanni Beasts, and even Purple-Green Ape Demons—they came too. There are several other unfamiliar faces, and their group has grown quite a bit." The Wild Boar Demon noticed four more unfamiliar faces among the other side's ranks. The only one missing was Xing Hu, who had entered with them earlier. It didn't take much thought to figure that Xing Hu had most likely perished. He secretly congratulated himself on having followed the right person. He reckoned his strength wasn't much greater than Xing Hu's; if he hadn't stuck with Lu Xiaotian, he'd have been done for ten times over.
"Brother Lu, should we avoid them? That Three-Eyed Suanni Beast is notoriously petty. He didn't dare attack us before because he didn't have enough men. Now they outnumber us more than three to one. With his temperament, he'd be out of character if he didn't dig up those spirit plants in your hands."
"Fall back." Lu Xiaotian nodded. The other side had plenty of people, but he wouldn't necessarily be afraid to fight them. It would simply waste more strength for no reason. After all, anyone who had made it this far was an expert among the Divine Void Realm. Those like Xing Hu had already been eliminated outright, while the Wild Boar Demon had survived this long only because he'd been lucky enough to run into Lu Xiaotian. With Lu Xiaotian under considerable suppression in the Dark Nether Demon Domain, fighting these six formidable foes would likely cost him several decent demon beast souls. That would be nothing under ordinary circumstances, but before uncovering the secret of the magnetite, Lu Xiaotian didn't want to invite trouble. More importantly, he had already sensed a disturbance in the purple crystal jade on his person.
This purple crystal jade had come from