Lu Xiaotian slapped his palm forward, sending out a wave of force that drove the surrounding air back. To his surprise, the ghostly mist remained unmoved, barely retreating before darting right back.
"This technique is a real pain to deal with." Suddenly, a gust of wind shot toward him from behind. It was a fierce blade aura unleashed by the Eastern Bear Emperor. He had originally aimed it at the adult Dragon-Patterned Ghost Ant, but the demon ghost had scattered the attack, sending it hurtling toward Lu Xiaotian instead. Lu Xiaotian's sense of danger was far sharper than that of these Dragon-Patterned Ghost Ants, whose Primordial Spirits were already unimpressive even among the Void Inquiring Realm and Spirit Transformation Realm.
Faced with the wayward blade aura, Lu Xiaotian had dodged well in advance. By the time the Dragon-Patterned Ghost Ants sensed the danger, the blade had already skimmed past Lu Xiaotian's waist and struck several of the creatures attacking him. Though most of its power had been spent, a strike from the Eastern Bear Emperor was still more than ordinary Void Inquiring Realm cultivators could withstand. What's more, it had come so suddenly that the several Void Inquiring Realm Dragon-Patterned Ghost Ants had barely any time to react. With a hiss, the razor-sharp blade aura cut straight into their bodies, spraying green fluids everywhere. Two died on the spot. Another had a chunk sliced off its side, but stubbornly clung to life. Lu Xiaotian seized the moment to finish it with a thrust of the Fangtian Halberd.
As soon as several of the stronger Dragon-Patterned Ghost Ants died, others surged forward from behind to keep up the attack. Lu Xiaotian fought while retreating, but the clashes among the Integrated Body Great Talents were utterly unpredictable to him—now swift, now slow,