As soon as the double-horned demonic wolf vanished into the Realm of True Wood, its entrance closed. Even if Lu Xiaotian had wanted to follow it inside, he could no longer do so.
Still, it was no great matter. If he truly wanted to enter the Realm of True Wood, there were other ways.
Lu Xiaotian reached out and drew back the Demon-Suppressing Tower, preparing to face the mysterious shadow. To his surprise, after collecting the moths formed from the Earthfiend blood filth, the other party sank once more into the depths of the blood, as though it had never appeared.
Lu Xiaotian narrowed his eyes. The Demon Shadow was far more powerful in its lair than he had expected. He had thought they would have to fight a hard battle, but it had ended abruptly instead.
The mysterious shadow had collected the gray moths formed from the Earthfiend blood filth with such ease, yet it had not been the Demon Shadow that did so. It might have been a method employed directly by the Heaven-Connecting Devil Lord. Apart from the Heaven-Connecting Devil Lord, who shared the same origins, who else could move freely through this blood, remaining undetected even by the Demon Shadow? Who else could casually sweep away the Earthfiend blood filth with a wave of their hand?
And who else could appear and immediately scare the Demon Shadow into retreating, not daring to linger for even a moment? Lu Xiaotian considered his abilities respectable among the many cultivators in the Integrated Body Late Stage, but even he couldn't simply frighten the Demon Shadow into retreating.
Especially not in the Demon Shadow's own lair. Lu Xiaotian knew he couldn't manage that. In fact, had Dongfang Yi and the others not been there, he would have had no choice