Lu Xiaotian had not yet fully let out the breath he was holding when a section of the void suddenly seemed to collapse. The space around him shuddered violently.
"This Ghostmist Louse-Kun can actually conceal its tracks." Though Lu Xiaotian had withdrawn most of his spiritual sense, he was still caught off guard by the Ghostmist Louse-Kun's sudden attack.
Only after it struck did Lu Xiaotian steady himself and look closely. In the faint mist hanging in the void, he spotted a colossal kun, transparent and nearly invisible to the naked eye, swishing its tail through the air.
"So the strongest Ghostmist Louse-Kun has cultivated the Water Illusion Mystery of the Water Laws to such a degree. No wonder." Lu Xiaotian immediately understood. This Ghostmist Louse-Kun, which had swum up into the void, used the water vapor in the air to hide its faint form. When it remained still, even Lu Xiaotian—whose cultivation was not necessarily inferior to its own—would have struggled to detect it if it did not make a move.
Especially with more than a thousand Ghostmist Louse-Kun out in the open, drawing everyone's attention, even Lu Xiaotian had been unconsciously distracted.
Lu Xiaotian had already experienced the Ghostmist Louse-Kun's most terrifying ability years ago, in the dragon tomb of the East Sea Dragon Palace. With a single gulp, it could nearly swallow the surrounding space along with everything in it. The space where Lu Xiaotian stood had also been caught in its reach. But he had cultivated the Laws of Space for many years. Though they were difficult to master and he had not achieved great attainment, no fluctuation in space could escape his perception. Thus, the instant the Ghostmist Louse-Kun struck, Lu Xiaotian sensed something amiss and shifted sideways a considerable distance. Otherwise, he and the