Cheng Santong's aura was merely one of the weaker ones among them. One of the auras was exceptionally pure demonic energy, giving Lu Xiaotian an inexplicable sense of threat.
Lu Xiaotian had originally been cultivating peacefully in the Lingxiao Immortal Palace. If nothing unexpected happened, he naturally would not have moved away so easily. His projection clone was dealing with the Celestial Immortal-level experts from several other teams at the Ice Nether Hall, so Lu Xiaotian was in no hurry to recall it.
The medicinal power of the Void Yin-Yang Snowmoon Pill had already been completely absorbed by him. Lu Xiaotian then remained in the Lingxiao Immortal Palace, studying cultivation, alchemy, and all kinds of battle skills and divine abilities. Later, he received word that Cheng Santong had passed through the area around Star Bamboo Island while escorting goods and had encountered the Star Armor Nine-Segment Insects. Of the immortals responsible for the escort, some had died or been wounded in the insect tide, while others had been carried off by the insect swarm.
Lu Xiaotian's foundation in Yu Xuan's Heavenly Court was practically nonexistent. In the enormous Lingxiao Immortal Palace, there were hardly any people he could command. Left with no choice, Lu Xiaotian could only make the trip himself.
At this moment, the Star Armor Nine-Segment Insects seemed to have sensed a powerful divine sense sweeping over them as well. A shriek rang out from within that sea of bamboo forest. Its sharpness was as though it could split metal and pierce stone. Yun Li, whose cultivation was weaker, and the white-haired old man both turned pale upon hearing it, their faces contorted with pain.
After the first shriek rang out, hissing cries of varying strength rose one after another. In the end, the shrieks converged into a