Lu Xiaotian pretended not to know that the Single Ant Demon was following them. He continued onward with Ba Mo and the Ksitigarbha Twelve-Winged Scorpion Demon.
The Single Ant Demon behind them was exceptionally patient. He showed no sign of intending to intercept them, but given how doggedly he pursued them, Lu Xiaotian knew it was only a matter of time before the old devil made his move. He wouldn't remain silent forever.
Only after the Wind and Fire Soul Race experts had vanished from sight, and they had traveled for nearly two more hours, did the Single Ant Demon finally act. Soul clouds churned all around them, and scattered Soulstone Demons occasionally appeared in the void. The Single Ant Demon let out a strange laugh, flashed forward, and blocked Lu Xiaotian and the others' path.
Ba Mo looked terrified. He had witnessed the Single Ant Demon's strength with his own eyes. Even the Ksitigarbha Twelve-Winged Scorpion Demon at full strength had been no match for him, let alone now, when the Scorpion Demon had less than half his strength remaining. Ba Mo himself was in even worse shape.
Lu Xiaotian had already advanced to the Golden Immortal realm, which was astonishing enough, but Ba Mo didn't believe he could withstand the old devil's murderous intent.
"Why have you blocked our way, fellow Daoist?" Lu Xiaotian asked coolly.
As soon as he spoke, a vicious, bloodthirsty demonic aura surged out, wrapping the area in layer upon layer. The formidable, refined power of its laws was something Lu Xiaotian had rarely encountered. The only one whose power he had felt more keenly was the blue-black man inside the barrier, who might have been the Ten Thousand Poisons True Lord. And now, this one before him.
"Don't play dumb. You human brat