However, in the previous battle, many of the Great Luo Golden Immortal-level experts under Lu Xiaotian had already been badly wounded. By rights, their overall combat strength should have suffered.
Yet judging by the auras radiating from the experts before him, their strength had not diminished. On the contrary, it had improved to some extent. They must have received no small amount of benefits from Lu Xiaotian, a King-Grade Pill Saint.
To think they had still found the strength to refine pills while fleeing through a place like the Ice Vortex Devil Cave. For a moment, King Cangmu Niao could not help but think more highly of Lu Xiaotian's alchemy.
He assumed Lu Xiaotian had accomplished this under such dire conditions and in such a perilous environment. He had no idea that Lu Xiaotian's Primordial Spirit was refining pills inside the Green Fruit Barrier, entirely unaffected by the outside world.
A snake without a head could not move, and a loose rabble would hardly pose much of a threat to King Cangmu Niao.
Clearly, that was not the case here. More than a dozen Great Luo Golden Immortal-level experts were all centered around Lu Xiaotian.
They moved as if obeying every command without question. Their obedience was not forced in the least; they had instinctively come to regard Lu Xiaotian as the backbone of their entire group.
Though each cultivated different techniques, their auras converged without clashing.
"Haha! Facing a Primordial Spirit Devil Body expert in battle—this is a first for me, Old Black!" Black Dragon laughed heartily.
"Indeed. If Eastern Pill Saint hadn't created this opportunity, who knows how long this devil would have had to wait before facing an expert like this head-on?" Scorpion Demon gave a low, mirthless laugh.
"Next time something this good comes along, remember