Most of the rats in the tide were only at the Golden Immortal level. There were very few Grand Unity Golden Immortals, so they posed no pressure at all for Ling Tian. He spread out his Arrow Phenomenal Domain, and not a single rat could get within a hundred zhang of him. As more and more rats gathered behind him, he tossed out dozens of Explosive Jade Talismans. Amid the violent blasts, wave after wave of rats fell dead.
The relatively clumsy zombies were even less of a threat to Ling Tian and Fairy Meng Shang. The spikes flung from the tails of those strange scorpions were a bit troublesome, but some were intercepted by the energy arrows filling the sky, while others were frozen by the Ice Soul Divine Needles. In the end, they could do nothing to the pair.
Just like that, the two charged through without restraint, leaving Qiong Lie and the others utterly helpless.
Perhaps realizing the rat tide and the other creatures posed no threat to Ling Tian, Shu Yin and the others deliberately controlled the rats and zombies, no longer bothering with the pair and instead closing in on Mo Yu and his companions.
After breaking through the rat tide, Fairy Meng Shang saw that the rats had stopped pursuing them and came to Ling Tian's side. Pointing at Qiong Lie and the others slowly pressing toward them, she asked, "Ling Tian, what are you planning to do? There are tens of thousands of them. If they surround us, I'm afraid we'll be torn to shreds in an instant."
Though tens of thousands were no match for the sheer number of the rat tide, Qiong Lie and the other challengers were mostly at the peak of the Profound Immortal level, with formidable strength. They