Yu An listened to the occasional, frantic screams coming from the settlement, his heart growing heavier by the moment.
And this was only an Insect Race creature at the Servant Insect level.
If Old Man Yu joined forces with the beast hiding in his house, they might be able to kill it.
But the question was, could this man and beast work together?
If the beast really was as intelligent as Yu An suspected, then faced with a life-or-death crisis, it might.
But even if they killed this Insect Race creature, it would make no difference.
It was merely a scout, a vanguard of sorts. Once it found prey in the settlement, it would inevitably summon its companions.
In other words, more Insect Race creatures were on their way.
The crisis drawing near, sensed somewhere deep within him, confirmed as much.
At that moment, the stench of Corpse Stench Devil Plant sap clung to his entire body. It could mask his presence from the Insect Race to some extent, but the beast hiding in Old Man Yu's house was an unpredictable factor.
"Kill it in advance?"
Yu An considered it in silence, but Old Man Yu couldn't manage it on his own.
Unless...
A plan suddenly came to him: he could spend five years of his lifespan to bring forth a Natal Elm Seed for Old Man Yu to refine.
Although he could absorb the power in the Black Annihilation Wind Disaster and refine it into Qi of Creation, at his current level he couldn't control it or extract it. He could only passively use it to increase his life essence.
The reason he had been able to form an Immortal Destiny was his Divine Ability of Forming Bonds.
In other words, without that Divine Ability, he couldn't extract or