The spikes came from behind the sea of bugs. Their source was a monster with eight arms, a pointed beak, and fangs, roughly the size of a human. It was an Azure Immortal called Thorn Tumor. It could use the spikes inside its body as arrows, fire them from its arms, see beyond the Great Perfection of Cross Tribulation, and fold the void, using it as a bowstring.
Any creature targeted by a Thorn Tumor would find it almost impossible to escape assassination. Only a large-scale defensive formation could stop its attacks.
There was more than one Thorn Tumor. When the Bug Nest descended upon the starry sky where the Thorn Tumors lived, it absorbed the strengths of that region's life-forms, giving rise to the Azure Immortal known as Thorn Tumor. Likewise, bugs inside the nest absorbed the strengths of life-forms from that universe and evolved into bugs resembling Thorn Tumor. They were called Thorn Tumor Bugs, and they too could fold the void, use it as a bowstring, and assassinate any creature.
There were eighteen Thorn Tumor Bugs. Their arrival on the battlefield had already dealt a devastating blow to the Eighth Night Pillar. If its Night Head, Xue Lou, hadn't planted his weapon, the Blood-colored Pavilion, in the starry sky, humanity would have already lost the war.
With their top experts assassinated, everyone else could only become cannon fodder.
"Senior Brother, we can't keep holding out like this. We have to retreat!" Gan Mo shouted, gritting his teeth as he stared at the sea of bugs across from him.
Thorn Tumor was extremely powerful, and it hid its tracks so well that no one could find it. They could only serve as sitting ducks.
Every spike folded the void and could kill a Cross Tribulation expert. The Blood-colored