Qin Shaofeng looked once more in the direction of the original mountain.
Then he turned and jumped down toward the three of them.
The instant his feet were about to touch the ground,
he vaguely sensed a disturbance in the airflow brushing against the back of his neck.
He had only stayed atop the tree for a short time, yet he already knew there was no wind at all in this space.
The Body Refining Divine Pattern activated.
He reached back and grabbed toward the source of the disturbance at his neck.
He caught a plump little insect with sharp fangs in his hand.
His feet landed.
He immediately came before the three of them, his gaze sweeping across the area at once.
Fear had clearly affected Jue Wuqing and the other two. They likely could not even bring out thirty percent of their usual combat strength.
As for their surroundings...
Only after his gaze swept across the entire area did he finally understand why the three of them were so terrified.
Other than the occasional glimmer from divine patterns, there was not the slightest trace of light around them. It was so dark that one could not see their hand before their face.
Without the faint glow cast by the huge insect in the distance, he could not even see the bug in his hand.
Insects kept appearing around them to attack. No wonder these people, who had virtually no combat experience, had been frightened into such a state.
"All right, pull yourselves together. These insects are nothing to fear. They cannot even break through your defenses. Just watch out for those divine patterns that flash with light," Qin Shaofeng said repeatedly.
His hand tightened slightly around the insect.
With a soft squelch,
a system notification rang out in