The one who cried out was He Runxian's driver. He had been digging out a small bunker when three centipede-like creatures over a foot long suddenly shot out from inside.
All three centipedes lunged at him. Two bit into his pants, which was not too serious, but one of them bit directly into the back of his hand.
The back of the driver's hand had no protection at all. He swung his entrenching shovel around and smashed the centipede to pulp, but he had already been poisoned.
Yet the man was truly loyal. Although the pain was unbearable, he knew this was not the time to make a commotion. He actually forced down his scream and only called out softly.
Feng Jun flashed forward. The small bunker was only a little over a hundred meters from the main bunker, and when he arrived, the driver was enduring the pain as he beat at the two centipedes on his legs.
With a flick of his finger, Feng Jun blasted one of the still-living centipedes to pieces. Just then, the driver's entrenching shovel came down, only to be knocked straight out of his hand.
He recognized the biting centipedes at once and exclaimed in surprise, "Venomflame Centipedes!"
Venomflame Centipedes were incomplete forms of Venom Centipedes. They rarely reached Golden Core cultivation, though quite a few reached the Emergence from Dust Stage, and even more were at the Qi Refining Stage. These centipedes usually did not grow very large, but because their bodies were small... their venom was actually even stronger.
Venomflame Centipedes had not caused the cultivators at the front lines much trouble. First, these incomplete forms were extremely rare. Even when a few appeared, they could not break through a Golden Core True Adept's defenses, so naturally they were not much