Hanhai True Lord had arrived late not only because his senses had been a little sluggish, but mainly because he had been tied up.
What had tied him up was a swarm of Bloodthirsty Flying Ants. Their cultivation was not particularly high, but there were simply too many of them. More importantly, those things held grudges. He had worried that if he simply flew away, they might pursue him and bring Feng Jun some trouble.
The shells of Bloodthirsty Flying Ants happened to be decent materials for artifact refinement, so he had thought to gather some along the way. Who would have thought that the more he fought, the more appeared? It had taken quite some effort to clear them all out.
Still, no matter what, Hanhai True Lord had been quite pleased that Feng Jun had thought to gather everyone together like this. He could sense that this space truly harbored considerable danger. If he did not handle things carefully, even he might suffer a major loss.
During the previous expedition, an Ice Origin Fox had been accompanied by one Nascent Soul cultivator and five Golden Core cultivators from the Mysterious Water Sect. In the end, only the Ice Origin Fox's corpse had returned to the sect. Whatever could defeat such a force was qualified to give a Spirit-Release Venerable trouble.
Only after meeting up did he learn that, as expected, Feng Jun and Qian Zhong had encountered a combination of Demon Beasts and Soul Bodies.
Hanhai True Lord did not doubt the existence of Soul Bodies in the slightest. He even believed that Heavenly Demons must exist as well. But Soul Bodies and Demon Beasts actually working together left him rather puzzled—what sort of cooperation was that?
Meanwhile, Feng Jun was discussing with Qian Zhong whether the Soul