Wherever Qian Zhong's Divine Thought reached, a response came back. "The two seniors have arrived? A True Lord's intervention is indeed extraordinary."
The one who replied was True Venerable Tuo Tuo. His True Nascent Soul then arrived in a Flash Step, and he spoke with a smile. "This Soul Emergence Golden Cicada was truly troublesome. Not only was it skilled at evasion, it was also highly proficient in healing... Many thanks for the Great Lord's assistance."
"No matter," Qian Zhong said. From the other's words alone, he could guess why the Human Race cultivators had been so passive. "Were there any accidental injuries?"
"No," Xuanyuan Buqi answered before the other party could. His Divine Thought scan had drawn an attack from the Insect Race, but it had also given him a thorough understanding of the surrounding situation. "I'm not so incompetent that I wouldn't notice even that."
True Venerable Tuo Tuo hesitated before saying, "Actually, two cultivators' corpses fell into the Insect Race's hands... But that at least put an end to it."
Feng Jun frowned slightly at that. "There were casualties?"
"Yes." True Venerable Tuo Tuo nodded. "It wasn't only this Soul Emergence Golden Cicada that came. There were also several Soul Emergence insects that kept carrying out Divine Descents. Everyone wanted to avoid exposure as much as possible, so... Fishing Elder and Hanhai were mainly responsible for protecting the low-level cultivators."
As they spoke, another True Nascent Soul descended. It was True Venerable Fishing Elder. "All right, that damned Golden Cicada is gone. We don't need to hold back anymore. Three True Venerables, yet we were forced into such a sorry state—I've been holding in my anger for a long time."
Golden Cicadas were not particularly strong fighters among the Insect Race, but their healing abilities were immensely