Lu Ye made his way deeper along the Insect Path without obstruction.
With his divine sense spread out, Lu Ye could tell that this Insect Nest was not particularly large. After all, it had been hastily constructed by Insect Race cultivators, meant only to provide a positional advantage for a battle that might come. Naturally, it had not been built too exquisitely. The Insect Race cultivators hiding here neither had the inclination nor, most likely, the time.
Compared to the Blood Race's earlier method of joining forces to set up defenses and intercept their enemies, the Insect Race's response was undoubtedly somewhat rigid. Still, everything had its advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage was that they could hide here, where no one would dare provoke them lightly. The interior of an Insect Nest was generally easy to defend and hard to attack. There was no need to gather too many people to form an extremely formidable defensive force. To capture this place, one would have to deploy several times their number, and the Insect Paths were narrow, making them ill-suited for large groups to clash in battle.
In this way, the Insect Race cultivators would remain safe for a long time after the Divine Sea Conflict began.
Yet the drawback was equally obvious: it would be difficult for them to take the initiative. Once they left the Insect Nest, they would lose all the conveniences of favorable terrain. If they did not take the initiative, they naturally would find it hard to gain anything, which would be detrimental to their final ranking. Even if they were lucky enough to survive until the end, they would certainly rank at the bottom.
But the Primordial Realm was constantly shrinking. Even though this place was already within the Core Region, no one could guarantee