Song Wen's divine sense swiftly extended out of the pavilion and spread outward.
In an instant, everything within the valley was clearly reflected in his mind, down to the finest detail.
He finally understood why the Gu insects had died.
The fifth-tier Gu insect had opened its sharp mandibles and turned into a blur, pouncing fiercely toward a fourth-tier Gu insect.
Song Wen's expression darkened. The problem had arisen from within.
This little creature had only just advanced to the fifth tier, yet it had already begun killing its own kind.
With a flick of his finger, a wisp of spiritual power shot forth, sending the fifth-tier Gu insect—which was pouncing like a starving dog—flying.
The Gu insect flew several miles before crashing sideways into the rock wall on one side of the valley.
The hard stone was pierced straight through. The Gu insect burrowed more than ten miles deep before finally coming to a stop.
The Gu insect seemed enraged. Baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, it beat its wings and quickly flew back out through the narrow, perfectly straight tunnel it had just carved.
The moment it emerged from the tunnel entrance, it saw an enormous black shadow standing before it.
The Gu insect flung open its mandibles, raised its forelimbs high, and lunged at the black shadow.
Song Wen frowned slightly as he watched the fiercely charging Gu insect.
Not only had this beast attacked its own kind, it even dared attack him, its master.
It was trying to devour its master!
Green mist surged from Song Wen's body, swallowing the pouncing Gu insect.
Immediately afterward, the green mist erupted with bone-chilling cold, instantly condensing into a semi-transparent block of green ice roughly a foot across, freezing the Gu insect within.
Looking at the Gu insect,