"First appearance in the world?"
Song Wen pondered for a moment, then said, "According to the news sent back before Mountain-Crushing City fell, they were struck by an insect tide. Poisonous insects in such vast numbers could not possibly have gone unseen before. Unless... they had been trapped somewhere unknown and only recently escaped."
Xuan Li continued, "It is also possible that they were raised by someone and only released today. Judging by the lightning-swift means with which they destroyed Mountain-Crushing City, ordinary poisonous insects likely could not have accomplished it."
Song Wen wore a thoughtful expression but did not respond.
Baleful Devourer shook his head. "In this old man's view, that possibility is unlikely. If they were raised by someone, such enormous numbers would consume a vast amount of resources every day. No ordinary force could manage it. Within Cangwu Province, aside from our Divine Blood Sect, I fear no other faction could achieve such a thing."
Xuan Li said, "Perhaps they did not originate in Cangwu Province, but... Falling Star Province to the west of Cangwu Province. After all, ten million li west of Mountain-Crushing City lies the Azure Flame Desert. Cross the desert, and one can reach Falling Star Province."
Baleful Devourer said, "That is not impossible. But if they are from Falling Star Province, why come to Cangwu Province? Could they be planning to swallow up our Divine Blood Sect?"
After a pause, he added, "Furthermore, judging from the number and strength of these poisonous insects, whoever raised them to this scale must at least be a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator. Yet there are no known Tribulation Transcendence cultivators within Falling Star Province."
Afterward, several other inner sect elders spoke up and offered their opinions.
Yet after much discussion, they still failed to reach any conclusion.
"Everyone,"