Inside the cave.
Song Wen hid in a hollow in the stone wall, sealing it off with a massive boulder.
He curled up, reined in his aura, and remained utterly motionless.
That was why Ghost Suanni had failed to discover him when probing the cave with spiritual sense.
A cold glint flashed through Song Wen's eyes.
Blood Brow had finally shown herself!
The illusion that had deceived Mo Yexue must have been Blood Brow's doing.
Blood Brow had to be nearby.
And the place she was most likely hiding was within the countless underground tunnels burrowed out by the Gold-Eating Ants.
Just as Song Wen had expected, perhaps feeling that she had already been exposed and had no need to keep hiding, Blood Brow burst out from the ground.
She summoned a mass of black water, which transformed into a black spear and shot straight at Mo Yexue.
She clearly intended to take advantage of Mo Yexue's injuries and eliminate this formidable foe.
Mo Yexue's situation was extremely perilous.
To her left was the peak fourth-rank Ant King, to her right Ghost Suanni, and below her Blood Brow.
Blood Brow was only at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, making her the weakest; yet Mo Yexue did not dare underestimate her in the slightest.
Blood Brow's Maha Blackwater could corrode almost anything. A single misstep could cause one's magic treasure to be corroded, greatly damaging its spirituality.
Just as Mo Yexue considered how to respond, the heavens above suddenly churned with wind and clouds.
A streak of purple lightning descended from the thick clouds, tore through the ghostly qi filling the sky, and struck at the spear formed from Maha Blackwater.
The sudden purple lightning startled both Ghost Suanni and Blood Brow.
Both of them felt a profound threat from that