"Fellow Daoist Xiao speaks reasonably. With a powerful enemy before us, divided strength scatters, while focused strength becomes whole. Only by joining forces can we find a chance at survival."
Song Chunqiu of Bai Sui Academy was the first to respond.
No sooner had he spoken than he let out a resounding shout.
"Ink Falls, Startling Wind and Rain!"
In an instant, a surging Vast Righteous Qi erupted from deep within the swarm.
Like a plunging dragon, the Vast Righteous Qi shot straight toward Xiao Wujian and the others.
Every Soul Devouring Worm blocking its path vanished without a trace.
The Vast Righteous Qi dissipated before Xiao Wujian, and a broad passage then appeared amid the swarm of Soul Devouring Worms.
At the end of the passage, Song Chunqiu held a brush-shaped Magical Treasure, with his junior fellow disciple Xu Qingfeng following behind him.
The two figures, one ahead and one behind, sped through the passage at astonishing speed and flew before Xiao Wujian's group.
The moment the two passed through, the overwhelming swarm of Soul Devouring Worms engulfed the passage once more.
At the same time, a tyrannical blade radiance swept past.
Huo Yuanzhen of Tian Gang Sect, his burly frame accompanied by two even larger Barbarian Tribe Out of Body cultivators, arrived close behind Song Chunqiu.
He said nothing more, but the meaning behind his actions was self-evident.
As Song Chunqiu and Huo Yuanzhen moved, the other cultivators present also began to act.
Each employed their own methods, moving through the worm swarm at varying speeds.
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, more than sixty cultivators had gathered around Xiao Wujian.
Most were Out of Body stage cultivators, though nearly thirty percent were Spirit Severing stage experts from various factions.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao