She carefully avoided the other hidden crevices along the way, each holding traces of bone-piercing chill.
Jiang Lu could not help trembling a little.
This Divine Flame really had peculiar tastes, liking all these little bugs.
From You Meng, Jiang Lu learned that this cave was filled with all kinds of bugs, from its entrance to its innermost depths.
And many of the bugs were not merely those visible on the surface. Even more dangerous creatures lurked in the shadows. They did not fear cultivators' spiritual power and could even pierce straight through their skin to bite them.
Those without sufficient strength might even die on the spot.
The strongest cultivators who had entered were only at the Nascent Soul stage, let alone the other Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators. They were absolutely no match for these creatures.
That left only one possibility: those Aristocratic Clans were probing.
They were ascertaining what the Divine Flame inside was and just how formidable an existence it was.
So!
They had never intended for their disciples to obtain this Divine Flame on this trip. Instead, they would come to capture it after the probing was complete.
The Divine Flame could not escape from their Secret Realm. It was merely a question of who would obtain it.
That was something they would only need to consider later.
At this thought, everything suddenly became clear to Jiang Lu.
No wonder. All of this now fit together.
With this in mind, she resisted the cold gnawing at her flesh while focusing on breaking through the layers of entwined mist.
The pressure of her Chaos Body spilled out in every direction,
The deeper she went underground, the heavier the oppressive aura around her became.
Mingyue and Qiming stood on her shoulders, one on either side, helping