Hu Xiaotian soon discovered that he had nowhere left to retreat. Outside, Yan Tianlu's voice was growing fainter, probably because the Iron Thread Diamond Insects were about to seal the exit. Anxiety stirred in Hu Xiaotian's heart. Since he could not hide his movements from Old Monster Beize anyway, he no longer cared about giving himself away. He roared, "Old man, I can't hold out much longer!"
The Iron Thread Diamond Insects had not yet sealed the entrance completely, so Yan Tianlu naturally heard Hu Xiaotian's shout. Unless Hu Xiaotian had reached a critical juncture, he would never have called for help. Yan Tianlu shouted, "You foolish boy! Swallow the Five-Colored Spider King's inner core, and you'll be immune to every poison! No poisonous insect will dare come near you!"
The Iron Thread Diamond Insects were on the verge of sealing the entrance, and Yan Tianlu's voice became broken and intermittent. Even with his keen hearing, Hu Xiaotian could only catch a few scattered words, but he did hear "inner core." His heart gave a jolt. While he was still turning over the meaning of Yan Tianlu's words, Old Monster Beize's next attack was already upon him. A giant fist formed from Iron Thread Diamond Insects swept toward his chest, wrapped in an unrivaled gust of astral wind. Hu Xiaotian hastily raised his fist to meet it. With his internal power and the tyrannical God-Demon World-Ending Fist, a direct clash would probably have shaken Old Monster Beize into vomiting blood. But this giant fist was a mass of Iron Thread Diamond Insects. Hu Xiaotian's fist sank into it as though into quicksand, and the insects suddenly tightened around it, binding it fast.
A withered hand like a bird's claw reached out from within the insect armor and seized the front