The black-robed figure had barely finished speaking.
The faces of several people present suddenly went rigid.
Strange grunts rose from their throats, froth spilled from the corners of their mouths, and their eyes went wide.
Like drowning people, they clawed at the air as though trying to grasp a lifesaving straw, then slowly collapsed.
Thick blood then seeped from their seven orifices, and several rolled their eyes back and stood up again.
But they were clearly already under the control of Gu Insects.
Another swiftly swallowed a pill, then lowered his bamboo hat and shouted, "Out of my way!"
Spirit Power surged from his entire body, and afterimages flashed out in an instant, revealing his strength at the Golden Core late stage.
His hands flew through a series of seals, sending talismans flying out of the cavern, evidently the Cloud Ink Sect's message talismans.
Without stopping, he darted toward the cavern entrance. The Witch Gu Qi around his eyes seemed suppressed by some force and spread no further.
Just as he was about to clear the entrance.
Someone blocked it from outside, too tall for his face to be visible. All they could see was a palm like an elephant's ear slapping down viciously.
The Cloud Ink Sect disciple's head instantly twisted a full 360 degrees.
Amid cries of alarm from the female cultivators, he crashed to the ground.
A burly man whose muscles resembled armor poked his head inside.
His hair was tied into knots, his features rugged and sharply defined, and a necklace strung with the skulls of small animals hung around his neck.
His upper body was bare, his entire physique resembling an inverted triangular pyramid, covered in thick body hair.
Around his lower body was a short, tiger-skin-like skirt.
He crouched and squeezed into the cavern,