With his Mental Power, Lin Ke detected the man's whereabouts almost instantly.
But the other party had probably taken a Breath-Concealing Pill. Although he had been discovered, his cultivation still remained concealed.
Lin Ke had no desire to rashly attack and expose his strength.
He merely reined in his insect formation slightly, secretly shifting its configuration and suppressing a little of its world-destroying power capable of killing Nascent Soul Cultivators.
His greatest trump card at present was the insect formation's complete form. Without the Mystic Flame Horned Beetle Sovereign's fire, it was only at roughly the third level of a divine ability.
To outsiders, it looked like nothing more than spell arts capable of contending with a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator.
But once he added the Mystic Flame Horned Beetle Sovereign's fire formation and combined it with a defensive shell network of Amethyst Longhorn Beetles, it could reach roughly the fifth level of a divine ability.
That was enough to trade blows with a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.
If he replaced a few formation eyes and combined it with the World-Altering Method, he could fight even a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, and would have some confidence in escaping.
But...
If his opponent was a Fusion Stage cultivator, his only option might be to flee immediately.
Fortunately, that cultivator did not remain hidden for long.
Just as Lin Ke flew toward the next stretch of dense forest, dozens of streams of poison shot down from the surrounding tree trunks.
The thick, densely packed poison rained down on Lin Ke like a torrential downpour.
In that hurried instant.
He activated the World-Altering Method, condensing thick layers of ice crystals around himself and letting most of the poison dissolve across the ice.
As steam rose, the poison rapidly evaporated and