Lin Ke raised an eyebrow at that.
Although Shi You's gourd held nothing but foul water,
his words were not without reason.
Most of the other sects' prodigies were still Golden Core Late Stage cultivators. Even among those who had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm and the few elders accompanying them, most were only at the early stage.
They had no power to resist this insect tide.
They were unlike the people of the Illusionless Gu Sect, who absorbed with one hand and fought with the other, suffering little damage from the insects' relentless waves of attacks.
But if theirs was the only group to leave the Myriad Insect Abyss,
wouldn't every dragon-blood demon beast in the Illusory Heart Forest set its sights on him?
At that thought, Lin Ke changed his mind.
He had originally intended to fight his way out of the encirclement with the Golden Wing Sect's teams and his senior sister.
If everyone else died here, it would save him the trouble of silencing them.
But now, he had to bring more people along.
He had already sent the Dream-Eating Gecko and all the Mystic Flame Horned Beetle Sovereigns to protect his senior sister in secret.
Now he only needed to retrieve the Insect Jade. He could then activate it to command the Bone-Eroding Insects and protect some of the cultivators.
With a plan in mind, Lin Ke took out the golden Storage Bag.
Then he flew into the air and raised his hand.
A pale blue formation stone appeared in his hand.
He poured Spirit Power into it, then tossed it into the midst of the human cultivators.
Boom, boom, boom...
A blue-green shield of light a hundred zhang in diameter emerged from the palm-sized formation stone.
Every Bone-Eroding Insect that charged at