"Heh heh, when did you notice my presence?"
A chilly voice came from the darkness.
The countless God Devouring Ants that had enveloped the golden empress ant quietly withdrew, revealing the fully golden God Devouring empress ant whose six eyes of varied colors were fixed tightly on Xiao Yi, flashing with greed and a bloodthirsty gleam.
Behind the empress ant, in the darkness, a mass of dark liquid was slowly writhing.
It settled upon the head of the empress ant.
The dark liquid moved stealthily, continuously elongating its form until it finally transformed into a gaunt figure enshrouded in a black cloak.
He stretched out his palm towards the void and a black dragon-head cane shot forth, landing in his palm. It was the same dragon-head cane that Lin Xu had used before, but this cane, in the hands of this mysterious person, seemed to match his temperament even more.
Unlike in Lin Xu's hands, which gave off an extremely discordant and strange sensation.
It seemed...