Noah didn't fear any of those enemies. His current battle prowess gave him enough confidence to fight all of them at the same time even!
He didn't know if he could defeat them, especially since they had powerful inscribed items. Still, he was confident that he could slow them down to buy some time for the Demons.
A faint smell reached Noah's nose and reminded him of the taste of Elder Marco's dantian. A smirk appeared on his face when he identified the origin of that smell. The auras of the two liquid stage cultivators carried that hateful scent everywhere they went.
Noah wouldn't have been able to sense it before the battle against Elder Marco. Yet, his body could now perceive the presence of the oily water after it had a taste of it.
After all, it was something that it hated, much like the Heaven Tribulations. Noah's body had developed natural awareness against it.