The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Zhouyang and the other three never expected that after they painstakingly broke the Tier Five Array guarding the valley basin, they would be ambushed by fellow human cultivators.
The timing of the ambushers was impeccable, striking just as they broke the array, when their guards were at their lowest.
This indicates that the attackers had long discovered their movements, lying in wait to strike and seize the spoils once the array was broken.
During the months of breaking the array, it wasn't that other barbaric beasts or demon beasts hadn't been attracted by the disturbances they caused.
However, whether barbaric beast or demon beast, they were eventually killed or driven off by them.
Afterwards, the surrounding barbaric beasts and demon beasts, having tasted their power, basically acknowledged their dominance over the area and no longer came to seek death.
