His Divine Thought spread out like silken threads, blanketing the area for a li in every direction. Like a spiderweb, it seeped into every inch of the earth.
The Fire Ape Spirit Fiends came from deep within the earth and could travel freely underground. This meant their surprise attacks, bursting from the ground, were impossible to defend against.
An ordinary Cultivator's Divine Sense could only spread through the open air. Even for an expert like Hou Han, an Innate Second Realm Perfect Realm master, his Divine Sense could only penetrate half a meter into the ground.
That was why he was completely unable to detect the Fire Ape Spirit Fiends hiding deeper underground, which was precisely how the previous three adventurers had died.
As their captain, Hou Han blamed himself deeply, feeling it was his responsibility.
