The barefoot cultivator realized that he must eliminate the Locust Thief Bees as quickly as possible. He could not allow them to gather and deplete his Corpse Qi, as he would not be able to withstand such a considerable loss.
He made an immediate decision to momentarily ignore Qi Tian's attacks to deal with the two groups of Locust Thief Bees that Qi Tian had released. Given his strength, he believed he could eliminate all of the Locust Thief Bees in mere seconds. He also reasoned that enduring Qi Tian's attacks in the meantime would not pose too great a challenge, since his own strength exceeded Qi Tian's, and he was a Corpse Cultivator, possessing not only protective Corpse Qi but also a powerful physique. Qi Tian would find it very difficult to break his defenses in such a short amount of time.