Simply put, Sacred Rakshasa could only defeat one portion of the Nine Saints before it stood a chance of defeating another. If it could not even defeat one portion, then there was no need to speak of all of them. Dealing with them in batches could raise Sacred Rakshasa's chances of success and better ensure its safety.
It was a very simple principle. Once spoken aloud, it sounded simple, but not everyone could put it into practice. That was the gap between people.
Yun Ji finally understood why he had gone to such lengths to draw away a portion of the Nine Saints. She also felt even more deeply the gap between herself and him. That was one of the reasons she—or rather, a whole group of people—had been willing to follow Niu Youdao.
Sending that glutton Silver Child to clash head-on with the Nine Saints, Niu Youdao knew full well that this time, if things went badly, Silver Child might be sent to her death.
The reason he had dared to use Silver Child as a trial was because of something Yinji, the old Fox Clan chieftain, had once said: if Sacred Rakshasa still existed, how could the Nine Saints have risen so easily? This showed that Yinji acknowledged Silver Child's strength. Yun Ji had also fought Silver Child and considered herself utterly no match for her.
But what Yinji had said was that the Silver Child of those days could restrain the rise of the Nine Saints. Now, Silver Child had been sealed away for several hundred years, while the Nine Saints' current strength had reached a level beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
The danger Silver Child might face was immense. It weighed heavily on him, and it was not what he wished for.
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