Long ago, Ling Tian and the others had figured out from the changes on the Nine-Colored Jade Slip that the Heaven, Earth, and Yellow realms' alliances had met without suffering any large-scale casualties. This meant the three alliances had most likely reached some kind of agreement, and there could be only one target at the heart of it: the North Profound Realm.
Ling Tian also knew there were no shortage of clever people in the other realms. They would surely realize that after completing the Lord of the Universe's mission to collect soul crystals, another task would follow—and that task would bring the realms into conflict. Thus, the three alliances would join forces to kill the Stone Person at the mid Saint Immortal level, completing the mission while confronting the North Profound Realm ahead of time and eliminating this grave threat.
But with the cultivators' current strength, the only way to deal with a mid Saint Immortal Stone Person was to rely on their numbers. Forcing a kill would bring heavy casualties. From this, Ling Tian and the others could infer a great deal.
"Yeah. Few cultivators from the various realms have died over the past thousand years. It looks like their agreement still stands," Ling Tian said, then gave a bitter laugh. "It seems he's deliberately targeting our North Profound Realm. Sigh, this is going to be troublesome."
"Come on, stop sighing, kid," Po Qiong said, then changed his tone. "Actually, the North Profound Realm still has plenty of advantages. There are three peerless experts like you, and Mo Yu and the others can just about measure up to that level too. Add the Arrow Formation, the grand formation, and your current advantage in movement techniques, and it's hard to say who would win in a real melee."
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