After learning that Lei Zhan and the others had killed a mid-stage Saint Immortal Stone Person, most of the people from Beixuan were shocked. But after hearing Ling Tian's explanation, they felt a little relieved. Of course, they weren't completely at ease. After all, once a faction completed the mission to collect soul crystals, they wouldn't have much time left.
Knowing why everyone felt this way, Ling Tian chuckled. "What are you worried about? We still have a 1,500-year buffer. That's already much longer than we expected."
"Mm, that's true." Old Man Ling nodded, then murmured to himself, "With over a thousand years and the advantage of the secret realm, many of us can reach the mid or even late stage of the Immortal of the Firmament level. We'll still have a huge advantage."
After all these years of cultivation, Ling Tian, Su Ying, and the others were on the verge of breaking through to the mid-stage Immortal of the Firmament level. Give them another thousand years or so, and they'd have a very good chance of reaching the late stage. Fairy Meng Shang might even make it to the great circle of the Immortal of the Firmament level. With such a cultivation level, she would surely surpass Lei Zhan and the others, and withdrawing safely with her advantage would be easy.
"We already have a huge advantage." Mo Yu looked around. "Of the thousand people, nearly four hundred have reached the Immortal of the Firmament level. That number is probably greater than the combined total of the three alliances. With our advantage in cultivation, we'd have a good chance even in a head-on fight—though we won't be fighting them head-on anyway."
Over the years, they had witnessed too many miracles from Ling Tian, so they no longer worried.
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