After giving Zhuge Xun and the others a few more instructions, Ling Tian sent them off through the Teleportation Formation. For the moment, only Fairy Meng Shang and the others remained. Seeing Old Man Ling and the rest withdraw, they all breathed a long sigh of relief. They didn't leave right away, though. Instead, they recovered while keeping an eye on the people from the Heaven, Earth, and Yellow Alliances.
Seeing that most of the people from the Northern Profound and Profound Realms had left, with only Ling Tian and the others behind, Si Kong Xuan and the rest quickly understood what they were planning. Their brows drew tightly together.
"Looks like Ling Tian and his people really are going to assassinate us," Tan Tai Chang Feng murmured, his face full of helplessness. "There are more than ten of them, every one a top-notch elite. Especially Ling Tian, with his Purgatory Body and that Heavenly Absolute Body, plus two Thunder Beasts at the Great Perfection of the Sage Immortal level. Sigh, we're in for a rough time from now on."
Since they were about to begin their assassination operation, they couldn't let Tian Lu and the others appear before the enemy. So Ling Tian had told them to follow Old Man Ling for now and return when an opportunity arose. That would also serve to mislead the enemy, which was why Tan Tai Chang Feng hadn't seen them.
Wen Yan and the others looked grim. They prided themselves on having reached formidable levels of attack and defense after mastering the secret arts of the Heaven Qian Spear and Earth Kun Shield. But they couldn't keep their energy shields up day and night. A moment's carelessness could leave them vulnerable to assassination. Besides, they had all witnessed Ling Tian and the