The Po Family Brothers or Chi Xue's people had sealed the surrounding space with powerful Forbidden Artifacts. After learning this, Ling Tian and the others grew grave. And once they found out how many experts the Po Family Brothers had brought, they grew even more worried. They knew they couldn't hold out for long against so many experts hunting them in this sealed space.
"Was it the Po Family Brothers or Chi Xue's people who sealed this place?" Little Devourer asked, with a hint of anticipation. "The Po Family Brothers and Chi Xue have a blood feud too. Do you think they might start fighting first, and then we..."
"If they were going to fight, they'd have done it already. Why wait until now?" Po Qiong said with a sigh. "As I said, things are complicated between the Po Family Brothers and Chi Xue. There are private grudges tangled up with the two factions' interests, so they'd have plenty of reservations about openly fighting. They can settle their personal scores later. But they think you have no backing, so they can bring their sects' power to bear. Besides, you captured their people, which gives them even more reason to come after you."
"Uh, that does seem to be the case," Little Devourer said, taken aback.
"I don't think they'll just refrain from fighting this time. They'll join forces for now, because you're their common enemy." Po Qiong's voice rang out again. "Once they've dealt with you, they'll have far fewer reservations. They can look for a chance to settle their personal grudges later."
"Exactly. They've almost certainly reached some kind of agreement and will join forces against us." Ling Tian nodded, then shook her head. "That's what worries me most. We're already under tremendous pressure facing either side alone, let