Those people from the Thorn Alliance had learned from the Spiritual Treasure Purple Rat that Ling Tian and Fairy Meng Shang possessed leaves from the Enlightenment Sacred Tree. They had tracked the pair all the way here. Seeing Ling Tian endlessly "protesting his innocence," they had grown impatient and wanted to finish him off as soon as possible.
It made sense. The Thorn Alliance had the Spiritual Treasure Purple Rat with them. After dealing with Ling Tian and the others, they could return to the entrance of the You Hun Realm and continue watching those who came out. If any lone cultivators or cultivators planning to keep the Enlightenment Sacred Tree leaves for themselves appeared, they could seize the leaves back.
"Hey, hey, wait! Aren't you afraid the Myriad Manifestation Gate will come after you?" Ling Tian put on a deliberately panicked expression. In the eyes of the Thorn Alliance, however, he looked utterly terrified.
"Ling Tian, you can stop acting. Our corpse ghosts haven't gone very far yet, but the battle will last a while. By then, they'll have reached a safe distance." Fairy Meng Shang sent him a voice transmission with her divine sense. "And the Thorn Alliance members are already close. A few of them have even slipped into the void and are preparing to use assassination techniques."
"Meng Shang, let's use our fused Phenomenal Domain together. We'll do our best to keep them from escaping," Ling Tian said. As he spoke, a faint golden glow shone in his left eye. Clearly, he had already activated the Void Breaking Buddha Eye.
As soon as he activated the Void Breaking Buddha Eye, three Thorn Alliance members launched their assassination techniques. Two went for him, while the other targeted Fairy Meng Shang. The rest slowly closed in, ready to