Although they had already sensed that experts were approaching and could guess they were from Fengyun Pavilion, Fairy Huan Ling and the others didn't pay much attention. In their eyes, their target was merely an ordinary Rogue Cultivator. Even if they killed him, Fengyun Pavilion wouldn't make a big deal of it. So they all attacked Ling Tian.
Fairy Huan Ling and the others didn't know that Fairy Meng Shang was already a cultivator of Fengyun Pavilion, and that she held an extremely senior position there. Ling Tian, too, was an important target they hoped to recruit. By attacking Ling Tian and Fairy Meng Shang, they were effectively turning against Fengyun Pavilion completely.
If Fairy Meng Shang were killed, Fengyun Pavilion's famously protective nature meant they would certainly not let the matter rest. They would then unleash a frenzied reprisal.
It was precisely because Chi Xue had figured this out that he decisively ordered the Mo Family cultivators surrounding Ling Tian to withdraw.
Of course, Fairy Huan Ling and the others didn't know any of this. Otherwise, they wouldn't have attacked Ling Tian.
But it didn't take long for Fairy Huan Ling and the others to grow frustrated. Dozens, even hundreds, of experts had surrounded Ling Tian, yet they couldn't do a thing to him for the time being. He was clearly exhausted and in such a sorry state, but they simply couldn't kill him, let alone capture him.
As time passed, Fairy Huan Ling and the others grew increasingly anxious. They weren't entirely confident Fengyun Pavilion wouldn't make a big deal of their attack on Ling Tian, but if Fengyun Pavilion's experts arrived and intervened, they'd never get another chance to deal with him—and they'd have no hope of obtaining what they wanted.
Thinking this, Fairy Huan Ling and