The Phoenix Soul Fruit was traveling alongside Elder Heaven-Devouring Wolf. Unless something unexpected happened, the major powers of the God Realm would intercept them and try to capture the Phoenix Soul Fruit. With Elder Heaven-Devouring Wolf's strength, it would be easy for him to cripple those who tried to stop them. He might even inflict devastating casualties on the major powers of the God Realm. By the time Little Devouring underwent the Beast Soul inheritance, the forces surrounding Ling Tian and the others would be greatly diminished.
At the thought, Chi Xue and the others looked grim, but there was nothing they could do. Even if they warned everyone that this operation was dangerous, no one was likely to listen. Some might even suspect they wanted to keep the Phoenix Soul Fruit for themselves.
"Yeah. Fortunately, no one from our Mo Family is taking action..." the Jade Devouring Sky Python said. But before it could finish, the next piece of news made its words come back to bite it: two or three factions within the Mo Family had taken their people and set out, heading straight for Elder Heaven-Devouring Wolf.
When he heard the news, Chi Xue's face darkened. After a long silence, he finally spat out, "A bunch of idiots who are tired of living and running off to die. Let them die, then."
"Chi Xue, don't bother with them. They weren't part of our faction to begin with. If they die, they die. That'll save us the trouble of cleaning house later," the Jade Devouring Sky Python consoled him, then changed tack. "Besides, only a fifth of our people disobeyed orders and went. That's not too many."
Before Chi Xue could reply, it continued, "And we never planned to join the assault on Ling Tian and the others