Chi Xue and the others all knew that after this battle, they would never again be able to surround Lingxiao Pavilion's temporary stronghold—not for a long time, at least. That also meant they had no chance of obtaining the Phoenix Soul Fruits. In other words, this was their only opportunity to get the ripe fruits. Once they realized this, they decisively made their move. In an instant, tens of millions of cultivators clashed in a chaotic melee, a truly spectacular sight.
With so many people fighting at once, countless lives were lost. Even the God Devouring Bodies and the Ancient Divine Beasts who had received beast-soul inheritances couldn't be certain they would survive. The fact that several Ancient Divine Beasts and several God Devouring Bodies had fallen after just over ten breaths of fighting was proof enough.
Seeing so many people locked in combat, Fairy Sword Ji, Tan Tai Chang Feng, and the others could no longer sit still. They wanted to seize an opportunity to strike and kill as many people as possible, but Ling Tian stopped them.
There weren't many cultivators Ling Tian and the others had to worry about: only the Po Family Brothers, Chi Xue, and the God Devouring Bodies and Ancient Divine Beasts they had recruited. But most of them were now in the very center of the battlefield. Getting to them through countless cultivators was clearly unrealistic, and killing other cultivators wouldn't mean much to Ling Tian and the others. It would only earn them enemies, which was the last thing they wanted.
Even if they could reach the center of the battlefield, Ling Tian would never take anyone there. The center was extremely dangerous; even he wasn't completely confident he'd survive, let alone the others.
That was why Ling Tian stopped Tan Tai