Ling Tian was a clever man. Through the far-sight technique Tian Xin and the others had used, he had seen what was happening on the battlefield. It hadn't taken him long to figure out the tactics Chi Xue was using. When he saw Chi Xue and his people charging this way without hesitation, he knew it would be difficult to kill them all this time.
Ignoring the puzzled looks on Fairy Sword Ji and the others, Ling Tian muttered to himself, "It seems that while I understand Chi Xue, he understands me just as well. He knows I won't let everyone risk their lives, so he decisively chose this tactic. I have to admit, it's perfectly designed to counter us, because I'm not going to fight them head-on."
"Ling Tian, what's wrong with them charging at us?" Fairy Sword Ji asked, puzzled. "You said before that we didn't need to fight Chi Xue and his people head-on. We only had to keep them in check. They may have far more people than we do, but we can still hold them off. As long as we can delay them for a while..."
"The problem is that the cultivators from the major factions of the God Realm are being held back too." Fairy Meng Shang pointed toward the cultivators Chi Xue had sent to cover their retreat. "The God Devouring Treasure Bottle secret technique is astonishingly powerful when used by twenty or thirty God Devouring Bodies. That black hole spreads over a vast area and takes a long time to disappear. On top of that, the major factions have sent their elite experts to help. There's no way the people from those factions can catch up in a short time. During that time, Chi Xue and his people can force us back