Chi Xue really did know Ling Tian well. He knew Ling Tian wouldn't risk everything in a fight with them, which was why he had devised that strategy. Once they put their plan into action, they had managed to escape the pincer attack by the various God Realm factions and Ling Tian's group, leaving them behind. Now they no longer had to worry about being caught.
Of course, their success had cost Chi Xue's group plenty of men. Many of the God Devouring Bodies and Ancient Divine Beasts they had recruited had fallen. By now, they had lost more than half their God Devouring Bodies and nearly half their Ancient Divine Beasts. Their casualties were truly devastating.
Though they couldn't kill Chi Xue and the others outright, Ling Tian was quite satisfied. He knew they had suffered heavy losses this time and would no longer be able to besiege Lingxiao Pavilion's temporary base. Once they left the Beast Soul Realm, they wouldn't pose much of a threat to them either.
Watching Chi Xue's group leave, Fairy Sword Ji was a little displeased. "That's it? I barely even got to fight. Chi Xue's people are way too weak."
"It's not that they're weak. They never intended to get bogged down fighting us in the first place. If they'd fought us head-on, with so many people, they could easily have killed our hundred-odd thousand. After all, they still had several million cultivators backing them up," Wu Ling said, then changed tack. "Even if we chase now, we won't catch up. We'd only be wasting our time. And if the cultivators from the various God Realm factions stop pursuing them and we go after them alone, we could even be in danger."
Fairy Sword Ji didn't want to admit it, but she knew