After they had agreed on when to strike, Gu Ao and the others asked why the Outer Realm Cultivators hadn't built a base after driving Chi Xue's group away. After all, they'd had the perfect opportunity back then.
"Could the Outer Realm Cultivators have worried that we'd join forces with Chi Xue's people and gather a force to retaliate, so they withdrew right away?" Xing Zhan said. But he quickly shook his head. "No, that doesn't make sense. The Outer Realm Cultivators have super-sized Universe Flying Saucers, and those saucers are incredibly powerful. Since they'd just revealed them for the first time, they must've thought we wouldn't come up with a countermeasure anytime soon. Wouldn't they have been better off staying to build a base?"
At that, everyone nodded. Tan Tai Chang Feng said, "Maybe they just wanted to test the power of those super-sized saucers. There are probably still some things they need to improve. You only learn the flaws by putting them to the test, and now they know what those flaws are. Fixing them must matter more to the Outer Realm Cultivators, so they didn't stay to build a base."
"That's possible, too," Ling Tian said, then changed tack. "But I think those super-sized Universe Flying Saucers probably used up too much energy, so they had to return and recharge."
The super-sized Universe Flying Saucers were enormous, with formidable defense and attack power. Such machines consumed a terrifying amount of energy. They must have used up a great deal during their battle with Chi Xue's people, so it wasn't impossible that they'd returned to base to recharge.
"That's possible. Those lumbering brutes must consume a lot of energy just to move," Si Kong Xuan said, then continued, "And we'll soon find out if that's the case. If