Ling Tian was incredibly clever. From the rumors spreading around, he knew they had been put out by Chi Xue's people. He immediately realized what would happen once the rumors spread. Thinking of how the major forces and countless Rogue Cultivators in the God Realm would attack the Rune Cultivators, his expression grew grave, and he began to worry.
It made sense. If the major forces and countless Rogue Cultivators in the God Realm attacked the Rune Cultivators, then even fighting separately, they could break through the rune formation and slaughter most of the Rune Cultivators. After all, their side had far more Quasi-Sage experts—many more than Chi Xue and his people had.
With so many Quasi-Sage experts, even fighting separately, they could break through the rune formation and deal the Rune Cultivators a crushing blow. Then Chi Xue and his people could seize the opportunity to strike, capturing a large number of Rune Cultivators without suffering heavy losses.
Since Fairy Sword Ji and the others hadn't arrived, Ling Tian alone couldn't stop Chi Xue and his people.
That was exactly why Ling Tian was so worried.
"Ling Tian, the major forces and all those Rogue Cultivators in the God Realm aren't fools. Besides, they've suffered so many losses over the years. They should have gotten a little smarter by now. Maybe they won't rashly attack the Rune Cultivators," Poxiong said, though he sounded less than confident.
"Chi Xue has more than just this one way to lure them in. He's bound to have other tricks, and those tricks will surely provoke the major forces and Rogue Cultivators in the God Realm into attacking the Rune Cultivators." Ling Tian spoke gravely. Sensing Poxiong's doubt, he continued, "For instance, Chi Xue and his people might put on a show of attacking