Ling Tian and the others harassed Chi Xue, while the other God Realm forces and many Rogue Cultivators attacked the rune formation. Naturally, they wanted to buy the Rune Cultivators time. After all, as more and more cultivators joined the attack, the rune formation was struggling to withstand it. Of course, this was also a way of earning the Rune Cultivators' gratitude—the first step toward building ties with them.
However, Ling Tian and the others' actions had undoubtedly convinced even more God Realm cultivators of the rumors Chi Xue's group had spread. Many cursed Ling Tian and his people for betraying their own race. After all, the Rune Cultivators were Outer Realm Cultivators, while they were all cultivators of the God Realm. This only united many God Realm cultivators against them, making Ling Tian and his people the target of public outrage. After Chi Xue's faction deliberately spread the story, the uproar only grew worse.
Ling Tian, however, didn't care. In his eyes, all cultivators were living beings, and all living beings were playthings of the Lord of the Universe. Holding on to racial prejudice at a time like this was far too narrow-minded.
Nor did he care that more and more people were targeting them. Even without this incident, Chi Xue's faction, the other God Realm forces, and the many Rogue Cultivators would have attacked them sooner or later. They had the Phoenix Soul Fruit and the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, coveted by countless cultivators. With that in mind, one more reason didn't matter.
Ling Tian and the others showed no mercy in response, striking with thunderous force against anyone who dared attack them. They even followed through on their earlier threat and took revenge on the cultivators who had once hunted Ling Tian, killing more than a dozen