Just as Ling Tian and the others had expected, after seeing that Ling Tian could teleport directly into their bases, Chi Xue and the others realized that using the bases to fend off the attacks from the Beast Taming Cultivators and Ling Tian's side was pointless. It would only cause more casualties among their remaining cultivators, which was the last thing they wanted. So, after taking all the Technology Cultivators and their disciples into their Small Worlds, they abandoned the bases. Before leaving, of course, they made sure to retrieve or destroy everything inside. They could reuse facilities like the super cannons later, while destroying mobile fortresses and the like ensured they wouldn't fall into Ling Tian's hands. After all, once modified, these bases could become temporary strongholds for Ling Tian's side.
In fact, even if Ling Tian hadn't mastered the teleportation secret art, Chi Xue and the others wouldn't have dared to stay in the bases. They now had only a few hundred people left, and many of them had ulterior motives. Expecting those cultivators to hold off the combined attacks from Ling Tian's side and the Beast Taming Cultivators was pure fantasy. The wisest course was to find a hidden place to lie low, then emerge once they were strong enough to withstand both their enemies.
Chi Xue and the others abandoning the bases outright was good news for Ling Tian and his companions. It made destroying them much easier. They could now split into more than ten groups, and Ling Tian, Fairy Meng Shang, and the others could even go separately. That would make it simple to destroy or convert all the several hundred bases into temporary strongholds.
Of course, Ling Tian and the Beast Taming Cultivators had already reached an agreement: the latter would remain in