Ling Tian and the others found Chi Xue's group's stronghold. As clever as Chi Xue and the others were, they immediately understood Ling Tian's intentions. They also knew the danger they would face if they went after the Heavenly Slaves with Ling Tian harassing them. The biggest problem, though, was that they had no way to drive Ling Tian away. This left them furious, but there was nothing they could do about it.
At that moment, Fei Yi suddenly thought of another plan: go after the Ancient Divine Beasts. In his mind, if they could capture more Ancient Divine Beasts at the peak of the seventh Sacred Tribulation stage and thereby produce more experts at the eighth stage in their alliance, they would have a much easier time dealing with Ling Tian and the others.
"Ling Tian and the others are clever, too. If they see us going after the Ancient Divine Beasts, they'll surely find us and stop us," Fei Ling said gravely. "I hate to admit it, but capturing Ancient Divine Beasts at the peak of the seventh Sacred Tribulation stage won't be easy. We'd practically have to wound every Ancient Divine Beast, and that would take a long time. Ling Tian and the others would have more than enough time to stop us. Then we'd be right back where we started."
Before, Ling Tian and the others hadn't been able to do anything to Chi Xue's group, but Chi Xue's people hadn't been able to capture any Ancient Divine Beasts under their harassment, either. Although the archery skills of Chi Xue's cultivators had improved somewhat during the standoff, overall, Ling Tian's group had gained more. Most importantly, Chi Xue and the others knew that the longer this dragged on, the worse it would be for them.
"Then