Although Ling Tian and the others had suddenly turned around and slain over a hundred of them, the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators still hadn't given up on capturing Ling Tian and his group. After all, this was their only way to obtain the Phoenix Soul Fruit that was about to ripen. So they kept up the pursuit, only to be met again and again by Ling Tian and the others' attacks. After several such encounters, the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators had lost several hundred, nearly a thousand, of their people—a devastating loss for their force.
Losing so many people enraged the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators at the Quasi-Saint Eighth Order, but they also feared that Feng Ying and Feng Lingzi would retaliate by hunting down their people, so they didn't dare act rashly.
At last, the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators realized that if things continued this way, they would never capture Ling Tian and the others. Their casualties would only grow, and they might even all be killed. Once they understood this, they had no choice but to give up—or, more precisely, the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators at the Quasi-Saint Eighth and Ninth Orders finally agreed to stop sending their people after Ling Tian and the others.
Next, the Outer Realm Demon Race withdrew in full and began diligently cultivating the Arrow Embryo and various powerful arrow techniques. This meant they had completely abandoned their chance to obtain the Phoenix Soul Fruit that was about to ripen. They were deeply reluctant to do so, but they had no choice. They could only wait until they had mastered the powerful arrow techniques before making another move against Ling Tian and the others—but that would likely be tens of thousands of years from now.
Seeing that the