Ling Tian had made his move not long after Chi Xue and the others withdrew. At that moment, the cultivators in Chi Xue's group who possessed farsight pupil arts saw Ling Tian kill the Saint Beetle Mother Gu. It was just as Chi Xue and the others had predicted. Even so, when they thought of how they could no longer use this batch of Saint Beetles to hone their archery, Po Family Seventeenth Brother and the others remained furious, though there was nothing they could do about it. They knew that even if they had stayed, they still couldn't have stopped Ling Tian from killing the Mother Gu. He had teleported directly to her side, and there was no way they could prevent that. After killing the Mother Gu, Ling Tian could also teleport away with ease.
"What's done is done. There's no point in dwelling on it anymore," Fei Ling said coolly, surveying the group. "Even if we had stayed, we still couldn't have stopped Ling Tian."
At her words, the others fell silent. They knew Fei Ling was right, and the realization left them feeling defeated. That feeling only made them angrier. Some were even ready to turn back and attack Ling Tian and his people to vent their rage, but they were held back. They knew that turning back would do nothing to Ling Tian and the others; it would only waste their time.
"Chi Xue, after killing this batch of Saint Beetles' Mother Gu, Ling Tian and the others should go after the other batch, right?" Shi Ying asked. Though her tone was questioning, she sounded quite certain. Her brows knitted slightly as she continued, "With Ling Tian's current strength, he definitely can't teleport to the second batch's Mother Gu and kill her. But they can