That was right. For tens of thousands of years, Chi Xue and the others had been striving to hone their archery and movement techniques and raise their cultivation. For the sake of these goals, they had even refrained from fusing with more powerful Ancient Divine Beasts. Since they had already arranged for Chi Xue to persuade the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators to deal with Ling Tian and his companions and stop them from killing all the Saint Beetles, there was naturally no need to capture more powerful Ancient Divine Beasts. After all, fusing with powerful Ancient Divine Beasts would once again leave Chi Xue and the others facing stagnation in their cultivation—a prospect they surely did not want, and one that ran counter to what they had been doing all along.
"But Chi Xue and the others should know that even if they join forces with the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators, they may not be able to inflict any casualties on us. We can easily escape their encirclement; that's a fact beyond dispute." Tan Tai Chang Feng said this, then looked at Ling Tian. "In that case, it would be pointless for Chi Xue's people to fuse with even more powerful Ancient Divine Beasts. It would only hurt them, since they would have to face another period of stagnation in their cultivation."
The others soon understood why Tan Tai Chang Feng had looked at Ling Tian. After breaking through to the Quasi-Saint Seventh Order, Ling Tian had become even more skilled in the art of instantaneous movement and could teleport farther. So even if Chi Xue's people and the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators attacked them from both sides, they could easily teleport away.
If Ling Tian could lead everyone out of the encirclement formed by the Outer