If the alliance of several thousand or even tens of thousands of Quasi-Saint Ninth Order experts from those small and mid-sized forces attacked Fengyun Realm, Ling Tian and the others wouldn't be too concerned. With their current strength, they could easily cripple the alliance or even wipe it out entirely. They wouldn't even need to use their bases or temporary strongholds, let alone the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation. But once those forces made a move, other powers would likely join in—especially the top forces in the God Realm. At their current strength, Ling Tian and the others would face considerable trouble against them.
That was right. If the major powers attacked, then even with the bases and temporary strongholds Ling Tian and the others had set up, and the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, they probably wouldn't be able to hold out. At that point, they could only follow the plan they had discussed earlier: have Feng Lingzi and the Young Leader take the Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree away to lure the God Realm cultivators after them and buy time. Still, they didn't want to resort to that unless absolutely necessary. Feng Lingzi and the others would face some danger, and they might even have to abandon the Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree.
Thinking of this, Fairy Sword Ji and the others grew a little solemn. Mo Lei then asked, "If the other forces decide to attack, what should we do?"
"There's no helping it. If we weren't provoking them, that would be one thing. But they're the ones coming after us now, and we can't just let them bully us." Ling Tian's eyes glinted as he spoke. "If they're going to attack us, then we don't need to hold back. Senior Feng Xi and Elder Ling can