Ling Tian and the others had launched several successive sneak attacks, killing nearly all the experts of that faction. That faction had become an easy target, and the neighboring faction naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity. After Ling Tian and the others had gone far away, they decisively attacked and wiped out the faction, obtaining many leaves from the Enlightenment Sacred Tree, Ginseng Fruits, and even Black Tortoise Fruits. They were overjoyed.
However, even as an easy target, the faction had inflicted considerable casualties on its opponent while fighting desperately. Many cultivators had launched suicide attacks, causing the other faction to lose quite a few experts. Some experts close to the Near-Sage level had even been gravely wounded, temporarily weakening the faction as a whole. It, too, became an easy target in the eyes of the other factions. In particular, once word spread that it had obtained Black Tortoise Fruits, many factions moved against it.
It made sense. After that faction obtained Black Tortoise Fruits, the others realized that attacking rival factions was the most efficient way to hunt targets and meet the Lord of the Universe's requirements, thereby obtaining Black Tortoise Fruits and even Phoenix Soul Fruits. Those fruits from the latter two Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures were extremely tempting to God Realm cultivators. To get them, the factions were willing to attack even other major powers—especially when their targets had already been weakened by previous battles.
As the saying went, even a major faction whose strength had been greatly reduced was still powerful overall, particularly when fighting for its life. Even if the major powers attacking it managed to defeat it, they would suffer heavy casualties. That, in turn, made them targets for other major powers, creating a vicious cycle. The great factions of the God Realm slaughtered one