The overall strength of Chi Xue and his elite squad was clearly greater than Ling Tian and the others', especially after they formed an Arrow Formation to attack. They were also quite clever, focusing their attacks on cultivators with higher cultivation realms than their own. After all, only by hunting cultivators whose cultivation realms were no lower than theirs could they meet the Lord of the Universe's requirements and earn various rewards. What was more, they needed to leave the lower-realm cultivators alive to deal with Ling Tian's side and the other factions. Once captured, those cultivators could be controlled and made to launch suicide attacks against the major factions and Ling Tian's group. If the number of captives reached a certain threshold, they could easily destroy Feng Xi's base and even the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation.
Of course, saying Chi Xue's elite squad was stronger was only true in relative terms. If they faced Ling Tian and the other eight, they would certainly lose, with little suspense. Chi Xue's group had been able to kill cultivators from that major faction so efficiently because the faction had almost no effective way to counter long-range, high-powered archery. Ling Tian and the others, however, had plenty of ways to do so: they could use the Teleportation Secret Technique to appear beside Chi Xue's group and disrupt their formation, or suppress them with powerful archery and break up their Arrow Formation.
That made sense. Ling Tian, Fairy Meng Shang, and the others were far more accomplished in archery than Chi Xue's group, especially Ling Tian. With powerful archery and the Time Secret Technique, he could easily suppress Chi Xue's group or even interrupt their techniques. Under those circumstances, Chi Xue's people were little better than targets.
Of course, Chi Xue and