After hearing Wu Ling and Ling Tian's words, Tan Tai Xiao Lin and the others figured that the various major factions besieging them would suffer heavy casualties and then withdraw. But if that happened, they wouldn't be able to draw the factions' attention away, and Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree would be in danger. That wasn't what they had wanted to see.
"Whether things will turn out that way remains to be seen. We can only take things one step at a time," the Young Leader said indifferently. Then he sneered. "In any case, by then they'll have suffered heavy casualties, so they'll pose much less of a threat to us. We can attack the major factions directly, especially after more people around us break through to Quasi-Saint Ninth Order Peak and join our hunting squad."
That made sense. The major factions would only give up besieging Ling Tian and the others after suffering heavy casualties. And once they had taken those losses, it would be much easier for Ling Tian and the others to deal with them. They might even be able to take the initiative and attack those powerful factions, just as the Young Leader had said. That wouldn't happen for a long time, though. By then, Fairy Sword Ji and the others would have grown stronger, and perhaps even broken through to Quasi-Saint Ninth Order Peak. At the very least, Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng and the old Thunder Beast would be able to join Ling Tian's elite squad. That would undoubtedly make the squad far stronger, to the point where it could threaten the major factions.
Chi Xue and the others' elite squad couldn't pose much of a threat to the major factions, but that didn't mean Ling Tian's squad couldn't—especially once Fairy Sword Ji and the others joined