Though Ling Tian and the others had demonstrated their strength in ranged attacks and focused melee assaults—and either could pose a grave threat to Venerable God Devourer, even enough to kill him—he wasn't overly concerned. Their ranged attacks couldn't do a thing to him. With his strength, dodging their energy arrows would be easy. The arrow techniques were powerful, but Ling Tian and the others needed to put considerable distance between themselves and Venerable God Devourer to use them. That gave him ample time to react and evade.
As for their melee attacks, if Venerable God Devourer took a focused assault head-on, he would undoubtedly be wounded or even killed. But he wasn't foolish enough to face the combined attacks of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of people. He was confident he wouldn't give Ling Tian and the others that chance. He could teleport to Ling Tian and kill him in short order, leaving Feng Lingzi and the others no opportunity to concentrate their attacks on him.
Ling Tian knew that merely showing off their strength wasn't enough to convince Venerable God Devourer. To win him over, Ling Tian had to prove he could survive Venerable God Devourer's attacks. To avoid being hounded or ambushed by him in the future, Ling Tian planned to spar with him and demonstrate that he had powerful means of protecting himself. He only needed to last ten breaths, and he could bring along a few helpers. After all, if Venerable God Devourer really tried to attack Ling Tian, the people around him would help. It was no exaggeration to say that Ling Tian could use every means at his disposal—and have every cultivator there fight Venerable God Devourer.
With that in mind, Venerable God Devourer had no objections. More importantly, he was confident he could kill