Po Family Seventeenth Brother and the others all agreed to form an alliance with the major factions of the God Realm. In their minds, joining forces with them would be enough to deal Ling Tian and his people a heavy blow, so they would never have to worry about them again. At this point, Chi Xue and the others still regarded Ling Tian's group as their greatest enemies—their mortal foes.
However, Chi Xue posed a counterquestion, and what he asked left everyone silent. None of them could be completely certain they would escape unscathed if Ling Tian's group targeted them. Even a few casualties were more than they wanted to suffer, even if it meant losing only experts nearing the Quasi-Sage level. And if a Quasi-Sage or a God Devouring Body were killed, their losses would be even greater.
"Ling Tian's group knows that we're the greatest threat to them, especially the God Devouring Bodies in our alliance, so they'll deliberately target us. With Feng Lingzi and the Qilin Leader's strength, they have a good chance of killing our God Devouring Bodies—especially if Ling Tian supports them with his Time Secret Technique." Seeing everyone fall silent, Chi Xue continued, looking around at them as he spoke. "Don't forget, you and I may have reached the ninth-rank peak, but we're still far behind Feng Lingzi and the others. We'd have to fuse with even more powerful Ancient Divine Beasts and break through to near-Quasi-Sage level to close the gap."
Without waiting for anyone to respond, he went on. "The people from the major factions' alliance may fight alongside us, but we have no real understanding with them. Our coordination is bound to have plenty of gaps. That would give Ling Tian's group even more chances to kill our people. The cultivators