After learning that Ling Tian had easily killed numerous experts who were close to the Saint level, along with several Saint-level experts, Po Family Seventeenth Brother and the others were dumbfounded. They concluded that Ling Tian could only have done this if he had gained power comparable to Venerable God Devourer. Venerable God Devourer had cultivated for countless years and had even used a Phoenix Soul Fruit to be reborn through nirvana; his strength was terrifying. Even if Chi Xue and the other God Devouring Bodies broke through to the Saint level, they might still be no match for him. That meant they had almost no chance of killing Ling Tian, which naturally left them stunned and then despairing.
Chi Xue, however, judged that Ling Tian couldn't possibly possess strength on par with Venerable God Devourer. He must have been able to do this only within a certain area after using the Pseudo Small World Secret Technique. A hint of this could be seen in the fact that after Ling Tian left a certain spot and pursued cultivators from the God Realm's major alliance, his eerily fast speed was no longer evident.
It made sense. In Chi Xue and the others' minds, Ling Tian had only just broken through to the level of being close to a Saint. There was no way his strength could match that of Venerable God Devourer, who had already reached the Saint level—especially since the latter had used a Phoenix Soul Fruit to be reborn through nirvana.
At this, the others nodded. They had realized it too. Po Family's Youngest Brother said, "That's right. Ling Tian must have used a secret technique similar to God-Devouring Demon Domain, and it should have a limited range. We can see as much from how his strength plummeted after