Venerable Sword Saint's aura kept surging, leaving everyone shocked and unable to believe it. But they quickly figured out why: the one who had appeared earlier was only one of Venerable Sword Saint's clones. It was perfectly normal for his strength to surge after that clone merged with the others.
What reassured them a little was that Venerable Sword Saint's aura soon stopped surging. More importantly, although Shi Tian sensed that Venerable Sword Saint was now very powerful—far stronger than before—he still hadn't reached the point of being impossible to resist. Shi Tian was even confident that, if they joined forces and drew on the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, they had a good chance of holding him off.
Shi Tian wasn't the only one who felt that way. Ling Tian, Feng Lingzi, and the others felt the same, and the worried expressions they had worn eased a little.
"Mm, that's right. Venerable Sword Saint is considerably stronger than before, but he hasn't reached the point where he can easily kill us," the Young Leader said gravely, glancing around as he spoke. "In a moment, Ling Tian will merge the pseudo-Small World with the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, while Wu Ling and the other God Devouring Bodies join forces to cast the God-Devouring Demon Domain and suppress him. That gives us a chance to stand against him. As long as we can hold him off, we'll have a chance to drive him back, or even severely wound or kill him. Then none of our problems will be problems anymore."
"Mm, agreed." Ling Tian nodded, his expression growing more serious. "If we really can't hold him back, we can still abandon the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation later. But before we do, we should probe what secret