According to the plan they had discussed earlier, Ling Tian and Xiao Shi left the Fengyun Realm aboard a super-large Teleportation Formation. Along the way, he put Xiao Shi into the Small World. Clearly, he wanted to test whether Venerable Sword Saint could still lock onto Xiao Shi after he had been placed inside.
Ling Tian soon confirmed that he could. Heavenly Chasm and Poqiong both sensed that Venerable Sword Saint had locked onto them. Clearly, even if they put Xiao Shi into the Small World and hid, Venerable Sword Saint would still find them. That meant this tactic was no longer viable; they could only use the secret Teleportation Formations they had set up earlier to buy time.
Though he had been somewhat prepared for this, Ling Tian was still disappointed. After all, in his mind, hiding directly would be safer, and their people would have the best chance to improve their strength. It made sense: if Venerable Sword Saint couldn't lock onto Ling Tian and the others, they could find a secluded place to hide, where he would never find them. Then they could wait until their strength had greatly improved before coming out to fight him, without having to worry about being relentlessly hunted.
Although Ling Tian and the others could use the secret Teleportation Formations they had set up to keep Venerable Sword Saint at bay, nobody knew whether they could escape his pursuit or how long they could delay him. In other words, this approach still carried considerable risk. Hiding would be much safer.
But things had already come to this, and there was no point dwelling on it. With a great enemy at their doorstep, Ling Tian did his best to steady himself. He prepared to keep Venerable Sword Saint at bay at a