It made sense. Even if Ling Tian and the others were much stronger than Chi Xue and his group, killing them wouldn't be easy. Chi Xue and the others wouldn't even face them head-on; they would flee as soon as Ling Tian and his group arrived. With the God Devouring Body's incredible ability to escape, it was practically impossible for Ling Tian and the others to inflict casualties on them. Doing so would only waste time. They might as well use that time to focus on improving their strength.
As they had said before, Ling Tian and the others' top priority was to improve their strength. Only with enough strength could they more easily drive back Venerable Sword Saint when the time came and preserve the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation.
"Exactly. Venerable Sword Saint's strength will increase substantially after he fuses with more golden cores. Even if we cultivate with all our might to improve our strength, we still can't be certain we'll be able to fight him. There's even less reason to waste time dealing with Chi Xue and the cultivators from the alliances of the God Realm's major forces," Su Ying said. As she spoke, she looked toward Fairy Lei Ying and the others. "After all, we can't improve our strength while fighting, and we don't know when Venerable Sword Saint will attack us again. We don't have much time to waste."
Before Fairy Sword Ji and the others could speak, she continued, "Even if Big Brother Yuan can improve his strength while fighting, it still won't be as fast as cultivating wholeheartedly. So it's best that we don't go after Chi Xue and the others, but focus all our efforts on improving our strength."
"But what if Venerable Sword Saint joins forces with Chi Xue