They had thought that by using the Nine-layered Sword Strike, they could wear Ling Tian and the others down completely and then destroy the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation. After that, capturing Ling Tian or killing Feng Lingzi and the others for offending him would have been much easier. But even after a long time, Ling Tian and the others were still handling the attacks with ease. Venerable Sword Saint realized that wearing them down was all but impossible.
Venerable Sword Saint was a clever man, too. He soon understood why he couldn't win a battle of attrition against Ling Tian and the others. They had the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and several Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures lending them power. More importantly, Ling Tian and the others had complete golden cores, while Venerable Sword Saint had only four. Under these circumstances, a battle of attrition favored Ling Tian's side.
That was only one reason. Venerable Sword Saint was also the one attacking, and the attacking side inevitably expended more energy. Ling Tian and the others only needed to weaken his attacks slightly—or even just consume the Space Law Power contained in his Sword Qi. Their expenditure would naturally be much lower than his. That was why they could hold out longer than Venerable Sword Saint.
Realizing he couldn't outlast Ling Tian, Venerable Sword Saint grew furious. He didn't want to fail again, so he suddenly charged into the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and launched a sneak attack on Ling Tian. At the same time, he used Lotus Sword Qi to hold Feng Lingzi and the others back. He wanted to capture Ling Tian in one decisive move, which would solve all his problems. Even killing just one of the people around Ling Tian would do. To