Ling Tian's friends knew that it would be dangerous for him to leave the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and face Venerable Sword Saint directly. Still, they also knew it was something he had to do. If Ling Tian couldn't withstand Venerable Sword Saint's pursuit in the Northern Region of the God Realm, then he would fare even worse elsewhere. In the end, they would still be killed; they would only manage to cling to life a little longer.
Besides, as Tantai had said, facing Venerable Sword Saint sooner would at least let Ling Tian familiarize himself with the man's strength and make it easier to deal with him later. After all, once they left the Northern Region of the God Realm, facing Venerable Sword Saint's pursuit would be extremely dangerous. Venerable Sword Saint alone would have a hard time driving them out of the Northern Region, but Chi Xue's people would also join in. With Venerable Sword Saint constantly on their heels, it would be easy for them to destroy most of the secret Teleportation Formations Ling Tian's group had set up in the Northern Region, forcing them to leave.
In that case, it was all the more necessary for Ling Tian to get used to Venerable Sword Saint's strength in advance.
Everyone still had some confidence in Ling Tian's strength. More importantly, the Northern Region of the God Realm was their territory, and Ling Tian was safest there. So they all breathed a little easier. Thinking of something, Hua Min'er murmured, "I hope Venerable Sword Saint won't be too strong after fusing his nine golden cores. That way, Brother Tian will be safer."
At that, everyone nodded. Yao Yu added, "Exactly. If Venerable Sword Saint isn't too strong after fusing his nine golden cores—if he's only a