Ling Tian had finally broken through to the fourteenth heaven of the Near-Saint stage, much earlier than Chi Xue and the others had predicted. They knew what this meant: Ling Tian would have an easier time facing Venerable Sword Saint, and he posed a greater threat to the cultivators of the God Realm's major factions and to Chi Xue's people. This would further slow their efforts to destroy the Teleportation Formations, allowing Ling Tian to buy even more time. That made sense. Although Ling Tian's breakthrough to the fourteenth heaven of the Near-Saint stage posed no real threat to Venerable Sword Saint, he was a serious threat to Chi Xue's group and the cultivators of the God Realm's major factions. For instance, with Ling Tian launching occasional sneak attacks, the cultivators of the major factions had suffered more casualties and been forced to grow far more cautious, slowing their destruction of Ling Tian's Teleportation Formations to some extent.
Although Chi Xue's two forces had destroyed quite a few of Ling Tian's Teleportation Formations, they had only taken out about forty percent. Ling Tian still had many formations left, and he could use them to buy more time. The longer he could hold out, the stronger he would become—and the more easily he could face Venerable Sword Saint.
At the thought, Shi Lin and the others looked troubled. They even had a vague sense that, in the future, they would be completely powerless to deal with Ling Tian—perhaps forever.
"That's right. Ling Tian broke through to the fourteenth heaven of the Near-Saint stage much earlier than we expected, and his cultivation realm is already higher than ours. We may break through ourselves before long," Chi Xue said gravely. He saw the worry on everyone's faces, then smiled. "Still, we've had some