Ling Tian was a clever man. He instantly understood why Chi Xue, Venerable Sword Saint, and the others had retreated instead of coming after him. He wasn't particularly disappointed.
"Hey, good thing you'd thought of this long ago, kid, and had your people set up some Teleportation Formations in the southern region of the God Realm and its other regions ahead of time," Po Qiong said. "Your people even set up Teleportation Formations when you sent those cultivators out to lie low ages ago. There aren't as many there as in the northern region of the God Realm—not even as many as in the eastern region—but a few are enough. With your current strength, you can hold out against Venerable Sword Saint for a long time even without using a Teleportation Formation. That'll be plenty of time to reach somewhere with one of your formations."
"Besides, before, you had to leave corpse ghosts behind in advance to shake Venerable Sword Saint off and then escape through a Teleportation Formation. But now, your mastery of the Phantom Clone secret art is much greater. You can use it to get away from him—or at least buy some time. That'll be enough to reach a place with one of your Teleportation Formations and escape through it. That means you can keep playing cat and mouse with Venerable Sword Saint," Po Qiong added. "And while you're keeping him occupied, your people can set up even more Teleportation Formations. Then you'll have even less to worry about when facing him."
Hearing this, a smile tugged at Ling Tian's lips, but he said nothing. He immediately set off at top speed to pursue Ling Tian.
Feng Lingzi and the others had also sensed Venerable Sword Saint and his companions retreating. They didn't sit idle, either. While