Po Di and the others had gone to Hua Min'er's aid for more than just the chance to earn Ling Tian's favor and pave the way for working together in the future. Most importantly, they wanted to test their skill at merging the Buddha Kingdom World with the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, then improve the fusion based on what they learned. That would give them a better chance of breaking free from the universe's shackles. That was why Po Di had deliberately provoked Hua Min'er's pursuers, pushing them toward the brink of burning their Origin Bloodline Power.
Sure enough, Po Di's words enraged the cultivators. They didn't burn their Origin Bloodline Power right away, but they were likely teetering on the edge of doing so—in other words, on the verge of going to extremes.
"Who's going to be sorry for whom is anyone's guess!" their leader said coldly. "Our cultivation may be inferior to yours, but if we fight to the death, you might not survive. We can't get the Phoenix Soul Fruit or the Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree, so we won't live much longer anyway. We don't much care whether we die now or later. But you should care, shouldn't you? Your bloodline condition is still quite good, and you have a long road ahead of you."
Clearly, the man was threatening Po Di and the others. He wasn't willing to burn his Origin Bloodline Power unless he had no other choice.
"Exactly. There's no need to risk your lives for someone unrelated to you, especially when she's your enemy." The second-in-command among Hua Min'er's pursuers picked up where the leader left off. "As I recall, you all have Phoenix Soul Fruits, and you even have a Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree. You're hardly short of Phoenix Soul