Faced with the threat of their pursuers, Ling Tian wasn't the least bit intimidated. He continued his assault, and that made the pursuers realize that there was no resolving things peacefully today. More importantly, they had already guessed that even if they burned their Origin Bloodline Power, they might still fail to break through the Buddha Kingdom World and Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation controlled by Ling Tian.
In truth, the pursuers knew that even if burning their Origin Bloodline Power let them break through the Buddha Kingdom World and Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, it would make no difference. They would still perish, and killing Ling Tian and the others would be meaningless. They might as well try to trigger the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation. That way, they would still have a sliver of a chance to escape the Lord of the Universe's control—especially if they could drag Ling Tian and the others into it. Ling Tian had even set up the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and the Buddha Kingdom World formation. The pursuers believed that once the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation was triggered, Ling Tian would have no choice but to compromise and agree to join forces with them to weather it. Then they could take shelter inside his formation.
It was precisely because they had seen how powerful Ling Tian's formation was that the pursuers' resolve to face the tribulation had hardened.
When Ling Tian saw that the pursuers were about to trigger the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation, he stopped attacking them. It wasn't that he couldn't attack; if anything, this was an even better chance to kill them. He stopped because he wanted to give them an opportunity and see if they could escape the Lord of the Universe's control, even though he knew the