Xue Fan was clever. From the changes in Hua Min'er and the others' expressions, he could deduce a great deal. But he knew Feng Lingzi hadn't concealed anything: as long as Feng Lingzi and the others didn't attack the Tribulation Cloud first, it wouldn't lock onto them. In that case, there was a very good chance Xue Fan and his companions would be the first to fall. Naturally, Feng Lingzi and the others wouldn't have to hand over the Phoenix Soul Fruit essence.
It made sense. Feng Lingzi and the others had set up a formation, one that could be called the most powerful formation in the God Realm: a fusion of the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and the Buddha Kingdom World formation. The formation was balanced between offense and defense, and, most importantly, Feng Lingzi and the others had far greater mastery of it than Xue Fan's group. That meant even if Xue Fan and his companions set up the same formation, they might not be able to hold out longer than Feng Lingzi's group—especially with the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation triggered.
More importantly, to surround Ling Tian and the others, Xue Fan's group would have to set up their formation around the formation Ling Tian's group had established. That meant the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation would attack the outer formation first. In that situation, Xue Fan's group would naturally be the first to buckle, and they would still be the first to fall.
In other words, Xue Fan's group could no longer use the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation to threaten Feng Lingzi and the others. The latter wouldn't simply give in, either. For a moment, Xue Fan and Xue Ye's expressions turned grave.
"Looks like you understand that with the formation's help, we'll be able to hold out longer