Like Ling Tian and the others, Chi Xue and his group had been greatly drained while overcoming their tribulation, and the lightning tribulation had left them badly injured. Their condition was even worse than Ling Tian and Little Swallow's. After all, their mastery of the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation Power was far inferior to Ling Tian's. It was no exaggeration to say that any cultivator at the tenth or higher level of the Quasi-Sage realm could kill them at that moment. To die that way would be unbearably humiliating.
Shi Ming and the others would rather die at the hands of a peerless expert like Ling Tian than capsize in a gutter, so they had no intention of leaving the area under the Lord of the Universe's control.
"Relax. We'll just recover here. Nothing will go wrong, because the Lord of the Universe will keep us safe." Chi Xue spoke with confidence. "Don't forget, we're the ones the Lord of the Universe sent out to help him complete his mission. If we leave the area he can control, he'll be powerless to interfere with our fate. But right now, we're still within his reach. It won't be so easy for us to die here, even if Ling Tian finds us."
"Exactly." Shi Ying picked up the thread. "If Ling Tian and the others killed us just like that, all the Lord of the Universe's efforts over the years would be cut in half, if not worse. That's the last thing he wants. More importantly, this place is still within his control, so he can easily stop Ling Tian and that Heaven-Devouring Wolf from attacking us."
"Besides, Ling Tian and the others might not be in much better shape than we are. With their strength as it is now, they may not