Chi Xue and the others had carried out their operation flawlessly. They had easily captured more than eighty percent of Dragon Spirit Gate's experts, including cultivators at the late and peak stages of the Near-Saint Twentieth Heaven. They were a formidable force, and with them under their control, Chi Xue and the others were confident they could deal with the rest of Dragon Spirit Gate, including its Near-Saint Twenty-first Heaven cultivator.
In truth, if Chi Xue and the others joined forces to deal with that one Near-Saint Twenty-first Heaven cultivator, they would have little trouble. The problem was that Dragon Spirit Gate had many other experts at the late and peak stages of the Near-Saint Twentieth Heaven. If they joined the fight, the pressure on Chi Xue and the others would increase tremendously, and they would hardly be certain of winning in the end.
But now the situation was different. Not only did they no longer need to worry about facing so many of Dragon Spirit Gate's experts, they had captured those experts and could put them to work for them. With one side weakened and the other strengthened, they were now brimming with confidence that they could capture the Near-Saint Twenty-first Heaven expert and seize the Peach God Tree.
Of course, their next step was to place soul restrictions on the captured Dragon Spirit Gate cultivators. They didn't know how to break these restrictions, but casting them to control the cultivators was easy enough. They knew the Lord of the Universe had mastered this technique, which only made them more confident. In fact, Shi Meng and the others hoped that someone from Dragon Spirit Gate might be able to break the soul restriction. If so, their greatest worry would no longer be a problem.
Shi Meng and the others