As Ling Tian had said, the cultivators who had rushed toward the center of the Extreme Ice Plains—more accurately, toward Ling Tian—did not continue advancing. Instead, they retreated and joined up with the cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint. Clearly, every cultivator who entered the Extreme Ice Plains from now on would do the same, forming a vast encirclement. The purpose was naturally to prevent Ling Tian from finding a chance to slip out of the Extreme Ice Plains.
It made sense. The Outer Realm Cultivators pursuing Ling Tian had lost track of him, so they had immediately informed their sect elders. Of course, they had also told them about Ling Tian's various methods. The Outer Realm Cultivators quickly came to a decision: if they continued pursuing Ling Tian independently, he might find an opening and escape the Extreme Ice Plains. And once he got out, tracking him down again would undoubtedly be difficult.
If Ling Tian escaped the Extreme Ice Plains, it would be a tremendous disgrace for those cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint. What was more, they would miss out on so many Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, and that was the last thing they wanted.
It had to be said that these people were all crafty old schemers. They had immediately thought of a countermeasure and decided to join forces. Then, at once, they ordered their disciples and every Outer Realm Cultivator inside the Extreme Ice Plains to join them and form a vast encirclement.
As Ling Tian and the others had said, there were countless Outer Realm Cultivators in the Extreme Ice Plains, numbering in the tens of millions. Gathering so many cultivators together, then combining their efforts with Alert Formations, restrictions, and multiple Teleportation Formations, would undoubtedly give them the best chance of intercepting