Although they had already known that the Sacred Ruins Abyss was perilous, when they arrived and discovered that there were no Outer Realm cultivators around, they realized its dangers likely exceeded their expectations. At the thought, some began to have second thoughts.
That was only natural. Chi Xue, Ling Tian, and the others were merely cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint, while even Outer Realm cultivators at the Twenty-fourth or Twenty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint, or higher, dared not enter recklessly. Even with advantages the Outer Realm cultivators lacked, there was no guarantee they would be safe in the Sacred Ruins Abyss. Given all that, it was only understandable that they might want to turn back.
Chi Xue was still determined to enter the Sacred Ruins Abyss. It was not just because there were no Outer Realm cultivators to disturb them, allowing them to cultivate in peace and grow stronger, or because even if the people from the Dark Pavilion and Mist Hidden Sect betrayed them, they would pose little danger. More importantly, he believed the Abyss was an unknown place precisely because it was so dangerous. Perhaps it held a Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure they needed. If so, they would no longer have to deal with the Demon Slayer Alliance and seize the treasures from them.
That made sense. Even if the Demon Slayer Alliance might fall apart after all the trouble it had faced, the two Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures Ling Tian and the others needed would surely end up in the hands of powerful sects. Those sects had cultivators at the Twenty-fourth Heaven of Near-Saint standing guard. With Ling Tian and the others' strength, they might not get a chance to seize the treasures from them for a long time.
Ling Tian and the others already possessed many Saint-grade