After learning that the Small World of the cultivators escorting the Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures concealed so many experts, especially one who was at the peak of the Twenty-sixth Heaven of Near-Saint, Chi Xue and the others felt immensely fortunate. After all, if the cultivators from Mist Hidden Sect had truly attacked, even if Ling Tian had used every trick at his disposal, he might not have escaped safely into the Sacred Ruins Abyss. And even if he had made it inside and used the traps he had set up in advance, he still might not have been able to shake off their pursuers.
"Mist Hidden Sect really did want to seize those Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures," Tu Ling said. As she spoke, she looked relieved too. After all, if they had won, there was a good chance Mist Hidden Sect would have attacked. And if they had, not a single member of the Demon Slayer Alliance would likely have survived.
That was true. The cultivators from Mist Hidden Sect might have had some reservations about attacking Ling Tian and the others, since doing so would have greatly damaged their reputation and credibility. But they would have had no such qualms about attacking the members of the Demon Slayer Alliance. Tu Tian and the others had broken the rules first. In particular, they had taken control of so many captured cultivators, which was a major taboo throughout the starfields. In that case, even if Mist Hidden Sect's cultivators attacked, no one could have accused them of acting improperly.
And once Mist Hidden Sect attacked, even if Tu Tian and the others managed to flee into the Sacred Ruins Abyss, they would have had little chance of escaping the pursuit. That would still have been true even with the World-Ending Thunder Dragon's help,