Though Ling Tian and the others had killed many Outer Realm Cultivators with their practiced archery and increasingly seamless teamwork, the cultivators before them still numbered in the tens of thousands. Once word spread that they had appeared here, large numbers of Outer Realm Cultivators had surged toward them. Among them were even cultivators at the Twenty-seventh Heaven of Near-Saint and the Twenty-eighth Heaven of Near-Saint. In particular, some had begun circling around both flanks, threatening to encircle Ling Tian and his companions completely.
If they were surrounded, breaking through would be difficult—perhaps even impossible. So they had to withdraw before the enemy's encirclement closed. With Ling Tian's many escape techniques, he could easily take Chi Xue and the others into his Small World and get away before the Outer Realm Cultivators formed a ring around them. If he wished, he could even shake off the pursuing cultivators with ease.
But Ling Tian and the others had already laid down formation runes and restrictions. The pursuing cultivators were not numerous, and their cultivation levels were not particularly high; the group was more than capable of dealing with them. There was no need to shake them off. They could simply take them out.
The more Outer Realm Cultivators Ling Tian's group dealt with, the easier it would be to break through the encirclement later and even deter the Outer Realm Cultivators from approaching too closely. Naturally, they would not let this opportunity pass. That was why Tu Tian and the others were so excited when they learned that twenty or thirty people were closing in.
"Fellow Daoist Ling Tian, with our strength, forming an Arrow Formation and taking advantage of the grand formation would make it easy to kill them all. But it would be a pity to simply kill them.