Ling Tian finally broke through to the Twenty-sixth Heaven of Near-Saint, and his strength improved considerably. Leading Chi Xue and the others in attacking the cultivators who surrounded them also brought them even more "glorious" results. Chi Xue and the others were greatly encouraged. After all, killing their targets so efficiently would surely make the surrounding cultivators wary enough to give up. At the very least, their advance would slow, giving Ling Tian and the others more time.
Ling Tian's cultivation was still rising rapidly, and the same was true of Chi Xue and the others. Just as they had anticipated, their cultivation was improving faster than that of the cultivators surrounding them. As the gap in cultivation narrowed, they would become far more efficient at killing those cultivators. Perhaps, as Shi Ying had said, Ling Tian and the others might break through the encirclement early and escape. That would be the best outcome for them.
It made sense. Ling Tian and the others' repeated ambushes would surely cause a great many cultivators to give up surrounding the Sacred Ruins Abyss, but some would certainly remain. Those who chose to stay would undoubtedly be powerful; even if Ling Tian and the others greatly improved their cultivation, they might still be no match for them. Ling Tian and the others might not be able to deal with such cultivators, so escaping alive would be extremely difficult.
The wisest choice for Ling Tian and the others was to avoid confronting those cultivators head-on as much as possible. The best way to avoid them was to break through the layers of the encirclement and escape while it was still wide. That would give them a good chance of avoiding a direct confrontation. If Ling Tian and the others really were trapped in the