They had thought the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators would come to blows with the Sacred Heart Sect cultivators, but that hadn't happened. Wu Yi, An Shun, and the other cultivators from the Mist Hidden Sect and Dark Pavilion couldn't help feeling disappointed.
Besides, Wu Yi and the others had assumed that if the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators attacked Ling Tian and his companions, every last one of them would enter the Sacred Ruins Abyss. That would leave them surrounded on all sides. With their numbers advantage, they could form an Arrow Formation and had a good chance of killing them all, then snatching the Creation Divine Tree and the other Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures from them.
But the situation had changed. Only some of the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators had entered the Sacred Ruins Abyss, while the strongest ones remained outside. In these circumstances, if Wu Yi and the others tried to surround the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators inside, the ones outside would attack them. Caught between enemies on both sides, their encirclement would likely be torn open, allowing the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators to escape.
In short, the situation was unfavorable for Wu Yi and the others. They especially dreaded the thought that if the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators escaped their encirclement with the Creation Divine Tree and the other Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, taking them back would be all but impossible.
"Ancestor, what should we do now?" Wu Yin asked. "If the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators really capture Ling Tian and the others and seize the Creation Divine Tree and the other Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, they can coordinate with the cultivators outside. That'll make it much harder for us to keep them all here. And if they escape our encirclement with the Creation Divine Tree and the other treasures, it'll