The situation Ling Tian and the others faced was far too perilous. In Chi Xue and the others' minds, even if Ling Tian could come up with a way to deal with the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators tracking them, they would still have no time to handle the cultivators surrounding the Sacred Ruins Abyss. Once those cultivators tightened the encirclement enough, Ling Tian and the others would still end up captured or killed. The only difference would be who captured or killed them.
That was exactly why Chi Xue and the others had thought of a surer solution: ask the Sacred Heart Sect cultivators for help.
It made sense. In Chi Xue and the others' minds, if the Sacred Heart Sect cultivators were willing to come to their aid, they would no longer need to worry about their current predicament. They might even be taken straight out of the Sacred Ruins Abyss. Then all their problems would be solved.
With that in mind, Shi Lin and the others hoped Shen Wei and the others would persuade the nine disciples of the Sacred Heart Sect. Shen Ling and Shen Ming also thought that if they told the nine disciples about their current predicament, they might change their minds. The Sacred Heart Sect cultivators would then come to their rescue, and they would no longer have to worry about being hunted down and surrounded by the many Thunder Strike Sect cultivators.
Shen Wei nodded. He also thought that the conditions for persuading the nine Sacred Heart Sect disciples had been met, and was about to contact them when Ling Tian stopped him.
"Fellow Daoist Ling Tian, why are you stopping Fellow Daoist Shen Wei and the others?" Tu Tian blurted out. "As things stand, the only way to keep us safe is