The Thunder Strike Sect had refused to join forces, leaving the cultivators of the Mist Hidden Sect and the Dark Pavilion baffled. After all, in their eyes, the only way they might capture Ling Tian and the others was by joining forces. The Thunder Strike Sect's refusal naturally left them puzzled, unable to make head or tail of it.
At that moment, Wu Yi thought of a possibility: the Thunder Strike Sect still had a trump card, one that gave them confidence they could capture Ling Tian and the others. If so, their cultivators had no need to team up with the Mist Hidden Sect and the other sects, only to let them share in the spoils.
But the other cultivators thought that if the Thunder Strike Sect really had another trump card, they would have used it long ago. Why wait until now?
"No. The Thunder Strike Sect still has a trump card, and it's a powerful one," An Shun said. Seeing the astonishment on everyone's faces, he didn't keep them guessing. "Don't forget, six or seven of their people still haven't made a move. They've all broken through to the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint, and the strongest among them is probably about to reach the late stage of the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint. It's no exaggeration to say they're the Thunder Strike Sect's most powerful cultivators. If they make a move, they'll have a good chance of capturing Ling Tian—especially if they join forces with the sect members who entered the Sacred Ruins Abyss earlier and hunt Ling Tian and the others down."
"Mm, now that you mention it, that's true." Wu Jin nodded, glancing toward Lei Ba and the others as he spoke. "Besides, their people haven't been in the Sacred Ruins Abyss for very long. They