They had thought that after the nine disciples of the Sacred Heart Sect left the Sacred Ruins Abyss, the Thunder Strike Sect's cultivators would double back and pursue Ling Tian and the others again. Unexpectedly, the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators did no such thing. This left the Dark Pavilion and Mist Hidden Sect cultivators deeply disappointed. After all, they had believed that with the Sacred Heart Sect cultivators unable to intervene in time, the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators would surely capture Ling Tian and the others.
As long as the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators managed to capture them, the Dark Pavilion and Mist Hidden Sect cultivators were confident they could deal with them and seize the Creation Divine Tree and the World-Ending Thunder Dragon.
After thinking it over for a while, Wu Jin and the others concluded that the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators had not doubled back because they feared that the cultivators surrounding the Sacred Ruins Abyss would use the Arrow Formation to seize the Creation Divine Tree and the other Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures. This was the explanation that made the most sense to them.
"What if the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators attack us after we capture Ling Tian and the others?" Wu Jue asked anxiously, looking around as he spoke. "By then, the other sects' cultivators and the Rogue Cultivators won't take our side and form an Arrow Formation against the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators. We'll be lucky if they don't attack us themselves."
"Actually, that's not what we should be worrying about right now. From what we can see, our chances of capturing Ling Tian and the others are extremely slim. If we can't capture them, there's no need to worry about the Thunder Strike Sect attacking us later." An Ye spoke gravely, then gave a bitter