It was no wonder Wu Yi, An Shun, and the others had changed their minds so quickly. They hadn't expected Ling Tian to be on the verge of breaking through so soon, and they knew all too well that the sooner he broke through, the greater the threat he posed to them. More importantly, it would become that much harder to seal off the Sacred Ruins Abyss and capture Ling Tian and the others.
In that case, abandoning their encirclement of the Sacred Ruins Abyss now was one option. They might well face retaliation from Ling Tian and the others in the future, but that was a problem for another day. Ling Tian and his companions might not even have time to retaliate then, since others would surely set their sights on the Creation Divine Tree and the World-Ending Thunder Dragon and attack them as well.
Besides, as An Mie had said, the Mist Hidden Sect and Dark Pavilion were both exceptionally skilled at gathering intelligence. If they made a point of keeping an eye on Ling Tian and the others, it would be easy enough to avoid them in the future. At the very least, they could keep Ling Tian and his companions from finding their sects and wiping them out.
But if the Mist Hidden Sect and Dark Pavilion cultivators insisted on continuing to encircle the Sacred Ruins Abyss, Ling Tian and the others' repeated ambushes would surely inflict heavy losses on them. Their sects might even be wiped out. With that in mind, An Shun and Wu Yi naturally began to waver and prepared to order their forces to abandon the encirclement.
Just as they were about to agree to give it up, a sudden change erupted. In an instant, powerful auras appeared all around the Sacred