That was right. The moment those three cultivators at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint agreed to gamble with Ling Tian, they had found hope of staying alive and wouldn't fight desperately. That greatly reduced the threat they posed to Ling Tian and the others, giving them a chance to capture the three—and making it all but certain they would.
"Exactly. From what we've seen, Senior Xiao Ran can easily defeat and capture his opponent. His strength is greater than that of the senior Shen Wei and the others are fighting, so as long as Senior Xiao Ran can spare the time to pursue the next one, he'll certainly capture him too," Chi Xue said confidently. A smile appeared on his face as a thought struck him. "And it'll be easy for Senior Xiao Ran to catch up, even without using the Transformation Lightning Secret Technique. Besides, Fellow Daoist Shen Wei and all those Divine Silkworms will intercept and harass the senior who might try to escape along the way."
At that, everyone's eyes lit up. Remembering that Xiao Ran had also cultivated the techniques of Thunder Strike Sect, especially Transformation Lightning, they were suddenly brimming with confidence that they could capture all three.
Of course, even as Chi Xue and the others thought this, they never stopped attacking. If anything, they deliberately increased the force of their assaults, further draining their opponent. At this rate, it wouldn't take much longer for him to be completely exhausted.
Sure enough, just as Ling Tian and the others had predicted, Shen Wei and Shen Yi alone weren't enough to stop the female cultivator. She was the weakest of the three cultivators at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint, and when she found an opening to attack the formation with all her strength, she finally