Whether it was Xiao Yaozi, Jie Mie Lao Ren, or the other cultivators at the Thirty-fourth Heaven of Near-Saint, they all realized it would be difficult to capture Ling Tian. In particular, they couldn't leave the void created by the Eastern Emperor Bell to pursue him. Still, they knew when to cut their losses and immediately decided to drive Ling Tian away. After all, they didn't want to waste Origin Power or energy on him. Scaring him off was naturally the best choice.
Ling Tian, however, was "too stubborn to know what was good for him." He refused to back down and bluntly declared that he was determined to claim the Eastern Emperor Bell. That crossed the line for Xiao Yaozi and the others. An Old Woman decided to act at once, and she too used the secret technique of Externalized Small World. In her view, this technique—especially when used in concert with other cultivators—was the easiest way to drive Ling Tian away, and might even give them a chance to suppress him.
That's right. Although Ling Tian had instantly dispelled Xiao Yaozi's Externalized Small World, the Old Woman believed he had merely used some clever trick. Once they saw through his methods, they wouldn't give him another opportunity. At the very least, using a secret technique to dispel an Externalized Small World would surely take a heavy toll on him. With more than ten cultivators at the Thirty-fourth Heaven of Near-Saint using Externalized Small Worlds, and combining their efforts, they still had a good chance of suppressing Ling Tian and driving him off—or even capturing him.
As always, if they could capture Ling Tian, they could share his Origin Bloodline Power and improve the state of their bloodlines. That was what they wanted most right now.
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