A great many powerful auras suddenly appeared in the Demon God Forbidden Ground. Chi Xue and the others immediately realized that the Lord of the Universe was about to launch another round of probing attacks against them. They grew wary at once, ready to meet the enemy at any moment.
Chi Xue and the others were curious about what the Lord of the Universe had turned the captured starfield cultivators into, so they had been keeping a close watch on them. Yet they could still sense only the auras of the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, which left them baffled.
"That's right. I can sense only the auras of the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, not those of any other cultivators—at the very least, not the starfield cultivators." Po Tian spoke gravely. Then, as a thought struck him, he sneered. "Could the Lord of the Universe be planning not to use the captured starfield cultivators? Or perhaps he hasn't finished transforming them and is attacking us only because the agreed-upon deadline has arrived?"
At that, Shi Lin and the others' eyes lit up. Tu Mo hurriedly said, "Exactly, exactly! The Lord of the Universe must not have finished transforming the starfield cultivators. But now that the ten-thousand-year deadline has arrived, he has no choice but to launch a probing attack against us. If that's really the case, then all the better. There may well be more probing attacks after this one. At the very least, once he's finished transforming all the starfield cultivators, the Lord of the Universe will probe us again. That would buy us more time."
As they had said before, Chi Xue and the others hoped to buy as much time as possible. They knew very well that the longer they could hold out, the stronger Ling Tian would