After successfully killing nearly a hundred thousand Demon Soldiers and a large number of Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, Chi Xue and the others were all thrilled. However, they didn't let their guard down. They kept up their arrow techniques while recovering with all their might, and retreated step by step, staying alert for a surprise attack by the Lord of the Universe.
What disappointed Chi Xue and the others somewhat was that the Lord of the Universe never appeared. At the very least, their earlier Space Shatter had hit nothing besides the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers and Demon Soldiers. Clearly, there had been no Lord of the Universe within the attack's range. As they'd said before, they would have welcomed a surprise attack from him. Then they could have used their many formations to keep him occupied, and they'd have had a good chance of causing him trouble.
Of course, the Lord of the Universe's failure to appear and attack also came as a relief. It meant they could keep killing Demon Soldiers and Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, and might even force the Lord of the Universe to delay matters—exactly what they wanted.
"Fellow Daoist Ling Tian, the Lord of the Universe still hasn't attacked us. Could it be, as we suspected, that he simply can't leave the Demon God Forbidden Ground? Otherwise, he'd have attacked us by now, since we're at our weakest." Shi Meng asked curiously. Even as she spoke, she remained ready to respond to a surprise attack.
Indeed, repeatedly unleashing Space Shatter with all their strength had taken a toll on Chi Xue and the others. To be precise, they were now at their weakest since arriving near the Demon God Forbidden Ground. This was undoubtedly the moment when the Lord of the Universe was most