Now that Ling Tian had realized Chi Xue and the others could incorporate formation runes and restrictions like the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation—which could seal off the void—into an Externalized Small World to prevent the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers from teleporting nearby and self-destructing, he could naturally do the same. Especially since his mastery of the Externalized Small World far surpassed Chi Xue and the others'. Ling Tian could even merge Externalized Small Worlds together, and in particular, he could incorporate Hua Min'er and the others' Externalized Small Worlds into his own. Using them to keep the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers from reaching them would be easy.
As long as they could stop the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers from approaching and self-destructing, Ling Tian and Hua Min'er's group would be able to deal with them fairly easily. They could even focus all their strength on the Lord of the Universe, with handling the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers becoming nothing more than a side task.
After thinking it through, Poqiong and the others stopped dwelling on the problem and continued helping Ling Tian fend off the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers' pursuit. He occasionally unleashed Space Shatter, and some of the soldiers managed to self-destruct. All told, Ling Tian was steadily dealing with more and more of them.
That was not all. Even as he faced the numerous Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, Ling Tian did not forget to keep capturing Purgatory Nether Crows. This would delay the Purgatory Nether Sea from covering the entire universe for as long as possible, buying Hua Min'er and the others more time.
Just as expected, the Lord of the Universe sent even more Nine Nether Nether Soldiers to attack Ling Tian, surrounding him from all directions. As Eastern Emperor Bell had said, without expending a great