Seeing the saints of Half-Mountain Academy respond in this manner, the saints of the nine great sacred lands could not help but feel doubtful.
Were these still saints?
Saints could not be humiliated. Were they not being humiliated now?
They were humiliated yet did not fight back. Were they still saints?
Only the saints of Half-Mountain Academy knew clearly that they could not fight back. It was not because they feared that retaliating would bring even more powerful and frenzied attacks from their opponents.
They were merely worried that once they retaliated, their defenses would reveal flaws, and they would ultimately be defeated one by one. After all, the other side had twenty-nine saints, nearly a three-to-one advantage.
One against one, even without powerful spirit treasures to assist them, they were confident they would not easily lose.
One against two, victory was already impossible.
One against three, there could only be one outcome: they would lose, and perhaps lose miserably. After all, having powerful spirit treasures or not made an enormous difference.
If Wu Chu had the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, then if he set it up now, he would not fear facing four opponents alone, even though he was merely an incarnation at present.
If Taiyi had the Chaos Bell, charging into a group of saints would pose absolutely no problem for his self-preservation.
If Taishang had the Taiji Diagram; if Yuanshi had the Pangu Banner; if Tongtian had the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda; if Nuwa had the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram and the Red Embroidered Ball; if Fuxi had the Hetu Luoshu; if Zhunti had the Seven-Treasure Wonderful Tree...
Clearly, their ability to fight had now been cut in half. After all, they had attained sainthood after their incarnations reincarnated, and they possessed no powerful spirit treasures.