Gaps in the formations

After they heard the news from the members of the subsidiary group, all of the members of the four sects started to look at each other with wariness.

It was as if they no longer had any trust for each other.

There might have been a bit of trust in the beginning since they were all working for the same goal of defending this Divine Blood Fruit from the spirit beasts. But now it seemed that the trust between them had completely disappeared.

It seemed like they were only fighting for themselves at this point.

This was made even more clear as they moved to four different sides around the Divine Blood Fruit.

They all made sure that there was equal space between all four of their groups so that no one would be able to make a move without the others finding out. They didn't want to give the other groups a single bit of space to stab them in the back.

But that didn't mean that they stopped fighting the spirit beasts.