"Lady, look… you… you… what are you doing?"
"My brother here, he was only trying to help, wasn't he? A-after all, safety comes first. It's only three hours — it won't waste much of our barrier power or our time." Sensing the tension in the air, Wang Qiang hurriedly stepped in to mediate.
"Shut up." Seeing that Wang Qiang was actually taking Chu Feng's side, Zhao Hong only grew more irritated.
"Zhao Hong, since you distrust me so deeply, it seems you don't consider me a friend." Yet, faced with Zhao Hong's increasingly hostile expression, Chu Feng simply smiled faintly and said, "However, I, Chu Feng, do consider you a friend. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"So I hope you'll trust me just this once. If I'm truly wrong and I've wasted your time, then I'll submit to whatever you decide."
"Chu Feng, you…" At that moment, the agitated look on Zhao Hong's face softened considerably. She felt somewhat embarrassed.
She had been confronting him head-on, practically on the verge of a falling out, yet Chu Feng had met her with a smile, showing no anger at all and speaking to her with genuine concern. It made Zhao Hong feel quite guilty.
Although she hadn't known Chu Feng for long, she had seen how he treated his enemies.
Chu Feng was absolutely not the kind of person who bullied the weak and feared the strong. The way he was treating her now made her realize even more that he truly regarded her as a friend — that he truly cared.
"Fine. I'll try it your way." In the end, Zhao Hong relented, and the moment those words left her lips, she was the first to begin setting up the formation.
"I-it's always you with the right approach." At that moment, Wang Qiang's voice reached Chu Feng's ear.
Chu Feng simply smiled faintly and replied, "Just treating people with sincerity."
After that, Chu Feng and Wang Qiang both joined in, working alongside Zhao Hong to set up the formation.
With the three of them working together, the speed was remarkable. Though this was an extraordinarily difficult grand formation, their combined efforts completed more than half of it in a mere two hours.
Just as Zhao Hong had predicted, three hours would be enough for the three of them to finish setting up the formation.
"Master, this is bad!!!"
But just then, the gazes of the two spirit guardians stationed at this location suddenly turned grave.
"They actually caught up?" At that moment, Chu Feng and the other two also quickly stopped setting up the formation and turned to look.
That was when they noticed two figures closing in — the very same members of the Kong Heavenly Clan who had clashed with them earlier.
Kong Sheng, a first level Martial Ancestor.
And Kong Zheng, a sixth level Half Ancestor.
However, none of the three let their guard down. After all, these were members of the Kong Heavenly Clan, and Chu Feng and the others feared that these two might have brought along more powerful experts from the clan.
But soon, Kong Sheng and Kong Zheng materialized before them.
"We finally found you." Kong Zheng spoke through gritted teeth, as though he harbored some deep, bitter grudge against Chu Feng and his companions.
Yet Kong Sheng grabbed Kong Zheng and pulled him behind him, then addressed Zhao Hong: "I wasn't satisfied with our last fight. Would you be willing to face me again — fairly and squarely?"
"So it's just the two of you?" Zhao Hong asked.
"You really think dealing with you requires our Kong Heavenly Clan's elders?" Kong Zheng said.
"Shut up." The moment those words left Kong Zheng's mouth, Kong Sheng delivered a sharp rebuke, then said, "This has nothing to do with him. This time it's only me versus you. Will you fight?"
"Since you're so determined to court death, I'll oblige. Go — teach this self-deluded fool a proper lesson." The moment Zhao Hong finished speaking, the two Immortal Spirit World guardians once again unleashed their earlier techniques. Bathed in golden light, their auras surged dramatically.
As for Kong Sheng, the instant he had appeared, he had already activated all of his techniques — his Thunder Armor, his Thunder Wings, and the thunder markings on his forehead.
He pushed Kong Zheng far behind him, gripped his half-forged Ancestor Weapon, and soared toward the two spirit guardians, ready to settle things once and for all.