"It seems Xue Ji doesn't know just how powerful this Divine Soul is."
Chu Feng analyzed.
After all, not everyone was as well-informed as Tao Wu. He suspected that even the Demon Spirit King and Daoists Long Eight and Long Nine only knew that the treasure was extraordinary — but they might not have known it was a Divine Soul, or perhaps had never even heard of Divine Souls before.
Let alone Xue Ji.
"Even if she doesn't know it's a Divine Soul or what exactly it does, she should still be able to sense its power and how much it could help a World Spirit," Egg Egg said.
"How do you know that?" Chu Feng asked.
"Remember what I said at the entrance — that it would've been better if there weren't so many half-god-level cultivators?" Egg Egg replied.
"I remember."
Chu Feng certainly remembered. At the time, he had also detected a shift in Egg Egg's emotions and sensed that something was off, so he had asked Egg Egg what was wrong. But Egg Egg had refused to say no matter what.
"I sensed long ago that there was a supreme treasure here of tremendous help to World Spirits. It was an attraction unlike anything this queen has ever felt before."
"That's why I said what I said."
"But I was afraid that if you found out, you'd risk everything to fight for it on my behalf. That's why I didn't tell you the specifics."
"So that's how it was," Chu Feng said, finally understanding.
"But if even I can sense it, I'm sure Xue Ji can too. After all, she's only slightly weaker than this queen — compared to other World Spirits, she's still extremely powerful," Egg Egg said.
"So Xue Ji could sense it too? But if she could, and she actually gave it up? That's genuinely surprising."
In Chu Feng's impression, Xue Ji was a woman who pursued nothing but profit — someone who would stop at nothing for her own benefit. A treasure like a Divine Soul, of all things?
But if what Egg Egg said was true — that Xue Ji knew how powerful the Divine Soul was and still chose to give it up — then that really was unexpected. It didn't match the Xue Ji he knew.
"Maybe she's not as bad as she seems?"
"Who knows?" Egg Egg replied with a knowing smile.
Chu Feng fell into thought as well. Xue Ji was truly someone impossible to figure out.
Chirp chirp chirp—
But just then, a strange sound rang out.
Looking in the direction of the noise, Chu Feng's expression changed instantly.
It was the formation where Tao Wu was located.
The Divine Soul was already gone, and the massive formation that had contained it had vanished as well.
But the formation Tao Wu had stepped into was still there — and it had undergone a change, radiating an extremely dangerous aura.
"Brother Chu Feng, I can't get out! Save me!!!"
At the same time, a heart-wrenching scream came from within the formation.
From the sound of it, things were not looking good.
"Don't worry, Senior. I'm coming to save you right now."
As he spoke, Chu Feng arrived before the formation.
But he quickly realized that rescuing Tao Wu wouldn't be easy — it required the use of his own barrier power.
However, the barrier power that had been placed on his body was still active.
To use his own barrier power, he would need to dispel that external barrier force first.
But that barrier force was at the peak of the half-god level.
If Daoists Long Eight and Long Nine came charging in, having this power at his disposal would at least allow him to hold his own — he wouldn't be completely helpless.
But if it was gone…
"Egg Egg, I'm counting on you for everything here."
Chu Feng looked at Egg Egg. The meaning was clear — if anyone came in, Egg Egg would be the only one left to hold them off.
After all, Chu Feng had already sensed that Egg Egg also carried an empowered force, and it too was at the peak of the half-god level.