"Egg, don't say that. Little Fishy is my sister," Chu Feng said.
"You may think of her as a sister, but does she think of you as a brother? Could you really bear to let down such a wonderful girl?"
"Could you bear to see her heartbroken?"
"Could you bear to see her sad?" the Queen asked one after another.
Hearing the Queen's joking words, Chu Feng was actually somewhat moved. He naturally did not want Little Fishy to be sad.
And he especially did not want to be the one to hurt Little Fishy.
So Chu Feng actually took a serious look at Little Fishy.
This girl's appearance was truly beyond reproach — she was so beautiful that she was in no way inferior even compared to the Queen.
At least from Chu Feng's aesthetic sense, both the Queen and Little Fishy were beautiful beyond any flaw.
Whether it was their faces, their figures, or their skin, they were the very best of the best, and even their voices were pleasant to the extreme.
If one had to make a distinction, it was in their aura.
The Queen was more quirky and mischievous, while Little Fishy was more endearing.
Of course, when it came to being fierce, the Queen was definitely fiercer.
But though Little Fishy was beautiful, Chu Feng truly did not feel that kind of heart flutter between a man and a woman.
Feelings were a strange thing. Some people might not be that good-looking or that outstanding, but if you met them at the right time, you would simply like them, love them beyond reason.
But some people, no matter how perfect they were — even if you yourself acknowledged their perfection — you just didn't like them.
Of course, Chu Feng cared deeply about Little Fishy. It was just that the emotions between a man and a woman were simply not there yet.
As for the future, who could say for certain?
"Hmm?"
After confirming that Little Fishy was fine, Chu Feng turned his gaze toward Jie Tian.
Chu Feng had long noticed that Jie Tian was struggling to hold on in his talent formation.
But at this moment, his condition was only getting worse.
The talent formation Jie Tian was in was not as intense as Little Fishy's, but it was far from simple.
The space within that formation, though not as large as Little Fishy's bloodline formation, could still be called a small world.
In that small world, a ray of sacred golden light shone down, covering the entire land.
The land was utterly plain — no mountains, no rivers, not even a speck of dust.
Only at the very center of the world was there a staircase.
The staircase had a total of one hundred steps.
Above the very last step, a ball of light hovered, and through it one could see that it contained a key.
That key resembled the one Chu Feng had, though there were also some subtle differences.
As for Jie Tian, he had already reached the ninetieth step, but at this point he was drenched in sweat, gasping for breath, truly perspiring like rain.
It was evident that he was very close to his limit.
"Is his talent really that poor? He's only at the ninetieth step and he already looks like this?" the Queen asked.
"From the way he uses barrier arts, his talent should be quite high. Could it really be that this talent formation is that difficult?"
Doubt stirred in Chu Feng's heart as well.
Before long, the bloodline formation Little Fishy was in grew quiet.
Little Fishy had withstood all the attacks, and in the end, all the power in the sky converged together, and a key fell into Little Fishy's hand.
With that, the bloodline formation dissipated.
Before the formation had fully dissipated, Little Fishy came running out from within.
She held the key up high, bouncing along in the most adorable manner.
She was as happy as a child who had just received a beloved toy.
Watching her bounce toward him, Chu Feng was momentarily lost in a daze as the little girl he had met in the Eastern Ocean resurfaced in his mind.
But quickly, Chu Feng was pulled back to reality.
What jolted Chu Feng back to his senses was not Little Fishy's sweet smile, but the fact that there was not a single drop of sweat on her face.
Yet the bloodline formation she had just faced had clearly been so powerful.
"This girl... truly terrifying."
Seeing how effortlessly Little Fishy had handled it, Chu Feng couldn't help but wonder — if he were the one to take on that formation, he wasn't sure if he could be as relaxed about it as she was.
Chu Feng had always been a confident person, yet in Little Fishy's presence, he had lost that absolute confidence.
"That fellow seems to be having quite a hard time."