"Whoosh!" However, the moment that creature turned around, it merely glanced at Chu Feng before its body swayed slightly and vanished without a trace.
At that instant, Chu Feng was shocked to discover that his lost power had actually been restored. He looked up and noticed that an exit had appeared in the sealed formation — that creature had truly let him go.
"Why does it feel so familiar? Who are you, really?" Chu Feng pondered for a while but simply couldn't recall ever knowing such a being. He had no choice but to leave this place of trouble as quickly as possible.
Chu Feng deliberately stayed submerged, swimming beneath the surface for a long time before he dared to return to the surface. He did this to distance himself from the incident and avoid being discovered — that he had barely escaped with his life from that creature's clutches.
After resurfacing, the first thing Chu Feng did was not return to the scene where the creature had been seizing people. Instead, he headed to the spot where Little Fishy had been waiting for him.
"Oh no — where did Little Fishy go?" When he arrived at the place where he had told Little Fishy to wait, Chu Feng's brow furrowed deeply and his heart lurched. The barrier formation he had set up was still there, but Little Fishy had already disappeared.
This was exactly what Chu Feng had feared the most. Little Fishy was so extraordinary that many people with ill intentions wanted to capture her. If she were taken by someone kind-hearted, they might take good care of her and even nurture her abilities with devotion. But if she fell into the hands of cruel people, they would very likely experiment on her, studying what made her so special. In that case, Little Fishy would suffer terribly.
"Big Brother! Iya iya!!" Just then, Chu Feng suddenly heard Little Fishy's childish and joyful voice coming from the distance.
He looked in the direction of the sound, and even Chu Feng couldn't help but be a little startled. Several li away, a surging wave of water had appeared on the sea's surface, and it was shooting straight toward him like a sword.
That terrifying speed made even Chu Feng click his tongue — it far surpassed the speed of his Azure Dragon Movement Technique. In that moment, Chu Feng truly witnessed Little Fishy's power. This little child was a genuine prodigy.
"Haha, Big Brother, you're finally back! Little Fishy didn't leave, okay? Was Little Fishy good?" When Little Fishy reached him, she burst out of the water, not a single drop of seawater clinging to her, and landed perfectly dry in Chu Feng's arms.
"Mm, very good. Little Fishy is always the best." Looking at the lively little one in his arms, Chu Feng's tightly-wound heart finally relaxed.
"This little girl is something else, Chu Feng. Her talent is way better than yours — at least when it comes to swimming speed in the water, there's no way you could match that. Hehe." Eggie looked at Little Fishy in Chu Feng's arms and chimed in with a mischievous grin.
"Eggie, do you know where this little girl comes from?" Chu Feng asked curiously. Despite being a Spirit World being, Eggie was knowledgeable and knew many things that Chu Feng didn't.
"Just look at the symbol on her belly band — that should be where she's from. As for the specifics, how would this queen know? I didn't grow up in your world." Eggie curled her lip, speaking in her usual haughty manner.
At that moment, it dawned on Chu Feng, and he hurriedly examined the symbol on Little Fishy's belly band more carefully. But he had never seen it before. As far as he knew, none of the prominent factions in the Eastern Sea bore such a symbol.
"Could there be some unknown faction somewhere in the Eastern Sea? Or is Little Fishy not from the Eastern Sea at all, but from that miraculous place — the Martial Sacred Land?"
Chu Feng couldn't be sure where Little Fishy came from, but he did know that wherever she was from, that place must be truly remarkable.
Of course, Chu Feng also couldn't rule out the possibility that Little Fishy came from some powerful faction. After all, heaven and earth were vast and full of all sorts of wonders, and Little Fishy was so extraordinary that even if someone told him she was born from the condensation of heaven and earth — transformed from a unique and special treasure — he would absolutely believe it.
"Little Fishy, can you tell me where you got this belly band?" Chu Feng suddenly asked with curiosity.
"This? I don't know! It was already there when I opened my eyes. Hee hee." Little Fishy tugged at her pink belly band and answered innocently.
To such an answer from Little Fishy, Chu Feng could only smile faintly, thinking that there really was no way to get any information out of this little girl.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Suddenly, Chu Feng noticed several figures streaking toward them from the distance, all of them experts at the Heaven Martial Realm. They didn't even glance at Chu Feng but flew straight toward the place where the creature had been capturing people.
Right after them, several more groups of people soared overhead. Some were visibly excited, others practically euphoric. The men, in particular, had flushed faces, looking as though they had just discovered a priceless treasure.
From their conversations, Chu Feng finally learned what was going on — a major figure from the Immortal Execution Archipelago had arrived, and her name was Ya Fei.
Hearing this, Chu Feng's brow knitted tightly. He knew this person called Ya Fei had come to capture the creature. Before, Chu Feng wouldn't have cared about any of this.
But now it was different. He somehow felt that the creature was connected to him, and until he figured out who that creature truly was, he couldn't just stand by and watch it die.
So Chu Feng quickly disguised Little Fishy in his arms, making her unrecognizable as the famous special child — Little Fishy.
"Little Fishy, can you be a good girl and stay in my arms without talking too much or moving around?" After finishing the disguise, Chu Feng asked with a smile.
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm!" Little Fishy nodded three times in a row, adorable and obedient. Satisfied, Chu Feng smiled and flew toward the spot where everyone had gathered.
Arriving once again at the place where the creature had been capturing people, Chu Feng found that it had already been overrun by a massive crowd — nearly ten thousand people by his initial estimate.
This place had just been the scene of a creature abducting people, yet in such a short time this many had gathered, and even more than before. This alone showed just how much pull Ya Fei truly possessed.
Pushing through the crowd, Chu Feng could see that at the very center stood a contingent of twenty women, all from the Immortal Execution Archipelago.
Moreover, the strength of these women was staggering — every single one of them was a Martial Lord. Twenty Martial Lords, at a realm that was considered legendary on the Nine Provinces Continent, yet here there were a full twenty of them.
Although their cultivation varied in strength and their levels differed, they were all undeniably Martial Lords. And their ages were generally quite young — the oldest was merely middle-aged and still maintained a relatively youthful appearance. At a glance, every single one of them was a beauty.
But what drew the most attention at this moment was not these twenty women. Nearly every spectator's gaze was fixed on the figure standing just ahead of those twenty women.