"Husband, help me," Zhao Hong said to Wang Qiang.
"Sure thing." Wang Qiang had no idea what Zhao Hong intended, but he agreed readily.
Then, to the astonishment of everyone present, Zhao Hong began releasing the power of the boundary and constructing a barrier formation — trapping all of those from the Kong Heavenly Clan within it.
"No way — this woman, she's an Immortal-robed Spirit World Master?!!"
When Zhao Hong made her move, every young cultivator present was thoroughly stunned. Even Kong Sheng's expression shifted dramatically, his face filled with disbelief.
They had already realized that Zhao Hong was an Immortal-robed Spirit World Master. Though only at the insect-rune level, she was still an Immortal-robed Spirit World Master. In the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, Immortal-robed Spirit World Masters were exceedingly rare — how could they not be shocked?
"Hmph, I thought we'd run into a fellow prodigy. Turns out it's some old monster picking on juniors." Just as everyone was marveling, a mocking voice rang out.
They couldn't be blamed for that assumption. Chu Feng's trio had kept their faces hidden beneath bamboo hats the entire journey, so no one had been able to see their true appearances. On top of that, Immortal-robed Spirit World Masters were overwhelmingly ancient monsters who had cultivated for ages. Naturally, they assumed Zhao Hong was one such creature.
"Picking on juniors? Hmph, open your dog eyes and take a good look — I'm younger than all of you." Zhao Hong lifted the bamboo hat from her head.
"This…"
Seeing Zhao Hong's face, the crowd was stunned all over again. First, they were struck by her appearance — they never could have imagined that such a fierce-looking woman would turn out to be so delicate and beautiful.
But more importantly, each of them had their own means of estimating a person's approximate age. They confirmed that Zhao Hong was indeed a junior, and a young one at that.
Yet a junior who was also an Immortal-robed Spirit World Master — how could they not be stunned?
"A bunch of frogs at the bottom of a well," Wang Qiang remarked with a sneer. Then he, too, removed the bamboo hat from his head before shouting: "Wife… Wifey, let me lend you a hand!"
With those words, Wang Qiang also released the power of the boundary, assisting Zhao Hong in constructing the formation. And at this moment, Wang Qiang wore a look of pure smugness — clearly, he had done this on purpose.
"That stutter — he's an Immortal-robed Spirit World Master too?!"
Sure enough, when the crowd saw Wang Qiang release Immortal-level boundary power, their jaws dropped and their eyes went wide, the shock on their faces even greater than before.
One Immortal-robed Spirit World Master was already staggering enough. Two of them was simply beyond belief.
"Zhao Hong, there's no need to kill them." But just at that moment, Chu Feng suddenly spoke up in restraint.
He had already seen how formidable the formation Zhao Hong and Wang Qiang were constructing was, which was why he felt compelled to caution her.
Although Chu Feng's group had already clashed with the Kong Heavenly Clan, these people were juniors after all. What had happened earlier had nothing to do with them. Even if a conflict had indeed broken out today, it was Chu Feng's side that had sought trouble in the first place.
So Chu Feng felt that teaching them a lesson to achieve their goal was fine, but actually killing them would be going too far.
"Don't worry, Chu Feng — this formation isn't what you think it is," Zhao Hong said with a faint smile. Then she set up a peculiar formation core.
Once the formation core was complete, she first sent her two Spirit World Guardians into it, and only then did she activate the formation.
Hummm—
The moment the formation began operating, a surge of overwhelming killing intent radiated outward. This was a killing formation, and a powerful one at that.
"Stop!!!"
"Don't you dare hurt them!" Sensing the killing intent, Kong Sheng assumed Zhao Hong was about to strike them down and flew into a rage.
"Just obey me, and none of them will die," Zhao Hong said to Kong Sheng.
"What do you want me to do?" Kong Sheng asked.
"Stand inside the formation core and stay there for a full two hours. After two hours, the formation will deactivate on its own, and they will all be perfectly safe."
"But if you leave the formation core during that time, then I'm sorry — they'll all be torn to pieces." Zhao Hong smiled sweetly as she spoke.