"My lady, look... you... what are you doing?"
"My brother here, he means well, doesn't he? As they say, safety comes first. It's only three hours — it won't waste much of our barrier power, nor much of our time." Seeing the tension rising, Wang Qiang quickly spoke up to mediate.
"Shut up." Seeing Wang Qiang actually taking Chu Feng's side, Zhao Hong grew even more displeased.
"Zhao Hong, since you don't trust me so much, it seems you don't consider me a friend." However, facing the increasingly agitated Zhao Hong, Chu Feng simply smiled faintly and said, "But I, Chu Feng, 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 really am wrong and waste your time, then whatever you want to do to me, I'll accept it without complaint."
"Chu Feng, you..." At that moment, the agitation on Zhao Hong's face softened considerably, and she felt somewhat embarrassed.
She had been going toe-to-toe with him, on the verge of turning hostile, yet Chu Feng met her with a smile, showing no anger at all and even trying to reason with her gently. This made Zhao Hong feel quite guilty.
If Chu Feng were truly the type to bully the weak and fear the strong, then it would be understandable.
But although Zhao Hong hadn't known Chu Feng for long, she had seen how he treated his enemies.
Chu Feng was definitely not someone who bullied the weak and feared the strong. On the contrary, he seemed like someone who feared nothing under heaven.
And now, seeing Chu Feng treat her this way, Zhao Hong became ever more aware that he truly considered her a friend, that he truly cared — otherwise he wouldn't be so courteous.
"Fine, let's try it your way." In the end, Zhao Hong conceded, and the moment the words left her lips, she was the first to start setting up the formation.
"You... you really know how to handle things." At that moment, Wang Qiang's voice reached Chu Feng's ears.
Chu Feng smiled faintly and replied, "Just treating people with sincerity."
Then Chu Feng and Wang Qiang also joined in, working together with Zhao Hong to set up the formation.
The three of them worked together with remarkable speed. Although this was an extremely difficult grand formation, under their combined efforts, more than half was completed in just two hours.
Just as Zhao Hong had predicted, the three of them would be able to finish setting up the entire formation in three hours.
"Master, this is bad!!!"
However, at that moment, the gaze of the two Guardians who had been guarding this place suddenly turned grave.
"They actually caught up?" At that moment, Chu Feng and the others quickly stopped setting up the formation and turned to look.
Only then did they see two figures approaching in pursuit. Those two were none other than members of the Kong Heavenly Clan who had fought Chu Feng and the others earlier.
Kong Sheng, a first-rank Martial Ancestor.
And Kong Zheng, a sixth-rank Half Ancestor.
But Chu Feng and the others didn't dare let their guard down. After all, these were people from the Kong Heavenly Clan, and they feared that these two might have brought along experts from the clan.
However, Kong Sheng and Kong Zheng quickly appeared before Chu Feng and the others, and besides the two of them, no one else showed up.
"Finally found you." Kong Zheng glared at Chu Feng and the others through gritted teeth, as if harboring some deep, bitter enmity toward them.
But Kong Sheng grabbed Kong Zheng and pulled him behind him, then said to Zhao Hong, "I refuse to accept the outcome of our last battle. Could you face me in a fair and open fight once more?"
"So it's just the two of you?" Zhao Hong asked, somewhat surprised.
"Do you think we need our Kong Heavenly Clan's seniors to deal with you? My Big Brother Kong Sheng alone is more than enough," Kong Zheng said.
"Kong Zheng, silence!" But the moment Kong Zheng finished speaking, Kong Sheng sternly reprimanded him, then said, "This matter has nothing to do with him. This time, it will be just you and me fighting. Is that acceptable?"
"Since you're so eager for death, then I'll oblige you." Zhao Hong then turned to the two Guardians and commanded, "Go. Teach this self-important fellow a proper lesson."
With those words from Zhao Hong, the two Guardians of the Immortal Spirit World once again unleashed their previous techniques. Golden light shimmered as their auras surged dramatically.
As for that Kong Sheng, by the time he appeared, he had already deployed all of his techniques — the Thunder Armor, the Thunder Wings, and the Lightning Mark on his forehead.
It was clear that having already fought Zhao Hong's two Guardians, he had lost his earlier arrogance. Not daring to be careless in the slightest, he had unleashed his strongest techniques from the very start.