"How did you find him?" Zi Xunyi asked.
"I didn't know Senior Ying Mingchao before. I stumbled upon him by chance after entering the Sorrowful Fate Mountain Range."
"If you want to rescue him, you have to take me along. I'm the only one who knows how to find him," Chu Feng said.
"Let's go." With a sweep of her wide sleeve, Zi Xunyi released a massive wave of barrier energy from within her body.
That barrier energy swept up both Chu Feng and Li Yue'er in an instant.
"This barrier energy..." Chu Feng's expression shifted immediately.
He suddenly understood who had broken through Li Yue'er's Concealment and Immortal-Avoiding Formation.
It had to be this Zi Xunyi — for she was a Snake-patterned Immortal Robe Spirit World Master.
Moreover, Chu Feng could sense that although both were Snake-patterned Immortal Robe Spirit World Masters, Zi Xunyi's barrier energy was far more powerful than theirs.
This Zi Xunyi was likely only a single step away from becoming a Dragon-patterned Immortal Robe Spirit World Master. Her Mental Power was already extraordinarily formidable.
Zi Xunyi had enveloped Chu Feng and Li Yue'er within her barrier energy to protect them.
She was preparing to take them both away from this place.
BOOM—
However, at that very moment, the Blood Scale Monster Clan's clan chief swept his sleeve, and a torrent of martial power surged outward like sunlight flooding the sky. It spread across the heavens and swiftly locked down the entire area.
"You want to trap me here like my Master did — keep me locked away until I die?" Zi Xunyi directed her cold gaze at the Blood Scale Monster Clan's clan chief.
"I have no intention of trapping you. If you want to leave, I'll let you go."
"But this kid's words are nothing but empty claims. Why should you trust him? What if it's a trap?"
"And even if what he says is true — that Ying Mingchao is still alive — do you really want to go rescue him?" the Blood Scale Monster Clan's clan chief asked.
"I must go save him," Zi Xunyi said.
"Didn't he hurt you enough back then? Why would you still do this?" the Blood Scale Monster Clan's clan chief asked.
"He never hurt me. I'm the one who owes him," Zi Xunyi said.
"Then what about me? What about us? Today was supposed to be our wedding day!" The Blood Scale Monster Clan's clan chief grew agitated.
At the same time, the emotions of the surrounding Blood Scale Monster Clan members grew heated as well.
They had finally learned who Ying Mingchao was — and this man's very existence filled them with displeasure.
"Zhen Ping, you've always treated me well. But I'm sorry — I truly don't love you." Having said this, Zi Xunyi gathered Chu Feng and Li Yue'er and charged toward the martial power barrier sealing this place.
AOWWW—
But the next instant, the martial power barrier emitted a strange, piercing cry.
At the same time, the golden martial power began to transform.
Within the golden light, a blood-red radiance emerged, and from that glow, countless scales materialized one after another.
At this moment, Chu Feng could feel that the martial power sealing this area had become incomparably hard — practically indestructible.
Most critically, this was a martial power formation, not a barrier formation.
That meant barrier techniques were useless against it. Only martial power could break it.
But even just looking at it, one could tell how fearsome it was.
This was an extraordinarily powerful martial power formation, and breaking it would be incredibly difficult.
"Is this the Blood Scale Monster Clan's bloodline power?"
Chu Feng speculated inwardly. In his view, this technique was neither an ordinary martial skill nor a secret art.
It had to be a technique fused with bloodline power — meaning it was a unique ability exclusive to members of the Blood Scale Monster Clan.
Much like the Thunder Armor, Thunder Wings, and Thunder Runes wielded by those who possessed Heavenly-level bloodlines.
"And what if I don't let you leave?" The Blood Scale Monster Clan's clan chief spoke, his tone now turning hostile.
"That's right — she can't be allowed to leave."
Just then, two women from the crowd soared into the air and landed upon the elevated platform.
They were dressed in lavish attire, and their cultivation was not weak — both were at the peak of the Martial Ancestor realm.
Furthermore, their appearances were remarkably youthful, though Chu Feng could tell at a glance that they were by no means younger than Zi Xunyi.
Their youth and beauty were nothing more than illusions maintained through special techniques. And they were not human at all — they were two female members of the Blood Scale Monster Clan.