After the fierce battle, all three of Qiu Zhu, Xia Yu, and Dong Xue had sustained injuries. With the outcome already decided, there was no way they could continue to contend against Zhan Feng and his group.
As if deliberately humiliating Qiu Zhu and the others, Zhan Feng, Ya Fei, and Murong Wan did not immediately strike Xia Yu and her companions down and force them to use their Immortal Talismans to leave. Instead, they employed their formidable barrier technique to temporarily seal their cultivation, then locked them inside a barrier cage—wanting them to watch helplessly as they captured the Martial Marks and claimed the rare treasures, powerless to do anything about it.
"Dong Feng, you bastards will die a horrible death!" At this moment, Dong Xue was so furious her heart and lungs felt like they were going to explode. If she had the choice, she would have gladly crushed her Immortal Talisman and left right then, wanting nothing more than to avoid this humiliation.
But Zhan Feng and the others had already bound her so tightly that she no longer even had the chance to crush her Immortal Talisman. She could only watch, eyes wide, as Zhan Feng and his group brazenly captured the Martial Marks and collected the rare treasures without a care.
"Miss Dong Xue, you really have no manners. How can you resort to cursing when you can't win?"
"Don't forget that you were the ones who started the fight first. We were merely defending ourselves."
"Compared to you three greedy ones, Miss Chun Wu is much more sensible. You really ought to learn from her." Zhan Feng mocked them coldly, glancing over at Chun Wu as he spoke.
At this moment, Chun Wu was still standing at the entrance of the great hall. She had not participated in the battle earlier, so not only was she uninjured, she had not been restrained by Zhan Feng and the others either—like an onlooker observing everything that transpired.
"Sister Chun Wu, what happened to you? Why didn't you fight alongside us? Have you forgotten the oath we four sisters made—to live and die together?"
Only now did Xia Yu and Dong Xue realize that while they had been locked in battle, Chun Wu had simply stood by and watched. This was especially maddening given that Chun Wu was normally the most hot-tempered among the four sisters, yet when faced with Zhan Feng and his group's shameless behavior, she hadn't even made a peep. Xia Yu and Dong Xue seethed, assuming Chun Wu had lost her nerve.
But Chun Wu merely glanced at them, paying them little heed. Instead, she turned to Zhan Feng and the others and said in a mild tone, "I don't want to fight you, and I won't fight you. But there is something here that I must obtain."
"You can name a condition—any condition at all. As long as you give me that item, I'll agree to whatever you ask."
Chun Wu's attitude was remarkably mild, even somewhat servile—nothing like her usual temperament. But in order to help Chu Feng obtain the Martial Mark Immortal Lotus, she had forcefully suppressed the fury in her heart and bowed her head to those she despised.
"Now what's this you're saying, Miss Chun Wu? Technically, this Ethereal Immortal Peak is all your territory. Aren't the things inside this Sacred Hall yours to take as you please?" Zhan Feng laughed heartily at first, but then abruptly changed his tone and said with sinister intent:
"What a pity, though—now we're the ones in charge here. Seeing as you behaved yourself earlier, we won't make things difficult for you. Just stand there and watch as we claim everything in this place. But if you think you can take anything—forget about it."
"You've gone too far!" At these words, Chun Wu's expression finally changed drastically. Yet she did not erupt in curses. Instead, she executed a movement technique, and like the wind, she darted toward the depths of the great hall—straight for the Martial Mark Immortal Lotus.
"Hahahaha! Miss Chun Wu, surely you don't intend to just grab it by force? With your Fourth-level Martial Lord cultivation? Hahahaha…"
Seeing Chun Wu make a move to seize the treasure by force, none of Zhan Feng's group even attempted to stop her. They simply stood in place and burst into laughter.
It was only when Chun Wu had passed right through them and flown deep into the great hall, nearly reaching the Martial Mark Immortal Lotus, that Zhan Feng finally bellowed: "Looks like you're just as clueless as the rest. If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never learn your place!"