Chapter 55: Feng Xi Is Truly Devoid of Virtue!
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Shen Zhilan was so furious that her nose nearly crooked.
“You call this helping me?
“You’re trying to get me killed faster!”
Feng Xi did not care what she thought. She ran up to Shen Zhilan and shouted at the top of her lungs:
“Good sister, I’m here!
“When sisters are of one heart, their strength can cleave gold!
“Let’s fight side by side! Cast out demons and uphold justice!”
Then she sent a tiny flame toward the enemy Shen Zhilan had originally been fighting. The little flame was so feeble it looked like a candlewick barely holding a spark.
Shen Zhilan was practically mad with rage.
But the demons Feng Xi had lured over did not care about that. They assumed Shen Zhilan was Feng Xi’s ally, and when they saw that she too wore the robes of a direct disciple, they hurled every spell they had at her.
Shen Zhilan: “...”
Did none of these demons have brains?
Couldn’t they see that Feng Xi was merely diverting the danger onto her?
After successfully “unloading” several demons onto Shen Zhilan, Feng Xi ran on with the rest in pursuit.
This time, she headed toward Mu Zihuai, the senior disciple of the Hunyuan Sect. As she ran, she screamed desperately:
“Senior Brother Mu, hurry! Senior Sister Zhilan is about to kick the bucket! Go save her!”
Once again, she successfully unloaded several demons.
When Feng Xi saw that only three demons remained behind her—and that their cultivation was nothing special—she stopped running.
She pointed her wooden sword at the three demons with swaggering arrogance.
“What’s the matter? Did you think I was running because I was afraid of you?
“Wrong!
“I merely wanted to let you live a little longer!
“Since you’re so eager to die, I won’t hold back any longer!
“And don’t bother coming at me one by one. Come on—all of you, together!”
The three demons: “...”
Who the hell wanted to fight her one-on-one?
This woman called Feng Xi was utterly shameless!
Her cultivation was mediocre, yet she ran like the devil himself was chasing her. She had nearly exhausted them to the point of suffocation!
Enraged and humiliated, the three demons all unleashed their demonic arts.
The techniques of the demons differed somewhat from those of the human race. Through incantations, they transformed demonic energy into the shapes of weapons or ferocious beasts and attacked with them.
Of the three demons before her, one transformed his demonic energy into a venomous serpent, another into a demonic sword, and the third into a savage wolf.
Feng Xi’s hands flashed through seals at lightning speed. Countless vines of spiritual energy surged from her palms, binding the serpent, sword, and wolf formed from demonic energy.
The three demons stared in stunned disbelief.
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She actually knew the Golden Core stage’s Instantaneous Seal-Formation technique!
How was that possible?!
Whether it was possible or not, Feng Xi had already begun casting her Flame Art.
Countless flames of spiritual energy swept toward the three demons.
They scrambled to evade the flames, and in an instant, all three reached the same conclusion:
This Feng Xi had been concealing her cultivation!
She had to be a Golden Core cultivator!
The moment they came to that realization, the three demons turned and fled.
Feng Xi was having none of it.
She gripped her wooden sword and chased after them relentlessly.
“Stop! I said stop! I’m not going to eat you, so what are you running for?!”
Jun Wen finally arrived after fighting his way over.
In the short time he had been held up by the demons, what on earth had happened?
When Feng Xi saw him, her eyes lit up.
“Fifth Senior Brother, stop them! They’re all my spoils of war!”
The three demons: “...”
Spoils of war?
What terrible luck they had run into!
If they had known this would happen, they would have been better off fighting that direct disciple from the Hunyuan Sect.
At least that one was a respectable person, unlike this shameless woman who had actually concealed her cultivation!
Jun Wen’s flying sword shot toward the three demons. Feng Xi arrived a moment later and joined the battle.
The three demons were no match for the two of them. Jun Wen killed them all, one sword stroke per demon.
Feng Xi stood dazed for a moment, then resumed her enthusiastic shouting and ran off to “help” someone else.
If one could not change the laws of survival, one could only change oneself.
As time passed, the demons gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Feng Xi spotted Qin Shifeng, the senior disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, and Xing Wu nearby. She went over to them.
“You two take some people and guard the shore, in case any stragglers slip through later!”
Xing Wu answered promptly, “All right!”
Qin Shifeng: “...”
Had he forgotten that he was a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect?
Did he really intend to obey everything she said?
Still, Feng Xi was undeniably right. The human forces now held an overwhelming advantage, and the demons would soon flee in disarray. Their retreat had to be sealed off.
Thus, the two men led a portion of their forces to the seaside, waiting to catch anything that escaped.
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Just as expected, demons soon began fleeing toward the shore, only to run straight into the waiting ambush.
Half an hour later, the battle ended completely. After the corpses and prisoners were counted, they discovered that one demon was missing.
According to the captured leader, the fugitive was named Ying Feilong, a noble disciple of the Shadow Demon clan.
His most conspicuous feature was his red hair.
Feng Xi: “...”
The one I turned into a blazing human candle?
That was right. He had leaped into the sea to extinguish the flames covering his body.
Who would have thought that would allow him to slip through the net?
Honestly... he really was heaven’s chosen child.
After everyone had been accounted for, Feng Xi smiled sweetly at Elder Liu of the Hunyuan Sect.
“I recall that on that day, Elder Liu, you said everyone should mind their own territory. So, how did that turn out?
“I won’t say anything more. It would be too hurtful.
“But we brought our own men, horses, and provisions. Surely the Hunyuan Sect ought to show some appreciation?”
Elder Liu’s face shifted from blue to red, then to white, cycling through colors like a rainbow.
He truly had not expected the demons to land in Sector A, and had been caught completely off guard.
The more forcefully he had spoken that day, the more painful the slap to his face was now.
But he had never imagined that Feng Xi would have the audacity to demand compensation!
What normal person did such a thing?!
Feng Xi continued:
“Elder Liu, please don’t misunderstand. The Four Great Sects stand together, watching over and assisting one another. Even though your actions earlier went somewhat too far, we would still have helped without asking for anything in return.
“That is righteousness, and it is our duty.
“What I mean is that I brought fifteen hundred government soldiers with me. Some were wounded, some were crippled, and some even lost their lives. Whether by emotion or reason, the Hunyuan Sect ought to provide them with appropriate compensation.”
The moment Feng Xi said this, the government soldiers were moved to tears.
They could not compare with the disciples of the Four Great Sects. If they had possessed any other means of making a living, who would have come to the Borderlands?
Before this, they had felt more than mere envy, jealousy, and resentment toward Feng Xi. They had even looked down on her to some extent.
But during the battle just now, Feng Xi’s fierce courage had left a profound impression on them.
Even that Elder Liu of the Hunyuan Sect was not as willing to risk everything as this young girl!
Now she was helping them secure compensation as well. A person this good was rarer than a lantern in daylight—an absolute saint!
None of the direct disciples of the Four Great Sects could compare with Feng Xi!
She alone deserved the title of a hero who upholds justice, suppresses the strong, and protects the weak!