The melon-eating onlookers outside the Heaven-and-Earth Banner were as silent as if someone had grabbed them by the throat.
Even Xiao Baidao was stunned by his own little disciple's outrageous operations!
After a long while, someone finally said, "Feng Xi… is truly a talent."
Everyone: "..."
You're just stating the fucking obvious!
She wasn't just talented, she's extraordinary!
No, she's devilishly talented!
No ordinary person could come up with such ideas!
Feng Xi didn't continue releasing formation beasts, mainly because this rascal felt painful about the spiritual stones.
This was enough!
Even though she now had the advantage in numbers, she didn't rashly launch a large-scale attack.
Instead, she sent Ying Feilong and Si Xian out as bait to lure a batch of demonic beasts over first.
Ying Feilong and Si Xian didn't even question why they have to be the bait, they just obediently went.
Soon, they lured over more than ten demonic beasts.
At Feng Xi's command, the formation beasts switched into group-beating mode!
Those ten or so demonic beasts were completely dumbfounded!
Where did these things come from?
Weren't they supposed to be on our side?!
Why are they attacking us instead?
In less than half a quarter hour, all the demonic beasts were beaten into submission.
Feng Xi smiled sweetly, "Didn't you go crazy the moment you heard my voice? Come on, go crazy for me!"
The beasts glared at her angrily.
Feng Xi tilted her chin slightly, and the formation beasts immediately began teaching them their proper place as formation beasts.
Finally, the demonic beasts lowered their stubborn heads.
No matter how irritating Feng Xi's words were, no matter how agitated they became, it all became irrelevant.
Keeping their small lives was more important.
Besides, after hearing it long enough, it didn't sound that bad anymore, it's almost a bit… pleasant.
Using the same method, Feng Xi incorporated all the remaining demonic beasts into her formation beast army.
Now only the giant beast remained.
This time, Feng Xi volunteered to act as bait.
Because the giant beast was clearly more intelligent than the other beasts, she feared that Ying Feilong and Si Xian wouldn't be able to lure it away from the lake.
Moreover, she wasn't sure whether it's a land beast or a water beast. If it was aquatic, fighting near the lake would be disadvantageous.
After making arrangements, Feng Xi skipped over to the lake.
She waved her little paw at the giant beast, "Aren't you lonely by yourself? That's so boring! Want to chat for ten spiritual stones?"
The giant beast instantly flew into a rage after hearing Feng Xi's words and roared as it lunged toward her.
The ground trembled with its movement, even the lake water surged violently.
Feng Xi turned and ran, talking as she fled, "If you want to talk, just talk! Why get so worked up?!
I saw you were lonely and wanted to introduce you to an old mate, what do you think?"
The giant beast nearly died of anger!
Old mate?
Wasn't this brat just implying that it's old?!
It had already been agitated by her voice, now it's completely enraged!
It wanted nothing more than to smash her flat with one paw!
Even after Feng Xi ran dozens of miles away, it continued chasing relentlessly.
Finally, she led it into the encirclement, the formation beast army surrounded the giant beast.
The giant beast was stunned!
W-What's going on?
A rebellion?!
Before it could react, the formation beasts had already launched their attack.
Feng Xi and the other two also joined the battle.
Although the giant beast was in late Golden Core Stage, it couldn't withstand so many formation beasts!
Especially not with Feng Xi scheming from the side!
She didn't take action at all. Instead, she sat atop a formation beast, holding her small wooden sword and chirping nonstop.
"Stop struggling! A wise beast submits to the circumstances, just follow me!"
"If you behave, I won't kill you. I'll even give you delicious food, let you taste the delicacies outside the Heaven-and-Earth Banner!"
"I'll tell you about the outside world, so you'll realize how ridiculous you are, like a frog at the bottom of a well!"
…
When the giant beast grew distracted by her chatter, Feng Xi's wooden sword suddenly shot toward its right eye.
Startled, the giant beast hurriedly dodged.
But this attack was a feint, the sword reversed direction and slashed at its throat.
The giant beast reacted a split second too slowly, and a deep gash opened across its neck, blood pouring out.
The giant beast roared at the heavens, you lied to me!
Feng Xi flashed a grin, "You don't even understand that warfare is deception, too dumb!"
The giant beast had to fend off the formation beasts while guarding against Feng Xi's tricks, it quickly fell into a disadvantage.
After an hour, exhausted, it collapsed, barely alive with a single breath left.
Feng Xi didn't kill it.
Instead, she fed it pills.
"We have no grudges, there's no need to fight to the death.
Honestly, I don't understand why the Heaven-and-Earth Banner insists on testing us this way.
It would've been enough to defeat you, but it insists on taking your lives…"
The giant beast and the formation beasts fell into contemplation.
That's right, why did the Heaven-and-Earth Banner do this?
The answer was very simple, because they didn't matter to it!
They were merely formation beasts.
A wave of sorrow rose in their hearts.
Feng Xi clapped her hands, "Forget it, there's no use talking about such boring things.
Us meeting each other is fate, I'll do my best to let you experience the beauty of the outside world."
She took out a Recording Stone from her storage ring.
Upon activation, images appeared of her on the Polar Ice Field, on the Endless Sea, flying through the sky on a sword, walking through the flower fields of Hunyuan Sect…
She also distributed demonic beast meat and food to the formation beasts.
Although there's no way for them to actually digest it, their tongues tasted something different.
Sweet, sour, bitter, salty.
So this was the beauty of life.
The giant beast voluntarily lowered its body and allowed Feng Xi to sit on its back, then carried her toward the lake.
Ying Feilong and Si Xian followed behind… running.
Not a single formation beast would let them ride!
What else could they do but run?
Soon, the three arrived at the lake.
When they stepped into the water, the scene suddenly shifted.
They passed the sixth stage in first place and received generous rewards.
Ying Feilong and Si Xian wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, they stood awkwardly.
Feng Xi yawned, "The other groups probably won't pass anytime soon. I'll take a nap first, you two should rest as well."
She took out her small wooden bed from her storage ring and fell asleep sweetly.
Ying Feilong and Si Xian exchanged a glance and sat cross-legged against the wall to regulate their breathing.
When Feng Xi woke up, she still didn't see any other group emerge, so she started chirping again.
"Senior Brother Ying, Senior Brother Si, what do you think of me as a person?"