Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled

Chapter 630 - 626: The Rise of Red Miasma, Resentful Beasts Reappear

The second round of battle began anew, and the dark red miasma around them grew thicker, almost enveloping the entire valley.

The prodigies in the center not only seemed unconcerned about the miasma, but fought even more fiercely, showing no regard for it at all.

Only Xia Feng, hiding in the shadows, grew increasingly serious, watching as the red energy within the miasma constantly intertwined, making him uneasy.

Xia Feng turned his head and glanced at the female companions behind him: "I’m going out to take a look."

The expressions of the female companions carried disapproval, and they said in a panic: "It’s chaotic out there now. Since that thing isn’t really a Celestial Pill, why do you want to interfere, my lord?"

"Wouldn’t it be better to wait for them to kill each other off and then reap the benefits?"

Xia Feng looked solemnly towards the direction of the valley: "I have a feeling that there’s something wrong with that dark red miasma. I need to go over and see what’s happening."

No matter how much Xia Feng explained, the female companions refused to stay in the Spirit Light Flying Boat and wait for his return; they insisted on accompanying him out.

Sun Yazhu’s eyes also held a grave expression: "My lord, we have the ability to fight alongside you and won’t drag you down. Let us go out together, or we won’t feel at ease staying here."

Xia Feng couldn’t persuade them otherwise and ultimately had no choice but to bring the female companions out of the Spirit Light Flying Boat, preparing to immerse themselves in the miasma to examine what the red energy really was.

However, none of the prodigies present were blind. Suddenly, eleven people appeared, and since they were those prominent eleven, the attention of the prodigies immediately shifted towards Xia Feng and his group.

"It’s Her Highness the Goddesses, and that kid following the Lady Goddesses."

"How are they here? Did they just arrive or have they been hiding in the shadows waiting to catch the cicada and the oriole?"

"Did they take the Celestial Pill?"

"Only they have the strength to secretly take the Celestial Pill without anyone noticing, right?"

Sun Yazhu frowned and explained: "That thing is not the Celestial Pill at all. If you have time to pay attention to it, you’d be better off considering your current situation."

The prodigies had witnessed the golden light firsthand and realized it wasn’t something an ordinary person could touch.

Now, they didn’t believe what Sun Yazhu said, thinking it was just an excuse to shirk responsibilities. They spoke with dissatisfaction: "At this point, why are the goddesses still hiding things."

"Since it’s already in the hands of the goddesses, we can’t possibly take it back. At most, we’re just a bit curious, aren’t we? Won’t the goddesses speak the truth now?"

Xia Feng’s figure emerged from the miasma, looking displeased as he retorted: "The truth is that all you idiots have been caught like turtles in a jar."

He pointed to the miasma around them, where red light had formed a brand-new array at some point.

Originally, the Celestial Pill Valley was one of the Pill Valleys, containing array fragments for nurturing Divine Pills by absorbing surrounding Divine Power.

Although it’s unknown who’s behind the scheme, their array techniques are indeed ingenious, directly controlling the previous array, trapping all the prodigies present inside it.

The parts that once gathered Divine Power to form Divine Pills now absorbed the Life Force of the surrounding prodigies, transforming the originally existing Pill Beasts and deceased prodigies into a beast-like existence.

The prodigies’ faces turned somber as they realized they had fallen into a trap. Xia Feng and the female companions’ expressions grew even graver because they recognized that these creatures, with their organs inverted and seemingly pieced together, were clearly Resentful Beasts.

A prodigy, unwilling to concede, picked up his long sword, intending to deal with the Resentful Beast while sneering: "It’s just a mere beast, how could it be more powerful than a Pill Beast..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Resentful Beast in front of him swallowed him whole, and then a face grew from its approximate chest area again.

That face was unmistakably the face of the prodigy who had just been swallowed.

As the dark red miasma moved around, the face slowly bulged from the chest of the Resentful Beast, as if trying to force its way out from within.

The surrounding prodigies screamed in fright at this bizarre scene, and they didn’t dare to act rashly, instead gathering closer in vigilance, fearing the beasts would pounce on them.

Xia Feng’s face grew even darker. These Resentful Beasts generally possessed Ninth Grade True God Realm strength, and Xia Feng even saw from the dark red miasma that a Resentful Beast of Main God Realm was being nurtured inside.

Originally, the immortality of the Resentful Beasts was already a problem hard to solve. If their attack power became stronger, even Xia Feng felt these creatures would be particularly troublesome.

Especially with so many prodigies around, swallowing one could regenerate a large number of Resentful Beasts.

Xia Feng turned to the female companions and said: "Set up the array, we can’t let these Resentful Beasts continue to devour these prodigies. The more they swallow, the harder it will be to deal with them."

"I’ll go into the miasma to assess the situation. If I can find the formation core and destroy it, there won’t be as many problems."

The female companions still harbored worries, but Xia Feng said no more and directly plunged into the miasma.

The female companions had no choice but to set up the Ten Extremes Array, enclosing all the prodigies within, continuously adjusting the array to fend off the Resentful Beasts outside.

The prodigies were unaware that apart from Xia Feng, no one had the ability to completely eradicate the Resentful Beasts. Watching the Divine Maidens only protecting them without slaying the Resentful Beasts, they felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Some, ignorant of the gravity, even tried to stand at the edge of the array to secretly slay a few Resentful Beasts, hoping the Divine Maidens would recognize their valor, only to be swallowed whole by the Resentful Beasts again.

Li Qingxue, with a grim expression, warned: "Don’t act recklessly; unless the resentment disperses, even if you kill these Resentful Beasts, they will immediately regenerate."

"If you’re swallowed by a Resentful Beast, the resentment will spread faster and more widely, so stay put in the array. We don’t need your help, but please don’t make things difficult for us."

These were prodigies from their respective Divine Domains. Although they were somewhat disdainful of Xia Feng, they remained respectful to the Divine Maidens, and the female companions had no intention of annihilating them. Thus, they could only engage the Resentful Beasts, hoping Xia Feng could quickly find the formation core to resolve the current predicament.

But before Xia Feng could reemerge, a new commotion erupted among the prodigies within the Ten Extremes Array.

The previously missing Golden Pearl suddenly appeared in the midst of them, drawing the attention of all the prodigies.

In an instant, mutual suspicion arose among the prodigies within the Ten Extremes Array, and their eyes shone with a fierce desire as they looked at the Golden Pearl.