However, Bi Qing's group just stood there without a single care on their faces.
They acted like they didn't even see the spirit beast that was currently charging at them.
When the spirit beast came close and everyone thought that it would attack Bi Qing's group…it actually completely ignored them. It was as if they didn't see Bi Qing's group even though they were right in front of them.
Everyone couldn't help revealing shocked looks when they saw this.
But the one that had the least time to be shocked by this was the elder who had run behind Bi Qing's group.
After all, the spirit beast was still coming for him.
So without hesitation, he went up right behind Bi Qing and threw an attack at the spirit beast to attract the spirit beast his way.
The spirit beast easily blocked that attack before jumping down with claws covered in flames, but…those claws came nowhere near Bi Qing.
That was because she didn't remain idle this time.
Since the elder had decided to come right up to her, her hand came out and grabbed the elder by the collar. The elder had been focused on the spirit beast, so he wasn't able to react right away, but when he did react, he found that he wasn't able to break free of Bi Qing's grasp.
No matter how he tried to move her arm, she just wouldn't budge.
Bi Qing looked at the elder with a smile before suddenly throwing the elder at the spirit beast.
The elder's body was thrown with a force that he couldn't resist at all. All he could do was try to raise his spiritual energy to form a barrier around himself, but he found that he wasn't able to do that either.
It was as if there was something that was preventing him from gathering his spiritual energy.
When he looked back at Bi Qing, he saw that she was looking at him with a smile on her face. At the same time though, she also held something in her hand that he had never seen her hold before.
It was a small dagger that had a bit of blood on it.
He quickly turned back to look at himself and found that there was a small nick on his neck.
It didn't take much to figure out that this was the cause of his inability to use his spiritual energy.
The elder couldn't do a single thing as he flew through the air towards the spirit beast that was charging at him. The spirit beast had also jumped into the air and was aimed right at the elder flying at it.
It raised its flaming claws and swiped down at the elder.
Since the elder wasn't able to use any of his spiritual energy, he also wasn't able to create a barrier around himself.
In the end, it was like cutting through paper with a hot knife as the elder was ripped to pieces by the flaming claws. There wasn't even a single drop of blood that came out to show just how hot the flames around the claws were.
It was so hot that it had instantly cauterized the wounds that it had created, sealing in all the blood of the corpse.
This made it clear that the flames around this spirit beast's claws weren't normal flames.
After the elder died, the young master that the elder followed shouted, "Bi Qing, you will pay for that!"
Even though he had shouted this, he wasn't able to move from his spot as he was pinned down by the spirit beasts attacking them.
But the ironic thing was that they were the ones that had tried to drag Bi Qing into the fight in the first place. That elder was the one that had attacked the spirit beast and dragged it over to where Bi Qing's group was.
The elder had even tried to use Bi Qing as a human shield to drag her into the fight.
No matter how one looked at it, this was just simple self defense on Bi Qing's part.
But this young master had still chosen to blame Bi Qing for the elder's death.
It was just too bad that they weren't able to do a thing about it even if they did blame Bi Qing.
They were completely surrounded by the different spirit beasts that were blasting their abilities at them. With the rate that they were firing these abilities, it didn't seem like they would be stopping any time soon.
It was as if they would never run out of spiritual energy.
It was clear that they wouldn't be able to break free…unless they found something that would stop the spirit beasts.
The thing that they were counting on was whatever Bi Qing was using to stop the spirit beasts from attacking her.
After all, from beginning to end, not a single spirit beast had turned their attention to Bi Qing. It was as if there was something about them that was causing the spirit beasts to not notice them.
If they were able to find it and take it from them, then they would be able to turn the attention of the spirit beast from themselves to…Bi Qing's group.
But no matter how they looked, they couldn't find a single thing that was off about Bi Qing's group.
It was as if there wasn't anything special about them that was making the spirit beasts ignore them. It was as if they were just standing there normally…
After deliberating for a bit and realizing that they couldn't keep this up any longer, the five different groups came to an agreement.
If they couldn't survive either way, they would go all out.
But that was a dumb move trying to get Bi Qing involved again. If they had worked together, they might have been able to break free and escape into the forest.
Then they would have had a chance to survive by hiding from the spirit beasts.
However, they chose to wait for just the right moment when they repelled the attacks of the spirit beasts to gather their spiritual energy for one large attack. All of them gathered their spiritual energy and then released their largest attack at the same time.
As for who they were targeting…it was Bi Qing's group.
Seeing all of these attacks aimed at them, Bi Qing's group didn't panic.
But it also wasn't Bi Qing who made a move this time.
Instead, one of the cloaked figures stepped forward and raised a hand in front of them. Then with a single wave of the hand, there was a powerful wall of wind that was generated.
This powerful wall of wind slammed into all of the attacks that were coming their way and then scattered them all. There wasn't a single trace of those attacks left.
However, unlike their attacks, this wall of wind didn't stop. This wall of wind continued flying forward towards the five groups that were shocked by how easily their strongest attacks had been shattered.
Before they could react, the wall of wind came over them.
It didn't blow them away…but it did scatter all of the spiritual energy that was around them.
Not a single one of them was able to gather spiritual energy anymore, so they couldn't create another barrier.
It was also at that moment that the spirit beasts launched their next wave of attacks.
Without being able to defend themselves, they all scattered in every direction to dodge these attacks. But they found that they couldn't even use spiritual energy to boost their bodies to move faster.
The attacks of the spirit beasts were just too fast for them to dodge and too strong for them to guard against, so they all dropped to the ground like puppets that had their strings cut.
In their final moments, they could only look at Bi Qing with looks of disbelief and shock.
At the same time, it was only in their final moments that they were able to reveal traces of regret.
If they hadn't let it go to their heads, they might have been able to think of a better way.
They realized that they had let her provocation and the pressure of the situation get to them, making them choose the worst possible method…
In the end, they could only regret their own actions.
After all of them died, the spirit beasts just stopped their attacks. They looked around for a bit, looking at Bi Qing's group and…Lin Fan's group that were still there.
But it was as if neither of their groups were of any importance to them, so they just ignored them and walked off.
Soon, this lake became abandoned again.
There was only silence left in the air as Lin Fan stared at Bi Qing's group, waiting for them to make a move.
Bi Qing was also staring right at Lin Fan, even though he should be hidden with the illusion spell.
The silence lasted for a while before Bi Qing finally broke it by saying, "It seems like you've survived that attack. How about we have a talk?"
Lin Fan's face twisted a little since he knew that she was talking to him. After all, she was looking right into his eyes as she said this.
After thinking for a bit, Lin Fan released the illusion spell and revealed him and Mu Bao Bao to them…or rather, he revealed them to the cloaked figures behind Bi Qing.
Since they were the only ones that reacted when the illusion spell dropped.
Bi Qing didn't react at all when the illusion spell was released, making it clear that she could see him all along.
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