The three women's sudden onslaught made the first few magical beasts to enter the central area their targets.
Sensing the horde of magical beasts closing in from the outskirts, they knew they had little time left. Their attacks were ruthlessly vicious, each strike aimed straight at the weak points of the beasts before them.
Behind them, Qing'er seemed to understand what Xiao Yi Xian and the others intended. Faced with this feast that had "fallen from the sky," Qing'er immediately began absorbing the blood essence within it.
Under Qing'er's absorption, the magical beast corpses, which had still been radiating terrifying fluctuations of energy, soon became a scattering of remains.
Whoosh!
Then Qing'er abruptly vanished, reappearing on Xiao Yi Xian's shoulder. Wisps of purple energy flowed back out of Qing'er's body and merged into hers.
Her movements had been sluggish from her injuries, but once Qing'er's energy entered her body, a look of relief crossed Xiao Yi Xian's face. The sixth-order magical beast before her was reduced to dry bones at her hands.
"Come back! We have an opening!"
With the energy in her body replenished, Xiao Yi Xian called to Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun in the distance. The three gathered in the center again, and dense purple energy once more spread from Xiao Yi Xian's body.
This time, however, it did not blanket a vast stretch of the misty forest. Instead, it spread only a dozen or so meters around them before stopping, forming a ring of poisonous mist. Xiao Yi Xian even deliberately left a gap in it.
"With Qing'er here now, I can fully replenish what I expend. Take this opportunity to recover as quickly as you can. This time, these magical beasts won't drain my Dou Qi-they'll become my nourishment instead. Once you've recovered, we'll launch