Su Jiu rose and used her sword to draw a huge circle beneath the three others' feet, enclosing them within it. Brilliant golden light flared around its edges, forming what looked like a barrier to protect them.
"I'm going to break the formation. Don't leave this area."
Li Yaran wasn't used to simply being protected. "Can't we do something to help you?"
Su Jiu shook her head. "This isn't like the mist formation, which only wanted to trap us. This formation can attack. Wandering around will trigger its mechanisms."
Su Mianmian frowned, looking puzzled. "Isn't this a secret realm for the Qi Refining realm? Why would there be such a dangerous formation here?"
Su Jiu didn't understand that either. The book had never mentioned Bai Su encountering so many formations. Her journey could practically be described as completely unobstructed.
People really could share the same path yet have entirely different fates. A cold smile tugged at Su Jiu's lips.
Next, Su Mianmian and the other two witnessed an extremely perilous scene. Su Jiu charged into the forest, pushing her Lightfoot Step almost to its limit, but the bamboo leaves hurtled straight at her like throwing knives. Limited by her cultivation, she escaped many of them by no more than a hair's breadth.
In the blink of an eye, the girl vanished from their sight.
Su Mianmian had already broken out in a cold sweat. With those bamboo leaves attacking so quickly, none of the three of them would have been able to dodge them.
Li Yaran had clearly noticed something wrong as well. He had never heard any senior mention formations existing in this secret realm.
Su Jiu darted through the "rain of bamboo leaves." Although she had perfected her Lightfoot Step, that couldn't change the fact that this Hollow