284: Charming light

After Xu Huan finished reading the two passages, her expression immediately became serious.

"Brother, why do you think that Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit didn't erase these words?"

"Try it."

Xu Huan took a fruit knife from her ring and forcefully swiped it across the carved characters, but there was no reaction.

Unwilling to give up, she tried grinding it with all her might. The blade became dull, yet she couldn't even leave a white mark.

Wang Xueting grabbed two clumps of mud from the ground and smeared them over the characters. As soon as she let go, the mud all slid off onto the ground.

This was actually a Spirit Treasure!

Xu Le glanced at Wang Xueting in surprise. He had thought she was just a mindless fangirl, but it turned out she was quite smart.

Sensing Xu Le's gaze, Wang Xueting puffed out her chest. She immediately understood that Xu Le liked smart people, and she decided to show off more in the future.

Thinking about how Ye Beixuan had failed to exterminate the foxes three times and had been forced to grit his teeth and smash a Spirit Treasure to warn latecomers, Xu Le found it amusing.

The four of them walked up the mountain path, and two Monkey Spirits holding long staffs jumped out.

"Who goes there?"

Xu Le was surprised: "Does this Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit really play the 'mountain guardian deity' routine?"

"How bold, to be so rude to Her Ladyship!"

The two Monkey Spirits raised their staffs and smashed them down. Xu Huan took out two sailor moons and similarly brandished their staffs to block the attacks.

The two Monkey Spirits were unexpectedly skilled in combat, actually fighting to a standstill against the sailor moons, which possessed a portion of Xu Le's combat experience.

Wang Xueting followed with the initial two Gourd Babies, while Liu Yilin released two black dogs and charged up as well.

"Shameless humans, actually using numbers to bully us! Just watch our ultimate Move!"

The two Monkey Spirits danced their staffs so tightly that not a drop of water could pass through. They collided with each other and leapt into the air.

Just as The three women thought they were about to unleash a Move like 'Splitting Mount Hua', the two Monkey Spirits jumped directly into mid-air, reached out to grab and swing, leapt onto a tree, and turned to flee.

"They're just fleeing like that?" Xu Huan was incredulous.

The two other women were equally stunned; they had already calculated dozens of ways to respond in their minds, but none of them had been used.

Xu Le chuckled to himself. Coming out this time was partly for fun and partly to help The three women gain some experience, so he intentionally didn't point it out.

The four continued forward. The two Monkey Spirits brought dozens of companions over, each standing on the treetops and constantly throwing stones.

The three women activated four more paper figurines. The six sailor moons were responsible for long-range spellcasting, the six Gourd Babies were responsible for defense, and the six black dogs burrowed into the dense forest.

Both sides were fighting intensely. Two black dogs climbed up the trees and actually dragged down two Monkey Spirits, while the remaining black dogs pounced and tore at them frantically.

"Despicable humans, actually launching a sneak attack!"

The group of Monkey Spirits was furious and jumped down from the treetops. In close-quarters combat, The three women immediately activated all ten paper figurines and threw them all into the battle.

Both sides were very strong in melee combat. Wang Xueting had an idea, whispered something to the other two women, and they nodded repeatedly.

A huge snowball suddenly smashed into the group of Monkey Spirits. Two Monkey Spirits cursed them for being despicable, raised their staffs to smash the snowball, and a Golden Dragon suddenly spat out a Dragon Ball.

The Monkey Spirit was completely caught off guard, hit directly in the face by the Dragon Ball, and had its head smashed.

The Golden Dragon roared and flew out, waving its claws wildly, and directly grabbed a Monkey Spirit. Unfortunately, its Realm was a bit low, so the damage it caused wasn't very high.

Liu Yilin's ancestral spirit was a vine that secretly entangled a Monkey Spirit. The Golden Dragon suddenly turned around and controlled the Dragon Ball to smash the Monkey Spirit's head.

Unfortunately, The three women were all in the Morning Star Realm, and once the Monkey Spirits were on guard, the sneak attack did not succeed.

However, on the side of the thirty paper figurines, they achieved results, and the Monkey Spirits saw they were outmatched and began to flee in defeat.

"Chase, chase, chase!" Xu Huan was very excited.

"No rush! Don't break formation, don't fall for an ambush." Wang Xueting advocated for steady and solid progress.

"How about we absorb the overflowing Spiritual Qi first?" Liu Yilin pointed at the battlefield.

"Okay!" The three women agreed unanimously.

Xu Le also went over to the side and began to absorb the Spiritual Qi. Although they were only Bright Moon Realm Monkey Spirits, it was better than nothing.

After recovering, The three women finally replenished the consumption from activating the paper figurines.

Xu Huan crept over, affecting a cutesy voice: "Brother."

"Hiss!" Xu Le gasped, "What do you want? Just say it."

"I heard you can also make Phoenixes. Our ancestral spirits can't fly, so why don't you give us two?"

Xu Huan had long coveted them, but the price of such things was too expensive; she reckoned that even by the time she graduated in her senior year, she wouldn't have enough contribution points.

"Fine!" Xu Le agreed.

He then pretended to make paper figurines, working for over half an hour until a vivid Phoenix appeared before their eyes.

"Is it ready?" Xu Huan asked.

"It's ready!" Xu Le answered.

Xu Huan took the Phoenix. Unlike the almost two-dimensional paper figurines from before, this was a three-dimensional Phoenix.

It seemed ready to flap its wings and fly to the Nine Heavens. Its tail, in particular, was exceptionally gorgeous, longer than its entire body and head combined.

This was a handicraft restored one-to-one based on the Nine Phoenix.

Xu Huan followed the method for activating paper figurines and tapped her finger on the Phoenix, but there was absolutely none of the feeling of establishing a mental connection like before.

She tried several times in a row, but none succeeded.

Seeing Xu Le's half-smiling expression again, Xu Huan immediately knew she had been tricked. She gritted her teeth and said: "You actually teased me! I'll fight you!"

Xu Le took six palm-sized paper Phoenixes from his paper ring. They looked a bit crude, like a child's paper cuttings.

The familiar formula, the familiar vibe.

The only difference was that the texture of the paper was different; it had a high-class feel.

Xu Huan happily took them.

Xu Le warned: "This thing is very complicated. After these days, I only have these few left."

"Got it!" Xu Huan split the Phoenixes with the two other women.

The group fought all the way to the mountaintop, always fighting steadily and solidly, never chasing.

The six Phoenixes finally revealed their power. Among ancestral spirits at the Peak of the Bright Moon Realm, they possessed top-tier strength. The Monkey Spirits that had fought the sailor moons to a standstill earlier needed two or three of them to barely contend.

Xu Le and the others resolved many types of evil spirits along the way. Xu Le also took action once; A Piao's Alternate Account brandished a long whip and single-handedly fought more than ten Tiger spirits.

Absorbing the overflowing Spiritual Qi, Xu Le's spirit increased to 298 points, an increase of more than 4 points compared to before going up the mountain.

"They should be coming."

Xu Le looked toward the mountaintop. The evil spirits along the way had all been testing their strength. Just now, he had deliberately let A Piao's Alternate Account take action, exposing only the strength of the Elementary Blazing Sun Realm, letting the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit know that it could win.

Sure enough.

Fox spirits swarmed over the mountains and plains.

This was their first time seeing Fox spirits.

The leader was a Nine-Tailed Demon spirit, its nine tails floating wantonly in the air, resembling nine giant snakes.

"Spirit Tamers, did you not see the giant rock at the foot of the mountain? Or do you think Grandma is bored on the mountain and you've automatically delivered yourselves to be snacks?"

Thinking that her brother was present, Xu Huan was not afraid in the slightest. She jumped up and cursed: "Bold Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, now that you see us coming, why don't you surrender immediately?"

The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit giggled, secretly casting a charm Spell. The scene before Xu Huan's eyes changed. She only felt that the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit before her was glowing all over, like a Heavenly God descending to earth, every single hair was the most beautiful thing in the world, and she would do anything for it.

"Spirit Tamer, the paper figurine in your hand is so fun, can you let me see it?"