However, they couldn't be blamed for it. After holding on for so long, both their bodies and spirits were nearing exhaustion, and now they were relying solely on willpower to keep going.

Lin Yan, witnessing this, couldn't help but grit his teeth.

His gaze shifted, as if he were communicating with someone. Finally, he closed his eyes, and a moment later, when he opened them again, there was a newfound determination and sadness in his eyes, as if he had made a crucial decision. He looked up at Luo Chen and said, "Brother Luo, have the senior brothers and sisters stand behind me. I have a plan..."

But before he could finish, a sudden roar of battle cries erupted from outside the formation.

Instantly, a smile broke across Luo Chen's face. "Someone's come to rescue us! Everyone, hold on! If we can just endure a little longer, we’ll be out of this damned formation!"

...

"Have they failed?"

A figure in black turned around, looking at the disciples of Tianjian Sect rushing toward them.

Though he wasn't arrogant enough to think he could stop the Tianjian Sect disciples, wasn't this a bit too soon?

Moreover, the two who had gone out to intercept hadn’t returned. Had they fled, or had they been captured by the Tianjian Sect disciples?

Meanwhile, Bai Feng was observing the remaining three figures in black from a distance.

He glanced down at the system and let out a sigh of relief.

Finally, there were no more children of destiny.

If another child of destiny showed up, he really wouldn’t be able to handle it.

"I advise you not to act rashly."

One of the figures in black stood before the Tianjian Sect disciples. Although they were surrounded, his voice held no trace of fear.

He slightly turned his body, raising his right hand to slowly point at the formation behind him. "If you don’t want to return with a pile of mangled flesh, you better back off now!"

Bai Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and quietly reached out to touch Bai Yu Mo. "Yu Mo, help me hold them off for a bit."

"Okay."

Bai Yu Mo didn’t ask any questions; she quickly nodded, her right hand resting on the hilt of her sword.

"What? You want your dear senior brothers and sisters to be turned into minced meat? Hurry up and retreat!"

The figure in black let out a wild laugh. He knew all too well that this group of righteous sect disciples would never abandon their fellow disciples unless absolutely necessary, and that gave him an opportunity.

"Attack!"

Bai Feng charged straight toward the formation, while Bai Yu Mo drew her sword, slashing at the black-clad figure blocking their way.

The figure hastily raised his large blade to defend, but was sent flying by a single strike, tumbling through the air before landing heavily on the ground.

"Good, good, good! Excellent!" The figure in black gritted his teeth, rage almost spilling from his mouth. "Since you’re so ungrateful, just wait to collect the corpses of your senior brothers and sisters!"

He raised his right hand, and with a surge of his spiritual power, the formation began to operate at an accelerated pace.

"Bai Feng, I’ve heard of you. You defeated the formation genius of Liu Meng’s disciples!" He turned to Bai Feng, who was rushing toward the formation. "But what can you do now? This is the renowned formation of Qian Zhen Sect, known as 'Qian Zhen.' Ordinary people can’t break through it from the outside. You’ll just have to watch as your senior brothers and sisters are torn to shreds by the formation! Or, if you agree to one of my requests, I might consider letting you go..."

Bai Feng turned around, looking at the black-clad figure who was laughing cruelly, his expression puzzled. "What were you just saying?"

Suddenly, the formation that should have been operating at full capacity came to a sudden halt behind him.

In the next moment, the formation began to collapse beside him, like a row of dominoes being toppled, the collapse quickly spreading throughout the entire formation.

"Wh... what’s happening?"

The figure in black widened his eyes, hidden beneath his mask, unable to believe that the so-called most difficult formation to break could be so easily dismantled.

"This formation has been in place for too long, and no one has maintained it. It’s been falling apart for ages," Bai Feng kindly explained. "As long as you destroy a few key nodes, the entire formation can no longer operate. Its collapse was only a matter of time."

"No, that’s impossible! I, as the controller, can’t even see through the internal structure. How could you figure it out just by looking from the outside?"

The figure in black suddenly had a realization. He gripped his long knife tightly and slashed at his own arm. "I remember now! You’re skilled in illusions, right? Trying to use illusions to buy time? Don’t dream!"

"…"

How could someone still think they were in an illusion?

Unlike the disbelieving figure in black, Su Lan Qian, with her spiritual eyes, clearly saw what Bai Feng had done.

Just as Bai Feng had said, he had merely used his spiritual power to disrupt a few nodes, and then the 'Qian Zhen' formation began to collapse one after another.

It seemed simple, but she understood the difficulty involved. This wasn’t something that could be achieved by just randomly destroying a few nodes. Even the formation master who set up the 'Qian Zhen' might not be able to do it, especially since the formation had fallen into disrepair over the years, with many nodes already ineffective, and even the operational logic had changed.

Unless Bai Feng could 'see' the structure of the formation and had a solid and profound foundation, he wouldn’t be able to identify the key nodes among the complex web of nodes at a glance. But was that really possible?

If the former relied on talent, the latter could only be achieved through hard work.

Su Lan Qian tightened her fingers slightly, but after a few seconds, she relaxed them.

She truly had no reason to complain about her defeat.

Whether it was talent or effort, she had been thoroughly crushed.

"I was really foolish to think so highly of myself before."

Su Lan Qian lowered her head, realizing that perhaps she wasn’t as talented as she had believed.

In that moment, she felt a sudden lightness in her heart, as if even her inner demons had weakened a bit.

She paused for a moment: could this be my inner demon?

"Why are you still not breaking free from the illusion? You must not be cutting hard enough!"

The figure in black was already covered in wounds from his own knife, blood dripping continuously, yet he kept swinging his large blade, as if he were trapped in an illusion himself.

Bai Feng felt a bit helpless about this. He couldn’t wake someone who thought they were deeply ensnared in an illusion, so he turned to Bai Yu Mo. "What about his two teammates?"

"They ran off at the very beginning. The ones left here are just puppets," Bai Yu Mo shook her head. "They ran away like mice, so fast!"

Seeing this, Bai Feng waved his hand in consolation. "It’s fine. Including the one with the fan, capturing two of them is enough."

Bai Yu Mo nodded, not saying much more, but it was clear she still felt a bit dissatisfied.

At the same time, as the 'Qian Zhen' formation collapsed, Lin Yan, Luo Chen, and the others trapped inside emerged from the formation.

The first thing they saw was the black-clad figure who was still injuring himself.

Lin Yan was instantly dumbfounded. "What happened to him?"

What kind of method did Bai Feng use to force him into this state?

Not just him, but the other disciples who had witnessed the entire process were equally bewildered.

From that moment on, the rumor that Bai Feng could drive enemies mad with just a single word began to spread among the disciples of Tianjian Sect.

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**Chapter 71: Can I Obtain the Inheritance Without Doing Anything?**

In an underground cave that was hard for ordinary people to discover.

A girl with white hair walked through a narrow passage, holding a sword in one hand, with black blood dripping from the blade.

"Congratulations, you have passed the assessment."

At that moment, a melodious voice rang in her ears, and the narrow passage ahead suddenly shifted to the sides, forming a spacious underground cavern.

Xiao Qi showed no signs of joy; instead, she stared at the female figure that appeared ahead—an indistinct silhouette, as if captured through a foggy lens, only vaguely revealing a graceful figure.

"Where’s the exit?"

She raised her long sword, pointing it at the blurry figure, her previously calm tone now tinged with impatience.

But the woman seemed not to hear her, continuing to speak to herself. "Since you’ve passed the assessment, you must be rewarded!"

"However, before I give you your reward, I have a question to ask you."

The woman suddenly appeared right in front of Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi quickly swung her sword, but it only cut through empty air. The illusion was indeed severed, but in the next second, it reformed.

"You... hate this world, don’t you?"

The woman’s voice was like a devil’s whisper, easily piercing through her eardrums and stabbing into her heart.

Like the random thoughts before sleep, she couldn’t help but recall her childhood experiences.

Hated and despised by her parents at home, beaten by others as a monster after being cast out, hiding in lonely corners during the day...

Even to this day, she still loathed her own hair. If it weren’t for her white hair, she wouldn’t have been abandoned by her biological parents.

She also hated this world, a world that had brought her no warmth since her birth, only endless suffering.

But...