Their hearts sank when they saw that the people who had arrived were indeed back-ups, but they were not theirs.

Tianfeng Wei laughed out loud, “Xiao Si, charge forward with our back-up forces. I will go take the Yuli Snow Lotus.”

“Yes, my Lady” Mu Niansi responded, before grouping the forces into a defense formation.

Tianfeng Wei excitedly flew to the Palm Lotus and plucked it.

At this moment, Gu Lingzhi and Ye Fei came out from hiding and charged towards Tianfeng Wei.

“Hmph, I knew you were at the side waiting to ambush me!” Tianfeng Wei laughed coldly before she shot out a few glowing Attack Scrolls at them.

“d.a.m.n it, we've just started fighting and she throws out Spiritual Scrolls, how rich is the Tianfeng Clan?!” Ye Fei said as she rolled onto the ground to avoid the incoming attack and swiftly took out a dusty green umbrella from her Storage Ring.

Before the scrolls had managed to unleash their power, it vanished into thin air, as if swallowed by something.

“The Devouring Umbrella?!” Tianfeng Wei said as she narrowed her eyes to have a better look. The Devouring Umbrella was an uncommon defense weapon. It was the only weapon that can defend against the attacks of the Spiritual Scroll. It could swallow the spiritual powers of the scroll which would render it useless.

This treasure was only useful against Spiritual Scrolls. Other than that, there was not much use for it. Also, it was troublesome to make it, so not many people possessed it or bothered to buy it. It was unexpected for Ye Fei to have one.

“It's good to be prepared. My father once told me that whatever problems that could be solved with spirit stones should be the least of my worries. The Devouring Umbrella may not seem useful, but it is still effective in certain situations,” Ye Fei commented, looking pleased with herself.

For an instance, Gu Lingzhi had panicked when she saw the Spiritual Scrolls coming towards her. However, she calmed herself quickly. She raised her hands and shot some fireb.a.l.l.s, exploding the first two scrolls. Unexpectedly, it had caused a chain reaction and the other scrolls also blew up. A disruption in the spiritual make-up of the scrolls caused an explosion in the snow.

The explosion had injured Gu Lingzhi, causing her to cough up blood. While the snow still lingered in the air and obstructed everyone's visibility, she entered the Inheritance s.p.a.ce. When she breathed out, she found herself lying on the snow again.

No one had realized that she disappeared. Her disappearance into the Inheritance s.p.a.ce had also allowed her to avoid the brunt of the explosion.

As the snow settled, Tianfeng Wei was shocked to see that Gu Lingzhi stood in the snow, completely unaffected.

She did not think that Gu Lingzhi had the capability to dodge her Spiritual Scrolls.

“Did you have fun using those Spiritual Scrolls? You may be the pampered lady in the Tianfeng Clan, but those scrolls must've been enough to feed you for at least half a month!” Ye Fei's words had momentarily triggered Tianfeng Wei, causing her attention to stray from Gu Lingzhi.

“Scram!” Tianfeng Wei reached out to slap Ye Fei, but Ye Fei had antic.i.p.ated it and grabbed her wrist.

“Why are you so agitated? If your fianc sees the state you are in now, I wonder if he'll regret his decision to be engaged to you.”

Ye Fei continued to hara.s.s Tianfeng Wei in an attempt to distract her. Seizing the opportunity, Gu Lingzhi rushed to the Palm Lotus without hesitation. She plucked the flower with one swift motion.

“Put that down! You have no right to use it!” Song Ze bellowed, glaring at her with hatred.

Looking at the Palm Lotus, Gu Lingzhi retorted, “I plucked it so it belongs to me now!”

With a flick of her wrist, she tried to keep the flower in her Storage Ring. A streak of golden arc swept across which prevented Gu Lingzhi from successfully keeping it.

The young boy from before suddenly reappeared beside Gu Lingzhi and attempted to s.n.a.t.c.h the flower away.

“I'm sorry, I don't mean it!” the young boy apologized, yet he kept on attacking Gu Lingzhi without any remorse whatsoever.

This was when Gu Lingzhi realized that this young boy was equally as capable as Tianfeng Jin.

While Gu Lingzhi tried to resist the attacks from the young boy, everyone else broke through Tianfeng Wei's defense formation and charged towards them.

Tianfeng Wei had actually never expected her back-up forces to be able to hold everyone back. What she needed was time to stall everyone else so that she could go for the Lotus, but she did not think that Gu Lingzhi would have destroyed her plan.

When she saw everyone advancing towards her, Gu Lingzhi severed the flower into a few pieces.

“You can have the Lotus, I don't want it anymore!”

Gu Lingzhi then immediately retreated at the speed of lightning. The crowd was shocked to see that there were no traces of the Lotus in Gu Lingzhi's hand. The flower was actually grasped tightly in the palm of the young boy.

The young boy blinked, not knowing why Gu Lingzhi had suddenly changed her mind. Delighted, he kept it in his Storage Ring and swiftly escaped.

However, everyone had travelled all the way here in search for the Yuli Snow Lotus, how could they let him go so easily? It took them a few seconds to recover from the shock before they chased after the young boy.

“Lingzhi, why did you give up? If you just held on for a little longer, our back-up forces would have arrived!” Ye Fei furrowed her brows in confusion.

“The Lotus is important, but it's more important that all of you are safe and unharmed. If they want it then let them go fight over it. We can come again three years later,” Gu Lingzhi responded. Gu Lingzhi gave up the flower because she had other intentions, but she could not reveal her plans now, so she had to make up an excuse that would fit her actions.

For Gu Lingzhi, she could come back after three years. But for the rest of them, it was highly likely that they would become Martial Pract.i.tioners in three years and would no longer be able to attend the Flower Hunt.