Chapter 1232: The Method
Ling Feng stared at the masked woman and said, "If you can take off the veil on your face and let me see your true appearance, I'll reveal my strategy!"
Daphne, upon hearing this, shot a slightly jealous glance at the masked woman. To her, it was clear that Ling Feng had some thoughts about the masked woman!
The masked woman was momentarily stunned, then chuckled and said, "Forget it, I'm too ugly, I better not scare you! Besides... I have no interest in passing any test."
"If you're not interested, why did you come then?" Ling Feng asked curiously.
The masked woman chuckled softly, "After all, I'm a member of the Round Table Knights, and naturally, I'm here at the behest of Captain Daphne!"
At this point, Daphne interjected, "Ling Feng, I don't think this is the time for you to tease my subordinates, is it? What's your strategy? Hurry up and tell us!"
Ling Feng looked at the tall and enchanting masked woman. He couldn't believe she was ugly! She definitely didn't want him to see her true appearance!
It's not that Ling Feng was blind to beauty at this moment, but the masked woman indeed gave him a very familiar feeling. Ling Feng was sure that this masked woman was someone he knew, perhaps someone he was even very close to!
However, recalling everyone around him, he couldn't think of anyone who fit that description! Besides, there were only thirteen people in the Round Table Knights, other than Daphne, Ling Feng really didn't know anyone else in the group.
"She truly is a highly vigilant woman!" Ling Feng thought to himself.
"Hey, Ling Feng, are you listening to me!" Daphne said angrily, "Don't you want to pass the test?"
Ling Feng looked at Daphne, smiled, and said, "Daphne, what's the hurry? Haven't you heard the saying, 'the hasty will not eat the hot tofu'? As for the plan… I already have it now!"
A plan? Daphne and the masked woman brightened up, their eyes gleaming with curiosity.
Ling Feng didn't continue to keep them in suspense, because the action for this plan would be quite big, and he couldn't hide it from them. Furthermore, with their assistance, Ling Feng's actions could be swifter.
"The Seven-Star Leaf Fruit is guarded by a monster beast!" Ling Feng said in a serious tone, "That's what the Xuanyuan Sword told us, which means this monster beast must be extremely terrifying, at least a ruler of its domain!"
The two women nodded slightly; this was indisputable.
"As long as it's a monster beast, it must have the unique trait of monster beasts! That is a strong drive to control its territory!" Ling Feng chuckled, "Now do you understand?"
The masked woman still seemed a bit puzzled, but Daphne's eyes lit up, "Yes, any powerful monster beast is bound to have its own forbidden area, where other creatures dare not approach!"
"So what?" The masked woman still didn't understand.
Daphne explained, "Since it has a territory of its own, we can use that to find it. For instance... by creating a beast tide. If the tide avoids certain areas, those are likely where the monster beast resides!"
Only then did the masked woman understand, and she couldn't help but ask, "Is that really possible?"
"Why not!" Daphne confidently replied, "With the strength of the three of us, creating a beast tide is not too difficult."
Ling Feng nodded slightly. Daphne hadn't been idle in these years! The little girl, who used to cry when frightened by an assassin, was slowly becoming an experienced leader.
Daphne glanced at Ling Feng. Although she had thought of this plan, without Ling Feng's guidance, she wouldn't have come up with it so quickly!
"Alright, now that we have a direction, let's proceed to the next step!" Ling Feng said calmly, "The three of us will split in three directions and drive the monster beasts toward the center of the forest. If anyone encounters something they can't handle… it's better to retreat early!"
If they couldn't handle even the peripheral monster beasts, then they certainly wouldn't be able to deal with the monster beast guarding the Seven-Star Leaf Fruit!
Daphne and the masked woman nodded, and then after some simple instructions from Ling Feng, they parted ways.
"Tsk tsk tsk, that blonde, blue-eyed lass doesn't seem bad either!" Outside, Xuanyuan Xia remarked, "Her mind's quite agile, not like an uncarvable block of wood!"
The Sword Spirit chuckled, "I never expected the normally haughty Princess Xia to praise someone?"
Xuanyuan Xia rolled her eyes and said, "I'm just expressing some care for the juniors... As for my peers, who can match up to me?"
"Still as haughty as ever!" The Sword Spirit shook its head, "However, I feel Ling Feng seems to care a bit too much for that masked woman. Could he be a philanderer?"
Xuanyuan Xia's mouth twitched. In a country observing monogamy, shamelessly hitting on many respectable young women and saying he's not a philanderer was something she couldn't voice out!
"A true man, what's wrong with having more women!" Xuanyuan Xia said insincerely, "I have several aunts myself!"
Inside the Small World, Ling Feng and the others naturally didn't know there were people outside discussing them!
The trajectories of the three formed a fan shape, gathering the monster beasts and wild animals within dozens of kilometers, driving them towards the forest's depths.
The outer monster beasts weren't very strong, the strongest only mid-stage Demigod Domain level, which in Ling Feng's hands, were as helpless as little rabbits.
After an hour, through the combined efforts of the three, a panicked beast tide gradually formed, surging towards the depths of the forest.
Rumble! The beast tide rolled like a snowball, the group growing larger, scaring more and more types of monster beasts. Many monster beasts, not knowing what was happening, ran towards the forest's depths, following the massive tide.
"What a spectacle!" Ling Feng stood atop a tree, looking at the chaotic paths formed by the crash into the forest, unable to refrain from exclaiming, "In such a scene, I want to recite a poem!"
"Ah, forest, so many trees! Ah, beast herd, so many legs!" Behind Ling Feng, came the voice of the masked woman!
Cough cough cough! Ling Feng began coughing violently, almost floored by the poetic feelings of the masked woman!
"You… who are you!" Ling Feng asked somewhat exasperatedly. This masked woman felt more and more familiar to him.
"You still haven't guessed my identity? Then give it a good guess!" The masked woman, not hiding anymore, said with a hint of teasing, "I don't believe you'll guess who I am."