After the short man finished speaking, Yan Lingyi, who was leading the group, did not object, and the entire team of more than ten people rushed over together.

Fireballs, ice spikes, and sword energy... all swarmed in at once, and in an instant, several opponents pounced on them like hungry tigers.

With their attitude, they immediately unleashed their ultimate moves upon meeting, showing no mercy whatsoever.

If they were caught off guard and hit them, these newcomers, whose cultivation levels were much lower than theirs, would certainly suffer serious injuries.

But at that moment, all the members of the HarmonyOS team suddenly felt as if they had been moved to a different place.

There were no new disciples on the other side, and their moves missed, as if they had been thrown directly at an empty space.

The tranquil flowers that had been scattered on the ground were now gone, and they found themselves in an empty valley, surrounded only by each other. It was as if the group of newcomers they had just seen was merely an illusion.

"Not good, it's a formation!" Yan Lingyi said solemnly, "Qian Zheng!"

The short cultivator beside him, named Qian Zheng, was an array cultivator. Upon hearing the captain call him, he immediately began to observe his surroundings, trying to find a way to break the array.

But after examining it for a long time, he couldn't find any trace of the formation.

A group of people wandered aimlessly in the formation. When they realized that they couldn't even leave the valley by flying on their swords, they finally understood that they had probably encountered a master.

He spends all day hunting geese, but today a goose pecked his eye.

Yan Lingyi was filled with resentment, regretting that he hadn't been careful enough. After observing his surroundings, he chose a direction and unleashed a burst of fire spell.

The explosive flame spell exploded towards the mountain, but the result was not that the formation was broken, but rather a wave of attacks from the formation itself, and a very strange one at that.

After a puff of smoke, everyone in the Hongmeng team felt itchy all over, and the lower their cultivation level, the itchier they felt.

From arrogance to writhing all over, all it takes is a simplified version of the Rising Dragon Formation and a Calm Pill.

Outside the formation, Shi Xuan called to his teammates: "Let's move quickly and dig up the ones that are in good condition!"

"Captain is awesome!" Zhang Yingxin stepped forward and put her arm around Shi Xuan's shoulder, saying that Shi Xuan always had her reasons for doing things. While everyone else was busy digging up the Tranquilizing Flowers, only Shi Xuan thought about the follow-up and set up the formation first.

Chen Qi and Shen Wuyang were even more excited and began digging for spiritual plants with great enthusiasm, not even having time to glance at the few people still writhing in the formation.

The team of nineteen worked with all their might, digging up all the mature and large Peace Lilies. They gave up on the remaining scattered or small ones.

Shi Xuan's formation was activated with spirit stones, and after three hours, it was almost at its breaking point.

Just as darkness was about to fall, Shi Xuan took out the puppet sword, stepped onto it, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go!"

The group boarded their flying swords and soared into the sky at top speed, heading towards their own floating island.

Behind them, the strongest Hongmeng team of the Hongmeng Sect of the Ten Continents was trapped in the formation for three hours without coming out.

Qian Zheng, who always boasted of his talent in formations, ultimately failed to break the formation that trapped them.

Because their attempts to break the formation triggered other attacks, the group spent the last three hours in a very difficult situation, trying all the pills with negative effects that Shi Xuan had given them.

When the spiritual power of the formation finally became insufficient, allowing them to escape, the fifteen members of the team sat on the ground as if they had lost all their strength.

Since they began their cultivation, they have never suffered like this before; it is the biggest stain on their lives! How despicable! These newcomers are truly awful!

By the time the Hongmeng team escaped, it was already dark.

They couldn't risk being attacked by owls to go back, so they had no choice but to spend the night in the wilderness.

Looking at the scattered and unsightly Peace Lilies on the ground, they felt as if those flowers were mocking them, laughing at them for only being able to pick up what others had left behind.

The once abundant Peace-Generating Flowers were all dug up by those despicable newcomers, leaving them with only scraps, which they couldn't decide whether to pick or not.

Finally, Yan Lingyi said, "Pick the bigger ones, and forget about the smaller ones."

As the team members collected the flowers, they thought to themselves, "If they're talking about big ones, the big ones have already been picked! All the remaining Peace Lilies here are small!"

As night fell, the fifteen people sat on the ground and, having no other choice, began to meditate and cultivate.

Several team members grew increasingly angry as they thought about it, and they took out their tokens and logged into the virtual lobby with their divine senses.

That night, a new message appeared in the miscellaneous affairs section.

[Outrageous! The Hongmeng Team helped a group of newcomers, but who knew they would repay kindness with enmity? While the Hongmeng Team was locked in a fierce battle with demonic beasts, they stole the Tranquilizing Flower that should have belonged to the Hongmeng Team! That group of newcomers seemed to have just entered the outer realms; there were nineteen of them in total, and they didn't have matching team uniforms. Their leader was a beautiful female cultivator, tall and with curly hair. Only today did they realize what shamelessness truly meant!]

That disciple was invincible in the virtual hall. No matter what happened, as long as it involved the Hongmeng team, there would always be someone who would believe him unconditionally.

The HarmonyOS team already enjoys a very high reputation, and anyone who speaks ill of them in this miscellaneous affairs section is always attacked by the crowd.

At this moment, someone broke this news, and the comments section immediately became lively.

[No way! A rookie team managed to snag the HarmonyOS team?!]

[A surprise attack isn't impossible. Imagine all the members of the Hongmeng team are focused on dealing with Yao Zeng, leaving the weaker newcomers unable to help and only able to gather Tranquilizing Flowers on the sidelines. Then, taking advantage of the Hongmeng team members' distraction, they can abscond with the items—isn't that a possible scenario?]

Now that you mention it, the whole thing makes sense. These newbies are truly shameless! Their captain is a curly-haired female cultivator? Next time we run into them outside, we'll teach them a lesson!

[Now that you mention it, does this seem familiar? The group of new recruits selling green rats in the central hall the other day…exactly nineteen people, their leader was a curly-haired female cultivator, and they didn't have team uniforms…doesn't that match up?]

[It was them! The day before yesterday I thought this new team was something special, turns out they're cunning. So, all those green rats the other day, I wonder what shameless methods they used to get them!]

They even said it was best not to team up with us! Indeed, no one dared to approach them anymore. Ugh, bad luck!

[If you encounter them when you go out, just fight them directly, no need for any nonsense!]

...

The miscellaneous area of ​​the virtual lobby was very lively that night because of this message. Many people came out to curse them. In an instant, the best team became the target of everyone's criticism.

The best team, having completed their mission and unexpectedly gained many Tranquilizing Flowers, were all in high spirits and slept exceptionally soundly.