They followed Yu Hua's words and tiheir march more profoundly into the forests. At some point, the Grandmaster ordered to head left, a bit of course, to where he knew, acc to reports, a few lightning rabbits lived. They were not the most powerful of spirit beasts but were speedy. Ning Feng started to falter again halfway, and she was carried alternatively by Yu Hua and Tang San, Tang Yin, even if she wao help, couldn't anymore. Her speed was already slowed down by her arm, which she had put into a brace after ging clothes again. If those got ruioo, she would have to depend on her Brothers clothing or walk around in her night grown.

  They ran past crevices and bumpy ground; they even had to climb up a few trees at a certain point because the forest underh them grew too thick to walk through.

  It was already midday, the sun standing high and dreadfully hot as they arrived at their designated goal, a piece among the Star Dou forest looking like any they had seen before. Thick, lush forests that were only slightly lighter thahey had passed through back; there was a small river not far from them, so they decided to fill up their water bottles.

  Ning Feng grew increasingly excited at the prospect of her spirit ring as she followed the others, smiling like a madman.

  "It is best to prepare an ambush.", Ari said, looking at the forest, "Lightning rabbits are fast as hell. Even with superior spiritual power, it will be difficult catg them without preparation."

  "What about traps?" Tang Yin asked, and the Grandmaster shook his head.

  "Spirit beasts are too intelligent to fall into them; we o find one and catch it.", he said, and Tang San looked at his blue-silver grass. "I catch it; with bind, I should be able to cate alive; if Ning Feng stays close to me, we succeed."

  "That is a good shot; then I will stay with you, and Tang Yin, Yu Hua, and Ari will stay with us too; Lize and the Grandmaster will try t oo our viity; I haven't asked yet, Tang San, what is ye?" Yule asked.

  "A hundred and twenty meters"

  He nodded with a grunt and tinued expining his idea, and while Tang Yin truly wao be with LIze and the Grandmaster, she k would be no good. Currently, she was more of a liability than an asset.

  "Good, let us do that, Miss Lize.", The Grandmaster looked at Lize, who nodded in agreement on the pn; in its simplicity, it was the easiest and safest way. If it failed, they could always try to find another. So they parted ways, and Yule ordered the children to climb into the trees to be safer; Yule and Ari stood underh. Tang San got the best view and trated downwards, waiting for a rabbit to arrive.

  Tang Yin sat there too, tension filling the air, and they all were focused entirely, but the lohey waited, the more impatient they got and the more they worried that something had happened. Finally, after much time passed, Tang Yin slowly lost her tration and looked around, lettihoughts wander. A Rustle alerted her, and soon, a small white-violet-colored rabbit jumped out of nowhere. Tang San used his Bind a it after the rabbit, but no ce. He simply vanished and reappeared at another pce. Keeping his tration, Tang San tried again. He surrou with ranks and slowly ered the rabbit before he succeeded in binding it. Behind the rabbit Lize, the Grandmaster and Lou San Pao appeared. Tang Yin snickered as she saw a leaf stig to the Grandmaster's usually orderly clothes and appearance.

  "Ning Feng, hurry up; this rabbit has to be a greeting straight from hell.", Lize growled, "We hree hours to make it run in the dire we wanted."

  Ning Feng nodded in agreement and took the bde from the teddy bag, gulping as she looked at the cute little rabbit. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath, and with a siermined ssh, she drove the bde through its neck. Killing it painlessly and swiftly. A yell appeared, and Ning Feng ran to the side behind a tree. Her sound of vomiting was audible, but none ehis was the first time she had to kill anything. Usually, she couldn't even kill a fly that was annoying her. After a while and somealer, she reappeared.

  "Everything okay now?" Tang Yin asked her, and she nodded.

  "I-it is f-fine. I do i-it.", she answered and sat down to absorb the spirit ring. It slowly went into her body, and she started to glow in rainbow colors as she absorbed it with a grimmer-than-usual face. Golden sparks mixed with pink and a diversity of colors, and the seven-yered pagodas floating above her hands engulfed in rainbow-colored fmes illuminating the surroundings remiang Yin of the same se as her brother.

  She sat there motionlessly for hours, hour after hour. The others waited until she fiang San and Ari prepared di a certain point as the others put up their tents and made their small camping pce a small safe spot. Ning Feng still did not awaken as dinner was finished; she had already hree times as long as Tang San had. Finally, scious of their guest, Tang Yin put down a bowl at the faraway camp side a it behind. She wondered if their invisible guest panion would e tonight as well.

  Ning Feng opened her eyes and smiled while huggieddy.

  "What did you get, speed enha like you wanted?" Lize asked, but Ning Feng shook her head, smiling even brighter aing slightly red while huggieddy.

  "S-something b-better.", she answered and summoned her spirit on.