At this moment, every single person turned their gaze towards Chu Feng.
To a greater or lesser extent, their eyes were filled with incomprehension.
Could Chu Feng really be unaware of who Yu Lie was?
“Little friend Chu Feng, you may not yet fully understand this Yu Lie.”
“If you truly intend to fight him, I advise you to think twice.”
Just then, a secret message reached Chu Feng’s ears. The speaker was Elder Gongsun of the Cloud Sky Immortal Sect.
“Senior, I have heard a thing or two about Yu Lie.”
Chu Feng replied.
“No, your knowledge of him is certainly not deep enough.”
“Little friend Chu Feng, this Yu Lie is not merely the strongest genius of the Yu Heavenly Clan. He is also one of the mightiest geniuses in the entire Holy Light Galaxy today.”
“Yu Lie’s name has resounded throughout the Holy Light Galaxy for decades. He is a true heaven’s chosen son within it.”
“Back in the day, amongst the juniors who could stand against him in the Holy Light Galaxy, even within the Holy Light Clan itself, there were only two.”
“As for the other powers, whether the Dragon Clan, the Myriad Demons Sacred Palace, or even our Cloud Sky Immortal Sect, none had a junior capable of matching him.”
“At that time, the three strongest geniuses in the whole Holy Light Galaxy consisted of two from the Holy Light Clan, and the third was Yu Lie of the Yu Heavenly Clan.”
“Twenty years ago, Yu Lie was already Seventh Rank Supreme, only a hair’s breadth from Eighth Rank Supreme.”
“That same year, he faced the greatest rival of his life, one of the geniuses on par with him in the Holy Light Galaxy, Shengguang Yu of the Holy Light Clan.”
“Shengguang Yu was nearly seventy-three years old at the time, yet he too had reached Seventh Rank Supreme. Combined with his masterful swordsmanship and the halo of the Holy Light Clan, his reputation surpassed even Yu Lie’s.”
“Yet in that battle, it was Yu Lie who emerged victorious. He defeated one of the Holy Light Clan’s strongest geniuses of that era.”
“Not long after that fight, Yu Lie went into seclusion.”
“However, our Cloud Sky Immortal Sect heard that the duel between Yu Lie and Shengguang Yu had been a carefully orchestrated scheme by the Holy Light Clan.”
“They intended to use Shengguang Yu to test Yu Lie’s potential.”
“Yet the final outcome was Yu Lie defeating Shengguang Yu, which naturally displeased the Holy Light Clan.”
“From that point on, the Holy Light Clan regarded Yu Lie as a future threat to their dominance.”
“Logically, the Holy Light Clan could have assassinated Yu Lie in secret.”
“Instead, they poisoned him. From then on, Yu Lie fell gravely ill. There were even rumours that he had died from the poison.”
“Of course, these were only rumours with no proof. But seeing Yu Lie today, his condition is clearly abnormal. It is highly likely that the Holy Light Clan really did poison him.”
“Even so, Yu Lie’s strength remains extraordinary. He is on an entirely different level from the juniors you have faced before.”
“Even though his cultivation has stagnated for twenty years and he is no longer on par with Shengguang Yu,”
“he is still not to be underestimated. If you fight him, you must treat him as the strongest genius in the entire Holy Light Galaxy.”
“You must not be the least bit careless, or you will surely suffer a great loss.”
Elder Gongsun spoke extremely quickly, using a special transmission method that conveyed all this information to Chu Feng in an instant.
Yet after hearing it, far from feeling fear towards Yu Lie, Chu Feng only grew more interested.
Ever since his battle with Linghu Hongfei all those years ago, Chu Feng had not met a peer who could truly match him in combat.
Although the juniors he later encountered all possessed higher cultivation than Linghu Hongfei, far beyond what Linghu Hongfei had achieved,
their actual battle power was mostly mediocre. To put it simply, their cultivation was high, but their foundations were unstable, forcibly raised through countless heavenly treasures.
At the same cultivation level, those people could not even put up a fight against Chu Feng.
But this Yu Lie, Chu Feng felt, was bound to be different.
Otherwise, he would not deserve the title of the strongest genius of his era.
“Brother Chu Feng, are you truly willing to fight me?”
“And I need not hold anything back?”
Yu Lie asked Chu Feng again.
His attitude was remarkably calm, bearing none of the arrogance displayed by Yu Hong or Yu Yin.
“If we are going to fight, let us fight to our hearts’ content.”
“If you can truly defeat me, not only will I return the Venerable Forbidden martial skills, I will return everything inside the cosmos sack.”
Chu Feng declared.
“Good. Refreshing!”
“Since Brother Chu Feng is so straightforward, I, Yu Lie, also wish to experience your abilities as soon as possible.”
As Yu Lie spoke, he rose into the air from his mount and drifted towards Chu Feng.
That aura was indeed extraordinary, far beyond what Yu Hong, Yu Yin, Fu Feiyue, and the others could compare with.
Seeing this, Chu Feng also soared into the sky, passing through the protective barrier formed by the Dragon Clan chief and the others.
He and Yu Lie took positions at opposite ends of the horizon, facing each other in confrontation.
“Brother Chu Feng, then I, Yu Lie, will no longer hold back.”
The moment he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning appeared on Yu Lie’s forehead.
Zzzap.
Lightning surged, and soon characters emerged. They formed the word “Divine”.
Divine-rank lightning markings. Yu Lie too was a cultivator of the Heavenly Punishment Mysterious Art.
The instant the lightning markings appeared, Yu Lie’s cultivation rose from Seventh Rank Supreme to Eighth Rank Supreme.
“What powerful presence. Truly worthy of Brother Yu Lie.”
Seeing the lightning markings on Yu Lie’s forehead and the aura he now radiated, even the habitually arrogant Yu Hong and Yu Yin wore proud expressions. They took pride in Yu Lie.
They knew that although they too cultivated the Heavenly Punishment Mysterious Art, the degree of mastery varied.
Yu Lie’s command of the Heavenly Punishment Mysterious Art far surpassed theirs.
If the two of them released their own lightning markings now, the markings on their foreheads would appear dimmer.
That was bloodline suppression, unrelated to cultivation strength. It was purely a matter of mastery over the Heavenly Punishment Mysterious Art.
Thus, Yu Hong and Yu Yin both turned to look at Chu Feng, eager to see shock or fear on his face.
Yet to their dismay, not a trace of surprise or alarm appeared on Chu Feng’s countenance.
“What is wrong with this fellow?”
Yu Hong and Yu Yin frowned deeply. Chu Feng’s calm expression turned their earlier smugness into frustration.
