As they gazed upon the blue lightning bursting from Chu Feng’s body, every single person present felt a storm of shock surge through their hearts, the emotion spreading to every fibre of their being.
The expressions of the Yu Heavenly Clan members were especially vivid.
As members of the Yu Heavenly Clan, there was no way they could fail to recognise their own clan-protecting martial skill.
“Where did you learn Heavenly Thunder Soul?!”
Suddenly, one of the Yu Heavenly Clan elders pointed at Chu Feng and shouted.
His voice carried unconcealed fury.
They had demanded the return of their clan-protecting martial skill precisely because they did not want it to be cultivated by an outsider.
Yet now Chu Feng had cultivated it. What were they supposed to do?
“There happened to be this martial skill inside Yu Hong’s cosmos sack. I cultivated it. What is wrong with that?” Chu Feng asked.
“Impossible. Absolutely impossible.”
“Heavenly Thunder Soul is extremely difficult to cultivate. Even though I studied it for three whole years, I could not master even the basics, let alone perform it.”
“I handed that cosmos sack to you only three days ago. How could you possibly have mastered Heavenly Thunder Soul in that time?”
“Do you take us for fools?”
“Tell us. Where exactly did you obtain Heavenly Thunder Soul?”
Yu Hong spoke up. He simply refused to believe Chu Feng’s words.
It was not only him. In truth, the moment they saw that Chu Feng could also perform Heavenly Thunder Soul, the first reaction of the Yu Heavenly Clan was that Chu Feng must have obtained Heavenly Thunder Soul from somewhere else and had cultivated it for a very long time to reach his current level.
“I say, little friend Chu Feng, have you perhaps cultivated some special secret skill or technique that allows you to imitate and copy other people’s martial skills?” the Lord of the Myriad Demons Sacred Palace asked at that moment.
“Senior, what I am using is genuine Heavenly Thunder Soul. It is not an imitation,” Chu Feng replied.
“Then where did you cultivate it from?”
“Where did you obtain Heavenly Thunder Soul?”
An elder of the Yu Heavenly Clan asked in a grave voice.
“I already told you. I found it inside Yu Lie’s cosmos sack.”
“Are you deaf?”
Chu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, his face showing displeasure.
“Are you truly claiming that you mastered Heavenly Thunder Soul in a mere three days?”
The elder asked heavily.
“Yes, exactly. Is that not allowed?”
“Just because you cannot do it, why do you assume that I, Chu Feng, cannot?”
Chu Feng countered in the same grave tone.
“Well said!”
Suddenly, a cheer rang out. It came from the Lord of the Myriad Demons Sacred Palace.
“I say, Yu Heavenly Clan, there is no need to feel indignant.”
“Mastering a fourth-rank Venerable Taboo in three days is indeed beyond reason.”
“Yet as far as I know, even a normal fourth-rank Venerable Taboo requires sixth-rank Sovereign cultivation to practise, and a skill like Heavenly Thunder Soul truly requires seventh-rank Sovereign to master.”
“By normal logic, little friend Chu Feng’s true cultivation is only fifth-rank Sovereign. He should not be able to master even an ordinary fourth-rank Venerable Taboo, much less Heavenly Thunder Soul.”
“However, he has undeniably mastered it. That power is right there on his body. No one can claim it is fake.”
“Although even I find it hard to believe, whether it is me or all of you, we must acknowledge that today an unparalleled genius has appeared. He has accomplished something beyond all reason.”
“And that person is precisely little friend Chu Feng.”
The Lord of the Myriad Demons Sacred Palace showered Chu Feng with praise.
After saying this, he turned his gaze towards Yu Lie.
“I say, Yu Lie, this lord acknowledges that you are a heaven-gifted genius.”
“Yet people fear comparison, and cultivators fear it even more.”
“Once comparison is made, strength and weakness, superiority and inferiority become clear.”
“You may be a heaven-gifted genius, but you are still inferior to little friend Chu Feng.”
“Stop competing. Admit defeat.”
His words caused many from the Yu Heavenly Clan to twist their mouths in anger.
How could someone of his standing say such things?
Unable to tolerate it any longer, many began to hurl insults at the Lord of the Myriad Demons Sacred Palace.
By contrast, not a trace of anger showed on Yu Lie’s face.
“Senior, thank you for your kindness, but in this battle I, Yu Lie, have already staked my life. There is no path of retreat.”
After saying this to the Lord of the Myriad Demons Sacred Palace, Yu Lie turned his gaze to Chu Feng.
“Brother Chu Feng, let me experience your Heavenly Thunder Soul.”
Sizzle sizzle.
With those words, Yu Lie pointed his longsword at Chu Feng.
The blue lightning instantly surged towards Chu Feng like an army that had received orders.
Heavenly thunder streaked through the sky, accompanied by ghostly wails and wolfish howls. The might was utterly terrifying, as though doomsday had arrived.
Seeing this, Chu Feng immediately countered.
He likewise thrust out his sword, and blue heavenly thunder rushed back towards Yu Lie.
Rumble rumble.
Sizzle sizzle.
Thunder roared and lightning raged.
The two streams of heavenly thunder had already collided.
The lightning intertwined like two armies locked in battle.
At this sight, the Yu Heavenly Clan and everyone else turned their attention back to the battlefield.
Although both were using Heavenly Thunder Soul, they still wished to see who was stronger.
The members of the Yu Heavenly Clan naturally believed Yu Lie had the greater chance of victory.
Yet when they looked, an unpleasant feeling rose in their hearts.
The lightning clashed with heaven-shaking might, but neither Chu Feng’s thunder nor Yu Lie’s could shatter the other’s.
The heavenly thunder unleashed by both sides remained deadlocked in the void. Victory and defeat were impossible to determine.
Swish.
At that moment, Yu Lie suddenly formed a peculiar hand seal.
The instant the seal was formed, his lightning changed. Among the endless thunder attacking Chu Feng, some began to fuse together, faintly forming a silhouette.
“Heavenly Thunder Mystery, Thunder Soul Manifest!”
Suddenly, Yu Lie roared.
Immediately afterwards, a humanoid figure condensed entirely of lightning emerged from within the thunder.
“The profound mystery of Heavenly Thunder Soul! Yu Lie has actually mastered the profound mystery!”
At this moment, the older generation of the Yu Heavenly Clan remained relatively calm; they had long known that Yu Lie could unleash the profound mystery.
However, people like the Dragon Clan Chief and the Lord of the Myriad Demons Sacred Palace were rather surprised.
Once the thunder soul appeared, it rapidly expanded.
At first it was only two metres tall, but in the blink of an eye it transformed into a ten-thousand-metre tall lightning giant that towered into the heavens.
So colossal was it that even the clouds floated only around its waist!
The instant the lightning giant appeared, it wasted no time. Clenching one massive fist, it smashed straight towards Chu Feng.
