After Tyrant Star Villa sent a junior into the forbidden cultivation ground, the rough outline of events was relayed to Hun Yong.
Although Hun Yong found it hard to believe that Hun Lei might have betrayed them and suspected there was more to the story, the moment he learned that killing Immortal Moon would earn him double the reward, he decided to obey the Villa Master’s orders without hesitation.
He acted at once.
First, he pinned the blame for forcibly draining everyone’s bloodline power onto Immortal Moon.
Then he secretly activated the treasure the Villa Master had given him and began trying to break the boundary that sealed both the immortal cave and the demonic cavern.
Breaking that boundary, however, was no easy task. It required time.
“This is bad.”
At the same time, Chu Feng sensed what Hun Yong was doing.
Though he did not know why Hun Yong had suddenly changed tack, Chu Feng was certain the man intended harm to Immortal Moon.
He had to stop him immediately. He could not allow Hun Yong to enter the immortal cave.
Yet the formation eye Chu Feng controlled could not manipulate the boundary sealing the cave.
If he wanted to stop Hun Yong, he would have to go in person to the entrance and use force.
But if Chu Feng left, Immortal Moon would be unable to resist the relentless pressure pouring from the grand formation on her own.
She would be forced to halt her refining of the Tyrant Star Immortal Grass.
Faced with this crisis, Chu Feng found a solution.
The formation eye required bloodline power to activate.
He could set up a secondary formation and pour everyone’s harvested bloodline power into it.
The formation would then take his place, driving the eye and shielding Immortal Moon from the oppressive force.
He wasted no time. While still channelling the eye to protect her, he began constructing the substitute formation.
Once it was complete, however, a problem emerged.
A formation was still only a formation. It could not control bloodline power with the same finesse he could.
It consumed the stored bloodline power at an alarming rate. What they had gathered would not sustain the array for long.
Meanwhile, Hun Yong was on the verge of shattering the boundary that sealed the immortal cave and the demonic cavern.
Left with no choice, Chu Feng extracted his own bloodline power.
Doing so would not injure his foundation, but in the short term his bloodline would be severely weakened, affecting his ability to summon the Lightning Mark, Lightning Armour, and similar techniques.
He had no alternative.
After pouring his own bloodline power into the array, Chu Feng’s face turned deathly pale, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
He desperately needed rest, yet there was no time.
He hastily swallowed several healing pills, then rushed toward the entrance of the immortal cave and demonic cavern.
What Chu Feng did not know was that the instant he departed, the copper cauldron containing the refining flames gave a slight shudder.
The lid sealing it shifted ever so slightly.
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Outside the immortal cave, nearly everyone had their bloodline power forcibly extracted.
One by one they lay weakened. Those with stronger cultivation could still stand.
Many lacked even the strength to rise, and quite a few had already passed out. A small number might never wake again.
Unaware of the truth and incited by Hun Yong, they directed all their fury at Immortal Moon.
Those still able to move helped Hun Yong attack the boundary.
Those without strength continued hurling abuse at the cave.
“Every single one of you, shut your mouths! If I hear another insult directed at them, I will rip the offender’s mouth to shreds!!!”
Suddenly, an earth-shaking roar rang out, causing everyone to tremble, even Hun Yong.
They could all tell the speaker was defending the two “thieves” inside the cave.
Their first instinct was that an accomplice of the thieves had arrived.
Yet when they turned to look, not only did their fear vanish, their anger burned hotter than ever.
The person who had roared was none other than Chu Feng.
A fellow who could not even defeat a fourth-rank Supreme. How dare he threaten them?
“So you’re an accomplice of those two thieves.”
“Then you also took part in stealing our bloodline power. You deserve death just as much.”
Abruptly, a Soul Locking Sect disciple attacked.
It was the same fourth-rank Supreme who had struck Chu Feng earlier.
Weakened by the loss of his bloodline power, he did not use martial force. Instead he leapt straight at Chu Feng.
“Uwaa—”
Yet the moment he drew near, he froze mid-air.
When everyone saw the situation clearly, their expressions changed.
Chu Feng’s hand had clamped around the disciple’s neck like an eagle’s talon.
“You never should have harboured killing intent toward me.”
With those words, Chu Feng’s grip tightened. Crack. The disciple’s neck snapped.
Then, with a flick of his wide sleeve, Chu Feng tossed the body aside like a discarded sack.
The instant the corpse hit the ground, many people sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
That Soul Locking Sect disciple was already dead.
“Bastard! I’ll cut you into ten thousand pieces!!!”
Roars of rage erupted.
It was the other Soul Locking Sect disciples.
Having witnessed their martial brother murdered before their eyes, how could they stay idle?
Yet before they could move, Chu Feng’s robes flared, and overwhelming pressure burst from his body.
That pressure swept toward the Soul Locking Sect disciples like a hurricane.
In an instant, all of them were sent tumbling head over heels.
“Fifth-rank Supreme?”
Only now did the crowd finally understand why Chu Feng had so easily killed a fourth-rank Supreme disciple.
They could feel his aura clearly.
“This fellow actually concealed his strength.”
Sensing Chu Feng’s true cultivation, those who had been cursing him moments ago immediately shut their mouths.
They were afraid. Afraid Chu Feng would kill them next.
It had to be admitted that once his cultivation was restored and revealed, the effect was immediate.
Yet one person remained completely unafraid.
That person was the genius of the Soul Locking Sect, Hun Yong.
“You really are courting death.”
Hun Yong finally stopped trying to break the boundary and turned to face Chu Feng.
Murderous intent filled his eyes.
Seeing Hun Yong like this, those who dared not speak against Chu Feng rejoiced in their hearts.
They might not be Chu Feng’s match, but everyone knew that if Hun Yong acted, dealing with Chu Feng would be child’s play.
After all, Hun Yong was a seventh-rank Supreme.
Swish.
Yet in the next instant, a streak of lightning flashed past.
When people finally registered what had happened, every face turned pale with shock.
Even Shengguang Jin’an’s eyes widened in astonishment.
The lightning streak was Chu Feng. In a blink he had appeared before Hun Yong, and his hand, sharp as a blade, had already pierced straight through Hun Yong’s dantian!!!
Eighth-rank Supreme. The aura Chu Feng now radiated was that of an eighth-rank Supreme.
“This fellow… he… is he a monster?”
For a moment, many people trembled uncontrollably, barely able to speak.
They could all clearly see the divine lightning mark on Chu Feng’s forehead, the Lightning Armour covering his body, and most shocking of all, the Heavenly Bestowed Divine Power that should never appear in someone possessing only a Heavenly Bloodline!!!
It was the combination of those three forces that had allowed Chu Feng’s cultivation to soar in an instant to eighth-rank Supreme!!!
Yet such a feat was something even peerless geniuses like Hun Yong and Hun Lei could not achieve.
In fact, they had never even heard of any junior in the Supreme realm capable of such a thing.
An unprecedented sense of dread welled up in everyone’s hearts.
“Just who on earth is this guy?”
