"I'd better be more careful." Watching the Ancient Spirit called Xiankun on the verge of losing his mind, Chu Feng chuckled inwardly, but a warning bell had already rung in his heart.
Chu Feng figured this Ancient Spirit wasn't a fool. Twenty-four hours had already passed — far longer than it should take to trigger the Ancient Immortal Needle. The fact that it still hadn't been triggered could only mean one thing: someone else was here besides him.
So Chu Feng suspected that this Ancient Spirit would soon begin frantically searching the Ancient Immortal Pool, trying to find out who had ruined his plans.
The other party's cultivation was at the Fifth-grade Martial King, and as a genius among the Ancient Spirits, he surely commanded a host of unknown abilities.
Even though spiritual perception couldn't be used to sense everything here, Chu Feng still had to hide himself carefully. If the other party discovered him, with that kind of power, Chu Feng was as good as dead — there would be no room for him to maneuver.
He had to admit that for Chu Feng, this was shaping up to be an extremely dangerous situation, since he couldn't be sure whether the other party would be able to track him down in this place.
However, to trigger the Ancient Immortal Needle, to smear egg on the Ancient Spirit's face, and to win a bit of honor for humanity, Chu Feng decided to stay put.
He chose a concealed spot, employed his strongest hiding technique to mask himself completely, and then remained utterly still.
Time ticked by, drop by agonizing drop, and even Chu Feng found it hard to bear — because he never knew when that Ancient Spirit called Xiankun might appear nearby, deploying powerful techniques to sniff him out.
But what Chu Feng didn't expect was that several hours passed and Xiankun still hadn't shown up. That left him puzzled, and after mulling it over, he decided to take the initiative and go find Xiankun himself, to see what the guy was really up to.
When he arrived at the Ancient Immortal Needle, Chu Feng finally laid eyes on that Ancient Spirit once more — and simultaneously witnessed a scene that left him caught between laughter and exasperation.
"Clang, clang, clang…"
Piercing sounds rang out continuously from the direction of the Ancient Immortal Needle. As it turned out, the Ancient Spirit had been hammering away at the needle with everything he had, all while screaming curses.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on? It's been this long and I still can't trigger you?"
"Unbelievable! I could trigger the silver needle back in the Kingdom, I nearly triggered the golden needle — and here I can't even get you to budge?"
"How am I supposed to save face? How?! Believe it or not, once I become a Martial Emperor and take my place as a general, I'll shatter you to pieces — grind you into oblivion so you'll never exist again!" By now, the Ancient Spirit had completely lost it, unleashing his rage directly at the Ancient Immortal Needle.
He was truly, incandescently furious — Chu Feng could even feel the thick killing intent radiating off him. The area around the Ancient Immortal Needle had been thoroughly ravaged, a wrecked and wretched sight.
"That Ancient Spirit's combat power is no joke — what a pity he's an idiot. Chu Feng, you really overestimated him, preparing to avoid him ahead of time like that. Turns out he never even intended to come looking for you."
Witnessing this, Eggy couldn't help but burst into laughter — genuine, roaring laughter that doubled her over with delight. She found this Ancient Spirit called Xiankun far too ridiculous. A genius, yes, but also a complete moron.
"He's not a moron — he's just far too arrogant." At this moment, Chu Feng shook his head with a bitter smile.
He felt that anyone who had cultivated to this level couldn't possibly have low intelligence. It was simply that Xiankun's arrogance had gone so far as to strip him of all reason. He was convinced that no one else could possibly reach the bottom of this Ancient Immortal Pool.
So even when he suspected something was wrong with the Ancient Immortal Needle, the idea that a Chu Feng was down here at the bottom with him had never once crossed his mind.