"What's wrong? You mean those dogs from the Nangong family outside, barking and shouting about something happening?" Egg Egg also heard the voices outside and assumed that was what Chu Feng was worried about.
"No. It's these six bolts of Divine Thunder — something's not right with them."
"Even if they're experiencing some kind of phenomenon and need to leave my body, they shouldn't be lingering this long. In theory, they should have returned to my body by now."
"But I feel like not only do they have no intention of going back inside me — their desire to break out of this barrier has only grown stronger," Chu Feng said.
"You're right. Earlier, they seemed to be gradually calming down. But ever since those Nangong people started their shouting and racket, they've become more excited — even violent. Could it be that the Nangong people's clamor enraged them?" Listening to Chu Feng, Egg Egg also noticed something was off.
After hearing Egg Egg's words, Chu Feng activated his Heavenly Eye to look outward. The moment he spotted the golden dragon spiraling across the sky, his expression changed drastically. "This is bad."
"What happened?" Egg Egg was not inside Chu Feng's body and couldn't share his sensations. She had no idea what he had seen.
"There's a golden dragon out there, radiating the power of an Emperor-level bloodline. Someone from the Nangong Imperial Bloodline must have broken through, triggering a celestial phenomenon, which caused this golden dragon to appear."
"But my bloodline's power surpasses that of the golden dragon. My bloodline probably can't stand seeing a weaker one flaunting itself out there while it's locked up in here. That must have enraged them."
"If I'm not mistaken, they want to go out there and deal with that golden dragon," Chu Feng said.
"No way — if they do that, we're really in trouble! Is there anything we can do to make them hurry back into your body?" Egg Egg asked.
Grrrraoooooh—
But right at that moment, the six bolts of Divine Thunder let out a piercing, furious roar in unison. Not only did they unleash an overwhelmingly powerful aura, but they also began frantically crashing against the barrier Chu Feng had set up.
Under this frenzied assault, the barrier — which had been able to restrain all six bolts of Divine Thunder with absolute force just moments ago — now began to sway and shake, on the verge of shattering.
Sensing the dire situation, Chu Feng hurriedly pressed both hands against the barrier, continuously channeling his own barrier power to reinforce the formation's strength.
But to his surprise, as the barrier grew stronger, so did the six bolts of Divine Thunder. Their attacks against the barrier only grew more and more ferocious.
Watching the barrier about to break, Chu Feng's face turned pale. Realizing that things were about to go terribly wrong, he blurted out, "Now this is really bad."
...
Chu Feng's predicament went entirely unnoticed by the Nangong Imperial Bloodline. Atop the peak of the mountain within the Nangong estate, the Nangong Clan Master and the White-Browed Immortal, among others, were still standing on the building's terrace.
From their vantage point, they could admire the dazzling golden dragon at close range as it wove back and forth above and below the clouds.
Finally witnessing the phenomenon they had been waiting for — the golden dragon soaring into the sky — both the White-Browed Immortal and the other Spirit World Masters wore beaming smiles of delight.
"Truly magnificent! Truly awe-inspiring! This phenomenon is the most spectacular thing I have ever witnessed in my life," many of the Spirit World Masters exclaimed, unable to stop praising it.
"The magnitude of a phenomenon often reflects the strength of the power behind it. This one is indeed the most formidable I have ever seen."
"The Nangong Imperial Bloodline truly is extraordinary. As the Clan Master said, no matter how powerful a Heavenly Bestowed Body may be or how favored it is by the heavens, it simply cannot compare to your Nangong Imperial Bloodline."
"With such a hereditary bloodline, it would be an injustice against heaven for the Nangong Imperial Bloodline not to stand as the strongest among all of humanity," even the White-Browed Immortal chimed in with lavish praise.
"Haha… No rush, no rush. With Brother White-Browed here to support us, what does the Nangong Imperial Bloodline have to fear when it comes to rising to prominence?" Upon hearing the White-Browed Immortal's words, Nangong Beidou grinned from ear to ear.
And from his words alone, one could tell that he was unwilling to remain equal to the other three clans beneath the Three Mansions. He harbored considerable ambition — and that ambition was to become the supreme power among all of humanity.