"Young friend, you may eat whatever you like, but you'd best watch your words." The Nangong Imperial Clan's patriarch, Nangong Beidou, spoke in a cold voice.
He had already suppressed this matter forcefully, ensuring it never leaked out. He had no idea how this young man named Feng Xing had learned of it, but he absolutely could not allow this to become accepted fact in everyone's eyes.
Otherwise, the impact on the Nangong Imperial Clan would be tremendous — and the impact on his two sons even greater. So… his words were filled with veiled threat.
"One should indeed watch one's words, which is precisely why I, Feng Xing, never speak carelessly — I only state facts."
"Regarding what I just said, I swear I was not spouting nonsense. Every word was the truth."
"And as for this patriarch — would your two sons dare to swear that they weren't beaten senseless by Chu Feng, stripped naked, and hung up on the city gate for all to see?" Chu Feng spoke righteously, utterly fearless even in the face of Nangong Beidou's threat.
"You—" Hearing these words, Nangong Tianhu's face turned ashen. It was the truth — how could he possibly swear an oath to deny it?
"Enough talk." Nangong Tianshi had no desire to continue tangling with Chu Feng on this matter. His body trembled as his martial force surged forth.
The tremendous martial force transformed into golden tidal waves, each one surging over the last, each faster than the one before. The waves intertwined, layer upon layer, crashing toward Chu Feng.
This devastating power was an Earth-restricted martial art. From this, one could see that even though Nangong Tianshi, a Fourth-rank Half Emperor, was confident he could deal with Chu Feng, he still dared not be careless — so he unleashed a killing move from the very start.
"Earth-Restricted Heaven-Sweeping Wind!"
Simultaneously, Nangong Tianshi also attacked. With a furious roar, his martial force surged as well, transforming into streaks of brilliant golden gales that pierced through heaven and earth.
The gales carried the tidal waves, churning wildly atop the high platform. The sheer momentum was truly ferocious and terrifying, pressing straight ahead. Chu Feng looked feeble as an ant, insignificant as a speck of dust — there was simply no way he could withstand such an assault.
"Heh…"
However, just as the attack was about to close in, Chu Feng let out a soft chuckle. Then, with a flick of his mind, his robes billowed violently, and his aura suddenly skyrocketed.
In that instant, his cultivation had risen from Third-rank Half Emperor to Fourth-rank Half Emperor.
Chu Feng had activated the power of the Thunder Armor to boost his rank by one level. Yet there was no sign of the Thunder Armor on his body.
The reason was simple — Chu Feng had deliberately concealed the Thunder Armor. The Thunder Armor and the Thunder Wings were his signature traits. If he displayed them, someone would inevitably recognize him as Chu Feng. To avoid that, he chose to hide them.
Though the Thunder Armor was concealed, his strength had still been elevated. As a Fourth-rank Half Emperor now facing two former defeated opponents of the same rank, why would he have anything to fear?
"Break!" Chu Feng suddenly clenched his five fingers into a fist and threw a devastating punch. Golden martial force shot forth like a golden meteor, unstoppable in its path. In the blink of an eye, it not only shattered the combined Earth-restricted martial art of Nangong Tianshi and Nangong Tianhu, but sent both of them flying off the platform entirely.
"Ugh—"
The moment they hit the ground, both men spat mouthfuls of blood, clearly suffering from severe internal injuries. Yet whether by intention or coincidence, their bodies bore not a single external wound.
Though they were unharmed on the outside, their clothing had been blasted to shreds by that single punch. Now they lay below the platform, spitting blood, completely naked.
"Dammit!"