Somewhere on this island.
Suddenly, five unremarkable streams of energy came hurtling through the air and began to converge and merge.
In no time, those five streams of energy coalesced into a human figure — and that figure was none other than Chu Feng.
"That was close. If not for the Five Elements Secret Technique, I might not have escaped that alive."
Chu Feng was telling the truth. Li Rui was a powerful fighter — not some ordinary opponent. If they had clashed head-on, Chu Feng would have been no match for him.
The Five Elements Secret Technique granted Chu Feng an extraordinary power: his physical body could split apart, even be smashed to dust, yet he himself would remain completely unharmed.
Simply put, when facing an opponent whose strength wasn't overwhelmingly superior, Chu Feng was essentially indestructible.
Chu Feng might not be able to defeat his opponent, but his opponent would have a very hard time killing him. Li Rui was exactly that kind of opponent.
Of course, if Chu Feng were facing someone far more powerful — someone several times his strength — then even transforming into the Five Elements Secret Technique wouldn't save him. Before absolute power, all tricks were nothing but empty clouds.
"That fellow really went to great lengths. He knew this place wouldn't allow this Queen to intervene, so he dared to make his move against you."
"Just you wait — once we're out of here, I'll deal with him personally." The Queen spoke in an indignant tone.
"No need. I'll handle this one myself," Chu Feng said.
"Sure, taking him down won't be easy for you, but at least you need to reach the third rank of Half Ancestor first. Otherwise… beating him will be difficult," Egg Egg said.
"Just the third rank of Half Ancestor? I might be able to achieve that without even leaving Cloud Crane Mountain. After all, this island was where that Venerable one cultivated," Chu Feng said.
"Does that mean you found it?" The Queen's face lit up with delight.
"Of course I found it. Right here." Chu Feng pointed toward a stretch of jungle ahead.
"Here?" The Queen's expression turned suspicious. That jungle looked far too ordinary — there was nothing noteworthy about it.
"The entrance to that cultivation site is hidden within this jungle, but you need a special formation to make it reveal itself."
As he spoke, Chu Feng began setting up the formation. He wasn't worried about Li Rui catching up — during his escape, he had laid down a number of measures designed to mislead Li Rui's tracking. There was no way Li Rui could find this place.
While Chu Feng was focused on his formation work, he had no idea that far above, at the peak of the clouds in the distant sky, two pairs of eyes were watching him.
"This formation is rather clever, but I'm afraid he won't succeed." The Golden Crane True Immortal spoke.
"Well, you sealed the whole thing off, so of course he can't undo it." The old monk in plain robes said with contempt.
"Old poison-tongue, I've told you already — I didn't seal it. The Venerable one sealed it," the Golden Crane True Immortal said irritably.
"Fine, fine, fine. I get it. But can't you at least help him out? Undo the seal for him?" the old monk said.
"You think I wouldn't want to? The problem is, I can't undo it either," the Golden Crane True Immortal said.
The old monk didn't respond, merely letting out a soft snort. But there was a look of doubt in his eyes — he didn't believe for a moment that the Golden Crane True Immortal truly couldn't open it.
At that moment, Chu Feng's formation had been successfully set up. Once activated, it shimmered with brilliant light that nearly blanketed the entire stretch of jungle.
However, only moments after the formation began running, Chu Feng stopped it — not only halting the formation's operation, but dispersing it entirely.
"What happened? Is it not here?" Egg Egg asked in confusion.
"No, it's right there. That's the entrance." Chu Feng pointed to a certain spot within the jungle.
"Then why didn't you open it? Why disperse the formation instead?" Egg Egg asked.
"I can't open it. It's too difficult. This entrance — forget about the way I am now, even if I became an Immortal-robed Spirit World Master, I still wouldn't be able to open it," Chu Feng said.