"Chu Feng?!"
Upon hearing Chu Feng's voice, Kong Zheng was extremely surprised.
However, he did not sense the impending danger. Instead, he gripped his half-finished Ancestor Weapon, spun around abruptly, and launched an attack at Chu Feng, who had already arrived behind him.
"Imperial Forbidden — Sky Transformation!!!"
But before Kong Zheng could even execute his strike, Chu Feng's fist was already hurtling forward.
Chu Feng held nothing back, directly unleashing his strongest killing technique — the Imperial Forbidden Sky Transformation.
Boom—
The two were extremely close to each other. Before Kong Zheng could even react, Chu Feng's fist struck him square in the body.
Rumble rumble rumble—
The moment the blow landed, Kong Zheng rocketed downward in a straight line toward the ground, ultimately crashing into the earth below.
The Imperial Forbidden martial technique carried heaven-shaking power. After Kong Zheng hit the ground, the residual shockwave not only carved out a massive ravine in the earth, but swept outward in all directions, throwing the surrounding world into utter chaos.
"How is this possible?"
However, at this moment, not only was there no joy on Chu Feng's face — extreme shock and unease had instead surged across his features.
Although Kong Zheng's cultivation was a full tier above Chu Feng's, and his overall strength exceeded Chu Feng's by a narrow margin, in Chu Feng's view, at such close range, the power of the Imperial Forbidden Sky Transformation should have been more than enough to annihilate Kong Zheng.
But now, with his Heavenly Eyes, Chu Feng could clearly see that Kong Zheng was not only alive, but hadn't even sustained serious injuries. A thin trickle of blood merely streamed from the corner of his mouth.
And at this moment, Kong Zheng had already climbed out of the ravine as if nothing had happened, calmly wiping the blood from the corner of his lips.
Though he had not suffered significant injuries, Kong Zheng was still deeply shaken. He raised his head to look up, and the gaze he directed at Chu Feng flickered with extreme shock.
"I truly didn't expect to be outmaneuvered by you," Kong Zheng said, staring at Chu Feng.
"I didn't expect you to have that kind of treasure either. It was what saved you, wasn't it?" Chu Feng said, his gaze fixed on Kong Zheng's chest.
In truth, Chu Feng had long since noticed that beneath Kong Zheng's outer garments, he was wearing an inner armor. The armor appeared ordinary at first, and Chu Feng had detected nothing unusual about it. But after that blow, the supposedly ordinary inner armor was ordinary no longer — the aura it now emanated was immensely powerful.
Chu Feng determined that it was a supreme treasure, a formidable defensive artifact. Unless his own cultivation could surpass Kong Zheng's by a full tier, then even at equal cultivation levels, he could at best inflict serious wounds but would be unable to kill him.
And now, Chu Feng's cultivation was not only weaker than Kong Zheng's — it was an entire tier below. That meant there was absolutely no chance of Chu Feng killing Kong Zheng.
"It seems you've only just realized I have a supreme treasure protecting me. A bit late for that, wouldn't you say?"
As Kong Zheng spoke, the half-finished Ancestor Weapon in his hand was hurled directly at Chu Feng.
Roar—
The next instant, the half-finished Ancestor Weapon began to radiate a blinding golden light. The golden radiance, centered on the Ancestor Weapon, coalesced into a colossal sword over a thousand meters long, which shot straight toward Chu Feng.
The force was so overwhelming that space itself trembled, and raging gusts of wind tore through the void.
This, too, was an Imperial Forbidden martial technique. And because Kong Zheng's cultivation was superior to Chu Feng's, the technique he now executed was far more powerful than Chu Feng's Imperial Forbidden Sky Transformation.
Most critically, this Imperial Forbidden technique had already been fully unleashed — Chu Feng had nowhere to dodge and no way to evade.
Rumble rumble rumble—
In the end, the massive sword struck Chu Feng's body dead-on. A deafening explosion erupted in midair, shaking the heavens in every direction.
This martial technique was incomparably more powerful than the one Kong Zheng had used before. A direct hit should have meant certain death for Chu Feng.
Yet at this moment, Kong Zheng's expression was far from settled.
He retrieved the half-finished Ancestor Weapon into his hand, still staring at that patch of empty sky. After a moment, he clenched his teeth in fury, then threw his head back and let out a furious roar:
"Chu Feng! Even if you manage to escape today, you will never be able to enter the Hundred Refinements Ground. In this competition, you are destined to lose to me!!!"