"Who goes there?"
Someone had spoken, and the members of the Blood Scale Monster Clan all turned their vigilant gazes toward the source.
After all, their first instinct was that Li Yue'er's reinforcements must have arrived.
"Where is he?"
But when the Blood Scale Monster Clan members looked in that direction, their expressions froze, confusion flickering in their eyes.
They were staring straight toward where Chu Feng stood, yet they could not see a trace of him.
For a moment, they began to wonder whether they had imagined the voice.
They glanced around, only to find that everyone wore the same bewildered expression.
Their confusion only deepened.
After all, even if one person had misheard, it was impossible that everyone had.
Hummm—
However, just then, Chu Feng voluntarily dispelled the power of the Invisibility Concealment Formation and revealed his true form.
The Blood Scale Monster Clan members froze once more — clearly, they had not expected Chu Feng to show himself of his own accord.
Even less did they expect that the person bold enough to appear in a setting like this would turn out to be a young junior.
While everyone stood there in a daze, Chu Feng leaped forward, soaring over the crowd blocking his path, and landed directly in the center of the plaza, right before Li Yue'er.
Shing—
At the same instant, the blood-red longsword materialized in Chu Feng's hand.
He could not be certain whether Zi Xunyi would help them, and if she did not, his only hope of protecting himself would be to rely on the Evil God Sword's power.
After all, what he faced were two first-grade True Immortals and one second-grade True Immortal.
The Evil God Sword seemed to sense that Chu Feng needed its strength, and it trembled continuously in his grip.
It was not trembling from fear — it was excitement. Excitement that its power could finally be unleashed once more, that it could once again dominate the world and remind all living beings of its terror.
However, powerful as the Evil God Sword was, only Chu Feng could feel its power surging before it was truly released.
And so, not a single member of the Blood Scale Monster Clan realized that the half-completed Emperor Armament in this young man's hand would prove to be their greatest threat.
Instead, they looked at him with baffled expressions, as though watching a clown.
They could not understand why this brat would aggressively brandish a half-completed Emperor Armament.
Logically speaking, a ninth-grade Martial Ancestor at his age was already terrifyingly talented — a genuine prodigy. Surely he wouldn't be so destitute that he didn't even own an Ancestor Armament?
Even without an Ancestor Armament, he should have at least had a half-completed Ancestor Armament, or an Emperor Armament at the very least.
Yet here he was, pulling out a half-completed Emperor Armament and striking a pretentious pose — it made no sense to them.
Before long, quite a few began to wonder whether this kid had lost his mind.
"Chu Feng, it seems you've been underestimated again. Look at the way they're staring at you — they think you're a lunatic."
"What a pity. I actually do wish you'd activate the Evil God Sword and show those fools exactly what kind of weapon this half-completed Emperor Armament really is."
The Queen spoke with a sly smile. In her eyes, that bunch was far too ignorant for their own good.
Of course, she was only joking. The Queen, well aware of the Evil God Sword's fearsome power, naturally did not want Chu Feng to use it either.
As for Chu Feng, he did not attack immediately, nor did he spare the crowd a glance. Instead, he turned his gaze toward the elevated platform, looking at Zi Xunyi, and asked:
"Do you know Ying Mingchao?"
The moment those words left Chu Feng's lips, every member of the Blood Scale Monster Clan wore a look of bewilderment, unable to make sense of what he had just said.
But on the faces of the Blood Scale Monster Clan Patriarch and Zi Xunyi, their expressions shifted dramatically. Complex emotions surged in both their eyes.
The Patriarch's gaze, laden with those tangled feelings, drifted toward Zi Xunyi.
"There's something here. Looks like they know each other."