Chapter 2801 — The Ancient Evil (7)

"Hey girl, does a tiger have to roar before you stop treating it like a sick cat?"

"I only happened to glance at your body, and you stripped yourself naked anyway — it wasn't like I did it on purpose. Yet here you are, won't let it go."

At that moment, Chu Feng had already arrived in front of Xia Yun'er, and with an air of righteous justification, he began scolding her.

"Your cultivation — how is this possible? Could it be that you were concealing your true strength this entire time?"

Chu Feng looked thoroughly smug, but Xia Yun'er's face was filled with shock. She simply could not believe that Chu Feng, standing right before her, had grown so much more powerful than her.

After all, the Chu Feng of moments ago had been fleeing from her, desperate enough to even fake his own death just to escape her pursuit.

How could his cultivation have increased by a full rank in the blink of an eye?

But she had been stationed here the whole time. If Chu Feng had broken through during that period, she should have sensed it — the Divine Thunder Mystic Art was far too conspicuous to go unnoticed.

Yet she had not felt the slightest trace of what they called "heavenly lightning" during that entire stretch of time.

That was why Xia Yun'er assumed Chu Feng had been concealing his cultivation all along.

But try as she might, she could not figure it out. If he had been hiding his strength, why hadn't he simply dealt with her directly instead of fleeing?

Could he have been toying with her?

"You scoundrel — you already broke through to the fourth rank of True Immortal, and you deliberately concealed your strength just to play me for a fool!"

The more Xia Yun'er thought about it, the angrier she became.

Hearing her accusation, Chu Feng actually found himself quite puzzled.

He had only just broken through — why would she think he had been hiding his cultivation and deliberately mocking him?

But then he recalled how the Divine Thunder had been mysteriously suppressed, and he understood why Xia Yun'er had drawn that conclusion.

"What do you know? I was being a gentleman — I didn't want to fight a woman. I simply couldn't be bothered with you."

"But you've been far too much. I gave you leeway, and you chased me relentlessly, won't give it a rest."

"I'm in a real hurry though. I need to leave this place as soon as possible, and I don't have time to keep tangling with you."

"Miss Xia, I, Chu Feng, am telling you in all seriousness — stop chasing me."

"As long as you back off, I'm willing to let slide the fact that you told Yuwen Ting where Li Xiang was, which led to Li Xiang's cultivation being crippled. We can settle that score another day."

"But if you keep on chasing me, then don't blame me for getting rough."

"Last time, you stripped yourself naked and showed me your body. Let me tell you — if you dare chase me again, I will personally tear off every last stitch of your clothes."

"I'm still young, with a fire that burns hot. You're a beautiful woman, and if you were to stand bare before me, I might just get ideas."

"And when that happens, if I can't restrain myself and do something to you, don't you dare call me shameless — because you're the one who forced my hand."

Chu Feng delivered these words with a tone of utmost sincerity, as though every word was a solemn vow.

"Chu Feng — you are despicable!!!"

Seeing that Chu Feng actually dared to threaten her like this, Xia Yun'er's face flushed crimson with fury. She glared at him through gritted teeth, her expression one of pure hatred — as though she wished she could tear him apart with her bare teeth.

"I'll have you know, I, Chu Feng, am no saint. I do as I please, unconstrained by rules or conventions, and I couldn't care less what others think of me — I only do what I want."

"So yes, I have been shameless before. But if you keep running your mouth, I'll be shameless one more time, just for you."

As Chu Feng spoke, an odd light flickered in his eyes, and a wicked grin crept across his lips.

It truly seemed as though he was about to do something untoward to Xia Yun'er.

Seeing Chu Feng like that, Xia Yun'er actually felt a flicker of fear. Though her anger only burned hotter, she clamped her mouth shut and said nothing more.

"There — that's much better."

Seeing this, Chu Feng retracted his oppressive aura and turned to leave.

"Wait." Seeing that Chu Feng was about to walk away, Xia Yun'er suddenly spoke up.