Sizzle—
Just as everyone was still speculating, the myriad bolts of lightning below began to churn violently.
They no longer looked like ordinary lightning. They seemed more like countless famished beasts, ravenous to tear apart their prey.
And Chu Feng and the others were that prey.
Sizzle—
Finally, the myriad bolts of lightning struck all at once, carrying devastating destructive force as they lunged toward Chu Feng and his group.
"Just in time."
At that moment, Chu Feng's other hand reached up toward the golden compass above his head.
With a single swipe, he drew a streak of golden radiance from the golden compass and flung it downward.
That golden radiance transformed into yet another golden compass, sealing off the path below completely and blocking all the incoming bolts of lightning.
Boom—
Boom, boom—
Booming, rumbling—
In an instant, piercing explosions rang out ceaselessly from below as all the myriad bolts of lightning smashed into the golden compass, launching wave after wave of attacks against it.
Yet that golden compass, just like the one above, didn't even tremble. It blocked the myriad bolts of lightning with effortless ease.
Seeing this, those whose hearts had been lodged in their throats finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Young Master Chu Feng, you're truly terrible. If you already had this sort of ability, why didn't you use it sooner? You gave us all such a fright."
"Exactly. I was genuinely terrified just now."
At that moment, quite a few women addressed Chu Feng in coquettish, pouty tones, pretending to scold him.
But that hardly looked like scolding — it was unmistakably flirting.
Though they were indeed flirting, their words echoed what many others were thinking. If Chu Feng had been prepared all along, why hadn't he used this sooner? Was he deliberately trying to scare them?
Or had Chu Feng intentionally done this so that those who didn't believe in him would leave early, while those who trusted him would stay and enjoy the fruits of this moment together?
"It's about the speed."
However, just as the others were puzzling over this, Li Anzhi suddenly spoke up.
"Speed?"
Li Anzhi's abrupt remark left everyone looking even more confused.
"Chu Feng used the attacks from the lightning below to boost the speed at which we advance."
"In this kind of situation, the longer he waits to deploy his method, the faster we end up moving forward," Li Anzhi explained.
Upon hearing Li Anzhi's explanation, people began to observe more carefully. Only then did they realize that their forward momentum had indeed increased considerably.
"Heavens, it really is true! Brother Chu Feng, you're simply brilliant!"
Everyone's faces lit up with excitement as they once again turned their admiring gazes toward Chu Feng.
"But even so, Young Master Chu Feng, you could have told us in advance. There was no need to put us through all that dread and anxiety," a woman said.
"That's right, Brother Chu Feng. You could have just told us directly — or even passed a secret voice transmission. You have no idea how awful that feeling of dread was."
"Exactly, exactly. You know, I nearly activated that barrier key and left this Ancestral Martial Cultivation Realm on my own. That was way too close. Thank goodness I didn't trigger it."
The woman's words immediately resonated with everyone present.
"If I had communicated with you beforehand, you wouldn't have panicked the way you did. And if that hadn't happened, how would I have been able to trick the Linghu Heavenly Clan into falling for it?" Chu Feng said with a calm smile.
Upon hearing his words, the group fell silent one by one. Now that they finally understood Chu Feng's intentions, not only did all blame toward him vanish entirely, but the admiration in their gazes grew ever deeper.