"What is that? Is it a treasure?"
"It can actually boost combat power by an entire rank? How have I never heard of such a treasure?"
Everyone was stunned. After all, at this level of cultivation, being able to elevate one's combat power by a full rank was an extraordinarily significant feat.
Furthermore, after Chu Feng's ancient battle axe and ancient battle sword merged with him, they circled around him like guardian artifacts — they did genuinely resemble some kind of supreme treasure.
So everyone began speculating what sort of treasure it could be.
After all, in the Ancestral Martial Star Domain, any well-known treasure was common knowledge. And a treasure capable of boosting combat power by an entire rank of heaven-defying strength? That would have been the talk of the realm.
But what Chu Feng was using was clearly something none of them had ever seen before.
"No — that's not a treasure. That aura is a secret technique. What Chu Feng has unleashed is a supreme secret technique."
However, it didn't take long for someone to realize that what Chu Feng was using wasn't a treasure at all, but a secret technique.
"A secret technique?"
"Oh my heavens, that really does seem to be a secret technique! How can such a powerful secret technique exist in this world?"
Once those words were spoken, everyone else also came to the realization that what Chu Feng had unleashed was indeed a secret technique.
But once they grasped that fact, they grew even more astonished.
Secret techniques could still be of some use before the True Immortal realm. But by the Martial Immortal realm, they had long since become irrelevant — far inferior to Immortal Forbidden martial skills, and even worse than Immortal Arts.
Yet the secret technique Chu Feng was using could elevate his combat power by an entire rank of heaven-defying strength. Forget Immortal Arts — even the most powerful Immortal Forbidden martial skills couldn't grant that kind of power.
Being able to wield such a formidable secret technique at the Martial Immortal realm only proved that Chu Feng's abilities were beyond what ordinary people could compare to.
Let alone everyone else, even Linghu Tiemian — the one clashing directly with Chu Feng — found the shock in his eyes growing ever stronger.
"No wonder you were able to defeat Mingye. Your methods are truly extraordinary."
"But merely boosting combat power won't be enough. We'll have to verify just how strong you really are."
Whoosh—
The moment Linghu Tiemian finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve, and a gleaming golden broadsword materialized in his hand.
The blade was three meters long, blazing with brilliant golden light and radiating a razor-sharp edge.
Ordinary swords and blades were typically engraved with dragon motifs, but the broadsword in Linghu Tiemian's hand bore the engravings of both a dragon and a phoenix.
The dragon and phoenix were so lifelike that upon closer inspection, they appeared to be writhing — as though they might burst free from the weapon at any moment and fight each other to the death.
The instant this weapon appeared, even the void itself began to tremble violently, as though heralding that an overwhelming display of power was about to unfold.
And this weapon was one of the most renowned Immortal Armaments in the entire Ancestral Martial Star Domain.
Its name was the Dragon-Phoenix Battle Blade.
"It's the Dragon-Phoenix Battle Blade! That's a supreme-grade Immortal Armament!"
The moment Linghu Tiemian revealed his weapon, all eyes turned to Chu Feng.
The strength of an Immortal Armament was tantamount to the strength of its wielder.
And the power of the Dragon-Phoenix Battle Blade was unquestionable.
If Chu Feng couldn't produce a weapon of comparable caliber right now, then even if his powerful secret technique granted him a full rank of heaven-defying strength, allowing him to match Linghu Tiemian in raw combat power, he would still clearly be at a disadvantage.
At the same time, a trace of pride surfaced in Linghu Tiemian's gaze as he looked at Chu Feng — along with a faint hint of disdain.