Chu Feng had successfully stepped into the grand formation.
However, the members of the Chu Heavenly Clan surrounding him did not look like allies — they looked more like enemies, their gazes filled with hostility.
"Chu Feng, the Clan Master treated you so well, yet you poisoned him. You're worse than a beast, utterly devoid of conscience! And now you put on this act of being a good person — you're shameless! I will never cooperate with someone like you!"
"That's right! We won't cooperate with you! Even if it means giving up this contest, we refuse to fight alongside someone like you!"
"Go ahead and play hero on your own — I'm not joining you!"
Before long, the younger generation of the Chu Heavenly Clan had spoken up, hurling vicious words at him without restraint.
They had already believed and accepted the claim that Chu Feng had poisoned the Clan Master, so they loathed him and naturally refused to fight by his side.
As soon as they finished speaking, they not only stepped out of the battle circle but also left the grand formation entirely, returning to the plaza.
They had truly given up on this contest just to avoid fighting alongside Chu Feng.
When this scene unfolded, Chu Hanqing and the others couldn't help but glance at Wuming Fenghuo, as if to say — see, I told you so. Chu Feng is nothing but a traitor to the clan; otherwise, how could so many of our younger generation refuse to fight beside him?
But to their disappointment, Wuming Fenghuo continued to stare into the formation, and the sight of Chu Feng being abandoned by his own clansmen did not move him in the slightest. In fact, he watched the whole affair with evident interest.
The truth was, he didn't care in the slightest whether the younger generation of the Chu Heavenly Clan kept fighting. There was only one person he cared about — Chu Feng.
And now, the position that had once held over ten thousand people had, in the blink of an eye, been reduced to just thirteen.
At this moment, apart from Chu Feng himself, only twelve people remained at his side.
These people, by daring to stand with Chu Feng at a time like this, would have to bear the cold disdain of the entire clan — and might even be branded as traitors.
So they were not merely people who believed in Chu Feng — they were people of tremendous courage.
Among them were ones Chu Feng recognized.
Chu Qing, Chu Haoyan, Chu Huanyu, Chu Shuangshuang — and one who was rather unexpected. That person was Chu Yue, who had once betrayed him for the sake of benefit.
But now, she appeared to have undergone a profound transformation. The resolve on her face and the trust shining in her eyes made it clear that she had steeled herself to stand by Chu Feng's side, even if it meant opposing the entire clan.
As for the rest, Chu Feng did not know them — but in this moment, he committed each of them to memory. These were people who, at his darkest hour, had still chosen to believe in him, willing to stand by his side and face the scorn of the entire clan.
"Hahaha! Earlier, more than ten thousand of them couldn't stop us, and now with just the fourteen of you, you think you can hold on?"
At that moment, a member of the Fang Heavenly Clan suddenly spoke up.
As soon as those words left his mouth, the rest of the Fang Heavenly Clan burst into uproarious laughter, and foul words rained down upon Chu Feng and his companions like a violent storm.
Swoosh —
In that instant, Chu Feng suddenly pulled the clan banner from the ground where it had been planted.
With the banner resting on his shoulder, he advanced step by step toward the army of the Fang Heavenly Clan.