"Oh no, oh no, this is bad!"
Seeing that things had taken a turn for the worse, the crowd behind the Blood Devouring Hall turned to flee.
Hummm—
However, the moment they moved, a tidal wave of martial power surged from all directions, transforming into a prison that locked every single one of them inside.
"We're dead, we're dead!"
With their escape route sealed off as well, those people realized that this Venerable-realm existence had no intention of letting them go. In an instant, they were so terrified that they nearly wet themselves.
"A Venerable? Is he really a Venerable?"
But compared to those who had been trying to target the Chu Heavenly Clan and were now gripped with fear, the onlookers from the Great Thousand Upper Realm were far more curious.
For most of them, the Venerable realm was the stuff of legend — they had never laid eyes on a Venerable-realm expert in their entire lives.
And now, a true Venerable had actually appeared — and was standing up for the Great Thousand Upper Realm?
After all, back when Chu Xuan committed his great transgression and was stripped of his clan membership and imprisoned in the Lower Realms of Ancestral Martial, not even a figure like this had shown up.
So now, was there truly such an existence here to help the Chu Heavenly Clan?
Had the Chu Heavenly Clan really risen to such prominence?
"Since you've already come, why not reveal yourself?"
Among the Blood Devouring Hall, the figure who appeared to be their leader spoke up.
Despite his words, his expression remained calm and composed, without a trace of fear.
"Blood Devouring Hall, you've committed countless atrocities over the years, and I've tolerated it. But now you seek to snuff out a genius from the Ancestral Martial Starfield? That, I cannot tolerate."
An aged yet powerful voice rang out, and immediately after, two figures appeared beside Chu Feng.
Upon seeing these two, Chu Feng was overjoyed.
One of them was Liangqiu Chengfeng. The other was even more formidable — Grandmaster Liangqiu, the greatest Spirit World Master in the entire Ancestral Martial Starfield.
Most importantly, Grandmaster Liangqiu was not only a Dragon-patterned Sacred-clothed Spirit World Master, but also a Venerable-realm powerhouse.
And that overwhelming oppressive might that dominated heaven and earth and lorded over everything — it emanated from him.
"Grandmaster Liangqiu? It's actually Grandmaster Liangqiu?"
"A figure of his stature, standing up for our Chu Heavenly Clan?"
At that moment, forget the people of the Great Thousand Upper Realm being stunned — even the members of the Chu Heavenly Clan felt their scalps go numb with disbelief.
After all, for the Chu Heavenly Clan, Grandmaster Liangqiu was the stuff of legends in the Ancestral Martial Starfield. And their clan had absolutely no ties to a figure like that.
Furthermore, Grandmaster Liangqiu had always been a neutral party, virtually never involving himself in the grudges and entanglements of other powers.
And today, he had made an exception? And the ones he was making an exception to offend were none other than the most dangerous force in the Ancestral Martial Starfield — the Blood Devouring Hall?
What could possibly make Grandmaster Liangqiu take such a risk?
Chu Feng?
But soon, everyone arrived at the only possible answer.
Apart from Chu Feng, there was surely no one who could make a figure like Grandmaster Liangqiu stand up for the Chu Heavenly Clan.
"Young friend Chu Feng, are you alright?"
Sure enough, Grandmaster Liangqiu turned to look at Chu Feng, his eyes filled with concern.
"I'm fine, Senior," Chu Feng replied.
"You've worked hard. You deliberately let those despicable people injure you just to buy time," Grandmaster Liangqiu said.
"What? He deliberately let himself be injured?"
Hearing those words, everyone's expression shifted.
"I was backed into a corner with no other options. All I could do was stall for as long as possible and pray that the heavens would open their eyes and spare my clan from this calamity."
"I never expected that rather than the heavens, it would be you, Senior, who would come to our aid."
"Senior, you have saved my Chu Heavenly Clan today. This great kindness, I will never forget for as long as I live."