"Girl, looking at your posture here, if I don't hand it over, you're going to take it by force, aren't you?"
Chu Feng asked with a smile.
But Yin Zhuanghong's expression remained stern. "It's very important to me."
"Then tell me why you insist on seeing Master Yuanshu. Tell me, and I'll give it to you."
"If you won't say, then you'll have to take it with your own ability." Chu Feng said in a joking tone.
BOOM—
But as soon as his words fell, an invisible pressure swept out from within Yin Zhuanghong's body, instantly enveloping the world around them.
Even Chu Feng was forced back several steps before he could steady his footing.
It was an aura of might, and it was the aura of a Sixth-rank Martial Lord.
"Girl, you're actually a Sixth-rank Martial Lord."
"It seems the strongest among the young generation of the Heavenly Star Fields isn't that Nangong Yifan at all—it's you, girl."
Chu Feng said with a smile.
The first time he had seen Yin Zhuanghong, she had already displayed her strength.
But back then, Chu Feng was far inferior to Yin Zhuanghong, so he only knew that she was unfathomably deep, without knowing her exact level of cultivation.
Now seeing her again, Yin Zhuanghong's true strength was indeed formidable.
At the very least, she was far stronger than Chu Feng had been at that time, as well as stronger than Nangong Yifan and the others.
Even though the current Chu Feng was a completely different person from before, already possessing the cultivation of a Fifth-rank Martial Lord.
He was still no match for Yin Zhuanghong.
"I don't want to hurt you."
As she spoke, Yin Zhuanghong extended her palm toward Chu Feng, asking him to hand over the token.
But Chu Feng merely smiled slightly, not only refusing to comply but also tucking the token into his chest.
"If you won't say the reason, then you'll have no choice but to snatch this token."
Zzzzap—
After Chu Feng spoke, lightning flickered across his body, and the divine character emerged between his brows.
The Divine Character Thunder Patterns and the Thunder Armor appeared simultaneously, and Chu Feng's cultivation surged by two consecutive ranks, climbing from a Fifth-rank Martial Lord to a Seventh-rank Martial Lord.
Sensing Chu Feng's cultivation, the look in Yin Zhuanghong's eyes shifted.
Though she had seen through Chu Feng's disguise, she had not seen through his cultivation.
And the change in his cultivation took her by surprise.
After all, back at the Divine Weapon Manor, Chu Feng's cultivation had still been at the Third-rank Martial Lord stage.
Now, in such a short time since then, his cultivation had actually reached the Fifth-rank Martial Lord level.
Such breakthrough speed was enough to surprise even Yin Zhuanghong.
But that surprise lasted only a moment.
In its place came cold indifference.
BOOM—
Suddenly, scorching flames erupted from within Yin Zhuanghong's body.
The flames spiraled around her as she rose into the air, dancing in all directions. The heat surged toward the heavens, and faintly visible behind Yin Zhuanghong was the silhouette of a massive fire-colored phoenix.
As the flames surged, Yin Zhuanghong's cultivation also rose, climbing from a Sixth-rank Martial Lord to a Seventh-rank Martial Lord.
"A supreme treasure? I have one too."
Chu Feng smiled slightly, then unleashed the power of the Fire Qilin Curse. His cultivation rose once more, from a Seventh-rank Martial Lord to an Eighth-rank Martial Lord, once again surpassing Yin Zhuanghong.
"This feeling?"
But after his cultivation rose, before Chu Feng could even boast, his expression changed and his emotions became complicated.
Clearly, what Yin Zhuanghong's supreme treasure was emitting was an aura of extreme heat.
The heat waves churned, making this place resemble the depths of a magma chamber.
It was only because Chu Feng's cultivation was strong enough and the surrounding buildings were sturdy enough that they remained unaffected.
If everything around them had been ordinary materials, the heat waves alone would have been enough to reduce everything to nothing.
Though the heat waves didn't affect Chu Feng, he still acknowledged their intensity.
But at this moment, Chu Feng actually felt a chill.
A bone-piercing cold that swept across heaven and earth.
Yet clearly, the heat waves hadn't subsided.
Cold and hot auras were appearing simultaneously, both originating from within Yin Zhuanghong's body.
Looking toward Yin Zhuanghong again, Chu Feng could see wisps of blue energy releasing from her body.
That was the source of the chill.