"You arrogant brat, I'll show you!!!"
Lu Yingzhuo was so furious his teeth were clenched, his very heart trembling with rage.
After all, he was a Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Gate Sect.
Granted, moments ago he had been bowing and scraping before the six sect masters.
But in everyday life, he was someone who looked down upon others from high above.
Now, being treated with such contempt — how could he possibly endure it?
And so, everyone could feel it — Lu Yingzhuo was about to go all out.
Even the Dark Ghost Flame had begun to change.
The colossal phantom standing in the void had started to collapse.
Though the phantom crumbled, the black flames remained.
Everyone knew that what came next was likely an even more powerful attack.
Sure enough, the collapsed black flames began to reassemble.
The dark fire coiled and surged, transforming into a colossal serpent of black flame.
The serpent stretched tens of thousands of meters long, coiling through the sky above — even the clouds looked tiny in comparison.
A truly monstrous creature!!!
And now, this behemoth, wreathed in black whirlwinds, hurtled toward Chu Feng with world-destroying force.
Before the attack even arrived, the earth had already begun to crack. Everyone could imagine just how devastating it was.
So when Lu Yingzhuo unleashed this technique, many members of the Heavenly Gate Sect grew both excited and anxious — so anxious that they clenched their fists tight.
They all knew this was Lu Yingzhuo's strongest attack.
If even this blow couldn't defeat that guy, then Lu Yingzhuo would have no other options.
BOOM—
Black smoke filled the sky, flooding every direction.
The ground below had transformed into a boundless, bottomless abyss.
Billowing black smoke shot straight into the heavens, plunging that stretch of sky and earth into utter chaos, blotting out all light.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Dark Ghost Flame struck Chu Feng without fail.
But when the dark flames finally dissipated...
People stared in shock — Chu Feng still stood in the exact same spot, completely unharmed.
But then, the most astonishing scene of all unfolded.
Before, no one had been certain what means Chu Feng had used to withstand that attack.
Nor could they determine his true cultivation level.
But now Chu Feng had finally released his aura.
And yet his aura hadn't changed at all — it was still that of an Eight Rank Venerable.
He had blocked a First Rank Supreme's attack using only an Eight Rank Venerable's aura?!
"Y-you... what kind of thing are you?!"
At this point, Lu Yingzhuo was so terrified he kept stumbling backward.
By now, he already knew it would be nearly impossible to defeat his opponent through strength alone.
But what truly filled him with despair was the realization that the other party had blocked his attack using nothing more than the aura of an Eight Rank Venerable?
That made him understand — the person standing before him was most likely not human.
A monster. This had to be a monster.
Because only a monster could do something that defied all logic.
In truth, it wasn't just Lu Yingzhuo who had been frightened. Everyone else present was equally stunned by Chu Feng.
"What... who exactly is that guy?"
"No, impossible — no way he's only an Eight Rank Venerable."
"He must have used some other power to block that attack."
"A treasure — it has to be a treasure. I've heard the Mysterious Cave Saints carry all sorts of unexplainable treasures on them, and those treasures hold extraordinary power."
"That guy must have used the power of a treasure to block Elder Lu's attack."
"Yes, it must be a treasure."