"It seems that fellow is still here."
The Lord of the Dragon Phoenix Celestial Pavilion, who had been quite tense just moments ago, was now abnormally excited.
"Where?"
At the same time, the sect masters of the other five great powers asked simultaneously.
Though they had all released their martial power to sense the heavens and earth at that moment, none of them had detected Chu Feng's aura.
That was why they were all panicking — afraid that Chu Feng might slip away just like that.
"Right here."
As the Lord of the Dragon Phoenix Celestial Pavilion spoke, he reached out toward the void and made a pulling gesture.
Clang, clang, clang—
The sound of bells rang out once more, and in his hand, a red thread appeared. Along the thread, bells were tied at intervals of one chi.
Once the red thread manifested, it spread outward from his palm at astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, countless red threads materialized before everyone's eyes.
Those red threads wove together in a complex, intricate pattern, forming a grand cage-like formation.
It directly sealed off the entirety of this vast plaza.
In truth, this was a formation that the Lord of the Dragon Phoenix Celestial Pavilion had prepared long ago — it simply hadn't been revealed until now.
Clang, clang, clang—
With every pull from the Lord of the Dragon Phoenix Celestial Pavilion, the sound of bells filled the space between heaven and earth.
And soon, in the center of the plaza, a distorted figure appeared.
That person was none other than Chu Feng.
Chu Feng was standing not far from the barrier gate's entrance.
Everyone could tell that he had just stepped out of that barrier gate.
Truth be told, Chu Feng had been using the power of the Nine Dragons Sacred Robe to conceal himself, and he had already fooled everyone.
However, that wasn't enough to fool the formation laid down by this supreme treasure of the Lord of the Dragon Phoenix Celestial Pavilion.
Though Chu Feng's figure hadn't fully materialized, it had still been detected by those peculiar sound waves.
That distorted silhouette marked the exact location where Chu Feng stood.
"Remarkable! As expected of the Dragon Phoenix Celestial Pavilion's sect-guarding treasure."
"If not for that treasure, that bastard really would have escaped."
At that moment, many were praising the Lord of the Dragon Phoenix Celestial Pavilion's treasure profusely, while also feeling somewhat relieved.
They marveled at how powerful the treasure was — but weren't they also, in a roundabout way, marveling at how formidable Chu Feng's spirit arts were?
If not for that treasure, a junior would have managed to flee right under the noses of the six great sect masters. If word of that got out, what a laughable joke it would be.
"Little brat, let's see where you run to now."
Almost the instant Chu Feng appeared, someone struck.
There were actually two who attacked.
Apart from the Lord of Nine Star Heavenly Mountain, the other was the Lord of the Wind Thunder Sword Sect.
In truth, when it came to hatred for Chu Feng, if one were to rank them, the Lord of the Wind Thunder Sword Sect came right after the Lord of the Myriad Heavens Gate.
Earlier, Chu Feng had disguised himself as Wang Chen and wreaked havoc inside the Stone Box World, defeating everyone in his path. The Lord of the Wind Thunder Sword Sect had been overjoyed, believing that a monstrous genius had emerged in his own sect — and that the Wind Thunder Sword Sect would rise above all others.
He had even pictured how the Wind Thunder Sword Sect would flourish under Wang Chen's leadership.
He hadn't even tried to hide his pride and smugness in front of the others.
But in the end, he discovered that "Wang Chen" had been an imposter all along. And the real Wang Chen turned out to be an utterly hopeless junior who openly admitted before everyone that he had tried to murder his own fellow disciples.
In that moment, the Lord of the Wind Thunder Sword Sect had wished the ground would swallow him whole.
He genuinely felt he no longer had the face to remain here.
And all of this was, in fact, none other than Chu Feng's doing.
So his hatred for Chu Feng ran bone deep.
BOOM—
Two waves of oppressive aura struck out simultaneously, hurtling straight toward Chu Feng.
But before either wave even got close, they collided with each other.
"Why are you blocking me?!"
The Lord of the Wind Thunder Sword Sect glared at the Lord of Nine Star Heavenly Mountain with rage written across his face.
It was because the Lord of Nine Star Heavenly Mountain had deliberately used his own aura to intercept the attack, causing the two forces to clash before they ever reached Chu Feng.
"Your aura is far too vicious — are you trying to kill him?"
"If you kill him and we can't find the supreme treasure inside the Stone Box World, are you going to compensate us?"
Compared to the Lord of the Wind Thunder Sword Sect, the Lord of Nine Star Heavenly Mountain's attitude was equally displeased.
The reason for his anger was exactly as he had stated — what he cared about was the mysterious supreme treasure that Chu Feng had obtained from the Stone Box World.
Right now, no one knew what that mysterious treasure actually was, nor did they know where it had gone.