The dragon of light soared into the sky, and for a brief moment, the entire area fell completely silent.
But this silence was short-lived.
Soon, the crowd erupted.
Exclamations and heated discussions rang out one after another.
Even the dimmest among them could tell that this phenomenon was anything but ordinary.
But no one had ever witnessed anything like it before, and nobody understood what had just happened.
"Looks like I won?"
After stepping down from the stone platform, Chu Feng asked Bi Jingjing.
"You really have no shame, kid."
"Using such underhanded tactics."
But before Bi Jingjing could respond, Fang Yunshi spoke up, his face flushed with anger.
"Underhanded tactics?"
"Oh, so now you're saying things like that."
"Guess you can't handle losing?"
Chu Feng smirked contemptuously.
People like this were nothing new to him.
"This Talent Test Stone only produces five colors of light — white, gray, blue, purple, and gold."
"They correspond to five tiers of talent: inferior, low, middle, high, and supreme."
"What was that just now? Were you performing a magic trick?"
"You really think putting on a flashy show is going to fool us?"
"Do you take us for idiots?"
Fang Yunshi declared.
And no one found fault with what Fang Yunshi had said.
The light Chu Feng had released was indeed breathtaking.
However… it had clearly exceeded the power this Talent Test Stone was capable of producing.
So the matter was genuinely suspicious.
"This round — we lost."
But just then, Bi Jingjing suddenly spoke.
"Junior Sister Bi, you…"
Seeing her say this, Fang Yunshi looked at her in confusion.
"Supreme talent is not the limit of this Talent Test Stone."
"God-level talent is its true limit."
Bi Jingjing said.
"God-level talent? I've never heard of that before!"
Many of the surrounding disciples began whispering among themselves once more.
"Junior Sister Bi, are you perhaps mistaken?"
"Even the ten Hidden Dragon Disciples only have supreme talent."
"How could this person possibly have God-level talent?"
Fang Yunshi said skeptically.
"This is indeed God-level talent. I heard my grandfather speak of it."
"He once witnessed someone make this Test Stone release God-level talent with his own eyes, and the phenomenon looked exactly the same as what we just saw."
Bi Jingjing said.
"Someone else actually triggered that same phenomenon before?"
"Why have I never heard of it?"
Fang Yunshi asked.
He wasn't the only one curious — Song Xi and several other disciples were equally intrigued.
"You may not know about this, but you've certainly heard of that person."
Bi Jingjing said.
"Who?"
Everyone pressed.
"Dugu Lingtian."
Bi Jingjing answered.
"What?! Lord Dugu Lingtian?"
Hearing the name Dugu Lingtian, the crowd's expressions became complicated.
But when they looked back at Chu Feng, they were still half-skeptical.
They didn't doubt that Dugu Lingtian possessed so-called God-level talent.
But regarding Chu Feng, they remained deeply suspicious.
"Junior Sister Bi, you must be mistaken."
"How could this person possibly be mentioned in the same breath as Lord Dugu Lingtian?"
Fang Yunshi pressed further.
Even though Chu Feng had clearly just demonstrated it, he still refused to believe that Chu Feng possessed that legendary God-level talent.
But this time, Bi Jingjing didn't bother with Fang Yunshi at all. She turned her gaze directly to Chu Feng.
"You've won this first round — the talent contest."
"Next comes the barrier technique contest."
"If you win one more round, this duel is yours."
Bi Jingjing said to Chu Feng.
Her tone had grown noticeably more courteous than before.
If the old her would have slapped Chu Feng dead without a second thought, then now — all hostility toward him had vanished.
"The first round was decided by your side."
"Shouldn't the second round be decided by ours?"
Chu Feng asked.
"How would you like to set it?"
Bi Jingjing asked.
"The second round is a contest of barrier techniques, right?"
"One-on-one is boring and a waste of time."
"I'll fight all of you from Southern Phoenix Academy by myself."
"Of course, we're only comparing barrier techniques."
Chu Feng said.
"Am I hearing this right? You want to take on all of us by yourself?"
"Setting aside whether that talent of yours is real or not—"