Shengguang Fuhai's face was stiff.
When Long Xiaoxiao's mother took a closer look, her face turned even paler with fear.
At first she hadn't recognized the person, but once she looked carefully—
Wasn't that Shengguang Yunyue?
Normally, Shengguang Yunyue presented herself as poised and dignified, and she was a woman at that.
But among the Supreme Elders of the Shengguang Clan, her reputation for ferocity far surpassed that of Shengguang Fuhai. She was far more terrifying, the kind of person who made people's blood run cold at the mere mention of her name.
Some people had even given her a private nickname—
The Shengguang Wicked Woman.
Because Shengguang Yunyue was, without question, a ruthless and merciless character.
Yet someone who could only be described as a devil had been reduced to this state?
What was most unbelievable was that after Shengguang Yunyue had been tossed out, she had immediately started speaking.
Her words, upon reaching Long Xiaoxiao's mother's ears, made her suspect she had misheard.
"Young Hero Chu Feng, I've told you everything I know. Please stop torturing me—please, just stop. Kill me. Just grant me death."
Those were the words Shengguang Yunyue had spoken after being thrown out.
And she had said them through sobs.
"Chu Feng, what have you done to Lady Yunyue?!"
An angry roar suddenly rang out—it was Shengguang Haifu.
Though they were both Supreme Elders, the way he addressed her as "Lady Yunyue" revealed that in his heart, Shengguang Yunyue held a higher standing than himself.
He pointed at Chu Feng, his hand trembling with fury, and a torrent of killing intent surged forth in an instant, flooding the entire palace.
The implication was clear: if Chu Feng did not give him a satisfactory explanation, he would absolutely not let the matter rest.
And Shengguang Haifu's outburst finally snapped Shengguang Yunyue back to awareness.
So Chu Feng had already made it into the forbidden grounds of the Shengguang Clan.
"Shengguang Haifu, run!!!" Shengguang Yunyue screamed. "Go get the Clan Master!!!"
Her weakened voice was practically a shriek, as though she were summoning every last ounce of strength she had.
Yet rather than prompting Shengguang Haifu to flee immediately, her words left him stunned.
Run?
Him—a grand figure of the Fourth Martial Venerable rank—was being told to run from a junior?
If anyone else had said such a thing to him, he would have slapped them across the face without a second thought, demanding to know whether they had any idea who he was, telling them to get lost.
But the fact that these words had come from Shengguang Yunyue forced him to think twice.
What was going on? Had Chu Feng not come alone?
Had he brought reinforcements?
Or was something else happening?
Why would Lady Shengguang Yunyue tell him to run?
ZZZZAP~~~
While Shengguang Haifu was still trying to piece things together, blinding lightning materialized inside the palace.
He fixed his gaze upon it, and at last he understood why Shengguang Yunyue had said what she said.
The dazzling lightning was emanating from Chu Feng.
The sacred Divine Lightning Runes, the resplendent Lightning Armor—these signature marks of Chu Feng's genius-level mastery over his bloodline power appeared on his forehead and across his body, respectively.
Beyond that, there was also the Heaven-bestowed Divine Power.
These were the trademarks of Chu Feng's genius. It was precisely because he simultaneously commanded Heaven-level Divine Power and the Heaven-bestowed Divine Body—and could unleash such tremendous force—that the Shengguang Clan had deemed him a threat.
And now, a look of deep, undisguised terror surfaced on Shengguang Haifu's face.
But not because he was finally witnessing this prodigy's abilities in person.
Rather, it was because he had sensed Chu Feng's cultivation level.
From what he knew, Chu Feng's cultivation had previously been at the Sixth-grade Supreme. Even if Chu Feng's talent was beyond heaven-defying, reaching the Seventh-grade Supreme in such a short time would have been extraordinary enough.
Even the Eighth-grade Supreme, in his estimation, should have been impossible to reach within so brief a period.
Yet right now, Chu Feng's cultivation stood at the Fifth-grade Martial Venerable—a full rank higher than his own.
Even accounting for the Lightning Runes, the Lightning Armor, and the Heaven-bestowed Divine Power each boosting his level by one grade, that still meant his true cultivation was at the Second-grade Martial Venerable.
" You're not Chu Feng. Who are you?!" Shengguang Haifu spoke again, his earlier confidence completely gone.
At the same time, however, a suspicion had begun to take shape in his mind.