Boom—!
But before that oppressive force could reach Chu Feng, it was blown apart by a thunderous blast.
Someone had blocked the attack.
The instant the attack was deflected, a figure was already standing before the Talent Testing Array. It was Yao Cheng.
"Yao Cheng?"
"You blocked my pressure?"
A middle-aged woman of the Spirit Demon Clan spoke.
She was the one who had released the oppressive force to attack Chu Feng.
She was also the current Clan Leader of the Spirit Demon Clan.
Yet despite clearly knowing that Yao Cheng had deflected her attack, she still asked the question.
Because she could hardly believe it.
She never imagined that Yao Cheng would dare to block her strike.
After all, no one in the Spirit Demon Clan would dare defy her. Defying the Clan Leader was tantamount to betraying the clan.
This was… a capital offense!!!
"Clan Leader, Yao Cheng knows she has committed a grave sin today."
"But Yao Cheng acted out of consideration for our Spirit Demon Clan. I humbly beg the Clan Leader's forgiveness."
Yao Cheng feared this Clan Leader deeply. Under interrogation, she offered no excuse and simply dropped to her knees in a bow.
"How dare you, Yao Cheng! Why are you protecting this outsider?"
Once Yao Cheng admitted it, the assembled members of the Spirit Demon Clan began berating her even more fiercely.
"Yao Cheng, did you bring this young man here?"
The Spirit Demon Clan Leader asked.
"Clan Leader, this young friend was indeed brought here by me."
"But you know that outsiders cannot enter our Spirit Demon Clan."
"He is the most talented genius in the entire Eastern Region today. He was able to enter our clan through his own ability."
"Since he managed to enter the Spirit Demon Clan, it means he passed the test. Perhaps this was also the will of that honorable being."
"Please, allow him to complete the test. Perhaps… he could be the one to change the fate of our Spirit Demon Clan."
Yao Cheng said.
"You… you actually brought an outsider into our Spirit Demon Clan, and you truly believe an outsider can change our clan's fate?"
"Yao Cheng, do you even know what you've done?"
"This is the crime of betrayal!!!"
Hearing this, the rage on the faces of the Spirit Demon Clan members deepened further.
But the Clan Leader said nothing more. She turned her gaze toward Chu Feng and the Talent Testing Array, and in her eyes, a complex mixture of emotions surfaced.
There was fear, as if she dreaded that Chu Feng might succeed.
But there was also a flicker of expectation, as if she, too, was hoping that Chu Feng might succeed.
At that moment, the barrier power that had been coiling around Chu Feng returned to the Talent Testing Array.
However… after a brief silence, nothing happened.
"Hahaha…"
Seeing this, a wave of mocking laughter erupted from within the Spirit Demon Clan.
The talent test had a time limit, and time had run out. The stone tablets showed no change whatsoever.
This meant Chu Feng's talent was thoroughly mediocre.
"Yao Cheng, so this is the person you brought in—the one you claimed could change our Spirit Demon Clan?"
"You truly are delusional."
After a bout of ridicule, the Spirit Demon Clan members directed their scornful gazes at Yao Cheng.
"How can this be?"
Seeing this, Yao Cheng began to panic as well.
She had some knowledge of Chu Feng.
In her estimation, no matter what, Chu Feng shouldn't have failed to even elicit a reaction from the lowest stone tablet.
She had even believed that even if Chu Feng couldn't light up the "Heaven" tablet, he would at least be able to light up the "Mortal" tablet. That was precisely why she had dared to bring him in.
But the result before her was entirely different from what she had expected.
"Yao Cheng, it seems your scheme has backfired."
"You committed the crime of treason, all to bring in this so-called genius—whose talent turns out to be so mediocre that he can't even compare to the juniors of our Spirit Demon Clan."
"Since that is the case, you shall die alongside him."
"Spirit Demon Clan members, hear my command—form the formation!!!"
As the Clan Leader's voice rang out, a distinctive aura erupted from her body.
At the sight of this, every member of the Spirit Demon Clan present released the same aura from their own bodies.
And that aura began converging toward the Clan Leader.