"Heh…"
Seeing his strike land, a smile crept onto Chu Feng's lips.
It was the first time he had smiled like this since the fight with Jiang Yuantai began.
And in Jiang Yuantai's eyes, that smile was nothing short of mockery.
"Hmph!!!"
Jiang Yuantai was clearly unwilling to accept this. With a cold snort, his spear formation took shape once more, enveloping Chu Feng again.
But this time, Jiang Yuantai's spear formation couldn't do a thing to Chu Feng.
Because Chu Feng was no longer defending — he had switched to offense as his defense, and every thrust of his sword caught his opponent off guard.
Before long, Jiang Yuantai, who had been the aggressor, found himself on the back foot.
"Could it be that Chu Feng…"
When they saw this, Dao Hai Xiangu, Yuan Shen Popo, and the others all widened their eyes in disbelief.
"This brat is actually breaking the formation."
Meanwhile, a trace of unease surfaced in the eyes of Jiang Taibai and the others from the Dao Alchemy Immortal Sect.
Chu Feng's fighting style had changed. He was no longer passively defending — his attacks now carried clear intent.
If it were merely the occasional lucky strike, that would be one thing. But every single one of his moves perfectly countered Jiang Yuantai's techniques.
He had truly comprehended the method to dismantle Jiang Yuantai's spear formation.
But this Three Souls Overlord Spear was a technique Jiang Yuantai had spent a full sixty years cultivating.
How could Chu Feng possibly figure out a way to counter it in such a short amount of time?
There were only two possibilities. The first was that Chu Feng and Jiang Yuantai were the same kind of person.
Chu Feng had loved the sword from a young age and had cultivated a highly powerful sword technique.
He had been hiding it all along, and only now, when backed into a corner, had he finally revealed it.
Though every strike seemed unpredictable, when linked together they formed a perfectly coherent whole. This was no ordinary sword art — it was something far more profound.
But if he truly possessed such a technique, why hadn't he displayed it from the very first moment he showed his strength? Catching his opponent off guard paired with such a powerful sword art would have made it far easier to defeat Jiang Yuantai.
Which brought the second possibility.
The second possibility was that his talent was so extraordinary he had comprehended in mere moments a counter to a spear technique someone else had spent sixty years perfecting.
This wasn't a sword technique Chu Feng had spent years cultivating.
It was a sword technique he had comprehended himself in the heat of battle, while pushed to the brink of death!!!
And based on the way the fight had played out so far, in the eyes of Jiang Taibai and the others, no matter how they looked at it, Chu Feng had to be the second type.
"Could it be that this junior from the Eastern Region truly possesses talent of such terrifying degree?"
Jiang Taibai turned his gaze toward Chu Feng once more. There was no longer a shred of contempt in his eyes — only wariness, and even a flicker of fear.
It was the look of a grown wolf staring down a young tiger cub.
Though this cub might have looked like nothing more than prey on a plate — easy to kill — in his eyes at this moment, he knew full well that if that tiger cub were allowed to grow up, he himself wouldn't stand a chance in a fight.
"This is incredible. Young friend Chu Feng actually comprehended a sword technique to counter that spear art."
Dao Hai Xiangu and Yuan Shen Popo, the two sisters, were beside themselves with excitement.
If it were an ordinary spear technique, that would be one thing. But to be able to counter such a fearsome spear art — this was truly unheard of.
It required not only extremely rich combat experience, but also exceptional comprehension and thinking that went far beyond what any normal person could muster.
At the very least, no ordinary person — not even a typical genius — could possibly comprehend such a masterful sword technique in such a short span of time.
The reason they called it a sword technique was because they could clearly see that Chu Feng's fighting style had completely transformed.
It was a brand-new sword art, one Chu Feng had comprehended on his own after being pushed to the edge of death.
This sword technique was remarkably refined, using offense as its defense.