"Go. Bring them all to me."
The moment the head guard finished speaking, the tens of millions of guards behind him surged forward in unison, charging toward them in a massive wave.
However, with a sweep of her wide sleeve, Lady Yu Wei conjured a vortex of martial power before her.
The vortex rapidly expanded, transforming into a barrier of martial power that sealed off the entire sky and earth.
Upon seeing this, the guards hurriedly halted.
They could all feel it — that martial power barrier was utterly impenetrable. At the very least, none of them would be able to breach it.
But they did not panic. Instead, they all turned their gazes toward the head guard.
"First-grade Half-God? You actually broke through to the Half-God Realm?"
The head guard looked at Lady Yu Wei, clearly caught off guard.
"Soul Origin Demon Grass — we will deliver the agreed-upon amount in full, as we always have, both now and in the future."
"But taking our people away was never part of the agreement."
"So starting today, don't you even think about taking a single person from our side."
Lady Yu Wei declared.
"Ha ha ha ha!!!"
Hearing this, the head guard burst into loud laughter.
"Song Yu Wei, oh Song Yu Wei — has your brain been kicked by a donkey?"
"What on earth makes you think that a first-grade Half-God like you can contend with me, a second-grade Half-God?"
"You don't have the slightest ability to fight me."
The instant the head guard uttered his last words, he unleashed his martial power without hesitation.
The power erupted from his mouth and surged straight toward Lady Yu Wei's barrier.
Crash—
The two collided, and Lady Yu Wei's martial power barrier was obliterated in an instant, shattering like a pane of glass into countless fragments.
"What was that?"
But at that moment, the head guard was not pleased — he was stunned.
His strike had not been meant simply to break through the martial power barrier.
In truth, it had been aimed directly at Lady Yu Wei.
He had intended to teach her a lesson.
But now, to his shock, he discovered that after the martial power barrier had been destroyed, the force he had unleashed from his mouth could not reach Lady Yu Wei.
There was another layer of power shielding Lady Yu Wei and the others, blocking his attack cold.
At the same time, everyone else noticed the transformation occurring on Lady Yu Wei's body — a golden radiance was emanating from her.
That radiance was nothing short of sacred.
"A first-grade Half-God indeed cannot stand against a second-grade Half-God."
"But it… can stand against you."
As Lady Yu Wei finished speaking, she pushed her palm forward.
The moment she spoke, the space at the spot where the head guard's attack had been intercepted began to churn violently.
Then a golden barrier materialized before them.
The instant that golden barrier appeared, every single person present — even Chu Feng — felt their expression shift.
Aoo—
Piercing cries of phoenixes rang out one after another.
It was no ordinary golden barrier. Within it, a hundred massive phoenixes soared and circled through the golden light.
The sight was absolutely magnificent!!!
And most importantly, the aura radiating from that golden barrier had already reached the level of a second-grade Half-God.
"That's a secret technique."
"What a powerful secret technique — it actually possesses the combat strength to fight one grade above?"
Chu Feng saw it at a glance. The barrier containing the hundred phoenixes was a secret technique.
But a secret technique within the Half-God Realm that could fight a full grade above — just how powerful must that be?
At the very least, Chu Feng had… never seen a secret technique this formidable.