"So all of this chaos was caused by him?"
"What kind of talent must he possess?"
The Situ World Spirit Sect was crumbling, but the outsiders were in awe.
It was a humiliation for the Situ World Spirit Sect.
"If you want them to live, I can help."
"While that kid is still merging with the spirit beast's power, I can still make it in time."
At that moment, Tang Xiu spoke up.
Tang Xiu knew that the Situ World Spirit Sect had the means to let him enter. They hadn't let him in before because they feared he would seize the spirit beasts for himself.
But now, with their prodigious juniors trapped inside and facing mortal peril, they would inevitably let him in.
"Young Master Tang, please, you must help me eliminate this child."
Sure enough, Situ Tingye turned to Tang Xiu, then produced a token and handed it to him — the honored guest token.
Tang Xiu didn't bother holding Situ Tingye to account for his earlier claim that the honored guest tokens were all gone. He simply accepted it directly.
But he didn't leave immediately. Instead, he said, "I have one condition."
Hearing this, Situ Tingye and the others were taken aback.
"May I ask what condition, Young Master Tang?" Situ Tingye asked.
"If I can hunt the spirit beasts inside, then they all belong to me," Tang Xiu said.
Hearing this, Situ Tingye and the others were deeply reluctant.
But they had no choice. If Tang Xiu didn't go in, all the power of those spirit beasts would end up in Chu Feng's hands, and their prodigious juniors would all die. Those juniors were the hope of the Situ World Spirit Sect.
"As long as you eliminate this child, everything you ask is yours," Situ Tingye said.
"Relax. Once I, Tang Xiu, make my move, he won't be leaving alive."
As soon as Tang Xiu finished speaking, he vanished without a trace.
When he reappeared, he was already within the Spirit Beast Mountain Range.
With the honored guest invitation token, he entered without issue and immediately flew toward Chu Feng's location at tremendous speed.
Chu Feng was in the process of absorbing the spirit beast's power. Tang Xiu had to reach him quickly — if all that power was absorbed by Chu Feng first, killing him afterward would be rather pointless.
"Hm?"
Soon, the spirit beasts that hadn't yet merged with Chu Feng's body began reverting to their original forms.
This sight left the juniors of the Situ World Spirit Sect confused.
But in truth, Chu Feng had stopped the merging on his own.
He had sensed someone approaching.
Shortly after, a figure appeared — Tang Xiu.
"Not bad. You actually sensed me."
Tang Xiu looked at Chu Feng, who was already staring directly at him. He realized that Chu Feng had detected his arrival in advance.
"So it's you."
Chu Feng's face broke into a smile when he saw Tang Xiu.
But Tang Xiu clearly didn't understand why Chu Feng was smiling like that. He didn't sense the danger at all.
"Will you end yourself, or shall I do it?"
Tang Xiu gave Chu Feng his options directly, brimming with confidence.
"I have no grudge against you. Are you stepping up on behalf of the Situ World Spirit Sect?" Chu Feng asked.
"What if I am? What if I'm not?" Tang Xiu's arrogance was on full display.
"If that's the case, then even better."
Chu Feng had already been resentful toward Tang Xiu over what he did to the Holy Light Dao Leader, and had been looking for a chance to stand up for him.
After all, given his relationship with the Sacred Valley, he simply couldn't stand by and do nothing.
That was one of Chu Feng's weaknesses — he was fiercely protective.
If it had nothing to do with him, he might have let it slide. But when it came to people he knew, he refused to let others bully them.
He had no personal enmity with Tang Xiu. What he'd had in mind before was simply to teach the man a lesson.
But seeing Tang Xiu like this, Chu Feng changed his mind. Today… he would kill Tang Xiu.
Not for any other reason — simply because Tang Xiu had come to kill him, and that alone meant he deserved to die.
Shua—
As he spoke, Chu Feng drew the Primordial Hero Sword.
"You're not going to use your spirit formation arts?"
Tang Xiu was somewhat surprised. He could tell that Chu Feng's spirit formation arts were formidable, so he'd assumed Chu Feng specialized in that path.
But producing a Supreme Armament clearly meant he intended to fight with raw martial force.
"Does it matter?"
"Whether it's martial force or spirit formations, you'll lose either way," Chu Feng said.
"Haha…"
Hearing this, Tang Xiu burst into laughter.
"You think I'm like them?"
As he spoke, Tang Xiu glanced toward the juniors of the Situ World Spirit Sect.
Hearing those words, the expressions on the faces of the Situ World Spirit Sect's juniors all soured.
After all, he was clearly disparaging them.
What was wrong with them? They were geniuses too.
But there was nothing they could do about it. Tang Xiu truly was stronger than them, and they acknowledged that.
"It's all the same to me," Chu Feng said.
"Damn, what incredible arrogance. But everyone who's been arrogant in front of me has died."
Tang Xiu finally lost all patience. He reached back and drew the massive blade from its sheath.
One downward slash tore a huge gap in Chu Feng's barrier formation. Then, blade in hand, he charged straight at Chu Feng.
And Chu Feng met him with sword drawn.
A close-quarters clash?
Chu Feng had never been afraid of anyone in that regard!
"Run. Now!"
Seizing this opportunity, the juniors of the Situ World Spirit Sect immediately tried to flee.
Hummmm—
But the moment they reached the gap in the barrier, it sealed itself shut.
"He… can he really split his focus like that?"
The juniors of the Situ World Spirit Sect all wore expressions of despair.
Against this barrier, they were completely helpless. They couldn't break through it.
And now, with Chu Feng clearly engaged in combat with Tang Xiu, how could he still be keeping an eye on them?
With no hope of escape, they had no choice but to watch the battle unfold. After all, right now Tang Xiu was their only hope of survival.
"Are these two really that powerful?"
"Can Tang Xiu actually win?"
The more they watched, the more anxious they became.
Both of their combat powers had been suppressed to the first grade of Martial Venerable.
Yet the exchanges between Chu Feng and Tang Xiu were so fast that the juniors could barely follow their movements.
Neither Chu Feng nor Tang Xiu used any martial skills. It was pure close-quarters combat, a contest of raw fighting experience.
"Everyone, stay calm. We've all heard of what kind of person Tang Xiu is."
"This guy might have used some underhanded trick to suppress us, but there's no way he's a match for Tang Xiu."