"Chu Feng, you really are impressive — to think you could actually awaken this treasure."
"My son lost to you, and I can't even call it unjust."
Baiyue Gongzi's father stared at the crystal stone in his hand, grinning from ear to ear.
Originally, snatching this item would have been enough, but now that he had obtained the awakened treasure as well, he knew that handing it over to the Alchemy Immortal Sect would earn him a tremendous merit.
And this was all thanks to Chu Feng.
"Give it back to me," Chu Feng said coldly.
"Give it back?"
"On what grounds?"
"Just because you're the Strongest Martial Venerable?" Baiyue Gongzi's father sneered.
Chu Feng's sharp brows shot upward. "If you don't return it, don't blame me for what happens next."
The moment those words left his mouth, a bone-piercing chill swept across the entire area. Not only did it feel like icy cold pressing in from all sides — it sent an even deeper terror through their hearts.
Because that was killing intent.
Chu Feng's killing intent!!!
Feeling that killing intent, let alone the bystanders, even the Zhou Clan, upon looking at Chu Feng again, showed fear on their faces. It was the first time any of them had ever felt such killing intent from a junior.
But Baiyue Gongzi's father threw his head back and burst into laughter.
"Don't blame you for what happens next? Chu Feng, do you even know who I am?" Baiyue Gongzi's father asked.
"Like I care who you are?" Chu Feng said impatiently.
He could sense the strength of Baiyue Gongzi's father.
But Chu Feng had the Divine Stag and the token given to him by the Totem Dragon Clan, so he was not afraid. Today Chu Feng might not be able to kill them, but one day, all of them would die.
"Chu Feng, drop the act."
"You really think that just because you won the title of Strongest Martial Venerable, everyone in the world is afraid of you?"
"Let me tell you something — I already know what you really are. You're nothing but a wild child with no backing whatsoever," Baiyue Gongzi's father said.
"What? Young Hero Chu Feng... has no background?"
Everyone was shocked by these words. They had all assumed that Chu Feng's background was unfathomably deep.
But looking at Baiyue Gongzi's father and his group — at the way they carried themselves with an air of absolute superiority, paying Chu Feng no mind whatsoever — it seemed like they weren't lying.
That white-haired elder, in particular. When he had first seen Chu Feng, he had clearly been wary. But now... there was not a trace of wariness left on his face.
This change only reinforced the impression that they weren't lying.
Could it be that Chu Feng truly had no powerful backing?
Thinking this, the way everyone looked at Chu Feng began to change, as if the halo around him was starting to fade.
There was nothing to be done — the martial cultivation world was exactly this ruthless. Chu Feng might be powerful, but he was still only a junior. His current strength meant nothing in the vast martial cultivation world.
Without a formidable power standing behind him, Chu Feng was, at best, just a genius.
But geniuses were the most plentiful commodity in the vast martial cultivation world. Without someone to back them, geniuses... were the easiest to snuff out.
"So it was all a bluff."
Seeing this, a gloating smile appeared on Zhou Shuang's face.
She had long been displeased with Chu Feng, and now she could sense that catastrophe was about to befall him — which suited her perfectly.
"Heh..."
At that moment, Chu Feng actually smiled. He then looked at Baiyue Gongzi's father. "You're from the Alchemy Immortal Sect, aren't you?"
The moment Chu Feng said this, everyone was startled, unable to understand why he would suddenly bring up something like that.
But Baiyue Gongzi's father and his companions were genuinely stunned. They hadn't expected Chu Feng to guess outright that they were connected to the Alchemy Immortal Sect.
Chu Feng had made this deduction because he had already realized that this group might have come specifically for him — otherwise, there was no way they would know he lacked a background.
He had no grudge against them, yet they had come to deal with him. Someone must have given the order. Whoever could command this kind of force had to be an even greater power.
No matter how he thought about it, the most likely candidate pulling the strings behind the scenes was the Alchemy Immortal Sect.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Baiyue Gongzi's father reflexively denied it. He naturally could not expose the Alchemy Immortal Sect.
"Heh..." Chu Feng merely let out a contemptuous laugh. He had now confirmed that these people were acting on the Alchemy Immortal Sect's orders. And so:
"My advice — turn back now while you still have the chance. Otherwise, what awaits you is the extermination of your entire clan."
If this had been before, hearing Chu Feng say something like that would have rattled Baiyue Gongzi's father too.
But now that he had figured out Chu Feng's true standing, he only thought Chu Feng was bluffing.
"Chu Feng, I have to admit — you've got some nerve."
"With absolutely no one backing you, yet acting as if your connections are heaven-defying."
"Too bad I'm not so easily scared. I'm going to show you right now what reality looks like."
With a flick of his will, vast barrier power surged forth once more, coalescing into a sky-covering formation.
It was an offensive killing formation.
Sensing that killing formation, everyone's faces filled with terror. The power of that formation was enough to obliterate every last one of them.
Was this man really going to wipe them all out?
Yet after the killing formation had fully taken shape, Baiyue Gongzi's father did not activate its power to attack them.
Instead, with a sweep of his great sleeve, a massive barrier sword descended from the sky.
But that barrier sword likewise harmed no one — it simply carved a deep trench across the mountaintop.
"Listen well, all of you."
"I came here today only to deal with Chu Feng."
"If you sever ties with him right now, I guarantee you'll leave unharmed."
Once Baiyue Gongzi's father said this, everyone understood his meaning. They immediately crossed the trench, all moving to the opposite side from Chu Feng.
In the blink of an eye, only the Zhou Clan remained, still standing on Chu Feng's side.
"What's this — the Zhou Clan wants to die alongside Chu Feng?"