"CHU FENG!!!"
"I WILL TEAR YOU TO PIECES!!!!"
Suddenly, an enraged roar erupted across the silent void. The terrifying killing intent was so overwhelming that it tore the very fabric of space, leaving countless rifts in its wake.
It was Jia Lingyi. Her face was twisted into a demonic mask of fury.
Though she was a woman, veins bulged across her temples and neck — she was truly beside herself with rage.
The ones who had died were the future of her Alchemy Immortal Sect. And among them, Jia Chengying had been a supreme genius who could have lifted the sect to an entirely new height.
But beyond Jia Chengying, the nearly ten thousand juniors who perished were no ordinary talents either. They were all prodigies the Alchemy Immortal Sect had poured its full resources into cultivating.
Yet today, in the blink of an eye, Chu Feng had slaughtered them all.
His actions had severed the lifeline of her Alchemy Immortal Sect — destroyed its future entirely.
How could she not rage?
It was not just her. Every member of the Alchemy Immortal Sect present was gnashing their teeth, wishing they could tear Chu Feng apart and devour him whole.
The terrifying killing intent swept across heaven and earth. Those inside the Trial Realm were relatively safe, but those outside — even though they knew perfectly well that Jia Lingyi's killing intent was not directed at them — were still so frightened that they trembled uncontrollably.
Yet despite such overwhelming killing intent, Chu Feng showed not a shred of fear.
He opened his palm, and a formation began to take shape within it. Then, pointing at the Gate of All Beings, he merged the formation into the entrance.
However... the aura of the gate remained completely unchanged.
While everyone wondered what Chu Feng was doing, he turned his gaze toward Jia Lingyi.
"From now on, this gate is no longer restricted to juniors. You... may also enter. But only you alone."
"Jia Lingyi, don't you want to kill me? Don't you want to avenge the juniors of your Alchemy Immortal Sect? I, Chu Feng, will give you this chance. Come inside now."
Chu Feng beckoned at Jia Lingyi with a casual wave of his hand.
"What?! Chu Feng actually wants to let Jia Lingyi in?!"
At those words, forget the others — even the Barrier Painter's expression changed in shock.
This was madness. One thing to challenge juniors, but Chu Feng was now challenging Jia Lingyi?
They had felt Chu Feng's strength when he struck earlier.
He was powerful. Far more powerful than the rumors suggested. He was a Purple Dragon God Robe, just like Jia Chengying.
Moreover, the combat power Chu Feng had displayed did not stop at the Purple Dragon God Robe level — otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to effortlessly slaughter Jia Chengying and the others in the blink of an eye.
That was combat power rivaling a Golden Dragon God Robe, rivaling a fifth-grade Half-God. No — it didn't merely rival it, because the power Chu Feng had displayed was far too overwhelming to be compared with an ordinary fifth-grade Half-God.
But... even so, he was still just a junior. He still could not stand against Jia Lingyi.
No matter how strong Chu Feng might be, facing Jia Lingyi meant certain death.
Yet here Chu Feng was, brimming with confidence, carrying himself as if the one on the chopping block were not him but Jia Lingyi.
As though, if Jia Lingyi dared to step inside, she was doomed beyond any hope.
Something was wrong. Something was definitely wrong. Everyone sensed it.
And faced with this crazed Chu Feng, even Jia Lingyi — whose face had been twisted in fury — now felt a flicker of panic in her eyes.
"My Lady, you absolutely must not go in."
"Many of the young masters in the Trial Realm carried guardian formations on them, yet just now all of those formations were destroyed without ever activating."
"He has very likely obtained temporary dominion within the Trial Realm. If you enter, you will almost certainly fall into his trap."
Before Jia Lingyi could even move, a flurry of private voice transmissions flooded her ears.
In truth, she did not need their warnings. She would never dare go in.
She was no fool. She knew perfectly well that the deaths of those juniors were deeply suspicious.
Chu Feng must have seized some extraordinarily powerful force. Within the Trial Realm, he had very likely obtained sovereign, absolute power.
"Why so quiet? Are you afraid?"
"Are you afraid that, like the juniors of your Alchemy Immortal Sect, you'll go in and never come back?" Chu Feng narrowed his eyes, studying Jia Lingyi with undisguised contempt.
But even with Chu Feng provoking her to this extent, Jia Lingyi still said nothing. She did not dare — and she knew that no amount of words would serve as anything more than hollow, powerless excuses.
No one had expected the situation to turn out this way.