Thunder crashed down upon Chu Feng, and amid the flashing lightning and deafening thunder, it sounded like the roar of a savage beast.
No — not a savage beast. How could any mere beast wield such power?
This was unmistakably the might of a god.
Yet even so, Chu Feng remained perfectly composed. Not only did he show no panic, but a faint smile even graced the corners of his lips.
That arrogant display seemed to enrage the nine-colored lightning, which launched itself at Chu Feng with even greater ferocity.
But Chu Feng was as tough as they come. Their attacks still proved utterly futile against him, and in the end, the lightning had no choice but to merge with his body.
When Chu Feng finally opened his eyes, remnants of lightning still flickered around him.
Upon seeing the residual shadows of the nine-colored lightning, Her Majesty immediately grasped what had happened.
"Chu Feng, did you break through in both your formation arts and martial cultivation at the same time?" Her Majesty asked.
"Yes. That was the breakthrough opportunity I just grasped from that compass."
"I am now a Third Rank Half God, and my formation arts have also reached the Golden Dragon God Robe level," Chu Feng said.
"Damn, this compass is actually that powerful? It's practically a supreme treasure for cultivation!" Her Majesty was ecstatic.
If it had contained the Dao of martial cultivation alone, that would have been impressive enough — but it also held the key to advancing one's formation arts.
That only proved just how extraordinary this compass truly was.
"It really is a fine piece, but something about it doesn't feel right."
Chu Feng examined the compass once more.
"What doesn't feel right?" Her Majesty asked.
"I can't quite put my finger on it. Forget it — since this compass is connected to this place, it probably won't activate again until the next rest period," Chu Feng said.
"If it activates again next time and you're still able to grasp another breakthrough opportunity, that would be absolutely wonderful," Her Majesty said, rubbing her little hands together, eyes brimming with anticipation.
"Haha, if that really happened, this trip would have been more than worth it." In truth, Chu Feng harbored the same hope.
He hadn't set his expectations too high, but if it truly came to pass, then yes — this journey would have been well worthwhile.
After his breakthrough, Chu Feng set out immediately to find Long Chengyu.
Now that he knew the Blood Eye Qilin Clan was far more dangerous than he'd imagined, even with the absolute advantage he held in completing the formations, he wanted to regroup with Long Chengyu and the others as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, something just didn't sit right.
Before long, Chu Feng arrived before a formation — and sure enough, he found members of the Totem Dragon Clan there.
But Long Chengyu and Long Muxi were nowhere to be seen. Not even Long Yuhong or Long Zhizhi.
These people were inside the formation's core, diligently channeling their energy into the formation.
In truth, their strength was roughly on par with that of Long Shanshan and Long Fulai's group. But their speed in completing the formation was more than ten times faster.
Moreover, Chu Feng noticed that a phantom shadow had appeared above each of their heads.
Inside each phantom shadow was a dragon.
These phantoms carried the same aura as the formation in this place.
The reason they were completing the formation so much faster had to be closely connected to those phantoms.
"What's with the phantoms above your heads?" Chu Feng stepped forward and asked.
"Young Master Chu Feng?"
They had been so focused on completing the formation — after all, no one was competing with them for this one, and they wanted to finish it as quickly as possible so it would belong to them.
It wasn't until Chu Feng approached and spoke that they realized he had arrived.
Although Long Yuhong and Long Zhizhi weren't here, some of the people present had previously been with them. They had witnessed firsthand how quickly Chu Feng had helped them complete their formation.