Following that, Long Chengyu and the others departed according to Chu Feng's instructions.
Only Chu Feng remained in this place.
But Chu Feng did not immediately go to complete the formation. Instead, he spent some time using his barrier arts to set up numerous formations.
He even collected the ashen remains of those Blood-Eyed Qilin Clan members.
Though they had already been reduced to ashes — even their essences utterly destroyed — traces of their auras still lingered, and those traces would prove useful to Chu Feng.
After setting up all these formations…
Chu Feng finally stepped into the core of the light pillar formation in this location.
As he had done before, relying on his powerful lightning aura, he swiftly completed the formation.
Once it was done, Chu Feng hid himself in a concealed spot that he deemed safe.
Sure enough, not long after the formation was finished, members of the Blood-Eyed Qilin Clan arrived, led by none other than Qi Weidao.
The moment they set foot in the area, Chu Feng immediately activated the formation.
As the formation unfurrowed, countless ghastly corpses appeared across the ground — including that ugly brute whose cultivation had reached the Eighth Order of Half God.
Though the corpses were fabricated by Chu Feng's formation, they genuinely incorporated the ashen remains of those people, making them extraordinarily lifelike.
The sight delivered a tremendous shock to the Blood-Eyed Qilin Clan members.
"Long Chengyu — I will annihilate your Totem Dragon Clan!"
At that moment, Qi Weidao, who had previously been so refined and gentlemanly, turned savage in an instant. Boundless killing intent surged from his body, wave after overwhelming wave.
Fifth Order of Half God — his cultivation, like Long Chengyu's, had reached the Fifth Order of Half God.
"This guy really is something."
"Let me see your true strength."
As Chu Feng spoke, the hand seals in his palms shifted, activating yet another formation.
In the blink of an eye, a figure materialized within the corpse formation.
It was Long Chengyu.
Long Chengyu wielded a divine weapon, his entire body radiating the aura of the Eighth Order of Half God.
"You want to wipe out my entire clan?"
"Fine — I'll send you to join them in death."
As those words left his mouth, the illusory Long Chengyu formed by the formation erupted with an absolutely terrifying aura.
Seeing this, the enraged Qi Weidao felt a flicker of unease cross his eyes.
In the next instant, his body underwent a series of transformations, and his cultivation rose accordingly.
His cultivation actually climbed from the Fifth Order of Half God all the way to the Eighth Order of Half God.
With a flick of his wrist, a longsword covered in blue scales appeared in his hand.
That, too, was a divine weapon.
But what caught Chu Feng's attention even more was that after Qi Weidao powered up, he looked nothing like that ugly brute.
When the ugly brute had raised his cultivation by three orders, his appearance had grown increasingly bestial.
Yet when Qi Weidao raised his cultivation, his appearance became increasingly human.
Most of the scales on his body had vanished, with only a few remaining here and there.
His features had transformed into those of a refined, handsome young man.
Both had raised their cultivation by three orders — the ugly brute became more grotesque, while Qi Weidao became more beautiful.
BOOM—
Qi Weidao had no idea Chu Feng was observing him. The moment his cultivation reached its peak, without a shred of hesitation, he thrust his sword straight at Long Chengyu.
RUMBLE—
In that instant, martial power surged to the heavens. Once he struck, Chu Feng could no longer make out the specifics — he could only see the powerful ripples of martial power expanding outward.
But it was precisely this single strike that utterly destroyed the formations Chu Feng had set up.
At that moment, the true scene materialized before Qi Weidao's eyes.
"An illusion formation?"
Staring at the reality before him, Qi Weidao finally realized he had been deceived.
It had all been an illusion formation — every bit of it fabricated. Even that Long Chengyu had been conjured by the formation.
"So we've been tricked? Who is so bored as to set up an illusion formation like this just to deceive us?"
The other Blood-Eyed Qilin Clan members were furious as well.
Since it was an illusion formation, their first thought was that those clan members of theirs might not actually be dead.
"Wait — something's wrong."
But Qi Weidao glanced around at the scarred and devastated terrain — it was clearly the aftermath of an intense battle.
Then he reached down, grabbed a handful of dust from the ground, and examined it.