Awooo~~~
Suddenly, the furious roar of a savage beast erupted behind Lü Jie.
The beast head looming behind Lü Jie, mid-roar, launched another assault at Chu Feng.
This time, what it spat from its jaws was no longer a barrage of fireballs.
Instead, it was a colossal pillar of flame.
The pillar shot straight ahead, blazing across the sky as it hurtled directly toward Chu Feng.
Everyone could see that the power of Lü Jie's offensive formation had grown stronger.
He must have used this brief opening to secretly reinforce its might.
Yet, facing that pillar of flame, the armored warrior behind Chu Feng merely swung the shield on its left hand across Chu Feng's front.
Hummmm—
In an instant, radiant light surged outward, illuminating the surroundings in every direction.
The shield expanded, projecting a barrier boundary outward from its own body.
From a mere thousand meters, it ballooned to ten thousand meters, transforming into a spherical barrier that shrouded not only itself but Chu Feng within as well.
The pillar of flame slammed head-on into the barrier. Though it churned up a towering inferno, every last flicker was deflected by the shield.
People weren't surprised by this. One glance was enough to tell that the two great formations were simply not on the same level.
Chu Feng's formation far surpassed Lü Jie's.
Setting aside the fact that Lü Jie's offensive formation was incomplete to begin with — even if it had been whole, it still wouldn't have been a match for Chu Feng's.
The formation Chu Feng had secretly set up could only be described as earth-shattering.
Shua—
The armored warrior behind Chu Feng swung its right arm.
Its right hand swept through the void, and the great blade in its grip unleashed a crescent of razor-sharp energy.
That was… blade qi!!!
Clangclangclang—
The blade qi swept directly forward.
Flames churned and roiled across the sky, yet the blade qi cleaved the pillar of flame cleanly into two halves.
Moments later, the blade qi arrived before Lü Jie.
But that tremendous force did not target Lü Jie himself — it soared past the top of his head and struck the formation behind him.
Awooo—
A wretched shriek rang out as the blade qi sliced the beast head behind Lü Jie cleanly in two.
The severed beast head triggered a violent shockwave of ripples that Lü Jie could not withstand, sending him tumbling across the ground in a heap.
It was over. When the ripples filling the sky finally dissipated and people saw Lü Jie — once so arrogant and untouchable — sprawled on the ground, battered and covered in wounds, they knew this duel had concluded.
Though, truth be told, the moment they had glimpsed the armored-warrior-tier formation behind Chu Feng, they had already foreseen this outcome.
Still, actually witnessing Lü Jie's crushing defeat left their hearts churning long after, unable to settle.
After all, Lü Jie had been an unblemished prodigy of the younger generation — never once defeated.
He was hailed as the greatest Spirit World Master genius the Sacred Light Galaxy had ever produced.
But today, both his reputation as a genius and his Spirit World techniques had suffered a complete and utter defeat.
Everyone present would remember for the rest of their lives the person who had defeated Lü Jie.
His name was Chu Feng!!!
He was a junior several hundred years younger than Lü Jie!!!
As for Chu Feng, after defeating Lü Jie, he had no particular desire to make things harder for the man.
He could have killed Lü Jie right then and there, but he hadn't.
Not only had he dismissed the massive formation behind him, he had stopped unleashing that formidable barrier power against Lü Jie entirely.
Otherwise, Lü Jie would not merely be gravely wounded — he would be dead.
"You could have walked away unscathed."
"But you simply couldn't let it go, and chose to trade that for a body full of wounds."
"What a shame. Why bring this on yourself?"
Looking down at Lü Jie crumpled on the ground, Chu Feng showed no mercy with his words. Only after delivering that cutting remark with a cheerful smile did he turn and walk toward the stone stele.
"Chu Feng, you're dead."
"I will never let you go."
"Even if I let you go, my master will absolutely not let you off."
But before Chu Feng had taken more than a few steps, a weak yet unmistakable voice suddenly rang out.
Though feeble, that voice was brimming with hatred.
It was Lü Jie's voice.
Hearing those words, Chu Feng's expression turned cold in an instant.
He stopped, turned back, and looked at Lü Jie: "I was going to let you go, but you really don't know when to quit."
Hummmm—
With that, Chu Feng clenched his fist.
Then, astonishingly, a barrier-forged sword extended from his hand.
He leaped into the air and came down right beside Lü Jie.
The moment he landed, Chu Feng lifted his foot and stamped it squarely on Lü Jie's head.
"Chu Feng, what are you doing?!"
"Are you looking to die?!"