Seven colossal thunder beasts of varying colors surged across the heavens.
Their might was ferocious beyond compare — even the nine golden bolts of lightning that sealed the sky seemed utterly outmatched before them.
But at this moment, no one had eyes for those terrifying thunder beasts. All gazes were fixed upon Chu Feng.
In that instant, they shared a singular illusion: the young man standing in the air, treading upon nothing, appeared to be the sole ruler of heaven and earth. Even those savage and formidable thunder beasts seemed to exist only as his backdrop.
Roar—
Without warning, the seven thunder beasts in the sky roared once more, then dove downward, hurtling toward the crowd below.
Upon witnessing this, even the elder cultivators of the Ancient Elves' expressions shifted in alarm. They immediately launched themselves into the air, retreating into the distance, and brought along the younger generation with them — including Xian Miaomiao and Princess Lingyue.
Seeing this, the remaining members of the Ancient Elves, as well as the Boundless Immortal and the Treasure-Loving Immortal, all scrambled to flee as well.
Those thunder beasts were simply too terrifying. Though no one could be certain whether they were truly corporeal, that aura alone was enough to suffocate anyone who stood in its presence. None of them wished to take the risk — none dared face those thunder beasts head-on, because they feared death.
In that moment, only two figures remained standing where they were: Chu Feng and the Elven King.
The Elven King had not retreated. He seemed to want to experience firsthand just how fearsome those thunder beasts truly were.
As for Chu Feng, naturally he would not leave — for those thunder beasts hailed from within his very body. They were the power of his bloodline.
Roar—
Amid earth-shaking roars, the seven thunder beasts descended from the sky. But rather than returning to Chu Feng's body immediately, they circled around him as they ran, as though deliberately showcasing their might.
The scene was as though those unfathomably powerful thunder beasts had always been Chu Feng's guardians, shielding him for all to see.
They made it known that no matter how powerful they were, they belonged to Chu Feng and Chu Feng alone.
The sight left everyone speechless with astonishment, their emotions beyond what any words could capture.
Sizzle—
At last, the seven thunder beasts dissolved into seven bolts of lightning and surged into Chu Feng's body. And in that same moment, Chu Feng's aura surged from ninth-grade Half Emperor to first-grade Martial Emperor.
Chu Feng had broken through. He had become a true Martial Emperor.
"He actually broke through? Could that terrifying lightning truly be Chu Feng's bloodline power?" Having witnessed Chu Feng's breakthrough with their own eyes, the crowd's expressions shifted yet again.
However, faced with everyone's stunned looks, the corner of Chu Feng's mouth curved into a faint smile.
Because he knew that what he had gained at this moment was far more than a single-grade cultivation breakthrough.
Although Chu Feng had not acquired special abilities that directly boosted his cultivation — such as the Thunder Armor or the Thunder Wings — his combat power had risen once more. The Chu Feng of today possessed fighting strength that surpassed even Xian Miaomiao's, placing him in the realm of defying heaven.
With the Thunder Armor and Thunder Wings, Chu Feng's cultivation could reach the third-grade Martial Emperor level. While in the Martial Emperor realm, his heaven-defying combat power would naturally diminish somewhat — after all, every Martial Emperor already possessed the ability to fight three grades above their level, meaning three grades of his advantage would be effectively neutralized.
But even so, Chu Feng still retained a two-grade combat advantage — and that was something no other Martial Emperor possessed.
In other words, Chu Feng could now challenge any Martial Emperor in battle. To be precise, there were likely very few below the sixth-grade Martial Emperor level who could hope to be his match.