"Chu Feng, look — it's really Chu Feng!"
"Chu Feng has come back to save us! Lord Chu Feng has come to save us!"
The moment they recognized Chu Feng, the people inside the Gate of Transformation erupted into an uproar.
The depression that had weighed on them moments ago vanished without a trace. Despair was swept from their faces, replaced by wild, unrestrained joy.
Although many of them could not discern Chu Feng's cultivation, they could all feel that the aura he was emanating at this moment did not seem the slightest bit inferior to the Hall Master of the Dark Hall.
"Those... those four Sacred Beasts — aren't they the guardian beasts of Qingxuan Tian?"
After getting a clear look at the Four Great Sacred Beasts, the Heaven-reaching Immortal's face was filled with astonishment. Not only had he lived through the era of Qingxuan Tian, he had personally laid eyes on Qingxuan Tian himself. That was why he knew with absolute certainty that the four Sacred Beasts before him were none other than Qingxuan Tian's guardian beasts from all those years ago. There was no mistaking it.
"What? Those four powerful beings — they were Lord Qingxuan Tian's guardian beasts?"
"How could Lord Qingxuan Tian's guardian beasts appear together with Lord Chu Feng?"
Because the Heaven-reaching Immortal had spoken in such a loud voice, nearly everyone inside the Gate of Transformation had heard him.
And upon hearing this news, the crowd was once again swept by a wave of shock.
After all, Qingxuan Tian had been the strongest among the strongest — the mightiest Emperor to have emerged in the ages since antiquity.
Legends about Qingxuan Tian were countless, tales of his exploits spread far and wide, and for nearly every person on the Martial Sacred Continent, those three words carried a special significance.
"Not only are there four Sacred Beasts — young friend Chu Feng's aura is already no less formidable than the Dark Hall Hall Master's. It seems his true cultivation has reached the seventh rank of Martial Emperor, just like the Dark Hall Hall Master."
"Young friend Chu Feng must have obtained Qingxuan Tian's inheritance." The Elf King was equally beside himself with joy, trembling with excitement.
"Lord Chu Feng — he is the inheritor of Lord Qingxuan Tian?"
"Heavens! No wonder Lord Chu Feng is so powerful — it looks like we'll be saved today! We're going to be saved!!!"
After hearing the Elf King's words, the crowd was stunned all over again. People had been wondering how it was possible for Chu Feng to appear alongside Qingxuan Tian's legendary four guardian beasts. The Elf King's words had given them a perfectly reasonable explanation — it turned out Chu Feng really was Qingxuan Tian's successor. Although some had speculated as much before, now that speculation had been confirmed.
"Chu Feng, your cultivation has increased by this much?" The Dark Hall Hall Master was genuinely surprised. He glanced at the Four Great Sacred Beasts and said, "Those four fellows look remarkably like Qingxuan Tian's four guardian beasts."
"So that's it — you obtained Qingxuan Tian's inheritance. That's how your cultivation rose so dramatically." The Dark Hall Hall Master nodded.
Chu Feng paid no heed to what the Dark Hall Hall Master had said. Instead, he spoke directly: "Hall Master of the Dark Hall, you slaughtered so many innocent lives for your own selfish desires. Are you prepared to die?"
"Oh? You mean to say you want to kill me?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha — how ridiculous. You're even more laughable than that Moon Immortal."
"You truly think that possessing the same cultivation as me, the same bloodline, and the same battle strength means you can stand against me?"
"Chu Feng, I told you — today I will show you just how vast the gap between us truly is."
As he spoke, the Dark Hall Hall Master actually put away the two Emperor Armaments in his hands.
Contempt — this gesture was absolute contempt. It was as if he were telling everyone that facing Chu Feng in battle did not even require him to wield weapons as powerful as Emperor Armaments.
"Heh…" And in the face of such a dismissive gesture from the Dark Hall Hall Master, Chu Feng merely let out a faint smile — the kind of smile one might give when looking at a clown.
"Laugh. I'll make sure you can't laugh for much longer."
BOOM— The Dark Hall Hall Master struck. A torrent of martial power, vast and overwhelming as a mountain tide, surged from every direction and bore down upon Chu Feng.