With just a single strike, the bodies of both clan masters were sliced in two by the blade of flame.
Yet after their bodies were destroyed, the two clan masters did not truly perish. Instead, their souls transformed into two spirit forms and shot outward.
However, facing those two spirit forms, Chu Feng merely opened his palm, and a massive surge of suction immediately spread outward.
The two spirit forms not only raced toward Chu Feng's palm at breakneck speed but also continuously shrank, until like two mice, they were clenched tightly in Chu Feng's grip.
The two clan masters struggled desperately, but they could not break free from Chu Feng at all. Panic and terror filled the aged faces of both men.
"Clan Master Tang, back when you betrayed me and attacked me without gratitude, did you ever think this day would come?" Chu Feng asked coldly, a fierce killing intent surging in his eyes.
"Young Master Chu, spare my life! Young Master Chu, spare my life! For little Ying's sake, please let me go!" Clan Master Tang began to beg Chu Feng repeatedly.
"You still have the nerve to bring up Tang Ying?" At the mention of that name, the killing intent in Chu Feng's eyes only intensified.
"Elder Yuan Zhen, save me! Elder Yuan Zhen, hurry and save me!!!" Sensing something was wrong, Clan Master Tang desperately cried out to Elder Yuan Zhen.
"Today, no one can save you."
After uttering those words, Chu Feng clenched his palm with a sudden, violent squeeze. With a muffled squelch, the spirit forms of both Clan Master Tang Huanchuan and Cao Kuofeng were crushed to nothing — dead beyond any possibility of revival.
The spectacle left many onlookers utterly horrified. None of them had imagined that Chu Feng could be this powerful, capable of annihilating two clan masters with such ease.
"So you were concealing your cultivation."
At that moment, Elder Yuan Zhen's eyes lit up. He had already realized that after Chu Feng unleashed his thunderous methods, his cultivation was at the Fourth Stage Half Ancestor level — yet moments before it had clearly been the Third Stage. He now understood that Chu Feng had deliberately hidden his true cultivation all along, lulling the two clan masters into complacency.
"Only realizing now that I was concealing my strength? I'm afraid it's already too late," Chu Feng said with a cold smile. He then swept his gaze across the surroundings and addressed everyone present:
"Today, I, Chu Feng, will slaughter this city. All who have no involvement, leave now."
The moment those words left Chu Feng's lips, a murderous aura erupted. Boundless killing intent swept through the void, transforming into dark clouds that blanketed the sky, as though countless savage beasts were battling and charging through the air. In an instant, a terrifying pressure permeated the heavens and earth.
"Run!"
Sensing that overwhelming killing intent and having witnessed Chu Feng's earlier display of power, everyone realized he was not bluffing. Many immediately took to the air, fleeing desperately toward the distance, terrified of being caught up in the coming battle.
After all, the earlier attacks from the Tang and Cao clan masters had already claimed the lives of many innocent bystanders.
Though the crowd had fled from the Cao estate, none of them truly left the city. People were, after all, creatures of curiosity — everyone wanted to watch the spectacle unfold.
Even if they could not observe the fight up close, watching from afar was simply something they could not resist.
"You of the Tang and Cao clans, listen well. If anyone wishes to leave, you still have time to do so now."
"Otherwise, do not blame me, Chu Feng, for showing no mercy. If you must blame someone… blame yourselves. I gave you the chance, and you chose not to take it," Chu Feng said coldly, his words devoid of even a trace of emotion.
"You killed our clan masters — we will never let this go! Chu Feng, we'll take your miserable life!"
"Chu Feng, you filthy beast, I'll tear you to shreds and reduce you to ash!"
"Chu Feng, I'll dig up your ancestral graves and exterminate your descendants — you will have no lineage to carry on your name!!!"
The members of both the Tang and Cao clans, having just lost their clan masters and burning with rage, had no fear of Chu Feng. Many pointed at him and hurled curses, each more vicious than the last.
Boom—