"Immortal and undying?"
"No, you're not immortal and undying. You're the same as me — you've merely grasped a secret technique that allows you to keep your physical body from being destroyed." Chu Feng looked at the demoness as he spoke.
Although everything had happened in the blink of an eye, and the means the demoness used were clearly different from his own, Chu Feng had caught the presence of a secret technique in that instant.
And now, Chu Feng could be certain that the demoness had survived his earlier strike thanks to that very technique.
Originally, Chu Feng had planned to exploit the body-protecting, undying effect of the secret technique to launch a surprise attack and finish the demoness off in one fell swoop.
But he truly hadn't expected that this demoness would not only possess overwhelming combat strength and wield martial arts with masterful precision — she actually possessed a secret technique similar to his own.
"I didn't expect you to see through that."
"What I used was indeed a secret technique. But you're not bad yourself — to possess multiple secret techniques. Still, once you're dead, your secrets will become mine." The demoness smiled at Chu Feng.
"We're both undying. How exactly do you plan to kill me?" Chu Feng asked.
Though he appeared composed on the surface, Chu Feng was actually growing anxious. The Immortal Transformation Pill he had consumed would only last for half an hour. Although there was still some time before that limit was reached, it was still a deadline.
If the time ran out and Chu Feng had yet to defeat the demoness or escape the battlefield, he would plummet from Martial Ancestor all the way down to Half-Ancestor Level Four — an irreversible drop.
At that point, the demoness would undoubtedly kill him.
So he kept his eyes locked on the demoness, because that earlier punch hadn't simply been the Emperor Heaven Dome Transformation. To guard against any surprises, Chu Feng had also employed an additional safeguard — a method specifically designed to counter the demoness.
It was just that the method hadn't taken effect yet, which was why Chu Feng felt uneasy. He wasn't sure whether it would actually work.
"Hnng~~~" Just then, the demoness's expression suddenly changed. Her mouth flew open and — *puh* — a massive mouthful of blood sprayed out.
"What's happening?" The demoness clutched her chest with both hands, her hideous face filled with shock and confusion.
At this moment, not only was her crimson skin flickering between green and purple in an erratic pattern, her physical body had begun to twist and distort as well.
Most importantly, her aura was growing weaker by the second — and it continued to weaken.
"Heh… It seems to have worked." At last, a relieved smile surfaced on Chu Feng's face.
"You — you did this?" Hearing Chu Feng's laughter, the demoness's expression twisted into something even more grotesque and vicious.
"You're a demoness, aren't you? Don't tell me you've never heard of the Demon-Subduing Spring Water?" Chu Feng said with a mocking tone.
"Demon-Subduing Spring Water? You used the Demon-Subduing Spring Water? When?" The demoness looked utterly stunned.
"Just now — at the moment my fist struck you. The spring water was released from my fist as well. It has now permeated every part of your body and merged with you completely." Chu Feng said with satisfaction.
"So that's how it is. I didn't expect you to be so cunning. You actually managed to get one over on me."
"Haha, this is getting more and more interesting." Upon learning the truth, the demoness showed no anger whatsoever. Instead, she burst into hearty laughter.
Chu Feng's expression froze instantly, his eyes narrowing with suspicion and deep bewilderment.
The first thing he couldn't understand was that the demoness hadn't called him despicable — instead she'd called him clever.
And what baffled him most was that the demoness had clearly been hit by the Demon-Subduing Spring Water. Under its effects, her strength would only continue to weaken until she could no longer contend with Chu Feng.
And once the gap in their strength became too great, the secret technique that granted her undying immortality would also lose its effectiveness.
Chu Feng knew that nothing in this world truly possessed an immortal body. At best, one could survive against opponents of comparable cultivation. But against an opponent whose strength far exceeded one's own, even the most powerful secrets would fail.
Once the demoness's strength was reduced to the point where she could no longer pose any threat to Chu Feng, he would be able to break through her secret technique and slay her.
But the demoness was clearly in a losing position — yet she showed no fear. Instead, she laughed as though she still held a winning trump card.
This made Chu Feng extremely uneasy.
"I'm starting to look at you in a different light. I truly didn't expect you could push me this far."
"But don't you go thinking that just because you splashed me with Demon-Subduing Spring Water, I'm as good as dead."
"The one who's going to die is still you." The moment those words left her mouth, her eyes flashed, and immediately afterward — before her — a Barrier Gate unfurled.
"How is this possible?" Seeing the Barrier Gate, Chu Feng's eyes widened in shock.
He truly hadn't anticipated that this demoness, who already possessed overwhelming combat strength and astonishing methods, was actually a Spirit World Master.
Most importantly, at the instant the demoness opened the Barrier Gate, Chu Feng sensed the powerful aura of a barrier technique.
This demoness was not merely a Spirit World Master — like Chu Feng himself, she was an Insect-pattern Immortal Robe Spirit World Master.
A demoness being a Spirit World Master alone would have been surprising enough. But for her barrier techniques to have reached this level? Even Chu Feng was genuinely taken aback.
And beyond his shock, Chu Feng felt a surge of worry — because judging from the current situation, the demoness was about to summon her World Spirit.