"Heheh."
Once they realized it was Chu Feng, the terror on the faces of the Four Barrier Emperors had long since vanished, replaced by elation.
At this moment, none of them continued to power the formation. Instead, they rose to their feet one by one, stepped out from the four formation nodes, and strode toward Chu Feng with sinister, grotesque smiles curling at the corners of their mouths.
Their gazes were like four tigers who had spotted three little lambs.
Why three?
In their eyes, Chu Feng's friends were just as easy to bully as Chu Feng himself.
And so Wang Qiang and Zhao Hong had both been lumped into the ranks of the weak.
"Chu Feng, it really is a case of there being a road in heaven you won't walk, and a door in hell you barge right through," the leader of the Four Barrier Emperors said to Chu Feng.
"Heh…" Chu Feng simply smiled faintly at the leader's threat.
The Four Barrier Emperors were strong — but only against Chu Feng and Wang Qiang. If they were compared to Zhao Hong, the four of them were clearly no match.
So when the leader of the Four Barrier Emperors was actually sitting there threatening him and scheming about how to torture the three of them, how could Chu Feng help but laugh?
"You can still laugh, brat? Don't you even know how to write the word 'death'?" the leader of the Four Barrier Emperors said.
"A-A-Are you four idiots?" Wang Qiang interjected.
"Where'd this stutterer come from, daring to insult us?!!"
Boom— As the leader of the Four Barrier Emperors spoke, his robes billowed. The might of his Martial Ancestor cultivation crashed toward Wang Qiang like a tidal wave, intending to crush him into a pulp and put him to death on the spot.
Whoosh— However, before that aura could even reach Wang Qiang, a figure shot past from beside Wang Qiang, hurtling toward the leader of the Four Barrier Emperors.
Hummmm— That figure's presence was formidable. In an instant, it blew the leader's oppressive aura to smithereens, and in the next breath, it arrived right beside him.
Thud— Thud— Thud— Thud— When that figure landed, the Four Barrier Emperors all dropped to their knees.
It was pressure — a vast, overwhelming force that had compelled them to their knees against their will.
And that pressure emanated from the figure itself.
That figure was none other than the Spirit World guardian spirit that had clashed in the secret technique battle.
Though this spirit was only a Third Rank Martial Ancestor in cultivation, it possessed combat prowess that could fight three ranks above its level — its true strength was enough to contend with a Sixth Rank Martial Ancestor.
And so, even the strongest among the Four Barrier Emperors — their leader — was no match for this spirit whatsoever.
"Th-This…"
In that moment, the Four Barrier Emperors panicked as well. They could sense the spirit's overwhelming power and realized that the situation had turned dire.
"Idi… idiots! Your mother's formation has already been broken by us, and you still dare posture against us? Don't you have any brains?!" Wang Qiang pointed at the Four Barrier Emperors and taunted.
"Arrogant fools! We are the sons of the Barrier Saintess! If you dare lay a hand on us, our mother will never let you go!" the leader of the Four Barrier Emperors threatened.
"Truly brainless — at a time like this and you're still threatening us." Zhao Hong's brows furrowed, displeasure flickering in her eyes. She then turned to the spirit and said, "Beat them so hard their own mothers won't recognize them."
The moment Zhao Hong's words fell, the spirit struck viciously. Under a chorus of wails and agonized screams from the Four Barrier Emperors, the spirit indeed beat them beyond recognition.
"Stop! You people are courting death — stop right now!" The four brothers clutched their heads and wailed without cease, yet they still tried to threaten Chu Feng and his companions.
"It seems he's still not hitting hard enough. Hit harder," Chu Feng said.
And when Chu Feng gave that order, the spirit actually obeyed, its strikes growing ever more savage — shattering every bone in the Four Barrier Emperors' bodies to dust.
"Chu Feng, ()"