"Who's there?"
The voice that suddenly rang out startled everyone.
They had already been fairly certain that the formation laid down by the mother of the Four Barrier Emperors could break through the great protective formation.
Yet at this moment, someone had suddenly stepped forward and declared that the formation arranged by the mother of the Four Barrier Emperors would not be able to breach the great formation — which was tantamount to going against what everyone had been thinking.
The first thought in everyone's mind was that the person who said this was talking big.
So they were all rather curious — who would dare say something like that at a time like this?
"It's him?!"
However, when they turned to look, the already somewhat surprised crowd was struck by an even greater shock.
By all rights, every person present was a figure of great experience, someone unflappable and composed.
Yet when they saw who had arrived, their faces truly did betray expressions of disbelief.
Because the person who had arrived was someone they had never expected.
Because the person who had arrived was Chu Feng, Wang Qiang, and Zhao Hong — the three of them.
But in this moment, in the eyes of the crowd, only one figure stood out, and that person was Chu Feng.
Chu Feng?
How could he have come here?
He was merely a junior, wasn't he? Just a Half Ancestor, nothing more?
With that level of cultivation, it should have been impossible for him to even reach this place.
"Could it be the other two?"
After their initial astonishment, people finally shifted their gaze from Chu Feng to Wang Qiang and Zhao Hong.
Wang Qiang and Zhao Hong were indeed stronger than Chu Feng in cultivation, but Wang Qiang was only a sixth-grade Half Ancestor. Even Zhao Hong, the strongest of the three, was merely a first-grade Martial Ancestor.
Such levels of cultivation clearly lacked the ability to make it this far.
"Chu Feng, was it you who spoke just now?" the mother of the Four Barrier Emperors said coldly, her words laden with undisguised threat.
"So what if it was?" Yet in the face of her threatening tone, Chu Feng showed not a trace of fear, remaining perfectly composed.
"Disrespectful brat — you deserve to be punished!!!" The mother of the Four Barrier Emperors narrowed her furious eyes, and the aura of a seventh-grade Martial Ancestor erupted from her body. A tremendous wave of oppressive force came crashing toward Chu Feng.
She was being absolutely ruthless. If Chu Feng, with his current level of cultivation, were struck by that pressure, even if he didn't die, he would most certainly suffer devastating injuries that could very well ruin his future prospects.
Hummm— However, before the mother of the Four Barrier Emperors' attack could even reach Chu Feng, it was intercepted by a far more powerful force.
The one who had acted was, unexpectedly, the Prophecy Master.
"That was far too cruel of you. You are an elder, after all — how can you bully a junior like this?" the Prophecy Master said coldly.
"Master, Chu Feng is a junior and I am indeed his elder. Precisely because of that, when he speaks out of turn, I am well within my right to discipline him," the mother of the Four Barrier Emperors replied.
"Speaks out of turn? Since when did telling the truth become speaking out of turn?" Chu Feng let out a mocking laugh.
"You claim that my formation cannot breach the great protective formation — is that not speaking out of turn?" the mother of the Four Barrier Emperors pressed.
"Your formation simply cannot breach that great formation. I merely stated a fact — how can that be called speaking out of turn?" Chu Feng said coldly.
"You!!!" Hearing this, the fury on the mother of the Four Barrier Emperors' face only intensified rather than subsiding.
"Saintess of the Barrier, you should know when to stop. Young friend Chu Feng's words carried absolutely no disrespect toward you," suddenly, a powerful figure from the Sword-Bearing Immortal Sect spoke up.
"Indeed. You can question whether someone else's formation is inadequate — so naturally, young friend Chu Feng can question whether your formation is inadequate. Since when did such questioning become disrespect toward an elder? If that counts as disrespect, does that mean juniors can never speak the truth in front of their elders and can only flatter and grovel?"