"Ahhhhh!"
An angry roar echoed through the air as a violent surge of energy swept through the trees like a tidal wave.
Kong Zheng refused to give up and kept trying, yet... he still could not move the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone.
"Even someone with a Heavenly-grade bloodline can't move this Hundred-Refined Jade Stone?"
"But that guy earlier—how did he manage to do it?"
At this point, everyone believed that Kong Zheng could not move the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone. But the more they accepted this, the more shocked they became—shocked by the strength of Chu Feng.
"Did someone really move this Hundred-Refined Jade Stone earlier?" After his failed attempts, Kong Zheng asked Zhou Zongzhi and the others.
"Y-Yes, it really was moved—otherwise those bolts of lightning wouldn't have come crashing down." Zhou Zongzhi stammered, somewhat terrified in Kong Zheng's presence.
"Impossible! If even I can't move the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone, how could anyone else?" Kong Zheng roared.
His expression was resolute, as if what he said was absolute truth. In reality, he was deeply uneasy—for if someone had truly accomplished what he could not, it would be an enormous loss of face. That was not the outcome he wanted.
No one present was a fool. They could all see that Kong Zheng was displeased, and given his special status, no one dared to contradict him. So even those who had personally witnessed Chu Feng move the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone dared not speak a word.
In an instant, the area fell completely silent.
Hummmm—
But just then, a phantom image suddenly shot out from within the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone. The phantom quickly solidified, taking the form of a person.
And that person was none other than Chu Feng.
"It's him, Elder! Young Master Kong Zheng! The one who claimed to come from the Ancestral Martial Lower Realm and then moved the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone—that's him!"
"It was he who provoked the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone's displeasure, which is why he suffered heavenly punishment and drew down those terrifying bolts of lightning."
"But... how... how is he still alive?!"
Zhou Zongzhi and the others were stunned beyond belief, thoroughly terrified. Setting aside whether Chu Feng had been refined by the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone, those two horrifying bolts of lightning had both entered the stone itself.
By all logic, Chu Feng should not have survived. Yet here he was—completely unharmed, and from the look on his face, he appeared even more spirited than before entering the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone.
"Chu Feng—so it really is you?!!!"
The moment Kong Zheng saw Chu Feng, his expression changed dramatically, for it confirmed his suspicion: Chu Feng had actually entered the Hundred-Refined Field.
"So he's Chu Feng?"
"How did he get in?" At that moment, even Hu Xuanyi and the others were deeply startled.
"Was it you who moved the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone's position earlier?" Kong Zheng asked Chu Feng.
"It was me. What about it?" Chu Feng replied with a faint smile.
At this moment, the two were barely three meters apart. They stood so close to each other, yet Chu Feng showed absolutely no regard for Kong Zheng whatsoever.
For the Chu Feng of today was no longer the Chu Feng of before. Having endured the punishment of the second bolt of Divine Thunder, Chu Feng had successfully broken through two consecutive levels of cultivation, reaching the Seventh-rank Half Ancestor stage.
Back when Chu Feng was a Sixth-rank Half Ancestor—one rank below Kong Zheng—he had still been able to injure the latter. Now, as a Seventh-rank Half Ancestor, he stood one rank above Kong Zheng.
Even if Kong Zheng had protective treasures, with his current level of cultivation, Chu Feng was confident he could thoroughly defeat Hu Xuanyi.
"I don't believe it! If the Hundred-Refined Jade Stone won't even budge for me, how could you possibly have moved it?"
"Speak! What filthy trick did you use to move this Hundred-Refined Jade Stone and bring down the lightning and heavenly punishment?" Kong Zheng demanded loudly, as though interrogating a criminal.