"Elder Xuanyi, what is going on?! Our sword energy clearly struck him!!!"
Seeing that Chu Feng was still alive, the elders of the Guardian Clan grew visibly tense, their eyes filled with confusion and shock.
"This boy must possess some extraordinary technique or heaven-defying treasure — otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be unkillable and indestructible."
"No wonder he said that although he couldn't break our Azure Sky Sword Formation, our Azure Sky Sword Formation also couldn't kill him." Someone offered their analysis.
The more they deliberated, the more wary the Guardian Clan and everyone present became of Chu Feng.
After all, Chu Feng was still merely a junior. For a junior to possess such abilities was truly terrifying beyond belief.
"There is no need for excessive worry! Even if we cannot kill him today, we absolutely cannot let him escape from here! Maintain the formation — keep attacking!" Hu Xuanyi issued his command once more.
Under his orders, the elders of the Guardian Clan channeled the Azure Sky Sword Formation again, bombarding Chu Feng with relentless assaults.
The power of this barrage was no weaker than before — Chu Feng's physical body was obliterated in an instant.
However, Chu Feng possessed his secret technique. Under equal combat power, virtually no one could slay him.
In this moment, Chu Feng was effectively immortal. No matter how devastating the Azure Sky Sword Formation's might, it was unable to truly kill him.
That said, the Azure Sky Sword Formation possessed a unique tracking ability. Even though Chu Feng used his barrier arts after his body scattered to thoroughly conceal his dispersed flesh, he still could not escape the formation's lock.
So the current situation was a stalemate — Chu Feng could not shake off the Azure Sky Sword Formation's containment, yet the Azure Sky Sword Formation could not cut Chu Feng down.
Back and forth they went, locked in an endless, maddening cycle.
"This fellow is absolutely terrifying — even the Azure Sky Sword Formation cannot kill him."
"Could the Zuwu Lower Realm really be that formidable?"
Watching Chu Feng shrug off the Azure Sky Sword Formation's attacks with an indestructible body, those who hailed from the lower realms looked at him with growing dread.
Chu Feng had claimed to come from the Zuwu Lower Realm, which by all rights made him one of their own. Yet among those of equal standing, such a monstrous prodigy had appeared — and that filled them with a mixture of shame and involuntary admiration.
"Chu Feng… who exactly are you?" It was not only the others — even Kong Zheng's gaze toward Chu Feng had changed.
He had to admit that if he himself had faced the Azure Sky Sword Formation at its full might, death would have been certain. There would have been no chance of survival.
Yet here was Chu Feng, enduring the formation's furious onslaught without a scratch, without even dying. Kong Zheng could not deny that the gap between himself and Chu Feng was enormous — he was vastly inferior.
"Elders, what is all this commotion about? You've set up quite the grand display!!!"
At that moment, a voice drifted in from the distant horizon.
It was a woman's voice — pleasant to the ear, yet carrying an unmistakable authority.
"It's her — she's emerged from seclusion?!!!"
Upon hearing that voice, Zhou Zongzhi and the others from the lower realms immediately stiffened, their bodies trembling involuntarily.
Though Zhou Zongzhi hailed from the Huiye Lower Realm — said to be the strongest among the lower realms — in the Hundred-Refined Grounds' Hundred-Refined Rankings, he could only claim second place. He did not even dare entertain the thought of seizing the top spot.
The reason was simple: the one who held first place on the Hundred-Refined Rankings was a truly terrifying existence.
In the estimation of Zhou Zongzhi and his peers, even though Chu Feng was already a monster of extraordinary caliber, there was still a noticeable gap between him and the one who ranked first.
To them, that person was no longer human — she was a demon.
Some time ago, that dread-inducing figure had entered seclusion, which was how Zhou Zongzhi had finally been able to temporarily assume dominance over the Hundred-Refined Grounds.
And now, the very person who had once struck terror into their hearts had returned. For Zhou Zongzhi and the rest, it was no different from the arrival of doomsday.
They would once again be overshadowed by her overwhelming terror.
"Xiaoxue — is that you? You've come out?" Upon hearing the voice, Hu Xuanyi broke into elation.