Panic. The young juniors of the Kong Heavenly Clan who had come to cause trouble for Chu Feng were all panicking.
They truly hadn't expected that Chu Feng was not only genuinely skilled — a bonafide genius in both martial cultivation and Spirit Formation mastery — but that his bearing and demeanor would be so composed and seasoned.
They were on the Kong Heavenly Clan's own turf, yet he had somehow managed to suppress them in terms of presence alone. This spoke volumes on two fronts.
First, Chu Feng was absolutely no ordinary junior. He was someone who had seen the wider world; otherwise, he wouldn't be so unflappable.
Second, Chu Feng's intellect was superior. Regardless of talent, when it came to wisdom and boldness alone, he was a cut above them — enough to make them feel inadequate by comparison.
In that moment, the young juniors of the Kong Heavenly Clan truly didn't know what to do. With no other option, they all turned their gazes toward Kong Ruozeng.
At that moment, the pressure on Kong Ruozeng was immense.
"Big brother Ruozeng, why don't we just drop this? Otherwise, when the elders arrive, I'm afraid we'll be the ones punished," someone urged in their fluster, trying to get Kong Ruozeng to back down.
"Punished? Do you know where we are? This is the Kong Heavenly Clan. Who would dare punish me?" Kong Ruozeng said with great confidence.
He was considered one of the top prodigies of the Kong Heavenly Clan and had been doted on by the clan since childhood. Never mind his own parents — even the Supreme Elders and the Clan Chief himself were fond of him.
Growing up, he had hardly ever been scolded. Even when he made mistakes, he was never truly punished — someone would always shield him. In short, he was a genuine favored child of heaven, spoiled from cradle to grave.
"That's right. Big brother Ruozeng is different from us. Even the Supreme Elders wouldn't punish him, let alone the regular elders — they wouldn't dare."
At that realization, the young juniors suddenly came to their senses. If not for Kong Ruozeng's special status, they never could have barged in here to provoke Chu Feng in the first place.
After all, Chu Feng's residence was guarded by members of the Kong Heavenly Clan.
And when they had arrived, those guards had in fact tried to stop them — but once Kong Ruozeng flew into a rage, even the elders had stepped aside.
"Ha ha ha ha ha…" Thinking on this, Kong Ruozeng regained his confidence. The embarrassment on his face vanished in an instant, and he threw his head back in laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Chu Feng's gaze shifted slightly as he asked calmly.
"What am I laughing at? I'm laughing at your stupidity. Don't you even know where you are?" Kong Ruozeng asked Chu Feng.
"This is naturally the Kong Heavenly Clan," Chu Feng replied.
"Since you know this is the Kong Heavenly Clan, don't you find what you said earlier rather laughable?" Kong Ruozeng said.
"How so?" Chu Feng asked.
"You don't understand? Then allow me to explain."
"Today, I've come here specifically to use my ninth-rank Half Ancestor cultivation to bully your seventh-rank Half Ancestor cultivation. And what can you do about it?"
Kong Ruozeng pointed at Chu Feng, enunciating each word. Compared to before, he was now brimming with confidence. He didn't consider this shameful in the slightest — rather, he felt it was perfectly justified.
"So you admit you're a shameless person?" Chu Feng said.
"Even if I'm shameless, so what? No one here will laugh at me, and no one here will punish me, because this is the Kong Heavenly Clan — my, Kong Ruozeng's, territory." Kong Ruozeng thumped his chest as he spoke.
"You know full well what you're doing is wrong, yet you insist on doing it anyway. If the Kong Heavenly Clan still chooses to indulge you, then truly, there is nothing more I can say." Chu Feng smiled and gave a casual shrug.
However, it was precisely this simple gesture that completely ignited Kong Ruozeng's fury.
In his eyes, Chu Feng was genuinely not taking him seriously — otherwise, how could he dare to show such contempt?
"Since you've put it that way, today I really must teach you a lesson."
With those words, Kong Ruozeng suddenly threw a punch. The oppressive aura of a ninth-rank Half Ancestor surged forward like an invisible beast, bearing down on Chu Feng.
Faced with this attack, the corner of Chu Feng's mouth merely curled upward. He didn't even deploy his Thunder Armor or Thunder Wings — he simply stood rooted to the spot, not moving an inch, without so much as an intention to dodge.
It wasn't that he was looking down on Kong Ruozeng or believed that Kong Ruozeng's punch couldn't hurt him. Rather, Chu Feng was supremely confident — confident that the power of this punch would never even touch him.