"Benefactor Chu Feng, please break through that grand array quickly! You must stop the Soul Infant Sect, or the countless living beings of our Hundred Refinement Mortal World will perish inside that array!"
At that moment, Master Koudai rushed over, his face filled with urgency as he pleaded with Chu Feng.
Hearing Master Koudai's words, Chu Feng glanced down at the situation below, but his gaze was cold and indifferent.
He looked back at Master Koudai and said, "Master, even when doing good, one must consider who the recipients are."
"Even if they are people who forget kindness and never repay it, who cannot tell right from wrong, who would bite the hand that helps them the moment a little profit dangles before their eyes — you still want me to help them?"
"Benefactor Chu Feng, no matter how they behave, we absolutely cannot stand by and do nothing. If they all die, then our Hundred Refinement Mortal World is as good as destroyed." Master Koudai continued to persuade him.
However, Chu Feng paid no mind to Master Koudai. Instead, he addressed Ying Mingchao and the others, "This grand array can help everyone heal, but the recovery speed is rather slow. So everyone should sit upon the array."
Hearing Chu Feng's words, Ying Mingchao, Wang Qiang, and the others spread out and sat upon the great healing formation in orderly fashion.
But one person did not — Master Koudai. He remained standing beside Chu Feng, still trying to persuade him.
"Master, everyone has their own way of doing things. Today, I, Chu Feng, will not go out of my way to slaughter those foolish betrayers."
"But I, Chu Feng, will absolutely not save them either." Chu Feng's voice was resolute.
Hearing this, Master Koudai wanted to argue further.
But Chu Feng had already turned his piercing gaze toward the Soul Infant Sect Master and said, "However, this man — I must kill."
BOOM— The moment Chu Feng finished speaking, the Ancient War Sword shot forth as though obeying a general's command, thrusting straight toward the Soul Infant Sect Master.
No matter what the Soul Infant Sect Master was, he was still just one man in a physical body.
Yet the Ancient War Sword was hundreds of meters long. Coming straight at him across the void, it resembled a towering mountain, carrying a crushing pressure that no ordinary person could withstand.
But the Soul Infant Sect Master showed no fear whatsoever. He didn't even move, standing right where he was, calmly waiting for the Ancient War Sword to close in.
At last, the Ancient War Sword drew near. Its tremendous force sent the Soul Infant Sect Master's robes snapping in the wind, and cracks began splitting through the surrounding space one after another.
Yet the Soul Infant Sect Master still showed no sign of dodging. Then, with a casual lift of his palm, he struck the Ancient War Sword head-on. With a thunderous *bang*, he actually managed to knock Chu Feng's sword back with nothing but that single palm strike, sending it flying back to hover before Chu Feng once more.
However, with his move, the great Soul Infant formation was also interrupted and immediately ceased operating.
Although the formation had stopped, the billions of trapped beings still could not free themselves.
"Chu Feng, worthy of being called a genius — you've already broken through to the True Immortal realm."
"Now that you've become a True Immortal, why didn't you go to the Upper Realm? Why come back? If I were you, I certainly wouldn't have done so." The Soul Infant Sect Master spoke.
"Because I cannot abandon my friends." Chu Feng replied.
"You're loyal enough, I'll grant you that. But what makes you think you can challenge me — is it that sword?"
"This sword must be the inheritance you obtained from the Ancient War Clan, isn't it? It actually possesses power that can bridge a whole rank in combat strength. Truly a heaven-defying secret technique."
As he spoke, the Soul Infant Sect Master actually put away the half-finished immortal weapon in his hand.
"What's this? Seeing my Ancient War Sword, have you lost the will to fight?" Chu Feng asked.
"No." The Soul Infant Sect Master shook his head and said, "To deal with you, I wouldn't even deign to use a half-finished immortal weapon."
"Your appearance has only grown uglier, but it seems your confidence has grown too." Chu Feng taunted.
"My confidence comes from the power I now wield."
"Your little Ancient War Sword is no match for me at all." The Soul Infant Sect Master declared.