On the final day of the hunting competition, Chu Xianshuo finally entered the hunting ground.
At that moment, outside the entrance of the hunting ground, a massive formation hovered, veiling the void as its light slowly swirled.
The formation emitted a faint glow, and within it, images rippled like reflections on the surface of a lake.
Those images were of Chu Xianshuo himself. The formation could not only capture Chu Xianshuo's movements—it would also relay everything else he observed inside the hunting ground in real time.
Moreover, anyone who appeared within the formation's view would have their voices projected outward through it, allowing all onlookers to hear every word spoken.
……
However, the moment the fierce Chu Xianshuo stepped into the hunting ground, he stopped.
At the entrance, every single one of the Chu Heavenly Clan's juniors was already there.
"What—why are all the young masters and ladies of the Chu Heavenly Clan gathered here?"
"And what is that on their bodies?"
"Senior Chu Xianshuo, you've finally come! We've been waiting for you!"
At that moment, all the Chu Heavenly Clan juniors wore expressions of grievance. The young women among them were already on the verge of tears.
"Chu Feng?" Chu Xianshuo immediately guessed that whatever had happened to these juniors had to do with Chu Feng.
"It was that Chu Feng! He not only took our Spirit World Bones, but he also sealed our barrier techniques! We're… we're practically useless now! We can't hunt at all inside this ground!"
"Senior Chu Xianshuo, you have to stand up for us!"
The Chu Heavenly Clan juniors all spoke at once, pouring out their grievances to Chu Xianshuo without pause.
By now, Chu Xianshuo's face had gone white with fury. Even though he had known his clansmen were bullied by Chu Feng, he never imagined Chu Feng would go this far.
Meanwhile, outside the hunting ground, the crowd watching the spectacle had already erupted in commotion.
"Heavens, someone actually dared do that to the Chu Heavenly Clan's young masters and ladies? Who on earth is this person?"
"His name is Chu Feng, but he's clearly not part of the Chu Heavenly Clan. So who is he?"
The crowd buzzed with speculation as Chu Feng's background became the subject of wild guessing.
Then, a furious roar erupted from within the hunting ground.
"Chu Feng, you just wait! I, Chu Xianshuo, will make you pay for this!"
That roar belonged to Chu Xianshuo. He had truly been driven to rage by Chu Feng.
At that moment, a murderous aura radiated from Chu Xianshuo's body. He did not merely intend to deal with Chu Feng— He wanted to kill Chu Feng. To kill Chu Feng right before everyone's eyes.
"I've been waiting for you this whole time."
However, the moment Chu Xianshuo finished speaking, Chu Feng's voice suddenly rang out.
As soon as the voice sounded, Chu Feng's figure materialized not far away and calmly walked into the formation's field of view.
"So he's Chu Feng? He's so young?"
When Chu Feng appeared, the onlookers outside the hunting ground were visibly shocked.
Chu Feng's appearance was genuinely youthful—he looked like a young man barely into his twenties.
That was perhaps due to the King of the Wicked Ginseng he had consumed. In any case, he looked even younger than before, as if he were aging in reverse.
Based on the crowd's estimation, even if Chu Feng wasn't in his twenties, he could not be much older.
Such an age was remarkably young in the world of martial cultivators—it was barely beyond childhood by ordinary standards.