As for Chu Feng, he truly could not hear the words spoken by the queen. He was indeed affected by the illusory mist of the divine tree.
At this moment, his face was blank with confusion, his mind filled with questions.
He did not understand why he had suddenly appeared here, nor did he know where this place was. His memories were jumbled, lacking any rational train of thought.
Everything around Chu Feng at this moment felt like a dream, indistinct and unreal.
"Feng'er."
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.
Upon hearing that voice, Chu Feng's spirit surged with vigor, as if all the troubles in his mind had vanished in an instant.
None of the questions, none of the worries mattered anymore, because this voice was one Chu Feng knew so well — it was the voice of his father.
"Father, is that you?"
Chu Feng called out even as he shot at full speed toward the direction from which his voice had come.
"Father!!!"
At last, Chu Feng saw his father, and it was indeed his own father, Chu Xuanyuan.
But Chu Feng's face was filled with panic at the sight.
Chu Xuanyuan stood not far away from him, yet his entire body was drenched in blood, gravely wounded, looking like a man on the verge of death — utterly feeble.
"Father!"
Chu Feng roared and rushed toward Chu Xuanyuan, who collapsed weakly into his son's arms.
"Feng'er, run! Don't worry about me — you have to get away quickly!" Chu Xuanyuan said to Chu Feng in a feeble voice.
Rooar— While Chu Xuanyuan spoke those words, Chu Feng could clearly hear a deafening yet bizarre roar coming from the direction where his father had appeared.
At the same time, Chu Feng sensed an immensely powerful aura.
That aura was too terrifying — it was the kind of presence that he simply had no way to contend against.
"Damn it."
Seeing that the situation was dire, Chu Feng clutched his father and fled rapidly into the distance.
But no matter how he ran, white, misty fog surrounded him on all sides.
And behind him, that mysterious and horrifying aura continued to pursue, drawing ever closer.
"Feng'er, put me down! It's coming for me!"
"As long as you put me down — put me down — you can escape on your own!" Chu Feng's father said.
"No, Father! I won't leave you behind. We escape together, or we die together!" Chu Feng said firmly.
And after Chu Feng spoke those words, the fog surrounding him actually began to dissipate. He found that he was surrounded by vast, sprawling mountains.
Carved into the rocky cliff faces of these mountains was text — strange, unfamiliar characters — yet somehow, Chu Feng felt he could read them.
"Feng'er, read them quickly! Read the words on the wall!" Chu Xuanyuan urged.
After hearing his father's command, Chu Feng wasted no time thinking. He immediately opened his mouth and began to recite. At that moment, he had no idea what he was reading, yet the words truly flowed from his lips.
And as he recited those characters, they emitted a golden glow.
Owwoo— The next instant, the mysterious existence behind Chu Feng let out an utterly wretched shriek.
In that moment, Chu Feng suddenly realized that these characters had the power to restrain the monstrous being behind him.
Under these circumstances, Chu Feng gave no further thought to anything else. Without a care for the consequences, he kept reading the text carved into the rocky mountain walls nonstop.
But Chu Feng also discovered that each character could only be recited once — repeating it would not produce that golden glow.
As long as the light did not appear, the mysterious monster no longer feared it.
Therefore, Chu Feng had to keep moving, reciting the different characters from different cliff faces.