"Brother Chu Feng, surely you're not actually going to challenge the Soul Devouring Beast?"
"You're no match for it — if you do this, you'll only lose your life for nothing."
"Run! Song Yunfei has likely already been killed by the Soul Devouring Beast."
"If Song Yunfei is dead, then we all still have a chance in this game. We can't just throw our lives away here!"
Seeing that Chu Feng truly intended to challenge the Soul Devouring Beast, some among the crowd shouted out with good intentions, trying to warn him.
"What an idiot — he's actually going to challenge the Soul Devouring Beast. Who gave him that confidence?"
"Fine, then. I'll just watch and see how miserably he dies in its jaws."
Hearing that person's cry, many of those who had been fleeing actually came to a halt, wanting to witness firsthand how Chu Feng would meet his gruesome end.
ROAR— Just then, the Soul Devouring Beast let out another furious roar before plummeting from the clouds, hurtling straight toward the diminutive figure of Chu Feng.
"My fragile body can't withstand a direct hit from you, so I can't very well let you land."
As he spoke, Chu Feng clenched his fist and then blasted it violently upward.
In the next moment, a visible stream of energy shot forth from his fist, streaking straight into the sky and slamming into the Soul Devouring Beast's body.
The instant that energy collided with the beast's form, a deafening boom rang out — and the Soul Devouring Beast's body was ripped to shreds, dissolving into a rain of blood that cascaded down from the sky.
"This...?"
The entire scene unfolded clearly before the eyes of everyone present.
In that instant, the onlookers were struck dumb with shock. The disciples of the Starfall Sacred Ground, in particular, had their jaws hanging so wide open that their exaggerated expressions betrayed just how staggered they were.
They simply could not have imagined that Chu Feng's strength was this terrifying.
That was the Soul Devouring Beast.
The very same beast against which Song Yunfei — a man who could fly through the air and casually split mountains apart — could do nothing but endure beatings and flee, unable to mount any resistance.
And Chu Feng had defeated the Soul Devouring Beast with a single, effortless punch. Just how powerful was he?
It turned out that the true ruler of this place was neither Song Yunfei nor the Soul Devouring Beast — it was Chu Feng!!!
The Soul Devouring Beast's body shattered into a rain of blood that fell earthward, yet upon touching the ground, it seeped into the soil without leaving the slightest trace.
Even the dark clouds overhead dispersed, as though the Soul Devouring Beast had never existed in the first place.
BOOM— "Uwaah—"
But just at that moment, a crashing sound of something plummeting came from above, followed by a scream of agony.
Turning to look, they saw figure after figure being hurled off the cliff's edge, plummeting downward.
Those people were all the ones who had previously climbed the cliff in search of the same bestowal marks that Song Yunfei had obtained.
And they had been captured and thrown back by the same person — Song Yunfei himself.
"Oh? Brother Chu Feng has arrived too."