"That's right, attack together. No more holding back. If we don't work as one now and keep selfish thoughts, we'll just be letting this kid profit for nothing."
"What's in front of us right now are thousands of martial marks. If we get them, we might be able to exchange them for a forbidden Earth-tier martial art on this Ethereal Immortal Peak. Are you any of you willing to miss this chance?"
Zhan Feng spoke up as well, and his words made Chu Feng understand why they had delayed this long before deciding to use a forbidden Human-tier martial art.
Though they would unite against a common enemy, their relationships with each other were far from friendly — hostile, even.
After all, as the most outstanding geniuses of the Immortal Execution Archipelago, setting aside their status, every aspect of their abilities was constantly compared. It was inevitable that they were born rivals.
While a forbidden Human-tier martial art was powerful, using it always came with a heavy burden. That was why the three of them had been so reluctant to act — none of them wanted to use the technique to drive Chu Feng back only to find themselves unable to compete for the spoils afterward.
This was exactly why Ya Fei had proposed from the very beginning that all three of them use the forbidden technique together. She understood perfectly well why Zhan Feng and Murong Wan kept holding back.
"Fine, we attack together. Whoever refuses, I'll make sure my second brother teaches them a painful lesson once we leave this place." At that moment, Murong Wan finally spoke, and even as she did, she was already making her move.
With her left hand strumming the zither and her right hand forming seals, waves of tremendous power surged and gathered within her body. Her aura began climbing rapidly, approaching the realm of a sixth-stage Martial Lord.
At the same time, Ya Fei and Zhan Feng's expressions shifted. They gripped their swords in their right hands while forming seals with their left, and layer after layer of formidable energy began coalescing inside them. Faint halos of light started swirling around their bodies.
In that moment, Ya Fei and Zhan Feng's power soared as well, growing ever stronger, until like Murong Wan, they had infinitely approached the threshold of the sixth-stage Martial Lord realm.
"Forbidden Human-tier — Illusory Sword Technique!"
Suddenly, Ya Fei let out a sharp cry. The pink longsword in her hand blazed with brilliant light as she thrust it downward toward Chu Feng. With a deafening boom, an enormous column of white light shot forth, hurtling straight toward him.
This massive wave of white light contained a lethal force. Although Chu Feng's current form was only white light himself, he knew that what had been unleashed was in fact a colossal sword of pure radiance — the very same move Ya Fei had used to defeat the possessed Yan Ruyu.
"Forbidden Human-tier — Illusory Sword Technique!"
At the same time, Murong Wan and Zhan Feng bellowed in unison, and identical beams of white light erupted from their half-finished King weapons, deploying the same forbidden Human-tier martial art as Ya Fei.
The three forbidden techniques went from preparation to execution in the span of a single heartbeat.
But even so, Chu Feng had observed every detail with perfect clarity. He was already prepared. In one hand he gripped the Dragon Mark Sword, drawing as much of the King-tier martial power from the half-finished King weapon as he could to boost his combat strength. His other hand unleashed three palms in rapid succession.
"ROAR!"
"ROAR!"
"ROAR!"
Three palms struck out, and three enormous white tigers charged forth. Though their forms were somewhat blurred, the piercing roar and the terrifying aura they radiated were unmistakably the Supreme Secret Art — the White Tiger Killing Art.
The White Tiger Killing Art was unmatched in offensive power, unstoppable by anything. When three copies of it roared toward their targets, not only did the onlookers blanch, but even Ya Fei and the other two, who were in the midst of channeling their forbidden techniques, saw their expressions twist with shock.