"Impossible! I, Chu Huanyu, refuse to believe it!!!"
With a sudden roar, Chu Huanyu bellowed in fury once more. Then, taking two consecutive steps, he charged straight onto the sixth level of the Nine-Level Heavenly Lightning Platform.
Yet the moment he reached the sixth level, not only did his face grow haggard, but sweat poured down like rain, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably. He could not take another single step.
"Ahhh!!!"
In that state, Chu Huanyu let out yet another roar — a roar of profound unwillingness.
He was unwilling. Unbearably unwilling.
He could not accept that on this Nine-Level Heavenly Lightning Platform, Chu Feng had already reached the summit, stepping onto the ninth level.
Yet he, who considered himself a genius of his generation — someone who would one day inherit the position of patriarch of the Chu Heavenly Clan — was stuck at the sixth level, unable so much as to ascend to the seventh.
Pfft—
After that roar, Chu Huanyu suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and then plummeted from the Nine-Level Heavenly Lightning Platform.
"Huanyu!"
Seeing this, a senior member of the Chu Heavenly Clan immediately caught Chu Huanyu in his arms.
The old man who had caught him wore an expression of heartache on his face.
But then, his gaze shifted toward Chu Feng.
Chu Huanyu's trial by risk had proven that this Nine-Level Heavenly Lightning Platform was no illusion. It was real. It was the very one they had all once stood upon — the legendary platform that no one had ever been able to reach the top of.
And yet, standing at the very summit of such a platform was Chu Feng. Moreover, although Chu Feng's face was also twisted in pain, and his body trembled faintly, he showed no signs of being unable to endure.
"Is this brat truly some kind of monster?"
Seeing this, the elder holding Chu Huanyu couldn't help but mutter in astonishment.
And that remark echoed what everyone was thinking.
To ascend to the ninth level of the Heavenly Lightning Platform and remain standing — was that something a human could actually do?
Even the word "monster" might not be enough to describe the sheer terror of Chu Feng's ability.
"What is Chu Feng thinking about?"
But just then, someone noticed that something was off about Chu Feng.
Chu Feng stood atop the Nine-Level Heavenly Lightning Platform, having already proven his strength. Not only could he return to the Chu Heavenly Clan — he would receive unprecedented cultivation resources from the clan.
After all, this was someone who had reached the ninth level of the Nine-Level Heavenly Lightning Platform.
Yet there was no joy on Chu Feng's face. Instead, he looked somewhat vacant, as though he were lost in thought.
But no one could understand — what exactly was Chu Feng thinking about?
Chu Feng was indeed thinking about something — something concerning this Nine-Level Heavenly Lightning Platform.
Because he had the distinct feeling that something was off about it.
In truth, ever since ascending to the sixth level, Chu Feng had harbored suspicions. It was not until he reached the ninth level that he confirmed his doubts were not mere paranoia.