"Seventh-stage Heavenly Immortal — is this the strength of one of the Ten Stars of Ancestral Martial?"
"Too powerful. This is just too powerful."
At this moment, even the onlookers from the Great Allheim Upper Realm were crying out in shock.
Chu Feng's cultivation was already heaven-defying among the younger generation, yet Li Anzhi's cultivation still surpassed his.
However, those who knew Chu Feng did not immediately believe that he was doomed to lose.
They were well aware of the methods Chu Feng commanded. Even if his opponent's cultivation was a single stage above his own, Chu Feng's heaven-defying secret technique granted him the combat power to fight an entire stage above.
"Chu Feng, for the sake of your being Chu Xuanzhen's son — if you concede now, I can refrain from hurting you and let you leave unscathed."
Li Anzhi said to Chu Feng.
His words sounded courteous on the surface, but in truth they were brimming with contempt.
"Asking me to concede — I'm afraid that won't do. If you truly have the ability, then use your strength to defeat me."
Chu Feng stood in place, a faint smile hanging at the corner of his lips the entire time.
Seeing Chu Feng like this, a subtle shift crept through Li Anzhi's disdainful gaze.
He realized that Chu Feng surely still had cards to play. Otherwise… there was no way he could remain this confident after Li Anzhi had revealed his strength.
"In that case, let us hold nothing back. We'll use every technique at our disposal and fight this out to the fullest."
As Li Anzhi spoke, a Heavenly-tier lightning marking surfaced on his forehead.
Once the Heavenly-tier lightning marking appeared, his cultivation rose as well — from the seventh stage of Heavenly Immortal to the eighth.
And when Li Anzhi's cultivation climbed, Chu Feng stirred his will in turn. A Divine-tier lightning marking materialized on his forehead, and his cultivation immediately leapt from the sixth stage of Heavenly Immortal to the seventh.
When Chu Feng's Divine-tier lightning marking emerged, it was not only the other juniors of the Li Heavenly Clan who reacted — even Li Anzhi's brows knit together slightly.
As a practitioner of the Heavenly Punishment Mystic Art, he had always stood above his peers. Especially once his lightning marking surfaced, he was like a king among those who possessed Heavenly-tier bloodlines — looking down upon all from his lofty perch.
But now, the moment Chu Feng's Divine-tier lightning marking appeared, he felt an intense wave of oppression pressing down on him.
By all rights, his cultivation was superior to Chu Feng's, and yet that oppressive force still bore down on him regardless.
Because this pressure did not stem from cultivation or combat power. It came from the very depths of his soul — from within his bloodline.
This was bloodline suppression.
The Heavenly Punishment Mystic Art truly was not as powerful as the Divine Punishment.
Despite the fact that his bloodline already felt the weight of that suppression, Li Anzhi smoothed the furrow from his brow and maintained his composure, his confidence undiminished.
"Is that all? Because that alone won't be enough to contend with me," Li Anzhi said to Chu Feng.
"Then how about this?"
As Chu Feng spoke, he stirred his will once more, and the golden, gleaming Ancient Battle Sword materialized before him.
The sword radiated brilliant light and exuded an aura of sovereignty, as though it were the king of all weapons, surveying all creation beneath it with disdain.
Moreover, the Ancient Battle Sword was no mere show of force. The instant it appeared, the power to fight an entire stage above came with it.
"That sword — it actually possesses the power to fight an entire stage above?"
"What is that? It's not an Immortal Art, nor is it an Immortal Taboo Martial Skill. Could it be a secret technique?"
"This kid — he actually commands such a heaven-defying secret technique?"
When Chu Feng's Ancient Battle Sword materialized, the juniors of the Li Heavenly Clan visibly shifted. They finally understood why Chu Feng had been so confident.
As it turned out, Chu Feng actually commanded a secret technique that granted him combat power an entire stage above his own.
Although Chu Feng's cultivation, even after activating the Divine Punishment Mystic Art, could only rise to the seventh stage of Heavenly Immortal — nowhere near enough to match Li Anzhi's eighth stage — the presence of that sword changed everything.