More than ten hours had passed before the cultivation resources of the fourth layer were finally completely extracted by everyone.
Among them, the ones who benefited the most were Puyang Han, Puyang Qi, and Li Anzhi.
Li Anzhi in particular had used the cultivation resources he obtained from the fourth layer to advance his cultivation by a full rank.
Moreover, he achieved the breakthrough on the spot, and the heavenly lightning he attracted drew the attention of everyone present.
Now, Li Anzhi's cultivation had successfully reached the eighth rank of the Heavenly Realm, surpassing both Puyang Han and Puyang Qi.
This left Puyang Han and Puyang Qi feeling quite sour about it.
"Li Anzhi, you really are something. You lied to us saying that Chu Feng had already entered the fourth layer, using us to gain entry yourselves. Now you've finally gotten what you wanted," Puyang Han said, his words dripping with bitterness.
"Puyang Han, there's no need to be so spiteful. We all entered the fourth layer at the same time, and the amount of cultivation resources the two of you refined was no less than what I, Li Anzhi, obtained."
"The fact that you failed to break through simply means your foundation beforehand wasn't enough," Li Anzhi said.
"Hmph."
Puyang Han and Puyang Qi both let out a cold snort. They clearly had no intention of accepting Li Anzhi's words.
Yet deep down, they both knew that what Li Anzhi had said was, in fact, the truth.
They had entered the fourth layer at the same time. They had stood on the same starting line — everything had been perfectly fair.
Now Li Anzhi had succeeded in breaking through while the two of them had failed. If anyone was to blame, it was simply that their abilities fell short.
"It seems that Chu Feng really has gone into hiding."
Suddenly, someone spoke up.
This was a person who had been flattering Puyang Han and Puyang Qi throughout their journey.
But they also knew that Li Anzhi's strength was, in reality, greater than that of the two Puyang brothers. So in order to ease the awkwardness of the moment, they steered the conversation toward Chu Feng.
As soon as this person spoke, the others present immediately caught on and began directing their mockery squarely at Chu Feng.
"As I see it, that Chu Feng is probably still stuck on the second layer, or maybe the third."
"Of course he is. We've practically scoured this entire third layer and couldn't find a trace of him. Besides, we all saw how difficult it was just to enter the fourth layer. How could Chu Feng possibly manage that on his own?"
In an instant, everyone was spewing their venom toward Chu Feng.
As for this scene, neither Li Anzhi nor the members of the Dongguo Heavenly Clan had anything to say. They were already used to people attacking Chu Feng like this.
It was simply human nature. When it came to someone they didn't understand yet who had accomplished things they themselves could not, people tended to scoff and belittle — as if doing so somehow proved they were no weaker than anyone else.
However, not everyone was indifferent to the humiliation being heaped upon Chu Feng.
Puyang Han and Puyang Qi, for instance, were quite pleased to see everyone mock him.
Rumble— But just at that moment, the ground of the fourth layer suddenly trembled.