Crackle— While everyone was still guessing, the countless bolts of lightning below began to surge violently.
They were no longer mere lightning — they looked more like innumerable starving beasts, ravening to tear apart their prey.
Crackle— Finally, all the lightning bolts struck at once, carrying devastating killing force as they lunged toward Chu Feng and the others.
"Right on cue."
At that moment, Chu Feng's other hand reached up toward the golden compass overhead.
With a single sweep of his hand, he actually drew a streak of golden radiance from the golden compass, then tossed it downward.
That golden radiance transformed into yet another golden compass, sealing the area below completely shut, blocking every bolt of incoming lightning on the outside.
Boom— With a deafening roar, all the countless bolts of lightning slammed into the golden compass below.
Yet that golden compass was no different from the one above — it didn't so much as tremble, effortlessly blocking every last bolt of lightning with ease.
Seeing this, the others, whose hearts had been lodged in their throats, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Young Master Chu Feng, you're really too much! If you already had a method like this, why didn't you use it sooner? You scared us half to death!"
"Exactly! I was genuinely terrified just now."
At that moment, quite a few women began to scold Chu Feng in coquettish, honeyed voices.
Though, truth be told, that hardly looked like scolding — it was clearly them acting coy.
While they were indeed being flirtatious, their words still voiced what many were thinking. He had clearly been prepared all along, so why not use it sooner? Was he doing it on purpose just to scare them?
Or perhaps Chu Feng had deliberately done this to make those who didn't believe him leave as soon as possible?
And those who did believe him would stay and enjoy the fruits of this moment together with him?
"It's about the speed," Li Anzhi said suddenly, breaking through the confusion.
"Speed?"
At Li Anzhi's sudden remark, everyone still wore puzzled expressions.
"Chu Feng is using the lightning attacks from below to boost our forward momentum."
"The longer he waits to deploy his method in this situation, the faster we actually push forward," Li Anzhi explained.
Hearing Li Anzhi's words, people started paying attention, and only then did they realize that their speed of advance had indeed increased significantly.
"Heavens, it really is true! Brother Chu Feng, you're simply brilliant!"
Everyone's faces lit up with excitement as they once again directed gazes full of admiration toward Chu Feng.
"But even so, Young Master Chu Feng could have told us in advance. There was no need to make us suffer all that fear," one of the women said.
"That's right, Brother Chu Feng. You could have just told us directly, or even passed us a secret voice transmission. You have no idea how awful that feeling of dread was."
"Exactly, exactly! You know, I almost activated that barrier key just now and left the Ancestral Martial Cultivation Realm on my own. That was way too close — thank goodness I didn't do it."
The woman's words immediately resonated with everyone present.
"If I had informed you in advance, you wouldn't have been nearly as frightened. And if that were the case, how could I have tricked the Linghu Heavenly Clan into falling for it?" Chu Feng said with a faint smile.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Now that they finally understood Chu Feng's intentions, not only did all trace of blame vanish, but the admiration in their eyes grew ever stronger.
"Tricked?"
"This Chu Feng is truly audacious."