Thunder armor enveloped Chu Feng's body.
Not only did this armor surge with blinding radiance and an extraordinary aura, but upon its manifestation, Chu Feng's cultivation rose by yet another rank.
Chu Feng's true cultivation was currently that of a second rank Martial Immortal. After activating his Thunder Runes, his cultivation had climbed to the third rank Martial Immortal.
And now, with the thunder armor adding another rank on top of that, Chu Feng's cultivation had reached the fourth rank Martial Immortal.
Coupled with his ancient secret technique — that heaven-defying power to fight a full rank above his own — even though Wuma Shengjie had now used the power of his Thunder Runes to boost his cultivation all the way to Heavenly Immortal, Chu Feng could still hold his own against him.
The shock was not Wuma Shengjie's alone. Every other member of the Wuma Heavenly Clan wore the same stunned expression on their faces.
The thunder armor — before reaching the True Immortal realm, virtually every holder of a Heavenly Bloodline could manifest it.
But once one stepped into the True Immortal realm, the power of the thunder armor was sealed away.
Now, across the entire Ancestral Martial Starfield, there were countless strong cultivators who possessed a Heavenly Bloodline. Yet among even the most elite among them, not a single one could unleash the thunder armor.
That alone showed just how difficult it was to unlock the thunder armor's power.
And yet Chu Feng — Chu Feng, who was merely a second rank Martial Immortal — had done exactly that.
Moreover, the thunder armor he manifested was not only tremendously powerful in its aura, making him look like a sovereign descending upon the world. Most importantly, the structure of his thunder armor was different from everyone else's.
Its form was more refined, more domineering — a masterpiece carved by the hands of the gods themselves.
"Could it be… that this is the power of the Divine Punishment Mystic Art?" Wuma Shengjie asked.
In his mind, the only reason Chu Feng's thunder armor looked so extraordinary was because of the Divine Punishment Mystic Art. It was the Divine Punishment Mystic Art that had altered the armor's form, and it was the Divine Punishment Mystic Art that had allowed Chu Feng to unlock the thunder armor's power while still in the Martial Immortal realm.
"Your powers of observation are impressive. I ought to give you a thumbs-up for that."
Chu Feng said with a grin.
Because he knew full well that Wuma Shengjie had guessed correctly.
In truth, never mind his current cultivation at the second rank Martial Immortal — the moment Chu Feng had first set foot in the Martial Immortal realm, he had felt it: the power sealed within his blood, awakening at last.
It was the power of the thunder armor.
In other words, even back when Chu Feng was only a first rank Martial Immortal, the thunder armor's power had already been unlocked.
This was entirely thanks to the Divine Punishment Mystic Art.
The Divine Punishment Mystic Art — that legendary, supreme cultivation method. A method that threatened death with every breakthrough to a new rank.
Before the Martial Immortal realm, aside from the Thunder Runes' ability to suppress those of other Heavenly Bloodlines, it had not displayed any particularly extraordinary traits. At the very least, those geniuses who cultivated the Heavenly Punishment Mystic Art had not fallen too far behind Chu Feng.
But once Chu Feng stepped into the Martial Immortal realm, the true power of the Divine Punishment Mystic Art finally revealed itself.
The thunder armor — among Heavenly Bloodline holders in the Martial Immortal realm, virtually no one could unlock it. Yet Chu Feng had succeeded.
One could say that Chu Feng was now one of a kind, because in the entirety of the Ancestral Martial Starfield at this moment, no one besides him could accomplish such a feat.
Not even those geniuses who cultivated the Heavenly Punishment Mystic Art could do the same.
Chu Feng's Divine Punishment Mystic Art had, in essence, already surpassed the Heavenly Punishment Mystic Art by a full measure.
"The Divine Punishment Mystic Art truly lives up to its reputation."
"What surprises me even more, though, is that the Chu Heavenly Clan has produced a figure like you."
"What is your name?" Wuma Shengjie asked.