Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
In the blink of an eye, that forbidden martial art was already hurtling toward Chu Feng.
Yet when the ripples subsided, everyone was stunned to discover that Chu Feng was completely unharmed.
Countless golden martial force spears hovered right before Chu Feng's eyes.
They hadn't missed entirely — but all they'd struck was martial force.
A layer of martial force, shaped into a massive sphere like a barrier, shielded Chu Feng within.
Although every golden spear had pierced through that layer of martial force, they hadn't penetrated all the way through and remained trapped inside.
"A martial force barrier."
"Just a martial force barrier, and it blocked a Sovereign Forbidden technique?"
Exclamations erupted one after another, and the way people looked at Chu Feng began to shift.
A martial force barrier was no extraordinary technique. But precisely because it was so ordinary, being able to block this attack left everyone in disbelief.
"What kind of trick is that?" Xia Ran demanded.
"Everyone else recognized it as a martial force barrier — are you telling me you can't?" Chu Feng looked at Xia Ran with derision.
"Bullshit! How could a martial force barrier possibly block my First-rank Sovereign Forbidden?" Xia Ran's face was full of disbelief.
"Under normal circumstances, it couldn't."
"But when there's an overwhelming gap in combat strength, it can."
"It's like this: if a mouse bites down with all its might on another mouse, that mouse will definitely feel pain."
"But if a mouse bites down with all its might on an elephant, do you think the elephant would feel any pain?" Chu Feng asked.
"You're calling me a mouse?"
"Damn it — I'll show you who the real mouse is!"
With those words, Xia Ran launched another barrage of attacks at Chu Feng.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
In an instant, thunderous booms rang out and ripples of energy surged in every direction.
His martial arts grew ever more powerful — Second-rank Sovereign Forbidden, Third-rank Sovereign Forbidden, Fourth-rank Sovereign Forbidden, unleashed one after another.
By the end, Chu Feng's martial force barrier could no longer withstand Xia Ran's offensive.
Yet Chu Feng ultimately blocked Xia Ran's Fourth-rank Sovereign Forbidden using nothing but a First-rank Sovereign Forbidden.
Two techniques that clearly belonged to entirely different tiers, yet they managed to cancel each other out.
While everyone marveled at this, Xia Ran felt humiliated beyond measure.
Because this… was truly a gap in combat strength.
And a massive one at that.
"You dare underestimate me, Xia Ran? I'll show you the difference between us!"
Unwilling to concede, Xia Ran tossed a golden pill into his mouth.
"Haah!"
With a tremendous shout, golden clouds materialized in the sky above.
Golden radiance also surged from Xia Ran's body.
His cultivation rose from Sixth-grade Sovereign to Seventh-grade Sovereign.
"Heaven-given Divine Power?"
"You actually need a pill to unleash it? Someone like you is truly…"
"Not worth my time."
"Let's end this," Chu Feng said.
"What is he saying?"
"Is he going to surrender?"
Chu Feng's words reached everyone's ears, and for a moment they couldn't quite make sense of them.
Because no matter how they looked at it, Chu Feng didn't seem like someone about to surrender.
If he wasn't surrendering, that meant Chu Feng could also raise his cultivation by a full grade.
And if he truly could, that would be even more astonishing.
After all… he was a newly admitted disciple of the Wolong Martial Sect.
Since the founding of the Wolong Martial Sect, there had never been a newcomer this powerful.
Sssssshk!
But just as everyone was speculating, a bolt of lightning streaked between Chu Feng and Xia Ran.
() When the lightning vanished, everyone involuntarily drew in a sharp breath.
Chu Feng had appeared right in front of Xia Ran, and one hand was already clamped tightly around Xia Ran's throat.
Xia Ran, who moments ago had been strutting with arrogance, was now hoisted into the air like a helpless chick.
Chu Feng's cultivation had also risen from Sixth-grade Sovereign to Seventh-grade Sovereign.
Most importantly, what appeared on Chu Feng's forehead was no ordinary lightning rune — it was the divine character lightning rune.
"The Divine Punishment Mystic Art — he's actually cultivated the legendary Divine Punishment Mystic Art!"
"Who on earth is this guy?"
"This fellow can't be just any ordinary character in the Sacred Light Galaxy, can he?"