The people inside the ancient hall stared at Chu Feng as though they had turned to stone, every last one of them frozen in place.
It took a moment before they came back to their senses.
Little Fisher's big eyes blinked repeatedly. Even she, with her stunningly beautiful little face, had an expression of utter astonishment.
A half-god had pierced through a True God?
This was something that had truly never been heard of before.
Hummm— But suddenly, Chu Feng drew his sword and retreated several steps.
A mass of immense power appeared before Huangfu Shengyu's chest. That power merged into Huangfu Shengyu's body.
It actually restored Huangfu Shengyu's pierced body to its original state. Even the aura that had been rapidly weakening now quickly recovered.
It was that token!!!
The token that had originally been at his chest had completely shattered, transforming into that mass of power and fusing with Huangfu Shengyu, saving his life once more.
"The trump card your ancestors left you has been used up."
"Who will save you now?" Chu Feng asked.
He had already seen that the power formed by the token was the last of its kind, and it would not last for long.
Huangfu Shengyu had no more trump cards.
"Heh…" Huangfu Shengyu rose to his feet, his head lowered, yet letting out a sinister laugh.
"Chu Feng, oh Chu Feng, you truly are full of surprises."
"It was not in vain that I, Huangfu Shengyu, came to the Peak of the Nine Heavens from the very beginning with you as my target."
"I take back what I said earlier. You have not disappointed me—you have given me an enormous surprise."
"I can do without the Origin of Meridians, but that red lightning of yours—that power—I, Huangfu Shengyu, will have."
Suddenly, Huangfu Shengyu raised his head and locked his gaze onto Chu Feng.
In that instant, his eyes had turned a deep, pitch-black color.
It was not just his eyes. His face had undergone a tremendous change as well—his skin began to rot and fester, and black spikes emerged from beneath his flesh.
It was not only his face. His hands, and indeed his entire body, were undergoing the same transformation.
In this state, he no longer looked human. He looked more like a monster.
"Young Master, you mustn't!!!"
Seeing Huangfu Shengyu like this, Huangfu Jiangyao's eyes were filled with anguish, and he moved to step forward and stop him.
But the moment he tried, Huangfu Shangyang blocked his path.
"Things have already gone this far. There is no other choice. Do you want the young master to die?" Huangfu Shangyang asked.
Hearing this, Huangfu Jiangyao couldn't help but look toward Chu Feng, his gaze filled with complicated emotions.
Chu Feng's aura had not changed. Although the red lightning on his body was indeed putting tremendous pressure on them, Chu Feng's cultivation was still that of an eighth-rank half-god.
And yet it was this very Chu Feng who had already driven them to a dead end.
Huangfu Shangyang was right—their young master truly had no other option.
"What a peculiar forbidden drug."
"It was probably extracted from some extraordinary demon beast?"
"I didn't expect a forbidden drug like this to exist. So this is the method of ancient clans?"
"But the backlash from something like this must be tremendous as well—it might even affect his bloodline."
"It seems he is desperate to survive."
Xianhai Shaoyu sighed.
For not only had Huangfu Shengyu's appearance changed, but his combat power had surged once more.
Yet this forbidden drug was special—it would affect his bloodline, which meant it would impact his future cultivation.
Huangfu Shengyu had always taken immense pride in his bloodline, the Heavenly Thunder Sacred Grade. To resort to such a forbidden drug was equivalent to giving up his future.
In order to survive, he was truly pushing himself to the limit.