After blocking Chu Feng's strike, Three Saints Star Language's sword-like brows shot upward, and he glared viciously at Chu Feng.
He said nothing about Chu Feng's decisive attack, but his eyes were filled with resentment.
Yet he still did not raise his combat power further. Instead, he extended his arm toward Chu Feng and suddenly opened his palm.
A torrent of martial force, like an invisible net, came crashing down upon Chu Feng.
He intended to trap Chu Feng!!!
Chu Feng formed a seal with his left hand and pointed at the void with his right.
BOOM— A barrier sword pierced through the void and shattered the net of martial force in an instant.
The opponent had not used his full power.
Chu Feng, likewise, had not used his full power before.
In truth, barrier force was not as overwhelming as martial force.
What made a Spirit World Master formidable was the array.
A powerful array could amplify combat power by a hundredfold or even a thousandfold.
So as long as a Spirit World Master's array was sufficiently profound, it could actually surpass the martial arts of a cultivator.
In simple terms…
The upper limit of martial force was higher than that of barrier force.
Yet the upper limit of barrier techniques exceeded that of martial arts.
But it depended on the array, and it depended on the Spirit World Master's ability.
Many Spirit World Masters simply lacked that ability and could not command powerful arrays, which was why they often fell short against cultivators at the same level.
In truth, Chu Feng had not yet mastered any particularly powerful barrier arrays either.
His barrier combat strength stemmed from his bloodline and his mastery of barrier techniques.
So when Chu Feng deployed a barrier array, he pierced through his opponent's martial force with ease.
Facing Chu Feng's barrier sword hurtling toward him, even though Three Saints Star Language possessed great combat power, he could not block the strike with martial force alone.
He held his posture, his arm trembling slightly, and the void trembled as a massive surge of martial force erupted from his palm, forming a colossal martial force hand.
Just as Chu Feng had expected.
He resorted to a martial art to counter.
And not an ordinary one—it was a Ninth-rank Noble Forbidden Art.
Three Saints Star Language knew full well that a lesser martial art would not be enough to stop Chu Feng's strike.
But when the martial art hand collided with Chu Feng's barrier sword, surprise flickered across Three Saints Star Language's eyes.
The barrier sword had pierced right through his martial force hand.
And that was a Ninth-rank Noble Forbidden Art.
Yet even a Ninth-rank Noble Forbidden Art could not contend with Chu Feng's barrier sword.
CLANG— Three Saints Star Language twisted his wrist, and a silver longspear appeared in his hand.
A Noble Weapon!!!
A man of his stature would certainly possess divine weapons.
But he did not choose to use a divine weapon, opting instead for a Noble Weapon.
Whether it was arrogance or mere probing, he still had not unleashed his full power.
Still, a Noble Weapon could enhance his combat strength, so gripping the Noble Weapon spear, he pointed it at the void and a beam of martial force shot forth, finally obliterating Chu Feng's barrier sword, which had only residual force remaining.
Simultaneously, the beam of martial force hurtled straight toward Chu Feng.
But Chu Feng stood rooted in place, unmoving, as though he had been frozen in shock.
Even as the beam of martial force drew close, Chu Feng showed no intention of dodging.
The next instant, the powerful beam of martial force engulfed him completely.
Seeing this, Three Saints Star Language's eyes went wide. He clearly had not anticipated that this single strike would directly finish Chu Feng.
No—not finish. It was more like annihilation.
Because Chu Feng's aura had vanished entirely under the bombardment of martial force.
"That's not right."
But in the next moment, Three Saints Star Language's pupils contracted.
Realizing something was wrong, panic surfaced on his face.
Where the beam had engulfed its target, there was no blood—only barrier force.
And at the same time, Chu Feng's aura reappeared—directly behind him.