Chu Feng released his aura, and everyone could sense that his breakthrough had succeeded.
"Then can we set off now?" Wen Xue asked.
"Wait a bit longer. I'll call you when it's time to leave."
After that, Chu Feng used the need to make preparations as an excuse to bid farewell to Wen Xue and the Wulong Sect Master.
He brought Zi Ling along and left, returning to his residence at the Wulong Martial Sect.
First, Chu Feng set up a sealing formation.
Then he arranged a healing formation.
Next, he took out several healing medicines.
"Brother Chu Feng, what are you doing?" Zi Ling looked at him in confusion.
"It's nothing."
"I just want to test my abilities." The moment Chu Feng finished speaking, lightning blazed all around him.
Chu Feng instantly unleashed all three bloodline powers — the Thunder Mark, Thunder Wings, and Thunder Armor.
His cultivation soared from the sixth level of Half God all the way to the ninth level of Half God.
But Chu Feng was more than just a ninth level Half God — he also possessed one layer of heaven-defying battle power that was difficult for outsiders to detect.
At that moment, Chu Feng's true strength was that of a ninth level Half God, plus one hidden layer of heaven-defying battle power.
Previously, when his cultivation had been at the fifth level of Half God, after unleashing all of his bloodline abilities and then using the bloodline technique Thunder Bestowal, he had gained power comparable to a first level True God.
A Half God fighting a True God.
This was illogical — an impossibility that defied the laws of martial cultivation.
And yet, the bloodline technique had made it happen.
Chu Feng wanted to know — now that his cultivation had risen to the sixth level of Half God, what would happen if he used the bloodline technique again?
Would he still only be comparable to a first level True God?
Or would he continue to shatter the laws of martial cultivation and rival a second level True God?
Crackling— Suddenly, the lightning surrounding Chu Feng changed.
The nine-colored lightning faded, eight colors vanishing until only red lightning remained.
But the Thunder Armor grew even more imposing, and the Thunder Wings expanded to an even grander scale.
Even Chu Feng's eyes were now filled with red lightning.
The Chu Feng of this moment felt entirely different.
He seemed like a celestial god, yet also like a demon.
Though it was only red lightning now, it was even more dominating than when all nine colors had blazed together.
That oppressive aura was so intimidating that even Zi Ling felt a twinge of fear.
And yet, this Chu Feng who looked every bit like a deity had a smile of excitement on his lips.
Because this result was exactly what he had hoped for.
"Brother Chu Feng, you... what is this ability?" Zi Ling couldn't help but ask.
The feeling Chu Feng gave her at that moment was as though a qualitative transformation had occurred.
But his cultivation showed no visible change — still the ninth level Half God.
"Zi Ling, this is my strongest technique right now."
"Using it allows my cultivation to break through the constraints of martial cultivation's laws."
"My true cultivation is currently at the sixth level of Half God. When I use the Thunder Mark, Thunder Armor, and Thunder Wings, I reach exactly the ninth level of Half God."
"But I also possess one layer of heaven-defying battle power. That layer is hidden, so outsiders can't detect it."
"And this technique shares similarities with that hidden heaven-defying battle power."
"By activating it, I gain an additional layer of heaven-defying battle power — one that also can't be detected by outsiders."
"Under normal circumstances, even if I raised my cultivation to the ninth level of Half God and gained two levels of heaven-defying battle power, my cultivation would still remain within the Half God realm."
"I would only have an advantage when facing Half Gods. Against True Gods, I'd have no chance of winning — either flee or die."
"But what's different is that once I use this technique, I'm no longer confined to the Half God realm."
"Right now, I can fight a second level True God."