"This formation — you've taken control of it?"
"How… how did you do that?"
Ling Mouzi's voice was trembling. He was furious — furious at himself.
Now that things had come to this, he was no fool. He understood the truth.
Chu Feng had long seen through the real purpose behind Tongling Yueyue's approach.
Chu Feng had been using them all along to help himself break the formation.
And when the opportunity arose, he would wipe them out in one fell swoop.
With Chu Feng's strength, how could he possibly wipe them all out?
He would have to rely on the power of a formation — just as he had when he ran rampant through the Seven Realms Sacred Palace.
But the problem was, he had never heard that any formation within these ruins possessed power that could be borrowed.
That included the gates embedded with formations along the paths carved through the Chess Gate.
After all, both Jie Tianran and Jie Ranqing — and even other elders of the Seven Realms Sacred Palace — had all carved paths through the Chess Gate of these ruins before.
Never had there been word that the power of the formations here could be harnessed.
And on top of that, they had been watching Chu Feng from the shadows the entire time, wary of any tricks he might pull.
Yet everything had unfolded exactly as Chu Feng had planned.
If their previous defeat at Chu Feng's hands in the Seven Realms Sacred Palace could be attributed to not knowing him well enough — to carelessness — then what was this?
Inferior skill?
A Spirit World Master approaching the pinnacle of the True Dragon realm?
A Sacred-level Elder of the Seven Realms Sacred Palace?
How could he bring himself to admit that his skills were inferior to a junior's?
"How did I do it? I just… did it."
"Oh, I'm guessing you couldn't even figure out how to take control of this formation, could you?"
"You probably couldn't even tell that this formation's power was controllable in the first place."
"And naturally, you didn't see through the fact that while I spent three days ostensibly working on formations to break through, I was secretly seizing control of this one."
"That's exactly why I call you worthless."
"A Sacred-level Elder?"
At this point, Chu Feng turned his gaze to Jie Tian.
"A top genius?"
"Heh…"
"All the same — all of you are worthless."
"Let me be blunt. I knew from the start that your refusal to show yourselves and capture me meant you had some trump card up your sleeve."
"My Death-Exemption Token does indeed have its limitations."
"My only chance to turn the tables was to use the formations here, but my opportunities were few."
"This place was the one and only chance."
"I was actually worried you wouldn't take the bait, which is why I deliberately revealed the subsequent formation-breaking sequence to Tongling Yueyue — to let you know my trump card."
"I also deliberately said that once I broke through this gate, I would surely be able to break through the ruins."
"I didn't expect you'd be so impatient that you actually showed yourselves."
"Ah, well. You may be foolish, but at least I can rest easy now."
Chu Feng's mocking gaze swept over every expert of the Seven Realms Sacred Palace and the Tongling Sacred Clan.
And yet, facing Chu Feng's contempt, disdain, and outright ridicule, all they could feel was burning shame.
Even if Chu Feng was a genius — They were separated by entire realms in cultivation.
This whole affair was truly humiliating.
However, while everyone remained silent, Jie Tian spoke up defiantly: "Chu Feng — do you think you've already won?"
When Jie Tian spoke, Chu Feng shifted his gaze toward him.
"I never said I'd already won."
"But I've won this round, at the very least."
"Jie Tian, you don't accept that?"
"I know you don't accept it. Many of you here don't accept it."
"But so what if you don't accept it? Don't just kneel there — stand up and talk to me."
The moment those words left Chu Feng's lips, Jie Tian's face turned ashen.
If he could stand, would he still be kneeling?
The only reason they were on their knees was because they couldn't stand.