The woman's hood fell back, and she was instantly furious.
Blinding light erupted from her body, and her cultivation rose in tandem.
She broke through two consecutive realms, her cultivation ascending from first-grade True God to third-grade True God.
As her cultivation climbed, the woman launched another attack — a fist hurtling straight toward Yuwen Yanri's face.
But at the same moment, Yuwen Yanri's own cultivation surged upward, also reaching the third-grade True God realm.
Not only did he dodge the woman's fist with ease, he spun around and whipped a kick toward her neck.
However, the woman was clearly enraged and chose not to continue fighting at close range.
Instead, a roar erupted from within her body, and a martial force beast materialized, released from inside her. She had activated a martial skill.
But Yuwen Yanri had long been prepared. Midair, he shifted his motion, retracting the sweeping kick, and instead turned his body to deliver a palm strike that reduced the martial force beast to ash before him.
Heat waves radiated from his palm — he too had activated a martial skill.
Yet as the martial force raged on, the woman unleashed martial skill after martial skill, but without exception, every single one was effortlessly neutralized by Yuwen Yanri.
"Brother Yuwen, that's impressive."
Chu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. He had originally intended to break up the fight, but now he found himself far more interested in the battle itself.
He wanted to see just how far these two could push their limits.
Especially Yuwen Yanri.
At such close range, the deployment of martial skills offered an enormous advantage.
Put simply, at their level of cultivation, in close-quarters combat, whoever activated a martial skill first held the upper hand.
Yet Yuwen Yanri weathered every single one. On the surface he appeared to be on the defensive, but in reality he was handling things with remarkable ease.
However, as the battle between them grew increasingly fierce, even with his Heavenly Eyes active, Chu Feng found it difficult to make out the specific details of the exchange.
In truth, only Chu Feng could have watched at all.
Anyone else simply could not have observed a clash of this caliber from Chu Feng's cultivation level.
But now, even Chu Feng was struggling to keep up.
He couldn't very well activate his bloodline ability and forcibly raise his cultivation just to watch the show, could he?
Under the circumstances, Chu Feng was genuinely worried that one of the two might seriously injure the other.
So he had no choice but to reveal himself and speak up: "What's going on between you two? What's with all this hostility?"
Chu Feng's voice immediately drew the attention of both fighters.
Yuwen Yanri promptly withdrew from the fray and came to Chu Feng's side.
"Brother Chu Feng."
Though Yuwen Yanri still wore his hood, Chu Feng could feel the warmth in his tone.
As for the woman, she ceased her attacks as well and began studying Chu Feng instead.
From the look in her eyes, Chu Feng could tell that — unlike her father — she actually recognized him.
"Brother Chu Feng, what a coincidence — I never expected to run into you here."
"I heard about what happened in your Ancestral Martial Starfield. I'm so glad to see you're alright," Yuwen Yanri said.
"Yes, perhaps this is fate."
"Brother Yuwen, what was that all about? Why were you two fighting?" Chu Feng asked.
"Something worth fighting over."
As he spoke, Yuwen Yanri reached into his Universe Bag, producing a glowing butterfly.
Chu Feng took it in his hand and examined it carefully.
"Why fight over this?"
"You thought it could guide you to the exit?"
Chu Feng quickly deduced the reason they had been fighting over the object.
"Yes." Yuwen Yanri nodded.
"This is a deception tool — formed from the power of a formation. But it won't help you find the demon beast's location." After saying this, Chu Feng turned to the woman.
"Miss, there's no need to go to such extremes over something like this."
"If you want it, it's yours."
With that, Chu Feng flicked his finger and sent the glowing butterfly floating before the woman.
She caught it but did not examine it closely. Instead, she looked at Chu Feng: "If it's useless, you're just giving it to me?"