Sensing the danger, the experts of the Red Soul Sect exchanged glances and reached a consensus.
As bizarre sounds echoed through the air, a layer of crimson aura erupted from within each of their bodies.
That aura was peculiar — it did not resemble pure bloodline power, nor was it divine bestowal.
Yet once activated, their battle prowess all increased significantly. They were already no weaklings to begin with — every last one of them was at the peak of True God.
And when the crimson aura was released, it merged directly into the body of the Red Soul Sect Master.
They intended to use this method to aid their Sect Master.
"What are you doing?!"
But the Red Soul Sect Master whipped his head around. Though his face was hidden beneath a bamboo hat, his gaze was visibly ferocious.
"Even you look down on me? Think I'll lose to some mere brat?"
Upon seeing this, the Red Soul Sect experts hastily withdrew that special power and explained, "No, Sect Master, that's not what we meant."
"Hmph."
The Red Soul Sect Master gave a cold snort, then actually withdrew his hands and ceased channeling the flame martial technique.
The moment he stopped, Chu Feng's colossal tidal wave crashed toward him without mercy.
Clang— But a cold flash swept through the air, and the tidal wave was cleaved cleanly in two.
A massive bronze saber had appeared in the Red Soul Sect Master's hand.
A divine weapon. With a divine weapon in hand, his battle power soared dramatically.
Pfft pfft pfft— But in the very next instant, blood sprayed into the air — the Red Soul Sect Master was drenched in his own blood.
Looking closely, several ice lances had pierced through his body.
Moreover, whirlwinds were coiled around those ice lances.
The crowd was initially confused, until they looked toward Chu Feng and realized that two more tokens had appeared before him at some unknown point.
One token radiated an extreme frost aura.
The other token emitted a swirling wind force.
The crowd suddenly understood — Chu Feng had fused the power of three tokens together.
The frost token and the water token had combined to form the ice lances, while the whirlwind from the wind token had boosted their speed.
Those ice lances had been hidden within the tidal wave.
The tidal wave had been cut apart by the divine weapon, halting the attack — that was true enough. But the ice lances concealed within had launched a devastating surprise strike.
"Hahaha, hahahahaha…"
But who could have predicted that at this very moment, the Red Soul Sect Master would throw his head back and burst into laughter?
The crowd was initially baffled, until his voice rang out once more.
Only this time, the voice came from Chu Feng's side.
A horrifying old man — white-haired, skeletal, ghastly in appearance — stood less than a hundred meters from Chu Feng, wielding the bronze saber.
And upon a closer look, the bronze saber that had been in the Red Soul Sect Master's hand was now gone — it had appeared in the old man's grip.
Clearly, what Chu Feng had pierced through was nothing more than an empty shell. The real Red Soul Sect Master had already closed the distance to Chu Feng.
The Red Soul Sect Master glared at Chu Feng with vicious intent, yet a terrifying, sinister smile crept across his ghastly face.
At this range, he was absolutely certain he could defeat Chu Feng.
"Kid, did you think you'd won?"
Having said that, he moved to decapitate Chu Feng with a single slash.
Pfft pfft pfft— But in the very next moment, blood sprayed once more — several ice lances had pierced through him from behind.
Everything happened so fast that among everyone present, aside from Chu Feng, Jie Tianran, and the Divine Body Manor Master among other experts, virtually no one had caught what actually happened.
By the time the crowd reacted, they saw a disheveled old man — who had appeared from seemingly nowhere — lying on the ground a hundred meters from Chu Feng, a divine weapon saber still in his hand, with several frost-formed lances protruding from his body.
"Grandfather!!!"
"Sect Master!!!"
Only when the Young Master of the Red Soul Sect and the other Red Soul Sect members cried out in alarm did the crowd finally realize.
That old man who had appeared out of nowhere was in fact the Red Soul Sect Master.
And the figure standing in place, clad in a red robe and bamboo hat, had been nothing more than a decoy.
"You old fool, you really are stupid."
"Didn't you even think to ask your grandson about it?"
"As long as the token's power is activated, it's not just the force itself that I control."
"I also gain sensory perception equal to that power. So your little trick — I saw through it long ago."
Chu Feng looked at the Red Soul Sect Master with mockery in his eyes.