"You, you, you actually deceived us???"
The Patriarch of the Ancient Battle Clan questioned Chu Feng furiously, but on his face, beyond anger, there was even greater terror.
He understood all too well what would happen now that Old Cat had arrived here.
"That's exactly who I deceived."
"You really thought I would help you kill it?"
"You really think I'm as stupid as you?"
"Let me tell you — Old Cat and I are comrades whose bond is stronger than gold," Chu Feng said.
"You..." The Patriarch of the Ancient Battle Clan trembled from head to toe. His fear was eclipsed only by the fury surging through him.
But Old Cat couldn't help turning to look at Chu Feng, furrowing its cat brows as it asked thoughtfully, "Stronger than gold???"
"Don't say anything just yet." Chu Feng turned back toward the Patriarch. "Setting aside my relationship with Old Cat, that wall should never have been unable to withstand the impact of the gas. You were secretly crumbling it from within — you deliberately let Old Cat in."
"All to make me afraid. All to make me panic. To force me to have no time to inspect this treasure. To force me to make an immediate decision. To force me to help you activate that bronze cauldron and kill Old Cat on the spot."
"But did you forget? I am a Spirit World Master."
"Your tricks cannot fool me," Chu Feng said.
"Chu Feng — I... I'll fight you to the death!!!"
As the Patriarch of the Ancient Battle Clan spoke, he activated the power of a formation, and in the next instant appeared right before Chu Feng.
His battle power had now reached the Third Rank of the Heavenly God realm.
So he still had a trump card.
Yet before his strike could so much as touch Chu Feng, he was frozen in midair — clutching his own neck in agony, his body swaying left and right, his legs kicking wildly.
Old Cat had made its move.
People couldn't even sense Old Cat doing anything.
But Chu Feng felt it.
The terrifying force that permeated this place.
Under Old Cat's control, that force had shattered the protective power shielding the Patriarch's body.
But it wasn't only that force — Old Cat wielded other powers as well.
In any case, within this place, Old Cat was the sole sovereign.
A mere Third Rank Heavenly God was no match at all.
"Mercy! Have mercy!"
Now some of the Ancient Battle Clan members tried to flee, while others begged for mercy.
But without exception, every one of them was hoisted into the air, just like the Patriarch.
Old Cat didn't kill them directly. Instead, it rose into the sky and formed a series of hand seals.
In an instant, winds surged and clouds churned. The trembling of heaven and earth was so violent it seemed as though everything might collapse at any moment.
In truth, those bones — towering like mountains that pierced the heavens — were shattering. The broken bones transformed into blazing qi, and together with that terrifying resentment and every last ounce of power within this world, they all surged into Old Cat's body at once.
Simultaneously, the resentment between heaven and earth rapidly drained away. By the time it dissipated entirely, every last bone had entered Old Cat's body as well.
All fell silent between heaven and earth.
Old Cat stood amid the void, not uttering a word.
No one knew what level of power Old Cat now possessed, but seeing the members of the Ancient Battle Clan still pinned in place, it was clear that even without the power of this place, Old Cat was far from weak.
Though it was merely a cat, standing there between heaven and earth, it truly carried the aura of a supreme powerhouse.
"Brother Chu Feng, this cat demon isn't going to kill us, is it?" Xianhai Shaoyu asked through a secret transmission.
He was a little nervous. Compared to the Ancient Battle Clan, Old Cat was undoubtedly more terrifying.
No one knew its exact cultivation level, but it was plainly obvious that its cultivation was well above the Third Rank of the Heavenly God realm.
"Old Cat's nature isn't bad," Chu Feng replied through a secret transmission. "We helped it — it shouldn't do something so ungrateful."
That was what he said, but in truth, Chu Feng wasn't confident at all.
Normally, with enough time, people changed.
Setting aside the fact that Old Cat hadn't been the most reliable cat to begin with — it had just fused with those bones, that terrifying resentment, and a host of unknown powers. Who knew whether it might change because of it?
Suddenly, Old Cat shifted — and vanished.
Though Old Cat had disappeared, the members of the Ancient Battle Clan remained suspended, still very much under its control.