The thunder entered his body. Though it caused Chu Feng no harm, it stripped away every disguise and trick he had employed.
Chu Feng reverted to his original appearance.
And it was precisely that original appearance that made the Huangfu Heavenly Clan's expressions change.
"You're Chu Feng — you really are Chu Feng?!"
Huangfu Shangwu, who was being supported by others, disregarded his injuries and cried out toward Chu Feng in the sky above.
As someone from the Summit of the Nine Heavens who had truly crossed paths with Chu Feng, there was no way he could forget that face.
"What do you mean, 'I really am Chu Feng'?"
"I never once said I was a fake Chu Feng," Chu Feng replied with a smile.
With the thunder still coursing through his body, not a trace of pain showed on his face. He regarded Huangfu Shangwu with a calm demeanor.
That very calmness sent a tremor through Huangfu Shangwu's heart, and inexplicable fear surged within him.
"What do you mean? You know him?" Huangfu Jiangxing turned to Huangfu Shangwu.
"Young Master Jiangxing, he is Chu Feng — the Chu Feng from the Summit of the Nine Heavens, the most talented martial artist of the current generation."
Huangfu Shangwu explained.
Huangfu Jiangxing was no fool. He had already considered this possibility, only he hadn't been able to confirm it.
Now that he had, the fury in his eyes only intensified. Ever since he first heard of Chu Feng, he had wanted to test himself against him.
But he never expected that their first clash would take place on Huangfu Heavenly Clan territory — and with such an outcome.
Meanwhile, the people outside had also recovered from their shock.
In an instant, the crowd erupted into uproar.
After all, they had long heard the name Chu Feng — it was just that most of them had never seen what he actually looked like.
As for those who had initially joined Chu Feng's group but were later eliminated by him, they suddenly felt the seals on the Universe Bags Chu Feng had given them dissolve.
Upon checking inside, they discovered that the treasures within far exceeded their wildest imagination.
"We wronged this Chu Feng."
They finally came to their senses, only now understanding the good intentions behind Chu Feng's decision to eliminate them.
Because as things stood, those who had continued following Chu Feng were in for serious trouble. Though they hadn't seen those people's figures and didn't know where they had gone, the Huangfu Heavenly Clan would surely vent its fury upon them.
In contrast, they had narrowly avoided disaster.
But the person with the most complex expression of all was Huangfu Zhantian.
"So that's how it is. The power of the Ancient Bloodline Tower was not awakened by my Huangfu Heavenly Clan members, but by this Chu Feng."
"No wonder — no wonder indeed."
He openly voiced his realization.
And his words carried such authority that many felt they made perfect sense.
Yet the Huangfu Heavenly Clan members outside the tower, upon hearing this, looked as though they had just eaten excrement.
They too felt that Huangfu Zhantian had a point. After all, they had heard that Chu Feng was not only a possessor of a Heaven-level bloodline, but that his bloodline power was formidable.
Moreover, the power within the Ancient Bloodline Tower had been beyond everyone else's ability to handle, yet Chu Feng had managed to absorb it.
If that power had in fact been awakened by Chu Feng, they had to admit it sounded plausible.
But how could such a thing be said out loud?
Wasn't that bolstering the enemy's morale while crushing their own?
Wouldn't that completely destroy the Huangfu Heavenly Clan's face?
If anyone else had said such a thing, it would have been a capital offense.
But since it was Huangfu Zhantian who said it, not a single person dared object. No one had the courage to rebuke Huangfu Zhantian.
But how would they know that Huangfu Zhantian had done it deliberately?
Back at the Summit of the Nine Heavens, Huangfu Zhantian had been present as well.
The moment Huangfu Shangwu came out, he had immediately relayed the general situation to Huangfu Zhantian.
Although Huangfu Shangwu had not entered the final trial, and Huangfu Shengyu and the others had been slow to emerge — with their life tokens also showing abnormalities — he had speculated that if Huangfu Shengyu had truly perished, it must have been at the hands of Chu Feng and his group.
Huangfu Zhantian knew full well that Huangfu Shengyu enjoyed the Clan Chief's favor, and he had initially assumed that the Huangfu Heavenly Clan would never let Chu Feng go.
But then he had encountered Song Changsheng.
Song Changsheng had warned him never to lay a hand on Chu Feng, or the Huangfu Heavenly Clan would meet its end.
He had once fought Song Changsheng and sensed that Song Changsheng's strength far surpassed his own.
He therefore knew that Song Changsheng's threat was no empty bluff.
That was why Huangfu Zhantian had told Huangfu Shangwu that the matter of Huangfu Shengyu possibly being killed by Chu Feng was merely Shangwu's own speculation — and that it would be best not to voice that speculation, because behind Chu Feng stood an existence they could not afford to provoke.
When Huangfu Shangwu returned to the Huangfu Heavenly Clan, he kept his suspicions to himself and pleaded complete ignorance.
Otherwise, the Huangfu Heavenly Clan would have issued a kill order against Chu Feng long ago.
But Huangfu Zhantian had never expected that Chu Feng would show up here — and that he would conquer the Ancient Bloodline Tower, no less.
In his eyes, this wasn't Chu Feng's misfortune. It was theirs.
Because he truly did not dare touch Chu Feng.
That was why he had spoken those words in public — to make people feel that Chu Feng had not come to steal, but had earned that power through his own ability.
It was, in a sense, giving Chu Feng a way out.
But within the entire Huangfu Heavenly Clan, aside from Huangfu Zhantian and Huangfu Shangwu who didn't dare touch Chu Feng, no one else was willing to give Chu Feng any leeway. Nearly every clan member present had killing intent directed at Chu Feng.
Huangfu Jiangxing in particular.
"Chu Feng, you dare trespass on my Huangfu Heavenly Clan's territory?!"
Inside the Bloodline Tower, Huangfu Jiangxing stared up at Chu Feng in the sky, eyes practically shooting flames. He wished he could tear Chu Feng apart and devour him whole.
He had originally believed that this Ancient Bloodline Tower would be his chance to go down in history.
He never imagined that Chu Feng would come along and destroy everything.