"Why couldn't I sense you just now?"
After stabilizing himself, Ye Xiancheng stared at Chu Feng in disbelief.
Chu Feng smiled faintly, and then majestic barrier energy emerged from the area around him.
"Barrier?"
Ye Xiancheng's expression grew complicated — he already had his suspicions.
"That mist earlier was nothing more than an illusion. What truly blocked your sight was a barrier formation."
"Not only can it block your sight — naturally, it can also block your spiritual sensing."
Chu Feng gave him a definitive answer.
Yet Ye Xiancheng grew somewhat skeptical: "Your barrier energy is clearly only at the Third Grade True Dragon level. How could it possibly block my sensing?"
"That is the marvel of barrier arts," Chu Feng said.
"Fine. No matter how you pulled it off — I was indeed careless."
"Carelessness always comes with a price."
"Chu Feng, you too will pay the price for your carelessness."
"Do you understand what I mean?" Ye Xiancheng said.
"I do."
"Then next time, I won't go easy on you."
Chu Feng chuckled.
He understood what Ye Xiancheng meant. This Ye Xiancheng had no intention of conceding defeat. So even though Chu Feng was smiling, his gaze turned ice-cold.
Seeing the change in Chu Feng's eyes, Ye Xiancheng actually felt a chill run down his spine — a rare flicker of fear.
Though the feeling was inexplicable, he knew he could not afford to be careless again.
He could not afford a single mistake.
After all, the elite elders of the Ye Immortal Clan were all watching.
This battle was not merely about the ownership of that healing formation.
It was about his, Ye Xiancheng's, reputation within the Ye Immortal Clan.
Suddenly, Ye Xiancheng formed hand seals.
A pearl-sized orb of golden light drifted from his fingertips.
Once it reached the void, it expanded into a sphere ten thousand meters wide.
Though the grand hall was vast, its area was ultimately finite. When this object appeared at the apex of the hall, it was like a second sun descending into the world.
But Ye Xiancheng did not activate it immediately. Instead, his hand seals shifted once more, and a wisp of golden aura seeped from his fingers before coiling around his body.
The sight was somewhat similar to Chu Feng's Divine Thunder Armor.
But unlike armor forged from lightning, this golden aura was more like immortal energy wrapping around him — relatively simple, yet ethereal and transcendent.
"This is the first of the Three Divine Restrictions — Immortal Body Protection."
Ye Xiancheng offered his explanation, then changed his hand seals again. Another wisp of golden aura streaked from his fingertips.
But this wisp was different from the first. It did not immediately form anything, nor did it attach itself directly to his body.
Instead, it transformed into a talisman — a talisman brimming with a sacred aura that pierced through the layer of Immortal Body Protection and entered Ye Xiancheng's legs.
"This is the second of the Three Divine Restrictions — Immortal Movement Technique," Ye Xiancheng continued.
"And that — what is that? It can't just be decorative, can it?"
What Chu Feng was pointing at was, naturally, the golden sphere hovering at the apex of the hall.
Ye Xiancheng had introduced the two techniques he'd deployed afterward.
But he hadn't said a word about the golden sphere he'd conjured first.
"Whether you'll be able to tell what that is depends on your ability."
"But I can tell you this — all three of my Divine Restriction martial skills exist to serve it."
With those words, Ye Xiancheng raised his spear once more and leveled it at Chu Feng.
His entire aura was now utterly different from before — a transformation from the inside out. Far more domineering, truly like that of a god.
"Next, you will witness the full might of my Ye Immortal Clan's Formless Spear Art." As he spoke, Ye Xiancheng was about to strike.
But Chu Feng suddenly raised his hand: "Wait."
Seeing this, Ye Xiancheng asked: "Going to concede?"
Chu Feng smiled faintly: "If you have any other techniques, why don't you use them all at once? What I mean is… from here on out, I'll be getting serious too. You'd better bring out every card you have — so you don't miss the chance."
"Heh heh heh."