"Kill!!!!"
Immortal Avarice was already wounded, and he naturally realized that a powerful expert had intervened. But with his killing intent fully ignited by his greed for wealth, he paid no heed to that expert. Instead, he let out a roar, drew his weapon, and thrust it toward Chu Feng.
Boom— However, the black-robed figure simply raised a palm. A miserable scream rang out, and Immortal Avarice was sent blasting several li away.
Though the strike did not kill him, by the time Immortal Avarice crashed to the ground, his flesh was mangled and he had suffered grievous injuries, completely losing the ability to fight.
Pa— After that, the figure placed his palm against the barrier. A tremor ran through his palm, and divine might surged forth. Under that power, the dragon-patterned barrier shattered like a mirror and scattered into fragments.
Then, with a flick of his sleeve, both Chu Feng and Hong Qiang were drawn into the figure's control.
"Senior, I do not know who you are, but I humbly ask that you help free my ancestor and the two Immortals as well." Upon realizing this person had come to rescue him, Chu Feng made his request.
Hearing these words, the figure paused for a moment. Then his sleeve swept out once more.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh— In an instant, the sky went dark. Dark clouds rolled across the heavens, and a massive vortex of wind materialized out of thin air, descending into the battle circle where Baili Xuankong and the four clan leaders fought.
The howling wind spun with unstoppable force. Though it lacked the power to kill, within that gale, the distinguished clan leaders of the four great clans were reduced to the status of fallen leaves — they could only spin along with it, unable to resist.
Whoosh— And in that very moment, the black-robed figure reached out and seized Baili Xuankong, who was transformed into a streak of light before landing in the figure's grasp.
Immediately after, the figure took Chu Feng, Hong Qiang, and Baili Xuankong — all three — and vanished into the void.
"Where do you think you're going?!"
The four clan leaders led their armies in a desperate pursuit, but how could they possibly catch up?
Forget about catching sight of him — in the blink of an eye, the figure's aura had vanished without a trace, and that included Chu Feng and the other two as well.
"Huh? Chu Feng has been rescued? That person was incredibly powerful — a Fourth-grade Martial Emperor! Who could it be?"
"Who else could it be? It has to be Zhang Tianyi's father, the master of that fortress. Apart from him, no one else has the ability." All eyes turned toward the fortress.
At that moment, the people of the four clans not only directed their gazes at the fortress but also wore expressions dripping with killing intent, their eyes red with fury. A crushing wave of murderous intent blanketed the entire fortress.
They knew that Zhang Tianyi's father was no benevolent figure, but for him to dare rescue Chu Feng — that made him an enemy of their four clans. They would absolutely not let this go.
"Gentlemen, you had better have proof for your accusations. Otherwise… don't blame me for being discourteous." But right at that moment, Zhang Tianyi's father flew out from within the fortress and alighted upon its roof, scanning the surroundings with killing intent radiating just as fiercely from his own person.
And one could hardly blame him for his anger, for the crowd had indeed wronged him.
"This… it really wasn't him?!"
When Zhang Tianyi's father appeared, the crowd was even more shocked. The black-robed figure had long since fled, and he had fled outward — yet Zhang Tianyi's father had appeared almost immediately. That proved the person who had rescued Chu Feng truly was not him.
But if it wasn't him, then who could it be?
Did that mean yet another Fourth-grade Martial Emperor — a figure of enormous stature — was backing Chu Feng?
The Compass Fairy was one thing. Immortal Whitebrow was one thing. That Martial Emperor wearing the bamboo hat was one thing. But now another Fourth-grade Martial Emperor had appeared? This was simply too shocking.
Just how powerful were Chu Feng's backers? Could they truly rival the four great Imperial Clans that had endured for tens of thousands of years?