Suddenly, Wuming Xingyun spoke. "It's normal for you all be unable to see it. After all, young friend Chu Feng has deliberately concealed his spirit power."
"Concealed his spirit power? One can do such a thing?"
"But, why would he conceal his spirit power?" The crowd were skeptical of Wuming Xingyun's words.
"You would have to ask young friend Chu Feng as to why he's concealing his spirit power," Wuming Xingyun looked to Chu Feng, and the crowd also turned their eyes to him.
"Bang~~~"
Suddenly, boundless Saint-level spirit power exploded from Chu Feng's body.
His spirit power was incomparably bright and dazzling. Being offset by the Saint-level spirit power, Chu Feng resembled a god that had descended upon the world of mortals.
"This!!!"
At that moment, the people that were skeptical of Chu Feng being a Saint-cloak World Spiritist were all startled.
The people of the younger generation that had hurled insults at Chu Feng were all stupefied.
There was naturally a reason why he had concealed his spirit power, only to reveal it at that moment.
Originally, Chu Feng had planned to conceal his power so as to launch a surprise attack at Linghu Hongfei.
Unfortunately for him, he had underestimated the experts present. He did not expect that they would be able to see through him.
Since he was already exposed, there was naturally no need to try to keep things a secret anymore.
However, this was not the most important aspect.
What was most important was dealing with Linghu Hongfei.
There was a massive disparity in strength between Chu Feng and Linghu Hongfei. If Chu Feng wanted to obtain superiority in the following battle against Linghu Hongfei, he had to reveal his spirit power now.
"Saint-cloak World Spiritist. Could it be… Chu Feng is the youngest Saint-cloak World Spiritist in the history of our Ancestral Martial Starfield?"
"He is the person who rejected Grandmaster Liangqiu and Grandmaster Long Xuan outside the Ice Summit days ago?"
"That's right. That must be the case. With this, everything makes sense now."
"It's no wonder Grandmaster Liangqiu and the others would think so highly of him. It turns out that he's the Ancestral Martial Starfield's youngest Saint-cloak World Spiritist."
"Amazing, truly amazing. As expected of Chu Xuanyuan's son. This talent surpasses all others."
The crowd burst into an uproar. Regardless of whether they were people that were fond of Chu Feng, people that hated Chu Feng, or people that were complete strangers to Chu Feng, they were all astonished by his strength.
Such a young Saint-cloak World Spiritist. While no one dared to declare that there wouldn't be someone in the future that could surpass him in becoming a Saint-cloak World Spiritist at an even younger age, he was definitely unprecedented in the entire history of the Ancestral Martial Starfield!!!
"Amazing! Big sister, Chu Feng is amazing!"
"So he's actually that Saint-cloak World Spiritist. It's no wonder his casual pointers would allow me to cure Lil Thorn by myself. So he's actually this powerful!"
Gong Qing grabbed Gong MIngyue's hand. She was not only extremely excited, but there was also a look of pride on her delicate little face. She was feeling pride at being Chu Feng's friend.
'That's right. He's that powerful. Whereas I…' Gong Mingyue was silent. An extremely oppressive feeling filled her heart.
Chu Feng's excellence continuously challenged how much her heart could bear.
She was on the verge of collapsing from the pressure.
…...
"Milord, am I allowed to challenge Linghu Hongfei now?" Chu Feng raised his head and looked at Wuming Ken.
"Since you've already defeated your opponent, you are naturally allowed to challenge whoever you wish to challenge," Wuming Ken said.
"Thank you, milord."
"Woosh~~~"
Chu Feng suddenly leaped forth after he finished saying those words.
As Chu Feng leaped forth, the spirit power that filled his surroundings also flew up with him.
At that moment, it appeared as if there were two enormous wings on Chu Feng's back.
Just like that, before the focus of the vast crowd, together with his boundless Saint-level spirit power, Chu Feng landed on Linghu Hongfei's fighting stage.
At the moment when Chu Feng landed, gasps of astonishment could be heard from all over the sea of people.
They were all gasping in admiration, because Saint-level spirit power was extremely dazzling to begin with. For it to appear on a person of the younger generation was simply even more dazzling, and akin to a miracle.
Hearing the gasps of admiration from the crowd, Linghu Hongfei, although showing no change on the surface, was raging with anger in his heart.
The crowd's gasps of admiration should be his. Yet, all of it was snatched away by Chu Feng.
That said, there were also a lot of voices calling into question whether or not Chu Feng was actually capable.
"Is Chu Feng really planning to challenge Linghu Hongfei?"
"But, Linghu Hongfei is a rank two Exalted. Even if he's a Saint-cloak World Spiritist, his battle power will still be limited. How exactly is he supposed to challenge Linghu Hongfei, a rank two Exalted?"
Confusion filled the crowd's minds.
"I've heard that Saint-cloak World Spiritists possess power on par with rank one Exalted," someone said.
"So that's the case? Saint-cloak World Spiritists actually possess such strong battle power?"
The crowd were astonished to hear that.
The crowd all admitted that world spirit techniques were marvelous. However, the crowd had never before witnessed the battle power of world spirit techniques.
As such, they naturally felt that the battle power of world spirit techniques would not be able to compare against martial cultivators. They believed that even Saint-cloak World Spiritists would not be able to contend against an Exalted-level expert in terms of only battle power.
…...
Although there were five fighting stages on the Nine Dragons Abnormal Sign Mound, the crowd's eyes were all focused on the fighting stage where Chu Feng and Linghu Hongfei stood.
In fact, even the people of the younger generation on the four other fighting stages were not fighting one another. Instead, their eyes were also focused on the stage occupied by Chu Feng and Linghu Hongfei.
Wuming Ken did not urge the other people of the younger generation to conduct their matches. After all, he was able to understand their behavior, as the match between Chu Feng and Linghu Hongfei would be the most brilliant match in the entire competition for the Ancestral Martial Decastars. No one was willing to miss out on watching that match.
"Brother Chu Feng, I respect your desire to challenge me."
"However, this is an impartial competition. For the sake of respecting this stage and you, I, Linghu Hongfei, will not be going easy on you and losing deliberately."
Linghu Hongfei looked to Chu Feng with a serious expression.
He appeared very polite and respectful towards the selection.
However, Chu Feng knew very well that Linghu Hongfei wanted to use the opportunity to teach him a lesson, and never planned to go easy on him. He merely wanted to provide himself with an excuse.
"Young master Linghu, you couldn't possibly be planning to go all-out from the get-go and kill me, right?"
Chu Feng asked with a joking tone. However, he was actually reminding Linghu Hongfei that there were a lot of experts present, and they would likely not allow him to kill him. Thus, Chu Feng was reminding Linghu Hongfei to not attempt something foolish and humiliating.
"Brother Chu Feng, you can rest assured. I will not deliberately go easy on you because I respect you. However, stopping when the outcome is determined is also my principle," Linghu Hongfei said.
"If that's the case, it would be for the best. Young master Linghu, please rest assured. I, Chu Feng, will also stop when the outcome is determined," Chu Feng said.
"You? Someone of your caliber dares to speak of stopping when the outcome is determined? How shameless could you be?" Linghu Tiemian said with contempt on his face.
"It's not shameless to be weaker than me."
"However, to not dare to fight me head-on because you're weaker than me, and only dare to mount a sneak attack against my back, is someone like you even qualified to criticize me?" Chu Feng cast a mocking gaze at Linghu Tiemian.
"Brat from the Linghu Heavenly Clan, shut your mouth. The truly shameless one is you. If this Queen Mother were you, I would've already found a hole to hide away in. Yet you actually dare to continue to act in such a manner in this place? Do you need this Queen Mother to teach you a lesson about what shame is?" A voice sounded from the sky. It was Queen Mother Fox Immortal.
Although Linghu Tiemian's despicable behavior caused the crowd to all scoff at him, they only dared to discuss it amongst themselves in private. Very few people would dare to criticize Linghu Tiemian openly. However, the Queen Mother Fox Immortal was not someone to concern herself with such a thing.
"You!!!" Linghu Tiemian's face turned deep red with anger. However, he did not dare to refute her. After all, she was a demoness that dared to do anything. Even he was unwilling to offend her.
"Brother Chu Feng, our match has already aroused everyone's attention. Could we begin right away so as to not waste everyone's time?" Linghu Hongfei asked.
"Young master Linghu, I had only responded to you because you spoke to me first. I never had any intention to waste anyone's time," Chu Feng replied.
"Brother Chu Feng, in that case, can we begin now?" Linghu Hongfei asked.
"Of course," Chu Feng replied.
"Boom~~~"
Once Chu Feng's words left his mouth, boundless oppressive might burst out from Linghu Hongfei's body.
At that moment, everyone's gazes turned particularly serious.
Linghu Hongfei was a rank two Exalted. Even if Chu Feng was a Saint-cloak World Spiritist and possessed battle power on par with a rank one Exalted, how was he supposed to receive Linghu Hongfei's attack?
Likely, the outcome of the match would be decided right away.
To be exact, the outcome of the match would be decided the moment Linghu Hongfei's oppressive might reached Chu Feng.
"Boom~~~"
However, right at that moment, another loud explosion was heard.
When that explosion rang out, both the stage and the entire earth started to tremble violently.
"That is?"
In the next moment, the crowd's expressions all changed enormously. Even the people of the older generation present were no exception.
The reason for that was because eight pillars had suddenly appeared around Linghu Hongfei.
Each pillar reached a hundred meters tall, and lightning surged through them, trapping Linghu Hongfei within them.
That was a grand formation!!!
Most importantly, after that grand formation appeared, Linghu Hongfei's oppressive might instantly disappeared.
Furthermore, an expression of pain actually appeared on his face.
"What a powerful spirit formation!"
The crowd all felt disbelief at the spirit formation suppressing Linghu Hongfei.
"Look! Quickly, look at Chu Feng!"
Soon, someone cried out in alarm.
The crowd immediately turned toward Chu Feng. Upon doing so, their expressions all changed as they reached a sudden realization.
At that moment, there was a faintly visible cloak on Chu Feng's body.
Although that was not the completed appearance, those that had witnessed that cloak before were able to recognize it at a glance. The cloak on Chu Feng was none other than the treasured inheritance of the World Spiritist Immortal King, the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak.
"It's the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak. Sure enough, Chu Feng is the world spiritist that breached the World Spiritist Immortal King's grand formation and obtained the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak."
The crowd verified their guesses upon seeing the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak.
Sure enough, Chu Feng was the youngest Saint-cloak World Spiritist in the history of the Ancestral Martial Starfield.
He was also the person who had refused Grandmaster Liangqiu and Grandmaster Long Xuan on the Ice Summit that day.
"Grandmaster!"
"Master!"
At that moment, Grandmaster Long Xuan, Liangqiu Chengfeng, Queen Mother Fox Immortal and Wuming Xingyun all turned their eyes to Grandmaster Liangqiu. Questions filled their gazes.
"This is truly incredible. Had I not witnessed it myself, this old man would not believe that an Insect Mark Saint-cloak World Spiritist could set up a spirit formation capable of suppressing a rank two Exalted."
Grandmaster Liangqiu gasped with admiration. His voice was even trembling slightly. It could be seen that even he was astonished by Chu Feng.
"But, even though Insect Mark Saint-cloak World Spiritists possess battle power on par with a rank one Exalted, it's only on par with them. It remains very difficult for an Insect Mark Saint-cloak World Spiritist to defeat a rank one Exalted, much less a rank two Exalted. How is young friend Chu Feng capable of setting up such a powerful spirit formation?" Liangqiu Chengfeng asked with an expression of confusion.
"Perhaps this is the power of the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak. Perhaps it's the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak that has granted young friend Chu Feng the power to contend against a rank two Exalted."
"If that is the case, it would still be impossible for him to suppress a rank two Exalted opponent. Besides, his opponent is Linghu Hongfei, the genius of the younger generations that possesses the strongest battle power and most abundant battle experience of all of them."
"The reason why he's capable of that feat is due to that grand formation. Young friend Chu Feng's grand formation is truly remarkable. Under the influence of that grand formation, all of Linghu Hongfei's power has been sealed. No matter how many abilities and techniques he might possess, he will not be able to unleash them."
"This is truly what it means to gain the initiative by striking first. Young friend Chu Feng has done it beautifully," said Grandmaster Liangqiu.
"But… when did he have the time to set up that grand formation?" Liangqiu Chengfeng remained confused. He knew that such a grand formation was not something that one could set up at will. It was something that one needed to spend a lot of time setting up.
"I understand now. It's no wonder he was talking the entire time earlier. So he was actually stalling. Even when he released his spirit power earlier, it was also done to stall for time. That brat managed to keep even us in the dark," Grandmaster Liangqiu came to a sudden realization.
He had managed to guess what had actually happened.
Although he could not be certain as to when exactly, he knew that Chu Feng had begun to set up the grand formation to seal Linghu Hongfei using his concealed spirit power a long time ago. When Chu Feng released an overwhelming amount of dazzling spirit power later on, he was merely doing that to divert the crowd's attention so as to prevent anyone from discovering the things he had done secretly.
As for chatting with Linghu Hongfei and Linghu Tiemian, he also did so deliberately to stall for time, so that he could finish setting up that grand formation.
"That child is truly courageous and insightful. He actually dared to play such a trick before all these experts. Furthermore, he actually managed to successfully deceive all of us."
"Compared to his father Chu Xuanyuan, this kid seems to be more cunning. That said, this Queen Mother is quite fond of his nature," Queen Mother Fox Immortal showered praises upon Chu Feng.
"Let us ignore the fact that he's courageous and insightful for now, and instead shift our attention to the fact that the battle stages have only been established for a very short period of time. Yet, in such a short period of time, he managed to set up such a powerful spirit formation. That child's attainments in terms of world spirit techniques has already surpassed us."
"As expected of someone that I took a fancy to. He has truly not disappointed me," Grandmaster Long Xuan was also praising Chu Feng nonstop.
"That spirit formation is extremely remarkable in and of itself. It was likely taught to him by an expert. It's no wonder young friend Chu Feng is unwilling to become my disciple. It would appear that… he already has a master," said Grandmaster Liangqiu.
"Indeed. That spirit formation is truly powerful."
Liangqiu Chengfeng and the others also nodded repeatedly after hearing Grandmaster Liangqiu's words. They suddenly realized that there was likely an expert teaching Chu Feng already. Otherwise, how could he grasp such powerful spirit formations? After all, such a spirit formation was something that even they did not know.
As for the spirit formation that Chu Feng had set up against Linghu Hongfei, it was indeed something taught to him by an expert. As for that expert, his name was Grandmaster Kai Hong.
Grandmaster Kai Hong was a legend of the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, and once the most powerful expert there.
He was someone who had encountered countless opportunities and gained numerous inheritances in his life. Furthermore, he himself was rather talented too.
Thus, by relying on the inheritances and opportunities that he had obtained, Grandmaster Kai Hong trained for over twenty thousand years, and reached an age unattainable by the great majority of martial cultivators.
However, to Grandmaster Kai Hong, who had obtained countless opportunities in his lifetime, twenty thousand years of age was merely the beginning.
Because of the inheritances that he had obtained, he became very different from other martial cultivators.
Unfortunately, Grandmaster Kai Hong came across a person, a youngster. Grandmaster Kai Hong ended up being defeated by that youngster. With that one stumble, he was unable to rise again. In the end, he died in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm. However, before his death, he left behind everything he had obtained in his life as inheritances.
By chance, many years after Grandmaster Kai Hong had died, Chu Feng, Wang Qiang and Zhao Hong became Grandmaster Kai Hong's successors.
Furthermore, it should be mentioned that the youngster that had defeated Grandmaster Kai Hong back then was Chu Feng's grandfather, Chu Hanxian.
This could really be called 'being toyed with by fate'.
However, this was not the important aspect. What was important was that Grandmaster Kai Hong had obtained extraordinary inheritances. However, as his talent was limited, even though he had trained for over twenty thousand years, his strength was still rather weak, and he was unable to unleash the might of many of the spirit formations he had inherited.
In fact, even for Chu Feng, there were still a lot of spirit formations that he was unable to unleash.
One such example would be the Octoforms Lightning Sealing Formation. It was something that Chu Feng had obtained from Grandmaster Kai Hong's inheritance. However, had he not been using the power of the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak, Chu Feng would still not have been able to unleash the power of the spirit formation.
Perhaps it was fate.
Originally, Chu Feng was simply unable to control the power of the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak. However, during his return from the hidden path of certain death, he discovered that martial comprehension was not the only thing contained on the walls of the channel. It also contained methods for utilizing world spirit techniques.
Chu Feng had gained quite a lot of enlightenment from that place. Because of that, he was now able to utilize the power of the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak. Although the Nine Dragons Saint Cloak was truly unfathomable, and Chu Feng was only able to utilize a very meager amount of its power, the power that he had gained access to was enough to allow his battle power to increase from being on par with a rank one Exalted to being on par with a rank two Exalted.
This was why Chu Feng was confident enough to challenge Linghu Hongfei.
Although it was very risky, it would appear that he had succeeded.
"Brother Chu Feng, to secretly set up a spirit formation, that's a bit despicable, no?" Linghu Hongfei said. The expression of pain remained on his face. In fact, his complexion had even turned pale. Bean-sized beads of sweat were rolling down his face like rain. Even his clothes were completely drenched in sweat.
From this, one could see how enormous of a pressure Linghu Hongfei was under.
However, even with that being the case, there was still a trace of ridicule in his gaze as he looked to Chu Feng.
"Despicable?"
"Compared to your clan's Linghu Tiemian, I don't think what I've done is worthy of being called despicable at all, no?"
"Besides, how are you so certain that I set up my spirit formation secretly? Young master Linghu, one must speak with proof. Otherwise… it would be an act of framing," Chu Feng said with a smile.
"Brother Chu Feng is truly eloquent with words. I, Linghu Hongfei, am unable to win against you in an argument of words," Linghu Hongfei shook his head. Although he appeared to not have much of a reaction, anger was already burning in his heart. He was so furious that he felt that his heart, liver, spleen and lungs were all about to explode from rage.
He had truly never expected that Chu Feng would thwart his plan to publicly teach him a lesson. He had truly never expected to fall by Chu Feng's hands again.
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