Chapter 167 : Chapter 167
Chapter 167. Not Worth a Single Blow
Chu Feng remained as calm as ever, a faint smile spilling into his eyes as he looked at Shi Ritian as though he were some enormous joke.
The moment Jin Wuwei saw that, he burst into exaggerated laughter.
“Well? Did you really think your Dragon-Elephant Giant Spirit Clan was invincible? Who do you think you are? In front of our master, you’re simply not worth a single blow!” Jin Wuwei mocked him with absolutely no regard for his feelings.
When had Shi Ritian ever suffered such humiliation?
In an instant, spiritual power surged wildly around his body. His hands moved rapidly, twisting and forming seals as he unleashed the Dragon-Elephant Giant Spirit Clan’s clan-defining divine ability.
“You think too highly of yourself. Do you really think our Dragon-Elephant Giant Spirit Clan only has that one move? Then your knowledge is pitifully shallow!”
“Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Suppressing Seal.”
Shi Ritian might have been lacking in other areas, but his presence was always overwhelming.
It truly was all thunder and little rain.
At once, another wave of rumbling thunder rolled out, with lightning flashing across the sky.
In the blink of an eye, heaven and earth changed color. A massive Dragon-Elephant Phantom stepped out from the void, baring its fangs and claws. Its four legs were like mountains, carrying the might to suppress all directions.
In particular, when that Dragon-Elephant raised its head and roared toward the sky, the soundwaves solidified and came crashing toward Chu Feng like rolling black clouds.
That strike was enough to heavily wound a Fifth Level Self-Severing Realm cultivator.
And yet Chu Feng had only just broken through to the Third Level of the Self-Severing Realm.
But even as disaster loomed, Chu Feng’s expression remained tranquil. He did not even spare the Dragon-Elephant an extra glance.
Jin Wuwei, on the other hand, was frantic with worry.
“Master, we should retreat first. Shi Ritian has completely lost his mind. I believe in your strength, but he truly is at the Fifth Level of the Self-Severing Realm now. If we can’t beat him, then wouldn’t that...”
Jin Wuwei stood there with a deeply troubled face, terrified that Chu Feng might be injured.
And to be fair, Jin Wuwei was not wrong. The current Shi Ritian was indeed no longer what he had been before. His cultivation really had reached that level. One feared not the ten thousand certainties, but the single possibility.
Yet Chu Feng did not take this minor matter to heart at all. Instead, he took a great stride forward, slowly raised his left hand, and joined two fingers like a sword before lightly slicing through the void.
Hiss...
A very strange sound rang out.
A pitch-black crack appeared out of thin air. From within that crack, the Nine Netherworld Emperor Flame surged forth and transformed into a gigantic flaming divine sword.
All around them, the sound of people sucking in cold breaths could be heard.
That flaming divine sword was also considered an ancient divine weapon. Legend even held that it had long vanished completely along with the ancient true gods.
Yet no one had expected they would be fortunate enough to witness its true form today.
Even Shi Ritian could not help staring blankly at that sword.
As for Cailin and Jin Wuwei, the two of them were so excited they were nearly beside themselves.
“Golden Fur, my eyes aren’t playing tricks on me, are they? Is that the ancient divine weapon, the Flame-Blazing Divine Sword?” Cailin was dumbstruck, her gaze locked firmly onto the legendary divine sword before her.
After hearing Cailin’s words, Jin Wuwei nodded distractedly.
The main reason was that he himself was still in a state of utter shock.
Everyone knew perfectly well what kind of existence the Flame-Blazing Divine Sword was.
Only after quite a while did Jin Wuwei’s voice slowly ring out.
“Brother, why are you asking me? How would I know? I’m already dumbfounded just seeing this. This is an ancient divine weapon. Why would it appear in the hands of a human? Isn’t this just far too unbelievable? What kind of identity does Chu Feng actually have?” Jin Wuwei cried out while gasping for breath.
Just as Jin Wuwei had said, it was far too inconceivable.
An ancient divine weapon could fall into the God Realm, the Demon Realm, or the Devil Realm, but how could it possibly end up in the hands of a human?
And yet reality stood right before them. Whether they wanted to admit it or not, they had no choice.
Shi Ritian himself also found the situation utterly bizarre. Of course, what he felt even more strongly was tension.
Ancient divine weapons already possessed extraordinary power by nature, and this Flame-Blazing Divine Sword was one of the finest among all ancient divine weapons.
The Flame-Blazing Divine Sword was not merely sharp enough to slice through metal like mud. It could also annihilate every demon, ghost, and evil spirit across the Three Realms, and sever all things at their very root. Its force was simply unstoppable.
Even some demons, ghosts, and evil beings with slightly lower cultivation—whether from the Immortal Realm or the God Realm—would be exposed completely beneath the Flame-Blazing Divine Sword, then reduced to ashes and dispersed in both body and soul.
These were all sayings passed down from ancient inheritances, so after seeing the Flame-Blazing Divine Sword, Shi Ritian was terrified as well.
He even imagined that if Chu Feng’s sword came down, would he be erased entirely from the Ancient Royal Clans?
Sure enough, before Shi Ritian could react, he saw the Flame-Blazing Divine Sword rise into the air from behind Chu Feng and slash toward the Dragon-Elephant Phantom.
That sword strike contained no flourish at all, only pure destruction.
The blazing crimson light was so intense that no one could open their eyes. Even Shi Ritian, the one who had launched the attack, could not help instinctively turning his head away.
And the speed of the Flame-Blazing Divine Sword as it fell was not fast at all. On the contrary, it was extremely slow. Yet wherever the sword edge passed, the void collapsed and everything was annihilated.
Even anything touched by that radiance seemed forcibly pinned in place, utterly unable to move, frozen where it stood.
And Shi Ritian’s Dragon-Elephant Phantom, which he had claimed was capable of suppressing heaven and earth, was likewise locked in place at that moment, unable to move forward, backward, left, or right.
The Flame-Blazing Divine Sword slowly pressed closer, and with a single slash, the phantom was cut in two as easily as if it were made of paper.
Bang...
The Dragon-Elephant Giant Spirit Clan’s signature secret art, a technique that in ancient times dared claim first place with none daring to claim second, was now effortlessly broken by Chu Feng’s divine sword. It rapidly shattered into fragments in midair.
Each fragment flickered with a strange blue radiance, just like the dragon scales on Shi Ritian’s body, falling piece by piece to the ground.
At the same time, a terrifying explosion swept in all directions. Shi Ritian’s figure retreated explosively, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
But Chu Feng could not help revealing a faint smile, as though he had sensed something from it.
“The secret art of your Giant Spirit Clan... could it be condensed from your own bloodline?”
Who would have thought that Chu Feng had struck the truth with a single sentence?
After hearing those words, Shi Ritian felt a chill run through his entire body. Disbelief filled his face.
He looked at Chu Feng in horror, as though he were looking at a demonic god.
“How is that possible...? How can you be this powerful? How do you know the secret of my clan?” Shi Ritian suddenly became incomparably agitated, his voice rising several notes.
But the moment those words left his mouth, he realized he seemed to have said something he should not have. Yet words spoken were like water spilled.
Even Chu Feng had not expected Shi Ritian to be so impulsive, and he could not help laughing.
“Hahaha, so it really was just as I thought. In that case, now that I’ve damaged this Dragon-Elephant Phantom, doesn’t that mean I’ve injured the very foundation of your dragon body as well?”
Chu Feng still stood where he was, his robes fluttering lightly, as though what he had just done were no more than some trivial little matter.