Ye Ling stood behind Wang Die, easily catching Feng Li's punch.
The clash of their auras sent a violent force rippling outwards, blasting everyone else fighting around them away, interrupting their battles!
For a moment, everyone stared at the stage in shock, wanting to know what had happened.
When they saw Ye Ling catch Feng Li's punch with one hand, disbelief was etched on everyone's faces!
Who… was that?
"What?"
Feng Li was stunned that Ye Ling could catch his punch so easily. He tried to retract his fist, but no matter how hard he strained, Ye Ling's hand gripping his fist remained unmoving.
Such immense strength!
In an instant, Feng Li broke out in a cold sweat!
"This is impossible! China's Hongchen Xian is already trapped by the Shadow Hall. Where did you come from?" Feng Li roared, staring at Ye Ling, his eyes filled with endless fear.
Ye Ling's appearance had disrupted all his plans!
What terrified Feng Li even more was the sight of death in Ye Ling's eyes!
Ye Ling could kill him with ease!
Ye Ling chuckled lightly, "As you said, the Shadow Hall has trapped all the Hongchen Xian. But I am not Hongchen Xian."
Feng Li's pupils contracted. Before he could process Ye Ling's words, he felt a surge of immense power from Ye Ling's palm.
With a twist of his hand, Ye Ling twisted Feng Li's entire arm into a pretzel. Feng Li let out a piercing scream that echoed through the Wu Hou Sect.
The intense pain forced Feng Li to his knees!
Everyone stared at the stage in horror, gazing blankly at Ye Ling and Wang Die, their minds a complete blank.
What…
Had happened?
After all, Feng Li had crushed Zhuge Feng as soon as he appeared. In everyone's minds, Feng Li was now like a god!
But with Ye Ling's arrival, Feng Li was beaten like a dog!
If Feng Li was a god, then what was Ye Ling?
The crowd could not even begin to imagine!
Suddenly, an occultist who had participated in the Zhengyi Sect's Heavenly Master Ordination Ceremony recognized Ye Ling and exclaimed in shock, "I know him! He is Ye Ling! The only person in this era to ascend the Immortal Ranking! He is Hongchen Xian!!!"
As one occultist cried out, it stirred up a tidal wave of shock among the crowd. More and more people recalled the scene in Longdao Mountain!
Was this the Ye Ling who had shone so brightly in Longdao Mountain?
At that moment, the faces of the occultists who had responded to Yun Gong and made trouble for the Wu Hou Sect turned extremely grim. They held their weapons, unsure whether to advance or retreat.
The reasons they dared to attack the Wu Hou Sect were, on one hand, the extremely generous rewards provided by Yun Gong, and on the other hand, the overwhelming strength displayed by Feng Li, who had easily defeated Zhuge Feng.
At that time, the Wu Hou Sect was leaderless, like a flock of disorganized crows. By attacking them, they could easily take advantage of the situation and fish in troubled waters.
But now, with Ye Ling's appearance and his easy defeat of Feng Li, their plans were completely thrown into disarray.
If Feng Li was defeated, they would be scattered and vulnerable. After the Wu Hou Sect and the Dragon Department recovered, they would have no place to stand in China.
What were they to do?
As those occultists were in turmoil, and the righteous occultists led by the Zhengyi Sect gained morale, Feng Li's body underwent another drastic change!
*Screech!*
Feng Li directly tore off the arm that Ye Ling had grabbed and pulled away from Ye Ling.
Then, the skin on Feng Li's body rapidly peeled away, exposing his scarlet muscles. Subsequently, a large amount of bone armor attached itself to those muscles, doubling his size!
Feng Li's aura began to surge at an incredible speed, breaking through to Hongchen Xian and continuing to climb!
*Rumble!*
Dark clouds gathered above the Wu Hou Sect, filled with roaring thunder. The surrounding air pressure dropped to an extreme low, making it difficult for everyone to breathe.
"Wh-what is that?"
The occultists of the Wu Hou Sect stared at the demonized Feng Li with endless fear in their eyes.
The current Feng Li had completely transformed into a monster!
Feng Li's eyes glowed red, and his severed arm regrew, wreathed in black energy.
"I didn't want to use this, but you forced me!"
Feng Li roared, his voice like a muffled thunderclap, exploding in the ears of the occultists!
For a moment, many occultists with lower cultivation bases began to bleed from their orifices, unable to even stand steady, as they couldn't withstand Feng Li's voice, which contained violent spiritual energy.
Deafening thunder roared in the sky!
Zhuge Bai, lying on the stage, saw Feng Li's terrifying appearance and trembled with fear, "Wh-what kind of monster is that?"
Zhuge Bai, his face filled with terror, suddenly felt a spiritual energy restraining him.
Before he could react, he was pulled behind Wang Die.
Wang Die glanced at Zhuge Bai and sneered, "You are Zhuge Feng's grandson and the future successor of the Wu Hou Sect. Why are you so scared? Have you no backbone?"
Zhuge Bai looked at Wang Die's calm demeanor, his face filled with confusion, and asked tremblingly, "Aren't you scared at all?"
"What's there to be afraid of?" Wang Die smiled. "With the Emperor covering us, even ten more Feng Lis wouldn't be enough."
"Em-Emperor?"
Zhuge Bai blinked, staring blankly at Ye Ling.
He naturally recognized Ye Ling. Ye Ling had been following Wang Die when he had clashed with Wang Die two days ago.
But he had thought Ye Ling was just Wang Die's follower and hadn't paid him much attention.
However, looking at it now, Ye Ling was actually a peerless expert who could crush Feng Li?
The thought sent a tremor through Zhuge Bai, filling him with lingering fear.
If he had been a little more arrogant two days ago, and shown even the slightest disrespect to Ye Ling, would their Wu Hou Sect's ashes have been scattered by Ye Ling?
After being shocked by Ye Ling's strength, Zhuge Bai became puzzled again and asked Wang Die, "Why are you helping us?"
In fact, Zhuge Bai's surprise at Wang Die helping his Zhuge family was even greater than his astonishment at Ye Ling's displayed strength!
The rules of their Zhuge family had led to Wang Die's parents' deaths. Wang Die had smashed their Zhuge family's ancestral shrine. The two sides were already in an irreconcilable conflict.
Under such circumstances, Wang Die was still willing to help save his Zhuge family?
At this moment, Zhuge Bai's mind was in utter chaos; he couldn't understand Wang Die's actions at all.
Wang Die chuckled lightly, "When did I say I was helping you? I'm just afraid that you useless people can't protect the dragon脉."
"You!!!"
Hearing Wang Die's words, Zhuge Bai's anger flared up again, and he glared fiercely at Wang Die.
However, under the current circumstances, Zhuge Bai couldn't bring himself to reprimand Wang Die.
Regardless of what Wang Die said, the fact remained that they had saved the Wu Hou Sect!
Ye Ling looked at Wang Die lying, and sighed softly.
She clearly wanted to protect the Wu Hou Sect but had to pretend like this…
Why bother?
Ye Ling did not expose Wang Die and shifted his gaze to the demonized Feng Li.
The strength Feng Li had displayed earlier was not as obvious.
But now, after demonizing, seeing the black energy swirling around Feng Li, Ye Ling understood…
This Feng Li… had been enhanced by an extraterrestrial force.