Chapter 155: There Is Hope
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In Qin Heng’s view, cultivators were meant to stand above others and should show compassion for the weak and protect them from injustice.
Otherwise, how were they any different from evil cultivators and demonic cultivators?
Chen Fei, on the other hand, was not as noble as Qin Heng. The only reason he chose to seize Long Yan’s magical treasure was because he didn’t want to tie his fate to someone else’s hands.
Of course, if he could save the people in front of him, he would act without hesitation. But if he couldn’t, he wouldn’t sacrifice himself in the name of chivalry like Qin Heng.
Chen Fei held the treasure in his hand and activated the light barrier, spreading it outward.
Everyone who saw this couldn’t help but look at him with grateful eyes. They knew that without Chen Fei’s intervention, Long Yan would never have allowed them to enjoy the protection of the treasure’s light barrier.
However, as the barrier expanded, its power weakened, which made many people anxious.
When the light barrier touched the swirling demonic energy, an intense collision erupted.
BOOM!
A thunderous sound echoed across the night sky of Yellow Mist City.
The light barrier was shattered by the demonic vortex almost instantly!
Those ordinary people who had just felt hope didn’t even have time to cheer before they were once again sucked into the vortex and reduced to ashes.
“How laughable!”
“Like ants shaking a tree!”
The evil cultivator floating above sneered at Chen Fei’s action, finding it ridiculous.
“We couldn’t do it…” Brother Min said with despair as the treasure’s glow faded.
“Who said that?” Chen Fei snorted coldly and activated the treasure again, causing it to light up once more and the barrier to spread out again.
“Huh?”
“What’s he trying to do?”
No one understood what Chen Fei was thinking. The earlier outcome had made it clear that their powers were on entirely different levels. What was the point of repeating it?
The ordinary people in the outer area, who had just felt hope, now felt it extinguished again. Even as the barrier came toward them once more, they showed little gratitude and instead pushed toward the center, trying to escape the incoming vortex.
Just when everyone thought Chen Fei was wasting his effort, something strange happened—the barrier, which should’ve shattered upon contact, didn’t.
The rumbling continued, but aside from trembling violently at first, the barrier actually stabilized and became stronger.
“What’s going on?”
“How is this possible?”
“How is he doing this?”
Everyone was stunned. They couldn’t understand how this once-fragile barrier had suddenly become so powerful, stopping the ferocious vortex dead in its tracks.
“We’re saved!”
“There’s hope!”
Many of the ordinary people, seeing the demonic energy held back by the barrier, burst into tears of joy and knelt in the direction of Chen Fei in gratitude.
“Brother Chen Fei!”
“How did you do it?”
“This is unbelievable!”
The crowd was shocked and overjoyed. If even the common folk were saved, wouldn’t they be as well?
Only the evil cultivator in the sky wore an expression of disbelief.
Such a powerful vortex of demonic energy shouldn’t have been stopped by even a peak-tier Soul Realm cultivator, let alone someone at half-step into that realm.
“How can this brat be so strange?”
The old evil cultivator frowned deeply. He hadn’t expected such a massive twist at this critical moment.
“Break for me!”
The evil cultivator unleashed his full power, activating the sacrificial formation in an attempt to shatter the barrier Chen Fei had created.
BOOM!
The demonic vortex roared like a massive beast trying to devour everything.
But the barrier didn’t budge. On the contrary, the stronger the vortex became, the stronger the barrier grew.
“How can this be?”
“This is impossible!”
The old evil cultivator attacked repeatedly but failed to break through. His disbelief grew alongside his frustration.
The sacrificial formation had been completed, and a vast amount of blood offerings had been bound. It was the final moment of reaping, and yet someone was stopping him?
“Ye Chenxing, kill that brat for me!”
Now that the barrier blocked him, the evil cultivator could no longer strike at Chen Fei directly. Even the vortex couldn’t penetrate it.
But Ye Chenxing didn’t move. He knew very well that if he wanted to take Chen Fei down, he’d have to go all in—sacrificing himself completely to his demonic blade.
Mutual destruction? For the sake of the man in the sky? He wasn’t willing.
Chen Fei, aware of the threat, spoke up immediately. “Ye Chenxing, if you don’t make a move now, I’ll give you a chance to walk away later.”
“Fine!”
“I don’t want to die here either!”
Ye Chenxing nodded in agreement, choosing to side with Chen Fei—for now.
Others might not understand how Chen Fei was doing this, but Ye Chenxing had a good guess. Just like when Chen Fei had dealt with the illusion beasts in the past, he seemed to possess a natural ability to suppress certain powers.
The sacrificial formation was undeniably powerful and terrifying, but it was still a form of raw energy—something Chen Fei could counter.
If Ye Chenxing revealed this to the old evil cultivator, the latter could stop the formation’s devouring and strike directly. At that point, no one—not even Chen Fei—could stand against him.
But the old man didn’t know. So, instead of stopping the sacrificial formation, he kept trying to use its power to break through.
In truth, it was when Chen Fei first let the barrier touch the demonic vortex that he discovered the key: the Void Sky Cauldron could absorb the energy through the barrier and transfer it into the treasure he held.
The more demonic energy it absorbed, the more rune seals on the treasure lit up—making the barrier stronger.
At this moment, although the treasure’s full power hadn’t yet been activated, nearly 80% of its strength had been awakened.
Now, the barrier’s might was equal to that of an eighth-tier Soul Realm spiritual master.
Such a powerful defense could naturally withstand the attacks of a sixth-tier cultivator. Even if the sacrificial formation was strong, it was only about as powerful as a seventh-tier cultivator—far from enough to shatter the barrier now.
The only thing Chen Fei feared was that the evil cultivator might realize the truth. If he stopped the formation, the treasure would lose its energy source, and its strength would drop sharply.
