In that critical moment.

Apart from Zeng Jingtian's brief chatter, the family heads didn't waste any words and launched their strongest attack, intending to obliterate Li Feng directly.

Tian Wenxin wanted to intervene, but before she could get close, she was suppressed by Zeng Jingtian's word-following technique, unable to advance. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Lei Ba and his men, despite their experience and strength, couldn't break away as Zeng Jingtian didn't fight alone; he had seven or eight Golden Core allies for support. Along with the remaining Golden Core members from the eight families, Lei Ba and his companions found themselves each entangled by three or four opponents.

No matter how powerful they were, they couldn't break free in time.

They could only watch as Li Feng was besieged.

Even though Li Feng had hired them, his resources were too limited. In contrast, the Zeng Family not only instigated the eight families to besiege Li Feng, but also prepared reinforcements as a safety lock.

And this wasn't even all their backup.

"Come on!"

Li Feng shouted boldly. As the family heads launched their all-out attack again, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

The next instant, the Burning Technique erupted from Li Feng, his blood surging like magma, his body engulfed in flames, filling the entire pit in a moment.

Then, the attacks from the family heads rained down one after another.

The Hou Family's Mad Staff Technique drove away layers of fire waves, and an Iron Spear thrust forward, aiming once more at Li Feng's chest.

A shadow of a fist fell like a mountain, and a crescent-like sword energy swept through the sea of fire directly toward Li Feng.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

Successive powerful energy blasts expanded the pit where Li Feng stood to three times its size, with tumultuous forces surging like a tidal wave.

Within the pit, the fire seemed to scatter, countless flames flying everywhere, leaving behind a black, gaping crater, obscuring the outcome for those around.

"Is he dead?"

"Hmph, if he's still not dead, then Li Feng must be quite otherworldly."

Hou Liang snorted coldly.

The others nodded in agreement. After all, their family heads, all Golden Core Middle Stage powerhouses, had banded together to attack a young man who had just reached the Golden Core stage. Such a response was indeed exceptional.

"Looks like he's dead."

Bai Yi looked into the deep pit, sensing no sign of life.

In another box, Cao Shuang furrowed his brows: "Is he really dead?"

Zeng Jingtian's ruthless tactics and the Confucian Sect's methods were truly surprising. No one had expected Zeng Jingtian to reach the Confucian Heart Realm, able to command with a single word.

With this method, he instantly suppressed Li Feng. Then, the heads of five or six families attacked together, all of whom were Golden Core Middle Stage powerhouses. Li Feng, having just achieved the Golden Core, would be lucky to survive even one blow, despite his formidable Vermilion Bird Bloodline.

But at this moment, even if Cao Shuang wanted to intervene, he couldn't, as his people were unprepared.

Liu Qing stood up, looking out the window: "I have a feeling he's not dead."

"Oh?"

Cao Shuang turned to his brother-in-law: "You don't even know Li Feng, at most you've seen him once at Fengyun Tower, so why are you so sure he won't die?"

"I admit the Vermilion Bird Bloodline is extraordinary, but Li Feng hasn't truly mastered it. I don't know how he broke the bloodline limits to activate the Vermilion Bird Undying Body, but he clearly can't control it yet. No matter how gifted, he hasn't matured."

"There are many geniuses like him, but very few actually grow up to dominate."

Cao Shuang appeared indifferent to Li Feng's death. Despite a slight feeling of regret, it was negligible at best.

There are so many geniuses; in his years, Cao Shuang had seen and met countless. Even among the First Rank families or the Eight Royal Families, geniuses die every year in tragic circumstances.

Even geniuses with incredible backgrounds die, so Li Feng, with no backing, is no exception.

"Dead is dead, though it's a bit of a pity."

As Cao Shuang said this, he picked up a teacup to drink, but at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

From the nearly charred pit, a sudden cry of a Vermilion Bird echoed, and massive wings unfurled wide.

A moment later, a Vermilion Bird soared skyward from the pit, lighting up the Underground Palace City like a small sun.

"Hiss, is that the Vermilion Bird True Body?"

"Gulp, the Vermilion Bird True Body, could it be someone from the Sikong family?"

The onlookers were in shock, many of them not knowing what had happened, yet the sight of the Vermilion Bird True Body immediately made them think of the Sikong family.

"Vermilion Bird True Body?"

At this moment, in the Underground Palace City, a scion from the Sikong family's branch, though not from the main line, wasn't far removed; their patriarch still served as an Elder in the Sikong family with some influence.

"Sikong Yan, is this someone from your family, able to summon the Vermilion Bird True Body?"

Sikong Yan was equally bewildered: "I don't know either, but this guy looks unfamiliar." Looking at the person cloaked in the Vermilion Bird True Body in mid-air, he felt he'd never seen him before.

Though he didn't know every potential successor from the main line of the Sikong family, he was at least somewhat familiar with them.

Yet, this person seemed completely unfamiliar.

"Seems unfamiliar? Could he be from a side branch?"

"I wouldn't know, but regardless of his origin, anyone daring to besiege someone from the Sikong family is seeking death."

Sikong Yan didn't know who it was, but if they could summon the Vermilion Bird True Body, they were undoubtedly family. While he had just been a spectator, not understanding the situation, he could now no longer stand idly by.

"Brothers, follow me. Let's see who has such audacity."

As part of a First Rank household, the Sikong family had some confidence. Besides, even though the Underground Palace City was a lawless land, the ruling families' scions weren't included in that category.

"Vermilion Bird True Body."

Cao Shuang dropped the teacup, staring wide-eyed out the window: "Li Feng clearly isn't an illegitimate child of the Sikong family, the guy's practically a child of the Vermilion Bird."

"Again unbeaten, having just broken through and gained the Vermilion Bird Undying Body, now even acquiring the Vermilion Bird True Body's possession, can he be any more illustrious?"

"How could this be?"

In the upper box, Zheng Changge was dumbfounded. Vermilion Bird True Body, how was it possible; could Li Feng still rebound from this?

In the sky.

Enveloped in the Vermilion Bird True Body, a strand of Vermilion Bird Divine Sense entered Li Feng's mind.

However, having nearly died, the Vermilion Bird seemed displeased, feeling that having its bloodline and nearly perishing was a slap to its Holy Beast face.

"Kid, with my bloodline yet reaching this state, you really disgraced me, the Vermilion Bird."

"Hmph."

"A bunch of ants, dare defy heaven, overestimating their ability."