Chapter 516: Breakthrough! Potential Perfected!

“Finally, I’ve found you.”

In the Cultivation Chamber, a gray-haired figure suddenly appeared. The soft voice fell on Lu Chao’s ears like a pebble tossed into a calm lake, shattering the dead silence.

His pupils shrank and the hairs on his body stood on end. Lu Chao stared fixedly at the gray-haired woman before him. He wondered how she had appeared without him noticing. As the thought flashed through his mind, his muscles tensed in extreme vigilance. Looking over, he saw her standing by the window, looking him up and down.

“Heh.” Suddenly, she chuckled softly, casually walking toward a chair to the side. The dignified Beast King Ghost Element of the Transcendence Level was being held in her arms. Even though all its fur bristled and its beastly eyes were wide open, it showed not the slightest intention of resisting. In fact, when their eyes met, Lu Chao even felt a trace of shock and fear from its ruby-like vertical pupils.

“You caused quite a stir in Red Maple.” The gray-haired woman sat on the chair, meeting his gaze as she spoke to herself, “To be fully wanted by the Rebel, tsk tsk… It seems you really pissed off that guy from the Rebel back then.”

Hearing her words, Lu Chao’s heart chilled. He wondered if his concealed identity as Celestial Hunter had been seen through.

“What do you mean?” he feigned ignorance, deliberately putting on a frowning and confused expression, though the wariness in his eyes was undisguised.

Seeing this, the other party raised an eyebrow. “How truly vigilant.” She shook her head with a smile, then stared at Lu Chao and said, “Let me introduce myself. My name is Grey Feather.”

As her words fell, Lu Chao’s expression froze, and streams of memories flashed through his mind.

[Grey Feather].

It was the only ID on the friend list of Celestial Hunter’s Dark Web account. From the past to the present, this person had sent him multiple messages, appearing right after he logged into the Dark Web every single time. And right at this moment, the actual person had come knocking on his door?

“What business do you have with me?” Lu Chao secretly gathered his strength, continuing to pretend he didn’t know her. Although he didn’t sense any killing intent or malice, he was still somewhat on guard.

The atmosphere fell silent for a brief moment. She stroked the fur of Ghost Element in her arms with gentle movements, causing its beastly ears to twitch slightly.

“You put on a pretty good act.” Unexpectedly, Grey Feather shook her head, her expression still certain. “Tell me, should I call you Inspector Chen…” She suddenly stood up with a half-smile, “…or should I call you Celestial Hunter?”

HUM!

The air in the room instantly turned dead silent. Lu Chao stared at her for a few seconds, and his intuitive perception surfaced once again.

[Carbon-based Human]

[Life Energy: 460]

[Consumption Effect: High-level superpower factors are awakened in the body. Devouring their flesh and blood essence has a one-in-ten-thousand chance to strengthen one’s own cellular genes…]

With over four hundred points of Life Energy, she was undoubtedly an absolute peak powerhouse of the Non-human Level. He took a deep breath, ultimately restraining the urge to make a move.

“When did you find out?” Lu Chao asked in a deep voice, no longer denying it.

His deliberately furrowed brows gradually relaxed. Since she was clearly certain that he was Celestial Hunter, continuing to play dumb was meaningless.

“Heh.” Grey Feather’s dark gray pupils glinted as she smiled faintly. “After all, I have met the real him, so naturally, I can recognize him.

“Moreover.”

HUM!

She suddenly vanished, and by the time she reappeared, she was only a foot away from him. The invisible pressure made Lu Chao’s pupils shrink, and an intense sense of crisis surged in his heart.

Subconsciously, BOOM!!

Titan’s Power erupted instantly. The brown Qi Flame surged up like a tornado, and Frenzy State was activated at the same time. Lu Chao threw a punch at her, leaving no leeway.

CRACK CRACK CRACK.

The floor beneath his feet groaned under the overwhelming weight, and spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly in all directions with his feet at the center.

However, HUM!!

The air solidified, and Lu Chao was suddenly nailed in place. His punching fist hung in mid-air, and the swirling brown Qi Flame covered his arm, looking like liquid amber.

He was actually pinned down by an invisible Force Field in just a brief instant, all his movements stiffly frozen. It was as if the entire world had been confined; even the cracks on the ground stopped expanding, and the floating debris paused in mid-air.

“Ten Thousand Jins Return Flow…”

Grey Feather became the only existence that could still move. Her seemingly twenty-eight or twenty-nine-year-old face was fair, her oval face adorned with light makeup. Her neat gray hair draped over her shoulders, giving her a heroic and valiant aura.

She paced slowly around Lu Chao, looking up and down at his frozen punching posture. Seeing the vitality of his muscles, she seemed to comment, “From your appearance until now, it has been less than a year.

“To be able to cultivate the Ten Thousand Jins Return Flow to the 2nd Floor, the Locking Power realm, your talent is indeed not weak.”

As she spoke, Lu Chao’s eyes darted around, trying his best to stare at her. He clearly felt that his heart was still beating and his blood was still flowing. It was just that the invisible pressure around him was like solidified water, confining him. Meanwhile, the voices of the Superpower Bureau People conversing outside the window drifted into his ears. It was obvious that no one in the outside world knew of his predicament, and no one could help him.

“The peak of the Exploration Level. No… you should be close to breaking through to the Transcendence Level. Your true age shouldn’t be too old.

“Furthermore, to actually be able to force back that member of the Clare People across a level gap… hmm…”

Her footsteps halted. Grey Feather had walked a full circle around him and ultimately returned to her original position. Meeting his gaze, she said, “Junior Brother.

“You truly possess Excellence.”

HUM!!

As her words fell, the confinement dissipated. Lu Chao suddenly found that he could move again.

“Junior Brother?” he asked, somewhat stunned, subconsciously halting his punching stance. All the aftershocks had been deflected by the Force Field, dissipating without a trace.

In his line of sight, Grey Feather nodded, speaking in a relaxed and casual manner. “That’s right.

“Before Teacher left Earth Star, he instructed me for a period of time.

“Therefore…”