"Damn little mouse, suffer endless agony in hellfire." The Evil Spirit Knight's eyes flickered with ghostly flames that could pierce through all things. Upon catching sight of the scroll in Shi Feng's hand, his expression twisted into a distinctly human look of contempt.
A Tier 2 magic scroll held tremendous power, but it wouldn't be enough to seriously wound him. Besides, how many second-tier magic scrolls could Shi Feng possibly have?
If any other players could hear the Evil Spirit Knight's thoughts, they would swear he wasn't an NPC but an actual player. Yet after the evolution of the Divine Realm, the intelligence of high-level monsters had grown to precisely this level.
The pale blue flames blazing across the Evil Spirit Knight's entire body vanished in an instant, concentrating onto the Great Bone Sword. The flames surged tenfold.
"All living things must die!" the Evil Spirit Knight bellowed.
His furious roar echoed across the entire Central Plaza. The Evil Spirit Knight hurled the Great Bone Sword from his hands.
The instant the sword left his grip, it transformed into an enormous pale blue flame serpent over ten meters tall, coiled upon itself like a small building, its jaws gaping wide as it lunged toward Shi Feng.
The ferocious flame serpent drew closer and closer.
Yet Shi Feng was still in the process of activating the final Tier 2 magic scroll in his hands.
This scroll was different from the others — activating it required a bit of time.
"Hurry, faster!"
"Faster!"
The flame serpent was closing in rapidly, and Shi Feng was growing anxious, but the activation bar still crept forward at its agonizing pace.
Just as the flame serpent was about to open its maw and swallow Shi Feng whole, the activation bar filled completely.
System: A weapon of Black Iron Rank or above must be sacrificed. Proceed with sacrifice?
Without a moment's hesitation, Shi Feng confirmed the sacrifice. The item offered was the Blood Edge in his hand — it was already on the verge of breaking down, so there was no point holding onto it.
In the blink of an eye, the Blood Edge in Shi Feng's hand erupted with golden radiance, illuminating the entire Central Plaza. At the same moment, a massive golden magic array materialized around Shi Feng as its center, rapidly ascending into the sky.
The flame serpent, bathed in the golden light, let out a pained wail.
Then the Blood Edge transformed into a streak of brilliance that shot into midair, instantly splitting into over a thousand golden holy swords that rained down like a deluge, forming a sacred domain within a thirty-yard radius around Shi Feng.
The flame serpent, caught within the domain, was suppressed by dozens of holy swords and left completely immobilized, letting out an unwilling hiss.
"Made it just in time." Shi Feng let out a breath of relief as he surveyed the holy swords surrounding him, blanketing the entire fountain pool. He immediately began collecting the Ice Blue Demonic Flame.
This golden magic scroll was Shi Feng's strongest Tier 2 life-saving scroll — the Holy Light Sealing Sword.
It could block all attacks within a thirty-yard radius and suppress every enemy within that range, rendering them motionless. However, the user also could not attack any enemies, and no enemies or attacks beyond thirty yards could penetrate the holy sword domain. It lasted for thirty-six seconds.
Because of this, the Holy Light Sealing Sword was hailed as the most powerful defensive scroll among all Tier 2 magic scrolls.
Shi Feng needed roughly five seconds to collect the Ice Blue Demonic Flame, plus another thirty seconds to read the Return Scroll — the timing was almost perfect.
Outside, the Evil Spirit Knight suddenly flew into a towering rage. He drew a Great Bone Executioner Axe and, resembling the very embodiment of death, hammered blow after blow against the Holy Light Sealing Sword's domain — but to no avail.
The Holy Light Sealing Sword was renowned as the strongest Tier 2 defensive skill. Even an ordinary Tier 3 technique would struggle to break through it, let alone the attacks of a Level 15 Leader.
Before long, Shi Feng had successfully collected the blazing Tier 2 Strange Fire — the Ice Blue Demonic Flame. His heart soared with excitement he could barely contain, but he quickly suppressed his elation, activated Sword Control Return to Heaven, and began reading the Return Scroll.
"Damn filthy rat! I'll make you wish you were never born — you'll never find peace in death!" Upon seeing Shi Feng collect the Ice Blue Demonic Flame, the Evil Spirit Knight erupted into a frenzy. The pale blue flames across his body flared several times over as he swung the Great Bone Executioner Axe at the ground with everything he had.