The members of the Ghost Shadow legion breathed a collective sigh of relief upon hearing Ghost Shadow's words.
Facing Shi Feng, they truly had no courage left to fight.
A man who could go toe-to-toe with High Grand Lord-tier Evil Demons in direct combat — killing them would be child's play. They had worked painstakingly to reach their current levels, and if they were taken out, climbing back up would be no easy task.
Once Ghost Shadow gave the order, the Ghost Shadow legion members and the Evil Demons began retreating immediately, not daring to linger any longer in this death zone.
"Leaving already? As if it would be that easy!" Shi Feng watched the fleeing Evil Demons and Ghost Shadow legion members turn and sprint away. He raised the Abyssal skyward and drew a single arc, unleashing the Sword of Celestial Cycle.
In an instant, golden holy swords rained down from the sky. Within the area covered by the holy swords, Ghost Shadow legion assassins were instantly obliterated. Not only were three Grand Lord-tier Evil Demons that had tried to escape trapped, but over a dozen Lord-tier Evil Demons were caught as well.
Anna and Kate, Shi Feng's two direct guards, along with Shi Feng's clone, immediately charged toward the Grand Lord-tier Evil Demons.
The birth of an Evil Demon was no easy matter — especially ones that had reached Grand Lord-tier. Every single one was a prized asset to its Evil God player. For that reason, Shi Feng prioritized taking down the most powerful ones first.
As for Shi Feng's main body, he went straight for the fleeing players.
Within the Suppression Domain, all enemy movement speeds were drastically reduced. On top of that, Shi Feng's stats were absurdly high, making it effortless for him to catch up to the fleeing players. These assassin players could neither use skills nor items, so he didn't even have to exert himself — one sword stroke per kill.
Moreover, Shi Feng had already activated the Eye of Omniscience, giving him perfect awareness of everything within a hundred-yard radius — ideal for hunting through dense forest.
Shi Feng turned into a black shadow, and wherever he passed, pillars of white light rose as players dissolved and screams of agony rang out. The nightmarish sight made the fleeing survivors turn pale, their whole bodies trembling, as though the figure before them was no player at all but a death god reaping lives and listening to the wails of the damned.
The guarding players watching from afar felt chills crawl through their very cores.
A single person, facing a massive horde of Evil Demons and hundreds of assassins above level forty — after only moments of fighting, he had already forced them to flee for their lives.
"He's too strong! Who on earth is he?"
"Is this what a truly great player looks like?"
…
Watching hundreds of Ghost Shadow legion members being hunted down left everyone deeply shaken.
They felt as though they were glimpsing an entirely new world.
Every player in the Ghost Shadow legion was an assassin above level forty, decked out in excellent weapons and gear that made every player present envious. In the eyes of ordinary players, they were absolute top-tier experts — yet now, facing just a single man, all these hundreds of elites could think about was running for their lives…
"Don't push your luck, Black Flame! Do you really think we're afraid of you?!" Ghost Shadow, watching his subordinates being slaughtered from afar, could not help but roar toward Shi Feng.
The men he had brought this time were all elites of the Ghost Shadow legion, every one of them cultivated with enormous amounts of resources. Watching them get picked off one by one made his heart bleed. He wanted nothing more than to charge in and kill Shi Feng himself.
But he knew he was no match right now, so all he could do was order the retreating Lord-tier Evil Demons to swarm Shi Feng in a frenzied assault, buying time for the others to escape.
"Push my luck?" Shi Feng let out a cold laugh. "You came to Stone Forest Town of your own accord to ambush people on the road — did you really think you'd make it out alive?"
His words echoed through the entire forest, the frigid killing intent making the fleeing Ghost Shadow legion members shudder.