The swamp hippos were each the size of a small car. More than twenty of them charged forward, like over a dozen cars barreling toward Shi Feng at full speed. The ground began to tremble, the momentum overwhelming and awe-inspiring.
Jimo Ruxue, watching quietly from a distance, had a tense expression, her hands gripping the Mythril Rank battle axe tightly.
What exactly was Captain Shi Feng planning to do?
These were over twenty level 15 swamp hippos—not only did they have thick, tough hides with a whopping 2,000 hit points, but the sheer force they exerted on the earth as they moved was enough to make their power obvious. If one of them slammed into a person, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Yet Shi Feng remained remarkably calm, quietly waiting as the swamp hippos drew closer and closer.
15 yards…
10 yards…
5 yards…
Right as they were about to reach him, Shi Feng finally moved. The pitch-black Abyssal was raised high, radiating a cold, eerie glint. Arcs of blue-green lightning crackled to life along the blade with a sharp snapping sound, and he swung it violently at the oncoming swarm of swamp hippos.
Wind-Lightning Flash!
Three arcs of lightning shot forward one after another, streaking toward the charging swamp hippos. When these massive beasts saw the arm-thick arcs of electricity, their instincts screamed at them to skid to a halt and dodge. But the hippos behind crashed into the ones in front, one piling into another, and none of them could avoid the attack.
Every last one took all three hits dead on.
The arcs swept through, and a chorus of pig-like squeals erupted across the swamp, accompanied by the acrid stench of scorched flesh scattered in every direction.
Damage numbers erupted above the heads of over twenty swamp hippos in a dizzying cascade. Each one suffered a terrifying -356, -481, -648. A few critical hits popped for over a thousand damage. Their health bars dropped straight to zero — dead on the spot.
The dozen or so swamp hippos still alive were left charred black from head to toe. Their health bars had plunged into the danger zone, turning a deep crimson, and a status debuff had appeared beside each one — Wounded, increasing all damage taken by 20% for 20 seconds.
In an instant, the surviving swamp hippos panicked, scrambling in every direction to flee.
Shi Feng gave them no chance. He launched himself into the air, soaring above the cluster of hippos. The silver moonlight radiating a pale blue halo carried the fury of thunder and flame as Blazing Thunderstorm crashed down into the center of the swarm. Thunder and fire erupted, swallowing every last hippo.
With the Wounded debuff stacking on top of everything, this time the damage exceeded nine hundred per hit — an instant kill on every single one of the remaining swamp hippos.
Over twenty enormous hippo corpses slammed into the ground, shaking the earth beneath them. It was as if more than twenty cars had plummeted from the sky and smashed into the ground. The shockwave rippled outward, snapping branches off the surrounding trees and scattering leaves into the air.
Jimo Ruxue, watching from a distance, was completely stunned.
Whether from a visual standpoint or in terms of physical sensation, the impact was overwhelming.
To deal over a thousand damage per hit against level 15 swamp hippos — and finish them off in just two strikes. How powerful exactly was this attack?
Against ordinary players, wouldn't that mean one strike per kill?
He even began to wonder whether he and Shi Feng were playing the same Divine Realm. The gap between them couldn't be described as merely a few tiers apart — it was literally the difference between heaven and earth. It was fundamentally a difference in the very level of existence.
"Jimo, pick up the loot. I'm going to help Hei Zi." Shi Feng gave the order, then turned and chased after the Steel-Hide Hippo.
Jimo Ruxue nodded mechanically, his expression still somewhat vacant, thinking what he had witnessed earlier was a hallucination. But after rubbing his eyes, he found that the row of fallen swamp hippos was still there, with numerous items and money scattered across the damp ground.
He realized that none of this was a dream — it was real.
Then he checked the system notifications and his experience bar, and once again, Jimo Ruxue was stunned.