After a brief silence on the battlefield, the members of the Seven Sins, facing Shi Feng, were gripped by nothing but fear.
Even their star player, Blood-Handed Yama — a Shield Warrior — had been killed on the spot, and none of them could even tell how he had died...
In an instant, they scattered in every direction, no longer blocking the path for Shi Feng and his group.
"What quick reactions!"
"Blood-Handed Yama was taken out just like that?"
"How did Night Edge pull that off?"
The various major factions watching the battle were all shaken by this scene, especially the top-tier experts from each faction. As they watched Shi Feng in the video footage, their expressions grew considerably more solemn.
Blood-Handed Yama's speed had already been formidable, yet Shi Feng had managed to keep up despite being a hair slower — and not only that, but at the moment of blocking, he had unleashed nine sword shadows at Blood-Handed Yama. This left Blood-Handed Yama, who had been dead set on killing Shi Feng, no time to dodge or parry.
Not having time to block would have been bad enough.
But on top of that, Blood-Handed Yama had Steel Fortress active and still had two-thirds of his HP — yet he had been killed outright.
Steel Fortress reduced incoming damage by 40% and boosted max HP by 20%. Combined with the innate damage reduction of a Shield Warrior, with Blood-Handed Yama's remaining thirty thousand-odd HP, even a same-level Berserker landing a direct hit shouldn't have killed him in one blow. Yet Shi Feng had done exactly that.
This probably wasn't simply because the skills Shi Feng used were devastating — the bigger reason was that his own attack power was absolutely terrifying.
They couldn't help but wonder: if they were in that position, would they have been killed too?
What none of them knew was that Shi Feng's seemingly desperate move had actually been entirely calculated.
A second-tier Class provided a significant boost to a player's physical stats. And that was before accounting for the Legendary-grade item fragment Shi Feng possessed. Blood-Handed Yama's axe may have seemed blindingly fast, but he had been afflicted by the Abyssal Curse, which dragged all his stats down. Moreover, as a Shield Warrior who focused on Strength, he was no match for Shi Feng, who possessed the Strength and Speed of a Grand Lord of the same level.
On the battlefield, Shi Feng watched the scattering members of the Seven Sins and chose not to pursue them. Instead, he picked up a pair of plate leg guards that Blood-Handed Yama had dropped. Though the leg guards weren't Epic-grade, they were Dark Gold equipment at level forty-five — worth several hundred gold on the open market.
After pocketing the drop, Shi Feng immediately turned and charged toward Long Wu's position.
Although no one was blocking their path now, the pursuit from Long Wu and his group was no joke.
After a short engagement, their original team of nearly two hundred had dwindled to fewer than a hundred. Meanwhile, Nine Dragon Emperor's side still had over two hundred. The gap was only widening, and if they didn't stop a powerhouse like Long Wu, even if they escaped, the entire team would be all but ruined.
"You think you can just leave? Not so easy!" Nine Dragon Emperor, realizing the battle was lost, switched to coordinating with Long Wu to quickly cut down the retreating members of Phoenix Pavilion and Zero Wing.
Rather than bother with the rank-and-file, Long Wu and Nine Dragon Emperor locked directly onto Bai Qingxue and Zhao Yueru.
An instant later, a rain of arrows streaked toward Bai Qingxue, completely cutting off her retreat. As she struggled to deflect the volley, Long Wu vaulted to her flank, his Silver Snow blade sweeping down.
First-tier skill — Flame Cross Slash!
Just as the blazing flames were about to swallow Bai Qingxue, arcs of green lightning surged from nearby and intercepted Long Wu's Flame Cross Slash head-on.
"Night Edge?" Long Wu turned toward the source of the lightning arcs and abruptly halted his attack.