Duan Liushui involuntarily took a large step back, staring hard at Tong Hu and demanding answers in a loud voice.
The top experts of Zero Wing were no strangers to the vast majority of players in the Star Moon Kingdom, let alone the Tianzang Guild — they were well aware of just how powerful Zero Wing's internally cultivated experts had become.
Yet now he had encountered a Zero Wing member who could match him blow for blow even after his power-up, and he had absolutely no impression of this person's face. No matter how he thought about it, this was impossible.
The only explanation was that one of Zero Wing's top experts had used a disguise item — playing the pig to eat the tiger — aiming to deal a devastating blow to a Tianzang team like theirs.
But before Duan Liushui could hear Tong Hu's reply, the four who had been behind Tong Hu rushed to his side and launched their attacks simultaneously. Two Berserkers used their first-tier skills Cross Slash and Blazing Slash, the Guardian Knight unleashed first-tier skills Righteous Roar and Holy Light Slash, and the Shield Warrior raised his shield and used the first-tier skill Mountain Collapse.
The four surrounded Duan Liushui as if they were a single person. Their skills struck at his blind spots almost simultaneously, so fast it was like lightning — leaving absolutely no room for him to block.
"How is this possible?!"
Duan Liushui was stunned. Facing the four-person coordinated assault, he suddenly found himself unable to overpower them. A powerful deathly threat surged through him, and instinctively he used his first-tier forbidden technique — Hurricane. His battle blade spun, and a towering whirlwind erupted, a skill that unified both offense and defense.
Bang, bang, bang...
A string of collision sounds rang out. The four attackers were forced back two or three steps, but once they steadied themselves, they charged at Duan Liushui again in perfect unison, giving him no time to catch his breath.
The Guardian Knight and Shield Warrior blocked Duan Liushui's attacks head-on, while the two Berserkers struck at his blind spots from both flanks. Duan Liushui was forced to retreat step by step. Even though he fought desperately, his HP continued to drop.
"No way! The Guild Leader is actually..."
The members of the Tianzang Guild watched as Duan Liushui was pushed back, completely suppressed. The mocking expressions on their faces vanished in an instant, replaced by shock as they stared at the Zero Wing squad.
None of the people present were amateurs. They all knew just how powerful their Guild Leader was. Even if their own experts formed a squad to attack together, it wouldn't be enough for Duan Liushui — and not just because of a gap in base stats. It was far more about the gap in technique. Their Guild Leader could always easily find weak points and strike, and by the time they realized they should block or dodge, their bodies simply couldn't react fast enough. In contrast, all of their attacks could be blocked or dodged by him.
The end result was that they would be ground down and killed, while Duan Liushui would at most take a few HP losses from attacks he truly couldn't dodge or block. But even that happened rarely, because in team fights Duan Liushui would use positioning to minimize such situations.
But right now, no matter how Duan Liushui positioned himself, he simply couldn't fully evade the four-person pincer attack. His HP kept falling.
But that wasn't even the scariest part. What was truly terrifying was that no matter which of the four Duan Liushui tried to attack in order to break out, the result was always the same — his attacks were completely neutralized and blocked. He was like a fierce beast trapped in a cage, reduced to nothing more than a desperate last stand.
In truth, it wasn't just the Tianzang Guild members who were shocked. Duan Liushui himself, in the heat of the chaotic battle, was even more stunned.
It was one thing for Tong Hu to have appeared during their earlier exchange, but the four who had charged in afterward were every bit as skilled as Tong Hu. A single squad with five Paragon-level experts...
Paragon-level experts!
Even in a super guild, that would be a highly valued level of skill. In a first-rate guild, such experts would absolutely be among the very best.
And yet five of them had appeared at once. It honestly felt like a joke that Zero Wing was pulling.
If he hadn't been familiar with the fighting styles of Zero Wing's melee fighters — Ke Le, Sword Shadow, Banjiu, Ye Wumian, and the others — he would have suspected that the four surrounding him were Sword Shadow and the rest.