Deep within the dense forest, the members of Sky Burial scattered and fled under Yi Xiao Du Zang's orders. This way, even if Zero Wing gave chase, it would take considerable time to hunt them down, while also allowing more people to escape. After all, Zero Wing's members could only move within their mobile defensive magic formation — the only ones truly giving chase were the three Baphomets.
"Hm? Why are Black Water's people here?" Wuxia, who was hiding in the forest while evading pursuit, looked in surprise toward Huo Yun and the others who were scouting from a small hill in the distance. "Have they gone mad? Coming here now!"
She had already clearly notified Black Water not to come and to fall back directly to the sealed entrance for a rally. Only by gathering their combined forces would they have any chance of fighting Zero Wing.
"Foolish! Utterly foolish! How could Black Water have such idiots!" Yi Xiao Du Zang cursed as he watched Huo Yun and the others surveying the battlefield from the hillside.
He had gained a deep understanding of Zero Wing's true strength.
He had originally been counting on combining the demon army guarding the entrance with Black Water to take on Zero Wing in one decisive battle.
But those Black Water fools had ignored their warnings and rushed straight to the battlefield. If they were devastated by Zero Wing again, he would lose his last chance entirely.
Just as Yi Xiao Du Zang was about to contact Huo Yun and demand an explanation, he watched in horror as the two Baphomets that had been slaughtering everything in sight suddenly charged toward Huo Yun's hill. Despair washed over him completely.
But before the two Baphomets could reach Black Water's ranks, a Legendary-grade demon dragon descended from the sky. The terrifying pressure made Yi Xiao Du Zang's entire body shudder from far away. Then Black Water's members formed another defensive magic formation, frantically drawing in dense mana from the surroundings. Layer by layer, translucent barriers materialized — three consecutive shields in total. The defensive magic formation was clearly of considerable rank.
"Guild Master, it seems Black Water is actually taking Zero Wing seriously this time — willing to put both of these trump cards on the line. I heard these two magic formations were the final rewards Black Water obtained from completing an epic-grade main quest at great cost in manpower and resources." Wuxia studied the two formations within Black Water's ranks, a note of surprise in her voice. "The demon dragon summon can call forth a Tier 4 demon dragon comparable to a Primordial species, and the defensive magic formation is an advanced-grade barrier that can easily withstand Tier 4 attacks. With these, we might actually have a chance to fight Zero Wing."
Several high-ranking members of Sky Burial let out a collective sigh of relief upon hearing Wuxia's assessment.
Yi Xiao Du Zang's eyes also lit up with renewed hope.
If they had a Legendary monster of Primordial species level, then combined with the two Evil Blood Earth Dragons still alive, they could hold Zero Wing at bay. All they needed to do was stall until the demon army guarding the entrance arrived, and suppressing three Baphomets wouldn't be impossible.
Moreover, with an advanced defensive magic formation in place, the Baphomets wouldn't be able to do anything to them in the short term, while they could rely on eight catapults to attack Zero Wing's defensive magic formation. With the power of eight catapults, Zero Wing wouldn't last long.
Yi Xiao Du Zang was mentally reorganizing his counterattack when he watched one Baphomet deliver an airborne sword strike that smashed the level 75 demon dragon into the ground, carving out a massive meteorite crater. At the same time, the other Baphomet shattered the defensive magic formation with a single slash. In that instant, the entire world fell silent.
"How is this possible?!"
At that moment, forget about Yi Xiao Du Zang and the others being stunned — Huo Yun and his men looked as though their eyes were about to bulge out of their heads.
A Legendary demon dragon of Primordial species caliber had been beaten into the ground that easily.
It was a Primordial species, after all!
To current players, that should have been an invincible existence. That alone was shocking enough, but for the advanced defensive magic formation to crack open — it almost felt like the system had handed them a fake barrier and was playing some cruel joke…
What Huo Yun and the others didn't know was that Greater Demons possessed noble bloodlines. They were the emperors among demons, their very plane of existence already above Primordial species. Only the Dragon race and the ancient fierce beasts could suppress them, to say nothing of the fact that the Baphomets had been further strengthened by the Dark Bible. In terms of raw power, they far outstripped the demon dragon. Overpowering it in a head-on clash was the most natural thing in the world.
As for the advanced defensive magic formation — it might hold up fine against ordinary Tier 4 attacks, but the enhanced Baphomets, after unleashing a Tier 4 forbidden technique, wielded power comparable to Tier 5. That exceeded the threshold the advanced formation could endure.
"It didn't break? Impressive defensive formation." Shi Feng watched the advanced magic formation begin to repair itself and couldn't help but feel mildly surprised. He hadn't expected Black Water to obtain such a high-grade defensive barrier.
But compared to Shi Feng's mild surprise, Huo Yun and the others were utterly dumbfounded.
The formation cracking was one thing, but the fact that a single Baphomet strike had drained one-third of the mana from every member maintaining the formation…
A defensive magic formation assembled by players was nothing like one generated by mechanical devices. It consumed the players' own mana. If even a single player's mana hit zero, the entire formation would collapse. And mana recovery could only come from mana recovery potions, which had notoriously long cooldowns and restored only a small amount.