As the advanced defensive magic array erected by Blackwater began to crumble and disperse, the members of various major factions observing through magical water mirrors deep within Stone Forest Town were struck speechless with horror.
Baphomet was already incomparably powerful.
Yet even when Baphomet had attacked with its full strength, the defensive magic array conjured by the Blackwater Guild had only shown cracks along its outermost layer. But the newly summoned War Angel had destroyed the entire defensive magic array with a single strike.
If that kind of power were turned against a guild city, the mere thought of it was enough to send chills down one's spine.
It was entirely possible that a single blow could obliterate a city's defensive magic array.
"Just how many secrets has Zero Wing been hiding?" Deep in the forest, Yixiao Duzang stared fixedly at the shattered defensive magic array, his heart flooded with indescribable shock.
The power to destroy a city's defensive magic array — that was something countless guilds currently yearned to possess.
After all, a city's defensive magic array was the key to capturing one.
Previously, when Shi Feng had destroyed the defensive magic array of Ancient Rock City, he could chalk it up to Shi Feng being lucky enough to obtain some treasure capable of breaching a defensive array. But such items were inherently limited in uses — once spent, they were gone.
But now an NPC's direct guard had summoned a War Angel that could accomplish the same feat through a magic skill — the implications were worlds apart. After all, skills simply needed to finish their cooldown before they could be used again, meaning Zero Wing could theoretically deploy this power indefinitely.
"The War Angel really is formidable," Shi Feng remarked, clicking his tongue slightly as he observed the destroyed advanced defensive magic array.
Even he was somewhat surprised that the attack had been able to directly destroy an advanced defensive magic array.
Though only he knew that destroying a player-constructed advanced defensive magic array and destroying a city's defensive magic array were two entirely different concepts. Player-constructed defensive arrays had the advantage of convenience — they could be deployed at any time — but their weaknesses were equally obvious. First, there was the issue of mana consumption. Second, the players maintaining the array could not be taken out, or the array would collapse and dissipate within moments.
The War Angel's full-powered strike had indeed pierced through the defensive magic array, but it could not have completely destroyed the array on its own. It would merely have consumed a significant amount of the players' mana. The reason the array had collapsed was entirely because that single strike had killed the player who was maintaining it. Against a city's defensive magic array, such a thing would never happen — it would simply consume some energy and that would be the end of it.
Meanwhile, on the hillside, with Blackwater's defensive magic array no longer protecting them, they had absolutely no means of resisting the high-ranking demon Baphomet. Against Baphomet's flaming greatsword, a single sweep cut down over a hundred players, their Undying Souls reduced to ash by the soul fire.
In just a handful of attacks, Blackwater had already lost over a thousand members.
The sight made Huo Yun's heart bleed. Of the twenty thousand who had come this time, more than six thousand were elites the guild had painstakingly cultivated over a long period. Being killed in battle was one thing, but having their Undying Souls damaged meant they would be unable to log into the Divine Realm for at least several days — a far more devastating loss.
With no other option, Huo Yun could only do what Heaven's Burial had done and order everyone to scatter and flee. After all, there was only a single Baphomet. With over ten thousand people scattering in all directions, even at Baphomet's terrifying speed, the number of players it could eliminate would be quite limited.
"You think running is that easy?" Shi Feng said, immediately raising his hand.
Hundreds of small ballistae fired their bolts simultaneously, and the sight of the incoming volley left the Blackwater members — who had already wandered into the ballistae's range — feeling their scalps go numb.
An overwhelming rain of arrows descended, each bolt carrying the power of a peak Tier 2 strike.
A chain of explosive impacts turned the entire hillside into a barren wasteland, scorched earth stretching in every direction.
One wave of attacks alone, even though the Blackwater members had reacted quickly, instantly eliminated over two thousand of them — a remarkably devastating result.
Watching wave after wave of arrow rain fall, Huo Yun — in the midst of his desperate retreat — cast a gaze toward the distant Shi Feng that was cold enough to freeze.
This defeat was catastrophic. Faced with the relentless barrage from hundreds of small ballistae and Baphomet's pursuit, even if Blackwater managed to escape, the number of survivors would likely be less than half.
And so, both Heaven's Burial and Blackwater fled toward the seal's entrance, with Shi Feng leading the Zero Wing forces in pursuit. Wherever they passed, not a single blade of grass survived — scorched earth and corpses littered the landscape. The sheer devastation left the spectators watching through magical water mirrors in Stone Forest Town completely dumbfounded.
Two major guilds, their combined membership numbering in the hundreds of thousands, were being hunted down by Zero Wing — and the pursuit covered more than half the map.
Ruthless!
Absolutely ruthless!
That was their only assessment of Zero Wing. In ordinary guild wars, even after a victory, pursuing the enemy for ten or so minutes was considered sufficient to press the advantage. But Zero Wing? They had chased for over half an hour, driving their enemies all the way to the seal's entrance.
They had slain every single one of the legendary evil beasts, and not a single evil demon above the Lord rank had been spared. Zero Wing, meanwhile, had suffered zero casualties.
If outsiders were told this, they would most likely say it was a joke — tall tales spun without even bothering to draft them first.
But this miracle battle had unfolded right before their very eyes.
At the entrance to the seal within the Stone Claw Mountains, three Baphomets stood blocking the path, utterly denying passage to anyone who tried to leave. Any player or evil demon that drew near was either killed outright or sent flying — none could make it through.