The death of the Tier 4 Legendary NPC Diluo caused the dark, evil energy shrouding the entire Ancient Divine Ruins to dissipate, and sunlight once again bathed the land.
Instantly, quite a few players among Zero Wing's ranks leveled up. The experience gained far exceeded what normal Legendary monsters would provide.
After Diluo died, he didn't drop a massive pile of items like other Legendary monsters. Only two items fell from his body. As the evil energy rapidly receded from Diluo, his entire form began to gradually turn to ash and scatter.
"He's dead?"
"A Tier 4 Legendary NPC was killed just like that?"
The people inside the Ancient Divine Ruins stared in disbelief at the motionless figure lying on the ground, completely devoid of life, the evil energy wreathing his body continuously bleeding outward—he was clearly dead.
But still, they couldn't quite bring themselves to believe it.
They had been playing Divine Realm for so long, and Tier 4 Legendary NPCs had always been the guardians of major NPC cities. The power of these Tier 4 Legendary NPCs was deeply ingrained in everyone's minds—they were beings you absolutely could not defy.
And now one had just been killed like this...
This completely overturned everything they had previously believed.
"How is this possible? He's a Tier 4 Great Dark Archmage!" The Beast Emperor stared at Diluo's corpse within the massive water sphere, his expression utterly dark.
To persuade Diluo to act, he had spent every last Evil God Temple contribution point he possessed.
Beyond simply wanting to destroy Zero Wing, he had also hoped to use Diluo to intimidate the various superpowers, letting them know that the Beastman Empire was his territory.
On the battlefield, besides the members of the various powers and adventure teams who were shocked by this, Zero Wing's members were also frozen in place, their eyes locked on Diluo's fallen body.
"Did we succeed?" Shuise Qiangwei stared at the dead Diluo, still unable to fully believe it.
"Don't worry, he's dead. A Tier 4 Legendary NPC is powerful, but not invincible. Everyone, keep killing the evil demons and beasts—the battle isn't over yet." Shi Feng smiled and issued rapid instructions. "Jian Ying, take control of the Holy Demon Dragon now."
Tier 4 Legendary NPCs were indeed formidable, but not unbeatable. As players' levels and strength continued to grow—let alone a Tier 4 Legendary NPC like Diluo who had been capped at Level 80 due to the expansion—even the Level 200 Tier 4 NPCs in major NPC cities had been taken down before.
It was just that current players were still too weak. The strongest among them had only reached Tier 2 Classes, which was why they felt such opponents were invincible.
"Yes!" Jian Ying snapped back to his senses and nodded.
Once Jian Ying took over control, Shi Feng immediately activated his Gale Domain, transforming into a dark shadow and charging straight toward where Diluo lay.
Legendary NPCs like Diluo rarely dropped items, which was precisely why players had little interest in targeting NPCs. Not only did NPCs counter players, but killing them hardly yielded any drops. Under normal circumstances, no one would take on such an unrewarding task unless absolutely necessary.
As for Legendary NPCs in NPC cities, there was even less reason to bother—they hardly dropped anything at all, and these Legendary NPCs controlled the magical arrays within the cities, possessing even greater combat power. Even if you managed to kill one, you'd be hunted by both the Kingdom and the Empire.
No sane player would go out of their way to provoke the Legendary NPCs in NPC cities.
But when an NPC did drop items, they were always top-tier.
Although the battlefield was swarming with evil demons and beasts who wouldn't fight over the drops, leaving them lying around wasn't ideal either. If some reckless player grabbed them, getting them back would be a real hassle. Better to secure the loot first.
Within the magic array formed by the Knights of Light, two more Legendary evil beasts remained, but they were firmly suppressed by the Holy Demon Dragon and Anna, allowing Shi Feng to reach Diluo's side with ease. He collected the two dropped items directly into his backpack and turned to leave.
This made the eyes of the various superpowers and adventure teams watching from afar burn with envy.
The drops from a Tier 4 Legendary NPC!
Even without knowing what the items were, a Tier 4 Legendary NPC of such tremendous power had to have dropped something extraordinary.
But envy was all they could muster. On the battlefield, the Holy Demon Dragon and the Level 80 Knights of Light and Envoys of Darkness summoned by Anna were all extraordinarily powerful. Charging in would only add to the body count.