Inside the magic barrier formed by the Rock Guardians, the Beast Emperor's four remaining subordinates had fallen into complete despair and terror now that the Legendary Evil Demon had been slain.
They had already anticipated this outcome when they watched Shi Feng suppress the Legendary Evil Demon with his direct guards.
But actually seeing the Legendary Evil Demon collapse at Shi Feng's feet still made their entire bodies shudder.
A fourth-rank Legendary was still an almost insurmountable mountain for the current major factions. Even a super guild would likely need meticulous and lengthy preparation to have any chance of defeating a fourth-rank Legendary monster.
Yet Shi Feng had accomplished it with just himself and two direct guards.
If someone had told them this under normal circumstances, they would have laughed it off or offered a perfunctory chuckle. But this impossible feat had unfolded right before their eyes, leaving them no room for denial.
Now every one of them was filled with regret. They should never have come here.
They had originally thought that inspecting players entering the Ancient Divine Ruins would be an easy, even glorious job. After all, even superpowers had to bow their heads before them — talk about impressive! But now all that awaited them was death. Losing a level at their stage would mean three to five days just to catch up to the main group of expert players, and the most pathetic part was they would also lose a piece of equipment...
Before the four could even turn to flee, Kate had already appeared before them. A single precise sword strike for each, and all four were eliminated — Shi Feng didn't even need to lift a finger.
Meanwhile, Shi Feng immediately went to the Legendary Evil Demon's side, swept the three dropped items into his inventory, and began directing Anna and Kate to eliminate the remaining evil demons.
Without the threat of the Legendary Evil Demon, the level 70-plus evil demons were far easier for Anna and Kate to handle. Both could suppress the demons effortlessly, and Shi Feng no longer needed to use his burst skills — he only had to provide supplementary damage from the sidelines. If his health dropped, he simply activated the Life Domain of the Seven Luminaries Ring to heal.
In short order, Shi Feng led Anna and Kate carving through the hundreds of evil demons charging toward them, cutting down one after another. The spectators stood watching with their jaws on the floor.
Hundreds of evil demons, all above level 70, the lowest being Lord-rank!
Even an elite army of ten thousand would have found them a nightmare to deal with, yet the evil demons were being taken down one after another by Anna and Kate as easily as clearing out trash mobs...
"S-strong!"
"Shi Feng's two direct guards are incredible! They must be at least Gold-grade, right?"
"I've seen Gold-grade direct guards before, and I can tell you that Gold-grade guards are definitely not this strong. That female Summoner — I'd say she's Dark Gold-grade."
"A Dark Gold-grade direct guard... even super guilds probably don't have one. Is this the true depth of Zero Wing?"
"If only I had a direct guard like that. Leveling up, taking on dangerous monsters — it would be absolutely incredible."
"You're dreaming! Do you have any idea how much a Mythril-rank direct guard costs these days? You could offer two or three Epic-grade items and nobody would trade. And that's nothing compared to Gold-grade and Dark Gold-grade above it. If one ever appeared, super guilds would fight tooth and nail to claim it."
The crowd slowly recovered from their shock, each staring at Anna and Kate beside Shi Feng with burning eyes, an indescribable envy swelling in their hearts.
Shi Feng's burst combat power was indeed terrifying — even without burst skills, he could fight Grand Lord-level evil demons. That alone was something they wouldn't dare imagine. But compared to Shi Feng's fearsome strength, it was the combat power displayed by Anna and Kate that shocked them even more.
Especially Anna's strength.
Among the onlookers, there was no shortage of expert players, including many who commanded battles in team dungeons. So they had a very clear picture of what had led to the Legendary Evil Demon's defeat.
The first factor was that Shi Feng had used a fourth-rank magic scroll to cripple the Legendary Evil Demon, drastically reducing its combat power.