On the battlefield, Shi Feng activated two major skills from the Ring of Gospel at the cost of consuming magic crystals, boosting his side's attributes while debuffing the enemy. This immediately gave the Shura Raid members far more breathing room. Against Hecate's melee forces that charged forward, the Shura Raid's ranged attacks easily repelled the shield-bearing tanks who tried to advance in formation.
With just one volley, Hecate's tanks were thrown into disarray. A second wave instantly took down twenty to thirty tanks, leaving Hecate's melee forces completely unable to close the distance with the Shura Raid.
"Haha, the Raid Leader's move is incredible! Now they can't even get close for melee!"
The Shura Raid members, who had been on the verge of despair, once again felt a glimmer of hope for breaking out.
Facing ranged attacks, they could at least dodge and block. But if the enemy got into melee range, things would become dire — and if they got pinned down, it was essentially a death sentence.
Thanks to the effects of World Projection and the Ring of Brilliance, the Shura Raid's advance speed had increased considerably. Aside from second-rank class attacks that were difficult to withstand, they could hold off first-rank class attacks without their formation being broken.
And Shi Feng, who was carving the path forward, was like a specter made manifest.
He had only covered three-quarters of the distance, yet no fewer than four hundred players had fallen beneath his swords — and even more had been cut down by his area-of-effect skills.
On top of that, a third-rank demon kept disrupting Hecate's formation, leaving them utterly powerless to stop Shi Feng's advance. They could only watch helplessly as he pressed onward.
"Dao Shou, take the Vulture Squad up there — we absolutely cannot let them escape!" Cold Wind Cooking Fire said through gritted teeth as he watched the unstoppable Shi Feng.
The key to this battle hinged on Shi Feng's existence. If he hadn't been able to tear a gap through their encirclement, the Shura Raid members wouldn't have been able to move forward an inch.
Moreover, the number of Hecate members killed by Shi Feng was staggering — every place he passed was littered with their corpses. If they couldn't take down this Raid Leader, their losses would be catastrophic.
"Understood!" Dao Shou, who had been hiding near the Shura Raid, responded through team chat, then led six assassins in a swift flanking maneuver toward Shi Feng.
The Vulture Squad was a unit Hecate had specifically trained to ambush key figures from major guilds. They had never failed, even against top-tier guild leaders.
When the Vulture Squad was within thirty yards of Shi Feng, each member pulled a magic scroll from their inventory. At twenty-five yards, they activated Shadow Step in unison, instantly materializing around Shi Feng.
"Seal!" The six members of the Vulture Squad moved with blinding speed, unfurling their magic scrolls simultaneously.
But Shi Feng reacted just as quickly. Understanding what they intended, he whipped both swords into a furious flurry.
Trail of the Sword!
Streams of starlight slammed into all six of them.
But the Vulture Squad made no attempt to block. Instead, they activated Gale Step, using its brief window of invincibility to tank through Shi Feng's sword technique.
In that instant, a magic circle formed beneath Shi Feng's feet. Terrifying gravity bore down on his body, followed by a series of chains that bound him tight. His attributes plummeted by sixty percent, his movement and attack speed dropped by sixty percent, and he was completely cut off from the outside world — no offensive magic, no healing magic, nothing could reach him inside the circle.
"Die!" Dao Shou suddenly materialized behind Shi Feng, unleashing every burst skill he had. The twin daggers in his hands slashed directly at Shi Feng.
At the same time, the surrounding Vulture Squad members triggered their own burst skills, hitting Shi Feng simultaneously with the first-rank ultimate attack skill, Shadow Kill.
With Shi Feng's attributes and speed drastically reduced, at such close range, and with the attack coming so suddenly, there was no time to defend. All the attacks struck Shi Feng at once.
"Raid Leader!" Yan Ya watched Shi Feng get hit inside the magic circle, her expression filled with anxiety and worry.
With a second-rank assassin and six first-rank assassins unleashing everything they had, even Shi Feng at full power with Heavenly Dragon's Force might not have been able to withstand it.
"He's finally dead!" Cold Wind Cooking Fire let out a long sigh of relief as he watched Shi Feng get hit.
Once Shi Feng fell, the rest of the Shura Raid would be nothing more than fish on a chopping block. Taking down Shi Feng — the Raid Leader of the Shura Raid — at least made the sacrifice of so many Hecate members worth it.
Though Cold Wind Cooking Fire had relaxed, the seven members inside the magic circle — Dao Shou and the others — were staring at Shi Feng with grim, tense expressions.