Seeing the Flame Core that Shi Feng produced, Ke Le and the others fell silent, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Guild Leader, this can't be real, right?"
Everyone had witnessed the terrifying power of the Flame Demon King. Within the entire team, only Ke Le had been able to hold out for any extended period — the rest could only stall for time by running for their lives.
Such a powerful boss. They had already assumed Shi Feng might be able to fight for a short while before being taken down — it was only a matter of time.
As for Shi Feng actually defeating the Flame Demon King? That was simply impossible.
Yet the Flame Core right before them was undeniable proof. On top of that, the mountain range that had been engulfed in a sea of fire earlier now didn't have a single spark left, and Shi Feng hadn't denied anything.
For a moment, they were all a little dazed.
Was something like this even possible?
"I did defeat the Flame Demon King, but it was the Flame Demon King in a weakened state," Shi Feng explained with a smile.
The group immediately understood upon hearing this and could more or less accept it. Otherwise, they would have seriously wondered whether Shi Feng had somehow discovered a bug in the Main God System — there would be no other way to explain how a single person could take down a Tier 4 Legendary boss.
"Oh right, Ke Le, how far are you from level 58?" Shi Feng turned to Ke Le and asked.
"Reach level 58?" Ke Le glanced at his experience bar and replied, "Because I died once just now, I still need 73% more to hit level 58."
"And what about you, Banxia Qingcheng?" Shi Feng turned his head toward Banxia Qingcheng, who was wearing an elegant light-blue mage robe. "How far are you from level 59 right now?"
"I'm at level 58 with 6%. It'll probably take a few more days to reach level 59," Banxia Qingcheng said.
"Guild Leader, what's going on?" Shuise Qiangwei looked at Shi Feng curiously, not understanding why he had suddenly started asking about the two of them leveling.
"Nothing major, but your current levels are a bit low. Once we head back, stop running dungeons and come level with me instead. Oh, and Ziyan, you should come along too," Shi Feng said after thinking for a moment.
He had finally obtained the Blazing Wind and Sin of Thunder and Fire sets, and it would be a waste to just let them sit idle. The level 70 requirement on the gear was quite high, but it wasn't without a solution.
Both Ke Le and Banxia Qingcheng had equipment that could reduce the required level, though only by five levels each. However, he also had Requirement Gems — socketing those into the gear could reduce the requirement by another five levels, bringing the total reduction to ten.
In other words, as long as the two of them reached level 60, they would be able to equip both sets. Combined with their skills, that would definitely give the team a significant boost in strength.
"We're low level?" Banxia Qingcheng looked at her own level in surprise.
Among the group, she already had the highest level. In the empire, she would easily rank first on the level leaderboard. Still, she felt quite pleased deep down.
She knew very well that leveling alongside Shi Feng meant explosive growth speed.
"Guild Leader, we've rested enough. Let's head back right away!" Ke Le exclaimed, unable to contain his eagerness.
The others looked on with a measure of envy, because leveling with Shi Feng not only meant rapid experience gains — it also accelerated the improvement of one's combat skills.