Purple Night Plaza, Dark Night City.
As the magic barrier that had shrouded half the plaza cracked apart and dissipated, the entire Purple Night Plaza fell into absolute silence. Every single person stood frozen, staring at Shi Feng — the one who had shattered the barrier.
"So powerful!"
"Didn't it only make the barrier tremble before? How did he destroy it just like that?"
Whether it was the spectators outside or the members of the two great guilds inside the magic formation, everyone looked at Shi Feng in disbelief. The Stargazer Ring experts stationed outside were particularly dumbfounded, their eyes nearly bulging out of their heads.
None of them could fathom what had just happened.
The Spatial Illusion Barrier — a formation that required the sacrifice of two hundred and eighty-eight players to create — had been smashed to pieces.
The Spatial Illusion Barrier was a special magical artifact that Stargazer Ring had discovered while exploring ancient ruins. To gather the required number of components for the magic formation, they had launched frantic expeditions into every major ruin they could find. Over five thousand Elite and expert guild members had perished in the process before they finally managed to assemble all the pieces needed to activate the formation.
Once deployed, not even a fourth-order Legendary monster could break free from it — it would be forced to remain trapped for a full eight hours. Even if players died inside, they would simply respawn within the barrier rather than in the outside world.
And yet Shi Feng had cleaved it apart with a single sword strike…
While everyone stood there in shock, Shi Feng sheathed the Holy Sword Thunder Slayer in his hand and turned to look at Unfalling War Heart and the others.
"The magic formation is dealt with. Let's hurry into the Sea Forest." Shi Feng pointed toward the central teleportation array at the heart of Purple Night Plaza and spoke in a calm, even tone. "Not much time has passed yet. We should be able to catch up to Stargazer Ring."
Unfalling War Heart and Mu Lingsha, along with the rest, were only just snapping out of their astonishment at Shi Feng's words. They cast grateful glances his way — without Shi Feng destroying the magic formation, they wouldn't have stood a chance of competing against Stargazer Ring. Unfalling War Heart quickly produced the key to the Sea Forest and prepared to activate the teleportation portal, while Mu Lingsha organized the pre-selected experts to enter.
Not far away, Huanyu of the Crimson Emperor guild stared intently at Shi Feng, her eyes filled with an indescribable shock.
"Force fusion?" Huanyu replayed the image of Shi Feng's earlier swing in her mind, a hint of amusement creeping onto her lips. "It seems this Black Flame hides far deeper than anyone imagined. No wonder even the Heavenly Secret Pavilion speaks so highly of him — they even bestowed upon him the title of Sword King."
The War Angel's power alone, at the fourth order, still fell slightly short of breaking the magic formation. But Shi Feng had merged the explosive force of his own strike with the War Angel's power. This wasn't something a player could pull off simply by wielding a weapon — the timing and positioning required were extraordinarily precise. It wasn't something just anyone could accomplish.
In fact, this was something that even Domain-realm powerhouses might not be able to pull off. Yet Shi Feng had done it with ease…
His own furious, overwhelming force combined with the War Angel's power — the two fused as one. Although they couldn't achieve a perfect one-hundred-percent stacking effect, the merger still amplified the War Angel's strength considerably, pushing it past the critical threshold the magic barrier could endure.
That was why the barrier had crumbled so completely in a single blow.
"Vice Commander, the magic formation is gone. We should get inside quickly too," said the tall Berserker standing nearby.
"Right! Open the portal. We're going in." Huanyu nodded and promptly ordered her people to enter the Sea Forest without delay.
As flashes of white light flickered one after another, members of both Unfalling War Soul and Crimson Emperor filed through the teleportation portal and vanished from the beautiful, expansive Purple Night Plaza.
At the same time that the two guilds were entering the Sea Forest, the Stargazer Ring personnel stationed at Purple Night Plaza hurriedly relayed the news to Lu Xingluo and Chenhui, who were deep within the Sea Forest.
"What did you say? Unfalling War Soul broke through the Spatial Illusion Barrier's lockdown?" Chenhui heard his subordinate's sudden report and flatly denied it. "That's impossible! That barrier was indestructible even by fourth-order Legendary monsters! I know exactly how strong Unfalling War Soul is — there's absolutely no way they could have shattered the Spatial Illusion Barrier."