As the young swordsman walked up to the stall, Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia both froze for a moment, never expecting anyone to still dare approach at a time like this.
This young swordsman was none other than Shi Feng, with his Black Flame disguise removed.
Both Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia were talented experts worth recruiting for Zero Wing—one an experienced swordsman, the other an alchemist. Since he had run into both of them now, lending a hand and earning some goodwill wouldn't hurt.
At Shi Feng's question, Liang Xia instinctively responded.
"Yes! There are still quite a few." Liang Xia looked at Shi Feng, then suddenly realized what was happening, and her gaze shifted to Duan E and the others nearby. She hesitated. "But…"
At this moment, Duan E's brow was deeply furrowed, his gaze icy cold. Though he said nothing, the atmosphere that had briefly relaxed grew tense and heavy once more. It was clear that Duan E was truly angry now.
Surrounding players, feeling the weight of Duan E's fury, involuntarily took several steps back.
"This guy must be crazy!"
"Is he really going to challenge the Sin Domain's authority?"
Everyone stared at Shi Feng, hearts in their throats, not doubting for a second that he was doomed.
"Kid, you've got some nerve. The Sin Domain is conducting business, and you dare interfere." Duan E looked at Shi Feng and said flatly, "Tired of living, are you?"
In the Rebud Kingdom, the Sin Domain was law. No one dared oppose them.
This was common knowledge—an unspoken rule of the Rebud Kingdom.
But now someone was openly challenging that rule—openly defying the Sin Domain's authority. It had been a long time since he'd encountered something like this.
He didn't mind reminding everyone of just how terrifying the Sin Domain could be!
As he spoke, several Tier Two experts around Duan E began closing in on Shi Feng, intending to cut off his escape routes.
This set Liang Xia worrying, standing off to the side.
She felt Shi Feng was being incredibly foolish!
Sure, this was a town with NPC guards, but it wasn't absolutely safe. If the Sin Domain people truly wanted to act, even her brother might not be able to hold them off.
Just as Liang Xia was thinking this, Qingfeng Xiao whispered to her: "When the fighting starts, I'll hold them off. You and that guy take the chance to run. As long as you make it to the NPC guards, the Sin Domain should give up."
"Brother, be careful! That Heavy Sword Duan E isn't ordinary." Liang Xia nodded, feeling this was really the only option.
Just when everyone expected Shi Feng to make some kind of move, he didn't do what they had all imagined—raising his guard or preparing to fight. Instead, he looked at Liang Xia as if nothing was happening at all.
"Good then, I'll take all the Basic Strengthening Potions. How much in total?" Shi Feng asked.
Liang Xia was speechless when she heard this.
In a situation like this, he wasn't even looking around at his surroundings, and he was still in the mood to ask about potions? If his escape routes were cut off, it would really be over. She was even starting to wonder whether Shi Feng actually intended to buy the Basic Strengthening Potions at all, or whether he was really trying to help them…
"You're asking for death!"
At that moment, one of the six Tier Two Sin Domain members surrounding Shi Feng—a Tier Two Assassin—was furious. He couldn't believe Shi Feng would dare ignore them to this extent. He immediately dashed forward with a swift step, planning to give Shi Feng a good scare and teach him what fear felt like.
As for actually attacking, he had no intention of doing so. After all, Duan E hadn't given the order yet, and acting rashly would draw NPC retaliation.
Just as the Tier Two Assassin used Shadow Step to materialize behind Shi Feng and was about to brand him with a Tracking Mark, a streak of cyan light flashed by.
The level 58 Tier Two Assassin standing behind Shi Feng felt his vision go black and crashed to the ground, dropping an item…
In that instant, it was as if the entire space had frozen. The whole area fell into dead silence.
It wasn't until several seconds had passed that everyone present snapped back to reality.
"What just happened?"
"What's going on? How did that Sin Domain Tier Two Assassin die?"
Though they had seen the Tier Two Assassin fall, no one could make sense of what had happened. The assassin had clearly charged at Shi Feng, yet the next second he was on the ground—thoroughly dead.