The flame dragon at the center of the plaza let out a series of roars, its overwhelming pressure plunging the entire area into silence.
This wasn't merely due to the
"So convenient to bunch up? You mean to say we're weaker than you?" Rain Cloud glanced at the Fire Spirit in the center of the plaza, then turned her gaze toward
The moment Rain Cloud finished speaking, humanoid monsters wreathed in dark fog surged forward from behind her, lunging straight at the Fire Spirit.
These Black Fog Men were nothing like ordinary monsters — they moved almost like NPCs, not charging in a disordered mob but forming into a proper attack formation and advancing in an orderly manner to launch a coordinated assault on the colossal Fire Spirit.
At the vanguard stood eight Level 75 Superior Great Lord–rank Black Fog Men. The dark mist emanating from their bodies condensed into shields and spears, as though they were hunting a great beast in a pack. Behind them, every group of ten Great Lord–rank Black Fog Men shaped their fog into longbows, standing in neat rows and preparing to concentrate their fire on the Fire Spirit.
A thick killing intent blanketed the entire plaza. Players standing nearby felt an indescribable chill creep through their bodies.
Everyone watching was stunned by this display. Even the senior members of the Starlight Alliance who were present stared in open-mouthed astonishment.
"Incredible intelligence!" Yan Xiao, the captain of the War Rider Tribe, muttered to himself, startled by the sight of the Black Fog Men operating like a disciplined army.
They hadn't known the full details of the Sin Domain's trump card — it had only been mentioned in passing during a meeting. None of them had expected it to be this powerful.
In the Divine Realm, the reason players could defeat hordes of powerful monsters owed a great deal to formation tactics. The difference in combat power between having a formation and lacking one was enormous — and that was precisely why, during monster sieges, the monsters were ultimately cleared out even when they outnumbered the players.
These hundred-plus Black Fog Men were all at least Level 70 Great Lord–rank. If they coordinated in an orderly fashion, forget a single Level 80 third-tier Primordial species — they could handle even a Level 80 Legendary monster without breaking a sweat.
"Good! Let the Black Fog Men pin down the fire dragon. Everyone else, surround and kill Black Flame — don't let him escape!"
Tian Jing watched the Black Fog Men closing in on the Fire Spirit and understood clearly that Shi Feng's final card — the Fire Spirit — was no longer a threat. The composed, unhurried menace Shi Feng had displayed before had evaporated. All that remained was to cut Shi Feng down and declare the Starlight Alliance's victory before everyone.
After Tian Jing gave the order, everyone present except him surged into action. Axe Shadow and Battle Shadow activated their burst modes and led over a dozen Great Lord–rank monster players in a rapid encirclement of Shi Feng.
More than a dozen attackers closed in from every direction at once. The weakest among them had combat proficiency reaching the latter half of the sixth floor of the
"Disappear!" Tian Jing had finished chanting his second-tier Forbidden Spell and was ready to unleash the magic.
But just then, Tian Jing noticed something. On the plaza, Shi Feng faced the sudden assault of over a dozen monster players with an expression that hadn't changed in the slightest — as if these Great Lord–rank monster players simply didn't exist, or as if Shi Feng had deliberately chosen to ignore them.
Facing such an overwhelming threat, even a genuine third-tier Class expert would surely have felt their hair stand on end.
An illusion?
Tian Jing couldn't help but feel a flicker of doubt.
And then, just as Axe Shadow, Battle Shadow, and the others appeared less than ten yards from Shi Feng — with over a dozen attacks about to land on his body — just as everyone expected Shi Feng to be instantly killed — he moved.
He hadn't even launched an attack, yet the aura around him suddenly exploded upward. In the next instant, Shi Feng drew the Holy Sword Thunder Slash with impossible speed and carved out a streak of azure light.
Thunder Slash!
In a heartbeat, the bolt of lightning pierced through the bodies of Axe Shadow, Battle Shadow, and the rest.
Then their health bars began draining at a terrifying rate. In a single strike, Axe Shadow collapsed to the ground, while the remaining dozen-plus Great Lord–rank monster players were sent flying more than thirty yards backward, having lost over a quarter of their HP.
The sudden reversal left everyone frozen in shock.
Every one of those Great Lord–rank monster players had been handpicked experts, and Axe Shadow in particular was a consummate master of the Perfection stage. Yet their combined assault had been shattered in a single blow — Axe Shadow killed instantly — while Shi Feng himself hadn't taken a scratch, hadn't even moved from his spot…
"Die!"