In the great hall, as Fire Dance subdued Wanxiang, the members of the Senluo Pavilion who had been about to act all stopped in their tracks, staring fixedly at Fire Dance and her companions, their eyes filled with fury mingled with a trace of wariness.
"Vice Pavilion Master, what do we do now?" Bilin watched Fire Dance toy with the short sword, her delicate brows tightly knit, and couldn't help but whisper to Lei Yuan beside her.
She could no longer take the initiative.
The guild master was the symbol of the guild, and now he was in Fire Dance's grasp—his life entirely under her control. Even though every one of them present was a top-tier expert, and closing the distance of less than five or six yards to Fire Dance would take less than half a second, with Fire Dance's speed and strength, half a second was more than enough to kill Guild Master Wanxiang.
Lei Yuan was silent for a long moment, unsure of what to do.
Zero Wing's strength was far more terrifying than he had imagined.
Before the fight, if someone had told him that Fire Dance was a monster who had mastered the Domain, he would have been at most surprised. But after exchanging blows, it was no longer surprise—it was fear.
Through their brief exchange, he was now certain that Fire Dance's combat level was merely at the Insight Realm. However, this Insight Realm was somehow different—though he couldn't quite say how. In terms of technical skill, she could at most rival an expert of the Flowing Water Realm. Compared to someone like him, who was only a hair's breadth from mastering the Domain, the gap was like heaven and earth.
And yet, despite all that, Fire Dance had easily suppressed him head-on and instantly subdued Wanxiang, who was also a top-tier expert. Even if Wanxiang was only an ordinary top-tier expert, this was still far too shocking.
The ordinary experts present, and even those at the Insight Realm, probably didn't understand the significance of what this implied.
Top-tier experts were top-tier experts—they stood at the very peak of the entire Divine Realm. Even for a monster who had mastered the Domain, instantly taking down a top-tier expert was an extremely difficult feat. Yet Fire Dance had accomplished it with ease, as though it were nothing at all.
He simply couldn't imagine what kind of weapons and equipment could possibly allow an expert whose level was at most Flowing Water to now possess combat power surpassing ordinary monsters.
If it were only Fire Dance, that would be one thing. But Ke Le and the others present were clearly all at the Insight Realm level as well, and yet the combat power they displayed was on par with current top-tier experts. Even the top-tier guilds probably didn't have such capability.
After a brief silence, the captured Wanxiang went from surprise to gradually regaining his composure, his burning gaze fixing on Shi Feng.
"You think that by capturing me, you can make the Senluo Pavilion let you off the hook?" Wanxiang sneered coldly. "Don't be foolish. It's only one level lost and one piece of equipment—I can afford that. But when Zero Wing faces the wrath of our Senluo Pavilion, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."
He was genuinely shocked by the strength Shi Feng and the others had displayed. But personal strength was personal strength, and guild strength was guild strength. No matter how formidable Shi Feng and his people were, they couldn't close the massive gap between Zero Wing and the Senluo Pavilion.
"That's right, Guild Master Black Flame. You'd better think this through. If you really make a move, there'll be no turning back for either of our guilds." Bilin nodded, trying to persuade Shi Feng. "Our Senluo Pavilion's strength—I'm sure you know it well. The only ones who will suffer are Zero Wing."
As Bilin's words sank in, the once-terrified members of the Senluo Pavilion also regained their composure, faint smiles appearing on their faces.
They had all been shaken by the combat power displayed by Shi Feng, Fire Dance, and the others. But now, upon reflection, Shi Feng and his people were merely courting their own deaths.
Zero Wing was ultimately just a kingdom-level guild. Even with its previous impressive track record, it was incomparably inferior to their Senluo Pavilion and simply couldn't withstand its wrath.
As the guild master, Black Flame could not possibly be unaware of this truth.