The Black Fiend Great Stone Ape was slammed into the hard rock wall and lay motionless, leaving everyone stunned for a moment.
"That power is insane!" Mu Qingcheng stared at the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape, her mind reeling with disbelief.
She had already tested the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape's strength before — it was definitely above an ordinary Grand Lord's, close enough to the High Grand Lord threshold that her vine attacks had been torn apart so easily.
Yet this overwhelmingly powerful Black Fiend Great Stone Ape had just been sent flying by a single sword strike from Shi Feng. That level of power was simply terrifying.
Shi Feng's intervention also gave the Purple Shadow Adventure Team's healers a moment to breathe. They quickly put distance between themselves and the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape, ensuring they wouldn't be caught off guard and one-shot if they couldn't react in time.
"Main tank, pull the boss! Guardian Knights, activate Protection Blessing and hold those Black Fiend Stone Apes in place first!" Shenqiu Mingdong ordered the moment he saw the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape blocked.
Through their initial skirmish, he had already realized that the monsters here fought at an extraordinarily high level, and the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape's combat skill far surpassed the other Black Fiend Stone Apes. In all likelihood, only the main tank could reliably hold aggro on it — any other MT who tried would just be throwing their life away.
"ROAR!"
Shenqiu Mingdong had barely finished giving his orders when the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape let out a furious roar. Its eyes turned an intense, glowing red, and its body swelled up another size — it had clearly entered some kind of berserk state and was charging straight at Shi Feng.
"Not good! Gulong, pop your burst skill and buy us some time!" Shenqiu Mingdong's face darkened as he urgently called out to the nearest Level 67 Tier 2 Berserker.
"Leave it to me!" The Berserker, named Desert Lone Dragon, nodded and was about to activate his burst skill, ready to go head-to-head with the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape.
"No need. It's too early to use burst skills here. Leave it to me." Shi Feng stopped him.
With a single step forward, Shi Feng materialized in front of the enraged Black Fiend Great Stone Ape in the blink of an eye. Standing before the ape — a massive creature over five meters tall — Shi Feng looked like a child. The Black Fiend Great Stone Ape swung its fists wildly, and the savage wind pressure from its blows was clearly felt even from thirty yards away.
In a single instant, six fist shadows hammered toward Shi Feng, descending like an enormous mountain from the heavens — impossible to dodge.
The Purple Shadow Adventure Team's experts felt their expressions shift dramatically.
From the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape's attack alone, it was operating at least at the mid-Fifth Floor level of the Trial Tower — otherwise its strikes wouldn't be so precise and lethal.
A creature with stats exceeding an ordinary Grand Lord, combined with combat skill rivaling a top-tier player — how were they supposed to fight that?
But just as everyone was reeling from the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape's battle prowess, they watched as its fist shadows passed clean through Shi Feng. He hadn't been blasted away like they'd expected — it was as though every punch had struck empty air, not a single one connecting.
By the time the fist shadows faded, no one had noticed when Shi Feng had already positioned himself behind the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape. Holy Sword Shirai swept through the air in a sharp arc.
Shing!
A streak of cyan lightning flashed. The Black Fiend Great Stone Ape let out a wretched scream as a damage number of over seventy thousand popped above its head. A clearly visible gash now marred its steel-like hide.
After that single strike, the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape grew even more furious, hammering wildly at Shi Feng behind it. But no matter how it attacked, Shi Feng seemed to exist in an entirely different space — every blow missed. Meanwhile, more and more sword marks appeared across the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape's body, not only draining its health but also accumulating injuries to the point that its reaction speed began to slow.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Mu Qingcheng stared blankly at Shi Feng, who was single-handedly suppressing the Black Fiend Great Stone Ape, completely dumbstruck — she even forgot to assist her teammates.
It wasn't just Mu Qingcheng. Even the main tank, who had been preparing to move in and support Shi Feng, stood frozen in disbelief.