The sword light on the battlefield dissipated, leaving behind a crater in the ground that made everyone suck in a sharp breath.
"That actually worked?!"
The crowd stared, wide-eyed and stunned, at the countless spells and arrows that had been completely annihilated.
So many spells and arrows, among them no shortage of attacks with third-tier power — even a hundred-man elite squad would likely be wiped out under such a barrage. Yet Shi Feng had blocked them all on his own.
"Black Flame's methods are insane — he actually blocked all of that!" Immortal Battle Heart, watching from the spectator seats, couldn't help but marvel.
An offensive style used purely as defense — it was something he had never even conceived of.
He never imagined there could be such a fighting style in the Divine Realm. While they sometimes did something similar in one-on-one clashes, when facing thousands of attacks, their thinking defaulted to the same approach as in old virtual games — defense and evasion were the only options that came to mind.
Just as the crowd was marveling at this, Lu Xingluo, who was commanding the army, wore a look of disdain.
"Using AoE skills to block is quite clever, but how many times can you keep doing it?" Lu Xingluo looked toward Shi Feng and sneered.
AoE skills were extremely rare in the Divine Realm, and most of them were in the hands of magic-class players. How many times could Shi Feng use them?
Meanwhile, the Star Ring army's attacks could keep coming, wave after wave.
After hearing Lu Xingluo's words, everyone came to a sudden realization, and the second wave of concentrated attacks began.
Just as the second wave bore down, Shuise Qiangwei, who had been chanting spells behind Shi Feng, suddenly swung the Sea Dragon Staff in her hand. Raging water elements frantically converged in front of Shi Feng.
Torrential Rush!
In the blink of an eye, a massive wave seven or eight meters tall formed in front of Shi Feng, blocking every attack and closing the distance between the two sides considerably. The surging wave also crashed toward the Star Ring army.
But before the wave could reach the Star Ring army's players, the magic squads in the rear had already finished their incantations, condensing a defensive magic formation in front of the army that stopped Shuise Qiangwei's Torrential Rush cold.
The appearance of the defensive magic formation instantly sent shockwaves through the leaders of every major faction present.
"No way! Star Ring has already obtained so many joint defensive magic formations!"
"Judging by the power of that defensive formation, it's got to be a high-tier second-order defensive spell. How did Star Ring get their hands on them?"
"This is insane! Zero Wing is truly done for now!"
In the God-Demon Battlefield, players could not use items or burst skills — at most, they could use the natural magic skills inherent to their weapons and equipment. This meant the defensive formation before them had not been created with magic scrolls, but had been cast by the players themselves.
In the Divine Realm, as players' levels continued to rise, magic skills were no longer limited to single-player casting. Many spells could now be performed by multiple players at once, and their power far exceeded that of individual magic. However, such skills were exceedingly rare, and those that included high-tier second-order defensive formations could be counted on one hand.
Yet now Star Ring had somehow acquired over a dozen defensive formations, thoroughly shielding their army.
On one side there were no defensive formations; on the other, there were. The gap was anything but trivial — especially since Star Ring was using high-tier second-order formations. Even a Great Lord of the same tier would have difficulty breaking through such defenses, let alone current second-order players.
"Is this what Star Ring has been hiding under the surface?" Immortal Battle Heart's brow furrowed tightly as he felt an enormous weight of pressure settle over him.
Such joint defensive formations were not only tremendously effective on the battlefield — they were even more valuable in Dungeons, especially special ones where items were banned. Having a defensive formation to deal with bosses made things considerably easier. Moreover, unlike magic scrolls, these joint magic skills could be used indefinitely.
The members of every major superpower watching from the spectator seats couldn't help but feel a renewed wariness toward Star Ring after witnessing this.