The victorious figure hovered above the battlefield, and the entire arena fell silent in an instant. Everyone stared at the floating text, unable to react for a long moment.
"No way! Zero Wing actually won?"
The crowd had been watching the entire battle and couldn't help but feel confused.
Although Shi Feng had eliminated Star Ring's top-tier experts, Shi Feng and his team weren't in much better shape. The prolonged battle had heavily drained their stamina and mental energy. A bit more fighting and they would have been completely spent.
Moreover, Zero Wing's vanguard had started with three hundred members, but now only about a hundred remained, with barely over sixty at the Perception realm. On Star Ring's side, while monsters like the Sword Demon had fallen, they still had over two hundred Perception-realm experts — still an overwhelming numerical advantage against Zero Wing.
Most importantly, Star Ring's main force had already routed Zero Wing's forces. Even with Zero Wing's edge in top-tier combat power, turning around such a disadvantage wouldn't be easy.
And yet now Star Ring had just… admitted defeat, and Zero Wing had won…
"Star Ring surrendered just like that?" Xue Linglong stared in astonishment at Lu Xingluo, who had already exited the battlefield. This result had far exceeded her expectations.
The undisputed overlord of the Dark Night Empire, a guild that had expanded across both the eastern and western Divine Realm continents, with countless experts recruited — and they had just surrendered like this…
"Haha, I told you the outcome wasn't certain! Zero Wing won after all!" Bu Mie Zhan Xin glanced at Xue Linglong from the side and laughed.
"Don't celebrate too early. Star Ring lost, yes, but they conceded so quickly — there's a good chance they were hiding their true strength." Xue Linglong curled her lips. "For such an important match, Star Ring was willing to hold back and not reveal their full power. Just imagine how ambitious their plans must be going forward."
"Either way, Zero Wing still won." Bu Mie Zhan Xin smiled. "This match had the attention of every player in the Dark Night Empire. With Zero Wing's victory, all those forces that had lost confidence in Zero Wing will now decisively switch sides."
He wasn't sure what had happened, but in the end, Zero Wing had won this ten-thousand-player battle.
And the Dark Night Empire would enter a new era starting today. It would no longer be Star Ring dominating alone — instead, it would become an era of two powers vying for supremacy. Especially those powerful factions in the Dark Night Empire that had been sitting on the fence.
The Dark Night Empire was vast. On the surface, it was controlled by three great superpowers, with Star Ring at the forefront. But they could only truly command the empire's core regions. Too many outlying cities remained beyond their grasp.
With numerous conglomerates and major corporations entering the Divine Realm, many rising forces had sprung up in secret across the Dark Night Empire. These factions continuously absorbed guilds and adventurer teams, developing in the shadows throughout the empire's periphery. Backed by the financial power of conglomerates and corporations, their strength was entirely comparable to first-rate guilds — some were even stronger.
These forces were powerful in their own right, but they were unwilling to fully submit to Star Ring, yet didn't dare openly oppose it either. They had been stuck in an awkward position. Now, with Zero Wing's victory over Star Ring, these forces could see that there was a contender in the Dark Night Empire capable of standing up to Star Ring. When that time came, they would surely rally to Zero Wing's side and challenge Star Ring's dominance in the Dark Night Empire.
Xue Linglong said nothing to this. Her gaze shifted to Shi Feng, who had teleported out of the battlefield.
"Looks like I need to give the old commander a proper report on the situation here." Xue Linglong looked at Shi Feng, who resembled the God of Death, and new calculations formed in her mind.
Bu Mie Zhan Xin was absolutely right.
A win was a win. Starting today, the Dark Night Empire would have a new powerhouse — and that powerhouse was Zero Wing.
Meanwhile, in the VIP box of the God and Devil Arena, Yi Yun stared at the displayed results in utter disbelief.