The instant Tie Shou died, the entire venue fell silent. Everyone stared at Shi Feng in disbelief—even Longyou Tianxia stood there with his mouth agape.
"Dead?"
Longyou Tianxia watched Tie Shou's body dissolve into motes of starlight and gradually fade away, his mind reeling with shock.
The shock wasn't just because Tie Shou had been instant-killed without even time to react—it was also because of how decisively Shi Feng had struck.
He had always known that someone like Shi Feng, as a guild master, could not be lightly provocked. Zero Wing was currently a quasi-super-first-rate guild that had surpassed those first-rate guilds, making its leader a bona fide powerhouse. Otherwise, Qin Yin wouldn't have been trying so hard to build a closer relationship with him.
But even a mighty dragon couldn't suppress the local serpent. Zero Wing might be an absolute overlord in the Star Moon Kingdom, but here on Dragon Heart Island, there were far too many overlord-tier forces. The guilds operating on Dragon Heart Island were all first-rate at minimum, and even they had to show considerable respect to the Nine Serpents—not for any other reason than the fact that the Nine Serpents adventure team was truly terrifying in strength.
That was exactly why he had kept trying to mediate. But now all of that effort had gone to waste.
And killing Tie Shou would have been one thing. But now Shi Feng had also publicly made such defiant declarations right in front of the Undefeatable Celestial Star—this was a direct slap in the face in front of everyone. For a force that cared desperately about its reputation, this meant a fight to the death!
"This is the end." Longyou Tianxia looked at the Undefeatable Celestial Star, whose face had turned a shade of blue-green, and laughed bitterly to himself.
Just who was the Undefeatable Celestial Star?
He was one of the top fighters on all of Dragon Heart Island. Moreover, he had an exceptionally powerful personal guard at his side. These guards could use special items to form a unique magic array that dramatically boosted their combat power at sea—each one was like a humanoid sea beast. Because of this, almost no one on Dragon Heart Island dared to show the Undefeatable Celestial Star any disrespect.
Even the vice-captains of the Aether Blade gave him a wide berth.
Now, the Undefeatable Celestial Star's gaze turned ice-cold, and the air all around seemed to freeze solid. The experts from the various major forces who had been joking around just moments ago all fell silent, terrified that the Undefeatable Celestial Star's fury might burn them as well.
"You're the first person in the Sea of Death to dare say something like that to my face." The Undefeatable Celestial Star's voice was glacial as he stared at Shi Feng, as though he were already addressing a dead man. "Today, I'd like to see just how you make me unable to afford crossing you!"
"Swallowing Wolf, take them! I want him dead a hundred times today!"
The Undefeatable Celestial Star's final words came out one syllable at a time, each colder than the last. Even uninvolved bystanders couldn't help but shudder, a chill running from the tops of their heads to the soles of their feet.
"Yes!"
With that, the dozen-plus members of his personal guard charged toward Shi Feng.
Every one of these guards was level 79—not only high in level, they were all experts who had followed the Undefeatable Celestial Star since his days in the super-first-rate guild Nine Star Legacy. Each one was a seasoned Entry-level mastery expert. This kind of lineup would be unimaginable even in a first-rate guild.
As the personal guard closed in on Shi Feng, magic runes suddenly flared to life across their bodies, and a massive magic array materialized in the sky overhead, its radius exceeding three hundred yards and covering the entire area.
Within this zone, the Undefeatable Celestial Star's personal guard saw their stats climbing rapidly. Even their life signatures underwent a dramatic transformation—they no longer seemed human, but rather like some ancient creatures risen from the depths of the sea.
"Be careful! Inside the magic array, their stats are stronger than Great Lords of the same level—you absolutely cannot fight them head-on!" Longyou Tianxia shouted urgent warnings.
"Thanks." Shi Feng heard the warning and nodded to acknowledge it.
"And so what if you know? Do you think that dodging one of us means you can dodge all of us?" the guard captain Swallowing Wolf sneered.