Shi Feng's words, combined with the sight of the entire personal guard lying sprawled across the ground, froze the flow of time itself. Every single person on the scene stood rooted to the spot, stunned. Those members of various factions who had been ready to mock Shi Feng's arrogance moments ago could no longer utter a single word. They stared at him as though he were some kind of monster.
Compared to the collective shock and disbelief of those present, Long You Tianxia, aboard the transport ship, looked as though his eyes were about to pop out of his head.
"That's just absurdly powerful!" Long You Tianxia muttered, clicking his tongue as he stared at Shi Feng.
He had long known that Shi Feng's strength was extraordinary, but he never imagined it could be this terrifying.
He had seen plenty of top-tier experts before — even witnessed battles between the very best — but when compared to Shi Feng now, those encounters might as well have been a world apart.
If he hadn't known for certain that these personal guard members of Bu Bai Tianxing genuinely intended to kill Shi Feng, he would have suspected the whole thing was staged. After all, the base stats of these personal guards were monstrous in their own right, and every single one of them possessed combat skill that was at least on par with his own.
If a group like that charged in for the kill, even Ziwei — the leader of Azure Blade — would have been forced to yield ground temporarily. These guards fought without fear of death, trading wound for wound without bothering to defend themselves, like lunatics.
Yet in front of Shi Feng, they were as fragile as children. He cut down nearly one per swing, killing as casually as strolling down a street. It didn't look like combat at all — it looked like a leisurely walk.
His strength was flat-out inhuman!
Long You Tianxia couldn't help but glance at Qin Yin and the others beside him. He had wondered earlier why they hadn't tried to talk Shi Feng out of this — after all, they were facing Nine Serpents, one of Dragon Heart Island's top ten adventuring teams. But now, he understood. There really had been no need.
What Long You Tianxia didn't know, however, was that Qin Yin and the others were equally stunned by what they were seeing.
They had confidence in Shi Feng's strength. Nine Serpents might be the local power on Dragon Heart Island and incredibly formidable, but going up against a Domain-realm expert like Shi Feng was no simple matter. Even if Shi Feng couldn't win, he could always flee.
But they hadn't expected him to be this overwhelming — defeating a Perfection Realm expert enhanced by a magic array without even using a single burst skill. His stats were utterly absurd.
Just as everyone was still reeling from the display of power Shi Feng had put on, Bu Bai Tianxing's face had turned dark as a storm cloud. He regarded Shi Feng with a flat, emotionless gaze.
"No wonder you dared to provoke me. You really do have some skill," Bu Bai Tianxing suddenly said with a smile. "But this isn't some tournament match, and you're not limited to fighting just these dozen-odd people. And we're not on solid ground, either. No matter how high your base stats are, can they compete with someone who's activated a burst skill?"
"This is an island, surrounded on all sides by the ocean. There's nowhere to run. Under repeated attacks from burst-skill users, how long do you think you can hold out?"
As he spoke, another ten-plus people stepped forward behind Bu Bai Tianxing, each of them wearing cold smirks as they looked toward Shi Feng.
Their combat skill might not match the personal guards', but their equipment was every bit as strong — and every single one of them could activate a burst skill. When they did, their base stats would surpass even the magic-array-enhanced personal guards by a significant margin.
"Oh no — Bu Bai Tianxing is going to use a war of attrition!" Long You Tianxia's expression changed dramatically.
The strength Shi Feng had displayed was genuinely astounding, but they were at sea. The rules here were completely different from those on land.
On land, if you activated a burst skill, I could activate one too. If the enemy resorted to rotation tactics and tried to exploit the duration of your burst, you could simply retreat and wait it out. But here? On the ocean? The island was only so big. Where exactly could you run to?