As the voice echoed through the forest, everyone present stared at Shi Feng in disbelief. Even Qing Huang couldn't help but show a trace of surprise.
"Guild Master Black Flame?" Upon confirming it was truly Shi Feng, Qing Huang's eyes were filled with disbelief.
After the battle against the Storm King Serpent, Shi Feng had vanished. His whereabouts became a mystery, and for twenty consecutive days he was nowhere to be found. Every major power had searched for him without success, as though he had completely disappeared from the Divine Realm, causing quite a stir.
Many rumors claimed that Shi Feng feared retaliation from the great superpowers and had gone into hiding, not daring to log in at all. Others said that a superpower had made a move against him in the real world, which was why he had yet to appear.
No one expected Shi Feng to show up here of all places...
"So it really is Guild Master Black Flame." Caomu Yiqiu watched as Shi Feng approached, a hint of barely suppressed excitement on his face. "Guild Master Black Flame, the great powers of the Sea of Death have been searching for you all this time. To think you'd be here at the Burial Ruins—today really is my lucky day."
Before Caomu Yiqiu had even finished speaking, the four Level 87 players standing behind him suddenly moved to surround Shi Feng on all sides.
"Guild Master Black Flame, be careful! They're the Four Sea Generals of the Battle Blood adventuring party! They've obtained the Ocean Legacy and can form a natural battle formation!" Qing Huang quickly warned.
Each of the Four Sea Generals was a captain-tier member of Battle Blood. The Battle Blood adventuring party was nothing like other adventuring groups—anyone who could hold the rank of captain possessed strength comparable to a top-tier expert. These four in particular were veteran captains and were all genuine top-tier powerhouses.
On top of that, they possessed the Ocean Legacy. At sea, their strength could rival that of Domain-realm experts, and when they formed their battle formation, even Domain-realm experts would fall.
"You're too late!" Caomu Yiqiu laughed.
He had deliberately spoken so much, and so slowly, to give the Four Sea Generals time to prepare. After all, forming this kind of legacy battle formation required a bit of setup.
The four generals took up positions at Shi Feng's four corners. A deep-blue magic circle bloomed on the ground beneath their feet, and a massive pillar of deep-blue light erupted upward, forming a battle formation with a diameter of three hundred yards. The four of them surged with escalating power, and their physical forms began to change.
In just two or three seconds, their bodies had swelled to more than double their original size, transforming into five- or six-meter-tall giants covered in strange deep-blue runes.
"The Legacy of the Sea Giants?" Shi Feng glanced at the four of them.
The Legacy of the Sea Giants wasn't a top-tier legacy, but it was a rare high-tier one with an enormous reputation at sea. Once they formed the battle formation and became Sea Giants, the players would instantly possess a life-form tier approaching that of Primordial species. Combined with being at sea, even at Tier 2 they could rival Tier 3 classes.
Now he somewhat understood why Battle Blood could rank among the top three adventuring parties on Dragon Heart Island, and why their sea-based power was in no way inferior to those superpowers.
No wonder they dared to directly ambush Qing Huang and her group. With this kind of strength, Feng Qianyu's side simply couldn't compete—unless Feng Qianyu became the Grand Master of the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion and unified the entire Dragon Phoenix Pavilion.
"I didn't expect Guild Master Black Flame to recognize this as the Legacy of the Sea Giants. You really are well-informed." Caomu Yiqiu looked at Shi Feng with slight surprise. The others had only known it was an Ocean Legacy without knowing the specifics. "Since Guild Master Black Flame knows this is the Legacy of the Sea Giants, you should also know just how powerful it is. I won't make things difficult for you—all you have to do is hand over the fragment of the Legendary item you obtained from the Storm King Serpent, and I'll let you all leave here safely!"
"You think four Sea Giants are enough to keep me here?" Shi Feng asked with a smile instead.
"Who hasn't heard of the name Black Flame? The Four Sea Generals alone would indeed have trouble holding you. But Guild Master Black Flame probably doesn't realize that the world has already changed." A hint of mockery crept into Caomu Yiqiu's expression as he looked at Shi Feng.
"What do you mean?" Shi Feng was somewhat taken aback.