The moment Watase Kaede and the others shed their black cloaks, every player in the hall who had been gossiping about
"Ninety-five! How is that even possible?"
"How can their levels be that high? Didn't they say even the top experts from those super factions are only level eighty-seven? Are they all monsters?"
Everyone was flooded with questions about Watase Kaede and the others' levels. Shi Feng alone reaching level one hundred had already sent a considerable shockwave through the players on Dragon Heart Island—nobody needed to be told how grueling leveling up was, and the higher the level, the worse it got.
Still, people could accept Shi Feng hitting level one hundred. After all, extraordinary opportunities were hardly unheard of in the Divine Realm.
But an entire hundred members of Zero Wing sitting at levels ninety-five and ninety-six? What kind of nightmare was this?
After their initial shock wore off, a crushing wave of oppressive pressure swept over them.
Forget the expert players present—even Feng Qianyu, who stood right beside Watase Kaede, felt a shiver run through her.
Before, facing a lone hundred-level player in Shi Feng had been one thing. Shi Feng was exceptionally skilled at suppressing his aura, and with the legendary-grade remnant artifact, the Dark Walker's Cloak, he could completely mask even the intimidation that came from a difference in life tier.
But now a full hundred people stood before them, none of them bothering to conceal a thing. They loomed like a pack of colossal beasts, and the sheer impact and dominance they radiated dwarfed what Shi Feng had shown by an enormous margin.
Feng Qianyu, who had intended to stop Watase Kaede and her group, fell silent. All she could do was smile bitterly to herself.
*Just how many secrets is Zero Wing hiding?*
The thought echoed in Feng Qianyu's mind for a long time. She couldn't figure out how Shi Feng had raised Watase Kaede and the others to such staggering levels.
Then it suddenly clicked—this was why Shi Feng had shown zero fear toward the Blood War Adventuring Team back at the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion stronghold.
Shi Feng might have reached level one hundred, but a single person's strength was inherently limited. When it came to clearing new content, the resources one person could gather were pitifully small. A hundred-person squad, on the other hand, was a completely different story.
After all, no one person could tackle a team dungeon. And team dungeons were a guild's single greatest source of income.
Because of the levels Watase Kaede and the others had flaunted, a good number of players in the hall who had been eyeing Shi Feng quietly scrapped their plans—especially those small teams of only twenty or thirty. Every last one of them abandoned the idea of going after him.
If it had been just Shi Feng standing strong on his own, they might still have been able to use special items to restrict him, prevent him from fighting at full strength, and take him down in the chaos.
But if Shi Feng was surrounded by a whole group of players at these kinds of levels, what good was trying to pin him down? They wouldn't even be able to get close to him, let alone deal with him.
"Who would've thought Zero Wing was hiding this deep? There's no way we're making a move on Black Flame now. Facing this many high-level experts, even those veteran assassins would be helpless."
"Exactly! I bet even the Blood War Adventuring Team never expected Zero Wing had this card up their sleeve. Their little plan to turn everyone against Black Flame is dead in the water."
"Not necessarily. Sure, small teams like ours don't stand a chance, but the big adventuring teams might feel differently. Zero Wing's people have impressive levels, but it's not exactly hopeless. As long as you throw enough bodies at them, you can definitely pin them down—or even take them out."
"True. Zero Wing's members just look scary because of their levels. That stat gap from leveling is insurmountable for ordinary players, but for the real top-tier experts, there are plenty of external means to bridge it. Besides, high levels are meaningless if your gear can't keep up."
"I heard the Beast Dominion Adventuring Team sent every last elite member to intercept Black Flame and grab that legendary-grade remnant artifact. That team is huge in the dark factions—maybe they can't compare to the ten major adventuring teams that operate openly on Dragon Heart Island, but when it comes to killing other players, even the top ten might fall a little short."