The moment Shi Feng's words fell, a profound silence swept through the crowd. Every member of the Divine Intent Tribe stood with eyes wide, staring in disbelief at Shi Feng perched atop the Lightning Eagle, momentarily stunned into stillness.
Shi Feng's voice was low and measured — an ordinary player might not have heard him clearly from twenty or thirty yards away. But everyone present was an expert, their senses far sharper than those of a normal player, so they all heard every word with startling clarity.
Yet even with that crystalline clarity, the members of the Divine Intent Tribe were certain they had misheard.
Who in the world would dare speak to the Divine Intent Tribe like this?
Even the president of the Azure Commerce Association, a power that spanned two continents, wouldn't have the nerve — let alone some third-tier Class player who had seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
"Didn't you hear clearly? Our guild master has already stated the terms. You will apologize and hand over one hundred Gold-grade equipment pieces, all above level 100. If you comply, this matter will be considered settled. Otherwise, the consequences will be far more than you're willing to bear." Ke Le stepped forward and repeated the message at full volume, his words ringing out to the stunned members of the Divine Intent Tribe.
Ke Le's voice was deep and powerful, his words echoing across the entire mine. Forget the few hundred Divine Intent Tribe members present — every one of the tens of thousands of players throughout the entire mining operation heard him with perfect clarity.
"Who are these people? They actually dare to speak to the Divine Intent Tribe like that!"
"I don't know who they are, but demanding an apology from the Divine Intent Tribe and asking for a hundred pieces of level-100-plus Gold-grade equipment? They're dead meat today."
"Dead meat? That's an understatement. Provoking the Divine Intent Tribe like this, they'll be killed all the way back to zero!"
The Azure Commerce Association members on the ground stared at Shi Feng and the others atop the Lightning Eagle in equal astonishment.
Even their own association president wouldn't dare pull something like this.
The Divine Intent Tribe was a veteran top-tier super guild — once just a hair's breadth away from true super-guild status. Now, with several major conglomerates bankrolling them, their strength was on par with any of the established super guilds, perhaps even surpassing the more ordinary ones.
That was precisely why they were competing with the Azure Commerce Association for the magic silver vein in the first place.
"Xiao Qian, have these people lost their minds?" The Azure Commerce Association's War King elder stared blankly, unable to help turning to Ruan Xiaoqian beside him.
He had considered the possibility that Shi Feng might flee, or that Shi Feng and his group might come begging for aid or reinforcements — but not one of those scenarios had prepared him for what was actually happening: Shi Feng openly taunting the Divine Intent Tribe.
At this point, it didn't matter that Shi Feng was a friend of Miao Wuyin. Even if the Azure Commerce Association's president himself were standing here, it wouldn't help.
Ruan Xiaoqian was equally stunned.
If she could, she would have loved to know what was going through Shi Feng's mind.
"Could it be he thinks this is like Magic Stone Town, where no one dares to touch a third-tier Class player?"
She looked at Shi Feng hovering in midair, and the only explanation she could think of was that he was relying on his status as a third-tier expert, believing no super power would dare act against him. After all, back in Magic Stone Town, every major super power had treated Shi Feng with considerable caution.
But that was then, and this was now!
Third-tier Class players had indeed been dazzling back in those days, well beyond the reach of any super power to handle.
But now, which super power didn't have close to a hundred third-tier Class players? Setting aside the top-tier experts among them, even the so-called monsters of the third tier had no ground to act arrogantly before the super powers — especially here on the Western Continent.
The Western Continent was a land of demonic beasts. Whether in daily life or in the passing down of traditions, its people were far more familiar with and adept at combat and slaughter than their Eastern Continent counterparts. And the various items used in battle were a significant cut above those found on the Eastern Continent.