"How is that possible?!"
"One-shot critical hit?! Just how powerful is that?"
"Can an airship really be that strong?"
Everyone present—whether members of the Silver Lion Legion or the already-fleeing Heart of the Storm players—stared at the Starlight Beast crashing to the ground, completely speechless. No words could capture the shock they felt in that moment.
A Legendary-tier Domain Lord, even without its domain enhancement, was far beyond ordinary Legendary monsters in terms of strength. Especially in defense—a second-tier class dealing four to five thousand damage against a hundred-level Legendary monster would only manage two to three thousand against a Domain Lord like the Starlight Beast.
Reaching that monster's threshold for critical damage and landing a devastating blow? That was something no one would even dare to imagine.
Yet the Red Dragon Airship had just one-shot critically wounded it…
Shi Feng, standing among the crowd, showed not the slightest surprise. In fact, he considered it perfectly natural.
The Mana Elf Power was essentially a fourth-tier ultimate attack, its power already approaching the fifth tier. Although the Starlight Beast was a Domain Lord, it wasn't some higher life form—it was roughly on par with ordinary Legendary monsters, merely tough and thick-skinned. Compared to an anomaly like the King of Twilight, it wasn't even in the same league.
And Mana Elf Power was an attack that could deal significant damage even to the King of Twilight, let alone a mere Starlight Beast.
"All ranged units, full attack!" Shi Feng ordered, spotting the critically wounded Starlight Beast.
In the Divine Realm, once a monster suffered critical damage, not only would its combat power plummet, but its defense would drop dramatically as well—and this state was extremely short-lived, since hundred-level Legendary monsters recovered quickly.
Although there were plenty of elemental monsters swarming the area, if they missed this window, they would have to wait another five minutes before they could critically wound the Starlight Beast again.
"ROAARR!"
Before Shi Feng and his group could even launch their assault, the Starlight Beast let out a deafening roar from the crater. A terrifying wave of sound whipped the surrounding area into a storm.
The Starlight Beast opened its massive jaws, and a horrifying torrent of mana gathered before them.
Fourth-tier spell—Starlight Roar!
An incandescent beam of starlight erupted forth, shattering the surrounding space on contact. Its speed was so extreme that even the Red Dragon Airship couldn't dodge.
Every single person's face changed the moment that attack launched.
Because this strike was actually more powerful than the Mana Pulse Cannon, and its casting time was absurdly short—there was absolutely no room for players to evade. Any third-tier player caught dead in its path would be instantly killed.
"Activate magic shields!" Shi Feng didn't dare underestimate the blow. He immediately activated the Red Dragon Airship's magic shields.
BOOM!
The Red Dragon Airship was engulfed in a sea of fire mid-air, the explosion echoing across the sky.
Just as everyone expected the airship to sustain heavy damage, the Red Dragon Airship emerged from the flames completely unscathed. Only a crack had appeared on the magical barrier coating its surface—the airship itself was untouched.
"As expected of a Domain Lord—that single hit drained over twenty million points of energy from the magic shield." Shi Feng checked the remaining energy reserves and couldn't help but click his tongue.
The Red Dragon Airship boasted third-tier high-grade defenses, surpassing those of ordinary Legendary monsters, yet it had still taken over twenty million damage from a single strike. The power was approaching fourth-tier high-grade territory.
An attack like that would be enough to breach the defensive magic arrays of a small city.
Before Shi Feng could act, the Starlight Beast flapped its wings and lunged toward the Red Dragon Airship, intending to tear it to shreds. After all, airships were most vulnerable to close-range combat—they were siege weapons designed for long-range bombardment.
But Shi Feng gave the Starlight Beast no opportunity. The instant the beast made its move, he was already steering the Red Dragon Airship into a retreat behind the Silver Lion Legion. Against the critically wounded Starlight Beast, the airship's speed was noticeably superior.
"The Starlight Beast is a bit slow?" Macafrey watched as the beast was being kited, his eyes lighting up.
Although Shi Feng's group had managed to critically wound the Starlight Beast—which was quite impressive—critical damage and a kill were two very different things. The beast looked terrible, but its actual health loss wasn't that significant. That last hit had only stripped away around fifty million hit points, which was nothing for a Starlight Beast with a full 3.2 billion HP.
More likely than not, the Red Dragon Airship would be dismantled long before the Starlight Beast was killed. The beast had combat recovery; a war machine like the airship did not. Every point of durability lost was gone for good.
But if they could kite the Starlight Beast, that changed everything. As long as Shi Feng's group could keep it occupied until their side cleared out enough of the smaller monsters to free up some third-tier experts to help, they could slowly whittle the beast down to death.
But before Macafrey could even finish his thought, the Red Dragon Airship came to a sudden stop—and the Starlight Beast was closing in fast.