As soon as Shi Feng finished speaking in the burning forest, the members of the Hell Legion surged forward like tigers pouncing on their prey, charging straight at the scattered remnants of the three major adventurer teams as they fled in every direction.
Having transformed into demons, the adventurer team members boasted physiques and stats far superior to ordinary human players, allowing them to flee at speeds no human player could hope to match.
However, the Hell Legion's members were all peak experts from the Netherworld Empire.
Moreover, every piece of equipment they wore was absolutely top-tier in the Divine Realm, and paired with their special bloodlines, their stats were even more formidable than those of the demon-transformed adventurer team members.
In no time at all, the Hell Legion's experts had caught up to the fleeing adventurer team members.
"Damn it! They're way too fast!"
"You're pushing too far! I'll fight you to the death! I refuse to believe I can't take out even one of you!"
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Seeing no hope of escape, some of the adventurer team members spun around to fight, resolved to go down swinging against the Hell Legion's experts.
In an instant, several hundred of the three adventurer teams' top players charged forward to meet the incoming Hell Legion, while over a thousand adventurer team members organized themselves into multiple defensive formations to engage the enemy. The coordination between the three teams was remarkably seamless.
All main tanks formed the front line to absorb the brunt of the assault, every ranged player in the back poured out damage at full force, and melee DPS looked for opportunities to launch sneak attacks, refusing to give the Hell Legion's experts any chance at one-on-one duels.
Wave after wave of magic skills shot toward the Hell Legion's experts, turning the dim forest bright in an instant.
Boom! Boom! Boom! ……
A rapid succession of explosions echoed throughout the forest, as if the entire area were being bombarded by artillery. Smoke billowed everywhere, and swathes of forest were blasted into splinters.
"No matter how powerful you are, I don't believe you can take this many magic skills without getting hurt!"
The adventurer team members stared at the forest that had been completely flattened and wore expressions of smug satisfaction—some even began to feel they might stand a chance in this fight.
Normally, a few dozen of them were utterly helpless against top-tier experts. But now, with several hundred of them coordinating in a battle formation, they could unleash a full-scale, relentless barrage in one direction, making it anything but easy for anyone to close the distance.
Yet before the adventurer team members could enjoy even a moment of satisfaction, figures burst out from the thick smoke—one after another, the Hell Legion's experts emerged.
Not only were these experts completely unscathed, but under the continuous onslaught of magic skills, their health bars hadn't dropped by even a single point, as if everything that had just happened simply didn't exist.
"That's impossible!"
The adventurer team members were completely dumbfounded. Even the most elite experts would have to dodge the brunt of such a ferocious attack, yet these Hell Legion experts strolled through as if nothing were wrong—not only had they not kept their distance, they were closing in faster than ever.
The main forces of the three adventurer teams, who had already fled far ahead, caught sight of this and couldn't help but shake their heads.
"Did they really think those experts would be easy to deal with?"
The adventurer team members who had yet to advance to Tier 3 had no idea just how terrifying Tier 3 was. Even after their demon transformations gave them stats approaching those of a Tier 3 Class, the gap in technique and skill was immense.
Let alone the Hell Legion's Tier 3 experts—even their own team's main force wouldn't have sustained much damage from such a barrage. At Tier 3, they could already dodge many magic skills outright. And against highly precise, hard-to-avoid attacks, they could actively block them unless the power was so overwhelming that even blocking was a struggle. Otherwise, it would be nothing more than a drain on their stamina and mental energy.
In the blink of an eye, the Hell Legion's experts reached the front-line main tanks of the adventurer teams. In a single exchange, streaks of light pierced through the tanks' vital points, dealing hundreds of thousands of damage per hit and instantly wiping out their remaining health.
From a distance, it looked as though the tanks had been struck by some kind of curse—they toppled one after another…