City of Demons, Demon Heart guild headquarters.
"Rebellious Thunder is dead? How is that possible?"
Elder Nuxin froze momentarily upon hearing his subordinate's report in the dark training room, unable to utter a word for a long time.
What on earth had happened?
Previously, he had arranged for Rebellious Thunder to lead a team to speak with Shi Feng and the others, intending to intimidate them—warning Shi Feng and his group to quit while they were ahead, and that their two great guilds might still have opportunities for cooperation in the future.
Now word had come that not only had Shi Feng refused their generous proposal, but Rebellious Thunder had actually died...
"There must be some mistake. Vice Commander Thunder is a Demon Baron—his strength is so formidable that not only would Zero Wing be no match, but he wouldn't fear those old monsters from the five great super guilds either. And he was right at the city gate, with the City of Demons' magic circle enhancement. How could he possibly be killed?" The Tier 3 Viscount elder in black robes standing nearby flatly refused to believe it.
Vice Commander Rebellious Thunder was one of Demon Heart's top experts—in the City of Demons, he could rival those Tier 4 NPCs. It was precisely because of this that the Guild Master and Vice Guild Master could venture out to wage war without worry, never needing to fret about affairs back in the City of Demons.
But now he was being told that Rebellious Thunder was dead? How could he believe that?
In the City of Demons, the fact that Rebellious Thunder could even be defeated by a player was already inconceivable—killing him was simply a joke.
"The news has already spread throughout the entire City of Demons, and the battle footage has been recorded." The Tier 3 Assassin who came to deliver the news handed the battle video over to Elder Nuxin and the others with a bitter smile.
He hadn't believed it either at first, but with the battle video right in front of him, denying it was no longer possible.
In the video, a pitch-black dragon towering thirty meters high swatted Rebellious Thunder—who had transformed into a Demon Baron—with a single claw, then unleashed a breath attack that turned the ground before the City of Demons' main gate into a ravine. Rebellious Thunder was reduced to ashes, leaving behind only a Dark Remnant Blade among the dropped items...
The entire dark training room fell deathly silent.
"Was that tremor from this?" Elder Nuxin stared at the pitch-black dragon in the video, his expression gravely solemn.
A dragon!
Even if it was only a Tier 3 young dragon, its strength was still terrifying.
Even a monster like Rebellious Thunder had been killed in a single blow. In the guild, probably no one besides the Guild Master and Vice Guild Master Yanguang could hope to fight this pitch-black dragon.
"Elder Nuxin, what do we do now? If that Black Flame can kill even Vice Commander Thunder, coming into the city to kill me would probably be effortless..." Zhutian Luanshi grew anxious after witnessing the dragon's power.
He had never imagined that Shi Feng still had such a terrifying trump card.
One strike to annihilate Rebellious Thunder, who possessed Tier 4 Legendary combat strength—killing a Demon Viscount like himself would be child's play.
Within demon territory, only demon players could transform into demons, while other players couldn't even use their burst skills. Yet Shi Feng had transformed into a dragon. It felt like the Main God System was playing a joke on them.
That was a dragon!
Transform at will, just like that—what was even the point of playing?
"Don't worry too much, Guild Leader Zhutian. That Black Flame is certainly resourceful, but maintaining a dragon transformation can't possibly last long—probably only a few minutes." Elder Nuxin looked at the somewhat panicked Zhutian Luanshi and calmly reassured him. "Besides, he can only show off outside the City of Demons. Without our invitation, he can't get in at all. Just rest easy in our headquarters. Once the tracking mark on your body fades, what can he possibly do?"
"Exactly. He's just a non-demon player. Even if his combat power is absurd and he can transform into a dragon, it's still only a Tier 3 dragon. All he can handle is players like us—dealing with the demon NPCs inside the city is still far beyond him. Moreover, the City of Demons is protected by a defensive magic circle. Without an invitation, a non-demon player can't enter the city at all. Just rest easy." The black-robed Viscount elder nodded in firm agreement. "Once the Guild Master and Vice Guild Master return, that will be Black Flame's end!"
Rebellious Thunder's death was certainly shocking, and Shi Feng's ability to transform into a dragon was truly stunning.
But that was merely at the player level. Before the NPCs of the Divine Realm, it counted for nothing—let alone in the demons' stronghold.
After all, their demonic stronghold was far more formidable than those outside NPC cities, and it was guarded by a Demon Lord—a bona fide Demon Marquis, one of the Seventy-Two Great Demons whose name shook the Divine Realm.
Not just Zero Wing—even if all the superpowers of the Ten Saints Empire joined forces, they couldn't possibly capture the current City of Demons.