On the battlefield, the moment Shi Feng stepped forward and directly called out Dawn Hegemon by name, the entire arena fell silent. The high-ranking figures of every major faction turned their heads one by one toward Dawn Hegemon, the representative of the Dark World.
Zero Wing's strength had already far exceeded their imagination.
Not only did they possess a formidable knight order, but they also had a domain treasure capable of heavily suppressing fourth-tier Legend-level combat power. The combination of the two was practically unsolvable—at present, no faction could shake the knight order before them.
In the blink of an eye, the Dark World's army of millions had been rendered speechless by a single sentence from Shi Feng. The sight left Moshan and the others watching from afar dumbfounded.
Arrogant?
Ignorant?
When they recalled how they had viewed Shi Feng before, Moshan and the others felt their previous thoughts were laughable, and at the same time, they silently congratulated themselves.
Because today had truly shown them what the word "monster" really meant.
What was a monster?
Being able to fight a thousand alone was already considered extremely rare in their eyes. A true monster who could hold a pass against ten thousand was the stuff of legends—and ninety-nine percent of those stories were exaggerations. After all, they themselves were expert players of no small caliber. They understood all too well just how difficult it was to fight a thousand alone. In large-scale guild wars especially, where skilled players abounded, doing so was even more impossible.
The popular saying about one man holding a pass against ten thousand was nothing more than embellishment. If a player actually had to kill that many people, they would be exhausted to death before finishing.
Yet the sight of a single person crushing an army of millions had truly unfolded right before their eyes!
Just this one scene alone was enough for them to imagine that the name Black Flame would one day shake the entirety of the Dark World.
"This is insane! Way too strong! Is he even human?!" Purple Lightning Rakshasa stared at the millions-strong Dark army before them, not daring to make the slightest move, her heart shaken beyond words.
She was genuinely starting to seriously question whether Shi Feng was human.
This was against millions of expert players and several thousand third-tier NPCs!
Shi Feng's earlier performance at the Aurora Shelter had already been shocking enough, but compared to what was happening now, that was practically nothing.
Just facing these millions of experts head-on made her whole body tremble, yet Shi Feng had single-handedly made all of them too terrified to speak. This kind of dominance was truly beyond what the word "human" could describe.
"I suppose after this, there's no worry about the First Shelter failing to develop," Junya murmured with a bitter smile, looking across the battlefield at one of their competitors, Qingshuang.
She had originally thought that by partnering with the Scarlet Emperor Guild, they might be able to push the Aurora Shelter ahead of the First Shelter within the Dark Caverns. Now it was clear that was completely impossible.
A single guild that could make an entire world's players afraid to breathe. The moment word of this reached the Dark Caverns, those power-worshipping experts would flock to the First Shelter in droves. And Shi Feng had already demonstrated more than enough personal strength within the Dark Caverns before—the First Shelter would undoubtedly become a holy ground there.
However, after that brief silence on the battlefield, Dawn Hegemon walked forward until he was only a short distance from Shi Feng and quietly looked at him. His expression was utterly gloomy, completely devoid of the bold confidence and fighting spirit he had shown before.
"Guild Leader Black Flame, that move of yours is truly impressive. I doubt anyone expected Zero Wing to have been hiding its strength so deeply all along." Dawn Hegemon took a deep breath and spoke slowly. "But leaving a way open is better for everyone down the line. I admit the magic domain you activated is powerful, but it requires a controller. As long as the controller dies, the domain will naturally dissipate. Our army may not be its match, but we have numbers. We can easily free up enough people to kill you—the domain's controller—first. And how long can you really hold on?"
"I will also admit that we would suffer considerable casualties in the process. But the final outcome wouldn't be one you're willing to accept either, Guild Leader Black Flame. Why don't we both take a step back here?"
"Our request is very simple—as long as Zero Wing stops coveting the teleportation gate, everything else is negotiable."
As Dawn Hegemon made his proposal, every Dark World player present finally came to their senses.
"As expected of Guild Leader Dawn! How could we have forgotten about that?"
They had forgotten something so obvious.
In the Divine Realm, whether it was a magic circle or a magic domain, both required a controller. This was especially true for domain-type items—as long as the player using the item was killed, the item's effects would naturally vanish.
And once the suppression from that magic domain was gone, dealing with Zero Wing would be as easy as flipping a hand.