The moment Shi Feng charged toward the two colossal beasts in the distance, Silent Red Star and Wildfire Berserker, who remained behind, turned pale.
"He's lost it! Completely lost it!" Silent Red Star watched Shi Feng already over a hundred yards away and urgently called out, "Everyone, follow Radiance and fall back immediately! Do not stop under any circumstances — retreat to Violet Light City! Wildfire, stay with me to cover the rear!"
"Got it!" Wildfire Berserker drew his weapon, his expression turning more solemn than it had ever been.
While the Violet Sword's members were thrown into a state of tension, the onlookers from Sandblast's group in the distance were equally dumbfounded.
"Go! Fall back now! That Black Flame has completely lost his mind! He's charging straight at those two area Leaders!" Sandblast couldn't help but shout.
The moment his words fell, the Phantom Myth members preparing to leave beneath the tree also went pale.
"That Black Flame is truly a lunatic. One madman wasn't enough — now he wants to drag everyone down with him. Didn't the Violet Sword people tell him to avoid area Leaders on sight?" the female knight under the tree cursed.
Area Leaders appeared to be nothing more than Tier 4 Legendary monsters, but the Legendary creatures inside the ancient secret realm were far stronger than their counterparts in the outside world. In raw strength and speed alone, they surpassed ordinary Legendaries by over 30%, and coupled with their enormous size, fighting them was truly apocalyptic. Even their 200-strong team of Tier 3 experts would struggle to handle a single one without outside interference and would suffer heavy casualties. If other monsters continuously joined the fray, it meant total annihilation.
And that wasn't even the most fearsome aspect of area Leaders. Inside the ancient secret realm, these Legendary monsters could directly tap into the mana within a five-thousand-yard radius during combat, detecting every movement within that range.
In other words, the moment a player stepped within four or five hundred yards of an area Leader's detection radius — or engaged it in combat — escape was out of the question. Every player within five thousand yards would become the area Leader's target.
Five thousand yards!
If players couldn't kill the area Leader, there was no shaking it off. That was precisely why everyone referred to the Legendary bosses in the ancient secret realm as "area Leaders."
Normally, fighting a single area Leader was one thing — there was at least a slim chance the main force could get away. But two area Leaders? That was a guaranteed wipe.
As the female knight spoke, the Phantom Myth members turned and bolted.
But before they had gone more than a few steps, the surrounding mana suddenly surged to a boil, and everyone felt their life force locked on.
"Damn it! Everyone scatter and run — survive if you can!" Sandblast stared at the distant Shi Feng, feeling like he was going insane. He even suspected that Shi Feng had done this on purpose.
Meanwhile, Silent Red Star and the others, who were even closer to the two area Leaders, wore equally grim expressions. If they couldn't escape beyond the five-thousand-yard range of both bosses, there was no breaking free from combat.
Five thousand yards!
Even for Tier 3 experts like them, covering that distance would take considerable time. And inside the ancient secret realm, players couldn't use any magical tools — there was no escaping.
"Lunatic! That lunatic has gotten us all killed!" Radiance, who was leading the retreat and had felt her life force locked on, couldn't help but curse.
Death inside the ancient secret realm was similar to dying in a Dungeon — players wouldn't lose an entire level outright. But the experience points lost were no joke. After all, their current levels were far beyond the pre-Level 100 mark, and leveling up at this stage was painfully slow.