On the city walls, the moment Shi Feng unfolded the summoning scroll for his direct escort, the mana in the surrounding area instantly grew noticeably denser, and the entire space became far more stable—outside mana fluctuations could not seep in even slightly.
Then, a middle-aged man wearing lavish robes and holding a jeweled scepter appeared before Shi Feng.
Though the man's arrival did not impose any sense of pressure on the crowd, the moment everyone saw the data displayed beside him, they were all dumbstruck.
Tier 4!
Another Tier 4 NPC!
"Holy hell! Just how much power has Zero Wing been hiding this whole time?!"
Members of the various superpowers stared at Versade's appearance, nearly blurting out curses one after another.
They might not have witnessed a Tier 4 NPC's strength before, but after seeing what Kaidy Teland could do, they already understood just how terrifying Tier 4 NPCs truly were. Such power was incomparable to Tier 3—a single one could stand against an army of thousands and even turn the tide of an entire battle.
And now Zero Wing not only had Kaidy Teland but also possessed Versade—a magic-class Tier 4 NPC who could actually leave Silverwing Town…
Only now did everyone truly grasp why Shi Feng had struck down Thousand Eyes and the others without a moment's hesitation.
With this kind of backing, they themselves would have felt no fear facing the Holy Sculpture army. The gap between Tier 3 and Tier 4 was simply too vast—a divide that numbers alone could never bridge.
However, members of the Hand of Sacred Heart in the forest several thousand yards away were furious when they saw this.
"Arrogant bastard!"
"That's right—it's just one more Tier 4 NPC. Does this Black Flame really think he can keep all of us here? What a laugh!"
"He can only act this cocky right now. Once the Holy Sculpture army withdraws and grows stronger, let's see how long his arrogance lasts!"
They had witnessed the might of a Tier 4 NPC, yes, but the idea of keeping all of them trapped here was nothing short of a fantasy. Leaving aside the fact that they were several thousand yards from Silverwing Town, even the millions of Holy Sculpture troops surrounding the town would take Zero Wing an eternity to cut through one by one.
Keeping every last one of them here? Utterly delusional.
The people in Silverwing Town felt much the same way—Shi Feng had clearly overshot with his boasts. Even though the Holy Sculpture army had failed to take Silverwing Town, they still held absolute initiative. They could come and go as they pleased, and one or two Tier 4 NPCs were simply not enough to stop them.
But before the Hand of Sacred Heart members could finish their tirade, Versade, standing at Shi Feng's side, suddenly swept his staff through the air. The space before them shattered and formed a spatial-temporal vortex.
Then Shi Feng and Versade stepped into the vortex—and in the blink of an eye, they appeared in the sky above the forest thousands of yards away, looking down calmly at the members of the Hand of Sacred Heart preparing to retreat.
"Teleportation?! How is that possible?!"
The Hand of Sacred Heart members gazed up at Shi Feng and Versade hovering in the air overhead, their eyes wide with shock.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
At this point, not only the Hand of Sacred Heart but even the superpower representatives inside Silverwing Town were completely stunned.
The entire Orc Empire was blanketed by a special energy field that rendered all teleportation magic unusable. Players couldn't even summon flying mounts—they could only travel by carriage within the empire's borders. This was universally known common knowledge.
That was precisely why the Hand of Sacred Heart had felt no fear of being wiped out. Several thousand yards was a considerable distance even for a Tier 4 NPC to fly, and with over a thousand of them scattering in every direction, there was no way to chase them all down.
But now Shi Feng and Versade had teleported directly to a location thousands of yards away? How could anyone believe that?!
"Run! Everyone scatter and run—now!" Thousand Eyes was the first to react upon seeing Shi Feng appear, his face turning grim as he bellowed the order.
The entire region had been sealed by the Soul-Destroying Sixfold Curse. Anyone who died within its boundaries would suffer the curse's penalty—they were no exception.
For this operation against Silverwing Town, the Hand of Sacred Heart had committed over a thousand Tier 2 magic-class players, a hundred Tier 3 experts, more than five hundred Tier 3 powerhouses, and over a thousand Tier 2 players capable of absorbing the Holy Sculpture Annihilators. If all of these people were killed, the losses to the Hand of Sacred Heart would be immeasurable.
Immediately after shouting, Thousand Eyes pulled a Tier 3 flight scroll from his bag. The item allowed players to glide through the air for a short duration at speeds far exceeding any ground mount—it was one of his most vital life-saving tools.
The other Hand of Sacred Heart members snapped into action the moment they heard his warning, scattering like birds startled by the twofold death penalty and a fifteen-day soul weakness period would be devastating even for Tier 3 powerhouses. The Divine Realm changed by the day—fail to advance for even a few days and one risked falling behind, let alone fifteen days…
"You still think you can escape at this point?" Shi Feng watched the thousand-odd figures scatter in every direction, unhurried, and spoke in a calm, measured tone.
As his words faded, a wave of energy radiated from Versade's body, instantly enveloping every fleeing member of the Hand of Sacred Heart.
In that instant, every single one of them froze in place—as if struck by a paralysis spell, standing rooted to the spot, unable to move even slightly…
"This… this can't be!"
"What the hell is that NPC—man or ghost?!"
Back in Silverwing Town, the crowd stared at the magical water mirror hovering in the sky, every last one of them slack-jawed.