Above the arena, in the VIP observation room.
"Guild Master! Did you see that?" Zi Tong's purple eyes went wide as she pointed at the enormous meteor crater on the screen, completely unable to believe her own eyes. "Bai Qingxue... what on earth did she do?"
"Bai Qingxue must have destroyed the entire space, which is why she completely annihilated Divine Miracle Guild's thousand-man team," Xinghe Wangxi said calmly from the side.
"No! I know that much. That's not what I meant." Zi Tong shook her head and couldn't help but say, looking at Xinghe Wangxi, "I'm talking about the fact that Bai Qingxue actually unleashed twelve consecutive sword strikes and stacked the power of all twelve together! That was twelve sword strikes!"
In the Divine Realm, concentrating multiple different sources of power together was extremely difficult. The more power one tried to combine, the greater the difficulty—and the difficulty would increase exponentially.
Even those peak experts who had mastered the Domain could at most combine six sources of power together.
But Bai Qingxue had concentrated twelve sources of power together, and she'd done it using a great sword! This wasn't a question of whether Bai Qingxue was strong or not—this was something that was simply impossible for humans to accomplish!
And Bai Qingxue was supposedly a genius from the same generation as them, entering the Divine Realm at the same time. Even if she had progressed rapidly, she absolutely should not have reached this level. This wasn't a human—this was a monster wearing a human shell!
"Calm down, Zi Tong," Xinghe Wangxi tried to console her. "You should know Zero Wing's strength. Zero Wing always manages to pull off things other guilds can't. The fact that Bai Qingxue can do this now likely means she learned some extremely powerful and unique skills."
Xinghe Wangxi deeply understood Zi Tong's frustration and sense of powerlessness. This kind of power was beyond human—something they could never hope to surpass in their lifetime.
...
In a rest room at Divine Miracle Guild's headquarters, two virtual reality pods slowly opened.
"I died again. Didn't even get a chance to escape. It's going to be quite a while before I can advance to a Tier 4 class now," Elder Peng said, sitting up from the virtual reality pod with a bitter laugh.
"We got off lucky. If this had been the qualifying round, we would've dropped five levels," Elder Yu said, sitting up as well, a trace of awe in his eyes. "I have to admit, that kind of monster really isn't someone we should have provoked. In the end, she used Tier 4 power to literally flatten the entire space, leaving us no way to escape. Even brief invincibility skills were useless..."
"Qianli Wuya really led us astray. This intelligence was completely wrong," Elder Peng said, somewhat angrily. "Before, they all said Black Flame was the monster. Now it looks like that girl is the real monster!"
"Still, it's fortunate we ran into her first. It hasn't affected the bigger picture yet," Elder Yu said with a smile.
"What do you mean, Old Yu?" Elder Peng asked, puzzled.
"Before I was taken out, I already sent this information to the Guild Master and the others. They should know by now. And the dark horse that Frost Heaven's Sword invited this time is incredibly dark—not only do they have Black Flame, but now there's someone beyond the Domain realm," Elder Yu couldn't help but laugh. "You know what that means."
"You mean the Guild Master will pass this information on to the major superpowers?" Elder Peng couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
Beyond the Domain realm!
On Island No. 3, a Black Flame alone couldn't cause too much of a stir. But adding someone beyond the Domain realm on top of that changed everything. It might actually allow Zero Wing to secure two resource zones and become one of the top six guilds in the rankings on Island No. 3.
If that happened, Frost Heaven's Sword's chances of securing a seat would increase dramatically.
Their Guild Master just needed to spread the word, and all the major superpowers, not wanting to let Frost Heaven's Sword rise to power, would likely join forces against them and drag them down.
And that was exactly what happened, just as Elder Peng had imagined. Divine Miracle Guild didn't keep this information secret—on the contrary, they publicized it extensively at the arena. In no time, every major guild at the venue knew of Bai Qingxue's existence.
"Beyond the Domain realm? Zero Wing actually has a monster like that?"
"Could Divine Miracle be trying to trick us? Beyond the Domain realm? How could a little girl like Bai Qingxue possibly reach that level?"
"It's probably not a lie from Divine Miracle. According to personnel on Island No. 3, Bai Qingxue really did fight Divine Miracle's thousand-man team. The commotion was enormous—you could hear it from thousands of yards away. Through magical observation, Divine Miracle's entire thousand-man team was wiped out, and they were all taken out by Bai Qingxue in a single move..."
In no time, the major guilds at the arena were all buzzing with discussion. While they were only half-believing that Bai Qingxue was truly beyond the Domain realm, every one of them now regarded her with wariness.
Beyond the Domain realm—that was a closely guarded secret among the major superpowers. Ordinary players had no idea.
The currently known experts beyond the Domain realm were all the real old monsters of the five great super guilds. They rarely showed themselves, to the point where everyone had almost forgotten they existed. But all the major superpowers understood perfectly well—the reason the five great super guilds were the five great super guilds was precisely because of these people.