Shattered space, endless darkness—the entire premium battle chamber was shrouded in both. At this point, to say nothing of third-class players, even fourth-class players would be unable to survive for long in such a space.
And on the observation deck, the members of the Heavenflame Adventuring Party were also struck dumb with astonishment, each one frozen in place, utterly unable to recover from this terrifying sight.
"It was just a single sword strike—how could it possibly have such destructive power?"
"Is he really a fourth-class player? With this kind of power, even those fourth-class NPCs probably couldn't manage it!"
"Such terrifying strength, yet not a single piece of information could be found about him before—who on earth is he?"
…
After a moment of silence, the members of the Heavenflame Adventuring Party stared at the completely devastated space, the shock in their hearts beyond words. They no longer held any of their earlier contempt for Shi Feng—each one now harboring nothing but deep wariness.
A single strike, and a thousand yards were obliterated!
Such terrifying combat power was simply not something that could be compensated for by player numbers. Only the most powerful fourth-class NPCs could rival it.
"Is he really that strong?!"
Yuluo gazed into the endless dark space, disbelief flickering in his eyes. A single sword strike like this—even Leader Angelica Teresa's full-power blow probably couldn't compare.
And Leader Angelica Teresa was a peak fourth-class existence, also one of the top five fighters in Meteorfire City. Moreover, NPCs' weapon equipment and attributes far surpassed those of players, making it extremely difficult for players to contend with same-level fourth-class NPCs, let alone surpass peak fourth-class Angelica Teresa.
Yet Shi Feng's current strike had absolutely surpassed Angelica Teresa's full-power sword…
"Leader!"
"The leader couldn't have failed to withstand it, right?"
A moment later, Chasing Wind Under Heaven and the others on the scene finally came to their senses, hurrying to search for Lionheart Boiling Blood's figure in the endless dark space.
This sword strike was absolutely the most terrifying one they had ever seen from a player—its power so immense that even those fourth-class NPCs probably couldn't compare. Even with Lionheart Boiling Blood's heaven-defying defense, they had little confidence he could survive.
After the group had searched for a good while, the shattered space gradually began to recover, and two figures could be vaguely made out—though one of them looked extremely bedraggled.
"Thank goodness, the leader is still alive!"
"I knew the leader could withstand it. After all, the leader is our Meteorfire City's Iron Wall—how could he be one-shotted by someone?"
The members of the Heavenflame Adventuring Party who were present grew excited upon seeing Lionheart Boiling Blood's figure.
However, Lionheart Boiling Blood, standing on the battlefield, showed not the slightest joy or excitement. Instead, his expression carried deep wariness and relief.
"That was dangerously close. If I hadn't obtained the Ring of Wind Wall, I'd probably have been taken out in one strike by now." Lionheart Boiling Blood glanced at his HP bar and couldn't help but shake his head with a bitter smile.
His HP was now below six million. That might seem like quite a bit remaining, but it was entirely thanks to the Ring of Wind Wall's passive skill.
The Ring of Wind Wall's passive skill, Wind's Guard, could reduce life damage by 35%. Even facing a fifth-class attack, it could still fully reduce damage by 35%—this was the Ring of Wind Wall's strongest and only skill.
Unlike other equipment, which might have various damage reduction effects far exceeding the Ring of Wind Wall's reduction, they all concealed a cap on damage reduction. This cap was generally at the fourth-class level; once damage reached the fourth-class threshold, the reduction effect would drop sharply, and by fifth-class, it could be almost entirely ignored.
But the Ring of Wind Wall was different. The skill description was perfectly clear—even facing a fifth-class attack, it could still reduce damage by a full 35%, without any discount.
On the other side, after Shi Feng unleashed Sacred Devour, his complexion had also turned considerably paler.
"Was unleashing this sword still too forced?"
Shi Feng felt that he had consumed more than half of his mental energy in a single instant and couldn't help but be amazed.
He had already pushed his Epic-grade Mana Body to 110%, yet channeling enough mana to execute Sacred Devour was still extremely taxing. It was hard to imagine what level one would need to reach to use the third sword, Extinction.
Fifth-class?
Sixth-class?
"But it's still not bad—at least now I can use the complete Sacred Devour. This way, even facing a half-step Demon Lord, I can hold my own." Shi Feng couldn't help but put away the Abyssal, quite satisfied with this sword.
Mana Combat Arts had extremely high mana requirements. Although his mana had undergone a qualitative transformation, the boost it could provide to magical skills was far less than what it offered Mana Combat Arts.
Now it seemed that was indeed the case.
With his full-power strike, this sword could already rival a fifth-class player's attack. The only drawback was the enormous consumption—in his normal state, he could only execute a single strike. But as a trump card, this was more than enough.
Just as Shi Feng was savoring the Sacred Devour he had just unleashed, Lionheart Boiling Blood also walked over.
"Brother Black Flame, that sword strike of yours was really brutal. If I hadn't had some improvements recently, I probably wouldn't have been able to block it." Lionheart Boiling Blood looked at Shi Feng and couldn't help but tease.