"Dead?"
"How dare he?!"
The moment the burly guard was split in two by a single sword stroke, everyone present was stunned. Even Shen Ying and Fan Muran nearby stood with their mouths agape, unable to believe that Shi Feng had actually struck first.
Not only had he struck — he had outright killed an NPC guard. This was absolutely…
"He's finished!"
"That man is absolutely finished! These are Dragon Heart City's NPC guards! He dared to kill one — this isn't something that can be settled by spending a couple of weeks locked up!"
Dragon Heart City was nothing like other NPC cities. It was a neutral city, and its management was far stricter than any other kingdom or empire city.
Before the system's major overhaul, if a player dared to fight in Dragon Heart City, they'd be killed on the spot — and that was only the beginning. The player would be banned for an entire month. Even after the ban lifted, they'd lose ten levels, and their soul would remain in a weakened state for a full ten days. In short, it would practically destroy an account.
Now, with the major system upgrade, and on top of that killing an NPC guard — no one dared to imagine what kind of punishment awaited a player.
Shi Feng's actions had left even Mo Xinyu and the others at the city gates momentarily unable to process what they'd just witnessed.
"Just how big is that man's heart?" Mo Xinyu stared at the distant figure of Shi Feng, who still looked completely calm and unhurried, and for a long while couldn't believe her eyes. "He can't have actually lost his mind from rage!"
She'd imagined that someone like Shi Feng might resist and try to flee if he couldn't hold back — but to kill an NPC guard right then and there on the spot? That was something she wouldn't even dare to conceive of.
And yet Shi Feng had done it with absolute decisiveness…
But up on the city walls, Oath Blood Soul was watching with pure delight.
"What nerve! Truly worthy of being the first person in the Divine Realm to advance to the fourth tier!" Oath Blood Soul gazed down at Shi Feng, his eyes brimming with mockery. "What a pity — today is the day you fall!"
Before anyone could recover from the shock of the lead guard's death, Shi Feng swung the Abyssal once more.
Stars materialized instantly around Shi Feng, sweeping past the eleven NPC guards standing before him.
Sword Trajectory!
Damage numbers exceeding fifty million popped up above each of those third-tier NPCs' heads. All eleven NPC guards fell dead on the spot, thoroughly and irrevocably destroyed…
"Mindless fools! You really think the petty rules of Dragon Heart City apply to me?" Shi Feng glanced coldly at the fallen NPC guards, then put away the Abyssal as though he'd done something utterly trivial.
If this had been before, before he'd entered the Ancient Divine Realm, he might still have shown some restraint regarding Dragon Heart City's rules. But now, he had none left.
As Shi Feng's words fell, the entire area sank into a deathly silence.
"He's lost it! He's completely lost it!"
"He dares to slaughter Dragon Heart City's NPC guards just like that — who on earth is he?"
Shi Feng's actions had sent the crowd into a frenzy of reactions — some were crazed with excitement, some terrified, some thrilled, some filled with admiration. Especially that sight of Shi Feng cutting down eleven NPC guards in rapid succession — that stunning spectacle had become an indelible memory burned into the hearts of every player present.
Such ruthlessness — this man was without question the foremost in the entire Divine Realm!
In that moment, every person present burned with curiosity about Shi Feng's identity.
And up on the city wall, the black-robed knight Sablad watched this scene unfold, his eyes turning a bloody red. His aura erupted explosively, casting off all restraint. The overwhelming pressure of a level-160, fourth-tier NPC was on full display, and the terrifying presence made everyone nearby shudder with dread.
"How dare you lay hands on our City Defense Knight Order! You won't leave here alive today!" The black-robed knight Sablad roared, and launched himself from the wall in a single bound.
The other NPC guards on the city wall followed close behind — over a hundred in total.