Sword Light, Reincarnation!
Blade met blade, sending sparks flying in every direction.
Boom!
The terrifying shockwave instantly expanded outward for hundreds of yards, forcing the nearby Tier 3 experts to retreat several steps while Tier 2 players were blown back dozens of yards.
"He blocked it?"
"Who on earth is he?"
The crowd in the distance stared at Shi Feng, who stood rooted to the ground without so much as a tremor, each one of them dumbfounded.
Not only had he taken a direct hit from a Level 160 NPC's Tier 4 skill completely unscathed, but it was clear that the exchange had been dead even—Shi Feng had not been the least bit outmatched.
At this point, forget the players being stunned—even Sabright, the black-robed knight who had delivered the blow, wore an expression of surprise on his face.
"Surprised?" Shi Feng glanced at the black-robed knight Sabright, whose expression had turned somewhat strange, and smiled faintly. "It seems the Deputy Commander of Dragon Heart City's City Defense Knight Order isn't all that impressive after all."
Though Shi Feng spoke those words, inwardly he did not dare let his guard down in the slightest.
The Light of Two Realms had significantly boosted his basic attributes and greatly amplified the power of his sword skills. Add to that the several fragments of Legendary items on his person, and his basic stats were already astonishingly high—while they could not match an upper-tier Legendary monster of the same level, they were getting close.
But Sabright was, after all, a Level 160 Tier 4 NPC, a full twenty levels above him, and in terms of basic attributes, absolutely superior by a wide margin. All Shi Feng could rely on was his formidable mana and superior combat technique.
"Boy, you're asking for death!" Hearing this, Sabright's fury blazed even hotter.
Then, with a flick of the warblade in Sabright's hand, the mana within a thousand-yard radius began converging wildly toward him. It was obvious that Sabright had not used his full power in the previous exchange.
And once the mana had condensed to its peak, Sabright instantly transformed into dozens of afterimages that filled the space around Shi Feng, moving so fast the eye could not keep up.
Tier 4 Skill: Shadow Break!
Even though Shi Feng commanded a domain, he could not distinguish which of those dozens of afterimages was the real body and which were illusions, as though dozens of Sabrights were charging at him all at once.
Before Shi Feng could even react, scorching runes appeared on the gleaming warblade in Sabright's hand, and searing flames surged along the blade, burning even the void into nothingness.
Tier 4 Forbidden Skill: Starfire Blade!
Suddenly, dozens of slashes struck simultaneously, transforming what was originally a single lethal Starfire Blade into dozens of strikes that blanketed every angle around Shi Feng, making escape utterly impossible.
"Impressive! Truly worthy of a Deputy Commander—to fuse Tier 4 skills together to this extent!" Shi Feng surveyed the dozens of Sabrights surrounding him, genuinely impressed.
Fusing skills together was even more difficult than fusing spells, but once accomplished, the power of the skill would double. Moreover, NPCs typically commanded an enormous repertoire of same-tier spells, which was why players who had only just entered Tier 4 were no match for Tier 4 NPCs, and could only flee upon encountering one.
"Disappear from this world for good!"
Sabright roared furiously, pushing the power of his blade even further—clearly holding nothing back, intent on cutting Shi Feng down for good.
As dozens of blade strikes that burned through the void bore down on him, Shi Feng leveled his sword horizontally.
Tier 4 Heritage Skill: Sword Domain!
Instantly, seven magical blades materialized around Shi Feng. Thanks to his mana's qualitative transformation, the magical blades had solidified into something fully corporeal, transforming into countless points of starlight that shrouded the area around him.
Sword Trajectory!
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
A chain of explosive sounds and shockwaves echoed throughout Dragon Heart City's main gate. Dozens of consecutive impacts followed, each one shattering the earth and tearing apart space itself, Shi Feng's HP dropping by 130,000 to 140,000 with each hit.
By the time all the attacks ended, Shi Feng had lost over five million HP, reducing his total health by a full one-third.
"He's not dead?!"
Mo Xinyu stared at Shi Feng, whose HP had not dropped nearly as much as expected, her beautiful eyes wide with disbelief, unable to accept what she was seeing.
A Level 160 Tier 4 NPC, and moreover the Deputy Commander of Dragon Heart City—a powerhouse even among Tier 4 NPCs—had unleashed a fused Tier 4 forbidden skill. An attack like that could knock back even an upper-tier Legendary monster of the same level, or at least deal it a severe wound.