When the man in the black cloak appeared, no one present could believe it was real.
He had repelled Kabaila Mett — a Level 162 Tier 4 NPC — with a single sword strike. Kabaila Mett was no strength-type class, merely a Tier 4 Ranger, but a Level 162 was enough to fill everyone with utter despair. He was simply not an existence that current players could hope to contend with.
Yet Shi Feng had sent Kabaila Mett flying with one sword stroke. What kind of terrifying power was that?
"So he's really that Black Flame?"
The hulking man from the White Lion Adventure Team, standing amid the crowd, stared at Shi Feng in the distance and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. The rest of the White Lion team were equally slack-jawed. The man their captain had greeted in the teleportation hall had turned out to be a genuine bigwig — and a name that shook the entire Divine Realm at that.
"Guild Master?"
Fire Dance and the others stared in disbelief at Shi Feng as he strode toward them step by step, each of them unable to trust their own eyes. They had never actually believed Shi Feng would really come back.
"Brother Black Flame, you sure kept us waiting!" Undying Warheart let out a bitter laugh as Shi Feng reached his side.
Ever since they had parted ways in the Destruction Mountain Range, not a huge amount of time had passed by the calendar — but to them it had felt like days stretching into years, and the pressure had only grown heavier with each passing day.
Fortunately, luck had been on their side. When the guild's top explorers ventured into Level 130 territory, they discovered a Tier 4 inheritance site and quickly advanced to Tier 4, which dramatically eased the pressure on the Twin Towers Kingdom side. On top of that, the Secret Pact Tower had been steadily producing complete Tier 3 inheritances, and more and more members had reached Tier 3.
That was how they had barely managed to hold on until today.
Now, with Shi Feng — a Tier 4 Sword Emperor — back in the fold, they finally had a bit more backbone to stand on.
Huan Yu, watching from the side as Shi Feng returned, let out a deep, long-held breath of relief. They had waited far too long for this moment.
Meanwhile, the Star Ring camp erupted into an uproar. Nobody had expected Shi Feng, who had been absent for so long, to suddenly show up — and to arrive with such savagery.
"So Black Flame, you've finally decided to show your face!" Lu Xingluo fixed his gaze on Shi Feng in the distance and burst into a booming laugh. "I've been waiting a long time for this. Today, I'm going to make you watch your Zero Wing crumble to dust right before your eyes! Everyone — attack!"
He had been somewhat surprised by Shi Feng's appearance, having not expected him to make it back from the completely sealed-off Dragon Heart Island so quickly. Originally, he had planned to flush Shi Feng out by first wiping out Fire Dance's group. Now he wouldn't even need to bother.
The moment Lu Xingluo gave the order, the Tier 4 Sword Demon, Wind Demon, and Battle Ghost Tianming behind him moved to surround the Zero Wing members — but before they could take more than a few steps out of the camp, two figures suddenly blocked their path.
"You want to get past us? Beat us first!" Jing Wuming pulled the long spear from his back and swept it horizontal, cutting off all three at once.
Neither Jing Wuming nor Gu Jiuji were bothering to suppress their life signatures any longer. In an instant, two full bursts of Tier 4 aura erupted outward, freezing the Sword Demon and his companions mid-step.
"Two Tier 4s!"
"Just how many Tier 4s does Zero Wing have?!"
Every major faction watching Jing Wuming and Gu Jiuji actively stand against the Sword Demon trio erupted in shocked cries.
Tier 4 players were exceedingly rare across the entire Divine Realm — a superpower that boasted even one was considered well-off. Yet the Zero Wing they were looking at right now had a staggering five Tier 4s. That kind of strength was something even the current top five super-guilds might not be able to match.
"I'll give Zero Wing this — you've got some ability, managing to produce so many Tier 4s." Lu Xingluo glanced at Jing Wuming and his companion, then turned his cold gaze back to Shi Feng with a sneer. "But right now, every last one of you is trapped inside a Master-level magic barrier. Even if you've got more Tier 4s on your side, under attribute suppression you still don't stand a chance!"