"Dead?"
The entire hall had fallen silent. With the deaths of Situ Qingtian and Chiyang Tianhe, every person present was completely stunned, not a single one able to believe what had just happened.
Hanguang Shiying and the long-haired young man carrying the great sword on his back looked as though they had been frozen in place, completely motionless, their eyes locked on the two collapsed figures.
"How is this possible!"
"Not even a single hit—that's what it took to finish them off?"
Unlike the others present, Hanguang Shiying and the long-haired young man knew full well just how powerful Situ Qingtian and Chiyang Tianhe truly were.
Setting aside their combat prowess that bordered on the Domain Realm, their base stats and the completion of their Mana Bodies were more than enough to rival upper-tier Legendary monsters of the same level.
Yet two people as strong as monsters had not even been able to put up the slightest resistance against Shi Feng. Who would believe that?
Not far away, Yuan Tiexin and Ziqiong stood gaping as well, unable to recover from the shock that the sight had delivered for a long time.
They had expected a cataclysmic battle—some had even thought it unwise of Shi Feng to push things this far. After all, if two people equivalent to upper-tier Legendary monsters went on a rampage, they could destroy Zero Wing's entire headquarters. Even if Shi Feng ultimately managed to kill them both, the price would have been steep.
But now…
While everyone else was still staring at the bodies of Situ Qingtian and Chiyang Tianhe, Hades Leilos's gaze was fixed on Shi Feng, who stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows looking entirely unruffled. His eyes were filled with wariness and dread.
"Fifth-tier Sword Saint?"
Though the feeling had lasted only an instant, Hades Leilos had sensed an unprecedented terror emanating from Shi Feng—a bone-chilling tremor that did not come merely from Shi Feng's terrifying aura, but from something far more primal: the instinctive fear of life itself.
For a fourth-tier Class holder whose Mana Body had already reached such a high level of completion, facing another player of the same tier and feeling that way was simply impossible.
The only explanation was that the man before him was no longer a fourth-tier Class holder.
He was a Sword Saint who had ascended to the fifth tier!
Though Hades Leilos had muttered these words instinctively to himself, without using private chat, even the softest voice was clearly audible to every fourth-tier Class holder present.
"Fifth-tier Sword Saint?"
One by one, every person in the hall turned to look at Shi Feng. The deaths of Situ Qingtian and Chiyang Tianhe had been so staggering that they had all but forgotten about Shi Feng himself—the one who had killed them—and the momentary paralysis and terror his presence had unleashed moments ago.
"That can't be! He actually broke through to the fifth tier!"
Hanguang Shiying and the long-haired young man's expressions turned as dark as a stormcloud, their minds seething with disbelief.
At this point, Shi Feng was making no effort to hide anything. The pressure radiating from a fifth-tier Class and the disparity in life level were simply not something a fourth-tier Class holder could compare to.
Just as a fourth-tier Class holder stood out in the darkness like a bonfire, a fifth-tier Class holder blazed like the sun. Without deliberate suppression and concealment, it was impossible not to notice.
"So this is the confidence behind his disregard for two great super-guilds?"
Yuan Tiexin stared at Shi Feng, who had just dispatched Situ Qingtian and Chiyang Tianhe with seemingly not a care in the world, and felt an indescribable wave of shock crash over him. Even Ziqiong was at a complete loss for words, her expression a complicated tangle of emotions that defied description.
She had come this time hoping to gauge her own growth over the past period—to see whether she had finally caught up to Shi Feng.
Now, forget about catching up. They were no longer even on the same plane.
A fifth-tier Class!