"A fourth-tier!"
"A fourth-tier dragon! This is a genuine fourth-tier dragon!"
For creatures like dragons, any player who hadn't just recently entered the Divine Realm would have heard of them at least in passing. As for the people of Ancient Rock City, every single one of them was at minimum a third-tier Class holder, so their understanding of dragons was already quite thorough.
However, compared to what the people of Ancient Rock City had merely heard about, actually witnessing the dragon that had appeared in the sky drove home just how terrifying a dragon truly was.
At this moment, the fourth-tier dragon's body was a full four to five hundred meters in size, genuinely blotting out the clouds and sky. Its might radiated across a radius of several thousand yards, leaving every third-tier player present trembling in their seats. Compared to the fourth-tier Evil Dragons hovering over Ancient Rock City earlier, this creature was practically a god.
"This can't be real! It has to be fake!"
"How could a player possibly summon a fourth-tier dragon?! This is a fourth-tier dragon!"
The experts from the various powers atop the city walls all had expressions that were growing increasingly unsettled, their eyes filled with shock and horror.
A fourth-tier dragon was a being comparable to a fifth-tier Class — not something any current fourth-tier player could afford to provoke, and certainly not a power that players should be able to command. It represented the true pinnacle of combat strength within the Divine Realm.
Yet now, Shi Feng had actually summoned a fourth-tier dragon. How could anyone believe this?
This was arguably even more unbelievable and more shocking than Shi Feng advancing to a fifth-tier Class. After all, given enough time, any ordinary dragon would eventually advance to the fifth tier.
And a fifth-tier dragon was simply invincible within the entire Divine Realm!
"Don't panic, everyone! A fourth-tier dragon is fearsome, yes, but our Ancient Rock City's defensive magic barrier is no slouch either!" Nü Xue Kuang Quan, the Guild Master of the Holy Hand of the Heart, shouted at the growing commotion. "All we've gained is an additional creature comparable to a fifth-tier Class. As long as we work together to hold the line, Black Flame still won't be able to do anything to us!"
Once Nü Xue Kuang Quan spoke up, the experts from the various powers in Ancient Rock City regained a measure of calm, remembering that Ancient Rock City's defensive magic barrier was extraordinary in its own right. If it came to a war of attrition, they might well be able to withstand Zero Wing's furious assault.
However, after today's battle, it was likely that no power in the entire Divine Realm would dare provoke Zero Wing again. Zero Wing would truly become the number-one guild in the Divine Realm.
After all, with a fifth-tier Class holder and a fourth-tier dragon, which player power on the entire Divine Realm continent could possibly stand against them?
Some of the dark guild experts on the city walls were even beginning to regret making enemies of Zero Wing today. They might be able to ride out this crisis behind Ancient Rock City's walls, but what about the future?
They couldn't hide in Ancient Rock City forever, could they?
While the people on the walls were caught in their various regrets, Qian Li Wu Ya, who was watching from the sky, had turned a shade of iron-blue unlike anything before.
Nü Xue Kuang Quan noticed Qian Li Wu Ya's terrible expression and couldn't help but ask, "Vice Guild Master Wu Ya, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with that dragon overhead?"
No matter how they looked at it, the dragon circling above Ancient Rock City appeared to be the genuine article. It was unmistakably fourth-tier, and its level had reached 165 — though the exact stats couldn't be probed. You needed an advanced observation skill or higher to see the details.
And Qian Li Wu Ya, as the Vice Guild Master of the Miracle Guild, had long since mastered an advanced observation skill that allowed him to see information unavailable to ordinary observation skills.
"No!" Qian Li Wu Ya shook his head slightly, a hint of despair in his eyes. "That is no dragon at all… It's a Holy Dragon — a Silver Holy Dragon!"
"A… Holy Dragon?" Nü Xue Kuang Quan's entire body froze for a moment as he stared intently at Qian Li Wu Ya. "Brother Wu Ya, you're not joking with me, are you? Because I really am not in the mood to laugh…"
What sort of being was a Holy Dragon?
It was the king among the dragon race. The gap between an ordinary dragon and a Holy Dragon was like the gap between a regular monster and an ancient species — they were practically two entirely different creatures…
Qian Li Wu Ya looked at Nü Xue Kuang Quan and forced a bitter smile. "I wish I were, but do I look like I'm joking?"
Right now, Qian Li Wu Ya rather regretted having used his advanced observation skill to probe the creature. If he hadn't probed it, he could have at least clung to some shred of hope. Now, that was all gone.
As for the players who had fled far from Ancient Rock City, staring up at the Silver Holy Dragon in the sky, they too were rendered speechless for a long while.
"So this was Zero Wing's true trump card in attacking Ancient Rock City?"
"A Holy Dragon! I must be dreaming!"
"That's right — this is all a dream! I haven't even advanced to the fourth tier yet. How could he possibly have reached the fifth tier and be commanding a Holy Dragon? This has to be a dream!"
Quite a few people, gazing up at the Silver Holy Dragon, began trying to console themselves with such thoughts.
But Beast Emperor, still on the city walls, clearly had no intention of giving up. He stared fixedly at the Silver Holy Dragon hovering in midair, his expression having descended completely into madness: "I refuse to believe it! So what if it's a Holy Dragon?! I have the Grandmaster-level Magic Array from the ancient ruins — I can absolutely hold them off!"