Chapter 41: A Frenzied Leap in Power

"Is this what a true Fifth Class really feels like?"

Everyone present — Yubai, Hanguang Shiying, and the others — was deeply shaken by the power Shi Feng had displayed.

In terms of raw base stats, the Evil Blood Beast Soldiers already far surpassed Fourth Class experts of the same level. Even a wielder of a Legendary-grade weapon fragment, with a Mana Body completion rate of 110%, would struggle to stand against them.

Yet now, under the shroud of Shi Feng's Thought Domain, the Evil Blood Beast Soldiers could barely move. If the target had been a Fourth Class player instead, one could hardly imagine the outcome.

Although combat videos of Shi Feng fighting after reaching Fifth Class had long circulated on the outside, giving everyone a deep understanding of how powerful Fifth Class truly was, only after personally experiencing it did they grasp just how terrifying he really was.

Forget about these Fourth Class experts desperately wanting to fight him — simply managing to land a blow on Shi Feng was probably something nearly impossible to accomplish…

And Shi Feng himself was actually quite surprised by the outcome.

He had never expected that after equipping his Legendary-grade gear, the power of his Thought Domain would skyrocket to this extent. In the past, it would have at most slowed the movement speed of a monster like the Evil Blood Beast Soldiers by sixty percent — nowhere near the extreme sluggishness they now displayed, their combat strength reduced to less than thirty percent of its original power.

"I'll hold those Evil Blood Hunters! Take care of the Beast Soldiers!"

After issuing the command to the group, Shi Feng immediately deployed his Blade Domain, directing the magic swords to strike at the four Evil Blood Hunters, each above level one hundred and sixty.

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Although the Blade Domain was only a Fourth Class legacy skill, under Shi Feng's control, each magic sword wielded power approaching the upper reaches of Fifth Class — far beyond what a Fourth Class Legendary monster could withstand, not even an upper-tier Legendary monster.

In an instant, four magic swords descended. The four armored Evil Blood Hunters, towering like giants of steel, let out agonized screams on the spot. Each took damage nearing three hundred million points, their health bars visibly dropping by a significant chunk.

What was more, Shi Feng's attacks did not merely strip away a large portion of the Evil Blood Hunters' HP — they also weakened the monsters' combat strength with every passing strike.

Even the Evil Blood Beast Soldiers nearby watched in cold terror. Had this not been a secret realm, had it instead been the outside world, they would have turned and fled long ago…

Hanguang Shiying and the others stood there dumbfounded.

Such terrifying damage — with Shi Feng alone, he could effortlessly wipe out every Evil Blood monster before them.

After stabilizing the four Evil Blood Hunters, Shi Feng said calmly, "Go ahead!"

At Huowu's command, the Zero Wing members split into teams and charged toward the slowly advancing Evil Blood Beast Soldiers. Hanguang Shiying and the others snapped out of their daze and hurried to follow, each engaging a Beast Soldier individually rather than concentrating their attacks on a single target.

Everyone understood clearly that Shi Feng was giving them a chance to acclimate to this environment. If they didn't seize it, opportunities like this might not come again — after all, this was merely the entrance to the secret realm, the easiest area to handle. The deeper they ventured, the more treacherous things would become.

With Shi Feng still able to oversee the entire battlefield, they should take these Evil Blood monsters as training fodder.

In short order, every member of Zero Wing and Hanguang Shiying's group was fighting at least one Evil Blood Beast Soldier each. Huowu, Bai Qingxue, Shuise Qiangwei, Ziyan Liuyun, Yantianxing, Yiluofei, and Hanguang Shiying — these seven — each took on two or more simultaneously, deliberately pushing themselves to the edge of danger in order to familiarize themselves with the rules governing the flow of magical elements in this space.

Time trickled by, and over four hours passed in what felt like no time.

Every Evil Blood Beast Soldier still had above ninety-nine percent of their HP — essentially untouched. Even the four Evil Blood Hunters Shi Feng was handling had been herded together; their health had barely dropped, each still hovering above eighty percent.

Though the Evil Blood monsters remained in perfectly fine shape, every Fourth Class expert present had gained a considerable amount of improvement.

Each of them had gone from choppy, uncoordinated movements during their initial clashes with the Evil Blood Beast Soldiers to fighting now as fluidly as flowing water, a clear sign that they were gradually adapting to the rules of magical element circulation in this space. They only experienced a touch of awkwardness or hesitation when attempting to use magic skills or combat arts.

"So this is how the flow of magical elements actually works?"