"Shuise, lead everyone out of Stone Forest Town immediately," Shi Feng whispered through private chat.
"I understand." Shuise Qiangwei was stunned. She had expected Shi Feng to unleash Zero Wing's trump card, but instead he was ordering a retreat, abandoning Stone Forest Town.
Still, since Shi Feng had spoken, Shuise Qiangwei had no choice but to lead everyone in an orderly withdrawal.
Bai Qingxue's side did the same.
Facing an elite army of twenty-five thousand, there wasn't a single guild in the entire Star Moon Kingdom that could go toe to toe with them. Standing their ground would only lead to certain death.
In truth, even if they fought to the bitter end, the enemy wouldn't come out unscathed—it would be mutual destruction at best.
The reason was that Zero Wing's main team had all swapped to Tier 3 attribute gems. They had already been far ahead of other guilds' experts in equipment, to say nothing of mere elites—it was a complete stomp. And with no enemy experts keeping them in check, Zero Wing's main team cut through the battlefield like a razor-sharp blade, leaving nothing but devastation in their wake.
Spell after spell hammered into Ke Le, Ye Wumian, and Banjiu at the front line, but it barely tickled them. The strongest attacks could only deal a little over a thousand points of damage, yet these tanks each had HP exceeding ten thousand. Moreover, most of the attacks couldn't even reach them—the healers in the back just needed a casual heal or two to keep the frontline tanks topped off.
Not to mention the two Tier 2 combat demons, each with over three million HP. Under Shi Feng's control, they were like twin agents of destruction, specifically targeting the enemy's healers, and unstoppable. Even when the enemy focused fire on the demons, under Shi Feng's control—though he couldn't achieve perfect command—no one's attacks could land on either of the two Tier 2 demons.
Level 35 Tier 2 demons had base stats that far surpassed Shi Feng's own, and in terms of raw strength they significantly outstripped even Shi Feng with his full set of Tier 3 strength gems. How could ordinary players even touch them?
Only if the firepower was incredibly dense and dodging was impossible would they take any damage. But with healers in the back and natural combat recovery, they'd be back to full HP in no time.
Under the two demons' relentless slaughter, massive numbers of healers from every guild fell every single second.
After just a few minutes of fighting, the various guilds had already lost over six or seven thousand elite members—no less than what the three bosses had killed.
This tore at the guilds' hearts. Without their own experts deployed, they were utterly helpless against an elite squad like this. This was exactly why guilds desperately trained experts and fought tooth and nail for control of the Stone Claw Mountains. Fortunately, Snake of the Body had also taken heavy losses—over two thousand dead so far in the battle—which gave the other guilds some measure of comfort.
Both sides watched their comrades die one by one, fighting with bloodshot eyes, the battle growing ever fiercer—like an ancient battlefield come to life.
The red-named players living in Stone Forest Town watched from a distance, completely dumbfounded.
Players by the thousands were locked in combat across the entire landscape. Every minute, someone was blasted to death. Even expert players looked insignificant in a battle of this scale.
Compared to what they, the red-named killers, considered a rampage, this was child's play—hardly worth mentioning.
What "rivers of blood" truly looked like, they had never known. Now they were witnessing it with their own eyes.
As Snake of the Body and Zero Wing slowly withdrew from Stone Forest Town, Shi Feng activated Wind Walk, crushed a speed-scroll, and charged straight into the town. The three bosses followed close behind.
"Haha! That Black Flame is finally scared! But it's too late for regrets!"
"Everyone, charge! Don't let a single person from Snake of the Body or Zero Wing escape!"
The members of the Star River Alliance and the other guilds, fired up with enthusiasm, chased after the retreating Snake of the Body and Zero Wing members.
But as they crashed into the encirclement, they finally got a taste of Zero Wing's true power.
With a mere four hundred people, Zero Wing easily tore through an encirclement of over ten thousand.
Hei Zi dropped a single Star of Light, and over a thousand people died in an instant. Huowu charged into the crowd like a savage beast—one flick of her short blade sent a player flying and scattered an entire group. And that was without even mentioning powerhouses like Ke Le and Yi Daochengfeng.