After Shi Feng had finished arranging everything, he stepped straight into the Blood Refining Passage.
When it came to the Seven Sin Flowers, the only thing he could do right now was improve his strength.
He had already obtained an epic-grade weapon without even completing the quest. If he finished it, his equipment might improve even further. And if he could get his hands on an epic-grade weapon he could actually use, his combat power would jump by a huge margin.
"So this is the inside of the Blood Refining Passage?" Shi Feng looked around, an indescribable sense of oppression settling over him.
The passage within was a long, narrow corridor whose end was nowhere in sight. Along both walls, crimson magic runes were carved everywhere, radiating a faint divine might that made one feel deeply uneasy — as if constantly submerged deep underwater, struggling to move.
If he had to fight in this kind of environment, he would be hard-pressed to bring out even half his strength.
The moment Shi Feng entered, the entrance to the Blood Refining Passage sealed shut behind him. There was no way out now unless he used a Return Scroll and abandoned the quest.
With no retreat, Shi Feng could only press forward along the corridor.
But before he had gone even a hundred yards, two monsters suddenly emerged from the stone walls on either side of the passage. Both were skeletons clad in blood-red armor, wielding silver-white long spears.
Blood Refining Warrior — Undead creature, Elite, Level 50, HP: 100,000.
"Undead creatures?" Shi Feng glanced at the two Blood Refining Warriors towering roughly three meters tall and let out a small breath of relief. "Thankfully, they're only level 50 Elites."
Suppressed by the divine might, his own strength was already limited. If what had popped out were a Leader-type monster, he would have had no choice but to summon a third-tier demon to fight.
But the magic amplification scrolls could only be used a limited number of times, and Shi Feng wasn't about to waste them recklessly.
The two Blood Refining Warriors charged straight at him, spears whirling. Each thrust split into three phantom strikes — the technique of a veteran spearman. The spear shadows jabbed at three of Shi Feng's vital points, and with the two warriors coordinating together, even Shi Feng had to yield ground.
"Remarkable skill!" Shi Feng flickered with surprise.
This spearwork had already reached the level of a proper spear master. An average Elite-class player would have no chance in close combat against it.
Shi Feng retreated again and again, occasionally raising his sword to parry.
The corridor was rather cramped. The two Blood Refining Warriors nearly filled it end to end, leaving no room to flank — he could only fight head-on.
"Die!"
Having tested the Blood Refining Warriors' abilities, Shi Feng took half a step back and raised the Abyssal, ready to unleash Wind Thunder Flash to end the fight quickly.
In a flash, the Abyssal carved out a streak of black light.
But no cyan lightning arcs appeared, and neither Blood Refining Warrior took any damage. Instead, they seized the opening and drove a spear straight at the space between Shi Feng's brows. His other hand jerked the Shadow of Purgatory up to block and deflect, barely knocking the silver spear off course.
"I can't use skills?" Shi Feng grimaced.
The advantage players had over monsters was their use of skills. Without skills, that edge was more than half gone.
But Shi Feng was no rookie.
Players who had just entered the Divine Realm relied on skills as their bread and butter, but high-level players no longer fought with skills alone — they relied on their own combat techniques.
The two Blood Refining Warriors fighting together were indeed formidable, but their attack patterns were monotonous and inflexible. Against a sword master like Shi Feng, it took only a few exchanges to spot an opening and land a blow.
The Abyssal slashed into a gap in one Blood Refining Warrior's crimson armor. The struck warrior stumbled back a step, and cracks appeared in the bones within its armor. A damage number of 1,056 floated above its head.
"An incredible defense and physical body."