The entire Zero Wing and Seven Deadly Flowers were already locked in their respective battles.
Aside from Huo Wu, Ziyan Liuyun, and Shuishui Qiangwei, who were able to hold the upper hand against the Seven Deadly Flowers' squad leaders thanks to the stat bonuses of their Tier 1 sets, the others couldn't match the remaining four squad leaders.
These squad leaders had gear that was no worse than Zero Wing's main raid team members. Most of the gems slotted into their equipment were Tier 3, and their burst skills were even slightly stronger than the Dark Power Shi Feng had granted. This more than made up for the gap in base stats.
With such a minimal difference in base stats, even a three-person coordinated attack from Zero Wing's main raid team felt powerless against the Seven Deadly Flowers' squad leaders. Every attack was deflected one after another, and a single mistake could result in an instant hit that wiped out a third of their health bar. Being eliminated was merely a matter of time—especially with the Lava Domain continuously draining Zero Wing's members of HP.
On the other hand, Jian Ying, Beifeng Diaodi, Feiying, Banjiu, Ke Le, Ye Wumian, and others were able to fight the realm-of-insight experts to a standstill. Both sides' health bars were slowly dropping, and the final outcome might come down to a sliver of HP difference.
"Zero Wing really is strong," Yuan Tiexin murmured from a distance, a trace of surprise in his voice. "Their main raid team is fighting this well against so many of the Seven Deadly Flowers' experts. If it were any other team, the battle would've been over long ago." He paused. "But in the end, Zero Wing is still going to lose."
Right now, aside from a handful of Zero Wing's top brass who could fight to a draw, the rest of them would be eliminated in due time. If the battle dragged on and the ordinary main raid team members were picked off one by one, the Seven Deadly Flowers could then turn their attention to Zero Wing's leaders all at once. The leaders were already pushing themselves to the limit just to handle their current opponents.
If a powerful reinforcement suddenly arrived, the battle could be concluded in just a few exchanges.
The other members of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion nodded in agreement.
But they had to admit it—Zero Wing's main raid team was formidable. If the roles were reversed and they stepped onto the battlefield, the outcome would be decided just as quickly.
Experts who had reached the realm of insight could fluidly shift their techniques even in high-speed combat, but ordinary experts could not.
The battlefield was a maelstrom of chaos. Though every exchange was spectacular to watch, the members of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion kept their eyes fixed on Shi Feng's fight.
After all, the title of "Asura of the Sword" wasn't given for nothing.
Countless experts had been one-shotted by the sword in Shi Feng's hands. That was how he had built his fearsome reputation.
And Shi Feng's opponent was no less impressive—the leader of this Seven Deadly Flowers contingent.
A clash between these two was something you'd almost never get to see under normal circumstances.
"So you're the leader of the Seven Deadly Flowers this time?" Shi Feng drew his twin swords, focusing all his attention on the silver-robed man before him.
Even before the silver-robed man launched his attack, his icy killing intent was enough to make one shudder. A sensation of having no control over one's own life bloomed vividly, as though one had already wandered into the lair of some monstrous beast.
Moreover, the silver-robed man's level and equipment were both exceptionally high.
He was a Level 35 Berserker, and his gear was the Berserker's dark-gold set—Frostbite.
Frostbite was a set that emphasized speed and strength, equippable from levels 30 to 40. It was a dark-gold set that scaled with the player's level, and it was currently second only to the Tier 1 sets.
As for the snow-white spear, Shi Feng had never seen it before, but judging by the magic runes and the exquisite craftsmanship, it was at the very least an exceptional-grade dark-gold weapon.
"That depends on whether you're even qualified to know," the silver-robed man said. He swung his spear, and the weapon seemed to split into five venomous serpents that lunged at Shi Feng.
One spear, five transformations!
Though only five spear shadows appeared, their trajectories were bewilderingly complex and unpredictable—even the wielder himself couldn't fully read them, let alone an opponent trying to anticipate where the next strike would land.
Shi Feng's eyes narrowed. He retreated sharply.
Clang! Clang!
Two sparks erupted right in front of his face.
"Fast spearwork!" Shi Feng couldn't help but be startled.
He had already pulled back the instant he recognized the danger, yet the five spear shadows had closed the distance in the blink of an eye. By the time he reacted, his swords had only managed to block two of them. The remaining three were impossible to parry—he had no choice but to activate Sword Control Return to Heaven to defend.
Otherwise, he would have been struck three times in that single instant. With his current stats boosted by the Dark Power, he wouldn't have been one-shotted, but he would have lost at least a third of his HP for certain.
From the earlier clash, Shi Feng had already felt just how much force the silver-robed man could bring to bear, so he could roughly estimate how much damage those hits would deal.