The white mist dissipated, and the final result appeared in midair above the dueling arena.
Victor: Ye Feng!
"Who on earth is he?" Feng Qianyu's eyes flashed with disbelief, her expression turning grave.
She knew Qinghuang's base stats all too well — they were absolutely at the top tier of the entire Divine Realm.
But Shi Feng had still surpassed Qinghuang…
An Elementalist's Ice Wall wasn't so easy to break. Even a Berserker of the same level couldn't shatter it in just a couple of strikes. Even with a significant stat advantage, cutting it open in a single sword stroke shouldn't have been possible.
But overwhelming stats were one thing. What truly shocked everyone was the realm.
Domain of Vacuum wasn't something just any expert could stumble upon.
And yet a small guild called Zero Wing had a second expert of that caliber.
She suddenly felt that the Zero Wing guild was becoming harder and harder to read.
"Haha, Brother Ye Feng won!" Ziyan Liuyun cheered.
"He was bragging earlier about finishing the fight in under a minute, and now it looks like he really didn't need a minute." Hei Zi laughed along.
After being defeated, Qinghuang stood stunned on the dueling arena for a good while. She looked at the name displayed above the arena, then looked at Shi Feng standing on the stage, and a bitter taste welled up inside her.
From the start of the battle to its end, less than ten seconds had elapsed.
This was the worst defeat she had ever suffered since completing her training.
Shi Feng didn't look old — probably around her age, which stirred a fierce competitive fire in Qinghuang's heart.
Back at Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, she had been the most outstanding one. Long Wu was several years older than her, but she had never taken him seriously, even after he had grasped Domain. She was younger, and that gave her more potential.
Given time, she would eventually grasp Domain too and become one of the true top-tier experts in the virtual gaming world.
But now?
Here was someone roughly her age who far surpassed her in strength. What she found most intolerable was that Shi Feng was only a Domain of Vacuum expert — not someone who had grasped Domain. And yet at the same level, she had still lost this catastrophically. How was she supposed to accept that?
"Your name is Ye Feng, right?" Qinghuang walked straight up to Shi Feng and studied him with intense, serious eyes, wanting to burn his image into her memory. A reminder to herself.
"Mm." Shi Feng nodded, somewhat puzzled by the woman called Qinghuang. Her gaze felt strange.
"I've committed you to memory. My name is Qinghuang. Remember it — it's the name of someone who will surpass you someday." With that, Qinghuang turned and walked off the arena.
Shi Feng chuckled. He hadn't expected Qinghuang to be the type with a personality like that.