"Who exactly is this mysterious young man?"
Shi Feng stared at the magic sphere beginning to crack in the sky, a hint of shock stirring in his heart.
The skill the mysterious young man had just used was a fifth-tier forbidden spell.
Dark Paradise!
This move was something even sixth-tier gods had to treat with extreme caution. Its power could reduce every player on the entire street to dust in moments, and the death penalty would likely be no less severe than at Cloud Hidden Mountain.
"Disappear!" The mysterious young man shot up into the sky.
The magic sphere was transforming into a black hole, devouring everything around it. As its suction intensified, the black hole kept expanding, threatening to swallow the players on the street as well.
"Damn it!" Shi Feng instantly activated Dragon's Power and Blade Unleash.
The dual burst sent Shi Feng's strength stat surging beyond that of a Lord-tier monster.
Space Freeze was essentially a restriction skill, and activating Dragon's Power granted immunity to all restriction effects. But immunity was one thing — the crushing force within the sealed space still bore down, layered with immense mental pressure. Without some form of counter, even without the immobilization effect, current player stats would make movement utterly impossible.
Only a dual-burst skill could offer any chance of moving.
"This force suppression is really something." Shi Feng tried to move his body and immediately felt as though lead had been poured into every limb.
"Oh? Someone can still move." The mysterious young man looked slightly surprised, sweeping his gaze toward Shi Feng. "But you're only a first-tier nobody. Being able to move within my domain — you're the first."
At this point, Shi Feng's fingers could already twitch, though the rest of his body remained locked in place.
"Too bad that under Dark Paradise, even if you can move, there's no escape."
The mysterious young man had barely finished speaking when a sharp sound rang out across everyone's ears.
"Shatter!"
A low voice echoed through the entire space, and the frozen dimension shattered in an instant.
"How bold of you to cause such a scene in Black Wing City." A woman in pristine white divine robes appeared in midair, looking down at the mysterious young man. "Or have you already decided to make an enemy of Black Wing City?"
"Xia Lian!" Shi Feng, now free, stared at the woman in her white holy armor, unable to hide his astonishment.
He knew how formidable Xia Lian was, but every time he encountered her, her power had grown enormously — from the bandit queen he first met, to a third-tier Priest, and then to a fifth-tier High Cardinal.
Now she was even more impressive, having shattered the mysterious young man's domain outright.
While Shi Feng was still reeling, a crimson jade staff appeared in Xia Lian's hand. The staff seemed carved from a single piece of jade, and the instant it materialized, the flow of magic throughout the entire space halted. Xia Lian gave it a gentle shake.
BOOM!
The all-consuming black hole vanished from the skies above Black Wing City in a flash.
"I suppose I really shouldn't underestimate Black Wing City." The mysterious young man glanced at Xia Lian in midair. "But using the city's magical formation to keep me here — I'm afraid that's not happening."
With that, his figure flickered, and he vanished before everyone's eyes.
"Fast escape."
Xia Lian watched the mysterious young man disappear without showing any surprise. After a brief glance at Shi Feng, she too vanished from the sky, leaving behind a crowd of dumbfounded players.
"What just happened?"
"That NPC is insane — he can kill players in Black Wing City, and there's nothing the city can do about it?"