"What's the matter? You don't believe me?"
Qiluo looked at Shi Feng, who showed no sign of stopping, then pulled off his black cloak to reveal the Return of the King guild emblem.
In the distance, Siyu Qingxuan and Qingzhu froze the moment they saw the emblem.
"Why would a super guild come after us?" Siyu Qingxuan stared at the Return of the King emblem, completely unable to make sense of it. All the joy she had felt from Shi Feng defeating the Falcon Legion evaporated, replaced by a creeping sense of worry.
Even though she was still new to virtual gaming, the name of a super guild had been drilled into her ears long ago. In today's world, virtual games had been developing for over a century, and the super guilds within them were like celebrities — their names appeared in news and advertisements all the time in the real world. It was impossible not to know about them.
Return of the King stood apart from other super guilds. Because they periodically recruited top players from the outside world, their fame surpassed that of their peers. It was common to hear that so-and-so expert had joined Return of the King. As a result, everyone had at least a rough understanding of just how wide the gap was between Zero Wing and Return of the King — whether in member count or the number of top-tier players, the two guilds simply weren't on the same level.
If a full-scale war truly broke out between the two guilds, it would be a disaster for Zero Wing.
"So that's why you dare to target Zero Wing's members in the Star Moon Kingdom — you're with Return of the King." Shi Feng finally understood what was going on. He had refused Return of the King's demands, and now they had started going after Zero Wing's core members. He looked at Qiluo and asked with a smile, "But do you know who I am?"
As he spoke, he stored his black robe away, revealing his true appearance.
"How can you be Night Edge?!" Qiluo's jaw dropped the moment he saw Shi Feng's face, unable to believe his eyes.
The name Night Edge wasn't as famous within Zero Wing as Dark Flame, but it circulated among the major powers of the Divine Realm. When it came to strength, however, Night Edge had defeated Beichen Tianlang, one of the War Wolf Guild's Wolf Kings. The super guilds had even established dedicated files on Night Edge, and the battle recording of his fight against Beichen Tianlang had been required viewing for their members to study.
That was how he could recognize him at a glance.
Recognizing him was one thing, but Qiluo's expression only grew more grim…
"Damn it, how could my luck be this awful — running into him here of all places." Qiluo truly regretted revealing his identity. Had he kept it hidden, there might have been a slim chance of survival. Now, his situation was as good as hopeless.
He still had his vanish skill, but even he wasn't stupid enough to think it would work against Shi Feng. If stealth were effective, Shi Feng wouldn't have attacked the assassin behind him without a moment's hesitation.
Stealth was useless. Escaping in front of an expert like this was nothing short of a dream.
Return of the King had also studied the battle recording from the Dark Arena in detail. Based on rough estimates of their stats, purely in terms of base attributes, Shi Feng was vastly superior — and that wasn't even counting speed, which was Shi Feng's greatest strength.
Seeing Shi Feng charge at him in a single step, Qiluo's face turned ashen.
"Damn you — I have to use my chance on this?! I will never let this go, Night Edge! I'll kill every last core member of your Zero Wing!" Qiluo's eyes nearly split with fury as he stared at the approaching Shi Feng. He pulled a purple-glowing crystal ball from his inventory, spewing venomous curses. "Just you wait! I, Qiluo, will make you regret this!"
The real reason he couldn't bear to die was that crystal ball in his hand.
He had obtained it from completing a chain of encounter quests. It was a single-use consumable that could only be stored in the inventory — and it would drop on death. The item could teleport its holder to a special space. From what he had investigated, that space was a cultivation sanctuary that could elevate a player's combat skills, and its effect surpassed even the secret technique tablets of the major guilds. He had never told anyone about this.
He had originally planned to wait until he hit a bottleneck and grown stronger before going, because the intelligence he'd gathered indicated that the space was extremely dangerous. Going too early would simply waste his one chance at advancement. That was why he had always been so cautious — never expecting that this encounter would force him to enter that other dimension ahead of schedule.
That crystal ball had been his greatest opportunity to climb into the upper echelons of the guild, and now Shi Feng had thrown it all into chaos.