"Sword Emperor?"
Brexiute froze for a moment, his gaze filled with confusion as he looked at Shi Feng.
Although there were currently players in the Divine Realm who had reached Level 120, reaching Level 120 had little to do with advancing to the fourth tier — it merely fulfilled the most basic prerequisite for promotion.
According to what the major guildes had learned, one still needed to locate a fourth-tier inheritance site afterward. That inheritance site was the real hurdle. Even pooling the resources of all five Super Guilds, it would be nearly impossible to find one in a short period of time, let alone actually obtain the inheritance.
And Shi Feng was merely the guild master of a quasi-superpower — how could he possibly have searched faster than all of the major Super Guilds?
"A fourth-tier Sword Emperor?"
"No way — someone just hit Level 120, and he's already promoted to a fourth-tier Sword Emperor?"
"That's a lie! It has to be a lie! The fourth-tier Class is one that dominates the entire Divine Realm continent. Even the kings of the great kingdoms would think twice before crossing swords with such a person. How could anyone possibly have promoted that quickly?"
The players in the spectator stands had all heard Odin's words, and the revelation sent shockwaves through the crowd. One by one, they expressed deep skepticism over Shi Feng's supposed promotion to a fourth-tier Class.
Shi Feng's combat strength was indeed terrifying — but they could more or less accept that. After all, the Divine Realm contained plenty of treasures that could make a player extraordinarily powerful, even allowing them to fight above their tier. Lina and her group were a prime example. But a fourth-tier Class promotion was something else entirely.
That was a powerhouse acknowledged as such even by the Divine Realm's NPCs!
Just like the current fourth-tier NPCs — no superpower dared to provoke them lightly, not even the five Super Guilds.
Because the fourth-tier Class was taboo, a chain of prohibition branded into the very bones of every player by the Divine Realm itself. It was something absolutely not to be violated.
In fact, many of the major forces now suspected that most superpowers' third-tier experts would likely need to reach around Level 130 before any of them could possibly advance to a fourth-tier Class.
On the battlefield, Mu Xin stared at Shi Feng with a mixture of anticipation and disbelief.
"If… if it's true…" The mere thought of the fourth-tier Class made her heart burn with excitement.
If it was real, then the battle for No. 3 Large Island could essentially be considered settled. And once No. 3 Large Island was secured, Frost Heaven's Sword would have a chance — however slim — to seize a reserve seat and become one of the true juggernaut guilds of the Divine Realm.
But at the same time, Mu Xin found it almost impossible to believe. It felt like a dream, because it was simply too inconceivable.
Here they were, still struggling with unlocking the Mana Body and worrying about how to find an inheritance site after reaching Level 120 — and Shi Feng had already done everything? He had even successfully advanced to a fourth-tier Class?
Just thinking about it was enough to make one's head spin.
"You really are a Sword Emperor?" Brexiute couldn't help but ask Shi Feng directly.
Even though Odin had already spoken, he still wanted confirmation from Shi Feng himself.
In an instant, every person in the entire arena fixed their gaze on Shi Feng, standing in midair. All of them were desperate to hear the truth from his own mouth.
"That's right — I am indeed a fourth-tier Sword Emperor." Shi Feng nodded, though his eyes drifted toward the white-cloaked man, Odin, in the distance. His heart was filled with puzzlement.
A fourth-tier Class identity was something that could not be detected by others unless one registered at the Adventurer's Association and obtained the fourth-tier Class emblem. With identity-concealing items and suppressed life aura — as he had been using — there was simply no way for anyone to discover it unless he chose to reveal it himself.
He had been hiding it extremely well during this period. Even in combat, he had only used low-tier magic skills, and his life aura had been thoroughly concealed beneath the Dark Walker's Cloak.
As for the magical domain, that proved nothing. A magical domain depended primarily on a player's mastery over mana — the greater the control, the more powerful the domain. It had no direct correlation with a player's actual tier.
And as Shi Feng made his admission, the entire arena fell deathly silent.