Facing the sudden fifth-tier forbidden spell, Shi Feng's expression grew solemn. He drew the Light of Two Realms, which he had already gripped tightly, and charged straight ahead.
Light of World Severance!
A blinding beam of light shot forth and slammed directly into the endless darkness. The two forces intertwined, perfectly matched, sustaining for a full second.
BOOM!
With a thunderous explosion, the violent shockwave forced Shi Feng back two steps despite his proximity. His HP plummeted by over nine million in an instant.
This single impact had cost him more than a fifth of his total health, and his entire body trembled from the force. The arm wielding his sword had gone completely numb…
Meanwhile, the mysterious young man stood completely unscathed, remaining perfectly still as he manipulated the several golden stone tablets with one hand, sustaining the incomparably complex quadruple magic array.
"Impressive. You truly are someone who dares to storm Black Wing City. Not only can you cast fifth-tier forbidden spells without chanting, but you can also maintain such an ancient and complex magic array." Shi Feng glanced at his still-trembling arm, his brow furrowed deeply.
Because the situation before him was undoubtedly one of the most critical moments he had faced since entering the Divine Realm.
He had long known that the mysterious young man was extraordinarily powerful—capable of unleashing fifth-tier forbidden spells without chanting—but actually facing a chantless fifth-tier forbidden spell drove home just how terrifying this man truly was.
If the Light of Two Realms hadn't undergone a recent upgrade, that single exchange would have killed him for certain.
And after that clash of blows, the powerful shockwave caused the space behind the mysterious young man to shatter open. In that moment, Shi Feng caught sight of a woman with eight pairs of black wings, bound entirely by countless chains. Her aura was utterly feeble, and her HP bar had dipped below ten percent.
Yet even in this state, the presence radiating from this eight-pair black-winged woman still made Shi Feng's heart clench with dread.
"How is this possible?!"
Shi Feng stared at the woman with eight pairs of jet-black wings, his mind going blank.
A Fallen Angel!
And the highest-ranked type at that!
Fallen Angels existed at a plane of life not far below dragons. The highest-tier Fallen Angels were even stronger than ordinary dragons, comparable to Holy Dragons.
Yet this level-180, fifth-tier, highest-ranked Fallen Angel had been completely subdued with one hand by the mysterious young man before him. Her health was steadily dropping—she was clearly on the verge of death…
But while Shi Feng was frozen in shock, the mysterious young man regarded the Light of Two Rings in his hand with a hint of surprise.
"Your luck is truly extraordinary. You've actually obtained the Light of Two Realms, a relic lost since the ancient era." The young man's assessment was cool and indifferent. "It's a shame this Light of Two Realms is already damaged. Otherwise, its power might have actually wounded me."
The young man's words were calm and arrogant, yet Shi Feng didn't find them the least bit exaggerated. If anything, his mood grew heavier.
A being who could casually kill the highest-ranked fifth-tier Fallen Angel—an entity whose life force approached that of a sixth-tier Divine God—with a single hand would not easily be harmed even by a peak-condition Light of Two Realms. After all, the strength of a weapon was deeply tied to its wielder.
He had only recently stepped into the fifth tier. He didn't even know how to advance to the sixth-tier path. Even wielding a peak-grade Light of Two Realms, at best he could exchange a single blow with a sixth-tier Divine God who lacked Legendary weapons and armor.
And just as the mysterious young man had said, his luck really was fortunate. If the young man hadn't already devoted most of his power to dealing with the highest-ranked fifth-tier Fallen Angel that had been guarding this place, Shi Feng would most likely already be dead…
"However, our little game ends here. I'm a very busy person and don't have much time to waste on you. Could you please just die now?"
The mysterious young man raised his hand once more with a hint of impatience, but this time he actually began chanting a spell.
In an instant, Shi Feng felt all the magical energy in the great hall vanish—not just within the hall itself, but from the deep void as well. A suffocating sensation washed over him.
Before the young man's outstretched hand, silver-white magic arrays formed one after another, a full four layers deep…
"Fifth-tier forbidden spell: Spacetime Shatter?"
Shi Feng watched the quadruple magic array gradually take shape, his face turning graver than it had ever been.
Among fifth-tier forbidden spells, there were still vast differences in power. If Dark Paradise was considered a mid-tier fifth-tier forbidden spell, then Spacetime Shatter was the absolute pinnacle. Even a true sixth-tier Divine God would not dare treat it carelessly—one misstep could result in catastrophic injury.
"Die!"
The young man spoke, then gently pushed his palm forward toward the four-layered magic array before him.
Shi Feng watched as the space before him began to twist and fracture, with nowhere to run and nowhere to dodge. Even a fifth-tier defensive forbidden spell could not withstand this strike…
"You think killing me is going to be that easy?!"
Seeing this, Shi Feng gritted his teeth and instantly pulled his ultimate trump card from his inventory—the Legendary item, the Dragon Caller's Flute. He poured all three thousand high-grade magic cores he had prepared straight into it.
In that instant, the space around Shi Feng began to twist as well. Five enormous silhouettes burst forth from the warping spatial rifts, instantly occupying a small section of the vast temple hall and placing themselves squarely between Shi Feng and the attack.
BOOM!
With a tremendous boom, five level-180, fifth-tier dragons fully materialized within the hall. The fifth-tier forbidden spell Spacetime Shatter was neutralized during the brief window of invincibility granted by Shi Feng's use of the Dragon Caller's Flute, allowing him to barely escape with his life.
But the appearance of the five dragons did nothing to improve the situation.
The mysterious young man regarded the five fifth-tier dragons without the slightest change in expression, as though five small lizards had simply wandered into the room—hardly worth any attention at all.
"The Scholar?"
"This summoner really found himself a troublesome one."
"I knew I shouldn't have made a contract with that Dragon Caller's Flute. What a terrible deal!"
The five dragons, each hundreds of meters tall, looked upon the mysterious young man present. A trace of helplessness and bitter amusement lingered in their enormous draconic eyes, and their words carried a hint of teasing reproach toward Shi Feng.
The mysterious young man merely glanced at the five dragons and remarked with perfect calm, "Do the five of you intend to make an enemy of me?"
"Scholar, why don't we negotiate? You let this Chosen One go, and we fulfill our contract obligations. Everyone wins." The leading dragon—a bronze dragon—spoke up.
The bronze dragon's proposal completely disregarded Shi Feng's presence, but Shi Feng had no objections to that. He simply watched the mysterious young man in silence.
"Is he one of the three people Feng Qianyu said should never be provoked?" Shi Feng studied the mysterious young man closely, and in his heart he began to understand why Feng Qianyu had made that warning.
The mysterious young man's strength was simply inconceivable. Shi Feng couldn't even perceive his level.
Moreover, facing five fifth-tier dragons—the kind that would give even sixth-tier Divine Gods a headache—the young man showed absolutely no reaction whatsoever. That alone spoke volumes about just how terrifying he was.
Yet after the bronze dragon's proposal, the mysterious young man's expression remained unchanged. His voice was still perfectly level as he said, "Do you think that's possible? You're nothing more than a group of lingering ghosts from the past, and you dare negotiate terms with me?"