Shi Feng saw it and immediately retreated, trying to escape the Frost Domain.
He hadn't expected Dorren Pallei's intelligence to be so high, actually targeting the player's weaknesses.
While NPCs like this were common in the later stages of the Divine Realm, they were extremely rare in the early days — and all of them were Tier 3 NPCs at the very least. But the Dorren Pallei before him was only a Tier 1 NPC, yet possessed intelligence this advanced.
"High-level intelligence… If this keeps up, I don't stand a chance."
Shi Feng watched Dorren Pallei charge toward him, his expression grave.
If this were an ordinary Tier 1 NPC, even with 300,000 HP, he was confident he could take it down.
Before leaving White River City, he had retrieved a large stockpile of Tier 2 magic scrolls from the warehouse — over a hundred in total. Most of these Tier 2 scrolls had been obtained from the Blood Hand Society's headquarters, with quite a few more dropped by guild teams running dungeon raids.
The Origin Sword Domain operated differently from Shi Feng's Twelve Trials. During the Twelve Trials, items could not be used, but the Origin Sword Domain had no such restriction — magic scrolls could be deployed freely.
Over a hundred Tier 2 magic scrolls against a Tier 1 Level 30 NPC should have been more than enough.
Even with Dorren Pallei's 300,000 HP, it wasn't an insurmountable fight.
But things were different now.
From his previous life battling high-tier NPCs, Shi Feng knew full well that NPCs with high-level intelligence were extremely vigilant against magic scrolls. When a player activated a scroll, there was always a brief casting window, and high-intelligence NPCs would immediately dodge, pulling away from the casting range — or simply interrupt the scroll entirely, never giving the player a chance to use them.
Just as Dorren Pallei closed in, Shi Feng swung Abyssal and pointed it at his opponent, activating Abyssal Bind.
Nine pitch-black chains suddenly erupted from the ground. Dorren Pallei snorted softly, sweeping his silver greatsword down and driving it into the earth. A golden magic circle rose beneath his feet, enveloping him completely in a faint golden glow. The moment the nine black chains touched the golden light, they dissolved into smoke and vanished.
Shi Feng recognized that golden glow all too well.
The ability was called Free Will — it granted the user immunity to all control and restriction effects. A restraining skill like Abyssal Bind was rendered completely useless.
Gritting his teeth, Shi Feng activated Ride the Wind. His speed surged by 150%, and with the ability to take flight, he broke away from Dorren Pallei and escaped the Frost Domain in an instant.
Though Shi Feng could fly, the moment combat began the entire battle platform had been sealed beneath an enormous magic barrier. Even if he wanted to flee, he couldn't get far. Once Ride the Wind's twenty-second duration expired, Dorren Pallei would catch up to him.
Sooner or later, death was inevitable.
Time ticked by second by second, and Dorren Pallei pursued Shi Feng relentlessly. However, as a Magic Knight, while Dorren Pallei possessed devastating offensive power and held an absolute advantage in direct combat, he lacked defensive survival skills and crowd control abilities. So even he was helpless against Shi Feng's incredible speed, stomping his feet in frustration.
Against Shi Feng under the Frost Domain, it should have been three to five moves at most to finish him. But Shi Feng moved like a rabbit — not only nimble, but with一流的 escape ability to match.
"We'll see how long you can keep flying. The moment you come down, that's the end of you!" Dorren Pallei fixed his gaze on Shi Feng in the sky and let out a cold huff.
Meanwhile, Shi Feng hovered silently overhead, observing everything.
The more desperate the situation, the calmer one had to be — that was the basic rule of survival in the Divine Realm.