At Shi Feng's command, Ke Le — who had been prepared for this moment — began chanting divine runes from his mouth, sending stream after stream of golden runes shooting straight toward Shi Feng.
Protection Blessing!
In an instant, Shi Feng was enveloped by countless golden divine runes, radiating a dazzling golden glow.
At the same time, Sleepy Sloth at the very back continuously cast Recovery and Life Prayer, restoring Shi Feng's HP to full and bringing him back to peak condition.
"Brace for the shockwave, and do not leave my position." Seeing that the werewolf Felot's gaze had already locked onto them, Shi Feng held the Abyssal horizontally across his chest and spoke rapidly.
Hearing Shi Feng's words, everyone tensed up.
Their already strained hearts began to pound wildly. Felot hadn't even used his skill yet, but cold sweat was already breaking out.
Suddenly, Felot moved. His swelling chest began to rise, the bulge traveling up through his neck and into his mouth.
ROOOAAARRR!
In an instant, everyone's hearts except Shi Feng's seemed to stop beating. The world fell silent, turning a dull gray. Even the birds and beasts soaring in the sky froze in place.
Everyone could clearly see wave after wave of dark gray ripples spreading outward from Felot's body, each one expanding further than the last.
The dark gray ripples quickly reached the group, but none of them could move — not because they didn't want to, but because their bodies couldn't keep pace with their thoughts.
Everyone could feel that time at this moment was abnormally slow, yet they all understood that although it seemed sluggish, it was actually fast to the extreme — like a duel between supreme masters of the blade, where in the instant of engagement, time appears to crawl.
At this moment, only Shi Feng moved ever so slightly.
Phantom Kill!
In the instant before the dark gray ripples arrived, Shi Feng's phantom stepped in front of him and simultaneously raised a Parry.
When the leading dark gray ripple met the phantom, it was blocked by the Parry. The phantom was pushed back a step, colliding with Shi Feng's actual body before stabilizing.
The moment the phantom steadied itself, another wave came charging in.
This time, the ripple passed straight through the phantom's body. The phantom's HP dropped by 300, while Shi Feng behind it took 30 damage, and the people further back each lost 20 HP.
But there was more than one dark gray ripple. When the third ripple passed through the phantom, it shattered completely, and 100 damage popped up above Shi Feng's head.
After that, the dark gray ripples kept coming, one after another.
-100, -100, -100, -100, ...
Shi Feng's HP dropped again and again until only 90 remained. Just as the final ripple was about to finish him off, Shi Feng activated Parry.
With a thunderous boom, Shi Feng staggered back a full step, but took no damage. The people behind him were unharmed as well, though after several shockwaves, everyone's HP had fallen below 50%.
At that moment, Sleepy Sloth's Recovery finally landed on Shi Feng, pulling his HP back up to 140. Then came Life Payment, restoring another 130 HP in one go, bringing Shi Feng's health back above 50%.
"That roar was insane — I thought we were done for." Hei Zi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. If Shi Feng hadn't been standing in front of them, everyone would have been finished. The thought of how close Shi Feng had come to dying made his heart race — it had to be hitting 180 beats per minute.
If Shi Feng died, then they were all done for, because no one else could keep the werewolf Felot occupied for long.
Everyone stared at Shi Feng as though he were some kind of monster. No one had expected him to so skillfully use his phantom to absorb two shockwaves and then deploy a Parry on the very last one. His calculations of damage and HP were nothing short of perfect — this level of technique was simply godlike.
"Stop gawking and start attacking the boss — it's in its weakened phase now." Shi Feng shrugged slightly at everyone's reaction but didn't relax. In a few years, many experts would be able to pull off techniques like this.
Right now, the boss was what demanded their attention. Only he knew that Felot was far from easy to deal with.
Wind Chasing Sword!
With Gravity Release activated, Shi Feng instantly closed the distance to Felot, gripping the Abyssal as he unleashed a flurry of strikes against the werewolf's chest.