Chapter 1 Aftermath

Shi Feng activated Phantom Realm, forming a faint starlight shield on his body surface, which could negate all magic damage and convert 10% of the magic damage into health regeneration, lasting for 10 seconds with a 3-minute cooldown.

The crowd surrounding Shi Feng hadn't yet realized the Mechanical Slaughterer's power and were still foolishly charging towards him.

Before they could react,

The stone-paved road suddenly cracked, the earth trembled, and gusts of wind blades shot out from the ground.

Whether it was a player or an NPC guard, none who were struck by the wind blades survived.

After the chaotic storm, the main street outside the Teleportation Hall was unrecognizable, reduced to rubble...

The numerous players watching from a distance were silent.

They had never witnessed such terrifying destructive power. Who could have imagined that thousands of players would be wiped out so quickly? The once crowded street was now a large open space, and even the Level 150 guards, who players usually looked up to, had been instantly killed. How could these players possibly stand a chance?

The players who had initially intended to kill the Mechanical Slaughterer now felt a sense of powerlessness.

"No!"

The guild leaders who had planned to besiege him now had bloodshot eyes, their faces devoid of their earlier composure, replaced with deep regret and anger.

The Mechanical Slaughterer's Storm Domain had directly wiped out the thousands of people they had sent.

Most of these were elite players.

They were originally third-rate guilds, and they didn't have many elite players. A guild with six or seven hundred elite players was considered good. Losing dozens would have a significant impact on the guild. Now that each guild had lost over a hundred, it was a fatal blow.

"Guild Leader Black Flame really taught these guilds a lesson. It's so satisfying," said Ban Hua, who was watching from a distance, with a smile. "Let them bully others with their power again."

Sword Shadow nodded in agreement.

Watching this seemed easy, but actually doing it was not.

He had to guide the monster's attacks while dodging attacks from other players. He had to know exactly where he could and couldn't go. Without precise control of the surrounding environment, it was like walking a tightrope in the sky, with his life hanging by a thread.

As the Storm Domain disappeared, the brief calm was shattered.

The Mechanical Slaughterer noticed that there were still survivors, especially Shi Feng, who was still moving around energetically, which the Mechanical Slaughterer felt was humiliating.

Immediately, the Mechanical Slaughterer drew its jagged greatsword and began to spin with the sword, instantly forming a tornado. It was essentially the Blade Storm skill, but this Blade Storm was different. It had a powerful suction force that easily pulled people in, and it was also very fast.

"Being 30 yards away is already making it difficult for me to move. If I were any closer, I'd probably be sucked in." Shi Feng quickly took out an Acceleration Scroll from his bag and charged straight towards the gathering place of the guilds.

A Level 150 Tier 2 Guard Captain, only five or six yards away, was directly sucked in, with a series of damage numbers exceeding 100,000 appearing above his head. He died in the Blade Storm in an instant.

The terrifying damage made everyone break out in a cold sweat.

No one was thinking about defeating the Mechanical Slaughterer anymore. They only had one thought in mind.

Run!

Immediately, many casual players who were nearby began to flee, and the members of various guilds were no exception.

When these guild members saw Shi Feng charging towards them, they were so frightened that they forgot to attack and turned around to run.

No one was foolish enough to knowingly seek death.

This chase quickly became a spectacle on White River City's main street. Many players who had just arrived were stunned by the sight.

They had seen many groups of players chasing and killing one player.

But what was this?

One player chasing and killing tens of thousands of players, and these tens of thousands of players were running as if they had seen a ghost, afraid of being caught.

They had never seen such a strange sight before.

"Isn't that the people from the third-rate guild Angel's Crown? Why are they being chased?" a ranger who had just run over asked, puzzled.

"Do you think Angel's Crown is the only guild? Didn't you see that there are more than a dozen guilds being chased?" A druid who knew what was happening laughed.

"I didn't notice that until you mentioned it. What exactly is going on?" the ranger finally realized.

Usually, these guild members were arrogant and domineering. They would clear out monster-dense areas in the wild, and if any player had an objection, they would kill them without a word. This made many casual players angry but afraid to speak out.

Now it was strange, these people actually had a moment of fear.

Especially Dark Star, which was one of the six strongest guilds in White River City, with many experts. Why were they also being chased now?

"Didn't you see who the player behind them is?" the druid pointed to Shi Feng, who was chasing tens of thousands of people.

"He looks familiar, like Black Flame, the guild leader of Zero Wing."

"That's right, it's Black Flame. I heard that Dark Star and many other guilds joined forces to block people at the Teleportation Hall, trying to prevent players from other cities from joining Zero Wing. Black Flame found out about it, and this is the result."

Hearing the druid's explanation, the ranger was shocked.

One person was enough to deal with dozens of guilds. Was this even a player?

Other players who didn't know what was happening were also stunned beyond words.

Although they had long known that Black Flame was very strong, he wasn't strong to this extent, was he? One person was chasing tens of thousands of people, and these tens of thousands of people were running for their lives.

Were they even playing the same virtual reality game?

"Guild Leader Black Flame, let's talk. We were forced by Dark Star. We really didn't want to be enemies with Zero Wing."

"Yes, Guild Leader Black Flame, we have our reasons. As long as you stop chasing us, we're willing to apologize and compensate for all losses."

"Please forgive us. We'll never be enemies with Zero Wing again."

The guild leaders who were fleeing all expressed their feelings to Shi Feng loudly. They were really scared now.

In order to deal with the Mechanical Slaughterer, they had sent most of their guild members. If these people and they all died, the guild's losses would be unimaginable, and they might even be forced to disband.

"Since you've all said that, I'll forgive you," Shi Feng said with a smile. "But you have to die once first."

"Black Flame! We're sincerely apologizing," said Judgment Hand, the guild leader of the third-rate guild Angel's Crown, slightly angrily.

"Guild Leader Judgment Hand, you're joking. I'm also sincerely wanting you to die once," Shi Feng said with a faint smile, increasing his speed a little more.

"..."

Shi Feng's speed was much faster than the elite players of the guilds, and he caught up in a short while.

As Shi Feng rushed into the crowd, the Mechanical Slaughterer closely followed like a meat grinder, sucking the players in one by one and instantly turning them into scattered starlight.

In just a short time, the various guilds had lost thousands of people.

As time passed, the number of deaths also increased linearly. Even the constantly arriving NPC guards couldn't stop it and became food for the Mechanical Slaughterer. In just a few dozen seconds, the number of deaths exceeded 10,000, with Dark Star suffering the greatest losses because Shi Feng's main target was the members of Dark Star.

This terrifying scene made everyone feel cold all over.

If the tens of thousands of people hadn't scattered and fled from the beginning, the number of deaths would probably have doubled.

However, after more than half of the players from the various guilds were lost and the number of guard deaths exceeded 1,000, a man in a white robe appeared in the sky.

The appearance of this man immediately attracted the attention of many people, including Shi Feng.

Because this man was not an ordinary NPC.

He was Wiseman, the city administrator of White River City, a Tier 4 Great Magister.