Chapter 1 The Stillness Before the Storm

The fallen Di Yufeng remained motionless on the ground. Only Shi Feng stood quietly amidst the scene. Though he didn't exude any particularly imposing aura, everyone present seemed petrified, their breaths almost suspended.

"What happened?"

"The vice guild leader...was taken out?"

"What exactly did he do!"

...

The crowd hadn't reacted to what had occurred. They stared fixedly at Shi Feng, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

Everything was too fast.

So fast that they hadn't grasped what had transpired.

And the vice guild leader Di Yufeng, a top expert from the Gaishi family, had been eliminated…

They couldn't believe it. The moment they noticed Shi Feng, their vice guild leader Di Yufeng had fallen to the ground. They vaguely glimpsed two blossoming cyan lights, but it was fleeting, a fleeting sensation.

"Dead…"

"Impossible! That was Di Yufeng! Although Di Yufeng's strength doesn't rank among the top ten in Hanfeng City, he's still a top expert in the top twenty. How could such an expert be taken out without us even noticing? Even Jing Wuming, the publicly acknowledged number one expert in Hanfeng City, couldn't do that!"

"Could he be Jing Wuming?"

"Jing Wuming is a Berserker. He's a Swordsman. He can't be Jing Wuming."

"Guild leader, do you know who that person is?"

The members of Aurora Sword couldn't believe it. Di Yufeng, a top twenty expert in Hanfeng City, had been instantly killed. If news of this spread, it would shock the entire city.

At this moment, Gu Jiuji looked at Shi Feng in a daze, his mind racing, trying to figure out which expert in Hanfeng City Shi Feng could be. It couldn't be someone from outside the city, because to enter or leave Hanfeng City, one had to pass through the forbidden zone, the Icy Great Rift Valley.

The Icy Great Rift Valley was a domain players couldn't enter, let alone clear, at their current level.

This was why everyone in Hanfeng City feared the Gaishi family and the Baishe Dynasty.

However, no matter how much Gu Jiuji thought about the experts in Hanfeng City, none of them resembled Shi Feng. Mu Xiaoxiao, the strongest Swordsman in Hanfeng City, only ranked sixth. Moreover, Mu Xiaoxiao was a woman, not the mysterious Swordsman expert before them.

"I don't know which expert from Hanfeng City he is, but everyone prepare. We'll take the opportunity to rush out later," Gu Jiuji said quietly in the team chat after a moment of thought.

Now that Di Yufeng had been taken out, the hundreds of experts from the Gaishi family were without a commander. Their chances of escaping were much greater, especially with an expert like Shi Feng covering them.

After all, Shi Feng's damage was evident.

Di Yufeng had over 30,000 HP. If he could instantly kill Di Yufeng without using skills, it probably wouldn't take him long to kill an MT of the same level. If they were fast enough, he could even prevent the healers from keeping up. As long as no one restrained them, it wouldn't be impossible for them to retreat rapidly while blocking attacks.

At this moment, the members of the Gaishi family finally reacted. Their leader, Di Yufeng, had been killed, and they had just stood there watching…

Immediately, they abandoned their fear of Shi Feng and charged towards him.

"Die!"

"You're dead, kid! You dared to kill our vice guild leader! From now on, you can look forward to endless pursuit!"

The hundreds of experts from the Gaishi family all charged towards Shi Feng, even leaving Gu Jiuji to the side. They knew that if news of this reached Hanfeng City, they would be finished.

After all, Shi Feng had killed Di Yufeng right in front of them. If they let Shi Feng escape, how could they ever face anyone in Hanfeng City again?

Immediately, fireballs, ice arrows, and arrows flew towards Shi Feng, attacks coming from all directions, making it impossible to dodge. Even Gu Jiuji in the distance looked grim.

Faced with such an attack, even a Shield Warrior like him couldn't block everything. He could only block six or seven hits at best, and then he would have to rely on defensive skills like Shield Wall to withstand the rest. However, being hit by more than a dozen attacks at the same time, even with Shield Wall activated, wouldn't last more than a few seconds…

This was the advantage of numbers. Even if these people weren't his match individually, dozens of them together could easily kill him.

However, the next moment, sword lights like a galaxy suddenly appeared around Shi Feng, swirling around him.

Any magic and arrows that approached within ten yards of Shi Feng dissipated, as if he were protected by a magical barrier.

No matter how many attacks came from the outside, they couldn't touch Shi Feng, and not even a trace of his HP was lost.

"What skill is this?" Everyone was stunned.

Following the wave of ranged attacks, dozens of melee players charged towards Shi Feng.

Charge Slash!

Shadow Strike!

Flame Slash!

Slash!

One skill after another crashed into Shi Feng's Sword's Orbit.

Bang bang bang…

The moment these melee players touched the Sword's Orbit, they were sent flying like cannonballs, their hands nearly losing their grip on their weapons. Moreover, their HP bars clearly decreased.

Even MTs like Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights instantly lost over two thousand HP. That was because they had collided with their shields. The damage caused by weapon collisions exceeded three or four thousand.

Three or four thousand HP was a tenth of the HP of even an MT…

"How is this possible?" Gu Jiuji and the others in the distance were dumbfounded.

"Everyone, don't be afraid of him! We have healers to recover our HP! I don't believe his skill can last forever!" Some players reacted quickly and shouted.

The other members of the Gaishi family nodded in agreement. They decided to wait on the sidelines, waiting for the skill's duration to end.

"You're not coming?" Shi Feng looked at the crowd who remained still and shook his head. "Since you're not coming, then I'll go!"

He had defended only to see the strength of these players.

His instantaneous kill of Di Yufeng was to intimidate the others. Now that the leader was dead, the remaining hundred-plus people had become test subjects to understand the level of players in the Ice Crystal World.

Shi Feng took a step towards a level 44 Shield Warrior, his Holy Sword Thunder slowly descending, striking towards the Shield Warrior's blind spot.

"So fast!" The Shield Warrior was shocked and quickly raised his shield in front of him, involuntarily taking a step back.

Holy Sword Thunder struck the Fine-Gold shield, not only leaving a sword mark on the shield but also sending the Shield Warrior flying more than ten yards away, as if he had been hit by a car, losing over two thousand four hundred HP.

Shi Feng then struck the MTs around him with a few more swords. Without exception, all of them were knocked away.

"Monster…"

"He's not a player, he's a monster!"

The members of the Gaishi family were dumbfounded as they watched the MTs in the front row being knocked away by Shi Feng with a single strike. Their eyes were filled with horror.

They usually PKed with these tanks and were blocked by Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights, only able to deal a hundred or two points of damage. However, Shi Feng treated these MTs like toys, dealing over two thousand damage with a single strike. That was when hitting the shield. Without the shield, the thought alone terrified everyone…

"It seems that not only are the weapons and equipment a notch below the Divine Domain Continent, but even the combat levels are generally low." After testing these people several times, Shi Feng had a general understanding of their level. He looked at the fearful members of the Gaishi family, then thrust the Demon Sword Abyss into the ground, glanced at everyone, and said softly, "The experiment is almost over! Let's begin the real battle!"

Abyssal Curse!

Sky Wheel of Judgment!

All players within a radius of 30 yards were bound by black mist, unable to move. Just as everyone used skills to remove the restrictions, countless holy swords of light fell from the sky. Shi Feng instantly appeared in the crowd and used Thunder Summon.