In the withered forest, as hundreds of demonized half-beast people turned their heads towards Shi Feng, the entire space on the small hill seemed to freeze for a moment. Wu Lingling and the others stood still on the spot, their faces filled with indescribable fear and astonishment.
Is this what leveling up looks like?
Even the weakest demonized half-beast people are high-level lords at level 100. In terms of basic attributes alone, they are slightly inferior to third-order experts wearing full sets of dark-gold equipment in the Ancient Small World. Coupled with their combat level comparable to ordinary experts in the Divine Domain, it is not easy for veteran third-order expert players to deal with them, let alone the powerful Lord-level demonized half-beast warriors with even stronger combat level and basic attributes among the half-beast people.
Faced with such terrifying monsters, even the expert teams of major guilds have to be extremely cautious and set various magic traps in advance before daring to fight them.
But now, Shi Feng didn't even give them a chance to prepare. Without saying a word, he wanted them to face these charging monsters head-on. It was simply a joke.
As the demonized half-beast people approached closer and closer, Wu Lingling and the others had not yet recovered from their shock and fear. Shi Feng, who had been calm all along, spoke up, "Each of you choose a target and lure it aside to figure out a way to kill it. Remember not to exceed a radius of a hundred yards from me."
After Shi Feng spoke, Wu Lingling couldn't help but look at him and ask, "Teacher Shi, what about the other monsters?"
After Wu Lingling spoke, the other students present also looked at Shi Feng one after another, their eyes filled with curiosity and doubt.
As for the matter of luring away one monster per person, everyone chose to ignore it selectively because it was an easy task for them to lure away a monster from the group. What's troublesome now is the other hundreds of demonized half-beast people, especially the most troublesome Lord-level demonized half-beast warriors, which require several top third-order experts to join forces to fight against.
In response to Wu Lingling's inquiry, Shi Feng casually replied, "Leave the other monsters to me."
As Shi Feng spoke, everyone was stunned once again.
Although Shi Feng's voice was soft and calm, the meaning in his words was difficult for everyone's brains to process. Even Wu Lingling, who still had some trust in Shi Feng, was confused.
Now that the Ancient Small World has just opened, everyone is at level 100 with third-tier professions. Even if a true fourth-tier profession were to come across this situation, they would probably only be able to run away. After all, in the face of a group of monsters, it is difficult to fight back. Moreover, the monsters in the Divine Realm can cooperate with each other and with their high health points, it would be no problem to wear down a fourth-tier profession.
But in Shi Feng's mouth, it seemed like facing a group of such monsters was simply a trivial matter...
However, in the brief moment of confusion, over three hundred demonized half-beastmen rushed to a distance of less than sixty yards. This distance was already a dangerous range for both ranged and melee third-tier professions.
"Alright! Take action!" Shi Feng said directly.
And Shi Feng's words instantly brought everyone back to reality, and they instinctively started to act, each looking for a level 100 high-level Lord-class demonized half-beastman warrior.
Holy Punishment!
Starlight Arrow!
Shadow Pursuit Dart!
Thunder Roar!
Wu Lingling and thirty other students each used their own skills to attack their respective targets. In an instant, they successfully lured out the transformed half-beast warriors from the crowd of transformed half-beasts. Following Stone Peak's instructions, Wu Lingling and the others dispersed in different directions, leading the thirty transformed half-beast warriors to engage in individual battles.
As for whether they could defeat their respective opponents, everyone no longer cared.
Because Wu Lingling and the others understood one thing: they didn't need to wait for the transformed half-beast warriors to fight them. The battle had already ended.
The group of transformed half-beast monsters approached Stone Peak.
50 yards...
40 yards...
30 yards...
As the distance closed, the tension in everyone's hearts grew. At this moment, the transformed half-beast warriors, who were five to six meters tall, began to move, causing the earth to tremble. The magic in the air became more violent, creating an indescribable sense of suffocation, making their bodies tremble and feel uncomfortable.
However, these transformed half-beast warriors were not the real threat.
When the group of transformed half-beasts approached within thirty yards of Stone Peak, they seemed to have planned it in advance. They split into two waves and surrounded Stone Peak, with over thirty high-level transformed half-beast warriors leading the charge from all directions, leaving no possibility for Stone Peak to escape.
"Surrounded and attacked?"
Upon seeing this scene from a distance, Wu Lingling's face turned pale.
Generally, high-level monsters in the Divine Realm continent have a certain level of intelligence. They won't immediately go into a frenzy and start killing. Their actions are to first understand the opponent's strength and then launch attacks targeting their weaknesses. They definitely won't go all out from the start.
This kind of all-out mode is only encountered by true fourth-tier professions, who can only temporarily avoid the brunt of the attack with high attributes and physique. Even fourth-tier professions will be injured or even killed in a confrontation. After all, even if a fourth-tier profession is attacked by a third-tier Grand Lord monster, they will still suffer great damage, let alone a third-tier profession.
Shi Feng's agility and combat level are indeed impressive, even Qian Yuan admired him greatly and even planned to win him over. However, Shi Feng is ultimately only a third-tier Sword King, and his equipment is all starting gear. Faced with the combined attack of over thirty level 100 Grand Lords, he is completely overwhelmed. As long as he is touched by a monster, he will be in a desperate situation...
Facing such a terrifying attack on the small hill, Shi Feng is like a half-demonized orc warrior who hasn't seen the surrounding encirclement. He just takes a step forward casually.
Shi Feng's movements are extremely natural and gentle, but in the instant his foot touches the ground, Wu Lingling and the others are stunned.
They see that the space centered around Shi Feng seems to have solidified, causing all the demonized half-orcs around to pause. Afterwards, they move as if they are stuck in mud, their movement speed slowing down significantly and their actions becoming extremely uncoordinated, as if someone is tightly pulling on their limbs.
But what truly surprises Wu Lingling and the others is the magic power around Shi Feng!
Previously, the demonized half-orcs were exuding overwhelming magic energy, but now they can't even affect the slightest change in magic power around them. The concentration of magic power has also reached a visible mist-like state...
"Magic Domain?!"
Qin Wuchen, not far away, looks at this scene and can't help but rub his eyes.
Magic can be said to be everything in the divine realm, and it can influence every aspect of the divine realm. It is extremely difficult for players to enhance their own magic power, let alone change the magic power around them.
There are only two possible ways to achieve such a thing.
One is to set up a magic barrier and use a magic array to change the magic elements in that area, thereby changing the magic power in that area. However, this requires several or even dozens of players casting spells at the same time.
The other possibility is the domain of magic.
Generally, only a few top-tier fourth-order experts can master it, and it is considered a legend in the divine realm to master the domain of magic at the third-order profession.
Anyone who masters the domain of magic is considered invincible below the fourth order in the divine realm.
Before Qin Wuchen and the others could react to the magic domain displayed by Shifeng, Shifeng had already made a move. Unlike other swordsmen, the swordsman profession, which is not good at group attacks, can be said to be quite disadvantageous in the face of a crowded group of demonized half-beasts. However, Shifeng moved through the demonized half-beasts.
I saw Shifeng draw out his twin swords and instead of actively evading the attacks of the demonized half-beast warriors, he actively approached them. In front of the demonized half-beast warrior who was over six meters tall and holding a battle sword as tall as himself, both Shifeng and the long sword in his hand seemed like ants shaking a tree. However, the twin swords in Shifeng's hands moved like flowing water, slashing and hacking at the huge battle sword swung at him. Then, as if being controlled, the battle sword fell completely on the nearby demonized half-beast warrior.
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One after another, tens of thousands, or even millions, of points of damage burst out from the heads of some demonized half-beast warriors. The damage was higher than that of a team of third-order six-person experts. Those demonized half-beast warriors became weapons in Shifeng's hands...
You should know that the monsters in the Ancient Small World are different from those in the outside world because of the environment. The monsters in the Ancient Small World have stronger physical qualities compared to those from the outside world. A Tier 3 Berserker with a full set of level 100 Dark Gold equipment can only cause 30,000 to 40,000 damage when facing a level 100 High Lord, even when using Tier 3 skills, the damage is only around 100,000.
However, Tier 3 magic skills have long cooldown times, and Tier 3 players can only master a few of them. It is impossible to continuously use Tier 3 magic skills to deal with monsters. Therefore, it takes a long time for a six-person team to deal with a level 100 High Lord.
But now, it only takes Stone Feng less than a minute to kill a Magic-Infused Half-Beast Warrior...
Because when the Magic-Infused Half-Beast Warrior strikes, it will at least injure three or more Magic-Infused Half-Beast Warriors. The 50 million health points of the Magic-Infused Half-Beast Warrior visibly decrease. The monster's terrifying combat recovery ability, which restores 2% of its total health every five seconds, has become a joke.
"Is this even possible?"
Wu Lingling was stunned for a moment.
As the younger sister of the academy genius Wu Xiaoxiao, she had seen many top players from first-class guilds leveling up. She had even seen many Tier 4 experts leveling up in the wilderness. However, none of them could be like Stone Feng, directly turning more than thirty same-level High Lords into his puppets. His mastery of the surrounding environment was simply at its peak, and the terrifying group attacks of the Tier 3 High Lords had become a joke.
However, Wu Lingling did not know that while the Magic Domain could give players a great advantage, it would be useless if there was a significant difference in basic attributes. The basic attributes of the Magic-Infused Half-Beast Warrior were not outstanding among same-level High Lords. What really made players feel difficult was their combat level, which happened to be the least of Stone Feng's worries. That's why he could toy with these Magic-Infused Half-Beast monsters like this. If it were other monsters with basic attributes comparable to high-level High Lords, even Stone Feng would only be able to dodge and would not dare to guide the monster's attacks.
However, just as Stone Feng fought for a moment and glanced at Wu Lingling and the others scattered around, he softly said in the team chat, "Don't just watch me, pay attention to your own targets. Although these Magic-Infused Half-Beast Warriors are suppressed by my Magic Domain, their reaction speed and mobility have been significantly hindered, and their basic attributes have also declined. However, their combat awareness remains unchanged, and their basic attributes are still not something you can easily withstand. If you are accidentally hit, I won't be able to save you."
With the reminder from Shi Feng, the people present finally reacted and turned all their attention to the demonized half-beast warrior in front of them, feeling as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Sweat dripped down their foreheads uncontrollably.
Previously, they were shocked by the magical domain displayed by Shi Feng and completely forgot that even if the magical domain was deployed, which was said to be invincible against opponents below the fourth rank, it did not mean they would not get injured. Especially since this magical domain was not deployed by them, but only had a suppressing effect on monsters, it did not provide any enhancement for them. It only enhanced Shi Feng's personal strength.
Now it seemed that Shi Feng was fine, but what should they do next?
A level 100 high-level lord from an ancient small world!
Currently, even the top experts of the third rank professions would find it difficult to deal with one, let alone them, who couldn't even be considered experts.
"Don't panic, the normal maximum attack range of these demonized half-beast warriors is 12 yards, and their maximum number of attacks is six. After that, they will enter a brief period of stagnation and rest. They are currently slower than you in terms of speed and their reactions are also slightly slower. Find an opportunity and launch an attack on them!" Shi Feng's voice once again reached the ears of the crowd when many students, as well as the top experts, didn't know how to deal with the demonized half-beast warriors in front of them.
"12 yards distance, maximum of six attacks?" Qin Wuchen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and a lot of his worried expression disappeared.
When facing monsters in the Divine Realm, the most terrifying thing was not being able to gauge the monster's limits because monsters also had considerable intelligence and were afraid of death. Therefore, they would hide their maximum strength and their battles with real players were not much different.
Generally, they would continuously try to figure out the monster's maximum strength during the battle. However, when facing demonized half-beast warriors whose basic attributes far surpassed theirs, they didn't dare to casually probe because they could easily be killed with one wrong move, leaving them with no room to maneuver.
But if you know the monster's maximum strength, then you have a bottom line in your heart, just like having a light in the dark road, knowing what to do.
I saw all the students starting to find ways to maintain a distance of 12 yards from the demonized half-beast warrior, so there is no need to worry about being attacked. Next, they just need to pay attention to the skills of the demonized half-beast warrior.
The use of magic skills is very different from normal attacks, so it is easy to distinguish. At that time, they just need to use magic skills to find a way to avoid them.
For a while, the originally disadvantaged student team, who had no chance of winning, was stubbornly holding on in front of the demonized half-beast warrior, and no one could do anything to each other. Some of the outstanding students, like Wu Lingling, even started to try to attack the demonized half-beast warrior and caused some damage to him.
Among them, Wu Lingling became more and more brave as she fought.
Although she often sparred with the experts in her sister's guild, those experts had the same basic attributes as her and were completely suppressed in terms of skills. They were killed in a few moves, so she learned very little.
Now, the demonized half-beast warrior is not as fast in reaction speed and agility as her. She can clearly see all of his movements, and his combat level is only slightly higher than hers. From the attacks of the demonized half-beast warrior, she can clearly feel her own shortcomings.
As the battle continued, Wu Lingling could feel her progress.
I saw time passing bit by bit. After fighting for several hours in a row, Stone Peak and the others also killed several waves of demonized half-beast monster groups, and their leveling efficiency became higher and higher, causing everyone's experience bars to increase by more than 15%. Compared to leveling outside, their speed was at least twice as fast, and they also obtained a lot of equipment from the demonized half-beast warriors.
Originally, everyone didn't pay much attention to these dropped weapons and equipment because as a level 100 Hell-level area instance, the highest level of equipment dropped by level 100 Great Lord-level monsters was only level 100 Fine Gold-grade. For students who had been in the Divine Realm for a long time, who didn't have a set of level 100 Fine Gold-grade equipment, and even had a set of Dark Gold-grade equipment, level 100 Fine Gold-grade equipment had no meaning at all.
But when Shi Feng sent the dropped weapon and equipment data to everyone, their eyes immediately became hot.
"Damn! Enhancing Magic Affinity! These weapon and equipment are too amazing!" Qin Wuchen looked at the hundred-level Mithril-grade weapons and equipment one by one, his gaze filled with shock.
Currently, in the entire Divine Realm, apart from epic-grade equipment, or even epic-grade weapons and equipment, there are few that can enhance a player's perception or control of magic attributes.
But now, these magic-infused half-beast monsters are dropping weapons and equipment that can directly enhance a player's magic perception and control through Magic Affinity!
Although the increase is minimal, the Mithril-grade weapons and equipment in front of them can only increase by a maximum of 5 points, which is a very small improvement for players. However, if they were to be sold, they would definitely be more valuable than those hundred-level Dark Gold weapons, and they might even be comparable to hundred-level epic-grade weapons. After all, magic is everything in the Divine Realm.
In the Divine Realm, there are too many people who would kill to the point of rivers of blood for a piece of equipment that can enhance their magic perception, and it could even lead to guild wars. The reason behind this is because the improvement in magic perception and control can make the player's advancement path a little easier. That's why those fourth-order and even fifth-order experts in the Divine Realm would go crazy for it.
But now, a hundred-level Mithril-grade weapon and equipment have such an effect. How could it not astonish people?
"The difference in basic attributes between hundred-level Mithril-grade and Fine Gold-grade weapons and equipment is not significant. You can all switch to these Mithril-grade weapons and equipment that enhance Magic Affinity. It will be more helpful for your future skill improvement," Shi Feng looked at the more than ten dropped Mithril-grade weapons and equipment and said to everyone.
He was also surprised by such drops. He didn't expect that the desolate ruins of this area's instance dungeon could drop such weapons and equipment. If the outside world were to find out, the major guilds in the Divine Realm would probably rush in, and it wouldn't be impossible to even blockade the entire desolate ruins.
As Shi Feng spoke, everyone couldn't wait to switch to the equipment that increased Magic Affinity and continued to move towards the inner area of the desolate ruins, continuously killing the magic-infused half-beastmen along with Shi Feng.
Because of the increase in affinity with magic power, Wu Lingling and the others have clearly improved their use of magic skills, making their own battles more natural, and their combat level is improving unconsciously.
After more than ten hours in a row, Shi Feng and the others also arrived in front of the tall city wall in the inner area of the desolate ruins. In front of the tall city wall, apart from Shi Feng's team of thirty-one people, there was also a team of two hundred people resting not far away.
This team was none other than the Soul Fire Adventure Team that Wu Lingling saw in front of the entrance to the desolate ruins. At this moment, the members of the Soul Fire Adventure Team were setting up campfires, eating and drinking while recovering their physical strength and spirits, obviously planning to enter the inner area for leveling up after recovery.
However, after Shi Feng and the others arrived, they attracted the attention of the members of the Soul Fire Adventure Team.
Among them, a beautiful and elegant woman holding an epic-level staff looked at Shi Feng and the others, her eyes showing surprise. She couldn't help but whisper, "How is this possible?"
"Yuelin, what's wrong?" Nan Tianchihu, who was resting with his eyes closed and wearing silver-gray heavy armor, opened his eyes and looked at the beautiful woman in confusion.
"Captain, look at them!" Yuelin, the beautiful woman named Yuelin, pointed to Shi Feng and the others who were approaching not far away.
After Yuelin finished speaking, Nan Tianchihu also turned his head to look.
Suddenly, Nan Tianchihu's eyes also showed a hint of surprise.
"Level 101?"