Chapter 1 The Sudden Attack

The sudden appearance of three Flame War Elephants, each a hundred meters tall, was like the arrival of three mountains. Even the monsters in the Death Forest trembled in fear. The terrifying aura could be clearly felt even hundreds of yards away, far beyond that of ordinary Mythic monsters.

"How could they have arrived so quickly?"

Yuan Tiexin, standing on the city wall, had a gloomy expression and a heart full of confusion.

According to their Tianji Pavilion's intelligence, Star Ring had indeed dispatched a large army, but it should have taken at least several more hours to reach this place. After all, organizing so many people not only takes time, but simply running all the way here requires a significant amount of time.

A few hours might not have been enough for their Tianji Pavilion to fully deploy defenses, but it would have allowed them to initially improve Stone Forest City's defenses, especially the recruitment of Stone Forest City's NPCs.

This would have made it difficult for Star Ring to capture Stone Forest City, allowing them to buy time and wait for more reinforcements.

But now, Star Ring had arrived far ahead of schedule, and even brought three Mythic monsters...

These three Flame War Elephants had divine runes flashing on their bodies, clearly empowered by some kind of force, and did not seem like ordinary summoned beasts.

Moreover, the problem wasn't just the three Flame War Elephants.

Next to the Flame War Elephants were hundreds of Star Ring's mage experts, gathering magic power and channeling it into dozens of dazzling energy stones in the center.

As the players' magic power poured into these energy stones, magic arrays began to appear. These magic arrays connected with each other, constantly absorbing the surrounding magic power, and the gathered magic power was stirring the air within a thousand yards...

Experts from ordinary guilds might only think that this magic was very powerful, comparable to those fourth-tier large-scale destruction spells.

But he knew that this was not just comparable to a fourth-tier spell, but a genuine fourth-tier forbidden ancient magic, Elemental Devastation.

This was something that Star Ring Guild considered a family treasure!

The energy stones were based on a foundation of twelve stones. As long as players poured magic power into them, they could unleash the ancient magic, Elemental Devastation, which could be used infinitely. As for the power of the Elemental Devastation, it depended on the number of energy stones. For every twelve stones added, the power would increase by one level.

Twelve stones would be equivalent to a fourth-tier spell. Reaching twenty-four energy stones would be equivalent to a fourth-tier forbidden spell. Of course, this would place higher demands on the players, and the cooldown time required after each use would be longer.

The last time Star Ring Guild used these energy stones was to destroy a stronghold controlled by a dark force, and at that time, there were only seventeen energy stones.

But right now, there were a full twenty-nine energy stones, making it absolutely a fourth-tier forbidden spell, with destructive power comparable to a weaker fifth-tier spell. Destroying the defense magic array of a beginner city would definitely be no problem, since the defense magic array of a beginner city could only withstand fourth-tier power, and could not withstand attacks reaching the fifth-tier level.

And the strongest aspect of a city right now was its defense magic array. Players were helpless against this kind of defense magic array. Even if hundreds of thousands of troops attacked for a day and a night, they probably wouldn't be able to cause much depletion to the defense magic array.

But if the defense magic array were broken, the difference in defense between a city and a town would be very small…

In addition to Elemental Devastation, there was also an Epic-rank defensive orb protecting everyone in Star Ring's group. Although it couldn't compare to the city's defense magic array, it could withstand attacks from fourth-tier spells. If one wanted to harm Star Ring's group, it would be impossible unless the magic power of the defensive orb was exhausted.

The members of the Jiaolong Squad in the Death Forest also clearly saw the huge magic array suspended in the sky. The power of this magic array was so strong that it made them feel palpitation even from thousands of yards away.

"Impressive! Is this the Elemental Devastation magic that Star Ring Guild is rumored to have?" Sheng Wuji, watching the increasingly strong magic fluctuations in the sky, couldn't help but be a little shocked. "This was originally supposed to be used to occupy a Death Fortress, right? It seems Star Ring is going all out for Stone Forest City."

They, Tianlong House, also had some understanding of Elemental Devastation, because they had obtained a few energy stones, but because they were not in sufficient quantity, they could not be used at all.

Although these energy stones could be used infinitely, the greater the power they exerted, the longer the cooldown time would be. Just the cooldown time after gathering twelve stones was a full ten natural days, and reaching twenty-nine stones was conceivable, requiring at least twenty days or more.

In this rapidly developing God's Domain, twenty days was an extremely valuable amount of time, not to mention for occupying a fortress in the ancient Death Empire.

Now, in order to save time, they were using it to destroy the newly promoted Stone Forest City's defense magic array, which was undeniably ruthless.

The reason for saying "buy time" was entirely because Star Ring already had three Mythic monsters. With the power of the three Mythic monsters, it wouldn't take long to destroy Stone Forest City's defense magic array. The only explanation for using Elemental Devastation now was to have a quick victory.

"Black Flame Guild Leader, I didn't expect us to meet so soon." Chenghui, standing on top of the Flame War Elephant, looked down at Shifeng on the city wall, a smug arc rising at the corner of his mouth, and coldly said, "You gave me two choices before, and now I'm giving you two choices as well, either get out! Or die! Choose one!"

He had been very wary of Shifeng before, but now the tables had turned.

Three level 85 Mythic monsters, plus the terrifying fourth-tier forbidden spell, Elemental Devastation, would be enough to wipe out even a group of monster-level experts, let alone Shifeng.

"Boss, why bother talking to him? Just make him hand over all the treasures he got before, offer an Epic-rank equipment, or he shouldn't even think about leaving here alive today!"

"That's right! We came all the way here, how can we let this kid get away with it?"

Chenghui's confidants shouted at Shifeng, wishing they could tear him into eight pieces to relieve the hatred in their hearts.

Of course, even if Shifeng really handed over the treasures and offered the Epic-rank equipment, they would never let Shifeng leave here alive today.

Because this was the order personally given by Guild Leader Lu Xingluo, to make sure Shifeng died!

Saying this now was just to tease Shifeng.

Hearing the shouts of Star Ring's group, Yuan Tiexin and the others had ashen faces. Although they wanted to attack immediately, fighting against three Mythic monsters and thousands of experts right now was not a wise choice. All they could do now was delay as much as possible, or they could only watch Star Ring destroy the entire Stone Forest City.

"You finally managed to save your life before, you really shouldn't have come here." Shifeng looked at Chenghui, who seemed to be looking down on everyone, and said calmly.

"Black Flame, you're courting death!" Chenghui's eyes turned cold when he heard Shifeng say this, and he roared hoarsely, "Prepare Elemental Devastation, bomb Stone Forest City for me! I want him..."

But before Chenghui could finish speaking, Shifeng had already taken out a fourth-tier magic scroll obtained from the Fire Fiend Overlord and a mana-surging Source of Elements from his backpack, and used them without saying a word.

Suddenly, a cloud-covering magic array appeared above Star Ring's group. The speed at which it gathered magic power was not comparable to Elemental Devastation at all. The fluctuation of the magic even caused the surrounding space to become unstable.

Before everyone could react, a cyan-purple thunderbolt fell from the sky, falling like a meteor.

Boom!

The thunderbolt touched the magic barrier as if it were touching air, and easily penetrated the magic barrier, directly falling into the crowd. Where it landed, nothing grew, and the entire space was blasted into a huge black hole.

After a thunderbolt fell, the entire battlefield became silent. The three Flame War Elephants were directly plunged into a heavily injured state, and even though Star Ring's army was very scattered, only one in ten players remained.

For a moment, the entire Death Forest seemed to be frozen, whether it was the Jiaolong Squad members watching from a distance, or the people in Stone Forest City, they were all stunned!