Chapter 1 The Silence

The Avatar Demon Snake lay still on the shattered ground, and everyone present fell silent. They stared, mouths agape in astonishment, at Shi Feng, who stood before the Avatar Demon Snake, a long, shimmering azure sword in his hand.

Although the Avatar of the Void Demon Snake was not as powerful as before, it still possessed the strength of a normal Legendary creature. Yet, Shi Feng had knocked it to the ground with a single strike.

It was as unbelievable as an ant toppling a lion, impossible to accept.

Moreover, that single blow had inflicted over 60,000 points of damage on the Avatar Demon Snake, putting the Tier 2 Berserkers present to shame.

Before anyone could recover from the shock of Shi Feng's terrifying power, he swung the Holy Sword, Killing Ray, and the Demonic Weapon, Abyssal Blade, once more.

Purgatory Fivefold Slash!

Sword Light Phantoms!

Blades of light erupted around Shi Feng, blindingly fast, while damage numbers exceeding 20,000 appeared above the Avatar Demon Snake’s head in rapid succession – a dozen or more in total. Even the top-tier damage dealers like Fire Dance were a step behind.

"Everyone, focus all your fire on the Avatar Demon Snake!" Shi Feng commanded after unleashing his barrage of attacks. "Be careful to dodge the Void Blades! Other MTs, protect the healers! Damage dealers, don’t get greedy for damage! And don't look directly at the Avatar Demon Snake's Demonic Eyes! Ranged players, listen to my commands! Use your ultimate skills on the Avatar Demon Snake's eyes at the first opportunity!"

The Avatar Demon Snake was essentially a part of the Void Demon Snake. Destroying it would inflict corresponding damage on the Void Demon Snake itself. However, if the Avatar Demon Snake wasn't defeated within a certain time, it would recover the corresponding health for the Void Demon Snake, ultimately exhausting the team to death.

The Avatar Demon Snake's most dangerous aspect was not its strength, but its passive skill, Void Demonic Eye. Looking directly at the Avatar Demon Snake's eyes would cause players to enter a brief state of paralysis. In addition, the Demonic Eye could cast the Tier 4 magic, Void Freeze, preventing players within 150 yards of the Avatar Demon Snake from using any magic skills for thirty seconds.

Against both the Void Demon Snake and its Avatar, being unable to use any magic skills for thirty seconds was a death sentence. However, there was a way to counter it: destroy the Avatar Demon Snake's eyes.

Everyone present was an expert. With Shi Feng's command, they quickly switched their target to the Avatar Demon Snake.

At that moment, everyone demonstrated the skill level befitting guild experts. Facing the whizzing Void Blades, almost everyone had to deal with two or three attacks simultaneously. An average player would have been too busy dodging the lightning-fast Void Blades to do anything else.

But the players present handled the Void Blades with ease, neutralizing the Void Demon Snake's trump card.

While Cola tanked the Void Demon Snake, Shi Feng activated the Power of the Heavenly Dragon, constantly intercepting the Avatar Demon Snake, which had no aggro, allowing the others to focus on dealing damage. The Avatar Demon Snake's health plummeted rapidly. Whenever it attempted to cast Void Freeze, Shi Feng would immediately have the team alternate using their ultimate skills to attack its vulnerable eyes, preventing it from causing any disruption to the team.

"Is this the strength of Sword King Black Flame?" Huan Yu watched Shi Feng, who was simultaneously directing the battle, fighting, and dodging Void Blades, and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

To be able to direct an entire raid during such a fierce battle against a Legendary Boss, defusing every crisis subtly, was far more impressive than mere individual strength.

Against a Boss, individual players ultimately had their limits. They needed the strength of a team to overcome it. Therefore, directing the team's combat was crucial, as good direction could avoid unnecessary deaths and losses.

It was like two different teams clearing the same dungeon. One team lost half its members, while the other lost only one-tenth. As they continued to clear dungeons, the gap between the two teams would widen. That was why major guilds valued those who could direct team battles. The same was true for adventure teams. The team leader might not be the strongest, but they were definitely the best at commanding.

It was one thing for Shi Feng to be inhumanly strong, but now he was commanding a thousand-player raid with such orderliness…

In less than two minutes, the Avatar Demon Snake, with its 40 million health points, was annihilated, turning into countless silver-grey mists that flowed back into the Void Demon Snake's body, instantly reducing its health by 40 million. And all one thousand members of the team were still alive.

With the Avatar Demon Snake defeated, everyone once again focused on the Void Demon Snake.

75%…60%…50%…

When the Void Demon Snake's health dropped to 50%, with four health bars remaining, magical arrays appeared before its eyes, causing the surrounding air to tremble. A massive, water-blue magic array formed in mid-air.

Then, semi-transparent creatures emerged from the water-blue magic array, numbering in the hundreds, constantly increasing, and pouring down from mid-air towards the players on the ground. The weakest of these semi-transparent creatures were Level 55 Lord-ranked monsters, with some being powerful Level 60 Great Lords…

Watching the semi-transparent creatures pouring down from mid-air, everyone present couldn't help but feel their scalps tingle. It was as if the Void Demon Snake had opened a gate to another world, with monsters constantly pouring in from the magic array.

"Everyone, unleash all your burst skills! Attack the Boss with all your might! Use whatever skills you have!" Shi Feng watched the magic array in mid-air and couldn't help but become serious.

This skill was the Void Demon Snake's raid-wiping ultimate move.

Void Descent!

It summoned Void Creatures through chanting, and as the Void Demon Snake continued to chant, the number of creatures would continue to increase, endlessly. If the Void Demon Snake's health was not reduced to 30%, it would continue until all the players were wiped out.

In the previous timeline, if the players hadn't been at a high level, with some even being Tier 3 classes, it would have been much harder to deal with these endless Void Creatures.

Now, only a few people present had reached Level 60. If they didn't quickly reduce the Void Demon Snake's health to 30%, a team wipe was inevitable.

At that moment, everyone understood that it was no longer time to hold back.

Instantly, everyone activated their burst skills, causing their basic attributes to soar. They fought the endless Void Creatures while trying to find ways to attack the Void Demon Snake.

Fortunately, the Void Demon Snake would not attack during the summoning period, giving everyone a glimmer of hope.

Everyone was entangled by several Void Creatures. Ordinary players would have died long ago. Everyone present was an expert, but now they were completely stuck in a stalemate. Only Cola and Fire Dance, who had activated their burst skills, were like humanoid monsters, casually sweeping away the Void Creatures that charged at them, directly rushing to the Void Demon Snake and launching a frenzied attack.

Shi Feng also held nothing back, activating Dark Power. He even used Phantom Kill and Nine Dragons Slash. Each Abyssal Phantom could easily repel a Void Creature, and sixteen Abyssal Phantoms were killing the Void Creatures that charged at him, preventing them from getting within a step of him.

Shi Feng and his avatar were frantically attacking the Void Demon Snake, each strike dealing 50,000 to 60,000 damage. Zhao Yueru and Banxia Qingcheng also didn't hold back, and large-scale destructive spells bombarded the Void Demon Snake.

48%…47%…46%…

Although the Void Demon Snake's health was constantly decreasing, facing the massive number of Void Creatures, even though everyone present was a Tier 2 expert, they began to fall one by one, getting swarmed to death by the Great Lord-ranked Void Creatures.

In the past, players used the "human wave" tactic against bosses, but now, everyone was experiencing the terror of the human wave tactic, and each of them was either a Lord or a Great Lord.

In less than a minute, more than fifty people had been killed. The Void Demon Snake's power was simply despair-inducing.

"Vice Guild Leader, if this continues, we'll definitely be wiped out. Let's retreat quickly," Rapid Light Mage, who was fighting two Great Lord-ranked and three Lord-ranked Void Creatures at the same time, was gradually losing ground despite his high skills. As more Void Creatures charged over, he hurriedly suggested.

"As expected, fighting a World Boss is too much!" Huan Yu watched as the number of players dropped to below 800, and more than 30 members of her Red Emperor Guild had been killed. The health of the remaining players was also very unstable, and the healing couldn't keep up. "Everyone, retreat!"

With Huan Yu's command, the Red Emperor experts couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They formed a defensive formation, first carving a path of blood, and then immediately using teleportation scrolls to escape after getting away from the Boss.

Only the Zero Wing and War Soul's Undefeated members remained. Eternal Soul and Hunter Blade watched as the guild experts died one by one and were anxious. At this time, the Boss's health was still at 39%, and they couldn't help but want to persuade Undefeated Battle Heart to retreat immediately.

However, Undefeated Battle Heart looked at Shi Feng, who had no intention of retreating, and chose to persevere.

The number of people in the team continued to decrease.

650 people…600 people…500 people…

"Sever!"

Seeing the number of people drop to less than 400, Shi Feng and his avatar simultaneously used Flame Burst, and damage numbers exceeding 400,000 points appeared, finally reducing the Void Demon Snake's health to 30%. The Void Demon Snake's chanting stopped abruptly.

With the destruction of the magic array, the Void Creatures suddenly turned to ashes.

"Foolish mortals, now I'll let you know what despair is!" The Void Demon Snake raised its head and looked at the people on the ground, a hint of anger in its eyes.

Then, the ashes of the Void Creatures flowed into the Void Demon Snake's mouth as it opened its maw. The semi-transparent Void Demon Snake suddenly transformed into a flesh-and-blood being, its size constantly increasing, twisting and expanding. Bone spurs emerged from its back, completely transforming it into a turbid, jet-black behemoth, and the turbid air it emitted enveloped the entire cave.

"Aww!"

With just a roar, the entire cave shook, and countless stones fell.

"How can this Boss get stronger?" Eternal Soul looked at the Void Demon Snake, which was like a mountain, and truly felt what despair was.

Undefeated Battle Heart also felt some despair at this time. Everyone's burst skills had already been used up. How could they fight against the further strengthened Void Demon Snake?

"It's become its full form?" Shi Feng felt great pressure facing the Void Demon Snake in its complete form, even with his Tier 2 body. "It seems I can't hold back anymore. Cola, go all out!"

When Cola heard Shi Feng say this, the worries he had about the Void Demon Snake disappeared, replaced with excitement.

"Great! Leave it to me, Guild Leader!" Cola smiled slightly at the Void Demon Snake and charged towards it after its transformation without saying a word.