Chapter 1 Blades Clash

Swords clashed, sparks flew, and the sound of metal striking metal reverberated, echoing in everyone's ears.

Immediately afterward, Six Ghosts and Shi Feng exchanged several blows in quick succession.

The force of their attacks shattered the ground beneath their feet, yet neither yielded an inch. However, the shockwaves from their clashing weapons forced the surrounding players to retreat.

"This power is incredible. I can feel such intense force even from this distance. No wonder Xiao Ma, a level 24 Shield Warrior, was sent flying with a single blow," the Zero Wing ranger captain muttered, a deep wariness in his eyes as he glanced at Six Ghosts.

Such savage strength was the first he'd ever witnessed since he started playing God's Domain. It was terrifying!

However, Shi Feng, who suddenly appeared, was also impressive for being able to fight such a monster evenly.

Compared to the astonishment of the others, the Tier 1 Swordsman, Five Ghosts, felt incredulous.

"Just who is this guy? He can actually go toe-to-toe with Lao Liu in terms of strength." Five Ghosts narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Shi Feng.

The Tier 1 Berserker was undoubtedly the strongest class in terms of strength. Five Ghosts also knew that Six Ghosts invested all his stat points into strength, and his equipment was also focused on boosting his strength. Yet, Shi Feng, a Swordsman, was able to fight on equal footing, without being at a disadvantage. It was unbelievable.

Among the Seven Fiends, Lao Liu's strength ranked in the top three. Even Five Ghosts, a Swordsman, wouldn't dare to directly confront him head-on, instead relying on skill to win.

Now, suddenly, a master who could match Lao Liu in strength had emerged. Five Ghosts had to take him seriously.

"Looks like you're a Tier 1 class as well. Then I won't hold back."

Six Ghosts roared, and his skin instantly turned red, his aura shifting with it as a violent energy spread out.

This was the Tier 1 Berserker skill, Mad Bull Strength, which increased the player's Strength stat by 20% for 15 seconds.

Six Ghosts' Strength stat was already extremely high, and now it increased by 20%, every movement capable of tearing the earth apart.

"You're still far from being able to compete with me in strength!" Six Ghosts roared as he swung his enormous war blade, easily taller than a man, at Shi Feng. Both his speed and power were far greater than before.

Shi Feng didn't dodge, meeting the attack head-on with the Abyssal Blade in his hand.

This surprised everyone.

Even Five Ghosts, who was watching from afar, revealed a sneering grin.

Six Ghosts' Mad Bull Strength wasn't just any Mad Bull Strength, but a strengthened version. Compared to the normal Mad Bull Strength, it increased Strength by a full 30%. Don't underestimate that extra 10%; for Six Ghosts' base Strength, that 10% was equivalent to more than 30 points of Strength.

More than 30 points of Strength was equivalent to equipping a piece of top-grade equipment that increased Strength. If it were a Tier 1 player, it would be like leveling up four or five times.

It could be said that Six Ghosts, after activating Mad Bull Strength, was definitely the strongest of the Seven Fiends. A Tier 1 Swordsman simply couldn't withstand that force, and it was sheer recklessness to meet it head-on.

The only option was to dodge.

However, even dodging was impossible. Even for experts in their league, evading Six Ghosts' blade techniques was extremely difficult.

At the instant of the clash, everyone seemed to see Shi Feng being sent flying.

With a resounding boom, the ground beneath their feet shattered, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"You!" Six Ghosts' eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Shi Feng, who had blocked his blow with only one hand.

He had activated Mad Bull Strength, yet Shi Feng could still block it. He had to know that his Strength stat had increased by more than a hundred points, already equivalent to the Strength stat of an ordinary player.

But... but... he had blocked it!

Everyone's mouths hung open as they looked at the sunken ground beneath their feet.

"Are they NPCs?"

No one dared to believe their eyes, questioning whether this was really a player battle.

If it weren't for the diamond-shaped mark above their heads, unique to players, they would have suspected that these two were God's Domain monsters fighting over territory.

"So what he said was true."

Only now did the Zero Wing members understand what Shi Feng had said before the battle. With such terrifying strength, even without using any skills, relying solely on skill and power, they would likely be wiped out in a short time.

"Just who are you?" After the exchange, Six Ghosts retreated repeatedly, looking at Shi Feng with extreme caution. He no longer had the composure he had before.

Even if he were an idiot, he could see that Shi Feng's base stats were far superior to his. Their previous exchange was merely Shi Feng testing his strength.

The thought filled Six Ghosts with unspeakable rage.

He was always the one testing others' strength. No one had ever dared to test his strength. Six Ghosts' pride as one of the Seven Fiends was deeply wounded.

"You were the one who attacked first. Why are you asking me?" Shi Feng scoffed.

"You're courting death!" Six Ghosts roared, and the war blade in his hand transformed into three phantom blades, sealing off Shi Feng's retreat as they fiercely slashed towards him. It was as if Six Ghosts was wielding not one but three war blades, appearing silently before Shi Feng.

In close-quarters combat, the first thing to consider was stats, and the second was technique.

Now that Shi Feng was much stronger than him in stats, he naturally switched to a battle of techniques.

"Triple Slash?" Shi Feng's expression turned serious as he quickly swung the Abyssal Blade to meet the attack.

Triple Slash was a more advanced technique than Double Acceleration.

Double Acceleration deceived the enemy's eyes, attacking a blind spot, while Triple Slash concentrated all power on a single point through shifting the body's center of gravity, unleashing an attack so fast that it appeared as if there were three weapons. In reality, these were phantom images left by the weapon, a high-level attack technique.

Clang clang clang...

The sound of metal clashing echoed continuously in mid-air.

For a moment, the area between Six Ghosts and Shi Feng became a battlefield, filled with violent explosions that were deafening. Yet, in the battlefield that everyone saw, there was no moment of weapon collision, as if it were happening out of thin air.

"Such amazing Triple Slash!" Although Shi Feng wasn't injured, he was using the Abyssal Blade with great difficulty. Even though his speed was much faster than Six Ghosts', he could only defend. This was the first time Shi Feng had been at a disadvantage in a speed contest against a Berserker.

It had to be said that high-level attack techniques greatly enhanced a player's combat power.

If it weren't for his much faster speed than Six Ghosts, and his mastery of the Realm of Micro, allowing him to finely control both his and his opponent's attacks and dodges, he would have already died under the Triple Slash.

However, although Shi Feng was barely holding on, Six Ghosts wasn't having an easy time either.

Even with Mad Bull Strength activated, the impact and recoil from his full-strength clash with Shi Feng made him feel uncomfortable, and even his HP started to drop, albeit very slowly. But over time, his HP would inevitably run out.

"Lao Liu, I'll help you!"

Suddenly, Five Ghosts emerged from behind Shi Feng, swinging his twin swords in a Triple Slash, directly stabbing towards Shi Feng's back.