Chapter 1 A Four-Tier Sky Knight

A fourth-tier Sky Knight, a hegemon guarding a major city, was just suddenly killed, without even a trace of resistance.

Shi Feng even thought he was seeing things.

"Could this be a trap targeting Sky Knights?" Shi Feng watched the starlight dissipate, and couldn't help but feel fortunate.

He had even considered targeting the Beast King Thracius earlier, trying to snatch the treasure.

Luckily, he abandoned that idea, otherwise, the Sky Knight who was just killed would have been his fate.

To kill a fourth-tier Sky Knight instantly, without even leaving a corpse or equipment, one could imagine that the damage received was not ordinary damage.

Although players weren't afraid of death, being killed by such an attack was probably not just a matter of losing experience points and equipment, it could very likely affect the player themselves.

The simplest would be damage to the player's Undying Soul, preventing the player from logging into God's Domain for a short time.

But that wasn't the worst. In some adventures, if a player died, they might even feel like deleting their account upon revival.

The death of the Sky Knight just now probably fell into this category.

After the Sky Knight died, the Beast King Thracius put away his blood-colored greatsword and slowly walked towards the treasure emitting golden divine light, a gloating smile on his ferocious face.

Then, he began to chant an incantation, and immediately, golden divine runes formed around the treasure, enveloping the entire treasure, as if sealing it.

"Not a trap?"

Seeing the Beast King Thracius's actions, it was clear that it wasn't a trap to deal with him. It was probably that the treasure was special and couldn't be touched, something the Beast King Thracius knew but the Sky Knight didn't, which was why the Sky Knight vanished into thin air.

Since the Beast King Thracius knew it couldn't be touched, he naturally knew what the treasure was, which was why he sealed it.

"Should I take this risk?" Shi Feng hesitated.

Previously, the treasure was too close to the Beast King Thracius. By the time he ran over, it would definitely be too late. He probably wouldn't even reach the treasure before the Beast King Thracius collected it and then annihilated him with a sword. But now that the Beast King Thracius was sealing the treasure, he had a chance during this time.

He could completely take advantage of this time to sneak over, and snatch the treasure the instant it was sealed.

However, Shi Feng had personally witnessed how powerful the Legendary Beast King Thracius was.

Even Cang Qiong's Flash (a skill with the power of a fifth-tier skill) could be taken head-on. Dealing with him, a first-tier player, was as easy as playing.

He would probably be killed with a single sword strike before he even reached the treasure.

Moreover, escaping after obtaining the treasure was also a problem.

With the Beast King Thracius's stats, even if his speed was several times faster, he wouldn't be able to escape the Beast King Thracius's grasp.

Seeing the golden divine runes around the treasure increasing, and the time for it to be sealed getting shorter and shorter, Shi Feng glanced at the Seven Luminaries Ring on his finger, suddenly activated Gravity Liberation, jumped off the city wall, and rushed towards the black altar.

A treasure that even a fourth-tier NPC was tempted by, it would be a pity not to fight for it.

Moreover, after the Seven Luminaries Ring was upgraded to level seven, its skills had been greatly enhanced, giving him a chance to try.

On the black altar, the Beast King Thracius chanted the incantation with rapt attention, while Shi Feng slowly approached.

The perception range of Legendary monsters wasn't as large as that of gods, usually around 100 yards, so Shi Feng still had a chance. If the range was too large, Shi Feng would have to give up.

When Shi Feng reached a place 100 yards away from the Beast King Thracius, he suddenly stopped. The Beast King Thracius hadn't discovered him. Immediately, Shi Feng moved along the 100-yard perimeter, searching for the closest point to the treasure, and then quietly waited for the moment the treasure was about to be sealed.

Divine runes covered the treasure one after another. Even Shi Feng was seeing such a complex sealing technique for the first time.

Seeing that the sealing was nearing its end, Shi Feng immediately used Phantom Kill, letting a doppelganger quietly run to the other side to wait.

Time slowly passed, and Shi Feng also began to feel restless.

He was just a first-tier class, and it was his first time trying to snatch a treasure in front of a Legendary monster. A slight carelessness could lead to being killed. Losing experience was a small matter, but he was afraid of losing equipment, especially the Seven Luminaries Ring and the Breath of the Sky. These two pieces of equipment were not bound items, and players might drop them upon death, unlike Demonic weapons, which were bound items and couldn't be dropped.

But without these pieces of equipment, he wouldn't be able to snatch the treasure either. It could be said to be a gamble.

Just as Shi Feng was waiting quietly,

The Beast King Thracius finished chanting the last part of the incantation.

Suddenly, countless divine runes enveloped the entire treasure, and the treasure's original golden divine light instantly dissipated, turning into an unadorned crystal ball.

The Beast King Thracius looked at the crystal ball, the smile on his face even more excited. But as the Beast King Thracius was about to take the first step towards the crystal ball, Shi Feng's doppelganger suddenly rushed towards the crystal ball from the side. The speed was as fast as a black shadow, and the distance of 100 yards vanished in an instant.

"A mere first-tier ant dares to covet the Divine Crystal!"

"Die!"

The Beast King Thracius was disdainful. He drew the blood-colored greatsword behind him and transformed it into a stream of light, appearing in front of Shi Feng's doppelganger.

In front of the Beast King Thracius, even if Shi Feng's doppelganger activated Windwalk, the speed was as slow as a turtle. In addition, he had just killed a Sky Knight, and he was even more disdainful of ants like Shi Feng, a first-tier player. So, he wanted to first eliminate this rat who dared to defile the Divine Crystal.

Faced with the appearance of the Beast King Thracius, the doppelganger instinctively activated Sword Defense, before Thracius could even attack.

It had to be said that Shi Feng's judgment was very accurate.

Because after the Beast King Thracius launched his sword, due to the huge difference in attributes, Shi Feng's doppelganger didn't even have time to react before being hit by a sword. Shi Feng's sword was only halfway drawn.

Although Shi Feng had mastered Flowing Water Realm, and even learned Flowing Water Acceleration, there was an essential difference between him and the Beast King Thracius. Absolute power prevails. The basic attributes of the Beast King were ten times that of Shi Feng. No matter how good the technique was, the effect was limited.

But in the blink of an eye, all of the Sword Defense's defense counts were used up.

Immediately afterward, a red light flashed, and Shi Feng's doppelganger was killed with one sword strike. It really didn't even have a bit of ability to resist.

But in the time it took the Beast King Thracius to deal with the doppelganger, Shi Feng's real body had already activated Windwalk, used an acceleration scroll, and even activated Blade Liberation, greatly increasing his agility attribute by 80%. He even put on the Flame Boots and used Flame Dash, further increasing his speed by 100%.

This speed was faster than the wind.

Just as the Beast King Thracius killed the doppelganger, Shi Feng was already less than 20 yards away from the treasure.

"Damn it!" The Beast King Thracius immediately discovered Shi Feng, turned his head, and rushed towards Shi Feng.

Although Shi Feng's speed was very fast, two or three times faster than the doppelganger, it was still very slow for the Beast King Thracius.

Sure enough.

As Shi Feng rushed to within two or three yards, the Beast King Thracius appeared in front of Shi Feng and slashed down with his sword...

But Shi Feng was prepared. He had already activated Earth Ring. The moment he was discovered, he used Absolute Defense, which gave him 5 seconds of invincibility. The Beast King Thracius's attack was completely ineffective.

With invincibility, Shi Feng didn't need to worry about attacks. He grabbed the crystal ball while enduring the attack and put it into his backpack.

The Beast King Thracius was furious. The berserk aura made Shi Feng feel suffocated. If he didn't have invincibility, he would have died long ago.

With the Divine Crystal in hand, Shi Feng immediately replaced the Earth Ring with the Sky Ring, activated Spatial Movement, and jumped into the spatial rift in an instant, escaping far away.