Chapter 1 A World of Darkness

As Shi Feng activated the teleportation stone, his vision suddenly went dark. A moment later, an unfamiliar world appeared before him.

This was a world shrouded in gloom, filled with darkness and deathly silence. It was as if he had been suddenly transported into a small, dark room. Even a Tier 2 player like Shi Feng could only see about 20 yards ahead. Within that 20-yard radius, there was nothing but barren wasteland, not at all like a place where living creatures could exist.

System: Discovered the Dark World.

System: Because the player does not belong to this world, they are subjected to the power of the world, reducing all perception by 50%, attributes by 30%, and experience gained by 95%.

System: Within the Dark World, players cannot communicate with the outside world. Upon death, their souls will be expelled from the Dark World.

Instantly, three system notifications echoed in Shi Feng's ears.

"The suppression on Tier 2 is this great?" Shi Feng frowned slightly upon hearing the system notifications.

He wasn't surprised by this situation, but he hadn't expected to be suppressed so much.

Higher Planes were different from other worlds. They were not only vast but also very exclusive. His appearance was like a Plane invasion, and the stronger the creature that entered this world, the greater the suppression it would face.

In his previous life, he had also entered other Higher Planes, but at that time, he was already a Tier 3 class. His basic attributes were directly suppressed by 40%. Even with a full set of Epic-grade equipment, his basic attributes could barely match those of a Great Lord of the same level. Moreover, his constitution would also decrease significantly, making it difficult to fight against Great Lords of the same level in the Plane.

He hadn't expected a Tier 2 class to experience such a strong suppression.

One had to know that Tier 2 classes were definitely at the bottom of the food chain in Higher Planes.

Moreover, the monsters in Higher Planes were much stronger than those in the God's Domain Continent. The reason they were stronger was that their life levels were higher and their combat skills were superior.

In the God's Domain Continent, dragons were legendary beings, but in Higher Planes, monsters comparable to dragons in terms of life level were not everywhere, but their numbers were not small.

Therefore, entering a Higher Plane before reaching a certain level of strength was a life-or-death gamble. Even though Higher Planes had many advanced and valuable resources that the God's Domain Continent lacked, the various super forces dared not casually enter Higher Planes to wage war.

Besides the strength of the monsters and the world's suppression, the biggest difference was the environment.

Being in the Dark World, Shi Feng felt an indescribable weight all over his body, as if he had suddenly become three or four times heavier. Moreover, the dense power of darkness was constantly eroding him. Without extremely high dark resistance, he would be killed by the power of darkness even if he did nothing in the Dark World. It was a completely barren land.

Shi Feng didn't dare waste time and directly took out the Book of Darkness to summon a Tier 3 demon.

Immediately, a demon wielding a battle blade and covered in blood-red scales appeared before Shi Feng.

Blood Blade Demon, Demon Creature, Tier 3 Demon, Level 80, HP 34,000,000.

As a dark creature that used the power of darkness, the demon was in its element in the Dark World, completely unaffected by any suppression. It even received an attribute boost due to the Demon Overlord effect of the Book of Darkness.

This was why Shi Feng dared to come.

In a place with only 20 yards of visibility, any monster was stronger than him right now. He would probably be discovered by a monster and ambushed before he even saw it.

By controlling the demon, he could see the surrounding situation through the demon's vision. Shi Feng tried it out, and the difference in vision was like heaven and earth.

Through the demon's vision, Shi Feng could see a range of four to five hundred yards. He immediately discovered that this was a rocky ridge. About three hundred yards away, there were ten Dark Poison Scorpions, each three to four meters tall, with three tails waving. One of them even had five tails, and its dark carapace glowed with a faint purple light.

Dark Poison Scorpion, Dark Creature, Lord, Level 65, HP 18,000,000.

Mutated Dark Poison Scorpion, Dark Creature, Great Lord, Level 68, HP 43,000,000.

Nine Lords and one Great Lord. If he didn't know about Higher Planes, he would have entered the Dark Poison Scorpions' attack range. If he was discovered, he would be dead for sure due to the world's suppression.

The only fortunate thing was that the teleportation stone teleported players to areas with monsters of levels they could handle. It wouldn't put players in places with monsters that were too high or too low in level. But even so, sending the higher-level Blood Blade Demon up there would be a death sentence.

The strength of the Mutated Dark Poison Scorpion alone was no less than that of the Blood Blade Demon. After all, living in Higher Planes meant having higher life levels. Not to mention that there were nine Dark Poison Scorpions that could gang up on it.

However, Shi Feng didn't plan to bypass the scorpion pack. He then took out an Ancient Scroll from his backpack and began chanting.

As the Ancient Scroll was activated, an old man about four meters tall, with a semi-transparent body and holding a vine staff, appeared before Shi Feng.

"Not bad, it's actually a Great Druid." Shi Feng looked at the old man, very satisfied.

Ancient Heroic Spirit, Hero, Great Druid, Level 75, HP 15,000,000.

The Heroic Spirits summoned by the Ancient Scroll were random. Although they were all Tier 3, they were much more powerful than ordinary NPCs because they were non-living beings and unaffected by the world's suppression. In addition, they possessed many Tier 3 magic skills, making them excellent support in Higher Planes. Any team that wanted to enter Higher Planes would buy some.

Then, Shi Feng had the Great Druid cast a series of Tier 3 support spells.

Tier 3 Magic, Forest Protection, increased the defense of all allies, increased basic attributes by 20%, lasted for thirty minutes, and did not stack with other attribute-boosting spells.

Tier 3 Magic, Natural Blessing, increased all magic resistance by 80, reduced damage taken by 15%, increased stamina by 15%, and lasted for thirty minutes.

Tier 3 Magic, Thorn Thorns, attached magic thorns to a designated target, causing damage to anyone who attacked that target, lasting for ten minutes.

With three Tier 3 support spells cast on the Blood Blade Demon, the Blood Blade Demon's attributes increased by a large margin once again.

Then, Shi Feng controlled the Blood Blade Demon to charge toward the Dark Poison Scorpion pack.

As the Blood Blade Demon charged to within 200 yards, it immediately alerted the Dark Poison Scorpions, who waved their tails and emitted piercing, low-pitched sounds.

Shi Feng didn't hold back and struck first, using the Tier 3 Magic Blood Blade Sanction.

Instantly, more than fifty blood-red blades flew toward the ten Dark Poison Scorpions, moving as fast as lightning. Even Shi Feng himself, in his peak state with burst skills activated, wouldn't be able to block all of them. He could only dodge or activate survival skills to resist.

Just as the blood blades were about to hit the ten Dark Poison Scorpions, the scorpions' tails transformed into streaks of dark shadows.

Clang clang clang…

A series of sparks flew out. More than 70-80% of the blood blades were blocked by the ten Dark Poison Scorpions. The Mutated Dark Poison Scorpion was the strongest, blocking all nine blood blades that were shot at it. Only a few scattered blood blades hit the other Dark Poison Scorpions, each blood blade dealing more than 30,000 damage.

"Such high magic resistance." Shi Feng clicked his tongue.

A Tier 3 magic spell used by a Tier 3 demon, even if it was just a single blood blade, had the power comparable to an attack from an ordinary Great Lord. Yet, when it fully hit a Lord-ranked Dark Poison Scorpion, it only dealt more than 30,000 damage. This was nothing to the Dark Poison Scorpion, which had 18,000,000 HP.

Just as Shi Feng was surprised, the Mutated Dark Poison Scorpion cried out, and its five tails, glowing with emerald light, shot out five rays of light directly at the Blood Blade Demon.

The speed was so fast that even Shi Feng was a little slow to react. He could only make the Blood Blade Demon slightly sidestep, dodging three of the light beams, but being hit by the other two.

Instantly, the two light beams pierced through the Blood Blade Demon's scales, and two damage numbers of over 400,000 appeared…