Upon hearing Evil Qilin's command, Cleansing Flame, who watched the battle from a distance, gaped in shock.
"They won?"
When Demon Palace had first arrived on Dragonheart Island, it had shaken the island. Even the various superpowers had feared the Guild. Most importantly, Demon Palace had pushed War Blood to the top of Dragonheart Island.
Evil Qilin's trump card team had also subdued the various superpowers' main forces. Nobody had dared to challenge the Guild's trump card team.
Now, aside from the various Super Guilds' main forces, nobody on Dragonheart Island dared to challenge Demon Palace's trump card team.
Even Cleansing Flame had despaired when Demon Palace had dispatched this team.
Heaven's Blade could, more or less, put up a fight against War Blood, but against Demon Palace, they'd have no choice but to surrender. They'd be powerless to resist.
And yet, not only had the Shifeng single-handedly taken on Demon Palace's trump card team, but he'd even defeated the team. It was simply unbelievable.
Dragonheart Island's top three peerless monsters might be able to contend with Demon Palace's trump card team, but they'd have to resort to guerilla warfare. Fighting Demon Palace's trump card team head-on was practically impossible. Evil Qilin, Dark Scorpion, and Twilight Dawn were no ordinary experts. Evil Qilin, in particular, ranked among the top 10 on Dragonheart Island. He could most likely annihilate Heaven's Blade's main force all by himself.
When Evil Qilin gave the command to retreat, Demon Palace's members felt a pang of bitterness.
Normally, they'd be the ones to beat the crap out of others, but now, Shifeng had single-handedly taken them on. If someone had told them this before they entered the passage, they'd've treated it as a joke.
After all, it was simply impossible for something like this to happen.
Their team was incredibly strong, and they had 16 Tier 3 experts on their team. Among them, two ranked among the top 20 on Dragonheart Island. Although Twilight Dawn wasn't among the top 20, she definitely ranked among the top 30. Even Super Guilds wouldn't easily dispatch such a powerful team. Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to send Demon Palace's members running for their lives.
And yet, this had actually happened. Moreover, Demon Palace wasn't facing a Super Guild's trump card team, but Ling Yi, who wasn't even a superpower. Most despicable of all, the Shifeng had done it all by himself …
If word of this were to spread, Demon Palace's reputation on Dragonheart Island would be greatly tarnished.
However, Demon Palace's members didn't hesitate in the slightest when they heard Shi Feng's command. Practically every one of them immediately turned and scattered, not bothering to tangle with Shi Feng's doppelganger.
Even Shi Feng was taken aback by the efficiency of the Swordsman's action.
It might've been fine if ordinary players had retreated without hesitation, but to Demon Palace's experts, retreating for their lives was a humiliation. The stronger an expert was, the more prideful they would be. They would rather die standing than live kneeling. Not to mention, they would only lose one level each time they died. With the support of their Guild, they'd be back on their feet after some time.
However, what Shifeng hadn't expected was that, unlike other superpowers, Demon Palace was a superpower based in the Demonic Prison World. The competition in the Demonic Prison World was far more intense than the outside world.
Losing a single level and one piece of equipment could very well push them from the upper echelons to the lower echelons of society.
Why?
Because opportunities were hard to come by!
The higher one's level and strength were, the greater one's chances of finding an opportunity. This was especially true for the frontline experts. They'd most likely miss out on an opportunity to reach the heavens with a single death.
Meanwhile, the various superpowers treated their Guild's experts coldly. If one ranked at the top of their Guild's combat power, they'd receive far more resources than others. If one fell from the top, they'd receive fewer resources and treatment. They'd even lose many opportunities to grow stronger.
Hence, Demon Palace's experts didn't dare to die unless their Guild ordered them to.
Otherwise, the various superpowers wouldn't simply abandon a peak expert. After all, the various superpowers could nurture plenty of peak experts. However, Domain Realm experts weren't something that could be achieved by relying on resources alone. Otherwise, the various superpowers wouldn't have given so much face to Domain Realm experts and allowed them to become Grand Elders of their respective Guilds.
As Demon Palace's members fled, Shi Feng froze for a moment, but he didn't chase after them. Instead, he stood in place and watched as Evil Qilin and the others fled.
"Guild Leader, aren't we going to chase after them?" Jian Ying asked Xiang Shifeng after killing White Rainbow.
In his opinion, Demon Palace's members had dared to ambush them. If they didn't annihilate them, they wouldn't let Demon Palace's members know how powerful Ling Yi was.
"We've already obtained the key. We don't have time to waste on them," Shifeng said nonchalantly. He then turned and approached the iron gates.
Shi Feng's goal wasn't to kill Demon Palace's members. Rather, he wanted to teach Demon Palace a lesson and teach them a lesson. At the same time, he wanted Shadow Sword and the others to practice. After all, his goal was to reinforce Heaven's Blade as quickly as possible, not engage in a meaningless battle with Demon Palace.
If he continued to hunt down Demon Palace's members …
Even if he had eight doppelgangers, he'd need a lot of time to kill so many fleeing experts. If he couldn't reach Zwei first, he'd lose his chance to obtain the Tree of Life's main branch.
Naturally, he couldn't ruin his grand plan for the sake of Demon Palace's members.
Jian Ying and the others nodded. Their goal was to rescue someone. There was no point in wasting time with Demon Palace's members. They followed the Shifeng and entered the sealed inner corridor.
After running for a while, the Demon Palace members realized that the Shifeng hadn't come after them. They breathed a sigh of relief.
They knew that if the Shifeng's eight doppelgangers pursued them, very few of them would be able to escape.
"Damn it! That Hei Yan doesn't care about us at all! " When Muhan saw that the Shifeng hadn't come after them, she couldn't help but punch the wall. Her expression was indescribably conflicted.
While it was good that they had not lost a level, they were the main force of Demon Palace's third trump card legion, yet the Swordsman had treated them like dispensable existences. He couldn't even be bothered to chase after them. This was an utter humiliation!
"They're not coming after us?" Evil Qilin frowned as he gazed at the iron gate. "It seems we've underestimated Ling Yi. We need to meet with the Vice Guild Leader now!"
If the Shifeng had pursued them, at most, he would've thought that the Shifeng was very strong and invincible.
However, the Shifeng didn't seem to care about them at all. They weren't even taking advantage of this opportunity to hunt them down. This fact terrified him.
This meant that the Shifeng hadn't considered them on the same level from the very beginning. They weren't a threat to Ling Yi at all. Hence, whether they escaped or died, it wouldn't affect them in the slightest.
As for giving Demon Palace face, that was a joke. After all, Shi Feng had already killed Demon Scorpion and killed over half of the team's Tier 3 players. What was there to give Demon Palace face?
Muhan nodded reluctantly. She then had her team regroup and make their way to the passage's exit.
Ten minutes after Muhan and the others left, a team of several hundred players approached them. This team was none other than Yu Luo and the others, who had been organizing their teams at the entrance.
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