Chapter 2535 – Silent Demon City

They’re running?”

“What’s up with these Demon NPCs?”

Seeing Morpheus and the other Demon NPCs suddenly turning around and fleeing left Demon City’s resident players confused. The NPCs had surrounded s.h.i.+ Feng’s Black Dragon and were even prepared to take action against it. In the end, however, they had fled as soon as s.h.i.+ Feng himself appeared before them.

What was going on here?

At this moment, let alone Demon City’s resident players, even Demon’s Heart’s members, who held actual authority over Demon City, were stunned by this situation.

“What did he do? Why are the Demon NPCs afraid of him?” Furious Heart was astounded as he stared at s.h.i.+ Feng, who was currently chanting an incantation in the sky.

The intellect of Tier 4 Demon NPCs was not the slightest bit inferior to players’. It was almost impossible for players to gain any advantage over them. Before these Demon NPCs, current players were nothing but a joke. These Demon NPCs could squash current players like ants.

Not to mention, these Demon NPCs had remained calm even when fighting a Tier 5 Divine Official. Moreover, in the end, they had repelled the Ten Saints Empire’s NPC army, allowing Demon City to establish a foothold in the empire.

Now, however, these Demon NPCs actually fled like startled mice.

However, before Furious Heart could figure out what was going on, s.h.i.+ Feng finished chanting the final verse of his incantation. His gaze then locked on to a nearby Level 134, Tier 4 Demon Viscount, who served as the captain of Morpheus’s personal security team.

“In the name of the ruler of Demons, submit to my will!”

Pitch-black chains suddenly appeared around the Level 134 Guard Captain, giving off an indescribable pressure that made all the Demon NPCs and Demon players shudder involuntarily.

“No! Don’t take away my will!” the Guard Captain shouted as it struggled intensely to repulse the a.s.sault of the pitch- black chains.

Unfortunately, all its efforts were futile, as the pitch-black chains simply ignored the Guard Captain’s resistance and merged with its body.

In the next moment, the struggling Guard Captain turned sluggish, and its eyes became cloudy. It was as if the Guard Captain had just had its soul sucked away.

“What did he do?”

“He actually managed to deal with a bona fide Tier 4 Demon Viscount with just one move?”

Every Demon player present gaped in shock at this scene. This was a Tier 4 NPC of Demon City. The combat power it possessed far exceeded that of Tier 4 Great Demons in the outside world. Not to mention, the Demon NPC in question was even a Great Demon that held the rank of Viscount. Its strength practically rivaled that of Tier 4 Heroes.

Now, however, the Demon in question had actually stopped moving.

It worked? s.h.i.+ Feng breathed out a sigh of relief when he saw the Guard Captain stop moving.

The Bible of Darkness held considerable deterrence over Demons. In its current state, only Demon King-level Demons could resist its power. Demons beneath Demon Kings would instinctively fear the Bible.

However, using the Bible of Darkness to take control of Demons was not easy. On the surface, the Bible of Darkness’s Demon Ruler had a 12% chance of successfully controlling a Demonic Creature, so long as the target was not more than 30 levels and two tiers higher than the user. In reality, however, the stronger the targeted Demon, the lower the chances of controlling it.

With s.h.i.+ Feng’s current self, if he tried to control Morpheus, who was a Demon Marquis, his chances of success would most likely be lower than 1%. This was why he had chosen the Viscount-ranked Guard Captain as his target.

Even so, s.h.i.+ Feng never thought that he would successfully control the Guard Captain on the first try; hence, he had planned on multiple attempts. After all, Demon Ruler had a Cooldown of only five minutes. If once was not enough, he could simply try a second or third time.

As for the possibility of the Demon NPCs of Demon City attacking him, he didn’t have to worry about that at all.

The Bible of Darkness held an absolute suppression over Demonic Creatures, although this suppression was not particularly effective against Demon players. So long as he held the Bible of Darkness, all Demonic Creatures below Tier 6 would fear him; Tier 5 Demon Kings were no exception. Not only would these Demonic Creatures have their Basic Attributes drastically decreased, but even their intellect would be affected quite significantly.

Moreover, if worst comes to worst, he still had the Seven Luminaries Ring. He could escape to safety whenever he wanted to. Hence, he did not fear Demon City’s NPCs at all.

These factors were why he dared come to Demon City.

After s.h.i.+ Feng took control of the Guard Captain, however, the other fleeing Demon NPCs promptly halted their retreat and turned to glare at s.h.i.+ Feng and the controlled Guard Captain, vigilance and rage burning in their eyes.

It seems these Demons are aware that I can use Demon Ruler only once within a short period but are afraid of recklessly approaching me due to their hypersensitive nature. s.h.i.+ Feng smiled as he swept a glance at the vigilant Demon NPCs. “Unfortunately, you are already too late!”

After saying so, he controlled the Black Dragon and had it fly over to his side. He then had it launch another attack at Demon City’s magic barrier.

“What?! He’s still trying to attack the magic barrier?”

“I don’t know why the Demon NPCs are so afraid of him, but he is still a hundred years too early if he thinks he can destroy Demon City’s barrier!”

Demon’s Heart’s members were very surprised by s.h.i.+ Feng’s ability to terrify the Demon NPCs. However, that was it. Their emotions were limited to surprise. After all, while the Demon NPCs were afraid to leave the city to deal with s.h.i.+ Feng, s.h.i.+ Feng still could not enter Demon City.

However, as soon as Demon’s Heart’s members finished speaking, the Demon Guard Captain that had turned sluggish suddenly started moving. And to everyone’s surprise, the Guard Captain cast the Tier 4 Curse Dark Star at the same point that the Black Dragon had attacked.

In the next moment, the Black Dragon’s claw smashed into the magic barrier’s outer surface. At the same time, a gigantic, pitch-black star also smashed into the magic barrier’s inner surface.

Boom!

Upon receiving attacks from both inside and outside, the defensive magic array instantly shattered. Cracks bloomed all over the magic barrier that protected Demon City.

Peng… Peng… Peng…

In just a few seconds, the cracks had extended throughout the magic barrier. When looking up from Demon City right now, the spectating Demon players found themselves looking at a cracked sky.

Silence!

Absolute silence!

At this moment, as if time had frozen for Demon City, every player residing in the city was gazing at the sky in stunned silence, both their eyes and mouths wide open.

Just then, a series of system notifications entered the ears of all Demon players operating within the Burning Forest Region, the emotionless voice of the system echoing in their minds for a long time.

2536 Slaying Troubled Times

Chapter 2536 _ Slaying Troubled Times

Burning Forest Region System Announcement: Human players have broken through Demon City’s defensive magic array. All Demon players based in Demon City will have their City Reputation reduced by 10 points and City Contribution, by 3,000 points. Boost to Power of Darkness will also be reduced by 20%.

Burning Forest Region System Announcement: Demon City’s defensive magic array has been broken. Ruling Guild of the city will have its Popularity reduced by 5,000 points. All benefits provided by Demon City will be halved for 7 natural days. All quests given out in Demon City will have their rewards reduced by 30%.

The system announcement repeated throughout the Burning Forest three times, causing a deathly silence to befall the forest.

“Someone broke through Demon City’s defensive magic array?”

“Didn’t they say that even the Ten Saints Empire’s NPC army was helpless against Demon City? How could players possibly break through the city’s defensive magic array?”

“Who did it?”

Could it be those people Demon’s Heart placed a bounty on before?”

The Demon players grinding and questing inside the Burning Forest were flabbergasted by the system announcement. Some players even fell into a daze in battle and nearly got themselves killed by monsters.

Since Demon City’s construction until now, aside from Battle Wolves, no power or player had truly managed to put pressure on Demon City. Now, however, not only did someone put pressure on Demon City, but they had even destroyed the city’s defensive magic array. This was simply unbelievable.

The shock the Demon players felt upon receiving this piece of information was akin to human players hearing about some other player breaking through the defenses of a kingdom’s capital. It was simply unthinkable.

Meanwhile, inside Demon City, the resident players remained in a daze long after the incident. Like robots that had jammed, their mouths kept opening and closing wordlessly as they stared up into the empty sky above them.

“d.a.m.n it! How did he do it?! This is a Main City-level defensive magic array!” As Furious Heart stared at s.h.i.+ Feng hovering in the sky, unprecedented shock filled him. He never imagined that s.h.i.+ Feng would actually succeed in destroying Demon City’s defensive magic array.

Back when the Ten Saints Empire’s army had attacked, it had taken a Tier 5 Divine Official to destroy the city’s defensive magic array. The defensive magic array had stood strong even under the bombardment of over a dozen Tier 4 NPCs.

Now, however, s.h.i.+ Feng—a Tier 3 player—had single-handedly destroyed the city’s defensive magic array. Moreover, he had accomplished this feat with just one attack.

This was definitely a bug!

However, it was also almost impossible for the Main G.o.d System to make an error. Even if there were an error in the system, it wouldn’t be on such a monumental scale.

What Furious Heart did not know was that, in G.o.d’s Domain, all magic arrays had weaknesses; the defensive magic array of major cities was no exception. They all had Mana junctions that were much more fragile compared to the other parts of the magic array.

Normally, though, ordinary players couldn’t locate these weak points. Moreover, with how large a city-scale defensive magic array was, trying to find these weak points was akin to looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, that was not the case for s.h.i.+ Feng. After he became an Intermediate Master Magician, his understanding of magic arrays had reached completely new heights. Now, let alone Demon City’s defensive magic array, even if faced with a Main City-level defensive magic array of a kingdom that had been existence for over a century, he was still confident he could find the magic array’s weak points.

Previously, s.h.i.+ Feng had planned to break through Demon City’s defensive magic array by having the Black Dragon attack the magic array’s weak points. However, the damage tolerance of the weak points exceeded the amount of damage the Black Dragon could inflict. As a result, the Black Dragon only managed to shave off a certain amount of the magic array’s energy reserves with its attacks.

However, after gaining control over the Tier 4 Demon Guard Captain, he was able to have the Guard Captain and Black Dragon attack the same location simultaneously, thereby combining their Strength and executing an attack that exceeded the magic array’s damage tolerance. Only then did he succeed in instantly shattering Demon City’s defensive magic array. If not for the Guard Captain falling into his control, he really would have been helpless against Demon City.

Meanwhile, as everyone remained stunned by this unexpected development, s.h.i.+ Feng, who had Gale Domain activated, flew to the s.p.a.ce above Demon’s Heart’s Residence. He then quietly observed the crowded Residence below him.

“Troubled Times, it’s your turn now!” s.h.i.+ Feng said when he spotted Troubled Times, ignoring the tens of thousands of Demon’s Heart members around.

s.h.i.+ Feng’s words were akin to a death knell. Upon hearing these words, Demon’s Heart’s members could not help but turn to look at Troubled Times, who stood at a corner of the Residence’s plaza, pity appearing in their eyes.

Troubled Times should’ve been safe after escaping to Demon City. Now, however, that was no longer true.

If s.h.i.+ Feng could destroy even Demon City’s defensive magic array in a single attack, who could possibly stand up to him?

Even if s.h.i.+ Feng had relied on the strength of the Demon Guard Captain to accomplish this feat, this could also be considered a portion of the Swordsman’s strength. After all, not everyone was capable of controlling a Tier 4 Great Demon—a Demon NPC, at that.

“Black Flame, you’d better not go too far! This is Demon’s Heart’s Residence!” Furious Heart bellowed when he saw that s.h.i.+ Feng was completely ignoring Demon’s Heart’s members. “You’ve already destroyed Demon City’s defensive magic array and caused Demon’s Heart’s prestige to plummet! If you kill Troubled Times, you’ll make an out-and-out enemy of Demon’s Heart! You’d better think this through clearly!”

s.h.i.+ Feng’s strength was indeed terrifying.

However, Demon’s Heart was not an existence to provoke easily. It was the first Dark Guild in G.o.d’s Domain to establish a city for Demons. In an era where dark powers were flouris.h.i.+ng, even Super Guilds would not dare to offend Demon’s Heart casually.

Demon’s Heart might not have the ability to deal with a monster like s.h.i.+ Feng, but Zero Wing was a different story. A Guild was different from an individual. A Guild was an organization made up of thousands, and possibly even millions, of players.

So long as Demon’s Heart slaughtered Zero Wing’s other members, even if s.h.i.+ Feng remained unharmed, Zero Wing would still fall into ruin.

This was also the reason why the Ten Saints Empire’s various superpowers chose to take a step back when dealing with Demon’s Heart.

“So what? Do you think Zero Wing is a Guild you can casually provoke?” s.h.i.+ Feng said as he glanced askance at Furious Heart.

The Black Dragon immediately descended from the skies and appeared above Troubled Times. It then swiped a claw at the Berserker.

Lightshadow!

“No!”

When Troubled Times saw the mountain-like claw smas.h.i.+ng down toward him, he instinctively activated Demonification, followed by a Lifesaving Skill to protect himself.

Unfortunately, before a Tier 3 Dragon, a Tier 3 Demon player like Troubled Times was no different from an ant. When the Black Dragon’s claw came into contact with Troubled Times, the Berserker got crushed into the ground and died just like that.