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Note 1: This chapter has an R-18 scene in it, but still has lore and some important stuff. If you don't want to read the sex scene part, you can skip ahead. I have placed a warning before the scene and a message at the end to skip to.
Note 2: Chapter turned out longer than expected so I had to separate it into two parts. Next chapter should hopefully come out soon.
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(R-18 scene incoming. Skip ahead to the bolded text if you don't wanna read it)
Feng sat atop the exchange counter, Mariabelle's legs resting on his shoulders as he held up her round behind and enjoyed the meal before his face.
Mariabelle let out erotic moans as Feng's tongue entered her honeypot, tasting the demon girl's juices that kept getting dispensed from his stimulation.
Meanwhile, Violet placed herself below the receptionist, between Feng's legs, gobbling up his rod and practicing her tongue techniques.
As Mariabelle's mouth echoed sounds of pleasure and she held onto Feng's head for some relief from the intense sensual signals caused by Feng devouring her pussy, her head was swirling, finally getting some release for the pent-up itching of her little sister ever since Feng last fucked the demon girl and disappeared for a few days.
Now that they were entering an intimate session again, Mariabelle felt indescribable joy and anticipation. Though, it also made the Tier 3 Demon question why she experienced such feelings towards a human she had only seen and had sex with recently on a whim and attraction.
All those thoughts evaporated from Mariabelle's mind fairly quickly under Feng's tongue lashing, the pleasure from the Advanced Master Seducer being far too much for the demon girl to keep a coherent thought process active as Feng stimulated her inner flesh.
Violet was also using her mouth with great efficiency, improving her blowjob skills throughout their past sessions to the point she could quickly devour Feng's entire length with just a bit of preparation and lubrication from the Cleric's mouth.
Bobbing her head up and down, Violet paid close attention to Feng's physical reactions, the simplest of twitches from his legs indicating which spots to hit as she tilted her head slightly and made the long meat pole push against the inside of her cheek.
At an increased pace, the rod was getting slobbered over and teased, making Feng only able to close his eyes and hold back the urge to bust a nut in Violet's tight oral passage as he worked on eating out Mariabelle.
A few minutes of moaning and bliss passed, and the demon receptionist's toes curled as she reached climax, love juices spraying out from the girl's spasming hole for Feng to drink up her nectar.
Feeling Mariabelle orgasm, Feng finally released the floodgates as well, having gotten close to reaching his limit from Violet's service and feeling that much greater upon exploding inside her throat.
On the other side of his dick, Violet had sensed the baby batter coming beforehand from how hard Feng was getting inside her salivating mouth and had devoured the whole schlong while tightening her lips and throat around it for one last push.
The thick white liquid shot inside and filled her mouth, Violet swallowing all of it without any trouble unlike on previous occasions even with the volume Feng would cum in God's Domain being much larger than in real life.
Feng removed the twitching demon girl who was still cumming from his shoulder when he finished finishing, gazing down at the pink haired girl in satisfaction from the glorious mouthwork. Violet still had her eyes closed as she gulped the rest of Feng's sperm, opening them along with her mouth a moment later and sticking out her tongue to reveal nothing inside.
Seeing how adorably erotic and arousing Violet looked kneeling in front of him with faint steam coming out from her mouth and eyes filled with love and desire, Feng felt an incredible urge to grab the lovable bitch and roughly pummel her cunt into oblivion.
But wishing to first take care of Mariabelle before indulging in Violet, Feng moved to lay on the counter, carrying over and slamming the demon girl down on his once again erect rod.
Mariabelle's eyes widened in shock and pleasure, just having finished with an orgasm only for the demon receptionist's walls to be spread apart in a sudden, unexpected move.
The feeling of Feng's long meat pole filling up her entire passage made Mariabelle moan out loudly, the stimulation as his cock twitched inside of her leaving the demon gasping for air.
Without giving any time for rest, Feng grabbed Mariabelle's waist and raised her higher, before bringing her back down.
"Ahhh~♡!"
Another forced entry awakened the demon girl, followed by more pumping that set her into overdrive.
"AHhh~♡! Ah♡ AhH~♡! Uhaaa~♡! Ahh~♡! Hah♡ HA♡ Ahhh~♡!"
After a bit, Mariabelle started bringing herself up and down on Feng's dick on her own, each penetration electing a moan full of pleasure from the receptionist. Violet couldn't just stand around while watching another woman get down and dirty with her man from the side, the impatient itching of her lower region promoting the Cleric to climb on top of the exchange counter and insert herself into the mix.
Seeing that the demon had recovered and was back into the lovemaking as she rhythmically bounced to continue their pleasurable experience, Feng let go of her waist and pulled his hands back, Violet taking the perfect chance to move her bubble butt above him and bring her coochie down to Feng's face.
Feng had no reservations warming up Violet's insides as well, taking a hold of her bottom cheeks and positing the dripping cave of wonders right over his mouth for a proper facesitting.
Violet's moans now added onto the orchestra of carnal enjoyment, with Feng not holding anything back as he ate out her already soaking-wet pussy.
She had slightly experienced the effects of Feng's new Seducer Subclass while being in his presence, Violet noticing a subtle increase in her sexual attraction towards Feng and the horniness she felt while the two of them were being intimate and affectionate.
However, even at Advanced Master rank, the Seducer Subclass still had very limited effects on players in the current God's Domain, so the lovestruck girl had simply chalked it up to herself being down bad for Feng and didn't pay it any mind; despite her intuition telling Violet that something was different.
Swallowing Feng's load affirmed Violet's suspicions, feeling like she had just drunk an aphrodisiac upon the thick cum going down her throat.
Nonetheless, although she had a brief guess and understanding of what had happened, Violet merely felt herself get aroused a bit more easily, hence without paying it much mind for now and leaving questions for later once they finish fucking, she moved on with the desire to feel more pleasure.
But the vastly enhanced stimulation she was currently experiencing from just Feng tasting her soft inner walls and going slightly in with his tongue was far beyond Violet's expectations, not having thought it could feel this great.
Caught unprepared, the pink haired Unthinking Realm expert was unable to control her voice as she let out moans from deep within.
Feng wasn't giving Violet a chance to catch her breath either, going all in by lowering her ass further until the wet pink flesh was resting on top his face and sticking his tongue all the way inside by pushing her twitching insides apart.
Violet's back arched as if she had just been electrocuted, her eyes widening and mouth failing to close due to the moans escaping it being too powerful.
The symphony of two girls moaning echoed out throughout the Divine Hall for some time until Mraibelle's speed drastically increased, the Tier 3 Demon's attributes allowing her to rapidly jump on Feng's cock and devour it with her lower mouth each time while enduring the intense pleasure.
Despite the stimulation of her pussy getting filled up and the entrance of her womb getting smacked by the rod's tip multiple times a second being overwhelming to the point Mariabelle felt like she was about to pass out, the demon girl's desires kept her going, with the pleasure being a very worthy prize.
"AhHH~♡ ah♡ HAhh♡ AH~♡! Oh my- AHH~♡!" The euphoria she was experiencing was evident from the demon receptionist's blissful face, and she was not alone as the Cleric in front of her felt pleasure that, although not as incredible as doing it in real life, had a different feeling to it due to Feng's Seducer effects.
It wasn't long before Mariabelle's walls began to twitch, tightening around Feng's member as she reached a new high from another orgasm and practically tried squeezing Feng's soul out.
He didn't wish to hold out for much longer either while the powerful pleasurable signals coming from his little brother brought him to the edge.
So, as Feng reached forward with his left hand and pulled the demon girl down with enough force to send the long meat pole to Mariabelle's depths like she couldn't do herself before, his right hand went between Violet's legs and pinched her clit while Feng simultaneously executed Divine Change with his tongue and struck her G spot.
Both girls let out shrieking moans of pleasure upon reaching such a climax, Feng's groan being muffled by Violet's pussy as he shot a bunch of his man milk inside of Mariabelle, the white stuff filling up her womb and tight passage until it started to overflow.
The demon girl collapsed on Feng's chest from the intense orgasm that left her breathless, still experiencing minor bursts as her insides spasmed from the volcanic eruption of cum. Violet wasn't nearly as spent as Mariabelle, merely gasping slightly as she quickly recovered; this level of release not being nearly enough to satiate her lust.
Popping out of the demon girl's dark interior, Feng's little brother raised his head to the skies, only having grown a bit soft for a moment before becoming battle-ready once more.
When Violet got off his face, Feng breathed out a satisfied sigh, which had been stifled after nutting, and picked the Demon off him, setting her on the side to catch her breath and get a brief rest while Feng moved on to destroy another pleasure hole that was begging to be fucked.
Turning around, Feng saw that Violet was already in position and ready for him, legs spread in an inviting manner.
Reaching her in an instant, Feng rubbed his tool against Violet's entrance, moving it up and down along the slit before placing it on her stomach, making its whole length seem like it would reach far into the Cleric's short figure.
His teasing served to both invigorate and aggravate Violet, feeling her body grow hotter and hotter as the girl's aroused state made her feel short on air. Violet could only let out a shallow whimper as if pleading to Feng to put it in already while shaking her groin region slightly out of anticipation; more juices flowing out of the girl's sacred garden in preparation for some desire-fulfilling activities.
But Feng did not give her the release she was craving, merely further building up Violet's sexual frustration until she was red in the face and seemed like she couldn't take it anymore.
Lifting her up slightly, Feng flipped her around, letting Violet's knees and chest rest on the counter while her round behind was propped up for him in a doggy-style position.
Without making Violet wait any longer, Feng immediately inserted his long rod through her wet entrance, burying more than half of his entire length in one go and still pushing forward to stretch out the tight girl's walls.
"HyAhHH~♡"
Finally receiving Feng's dick after being forced to wait for so long, Violet's eyes nearly rolled to the back of her head as her insides were forced into submission by the abrupt entry into her secret cave of pleasure.
Moving back his waist, Feng's member was mostly removed from the warm passage out into the open air for a moment, before Feng thrust forward with strength and vigor while grabbing Violet by the hips and pulling her towards him at the same time, bringing her little ass closer down on his dick, which resulted in it being completely buried inside Violet's pussy.
Another loud moan sounded out from Violet's lips, but Feng didn't pause for a second as he repeated the action, continuously sheathing his Excalibur into the Cleri'c tight hole that clamped down on the meat pole, attempting to keep it in place. Violet's walls tightening around his cock made Feng try all that harder to clap her cheeks into the heavens.
Getting pounded so hard left Violet without the strength to hold herself up, her face resting on the exchange counter as her nails scratched across its surface to relieve some of the sexual pressure.
But suddenly, an arm was wrapped across her chest from behind, and Feng raised Violet's upper half to himself so that her back was pressed against his chest. Being held within Feng's strong arms as he fucked the living daylights out of her made Violet's moans turn to ones of absolute euphoria, the intimate position and feelings making the passionate session even more lovely.
Completely pressing herself on him from behind and bending her neck backwards to rest her head on Feng's shoulder, Violet looked up into Feng's eyes with the utmost love and desire, thoroughly enjoying this moment. Sensing her wishes from the gaze, Feng lowered his head and connected their lips.
Feng fully embraced the pink haired girl as they kissed, their tongues wrestling together into a passionate makeout without breaking away to breathe for a while.
Then, with one hand on one of Violet's small breasts that only slightly stuck out, and without stopping their kiss or his rapid thrusting inside her twitching passage, Feng slightly pushed Violet's right leg forward and hooked it from the back of her knee with his own knee, raising her leg higher while firmly placing his right foot on the counter to spread apart Violet's legs further and make room between them.
This allowed Feng to start thrusting upwards and reach deeper inside Violet, drilling into the darkest parts of her wonderous hole and spreading apart the Cleric's sacred flesh.
A few minutes of this later and Feng felt himself about to bust, releasing the girl's lips as he pulled Violet down as hard as he could, without any excessive force of course, while making one last mighty thrust up and poking the head of his penis into Violet's womb.
In an instant, the Cleric's tight corridor was filled with Feng's seeds, his orgasm powerful enough to send shivers down Violet's spine and make pleasurable signals course throughout her entire body that further aroused Violet in sensuality.
"HhauAHhAA♡! So good♡! I love it Feng! More♡! Give me more~♡!"
Violet's pussy tightened like never before as she kept Feng's cock in place and attempted to squeeze out every last drop of cum from his balls.
Her cave's suction force that pulled his little brother inside made Feng unable to stop cumming, filing Violet up with more of his nut while pulling her down on his dick and driving it deeper, groaning loudly from the pleasure as he did so. Violet also reached a climax from the intense pleasure, clamping down on him even more with a euphoric scream of joy and satisfaction.
"I love you so much♡. Let's have sex like this all the time." In her high state of cloud nine, Violet let loose her feelings and rested against Feng as they orgasmed together.
Responding with a passionate kiss without any special tongue involvement, Feng hugged Violet tighter as he spurt out a few more doses of spunk inside her, fully enjoying the intimate moment.
They stayed like that for a bit, with Mariabelle soon opening her eyes after managing to recover from her double climax.
Seeing them coiled and connected together in such a state, the demon girl thought that they'd at least take a small break before continuing, but Feng and Violet got right back to it, dragging her into it as well along the way for a whole new world of bliss.
Feng laid them out on the counter next to each other while he stood on the ground in front of their spread legs, switching between them as he fucked the two girls missionary style and filling up both of them with his baby batter. His repeated creampies nearly made Mariabelle pass out, but Feng continued demolishing their pussies and messing up her insides without a pause until she could do nothing but moan in pleasure.
Euphoric moans thus continued to sound out of the Divine Hall for hours, the two passionate degenerates forcing its demon receptionist into more lovemaking despite her dozens of orgasms.
(End of R-18 scene)
Even long after Mariabelle was unable to go anymore, Feng and Violet continued their pleasurable escapades for another while until they were both mostly satisfied; at least getting as much as they could out of sex in God's Domain.
After finishing, the two of them got dressed and chatted for a bit, with Violet transferring the Shrine Points Black Flame had left her with along with her own accumulated sum to Feng.
Black Flame had passed onto Violet over 250 million Shrine Points, which when added to Feng's points, amounted to him having around 1.29 billion Shrine Points. With them, Feng could pay for 129 Exploits.
Taking into account the Shrine Points Feng will have to spend on the items normally to fulfill their price, he could probably still exchange for 127-128 Exploits using Shrine Points. Not to mention that Feng had also gained 18 Exploits from killing Guardian Bosses during his first climb.
Violet had already used up all her Exploits and didn't have anything of interest left to buy from the Basic Menu to use herself, having originally planned to get stuff for the guild with her Shrine Points, so she had no problem with giving them all to Feng.
Feng showed Violet the list of items on the Advanced Menu and let her choose whatever she wanted, not caring much if he spent a little on his girl considering how many Shrine Points Feng currently had.
Without feeling shy, Violet picked out a Legendary Necklace, a Fragmented Legendary Ring, and a Fragmented Legendary piece of equipment. They were all items suitable for her that she could equip even with her current strength and Tier, so the equipment would come in very handy in Violet's progression.
Awaking the demon receptionist, Feng had Mariabelle bring out the items Violet asked for, purchasing them for just seven Exploits and around 800,000 Shrine Points thanks to his discounts.Equipping the items caused Violet's aura to transform as she grew considerably stronger. Since she had nothing left to do, Violet took out a Return Scroll and left the World Summit.
Before she teleported away, though, Feng used Eros Vision and inspected the pink haired Cleric.
[Violet Cloud]
Tier: 1
Level: 99
Gender: Female
Race: Human (Bloodline: Peak Rank Collapsing Heavens Bloodline)
Title: None (Holy Child)
Age: ???
Cup Size: A
Virgin: No
Mental State: Blissful Satisfaction
Physical State: Refreshed
Stamina Remaining: 30%
Affiliation: Forces of Light, Member of the Zero Wing Adventurer Guild
Relationship Status: Lovers with player Ye Feng
Favorability: In Love
Sexually Attracted: 100%
Fetish: Complete Sub Bottom
The information appeared, and Feng didn't find anything unexpected, so, after also taking a glance at the sprawled-out Mariabelle, he moved his gaze back to the Advanced Menu.
It was still on the segment with items, and Feng looked through the other Fragmented Legendary items, but didn't find anything he'd need so he just bought the three best items available and moved on to Legendary rank. Weapons and Armor weren't a choice since neither Feng nor any of his guild members could use them, so Feng was only left with Jewelry and Tools to purchase.
Ultimately, the Tools available didn't attract Feng's attention since he couldn't see them being employed any more than the other items he had, hence he just picked a Legendary ranked Ornament and Ring for his final two items.
Feng didn't plan on using them himself since he was currently equipped with the Legendary ranked Wraithwood Sigil and Heat of Ashes, both of which were top-tier among Ornaments of the same rank and not items Feng wished to replace, whereas his third slot was occupied by the Lucky Charm.
Ever since he purchased the Fragmented Legendary Ornament from the War God's Temple, it seemed to have just been sitting there without its abilities ever coming into play, but in fact, the Lucky Charm had been heavily boosting the quality and quantity of Feng's loot when he killed creatures.
Without it, his gains would not have been nearly as impressive even with Icarus's Heart and Feng's high Luck.
Naturally, Feng had no intentions of unequipping the treasure trove of an Ornament; not to mention that he could probably upgrade the Lucky Charm.
As for Rings, all of Feng's ten slots were occupied as well, with the lowest ranking being the Epic Space Ring, whereas the rest were at least Fragmented Legendary rank.
Even though Feng now had two Inferior Spatial Bags and would not be needing any more bag space, a Space Ring was still incredibly useful since it allowed the user to directly retrieve items into their hands by using their mind rather than reach back into a bag whenever they had to get something. A Space Ring could even be very useful in battle, so Feng kept it despite having higher-ranking Rings he could equip.
A Fragmented Divine Artifact, two Legendary, and six Fragmented Legendary made up the rest of Feng's Ring collection at the moment.
Nevertheless, he placed the purchased Legendary Ring in his bag without replacing any of the lower-ranking ones. Although it possessed significantly stronger attributes and abilities with more power, Feng's Fragmented Legendary Rings were all more unique and utilized powers that are of more use and help to Feng. Thus, he didn't wish to switch out any of them.
After all, attributes and raw power were not what Feng lacked right now, nor were the abilities this Legendary Ring possessed any more desirable to him, so it would not be worth it to change anything.
Feng then scrolled to the Bloodline section and looked at the ones remaining. He could only buy three more Peak Bloodlines since Feng had already purchased the Savitarian Carnation and Deafening Siren Bloodlines, hence he had to pick carefully to make the best use of them.
Zero Wing's current main combatants mostly all already either possess Bloodlines or have them reserved, while those that Feng would want to get a Peak Bloodline for weren't restored yet, except for Blue Frost who he planned to give a Bloodline obtained in the Swift Fortuitous Death Shrine.
Black Flame had also already purchased a Peak Bloodline meant for Gentle Snow, so he was left with choosing ones for experts that could be restored soon and for who he didn't have other plans already.
After pondering a while on which members he could get the opportunity to restore memories of within the briefest amount of time from now, Feng eventually chose three Peak Bloodlines.
One of them was called the Bright Train Bloodline which increased one's affinity with all four main elements and Mana by a large amount, being most suitable for Elementalist, picking it to give Alluring Summer the Peak Bloodline once her memories are restored.
The second Peak Bloodline, named Piercing Revolution, was one attuned to the element of death and best to be used by Rangers. It was one of the most high-quality Bloodlines on the Advanced Menu in terms of raw improvement and considering it had a rare and very powerful Advanced element.
And the third one was of the lighting and ice element, the Spark Tundra Bloodline, which mainly improved one's strength and destructive power along with the elemental powers. Feng chose it for Lifeless Thorn, who had been a powerful Beyond Domain Realm expert of Zero Wing.
Feng had selected these three Peak Bloodlines after considering the Beyond Domain Realm experts whose memories he would soon have the chance to restore and for whom Feng didn't have another reliable method of getting a suitable Bloodline.
Moving on from the Bloodlines, Feng looked for other things to spend his points and Exploits on.
There wasn't anything specific that he wanted or exactly needed for himself, so Feng went on with purchasing a bunch of things of all kinds.
Advanced Bloodlines, Designs, Recipes, Magic Scrolls, potions, materials, Advanced God Crystals, Flying Mounts, war weapons, an Epic Speedboat, a Dark-Gold Sailboat, a Mysterious-Iron Flying Ship, a Fine-Gold Combat Puppet, and even a World Source. To spend whatever remained, he picked out some unique or special items he saw that could be of use.
These were all extremely high-quality items among their types and mostly the best available on the Advanced Menu.
Feng's purchases would bring great value to Zero Wing, while he could use some of them himself, especially the World Source which is a material often used for making Legendary items and a requirement for repairing Fragmented Divine Artifacts like the Limitless Set pieces. Hence, although it cost a lot, Feng didn't hesitate to spend most of his earned Divine Staircase currency on the items.
Mariabelle grew dazed by the number and ranking of items Feng had picked out to buy, struggling to calculate the price while still overflowing with bliss and being drained of energy.
"Umm, t-the total price of all the items you wish to exchange for is... 26,198,000 points and 197 Exploits. But since sir is a Vice Administrator and the heaven's blessed that has progressed the furthest up the Divine Staircase, your total falls to 15,718,800 points and 138 Exploits."
"I wish to pay for 127 of the Exploits with Shrine Points." Feng had already calculated everything beforehand and picked items that he could afford and would spend most of his Shrine Points on.
"Alright, then, by paying for 127 Exploits using Shrine Points, the price has changed to 1,285,718,800 Shrine Points and 11 Exploits."
Accepting the exchange that popped up on the System Window, Feng used up his remaining Exploits and most of his Shrine Points, leaving him with another 3.5 or so million points to spend.
Without being able to buy anything else on the Advanced Menu, Exploits being necessary even with Feng's discounts, he could only go to the Basic Menu.
While looking through the available items, Feng saw that all the most valuable items that cost up to two Exploits had already been purchased; only some leftovers and ridiculously expensive items remaining.
Since Feng had a 100% discount on Exploits as a Vice Administrator, he went on to purchase all the valuable items that required three Exploits to exchange for.
Although all of them had prices within the three hundred thousand Shrine Point range, with an 80% discount, it was easy for Feng to buy large amounts of them. Once there were no more Fragmented Legendary items up for exchange Feng went on to spend his Shrine Points on anything that seemed decent enough until he ran out of points.
Bidding Mariabelle farewell with a sloppy kiss since he was unlikely to see her again for some time, Feng left the Divine Hall and flew back up to the Inferior Legendary Shrine area, going all the way up to the border between it and the Legendary Shrine region.
Feng then located a certain Inferior Legendary Shrine and went over to it, landing before its massive gates.
On the Shrine's doors were engravings of beings that stood like guards, holding shields and weapons that blocked all danger from getting past them.
The Shrine radiated an aura of steadiness and solidarity, much different than most other Shrines which were oppressive or at least overwhelming.
From the top of the doors came dazzling pink lights which enveloped an illustration of a crystalline figure, its presence giving off a powerful pressure.
System: Legendary Shrine Key detected. You are qualified to open the doors of the Inferior Legendary Shrine. Do you wish to spend 20,000 minutes to open them?
System: Vice Administrator Authority detected. You are qualified to receive a 25% discount on opening the Inferior Legendary Shrine's doors. Do you wish to spend 15,000 minutes to open them?
Agreeing, 15,000 of Feng's minutes were spent, and the Inferior Legendary Shrine's gates parted.
As he walked into the Shrine and its doors closed shut, the sight of a large chamber throughout which dozens of stone statues were spread out greeted Feng.
The statues were of various types and figures, having no pattern to the beings they were sculptured after. However, each of them exuded an immense amount of Mana, their auras seeming to be boundless.
They were positioned from the gates all the way to the far wall opposite the Shrine's entrance, the statues depicting all manner of creatures, from humans to demons and beasts, and they varied greatly in size and power.
Most of the stone statues stood at 4-5 meters tall, whereas a small portion of them were up to 10 meters tall and radiated a significantly more powerful level of pressure than the smaller ones.
At the very back of the Shrine were three jade statues, gazing in Feng's direction as they towered over the stone statues at 20 meters tall. Even with just the naked eye, one would be able to tell how vastly more terrifying the three jade statues are, the Mana in the Shrine boiling around them while even space shook from the presence oozing out of the jade statues.
Apart from the numerous statues, there was nothing else one would encounter while walking through the Shrine, just a creepy feeling of being stared at permeating through one's being as all the seemingly still and lifeless statues were positioned to follow a person's every move.
Though, a faint, pink light did shine down on Feng and the statues from above, giving off a warm feeling while illuminating the Shrine's interior.
On the tall ceiling, over two hundred meters above Feng, a slightly oddly shaped disco ball made of pinkish-white crystals was attached and hung from a thick white cord of similar material; the white disco ball being the Inferior Legendary Shrine's source of lighting.
Walking across the floor, Feng went over to the three jade statues, checking across all the other stone statues along the way and making sure there was no large gap between them where another statue should be.
Of the three jade statues, the one on the right was of a man wrapped up in mage robes and bandages, while the one on the left was of a sword-wielding woman who looked like a War Goddess.
Feng came before the middle statue, which was a fully cloaked figure whose features could not be discerned, and placed a hand on it.
System: Do you wish to take on the Shadow God's trial and inherit the Legacy?
"Good, everything should work as I had heard." Feng obtained the confirmation he was looking for upon hearing the system message, feeling some relief.
This was a very famous Inferior Legendary Shrine that contained the Legacies of various beings, which players could claim.
Most of the Legacies, represented by the 4-5 meter statues, were Advanced Legacies that mainly belonged to Tier 4 beings and some to Tier 5 beings, and a small portion of the Legacies were Basic Peak Legacies; those stationed as the ten-meter-tall stone statues which belonged to beings at the peak of Tier 5.
The three jade statues before Feng held within them an Intermediate Peak Legacy each, the largest statues being of Tier 6 Gods.
Setting aside the Advanced Legacies, just the amount and level of Peak Legacies available was incredible and not something that would normally appear in a mere Inferior Legendary Shrine even if it was in the top-most region.
Each of the Legacies was extremely valuable and players would be willing to pay high prices in order to acquire them. Hence this Inferior Legendary Shrine would be a highly sought-after challenge, since players merely had to defeat the spirit manifestation of the being that the statue is made after from its remaining power, and they'd get a Legacy Item with that being's Legacy.
Such a task would be considered trivial when compared to the value of the Legacies, so players would be more than happy to use up one of their Inferior Legendary Shrine chances if it meant they'd get one of those powerful Legacies.
However, they weren't meant to actually be used by players.
These Legacies are intended for one's Personal Guards. The majority of the Legacy Items, around 80%, had restrictions placed upon them that made it only possible for NPCs to activate and obtain the Legacies.
The remainder could be used by both players and NPCs. But those types of Legacies were usually either weaker or less compatible than Legacies that could only be used by one group.
Unless someone didn't have any other good alternative or it was a very powerful and high-ranking Legacy, players would prefer to only inherit Legacies meant strictly for players themselves rather than ones that NPCs could use as well due to there being some complications.
Same thing applied to which Legacies NPCs use.
Normally, players would have difficulty acquiring very high-ranking Legacies for NPCs, so these types are rare and very useful for boosting the combat power and Growth Potential of one's Personal Guards.
Which is why Feng was here.
Of course, by accepting the challenge he'd only be able to get one Legacy Item if he passed it before using up his last chance and getting kicked out, while Feng needed at least one for both Anna and Kite.
He had a different plan and Feng was only first making sure that the information he had on the Inferior Legendary Shrine from the previous timeline was correct.
Following which, with a light hop, thanks to the Limitless Boots' effects, Feng moved upwards unrestricted by gravity and practically floated over to the pinkish disco ball at the ceiling's center.
Upon getting close enough, he placed his hand on the round crystal.
System: Do you wish to take on the Shrine's trial and challenge the Gem God? Passing the Shrine's trial will allow the challenger to obtain a Legacy Item per Personal Guard slot.
Albeit different and far more difficult than the previous system notification's trial, Feng clicked "Yes" without much concern, and hastily descended back to the ground immediately after.
The entire Shrine seemed to have begun shaking when Feng gave his confirmation, resulting in a foreboding aura resonating throughout the chamber.
Moments later, the crystal disco ball started showing signs of movement as it twitched, unraveling after a few seconds to reveal it was a creature whose skin was made entirely out of pinkish-white crystals and gems.
Its small frame was humanoid, but the creature had the snout of a wolf and the ears of a squirrel, while a pair of relatively large, fully crystal wings had previously served as the creature's wrapping, and from its backside extended a thin crystalline tail that was stabbed into the ceiling.
The former disco ball was still evidently a statue, not a living being, but its frightening aura could convince people otherwise. Moreover, a red glow appeared in the crystal statue's empty eyes.
At the same time, the eyes of all the stone statues and three jade statues also lit up like red orbs that gazed at Feng.
Dark energy began to emerge from each of the statues throughout the chamber and gather next to them, taking on a semi-ghostly shadowy form in the shape of its respective statue while varying in terms of size.
Unlike the statues, these beings created through the dark energy were very alive, all of them giving off a powerful pressure as they gradually transformed into real living creatures that looked normal.
Dozens of Tier 4 and multiple Tier 5 beings had been formed from the 4-5 meter statues, whereas the Tier 5 phantoms originating from the 10-meter ones radiated vastly more powerful aura. Meanwhile, the beings standing next to the three jade statues and the one floating above them were Tier 6. All of them were Level 99, similar to Feng.
Their red-glowing eyes were no longer just threatening, but carried genuine murderous intent now, and the shadows seemed ready to pounce on Feng at any moment.
System: Defeat all of the Legacy Phantoms to clear the Shrine's challenge. Time remaining: 2 hours.
Knowing that he was surrounded from all sides by creatures that vastly out-tiered him and had the power to murder him at any time if they attacked simultaneously, Feng retrieved the Spectral Animacell, within which was a pitch-black liquid instead of Celestina's dark foggy soul, and called out Lancelot. He also activated Ghost Tree at the same time.
"You two will handle the Tier 4s and Tier 5s. Leave the four Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms to me." Feng gave his summons the order and prepared for a difficult battle, the cooldowns of all his combat skills having been reset once the challenge started, which allowed Feng to activate Soulharvest Synergy and Power of Darkness.
He sacrificed forty souls of Superior Mythic monsters and ten Tier 5 souls from Legendary creatures; the remainder of the souls Feng was storing such as Celestina's, the Mechanical Slayer's, Moon-Howling Silver Wolf's, and whichever ones he was saving being kept inside Feng's Kill Collectors.
In an instant, Feng's aura skyrocketed, even surprising Lancelot for a moment. But the Awakened had no time to pay him any attention. As the phantoms began to move, the High Elf's expression grew grim.
Even Lancelot couldn't help feeling concerned when faced with so many high-ranking creatures that gave off such powerful pressures, four of them even being Tier 6 Gods. The Awakened naturally doubted Feng's claim that he'd handle those four Tier 6 beings.
Feng, on the other hand, wasn't all that anxious.
Although the situation seemed quite precarious and like Feng had gotten himself way in over his head by attempting this trial, not everything was as it seemed.
In truth, these were just phantoms that possessed some of the abilities that belonged to the existence of who they were based after, not true personages able to wield the power one would at their tier.
Hence, all that the four Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms had were Tier 6 attributes, Defense, power, skills, and some unique abilities that belong to their class.
Even though they possess an incredible amount of Mana and can utilize it fairly efficiently and effectively to boost their power, the phantoms are not able to use a Mana Domain or achieve World Creation; and especially not with the current development of God's Domain.
The other Legacy Phantoms functioned the same.
Otherwise, Feng would get instantly killed by even the Tier 5 manifestations, much less the Tier 6 beings.
Their combat power wasn't nearly as high as an actual creature of the same rank would have, so although they would still have high intelligence and be a large threat to even Tier 6 experts in a fight, as mere phantoms, their capabilities are limited.
Therefore, Feng was not concerned. It was a manageable challenge, from which Feng would be able to pick four Legacies among the bunch to obtain upon clearing it.
Still, getting swarmed by so many would be a death sentence even for Feng, thus there was a need for a plan, which Feng had formulated beforehand.
Lancelot and the Ghost Tree could easily deal with the Tier 4 and Tier 5 Legacy Phantoms, since the Awakened, even without a proper physical body, was already plenty strong and could perfectly assist the powerful Tier 5 Ghost Tree that had gotten much stronger during Feng's ten runs with it up the Divine Staircase, along with all the other creatures the ghostly summon had consumed while with Black Flame.
Feng simply had to activate Rendering The Sky, keep the Tier 6 phantoms preoccupied, and land attacks to summon a Sky-Rendering Falcon. Even if his attacks don't do damage to the Tier 6 beings, so long as Feng lands them, it would still count to summon a Flowing Feather.
He just wished that Celestina could be brought out to help in the fight as well, since her presence would be of great assistance in a hectic battle like this. Unfortunately, the Inferior Legendary Shrine had a rule that banned the usage of Tools and only allowed challengers to summon Personal Guards into the fight; the rule not applying to summons from one's skills and equipment.
As such, Feng couldn't use the Demon Empress in this fight, and would simply have to make do with the Awakened and himself.
Surviving against the four not-truly-real Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms in Twofold Berserk while running away and using his skills for long enough to summon a Tier 6 Sky-Rendering Falcon was not impossible for the current Feng.
Afterwards, he just had to summon more of the falcons to fight against and kill the phantoms, as well as create an opportunity for Feng to use his Black Hole trump card.
It was only a matter of time and endurance.
Before Feng or his companions could do anything, though, Feng sensed the feeling of death on his back. Reacting instinctively, he activated Divine Steps and switched places with a doppelganger.
Not a second later, a long, thin dagger passed through the formless doppelganger's back, emerging from the chest at where its heart should be.
Shadow God's Legacy Phantom, who was the height of a regular human unlike his twenty-meter statue, had silently appeared behind Feng without any of them actually noticing his presence, which seemed nonexistent and made the cloaked assassin impossible to notice while one was bathed in so many other incredibly overwhelming pressures emitted by the other phantoms.
If not for Feng's extraordinarily sharp and honed instincts and his sixth sense for danger, he would have been instantly killed by the Shadow God at the very start.
Seeing that the human was no longer within range, the Shadow God switched his attention to the High Elf to the side. Sensing his deathly gaze, Lancelot wished to immediately run away from here.
Was escaping a Tier 6 God while being a mere Tier 4 Great Wizard in his current state possible, though?
Just as the phantom was about to make a move, its gaze switched back to Feng's doppelganger, which was now swinging its sword at the Shadow God, Feng having switched back to his original position.
Forbidden Domain!
Gale Domain!
Rendering The Sky!
Worldly Purification!
Silver Combat Technique, Swordmaster Blitzstrike!
With Feng's speed increasing in an instant as he hovered an inch from the ground, the Abyssal Blade exploded with a golden light.
Feng's blade reached the Shadow God in the blink of an eye, Worldly Purification's scorching glow erupting forward and causing its blinding light to be followed with a boom.
A few seconds later, when the light subsided, the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom's unharmed figure was revealed, his hand clutching the Abyssal Blade's edge as if the Tier 4 Magic Weapon could do him no harm.
Above the Shadow God's head, a damage of -1 appeared.
At Twofold Berserk, performing the strongest attack he himself could currently manage using his most powerful skill boosted by the Swordsmanship Great Grandmaster Title and seamlessly merged with a Silver Combat Technique, in a surprise attack while the target was Silenced, and this was all Feng's strike could amount to?
Though, it wasn't really a surprise.
Even Worldly Purification's power only reached the Tier 5 Intermediate standard, and Feng couldn't bring out the true potential of such a high-ranking skill or add anything more, so regardless of how high Feng's Strength attribute was, how could an attack of this caliber possibly do anything to a Tier 6 being?
Nevertheless, the result is completely within Feng's expectations, and he was just trying to get a read on his current limits, while his true goal, which was never to actually damage the Shadow God, had been accomplished.
From Feng's attack, a white feather enveloped with a dark blue shine had come into existence. No matter how little his attack achieves, as long as Feng could land a blow, a Flowing Feather would appear, and his plan would work.
"Quickly distance yourself! Go and deal with the other ones-" Feng shouted at Lancelot, ordering his Mythical Personal Guard and the Ghost Tree to busy themselves with fighting the Legacy Phantoms below Tier 6 and wishing to tell the two not to let them interfere.
However, without giving Feng time to finish his sentence, a dagger was stabbed into his throat, interrupting his command. The blade harmlessly passed through the formless body, though, Feng having instantly switched to a different doppelganger upon noticing the faint danger.
Definitely not wishing to stick around near the Shadow God and waste the chance Feng had bought them while occupying the Tier 6 phantom's attention, Lancelot and the Ghost Tree made themselves scarce.
The Awakened used Tier 4 Instantaneous Movement to teleport far away and engage a group of the Legacy Phantoms, whereas the giant spectral tree simply phased through the floor and disappeared.
Immediately after, the Ghost Tree spread out its numerous long branches throughout the underground of the entire Shrine, planning to spring upon all the Tier 4 and Tier 5 phantoms from the ground at once and restrict them as per Feng's instructions.
Having noticed that all of his skills had suddenly become unavailable, the Shadow God had attempted to simply cut down the human, but found himself surprised at the opponent's ability to survive his attempts on the Swordsman's life and even repeatedly escape. The assassin also realized that the other two had gotten out of range to attack them as well, leaving the Shadow God confused at what to do if the challenger could simply teleport around.
The other Legacy Phantoms found themselves with the same problem, their skills being unusable greatly limiting what they could do, especially the magical classes, while chasing their primary target seemed impossible when he was switching places all the time. Hence the numerous powerful beings stood in place, pondering their next course of action, and simply deciding to chase after Feng wherever he went.
But the Tier 4s and Tier 5s suddenly came under a sneak attack from below, multiple transparent branches emerging from the ground and attacking the phantoms. The thick branches restricted their movements and pushed the creatures back into a crowded spot before starting to perform whip-like attacks, while multiple Tier 4 Spells from Lancelot began bombarding them.
Thus, the Tier 4 and Tier 5 Legacy Phantoms were left unable to go after Feng, too busy fighting the Ghost Tree and Awakened, leaving the job to the Tier 6 phantoms.
The Tier 6 sword-wielding woman and the Shadow God were the only ones to move, turning in Feng's direction and preparing to charge at the challenger, but Feng switched back to the doppelganger next to the Shadow God as soon as the assassin turned his back, slashing at him.
Ding!
Feng's blade didn't manage to reach its destination, a large pink crystal bigger than Feng's sword having appeared in his attack's trajectory, stopping the Pandemonium Lashblade from slashing at the Shadow God.
'What?' A surprised expression surfaced on Feng's face, feeling shocked that an obviously magical defense had appeared while Forbidden Domain was active and surprised by its sturdiness.
Even without a skill to boost the power of his slash, Feng was still in Twofold Berserk and possessed a huge amount of Attribution Points in Strength, yet despite Feng putting his full strength into the blow, it only left a mark across the pinkish gem that had appeared out of thin air without breaking it.
His eyes darted upwards, gazing at the short crystalline figure flying above them as Feng instantly identified the source of the gem's appearance.
Forbidden Domain had successfully disabled the skills of nearly every Legacy Phantom despite their high ranks, the Fragmented Legendary Seven Luminaries Ring's Tier 5 skill being incredibly powerful and even working on the three Tier 6 beings, rendering them unable to make use of their skills or Mana in the least.
This wasn't that surprising since they were still just phantoms and could be effected by such a skill as per Feng's expectations; albeit the situation would be different if the genuine Tier 6 Gods were standing here.
However, the Gem God had somehow not been Silenced by Forbidden Domain, evidently being able to resist the skill's effects even in the phantom's current state by the Mana swirling around the crystal humanoid creature as it flapped its wings in the air, either being too powerful or possessing some unique ability that allowed the Legacy Phantom to resist its silencing effects.
How he could still use skills wasn't important, because the fact the Gem God still had his abilities usable meant that Feng was fucked.
Avoiding the incoming dagger strike made by the Shadow God by switching places with a doppelganger, Feng quickly slashed at a Tier 5 phantom next to him while executing Swordmaster Blitzstrike again.
Entangled with the Ghost Tree's branches and attacks, the Legacy Phantom couldn't do anything to defend itself against Feng's attack even after noticing it in the last moment, having no choice but to just tank it.
Ding!
Following another floating gem appearing in front of Feng's attack, his strike failed twice in a row, the Tier 5 creature not needing to do anything as the Gem God covered for it by summoning another tough gem to block Feng's slash.
Before he could even curse in his mind, a sense of crisis forced Feng to switch places with another doppelganger, a white shadow half Feng's size falling on top of his previous location with a crystalized fist smashing into the ground.
Cracks formed where the Gem God had punched down on the floor, spreading like a spiderweb.
Even Tier 6 Gods should not be able to easily damage the interior of an Inferior Legendary Shrine like this one, yet the Gem God's Legacy Phantom's small fist had caused such horrendous damage with just a basic attack.
Without giving the crystal phantom any time to even move after attempting to kill him, Feng attacked another nearby Legacy Phantom at his fastest speed, the strike being too quick and sudden for the Tier 4 recipient to react or allow the Gem God to create a shield for it.
Nonetheless, another gem appeared at the perfect place just in time to block Feng's strike.
"Damn it." He couldn't help growing a bit concerned by now as Feng looked at the Gem God, who rose up into the air after turning towards him.
A greatsword cleaved through the air and arrived at Feng's location, the Tier 6 female Legacy Phantom having been the first to reach him and attack, only for her slash to achieve nothing after Feng simply switched positions with another doppelganger.
He tried attacking several more times while continuously switching places with Divine Steps' 36 doppelgangers, launching an onslaught throughout the Shrine at multiple weaker Legacy Phantoms.
However, each of Feng's attempts was foiled in its tracks, a sturdy crystal appearing every time to block them.
Even when Feng did his best to outsmart the Tier 6 phantom and predict its actions by switching his attack trajectory in the last second to either get around the protective gem or strike another place while it was appearing, or switch places with a doppelganger to strike another Legacy Phantom simultaneously, nothing worked.
The crystals would either move along to block Feng's strike or a second one would appear to thwart his attempt, the Gem God's Reaction Speed and utilization of its crystallizing abilities being too great for Feng to get around them and hit his targets.
And for some reason, the Legacy Phantom seemed intent on not letting Feng land a single attack ever since the first one, as if the Gem God had somehow realized Feng's plan after seeing the Flowing Feather appear. But that didn't exactly make sense since it should have no way of recognizing or figuring out the feather's capabilities and potential.
Yet, that truly appeared to be the case as Feng had no idea why else it would go that far to stop him from attacking the other phantoms when his strikes clearly had no chance of actually doing serious damage to any of the ones above Tier 4.
Moreover, the gems that it created did not seem to be a skill since the Gem God made them appear repeatedly one after another, with none of the usual signs of it having been the result of a skill. Instead, it gave off the feeling that the crystals were being formed from Mana itself under the Gem God's control.
Feng had even wondered whether the Gem God could have activated some kind of automatic Defensive Skill that shielded all of its allies. Though, he discarded the idea since it wasn't the impression he was getting.
Regardless, Feng's plans had been completely ruined by the Gem God.
He had to land an aerial attack in order to create a Flowing Feather, but with the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom's interference, all of his attempts were blocked and he couldn't create a single one.
Breaking through the gems to continue his attacks wasn't an option either since although Feng had the strength to shatter them, they had power around that of a Tier 5 Defensive Spell, so it would require several consecutive full-powered attacks and time to get past the crystals that formed to block his slashes.
Such a luxury was not something Feng had as the Shadow God, Gem God, and War Saint hounded after him at all times without ever pausing, merely changing directions when he switched places with another doppelganger.
Without being able to consistently create Flowing Feathers within the period of time that they would disappear, summoning a Sky-Rendering Falcon won't be possible for Feng.
In that case, his previous plan could not be put into effect. Feng had gravely miscalculated by assuming that Forbidden Domain would be able to Silence the Gem God.
Now, since utilizing Rendering The Sky was no longer a usable strategy, Feng had no choice but to fall back on his last resort right off the bat.
Aside from summoning multiple Sky-Rendering Falcons, the only way that Feng had of killing a Tier 6 being was the Limitless Boots' Profound Inheritance.
Nothing in his arsenal apart from Black Hole had any chance of even doing proper damage to the Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms, so Feng would have to use it to eliminate all four of them.
However, that was much easier said than done.
Even if they were only phantoms, the Tier 6 beings would be able to resist the effects of Black Hole much better than the Level 140 Legendary ranked Xoriorapptus did, and they had both the power and senses to potentially escape its gravitational pull before the force grew too strong and it became too late to get away, even while Silenced.
Furthermore, assuming Feng could kill one of them using Black Hole in a sneak attack, then what?
The other three certainly wouldn't jump into it themselves. Trying to push them in definitely wouldn't go well for Feng either, and he was more likely to be the one thrown into the black hole.
Letting Black Hole expand until it encompassed everything within the Shrine was a sure-fire way to make sure the Legacy Phantoms would get devoured by the black hole. Except, Feng would get killed right along with them.
Feng and the Ghost Tree had the option to go beneath the ground in their incorporeal states similarly to what Black Flame and the specter did while combating the Hellish Broodmother, but Lancelot could not, and Feng wasn't able to bring the High Elf with them below nor could he unsummon his Personal Guard until the challenge was over, so the Awakened would end up getting killed along with the phantoms.
Though, traveling underground was unlikely to work out anyway since Feng wasn't sure if they could even go low enough while inside the Shrine or if the Ghost Tree could carve out a place for him to stand and survive after Ethereality's duration ended in the Inferior Legendary Shrine's ground like it did for the Perfect Clone in the 100th Divine Shrine due to the difference between Shrines.
Assuming they actually could pull such a cowardly move, the Gem God could very well start digging down towards them. Moreover, if they went deep enough to escape the danger, the other Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms would be out of Forbidden Domain's range and would regain the ability to use their powerful skills and Mana.
At that point, Feng would truly be screwed.
The only reason he was currently able to handle being pursued by the three Tier 6 Gods, not to mention the fourth remaining inactive, while also trying his hand at attacking without trouble was due to them being Silenced and thanks to Divine Steps allowing him to easily escape their clutches.
Of course, both had a limited amount of time they would be active for, so once their durations ended, Feng will find himself in a very bad predicament, especially once the Legacy Phantoms are able to use skills again.
That meant he had to end the fight before that happened, without allowing the Tier 6 Gods to show their true might.
Since there was a risk of them escaping the Black Hole if they had the chance to run or if they saw one of the others get caught up in it, Feng would simply have to trap all four of them in a single place and kill them all at once.
For that, he'd need to position himself and time it perfectly. Feng had to do it right on the first try, since he won't be getting a second chance.
After a few seconds, the 36 doppelgangers created by Divine Steps disappeared, leaving Feng a sitting duck against the three Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms that charged at him as soon as he could no longer teleport around using the doppelgangers.
Feng, switching to Imperial Ascendance, immediately activated Phantom Stride and started running in the opposite direction, summoning doppelgangers with 3% of his attributes along the way, which all started spamming skills at the incoming phantoms to slow them down.
Of course, since the skills not even possessing Tier 5 power were executed by creatures with only a fraction of attributes from someone that already couldn't do damage to the Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms, all that bombardment amounted to nothing.
A couple of -1s appeared above the heads of the Gem God, Shadow God, and War Saint as the three completely ignored the doppelgangers and their attacks, literally rushing through them and killing the doppelgangers with just their presence and the shockwaves produced by their movements.
Unfortunately, the doppelgangers didn't have the power to even slow those three down, nor did their attacks count for Rendering The Sky to create a Flowing Feather.
Ultimately, Phantom Stride achieved nothing when faced with such powerful enemies, which was to be expected considering the difference in tiers, and it was only due to Feng's hope and cope that he tried using it as at least a distraction.
But Feng was ahead of the Legacy Phantoms and had racked his brain to come up with a plan while Divine Steps was still active, having formulated a strategy that would allow him to beat the challenge.
For starters, the doppelganger he had gotten the three of them to chase was the one farthest from the one Feng had switched to at the end, giving him the biggest headstart possible, while having also picked a doppelganger closest to the three jade statues.
As a result, Feng managed to reach the twenty-meter-tall statues just as the Tier 6 phantoms caught up and launched attacks, ducking behind one of the massive statues.
All three Legacy Phantoms pulled back their strikes that were about to hit the statue, choosing to carefully circle around it instead in order to go after Feng.
When they went behind the giant statue, Feng had already flown up on top of its head with Gale Domain, prompting the Shadow God and War Saint to jump into the air at him whereas the Gem God flapped his wings and flew after Feng.
Sensing the looming danger, Feng quickly flew over to another statue before the three of them had even sprung into action, positioning himself to use the statue's head as a shield from the Gem God's attack, and forcing all the phantoms to pull back.
Apart from killing the Legacy Phantoms, another way to get rid of them and clear the challenge was to break each of the phantoms' respective statues. The statue getting broken would result in an instant death for its Legacy Phantom.
However, the tradeoff is that challengers would then not be able to obtain that phantom's Legacy Item.
Hence, although Feng could end the fight by shattering all of the Tier 6s' statues, he preferred to defeat them the normal way since it was exactly these four's Legacies that Feng wanted to claim. Breaking the statues is only a last resort in case his plan fails and he's unable to win.
Assuming that Feng is actually able to destroy the sturdy statues while the Legacy Phantoms are protecting them, that is.
Still, he could now take advantage of this feature and use the three jade statues as shields against the three Tier 6 phantoms, the Legacy Phantoms naturally wishing to avoid damaging the statues and killing themselves or their comrades.
Feng's maneuvering across the tall statues didn't last for too long though, a development happening after a bit with a barrage of pink crystal shurikens flying at him from all sides and forcing the Swordsman to fall back from the statues under their threat, the Gem God having accurately gauged Feng's position and thrown the shurikens created from his Tier 6 Skill in a way that wasn't a risk to the statues while putting Feng's life in danger.
The Shadow God and War Saint did not pass up the opportunity to rush forward and commence an onslaught of attacks at Feng from the ground while the Gem God flew above and launched attacks to assist the two despite technically being stronger, making up for any gaps by either swooping in and attacking Feng melee or using his ranged skills to bombard the human.
Three Tier 6 Gods shamelessly ganged up on a mere Tier 1 human, forcing Feng to activate Absolute Domain in order to not get killed by their lightning-fast attacks.
He continued trying to pull away from them while doing his best to dodge and not rely too much on the Seven Luminaries Ring's Invincibility Skill, since although it could certainly protect him from Tier 6 attacks, it was only up to a certain amount.
If Feng allowed the three Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms to land nonstop powerful attacks on Absolute Domain's barrier, it would only be a matter of time before it got broken.
Thus, to prolong his life while preparing to make a move, Feng avoided the really dangerous blows and simulated a path to victory in his head, taking note of each combatant's attack patterns.
Naturally, Feng wouldn't normally be able to do this, but thanks to his abnormally high attributes and being in Twofold Berserk, Absolute Domain preventing him from getting one-shotted on the several occasions where he would have been killed, Feng's incredible techniques and skills, Yog-Sothoth's effects that greatly reduced the phantoms' speed to a level Feng could keep up with, all of the Legacy Phantoms except the Gem God being Silenced which prevented them from using their true power and abilities, the phantoms not possessing the true power of real beings of their rank due to simply being Legacy Phantoms, and the overall current low development of God's Domain, it became possible for Feng to accomplish this feat.
Many close calls were had during the time Feng spent analyzing and waiting for the right opportunity, evaluating the monstrously powerful beings chasing after him.
Unsurprisingly, of the three chasing after him, the Gem God was the biggest threat. Aside from being able to use skills and make Feng's survival much more difficult despite being caught within Forbidden Domain, the crystal phantom also seemed significantly more intelligent.
Although all of the Legacy Phantoms were obviously very advanced and performed on par with experts in terms of techniques, their movements and attacks still seemed a bit monotonous due to the ghosts, in God's Domain's state at the moment, simply being AI. This made them a bit predictable for an expert of Feng's caliber.
The Gem God, on the other hand, displayed a much more sophisticated move set and continuously attempted to corner Feng, providing the other two openings to end his life.
Thankfully, the crystalized phantom wasn't exactly a melee class, more standardly using skills and spells as well as forming gems out of Mana in battle rather than attacking with its fists, though the Gem God was perfectly capable of that too and would leave Feng half-dead with a basic punch if not for Absolute Domain keeping him safe.
On the offensive, both the Shadow God and the War Saint were very dangerous and had the capability to easily kill Feng, but Feng found the assassin to be a much greater threat between the two.
This was due to the Shadow God having a significantly faster Attack Speed and wielding two weapons which made it difficult for Feng to cope with his attacks and often resulted in the phantom's daggers scraping across Absolute Domain's surface, creating dazzling sparks.
Oppositely, the sword-wielding woman had a greatsword and a much slower Attack Speed that, although faster than Feng's, rendered her not that much of a problem when compared to the other two who were often able to land blows.
That wasn't to say that the War Saint was weak, though. In fact, her Strength greatly surpassed the Gem God's and Shadow God's, but since an attack from any of them would cripple or kill someone like Feng, it didn't matter much. If given the choice, Feng would much rather fight a slower opponent with higher Strength than a super fast enemy who could kill him with a hit or two anyway.
When slowed down by Chrono Ensnare, the War Saint's attacks gave an expert with Feng's standards plenty of wiggle room, and Feng could even use her as a meat shield to maneuver around and hamper the other two's attacks and movements.
At one point, wishing to make the War Saint even less of a danger and remove her from the equation, Feng had attempted to use Lustful Domain and Intoxicating Eyes on the female Legacy Phantom. But unfortunately, it didn't work.
Alas, despite having the appearance of a beautiful woman, the phantom just had the War Saint's looks and did not count as a female, being a genderless creature, so Feng's perverse skills and Seducer Subclass could do nothing to the Tier 6 entity.
With the three's combined might, Feng was having to put in full effort to keep up, and that was while constantly running away and receiving hits, only surviving thanks to the Tier 5 Absolute Domain and Forbidden Domain. Though, it was now only a matter of time until either the skills' duration ended or the three phantoms broke through the Invincibility Skill unless something changed.
They truly were kicking Feng's ass.
However, among the Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms, the one Feng was most concerned about was not any of the three chasing him around this whole time, but the fourth one which silently stood to the side and gazed at him.
Although the robed man wrapped in bandages currently wasn't doing anything, that was only because the Shaman Ruler was Silenced. As a purely magical class, without spells or Mana, the Shaman Ruler's Legacy Phantom could not do anything.
Regardless of having very high attributes as a Tier 6 being, a magical class would still pale in Strength and Agility when compared to those like the Shadow God and War Saint. The Shaman Ruler might even just get in the other three's way if he attempted to join the fight.
But his powerlessness lasted only for as long as Forbidden Domain did.
Once the Shaman Ruler joins the fight, Feng's only choice would be to try breaking the statues.
It was no exaggeration to say that the magical Tier 6 Legacy Phantom was the biggest problem a challenger would have while trying to take on this trial, even more so than the Gem God. If not Silenced like what Feng had achieved at the moment, the Shaman Ruler would quickly become an obstacle one had to eliminate at the very start or face defeat unless one possessed overwhelming power.
This was because the Shaman Ruler was a generalist class, having no exact special trait that made it supreme, but able to do anything every other magical class could.
The Shaman Lord had the offensive capabilities of an Elementalist, the summoning abilities of a Summoner, the restricting and debuff abilities of a Cursemancer, healing powers comparable to a Cleric, overtime healing and support abilities of a Druid, and buff abilities at the level of an Oracle[1]. He also had spells and abilities of all six classes, along with some unique to the Shaman Ruler class.
Feng knew all this information due to there being other Shaman Ruler Legacies in the Greater God's Domain and him having seen players with the class in his previous life.
Whichever magical class a player was before becoming a Shaman Ruler, their original abilities would receive a huge increase while they would also gain the powers of the other five classes. They could learn a spell meant for any magical class and use items regardless of equipment restrictions so long as an Elementalist, Summoner, Cursemancer, Cleric, Druid, or Oracle could use them as well.
Tier 6 Shaman Rulers are an absolute nightmare to fight due to how many types of abilities they can possess, with all of them being powerful as if a Tier 6 version of each class was using them.
If the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom of the Shaman Ruler had the chance to start casting spells, Feng would end up in a very horrible situation.
Setting aside its Tier 6 Offensive Spells since it would just be Tier 6 attacks added to what the Gem God was throwing at him, and ignoring the healing abilities the Shaman Ruler possesses due to them not being relevant in this fight, the robed phantom could use Tier 6 Control Spells, restriction spells, and debuffs on Feng while casting all kinds of buffs on the other three Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms.
Worse yet, the Shaman Ruler would be able to summon Tier 6 Divine monsters to sic on Feng.
Either one of those two would be a death sentence for Feng, so his only chance at beating the trial was to kill the Shaman Ruler or destroy his statue before he's able to cast spells.
Originally, Feng had planned to summon a Sky-Rendering Falcon and focus on eliminating the Shaman Lord first, or at the very least have the power to instantly break the statue with the falcon if he couldn't get rid of the Legacy Phantom before Forbidden Domain ended.
That obviously wasn't an option anymore though, and Feng had to use a different method to kill the four Tier 6 enemies at once before his time was up.
The only small silver lining was that, at Tier 5, Forbidden Domain's duration was already pretty good, and with the Savitarian Carnation Bloodline boosting it, Feng could keep the Legacy Phantoms Silenced for several minutes. He'd just have to end the challenge within that timeframe, one way or another.
And soon, Feng finished with his calculations and simulations, finally deciding to make his move.
Unexpectedly, the golden barrier of Absolute Domain around Feng disappeared, leaving him to get hit with an incoming combination of a dagger to the throat and crystal spears to his forehead.
But neither did damage to Feng, having activated Gloomsong Glade and absorbed the power of those attacks. The Shadow God's dagger was stopped at Feng's throat and could not pierce it, whereas the spears formed from gemstones spun a bit before turning into magical particles.
Being invincible while the skill was in effect, Feng tanked the onslaught of the Shadow God, Gem God, and War Saint while calmly getting in position.
The three Tier 6 Legacy Phantoms began to grow stupefied and exasperated over time as their attacks yielded no results, not even ruffling the human's hair. All kinds of techniques were performed by the two melees whereas the Gem God began throwing Tier 6 Spells one after the other at Feng, all to no avail.
When ten seconds of Gloomsong Glade remained, Feng dashed forward, rushing towards the Shaman Ruler some distance away.
Seeing the challenger suddenly start running towards him after having never come near him before and the weird events in the last minute of their battle, the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom had a grave premonition.
It was weird and ominous, so the Shaman Ruler decided it would be for the best to distance himself from the charging human, turning around and dashing at his fastest speed.
But Feng was quicker, flying after the mage with Gale Domain and his wings, and he reached the Shaman Ruler before Gloomsong Glade could end; switching out Imperial Ascendance for Supersonic Fists.
Since he couldn't escape, the phantom turned around and faced Feng with his staff as Feng slashed his sword, which buzzed with incredible power. On his rear, the Shadow God and War Saint followed, attacking Feng with their weapons in an attempt to kill him as he was striking the Shaman Ruler.
The Gem God, though, purposefully lagged slightly behind, as if suspicious of something.
Just as Feng's sword and the Shaman Ruler's staff were about to collide, Feng changed the aim of his blade, slashing down at the ground.
At the same time, all of them felt the gravity forcing them down towards the ground suddenly change and reverse, now pulling them upwards at twice its usual power.
Gravitational Dominion Field!
Thought Acceleration!
Blade Liberation!
Gloomsong Glade, release!
Thunder Flame Explosion!
As the three Legacy Phantoms started falling towards the ceiling, Feng's attack at the floor landed, a powerful explosion caused by all the power absorbed and from Thunder Flame Explosion blasting the three Tier 6 beings up with a huge force.
Before they could even react to the change of events, they were instantly planted into the ceiling. Feng was pushed up by the explosion as well but steadied himself, only for his chest to explode out as a glistering white shadow flew through it.
Having noticed the challenger execute whatever move he was preparing, the Gem God took the chance to strike, using his full strength to bust through the human's body and kill him.
However, despite being dealt such a devastating fatal blow, Feng's body still moved, the exploded bits turning into ash particles while his left hand grabbed the Gem God and pulled him higher, Feng's right fist smashing into the Legacy Phantom's chest before it could react or create a crystal for defense.
Mass Impact!
Shockwave!
The punch decreased the Gem God's HP by one point, so it did nothing in terms of damage, but the enormous knockback force from Feng's Strength, Mass Impact, and Shockwave sent its small crystal body flying upwards as it was carried by the changed gravity, the Gem God smashing into his teammates on the ceiling who were still trying to adjust and respond to the unexpected development and their location.
"Now!" At Feng's signal, numerous branches of various sizes and thickness came at the four Legacy Phantoms, some rising up at them from below and some emerging from above, all of them tying up the Gem God, Shadow God, War Saint, and Shaman Ruler tightly.
Lancelot cast several Tier 4 Curses meant for restricting targets, which the Awakened had prepared to do beforehand according to Feng's instructions that he gave through their contract during the fight, restraining the four phantoms further and reducing their power.
Feng, whose body came back together thanks to the effects of Ash Body, held nothing back either as he activated all of his control skills.
Abyssal Bind!
Abyssal Curse!
Dragon's Authority!
Emperor's Haki!
Vacuum!
All of their efforts were put into keeping those four in place.
Of course, the three of them did not have the power to restrain Tier 6 Gods, and even if Silenced, they could break free from the Ghost Tree's branches with just their bodies' strength alone within a couple of seconds.
But that was all Feng needed.
Using Instant Strike, Feng appeared above, or below depending on the angle you're looking from, the Gem God, his foot stepping down on the phantom's crystal face.
Not being a Tier 6 being for nothing, the Gem God reacted in time despite Feng's instant appearance and formed a barrier of thick crystals in front of its face, stopping Feng's foot from reaching it.
However, a black sphere suddenly appeared within the crystals and began to expand, quickly erasing the gem barrier and reaching the Leagcy Phantom's face. By the time the Gem God realized the danger he was in, it was already too late, and his head began getting devoured by the Black Hole as its size and gravitational force rapidly increased.
The other three saw this happening and could feel the fatal danger this growing black sphere presented to their lives, so they hastily attempted to break free from the ghostly branches binding them to this place.
But Feng was way ahead of them, having moved away from the growing Black Hole and activated Phantom Kill, sending the doppelganger to the Shadow God who was on the left while he went over to the War Saint on the right.
As soon as the War Saint attempted to swing down her greatsword and cut apart the branches, Feng simply grabbed her arm and prevented it from gaining any momentum.
Even though the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom's Strength greatly surpassed Feng's, putting all his strength into preventing the trapped and weakened War Saint from continuing her attack with no speed behind it while in Threefold Berserk was something Feng could do by wrapping his hands around her arm and pulling it back.
Once he felt the sword-wielding woman pause for an instant, Feng switched places with the doppelganger, which was trying, and failing, to stop the Shadow God from cutting apart the transparent branches wrapped around him.
Employing the same strategy for the Tier 6 assassin, its arms were grabbed by Feng and stopped in their tracks, rendering the Shadow God unable to free himself.
Feng continued switching back and forth, stalling out the Legacy Phantoms and preventing them from escaping while waiting for Black Hole to expand and consume them. As they struggled for their lives, the Ghost Tree put all its effort into making sure they didn't slip out, even tightening the branches from the sides and trying to push them inward to the black hole.
Naturally, the phantoms resisted as they pushed against the branches with all their might, but were unable to completely break out due to Feng's interference. With their strength, the Tier 6 beings would still be able to break free even with all of that, except it would take time that they did not have.
The Black Hole was growing very quickly and its gravitational force was pulling them in, the Gem God having already disappeared while the Shaman Ruler, who had been stuck between the Shadow God and War Saint, was about to meet the same fate. Hence it was only a matter of time.
Out of nowhere, though, a fist-sized gem flew out from between the branches, cracking in the next moment and releasing from within it a headless humanoid body made out of crystals.
'No shot.' Feng stared wide-eyed at the Gem God's messed up body fly away with its wings, which were half-gone after the top part of the Legacy Phantom's body got devoured by the black hole.
Knowing he could not afford to have it distance itself and recover from the damage, Feng pushed War Saint into the Black Hole with all his strength before immediately flying after the Gem God, leaving the rest to the Ghost Tree.
By this point, the Black Hole had gotten decently large and erased both the Shaman Ruler and now the War Saint, leaving only the Shadow God, but he too was about to be consumed, with his feet already gone and the pulling force of the Black Hole having grown too strong to be escaped while countless branches and Tier 5 skills used by the Ghost Tree were bombarding the phantom and pushing him towards the expanding catastrophe.
Therefore, Feng's biggest priority was the runaway Gem God, who must have used one of his Lifesaving Skills to escape that situation. Regardless, the Legacy Phantom did not leave unscathed, and his combat power would drastically drop without a head and with the damage sustained from the Black Hole.
Even with injured wings in his state, the Gem God's flying speed was still much faster than Feng's, and it was clear he could not catch up to the fleeing phantom.
Hence, Feng used Space Movement, teleporting in front of the Gem God and slashing forward with Internal Shock activated.
Seemingly being able to tell what was happening and sense Feng even without a head, the Legacy Phantom simply swung his fist at Feng, his Attack Speed as a Tier 6 God greatly surpassing Feng's and allowing the Gem God to punch both the human's arm and head into exploding before Feng's sword could reach it.
However, the moment it got close enough to do so while focusing on neutralizing Feng and his attack, Feng's leg swung forward despite his missing head and was driven into the Gem God's abdomen.
Feng's kick, although resulting in just -1 damage, stopped the phantom's flight and sent him flying backwards by over five yards. The Knockback of Feng's attacks was already very high with his Strength and the Limitless Boots' Mass Increase effect, particularly while kicking things, but it was even further enhanced thanks to Mass Impact.
Hence, even with the difference between them, the Gem God was still kicked several yards through the air from Feng's kick.
His body's separated ash particles immediately came back together and reformed Feng's head and arm, allowing him to rush at the Legacy Phantom again as it steadied itself in the air.
A gemstone sword formed from the Mana around them and shot towards Feng, splitting the air at a speed that made it impossible for Feng to dodge as he attempted to reach the Gem God, stabbing into Feng's chest and forcing him back.
The crystal sword was followed by spears and arrows, turning Feng into a sieve, until a pink beam turned him into nothing but ash.
Thinking he could have a moment to catch his breath and distance himself from the Black Hole that was still growing ever larger, the Gem God sped past the airborne pile of ash, only for a hand to suddenly be reformed from the ash and grab the phantom by its wing, pulling back the headless gem-covered body.
Another hand wielding a sword also appeared, along with the rest of Feng as he slashed the Pandemonium Lashblade at the Gem God's injured left wing, cutting the exposed flesh from which the surface had been consumed by the black hole.
Akin to chopping a slab of meat or cutting down a tree using a saw, Feng repeatedly cleaved at the wing's bloody wound, trying to worsen its state and hopefully completely sever it as he crudely sawed its flesh; Internal Force making up for his lacking power with added injury to the wing's internal structure through damaging veins and nerves. Feng also finally did higher damage than just -1, albeit still in single digits.
This time, the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom could not just ignore Feng's attempts at doing harm since his actions were actually hurting the Gem God by further damaging his wing and causing pain.
Swinging his fist back with a slight turn, the Gem God pulverized Feng's head. But it didn't stop the body from continuing its actions, continuing to cut at the phantom's bleeding wing.
The Gem God was forced to take Feng seriously as he pointed his hand at the human, a crystal bolder materializing and smashing into Feng, causing his body to fall apart into ash, which released the wing from his clutches.
But Feng quickly reassembled himself from the ash particles and flew after the Gem God, who had been slowed down, with Gale Domain and Aeon Glide active to boost his flying speed.
Not willing to let the unpredictable challenger near him again, the Gem God cast a Tier 6 Defensive Spell, resulting in a transparent crystal sphere appearing around the Legacy Phantom and protecting it from all sides.
Despite knowing that he would not be able to do literally anything to the Tier 6 Spell with his current strength, let alone break through it, Feng flew forward at his fastest speed straight at the crystal ball and crashed into it head first, as if trying to shatter it with a headbutt.
Naturally, the only thing that broke was Feng, his body completely breaking down as he turned into ash upon smacking into the Defensive Spell.
However, in the next moment, the ash disappeared, teleporting inside the crystal ball, and Feng's body was reformed on the other side together with the Legacy Phantom.
To begin with, the space inside the sphere had been small, only allowing minimal movement for the Gem God, who was around half Feng's size. It would normally not have been possible for Feng to teleport inside using Spatial Shift since the little space would cause him to clip into the crystal sphere and result in the Space Helmet's skill failing.
When he was only sentient ash particles thanks to the Ash Composition, though, the possibility of teleporting inside returned, allowing Feng to simply reform his body on the other side of the crystal ball.
This resulted in Feng and the Gem God being squished together, barely fitting inside with both of their bodies bent and pushing against the round crystal wall of the spell.
As the Legacy Phantom realized what had happened and was about to make a move to deal with the situation, Feng, who was a step ahead and already prepared a plan in advance, activated Sanguine Annihilation.
The Blood Emperor's Armor transformed into a bloody mist that flew out in every direction, only for the frontmost fog to hit the crystal wall and bounce back.
More mist was released, but since it couldn't fly forward due to the first part of the mist that was stuck between the second part and the crystal wall, which it could not break through, all the following bloody fog compounded together in one place.
From the outside looking in through the transparent crystal sphere, it was completely red with nothing else visible as the mist swirled and tore apart anything on the inside.
Feng had been turned completely into ash particles from the very first part of Sanguine Annihilation that had bounced back, the skill's annihilating power being too much for him when squished by it from all sides. Though, he remained unharmed, Ash Body still being active and making Feng invulnerable to damage, so he was perfectly safe within the bloody crystal sphere.
The Gem God, however, was not as lucky.
Although the bloody fog created from Sanguine Annihilation could not do much against the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom's crystal skin due to its sturdiness, the mist could easily go inside the Gem God's body through the neckless hole created by Black Hole, as well as inside its damaged wing and attack the phantom's organs and flesh.
Since it was a Tier 6 creature, those were still very tough, so the fog could not directly destroy everything, but when all of Sanguine Annihilation was compounded and focused in such confined space, it resulted in the bloody fog ravaging the Gem God's insides.
The crystal sphere suddenly disintegrated into magic particles, causing all the bloody mist to be released like a tidal wave and spread outside.
Fluttering outside the red fog, the Gem God attempted to escape, having actually sustained heavy damage from Sanguine Annihilation, his body's injuries being greatly worsened and the phantom's HP dropping by over 500,000; marking the first real damage Feng had done himself, even if it was only thanks to the damage previously caused by Black Hole.
Hence, the Legacy Phantom was getting desperate to distance itself from Feng and the growing Black Hole, especially since its combat power just plummeted again.
Not giving the Gem God any chance to run away, ash particles flew out from the bloody mist and reached the headless figure in the blink of an eye, Feng refusing to let go of such a golden opportunity as his body was reformed, and stabbing down through the top hole into the Gem God's body.
In its current state, the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom's reaction time was just a bit too late by the point it sensed Feng's actions, the Abyssal Blade erupting with a silver light as Feng drove it into the exposed heart.
Or at least attempted to; the Magic Weapon only managing to poke the Gem God's gemstone heart as Moonchaser's power exploded, his blow not even scratching the organ.
Nevertheless, Feng wasn't distraught by the failure. Instead, while watching the Legacy Phantom's heart begin to rupture and tears appear across it, a faint smile crossed Feng's lips.
Normally, Internal Shock would damage a target's insides and ravish the nerves, veins, tissues, bones, and organs when striking the outside body, which made it a very devastating weapon one could not defend against in a direct confrontation since even clashing weapons with someone using Internal Shock would result in one's hands receiving physical damage and possibly breaking.
Unless one was of a much higher tier than the Internal Shock user or possessed far superior strength or combat standards, the only way to fight would be from range until Internal Shock ended.
However, Internal Shock didn't strictly do damage to the inside of an opponent's body, but sent a powerful internal force into anything the user attacked and damaged it.
Thus, when striking an enemy's organ, Internal Shock would damage the organ's internal structure.
Even at Tier 6, regardless of how tough a heart's exterior is, its interior was much weaker and possessed very delicate parts that could be easily damaged.
Feng's attack, powered by Threefold Berserk, Moonchaser, and his other skills, had enough power to fuck up the Gem God's heart from the inside, causing it damage and resulting in it breaking apart.
The Legacy Phantom's other organs also received pretty heavy damage from the attack, adding onto the Gem God's injuries and making it struggle to stay in the air.
Capitalizing on the opponent's momentary weakness, Feng's Demon Sword blazed with pitch-black flames as he slashed at the Gem God's heavily injured left wing, cutting deep into the tough flesh.
Soul Fire worked wonders to aggravate the wounds as the two blades sliced across the wing, burning through the flesh and getting close to completely cutting off the Legacy Phantom's left wing.
Although the Gem God desperately attempted to stop Feng, Ash Body was still active, which neutralized all of his attempts while he was far too weakened at the moment to do anything powerful enough to get rid of Feng.
Eventually, Feng was successful, the combination of Soulharvest Synergy, Supersonic Fists, Blade Liberation, Internal Shock, Mass Impact, Destruction Soul Flames, and sheer fucking will allowing him to sever the wing.
With only one injured wing left, the Gem God was no longer able to support himself while flying through the air and was forced to obey Gravitational Dominion Field's gravity, falling to the ceiling.
Feng grabbed it midair before the phantom could touch its new ground, the Gem God's short stature allowing him to be easily carried as Feng quickly flew towards the Black Hole, hurrying to kill the Gem God before he could recover from the incurred damage.
Naturally, the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom resisted, this time much more effectively since Feng had to carry it over.
The Gem God did his best to get Feng off of him even if he couldn't kill the human, using his Tier 6 strength and skills to free himself.
However, Feng would always use one of his limbs to punch or kick the Legacy Phantom forward before his body was fully destroyed, the Knockback sending it flying enough for Feng to have time to get reconstructed and go back to carrying the Gem God to the black hole.
Gradually, he was getting the Gem God closer and closer to Black Hole while it grew larger and larger over time, with the Legacy Phantom unable to do anything to Feng or escape in its current condition; the Gem God's strength and the control he had over his body having greatly decreased.
Meanwhile, with the Shadow God, War Saint, and Shaman Ruler gone, Lancelot and the Ghost Tree busied themselves with the Tier 4 and Tier 5 Legacy Phantoms, the gigantic specter using its long branches to pick up and throw many of the enemies into the Black Hole.
Lancelot simply assisted the Ghost Tree, not being able to do too much at Tier 4 and without a proper physical body. They continued chucking the phantoms up into that expanding black abyss, easily getting rid of them.
It wasn't nearly a fair fight since all the Legacy Phantoms were still Silenced and could not use their powerful moves, relying purely on attributes and techniques to fight back.
But at this point, having consumed around 80 other Legendary creatures and over 500 Superior Mythic monsters of various strengths, the Ghost Tree had become extremely powerful, even stronger than some Legendary Archaic Species. And with its incorporeal composition that made it nearly invulnerable to physical blows, the wooden apparition was basically invincible against these Legacy Phantoms who couldn't use skills or Mana.
All they could do was desperately struggle to survive, however futile that may be since even the ones that represented Basic Peak Legacies were getting thrown into the Black Hole by the ghostly branches after struggling for a while.
Feng was nearing that nightmarish sphere as well, the Gem God in tow as the Tier 6 God struggled with all his might against the Tier 1 human's abominable strategy.
Eventually, as they got closer, the gravitational pull from the black hole grew stronger on them, and it became obvious that the Gem God could not escape, even his desperate thrashing decreased as if having accepted his fate.
But just as Feng was about to push the last Tier 6 Legacy Phantom into the black hole, the Gem God exploded with sudden movement, his hard crystal skin cracking and falling off as if he was a snake shedding skin, slipping out of Feng's grasp thanks to the phantom's new skin that was like porcelain and tossing the challenger towards the black hole with all the strength it could muster.
At the speed they were going and the abruptness of the Gem God's actions just as it seemed to all be over, it made it difficult to instantly stop one's flight. Furthermore, the Gem God had thrown Feng forward with Tier 6 force without breaking his body into ash, resulting in Feng's nose being an inch away from the black hole by the time anyone could even react.
Instant glee overwhelmed the Legacy Phantom, sensing Feng fly face-first towards the Black Hole without the time to stop and save himself.
The Gem God's mind then stopped when Feng disappeared a millisecond before he could fall into the dark sphere, his elation vanishing as he felt the challenger's presence right behind him.
Not ever believing a Legacy Phantom like the Gem God would surrender and give up at any point during a trial from his experience taking these things on, Feng had been able to tell the Gem God's act as soon as his struggling attempts lessened, so knowing that the Tier 6 being was scheming something, he had set a Marker moments earlier just as they were getting close to a point Feng thought the phantom would make a move.
As soon as he felt himself getting pushed towards the Black Hole, Feng instantly activated Echoport, reacting to the sudden development extraordinarily quickly thanks to Thought Acceleration being active and teleporting behind the Legacy Phantom.
Before the Gem God could even react and turn around upon feeling Feng's ominous presence, the Swordsman spun in the air and landed a mean roundhouse kick to the phantom's back, sending it flying into the black sphere.
In an instant, the Tier 6 Legacy Phantom fell inside the Black Hole and disappeared, getting spontaneously erased within the Profound Inheritance.
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1. Honestly Druids and Oracles were never developed all that much, especially Oracles, so just pretend he gets some abilities from them that other classes don't have.
