Six people surrounded Shen Feng's two companions. All of them were ability users, and not long after the fight began, one of them was killed. In a game, teammates would have been cursing, but now, facing life-or-death situations, they could only focus on survival.
The six had banded together because they weren't confident in dealing with Shen Feng. However, at this moment, they realized that even united, they couldn't capture Shen Feng, let alone protect themselves from his attacks, because Shen Feng's speed was simply too great.
Shen Feng moved like a phantom, circling the remaining five at extreme speed, searching for weaknesses. Ordinary ability users couldn't even track Shen Feng's movements. The five surrounded could only see Shen Feng circling them but were unable to attack. By the time they thrust their swords forward, Shen Feng was already far away.
"Let's stand close together and have our backs to our teammates!" the man using earth and stone abilities quickly said. They couldn't show any openings now, or it would give Shen Feng an opportunity to ambush them. Standing together with their backs to each other was the most suitable choice.
Seeing this, Shen Feng felt a headache. He was like a lion on the African savanna facing a circle of wildebeest. No matter how he looked at it, it was hard to attack because the circular formation protected their weak points, and each person only needed to defend a small area.
At this moment, the man controlling plants reached into his pocket, took out a handful of pine nuts, and threw them onto the ground. Instantly, pine trees began to grow, and the asphalt road couldn't stop their growth.
"Eye of the Hurricane," Shen Feng once again summoned a gale, preparing to scatter them. It was difficult for him to find an opening when they were gathered together.
Unfortunately, a move used a second time wouldn't be as effective because the opponents would be prepared. The moment the hurricane appeared, the five people tightly gripped the newly grown pine trees, so Shen Feng's plan didn't succeed. The five remained together, defending against Shen Feng.
At this point, the man controlling ammonia took out a windproof lighter, took a deep breath, and suddenly unleashed his ability. A stream of ammonia was instantly sprayed out. As it passed through the lighter, the ammonia ignited, transforming into a fiery serpent that lunged towards Shen Feng.
Shen Feng wouldn't just wait to die. He immediately used "As the Wind Follows" to dodge the fiery attack. However, at this moment, the woman suddenly began emitting hypnotic waves, slowing Shen Feng down. Fortunately, Shen Feng promptly used "King of Wind Barrier" to block the scorching flames.
"Let's continue to cooperate. Shen Feng can't split us up now. We will definitely win. Hold on, persistence is victory." Seeing that they had successfully blocked Shen Feng's attacks a few times, everyone was somewhat pleased. They had been worried about losing a member and feared they would be defeated as easily as slicing vegetables. But now, by cooperating, they were clearly displaying powerful combat strength. It seemed that fighting together could indeed unleash greater power.
Shen Feng frowned. His attacks were either blocked by stone walls or tied down by fiery attacks, and sometimes he had to guard against attacks from pine trees. Therefore, these attacks were completely unsuccessful in harming the enemy.
Suddenly, Shen Feng's steps faltered. He was hit by the hypnotic waves again and could only force himself to continue moving.
"This hypnotic wave is truly detestable. Although it can't cause me any damage, it distracts me," Shen Feng thought to himself.
At this moment, Shen Feng suddenly thought of an important point. Since the hypnotic waves affected him, would they affect others as well?
With this thought, Shen Feng began to observe carefully and noticed that when the woman released the hypnotic waves, she always pointed her hand in a certain direction. If he was in that direction, he would definitely be affected by the hypnotic waves. This made the conclusion clear: the release of hypnotic waves was directional, always towards a specific direction.
"Got it!" Shen Feng suddenly charged towards the woman releasing the hypnotic waves, moving in a perfectly straight line. At this moment, Shen Feng seemed determined to deal with the distracting woman. The others saw this and quickly unleashed their abilities.
The man controlling rocks summoned three stone walls in front of him, and the man controlling plants made pine branches extend to block Shen Feng's path.
"Swish—" Shen Feng didn't continue forward but changed his path halfway, suddenly moving to the side, seemingly unwilling to force his way through.
The woman didn't relax her guard. She aimed at Shen Feng's direction and released hypnotic waves again. No matter which direction Shen Feng moved, the hypnotic waves followed him, continuously slowing him down. Clearly, she knew the terrifying speed of Shen Feng and believed that to defeat him, she first had to limit his speed!
However, at this moment, Shen Feng maneuvered behind the man releasing white mist. The hypnotic waves followed, directly affecting the man releasing the mist. He swayed, his eyes slowly closed, and he fell into a deep sleep. The hypnotic waves were evidently quite potent against ability users of the same level.
"Not good, wake him up quickly!" The woman hadn't expected her hypnotic waves to affect her teammate and quickly stopped releasing them.
Reality and games were two different concepts. Skills in games didn't harm teammates, but reality was different. An ability user's abilities affected everyone except themselves. Thus, the seemingly tight cooperation of the group could fall apart with even a slight disruption, making it difficult to maintain their formation.
But how could Shen Feng miss such a good opportunity? Now that he had finally discovered the opponent's flaw, he naturally had to go straight for the target!
Shen Feng immediately transformed into an arrow released from a bowstring, rushing towards the man who had been hypnotized and was about to fall. The man controlling rocks quickly summoned stone walls to block Shen Feng, preparing to jointly withstand Shen Feng's attack. They now realized that their teamwork wasn't very good, otherwise, hypnotizing a teammate would never have happened!
Without the interference of the hypnotic waves, Shen Feng unleashed his speed to its maximum. Within one second, Shen Feng reached the hypnotized man. Simultaneously, a stone wall rapidly rose, blocking the man. Unless Shen Feng could break through the stone wall, the man behind it would remain unharmed.
Just then, Shen Feng changed direction mid-course. With a twist of his body, he moved away from the front of the stone wall to the left, dodging an incoming burst of flames.
"My real target is you!" The moment Shen Feng changed direction, he instantly focused on the woman. He had used a feint, seemingly attacking the hypnotized man, but his true target was the distracting woman.
"Whoosh," Shen Feng forcefully threw his long sword with his right hand. Instantly, the sword pierced through the woman's chest. No one expected this. Shen Feng's true attack hadn't changed. At this moment, Shen Feng only needed to bypass the stone wall to quickly attack the woman.
"Ugh... you're so cruel..." The woman pointed at Shen Feng, struggling to utter these words before collapsing onto the ground. Blood flowed from her chest and back. This was a fatal wound. Although the sword hadn't pierced her heart, the massive wound caused by the sword passing through her chest meant that even an ability user couldn't survive. They would either die from excessive blood loss or suffocate.
Now, without any distraction, Shen Feng unleashed his speed to its fullest and directly attacked the remaining four. The man who released the mist was also woken up. When he saw another teammate fall beside him, his mindset shifted, and he immediately unleashed his ability, summoning a large area of mist to obscure the figures of the four.
Lu Xian had been observing the battle using his abilities. The moment he noticed the mist appearing, he quickly issued a warning: "City Lord, someone is trying to escape using the mist. Pay attention!"
In Lu Xian's mind, he detected a man emitting strong heat trying to leave and immediately alerted Shen Feng. He didn't want the guy who had tried to rob him today to escape alive.
Shen Feng was very fortunate to have brought Lu Xian to the banquet. The enemy's movements had long been tracked by him. Even if someone tried to escape, they would be discovered in time. This was equivalent to having a small radar; no one could escape his detection.
Shen Feng heard the warning and confidently said, "Don't worry, they can't escape."
Then, a strong gust of wind swept through the street, instantly dispersing the surrounding mist. As the mist cleared, the scene on the street was once again exposed to everyone's eyes. At this moment, the man who had used the mist had already separated from the others. It turned out that seeing the situation was unfavorable, his plan to besiege Shen Feng had failed, and he intended to slip away quietly, but was now discovered by Shen Feng.
"Ch," Shen Feng caught up and thrust his sword forward, piercing the coward's chest. The sword churned within the man's body, tearing a large hole in his chest. Blood spurted out, staining the ground red. The man's eyes were gradually losing focus.
Shen Feng slowly looked at the remaining three, smiling and saying, "Now, there are three people left. Life is sometimes like this. Just when you think you're about to win, the situation reverses instantly. Fourth-tier ability users are not to be trifled with."
The three looked at each other, seeing fear in each other's eyes. They all regretted their actions. They had initially thought they had the advantage in numbers, and with six ability users, even if there was some disadvantage against Shen Feng, it wouldn't be too bad. But now, it seemed things were completely different from what they had imagined. From the start of the battle until now, Shen Feng hadn't been injured at all and had used his speed advantage to force them into a defensive formation.
Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the man controlling rocks. He quickly said, "Mr. Shen, we know we were wrong. We'll leave immediately. Please spare us. We will repay you in the future. We were wrong today."
Shen Feng sneered, "It's too late to apologize now."
With that, Shen Feng turned into a shadow and charged towards the remaining three.
The man controlling ammonia quickly took out his lighter and sprayed out a mouthful of ammonia. Instantly, a fiery dragon lunged towards Shen Feng.
"East Wind Vast!" Shen Feng had also found a way to counter the opponent. Since spraying fire required ammonia, he only needed to use wind to disperse the ammonia, and the flames would disappear. Thus, Shen Feng summoned a gale, blowing towards the three. Facing such strong winds, the three could only squint, finding it difficult to open their eyes.
The ammonia was instantly blown away, and the fiery serpent vanished. Without fuel, the flames couldn't last.
Shen Feng switched his left-hand sword to his right hand and charged forward again. Towards the man who released ammonia, who had lost his ability to resist, he thrust his sword, hitting the man directly in the abdomen.
Shen Feng showed no mercy. He slashed his sword upwards, disemboweling the man on the spot. The man fell to the ground in agony, his intestines spilling onto the ground. It was clear he wouldn't survive. His pained cries were merely the final song of his life.
"Ah!" The man controlling rocks was terrified by this sight. Now, only two remained. Facing the ferocious Shen Feng, they were doomed to lose!
"Mr. Shen, we know we were wrong. We are willing to be your servants. We will follow you from now on, just please spare us. If you can spare our lives, we will do anything, whether it's climbing mountains of knives or descending into seas of fire, we won't even frown." The man controlling trees also panicked and quickly begged for mercy.
At this moment, the two had witnessed Shen Feng's power and only wanted to survive. For this, they were willing to become Shen Feng's subordinates, even if it meant being like oxen and horses. They couldn't care about anything else now; as long as they could live, even a life of shame was acceptable.
Shen Feng shrugged, holding his sword not far away, and said with a cold smile, "Don't be so cowardly. There are at least dozens of people watching secretly around here. If I let you go today, wouldn't that make people think I'm a kind and benevolent old man? If someone attacks and fails in the future, they might surrender, wouldn't that put me in a difficult position?"
"It won't be difficult, it won't be difficult. After tonight's battle, there will definitely be no one with poor judgment who dares to trouble you. Moreover, the two of us will be your subordinates from now on. We are all ability users, and we will definitely enhance your strength." The man controlling rocks quickly said.
Shen Feng slowly walked to the woman's side, drew his sword, and then coldly refused, "No!"
Shen Feng knew he was being targeted. For this, he could only use decisive means to demonstrate his strength. Otherwise, if any Tom, Dick, or Harry came to cause trouble in the future, it would be better to simply kill the chickens to warn the monkeys, letting those who wanted to cause trouble know that if they dared to turn against him, they would only meet death!
"Fine, we've said so much, and you still refuse to let us go. Don't think we're pushovers either!" Seeing that Shen Feng refused to accept their surrender, the two could only fight for their lives.
Instantly, the asphalt road on the street was pierced through by rocks from below, becoming shattered. These rocks transformed into spears, completely growing from the ground like a patch of thorns, and spread towards Shen Feng. This ability wasn't just for defense and terrain alteration; it could also be used for offense at critical moments.
The other person also controlled pine trees to grow continuously, occupying the entire street, seemingly intending to block Shen Feng's path and use the terrain to limit Shen Feng's speed.
However, with only two people left, Shen Feng ultimately chose to attack head-on. After charging out, he unleashed "King of Wind Barrier." He ignored the attacks from the rock spears constantly emerging from the ground, his toes tapping the ground, and he attacked the last two at extreme speed.
"Clang clang..." The rock spears continuously struck the barrier, but apart from adding some scratches, they had no effect. Besides being broken by the plant plunderer, even bullets had difficulty penetrating the King of Wind Barrier, and now, the rock spears were equally unable to penetrate it.
Shen Feng was not only fast but also possessed strong defense. To inflict damage on Shen Feng, one had to break the barrier around him first.
Finally, two more corpses lay on the ground. Shen Feng casually wiped his sword and walked to Lu Xian's side, saying, "Let's go. After today's events, I'd like to see if anyone else dares to cause trouble for me with poor judgment."
Towards the headquarters, Shen Feng dared not be too arrogant, but towards these ability users who were also civilian organizations, Shen Feng wouldn't tolerate them.