The grand hall instantly descended into chaos.

"Damn it!"

"That’s the Golden Crowned Eagle King! Why would a Tier Two Peak aerial overlord be here!"

Lei Qianjun shoved aside the teammate bandaging him and snatched up the warhammer at his side, his eyes filled with alarm and fury.

"The Defense Array is overloaded!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Zhou Qi stared at the smoking console, his voice cracking with despair.

"The Shield Generators on the roof are fried!"

Han Feng tightened his grip on his longsword.

His once-depleted Sword Essence was now rapidly recovering. The Three-Inch Heart Sword Observation Method was circulating it, forcefully drawing upon his latent potential.

He glanced at his teammates.

Wang Meng stood at the forefront, wielding his large axe like a human wall.

Su Yue and Lin Qing were huddled in a corner, tightly clutching a few Rune Grenades.

Fan Jian and Gu Yun flanked Zhang Hao, protecting him.

It was a deathtrap.

But it was also their only path to survival.

"Get ready to fight to the death," Han Feng said softly, the Sword Aura at his fingertips flickering erratically, his gaze as cold as ice.

CRACK!

BOOM—!

The crystal dome overhead finally let out a mournful cry under the strain, then completely shattered.

Countless sharp shards of glass, a sky-blotting gray mist, and a horde of bloodthirsty Demon Beasts poured down from the opening in the ceiling.

The battle began.

"Defensive positions!"

A City Guard Army officer’s roar echoed through the hall. Behind him, a dozen soldiers immediately raised their Explosive-Proof Heavy Shields, forming a line and taking the brunt of the first wave.

Debris smashed against the shields, creating a series of dull, metallic clangs.

"AHH!"

A Martial Artist on the outer edge reacted a half-beat too slow. A piece of glass the size of a human head pierced his shoulder, pinning him to the ground.

He didn’t even have time to let out a second scream before a Blood Feather Crow dove down and precisely pecked out his eyes.

Panic began to spread.

Some people screamed and ran around in a panic, only to be instantly trampled by the panicked mob.

Others fired indiscriminately, hitting their own allies and sparking even greater chaos.

"Don’t fucking panic! Get behind me!"

Wang Meng roared, raising the massive Profound Turtle Shield high above his head.

The Runes on the shield suddenly lit up. A thick, ochre Energy Shield expanded, firmly sheltering the members of the Sharp Sword Society beneath it.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

The corpses of several Demon Beasts smashed against the Energy Shield, causing it to flicker and dim. Wang Meng’s body trembled violently, the muscles on his arms bulged and knotted.

"Old Liu, nine o’clock, free-fire!"

"Fan Jian, Gu Yun, guard the flanks! Don’t let the Spirit Bodies get close!"

Zhang Hao’s voice was exceptionally calm, possessing a reassuring quality in this apocalyptic scene.

His Battle Saber was held steady before him, his sharp gaze scanning every inch of the space around them.

On the other side, Lei Qianjun from the Martial Arts Academy had gone completely berserk.

"ROAR!"

The Mad Ape Type Three Combat Skeleton he wore emitted a high-pitched whine as it overloaded.

Facing a diving Tier Two Late Stage Sky-splitting Eagle, instead of retreating, he charged forward. He stomped powerfully against the ground, launching himself three meters straight into the air.

"DIE, YOU BASTARD!"

The giant Warhammer in his hand swung in a wide arc and connected squarely with the Sky-splitting Eagle’s head.

SQUELCH!

Its tough skull exploded on the spot, splattering brains and blood across the floor.

Lei Qianjun landed, and without a second glance at the corpse, turned and charged toward another Demon Beast.

His massive frame tore across the battlefield, and he single-handedly managed to stabilize a section of the battlefield.

"It’s no good! The core energy conduit is fried! The main control Rune Array is completely overloaded!"

In the center of the hall, the genius from the Spiritual Energy Technology Academy, Zhou Qi, stared at the console billowing black smoke, his face ashen.

"It’ll take at least half an hour to fix it!"

’Half an hour? Forget half an hour—at this rate, there won’t be anyone left alive in ten minutes.’

The Tier Two Peak Golden Crowned Eagle King, perched at the opening in the dome, didn’t charge down immediately.

It just watched the slaughter below with indifference.

It was waiting.

Waiting for their defenses to crumble and their will to fight to be utterly extinguished.

Han Feng’s gaze didn’t linger on the common Demon Beasts.

His [Spiritual Vision] pierced through the chaos of the battlefield and perceived a deeper threat.

As the gray mist poured in, dozens of blurry, transparent, humanoid silhouettes emerged from within it.

They ignored physical obstacles, passing directly through crowds and walls, drifting toward the areas of most intense mental fluctuations.

A Martial Artist deep in combat suddenly froze. His eyes turned vacant, and the weapon in his hand fell to the ground with a CLANG.

A Spirit Body had just passed through him.

Once infested by a Spirit Body, you were beyond even an Immortal’s help.

’These things... they’re the real trouble,’ Han Feng muttered to himself.

He hesitated no longer.

"Captain, I’ll be right back!"

Before the words were even out of his mouth, the Ghost Bat·Modified Wingsuit on his back snapped open.

Unlike anyone else’s, a faint silver light flowed across the surface of his Wingsuit.

It was Sword Essence!

VMMM!

With no running start, Han Feng pushed off the ground with the tip of his toes.

He rocketed vertically into the air, heading straight for the chaotic breach in the dome.

"Is he crazy?!" Zhou Qi couldn’t help but scream when he saw it.

’Everyone is desperately trying to hide, and this guy is actively charging into the thick of the Demon Beasts?’

However, in the next second, everyone’s eyes were riveted by an unbelievable sight.

He came to an abrupt halt in mid-air, his body instantly shifting half a meter to the side, defying all inertia and perfectly dodging the talons of a Blood Feather Crow.

[Body Technique·Reversal of Heaven and Earth]!

His body then began to spin at high speed, allowing him to bore right through the pincer attack of three Demon Beasts.

[Body Technique·Spiral Charge]!

Flesh and blood flew.