Chapter 431 - 178: Annihilating a Fleet with a Wave, a Supreme NPC? Come, Let Me See Your...

This terrified the emperor. He knew that Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses like them would be instantly killed if they left the Boundary Wall of their special region. Inside the Boundary Wall, however, they were safe from harm. But he never expected that after the Boundary Wall was shattered by silent, invisible attacks, even NPCs near it could be instantly killed.

At this moment, the sudden loss of contact with the Ninth World left the emperor both shocked and terrified. He had never imagined that upon approaching the shores of Great Xia, they wouldn’t be the ones instantly crushing the weak human players. Instead, they were the ones being suppressed and slaughtered. With all these unexpected circumstances piling up, this ancient NPC emperor couldn’t afford to think about it anymore. He was about to take his direct subordinates and retreat at once...

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Unfortunately, he soon discovered that while getting here had been easy, there was no going back.

The moment he decided to retreat, large sections of the Boundary Wall shattered. Immediately, the frequency and intensity of the attacks rushing into the waves increased. The silent, invisible attacks completely cut off their escape route.

There was no visible sign of the attacks ahead. However, as holes appeared in the seawater one after another only to be quickly refilled, he and his subordinates determined that they could not retreat recklessly. Otherwise, they would most likely be vaporized by the random, chaotic attacks.

"Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"How can human players be this powerful?!"

"What in the world happened in the Great Xia Kingdom?"

Unable to retreat quickly and daring not to move recklessly, the ancient emperor stood frozen, his gaze turning toward the distant Ye City.

In the minds of all NPCs, human players were incapable of resisting them. If not for the need to use the special region to hide their tracks and prevent being devoured by their "own kind," and if not for having to follow the arrangements of the "rules" while waiting for a version update, these Intelligent NPCs who had inherited their existence from the game would have captured all the human players long ago.

At this moment, he never would have imagined that the human players, whom he considered weaklings, could actually suppress and overwhelm him. He was a renowned Super Giant in the immense special region of the Pacific Ocean, after all.

SWISH!

SWISH!

SWISH!

As the ancient emperor reeled in shock, the massive waves he and his men had commanded to the east of Ye City were being rapidly annihilated. The NPCs who had followed him, hoping for some easy pickings in Great Xia, had also suffered heavy casualties. Brother Kaipan and those with the [Heroic Mark] were utterly routed without even catching a glimpse of their enemy.

He had even lost all access to what he considered his greatest opportunity, the [Ninth World]. One can only imagine the ancient emperor’s mood at this moment.

Unfortunately for him, the things he had to worry about weren’t over yet. He watched the towering waves get plowed through by one silent attack after another until nearly ninety percent of the subordinates he’d brought with him had died. Then, enormous vines shot out from the distant city. Like so many Giant Dragons, they pierced through the broken Boundary Wall and came wrapping around him and his remaining subordinates...

Seeing the countless vines coming straight for him, a shocking speculation surfaced in the ancient emperor’s mind.

They want to capture me? Was I left alive on purpose? I didn’t just get lucky and dodge the attacks?

But alas, before he could think any further, the countless vines, with him as their primary target, bound him tightly.

WHOOSH!

Seeing this, the ancient emperor NPC waved his arms, and in an instant, invisible blades of energy swirled around him. The vines binding him were instantly shredded to dust.

In the game this ancient emperor NPC came from, his backstory described him as a powerful emperor who commanded a territory tens of thousands of square kilometers in size. Moreover, his own power was at the pinnacle of his world. As one of the first NPCs to inherit a place in the real world, he had even devoured several of his own kind to increase his power. Although his power level couldn’t compare to those who had reached their complete form, he was still a Giant within the massive special region of the Pacific Ocean. His own Combat Power was enough to suppress an entire nation.

PUFF! PUFF! PUFF!

As the ancient emperor made his move, invisible blades of energy filled the air, shredding countless vines into debris.

"A little interesting! A rare first failure for the Vine Tower!"

In the distance, Shen Fei was controlling his Defense Towers, unleashing a rapid, endless barrage of Cluster Attacks. He had intentionally left the area around the leader clear, planning to capture and interrogate him. Shen Fei had never expected that he would actually see an NPC who could so easily shatter his Vine Tower.

This was truly the first time he had seen someone with this kind of strength. Although he hadn’t activated his "Ten Thousand Linked Bonds" skill, the power of a single one of his Defense Towers was still hundreds of times greater than before, thanks to his increased level and Combat Power, the bonus from his Tower Master equipment, and the Aura buffs from his other towers. And yet, he had just watched a Vine Tower with that much power be thwarted.

"A little interesting!"

Faced with the thwarted Vine Tower, Shen Fei wasn’t worried in the slightest. The number of Defense Towers he could control had already reached 500. At this moment, he truly feared no one. He felt that right now on Blue Star, even if you included all the mysterious, hidden, and unknown NPCs and Super Bosses, no one could withstand his attacks.

On the contrary, he might have to hold back with his 500 Defense Towers in the real world to prevent causing immense destruction.