This… is Shadow!

That music, at its fastest, requires eighteen kowtows per second.

This frequency can only be described as…

Even if the opponent's Agility was as high as Qin Feng's, it would be impossible.

But, since the goal is to kowtow in sync with the rhythm, if one person can't keep up, what if many people cooperate?

As long as the kowtowing rhythm hits the beats correctly, it still counts as a success!

Originally, the members of the KEY Guild felt that kowtowing was a bit inappropriate.

But after being inspired by the spirit of the youth, Totsuka, they all decided to join in!

Immediately after…

Evil Sound Old Ghost threw out his pitch-black cubic music box and began playing that 'ghost wailing' song on loop.

With that female voice constantly wailing, the surrounding skeleton monsters didn't dare approach, keeping their distance. In front of Evil Sound Old Ghost, only the sixty-person team from the KEY Guild began their training.

Although the kowtowing speed could keep up now that there were more people…

…except for Totsuka, no one else could hear any sense of rhythm in this 'song' at all.

Thus, they still needed to practice coordinating for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Qin Feng naturally didn't bother watching any longer.

"It seems that continuing to observe won't yield any more useful information…"

"I can only test him first, and then use force to make him submit."

Qin Feng thought to himself as he slowly stood up.

Ghost Spirit also stood up with him, clutching the Underworld Chain Blade: "Teacher, have you figured out what conditions are needed to take this NPC away?"

Qin Feng shook his head: "No."

Seeing this, Ghost Spirit's expression turned solemn: "Alright, then should I handle clearing out the others on the scene?"

In her view, since Qin Feng hadn't thought of a way other than kowtowing…

…then to subdue that NPC, wouldn't he have to kowtow?

Under these circumstances…

…the scene of Teacher kowtowing must absolutely not be seen by anyone!

"With Teacher's attributes, even if he can't hear the song's rhythm, he can memorize Totsuka's kowtowing rhythm."

"Kowtowing according to the rhythm will fulfill the condition!"

"With Teacher's speed, he can definitely do eighteen kowtows per second!"

"It's a pity. If only my speed were fast enough, I could go in Teacher's place…"

Ghost Spirit thought regretfully.

If Qin Feng knew what she was thinking, he would certainly be speechless.

This girl…

…seems to be a bit of a blockhead!

"You don't need to take action."

Qin Feng stopped Ghost Spirit: "I'll handle this side myself. You're responsible for going to the entrance of the Buried Bone Trench. If any other members of the KEY Guild come to provide support, stop them all."

Hearing this, Ghost Spirit stood up straight and answered solemnly: "Yes, Teacher! I guarantee not even a single fly will get in!"

"Osirio, go with her."

Qin Feng let Ghost Spirit stay on Osirio's back.

This girl couldn't fly yet, so having Osirio support her would give her a better field of vision.

Thus, the two split up.

Osirio carried Ghost Spirit, flying invisibly towards the top of the valley entrance several hundred meters away.

After reaching their destination, the Bone Dragon and Ghost Spirit both looked back toward Qin Feng…

Although the distance was great, with Ghost Spirit and Osirio's vision levels, they could still clearly see the situation on Qin Feng's side…

Meanwhile, Qin Feng made some slight preparations.

He consumed magic potions!

——

[Damage to NPCs increased by 5%!]

[Damage to males increased by 5%!]

[Damage to females increased by 5%!]

[Damage to targets with Mana increased by 5%!]

[Damage to targets 10 levels or more higher than oneself increased by 5%!]

——

After downing five magic potions…

…Qin Feng felt that his damage against that old fellow had instantly increased significantly!

As for why he took the potion for increased damage to females…

Don't ask.

If you must know, it's because Qin Feng didn't dare assume that old fellow's gender.

With preparations complete, Qin Feng acted immediately!

Swish!

Right there at the scene in the Buried Bone Trench.

The sixty-person team from the KEY Guild was in the midst of listening to the 'eerie music' and practicing their kowtowing rhythm.

Suddenly, an invisible Shadow Blade appeared from an unknown corner, piercing through the head of a beautiful priestess without any warning!

Then…

Puff! Puff! Puff!

That Shadow Blade ricocheted toward the other surrounding players at an extremely high speed.

Each ricochet accurately claimed the life of a KEY Guild player!

Streaks of white light instantly flashed across the field!

"Hmm?"

The Shadow Blade was too fast; none of the players on the field could react in time.

But…

…that NPC, Evil Sound Old Ghost, possessed the strength to react!

The moment the first beautiful priestess's head was pierced, Evil Sound Old Ghost realized there was a sneak attack. Then, as the Shadow Blade began to ricochet, Evil Sound Old Ghost directly unleashed a skill!

As an NPC, if Qin Feng hadn't violated the 'taboos' he set, then he couldn't take action against Qin Feng; this was an ironclad rule.

Obviously, this old man's taboo couldn't possibly be someone killing other players in front of him…

Why would these NPCs care if players killed each other?

However, while Evil Sound Old Ghost couldn't attack Qin Feng, he could protect the surrounding players!

"Golden Divine Melody!"

As Evil Sound Old Ghost raised his hand, his pitch-black music box instantly changed its tune.

Heavy metallic clanging sounds rippled outward in all directions like waves. Boom, boom, boom!

Those sound waves actually condensed into tangible golden ripples, protecting all the KEY Guild players they touched along the way.

Coating each of them in a glittering golden shield!

Clang, clang, clang!

When the Shadow Blade ricocheted onto those golden shields, the word 'Invalid' appeared over all of them.

Clearly…

…they were protected by some kind of invincibility ability, which even completely blocked Upper Affixes.

Otherwise, even without damage, every one of Qin Feng's attacks carried over 100 points of Instant Death Affix, which could still instantly kill most of the current players…

"Is this… some kind of rule-based protection?"

Qin Feng observed the situation from the shadows.

A certain rule-based method used by Evil Sound Old Ghost had protected the remaining 47 KEY Guild players!

Evil Sound Old Ghost's reaction was fast.

But in the end, 13 players still died at Qin Feng's hands.

Immediately after, all the players on the field were enveloped in golden shields, looking around incessantly in a state of shock.

Naturally, they couldn't find where Qin Feng was.

Not to mention them…

…even the NPC, Evil Sound Old Ghost, could not sense Qin Feng's position!

"Shadow… it's Shadow!"

"Baka! Where is Shadow?"

"I don't know! I was killed by a 'Shadow Blade.' Not only did it instantly fill my instant death gauge to 100%, but I also took 240 million damage…"

The beautiful priestess 'Haruko' who was killed first spoke in the guild channel after resurrecting.

And her words caused all the guild players to instantly gasp in shock.

240 million damage!!

This… is Shadow?!