16: The top spot has changed hands! Who is that anonymous figure?

On the Hero Altar, the cold countdown silently reached zero.

[Revival Time: 0]

Lin Feng's consciousness, like a rekindled spark, suddenly exploded in the endless darkness, instantly regaining his perception of the world.

He was back!

Almost simultaneously, the two thoroughly enraged Flame Dragonss, with roars of destruction, launched a suicidal dive towards the core of the fortress.

It was at this moment.

They trespassed into the forbidden zone shrouded by death.

The two ultimate Anti-Air Matrices, which had been silent, finally awakened.

[Triple-barreled - Frost Rocket Silo]!

[Triple Rapid-fire Rocket Silo]!

Buzz—!

Above the two matrices, six deadly lights illuminated simultaneously!

One was the icy blue that froze souls!

One was the fiery red that incinerated all things!

They were like the eyes of hell opening, locking onto the colossal figures in the sky.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three rockets trailing frosty wakes, and three rockets burning with flames, intertwined in a strange spiral trajectory, soaring defiantly into the sky!

They tore through the night sky, exploding with a boom on the bodies of the two great dragons!

-150!

-150!

-150!

The bone-chilling cold instantly burst forth, congealing a thick layer of frost on the dragons' burning wings, causing their diving speed to abruptly stall.

Immediately after, the rapid-fire rocket silo's violent firepower unleashed tons of damage!

The dragons let out painful wails.

But the flames of vengeance in their eyes were thoroughly ignited, locking onto the Anti-Air Matrices below.

Lin Feng's gaze was as cold as iron.

He would never give them a second chance.

"Transform into a Hero."

With that thought, the figure of the axe-wielding Barbarian once again appeared on the battlefield.

He carried an immense killing aura, as if resurrected from death.

"Roar!"

Lin Feng did not hesitate, letting out an earth-shattering battle roar, actively charging out of the city wall, exposing himself to the dragons' sight.

That small yet provocative figure successfully drew the dragons' final wrath.

They abandoned attacking the defensive towers and instead opened their massive mouths, two destructive dragon breaths, crossing as they spewed towards Lin Feng!

The corner of Lin Feng's mouth curved into a cold arc.

This was the effect he wanted.

In these short two seconds, while he used his body to attract firepower.

Above the sky, another six deadly rockets whistled in!

This time, they accurately entered the dragons' gaping, defenseless mouths, which were stretched open by their dragon breath!

Boom!

The explosion's firelight did not occur on their surface, but within their bodies, bursting forth with a roar!

The two arrogant Flame Dragonss' massive bodies stiffened abruptly in mid-air.

The lava-like glow in their eyes rapidly dimmed.

Finally, with a belly full of unwillingness and frustration, like two fallen mountains, they crashed heavily from the sky, raising a sky full of dust in front of the fortress.

[Congratulations on completing the Elite Challenge! Defense Rating: Excellent!]

[You have received: Gold x4000, heavy oil x1000, Leaderboard Points x50!]

The rating was only Excellent.

Lin Feng understood that a Hero's death was ultimately a deduction.

But that was no longer important.

What was important was that he had survived and obtained generous rewards that would make anyone envious.

He opened the leaderboard.

His ID had quietly climbed into the top twenty.

His gaze, however, skipped his own ranking and landed on the names at the very top.

Second place: [Dragon Aotian].

Third place: [Phoenix Empress].

The first-place position, however, was an anonymous ID, with 15 points more than Dragon Aotian in second place.

Lin Feng's pupils slightly contracted.

Were there not only two SSS-tier talents in this zone?

Who was this anonymous first place?

At the same time, the deathly silent regional channel exploded into a frenzy because of this strange ranking.

"Wait a minute! Am I seeing things? Boss Dragon Aotian dropped to second place?"

"Who is first? Anonymous? What the hell? Does our zone have a third SSS-tier talent? I flipped through the leaderboard from beginning to end on the first day, and there were only two!"

"Holy crap, this person has 15 points more than Boss Dragon Aotian, how did he do it? Could it be a hidden SSR-tier talent?"

Just as everyone was discussing, a player with an SS-tier badge avatar asked in a trembling voice, as if having narrowly escaped death.

"Has... has any boss challenged the elite wave yet? Isn't the difficulty of the final wave a bit abnormal?"

Another immediately echoed.

"Don't ask, just assume we're not worthy! The normal wave almost took me out, elite? Can't even imagine!"

Just then.

That gleaming SSS-tier badge once again suppressed all other noise.

[Dragon Aotian] simply, and indifferently, dropped a replay video into the channel.

The video opened.

In the screen, there were also five Flame Dragonss, blotting out the sky.

Immediately after, a larger Flame Dragons, covered in dark-gold scales, soared from Dragon Aotian's fortress, letting out a dragon's roar that shook the heavens.

It opened its massive mouth, and a golden dragon flame, thicker and more concentrated than the monster's dragon breath, swept across the entire field!

The five Flame Dragonss were instantly reduced to critical health.

However, their counterattack was equally deadly; five dragon breaths focused fire, instantly knocking the majestic dark-gold dragon from the sky!

Just as everyone thought the challenge had failed, the dark-gold dragon's corpse burst into fierce flames, actually reviving on the spot within the fire!

Finally, after reviving once, another golden dragon flame still took out those five dragons.

The video ended.

Dragon Aotian's voice, filled with absolute arrogance, slowly rang out.

"My path cannot be replicated by mortals."

The entire channel fell into a deathly silence.

Those S-tier talent holders who had luckily survived now felt a wave of lingering fear, cold sweat instantly soaking their backs.

They only now realized how close they had just been to death.

If they had initiated the elite challenge, facing such a doomsday-like scenario, they would have had no chance of survival.

Lin Feng also silently closed the video, secretly letting out a sigh of relief.

Dragon Aotian's strength lay in his ability to summon dragons with his SSS-tier talent, thereby gaining unparalleled frontal combat power.

As for himself, he relied on the wild imagination of forbidden synthesis, on the almost impossible "Goblin Rocket Soldier," to carve out a path to survival from the Grim Reaper's scythe.

This gamble paid off.

Just as everyone was still immersed in the complex emotions of having survived a disaster.

That grand, cold system prompt once again resounded throughout the world.

[Congratulations, survivors, on successfully repelling the fourth monster wave.]

[New rules are about to take effect.]

That cold voice, like a death knell ringing in everyone's ears, made their recently settled hearts leap back into their throats.

[From now on, a [Blood Moon Monster Tide] will descend every seven days.]

[During the Blood Moon, monster strength will be greatly increased, and [Lord-tier BOSSes] with special abilities will appear.]

[Time until the first Blood Moon Monster Tide:—]

[Three days.]

[Good luck, everyone.]