After entering the Station, Bai Cheng, the three others, and the employees arrived at an extremely flat and spacious plaza.

The ground was made of nearly flat stone, and as far as the eye could see, the surroundings were peaks towering in a dense cluster.

"This is the Peak of the Mountains? We're on a mountaintop right now." Yu Nian observed the surroundings curiously.

However, the current situation was clearly not suitable for observing the surrounding scenery.

This was because right before them, at the center of the Altar, a Man in Black was slowly standing with his back to them, silent, deathly still, and radiating a hint of eeriness.

Everyone knew that guy was the BOSS here, and even Bai Cheng hadn't paid him much mind, considering they had nine Guardian Level members.

But the aura he emitted was strangely odd, an aura that none of the Guardian Level members present had ever felt before.

Bai Cheng had a faint feeling that the person before them might not be Guardian Level.

Furthermore, this Altar was also full of strangeness; the surroundings were very flat, and there wasn't a single Stone Tablet used to introduce the BOSS's information.

"He doesn't seem to have noticed us?" Leng Ningxue whispered.

The figure remained with his back to them, motionless, like a statue.

Bai Cheng frowned and immediately said, "Let's not waste time. We'll finish this quickly."

The system's prompt was still fresh in her mind, and she worried that some unexpected change might occur.

Everyone nodded. Lvdou, who possessed long-range capabilities, stepped forward first, immediately drawing her bow and firing an extremely fast green arrow intended to pierce the opponent.

But in the blink of an eye, the opponent suddenly turned around. The arrow seemed to be affected by something, twisting sideways and passing right by him.

During this process, everyone could clearly see and sense that the figure had done absolutely nothing, yet had strangely blocked the attack.

Without waiting for Bai Cheng to give the command, the employees dispersed, each releasing their aura, forming a circle to surround the Man in Black.

A golden Fate Weapon Wind Blade quietly condensed on Yu Nian's fingertip, while Frost Patterns spread out beneath Leng Ningxue's feet.

But just as everyone was preparing to launch their attack, in the next instant, the Man in Black vanished without warning, moving at an even faster speed.

"Above!" Bai Cheng's pupils contracted sharply. She looked up abruptly. The Man in Black was suspended ten meters in the air like a phantom, his black robe fluttering without wind, and a Pale Mask slowly turned toward the group.

The originally calm plaza was suddenly enveloped by some Invisible Force Field, and the air became thick like a swamp.

Immediately afterward, a burst of Black Mist began to spread from within him, rapidly extending outward.

"This is fundamentally not the power of the Guardian Level..." Bai Cheng frowned tightly.

"It's a Domain, Miss. This guy is King Rank!" Purple Iris immediately explained.

Being only a step away from the King Rank, she naturally understood the subsequent rules of power: Guardian Level could use their own power to suppress the surrounding environment.

Upon reaching King Rank, one would directly form an Absolute Domain that is entirely advantageous to oneself and can greatly weaken the enemy's strength.

With the augmentation of Domain Power, a King Rank possesses an almost crushing advantage when facing Guardian Level members, a level where victory cannot be achieved by relying on numbers alone.

Only at this moment did Bai Cheng realize why the system had given the prompt.

She hadn't expected the BOSS of this Advancement Platform to actually be King Rank!

No, something seemed off.

Bai Cheng narrowed her eyes and noticed that the opponent's Domain seemed incomplete; the released Black Mist was not spreading across the entire area at extreme speed.

What surprised Bai Cheng even more was that the Hellfire released by Chi Yan alone was able to suppress the Black Mist to a certain extent.

"Pseudo-King Rank?" Leng Ningxue looked at Bai Cheng and voiced her speculation.

The latter nodded, simultaneously letting out a sigh of relief.

"It seems we can still handle this."

Following this, Bai Cheng held 【Fate】 and fired four consecutive shots, then summoned her Scythe and was the first to attack the opponent.

Lan Xiaoyu and Chi Yan followed closely. Leng Ningxue and Yu Nian immediately went all out. Azure Bird flew up ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) to the sky for close-range harassment, and Lvdou simultaneously began charging power.

For a moment, seven Guardian Level members launched a full-power assault on the opponent simultaneously.

The moment they approached the Black Mist, their own strength was weakened, but immediately afterward, their Elemental Power began to boil, compensating for the difference to some extent through mutual counteraction.

Huang Yu was providing Support not far away. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

At the same time, his ability was remarkably similar to Chi Yan's all-burning Hellfire, also capable of suppressing the elements surrounding the enemy.

Meanwhile, a Bloody Slender Sword appeared in the Man in Black's hand. The hilt, fitted with spikes, pierced straight through his palm and began recklessly absorbing his blood.

Then, he moved.

His speed was so fast that he became an afterimage. First, he deftly dodged the incoming long-range attacks, then took Azure Bird's attack head-on, followed by striking Lan Xiaoyu back with a single sword slash, and finally, a vertical chop forced Chi Yan, who had nowhere to evade in mid-air, to retreat.

The ability to fly gave him a huge advantage, and he was also very clear that Bai Cheng was the core of the group.

Therefore, after clearing the obstacles and evading all remote attacks, he swung his blade with full force toward Bai Cheng.

But he underestimated the power of a charged strike, and even less did he expect Bai Cheng, who was only at the Initial Guardian stage, could block his attack.

Bai Cheng used the force to retreat, and by then, the opponent had lost the opportunity to pursue.

In a short moment, the rotating attacks from the other employees struck again.

The Man in Black continuously parried, but he had no time to notice that one of the two people who had remained standing on the ground, motionless, had disappeared.

After blocking Chi Yan's full-power strike, just as he was about to seize the opportunity to first eliminate the enemy who posed the greatest threat to him, a fierce Purple Sword Light instantly descended from the sky.

Swish!

A rift was also cut into the Black Mist surrounding him, and its speed was so fast that the Man in Black didn't even have time to react.

A wound deep enough to show bone appeared straight down from his face to his body, though it failed to cut him completely in half as intended.

The Man in Black looked astonished, frozen in place.

In a flash of lightning, Purple Iris turned into a streak of light again, stabbing straight toward his heart. The sword tip pierced the black robe, causing a stream of foul, black blood to splatter onto the ground.

Huang Yu's Support ability could inherently force a person up to their highest possible rank.

And Purple Iris was already at the Peak Guardian Level. Although the Support ability couldn't forcefully push her own strength to the King Rank.

However, Purple Iris's strength at this moment had clearly reached a level below King Rank, making her an invincible existence among the Guardian Level.

This was the fundamental reason why the opponent failed to react immediately, as he wasn't a true King Rank after all.

The Man in Black finally spoke, his voice sounding like sandpaper rubbing: "Mere... sacrifices."

He raised his hand and pressed down virtually. The entire mountain peak suddenly trembled violently, and the edges of the Altar began to collapse into an Abyss.

"...Interesting." Amidst the Man in Black's hoarse laughter, the entire Domain began to spread outward and gradually coalesce.

The original Semi-finished Domain was now starting to approach completion!