On the rooftop, as the statue completely shattered, the Temple Knight stepped out from within and approached Shi Feng one step at a time.
The pressure Shi Feng felt steadily increased.
If he had not known for certain that the trials within the temple would not take a player's life, he probably would have used Absolute Domain to defend himself by now.
"Challenger, you have two choices. The first is to evade all of my attacks. The second is to surpass me in combat standards. The time limit is three hours. You have three minutes to consider. If you fail to make a choice within three minutes, you will automatically be teleported out of this place," the Temple Knight said mechanically as he looked at Shi Feng.
"Evade all attacks or surpass you in combat standards?" Shi Feng could not help looking at the Temple Knight before him. "I choose the second!"
The Temple Knight was a Tier 4 Sword Emperor.
Even if his level were suppressed to match Shi Feng's, his attacks would still be no joke. Not to mention that Shi Feng was currently in a weakened state, making it even harder for him to evade a Tier 4 Sword Emperor's attacks.
His only chance of winning was to gamble on the Temple Knight's combat standards.
Ordinary NPCs who reached Tier 3 already possessed combat standards no weaker than those of ordinary expert players. The more powerful ones could even reach the Micro Realm. Combined with the fact that NPCs naturally possessed superior attributes to players, Tier 3 NPCs were far more powerful than Tier 3 players.
As for those who reached Tier 4, their combat standards were even higher. At the very least, they would have reached the Micro Realm, while exceptional ones could reach the Vacuum