The terrifying mana fluctuations unleashed by the NPC knights' swinging blades left Shi Feng no room for carelessness. He immediately drew his twin swords to meet them.
It would have been one thing if he were facing newly promoted Tier 3 NPCs or Tier 3 NPCs below Level 100. But against Tier 3 NPCs who had unlocked their Mana Bodies, even a single mistake could get him killed.
In God's Domain, the greatest difference between Tier 2 and Tier 3 was the Mana Body.
Having a Mana Body and not having one were entirely different concepts. Likewise, unlocking a Mana Body and failing to unlock one were two entirely different matters.
The gap between them was like that between ordinary players and Subtle Realm experts—if anything, even greater.
That was why some Tier 3 NPCs in kingdom and empire cities could become governors, while others could only serve as team leaders in towns, and some could only stand guard at the gates of royal palaces. The difference lay in whether they had unlocked their Mana Bodies.
Every Tier 3 NPC capable of unlocking a Mana Body was an elite among their peers. They could no longer be treated as ordinary NPCs and could be considered experts among NPCs.
Such Tier 3 NPC experts could crush other Tier 3 NPCs as easily as expert players crushed ordinary players...
The three NPC knights instantly slashed at Shi Feng from three different directions.
Their movements were perfectly synchronized, as if they had been partners for over a decade. Two assisted while one attacked Shi Feng's blind spot. The force of the attack could easily send a Great Lord of the same level flying, and killing a Tier 3 player would be effortless.
However, to Shi Feng, who had already grasped the Domain Realm,