The formation shattered.
The aftermath of the self-detonation swept out in every direction.
The Void Fiends at the other outposts immediately sensed the disturbance.
"Retreat!"
Fu Moyan roared. After snatching up the crystal left behind by Antoine, he took the lead in fleeing into the distance.
There was no way to conceal a disturbance like this.
They did not need to think to know that the Void Fiends at the other outposts must be rushing over.
With their strength, if large numbers of Void Fiends surrounded them, their only possible fate was to be killed and sent back to the city.
Players could revive, of course.
But if everyone lost a level, this operation might end up costing them everything they had invested.
On the other hand.
If they escaped successfully.
Even if a few people had died in the aftermath of the self-detonation, they would still make a profit.
After all, a Late Divine Martial fiendstone.
Was enough to exchange for quite a few resources.
If they exchanged it for merit points, a Divine Martial First Level fiendstone and a Divine Martial Tenth Level fiendstone would yield the same amount.
But for players.
Fiendstones of different levels provided different amounts of experience.
For a Divine Martial First Level player.
A Divine Martial First Level fiendstone could fill roughly a tenth of their experience bar.
But a Divine Martial Tenth Level fiendstone could raise them by at least two or three levels.
Therefore.
Exchanging Divine Martial First Level fiendstones for merit points was worthwhile, but exchanging higher-level fiendstones within the same realm was a terrible deal.
Even if the crystal Antoine left behind after his self-detonation was not Divine Martial Tenth Level, it was at least seventh or eighth level.
The strongest of the players who had died was only