Powerful Force Field

Boom!

The Obsidian King's left hand clenched tightly into a fist, black-bright flames blazing fiercely and radiating astonishing heat. He stared fixedly at Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng's retreating backs, hatred surging within him. The Gemstone Islands are no place for violence. Once we're outside the Gemstone Islands, I'll make you beg for life and beg for death.

The strongest Half-Step Kings were awe-inspiring presences wherever they went, fewer in number even than Life and Death Realm Kings. As a veteran among the strongest Half-Step Kings, the Obsidian King inspired immense wariness even in experts of the same rank. After all, the longer one lived, the more seasoned and cunning one became—something newcomers lacked.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng had taken the Shadow Armor right before the Obsidian King's eyes. This was undoubtedly a challenge to the Obsidian King's bottom line. Heaven knew how important the Shadow Armor was to him. A strongest Half-Step King paired with a Pseudo-Top Grade Defensive Treasure possessed defenses that were virtually invincible below the Life and Death Realm. Its significance was immense.

After the Obsidian King departed as well, the crowd began murmuring among themselves.

"Thoroughly offending one of the strongest Half-Step Kings is far too unwise. When the time comes, I'm afraid they won't just fail to keep the Shadow Armor—they'll suffer calamity themselves."

"The Shadow Armor is no ordinary thing. Perhaps once it is equipped, she might escape with her life from the Obsidian King's hands." The speaker was a young man. He felt it would be far too tragic for a peerless beauty like Murong Qingcheng to die at the Obsidian King's hands, and muttered softly.

A burly man beside him turned his head to look at him. "You haven't been on the Gemstone Islands long, have you? If you had,