Chapter 1 The Roar Begins

Within ten minutes of Zero Wing winning the White River City Auction House, the news had spread to all the major super-guilds, astonishing them all.

Although White River City wasn't a vital NPC city, it was still among the first to open an auction house, something no super-guild could ignore. Especially since the four super-guilds had fought over it, only for Zero Wing, a guild not even considered a super-guild, to win. No matter how they looked at it, the news was unbelievable.

This led the super-guilds to speculate wildly, each suspecting that Zero Wing was either backed by a super-guild or a large consortium.

Regardless of their guesses, Zero Wing was marked as a high-priority target. After all, gaining control of an NPC city's auction house would undoubtedly lead to a significant economic boost, and the source of this income was incredibly stable, something other guilds couldn't compare to. Even if Zero Wing wasn't a super-guild backed by a large consortium, it was certainly getting close.

"Zero Wing succeeded?" Feng Qianyu was surprised as she looked at the report that had just arrived.

Before the auction competition started, she had offered to send some forces to help Zero Wing, but Shi Feng had declined. Later, she learned that the four super-guilds were all competing for White River City, which even she found troublesome. Yet, the news now was that Zero Wing had won a complete victory.

It all felt unreal.

She had watched Zero Wing develop. She couldn't understand when Zero Wing had become so strong. If the name wasn't the same, she would have suspected this Zero Wing wasn't the same one she knew, but another guild entirely.

"Sister Qianyu, the Grand Pavilion Master just sent a message saying that an elders' meeting will be held. He wants you to prepare, saying it's related to Zero Wing," Qing Huang said urgently as she walked over, very excited.

"I understand," Feng Qianyu said with a wry smile.

Originally, she had wanted to help Zero Wing, but now Zero Wing had ended up helping her.

Orc Empire, Crimson Fortress.

After a long period of development, Crimson Fortress was not inferior to a small NPC city in size. With NPC guards stationed there, it could be said to be one of the safest resting areas in the Orc Empire. It was also very close to the Orc King City. By using teleportation, players could quickly reach the Orc King City regional dungeon, making it very popular.

However, the atmosphere inside the Blackwater Residence office in Crimson Fortress was unusually oppressive, especially for Jing Yang, who was standing in the office, his forehead covered in sweat.

"Zero Wing really has a lot of experts," Xuanwu Chisha said with a faint smile after reading the report.

Xuanwu Chisha's voice was devoid of joy or sorrow, very calm, but the pressure it exerted was extremely terrifying. Even Nan Chen, who possessed the Domain and was standing behind Jing Yang, felt unsteady on his feet.

"Vice Guild Leader, Zero Wing's strength is far beyond our expectations. Should we continue to put pressure on Zero Wing?" An elderly man in blue robes, whose aura was even more powerful than Nan Chen's, asked.

The number of peak experts in Zero Wing was enough to rival ordinary super-guilds. It was very difficult for a super-guild to suppress such a guild in the wild by using peak experts.

This was because such a guild had the power to encircle and capture peak experts. If the peak experts sent out were caught, the consequences would be severe. After all, every peak expert was important to a super-guild, unlike free players who had nothing to lose.

Moreover, with the power that Shi Feng had displayed, he probably didn't need the guild to put in the effort of a large-scale encirclement. Shi Feng alone would be enough.

Otherwise, they could only use all the peak forces of the super-guild to engage in a long-term guild war of attrition. However, this was not beneficial to anyone. It would not only stagnate the guild's development but also allow other super-guilds to surpass them. They would not use this method unless absolutely necessary or with an absolute advantage.

This was why the competition between super-guilds was limited to contests between top experts, and they would not easily use peak experts. After all, peak experts were the key to obtaining powerful items and could not be easily lost.

Besides using experts, the only other way to compete between guilds was to use economic power. However, Zero Wing had already obtained White River City, so it would be difficult to shake them economically.

"Of course, we must continue," Xuanwu Chisha glanced at the blue-robed elder. "Zero Wing won White River City, but this is just the beginning of a tragedy. You should know that Star Ring obtained three NPC cities in this auction competition, including Dark Night Empire. This greatly increased Star Ring's strength. With the support of the Starlight Financial Group, Star Ring is getting stronger and stronger. Although Star Ring did not get White River City this time, it will not let Zero Wing off so easily. After all, Zero Wing just obtained White River City, and its economy has not yet taken off."

"Yes, I will arrange it immediately," the blue-robed elder said respectfully before leaving.

As the blue-robed elder left with Jing Yang and the others, Xuanwu Chisha, alone in the silent president's office, watched the battle video of the White River City auction competition, a hint of a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Black Flame?" Xuanwu Chisha narrowed his eyes as he watched Shi Feng kill the Sword Demon, a playful smile appearing on his face. "How interesting. To be able to develop a guild from scratch to its current scale, it seems you have hidden many secrets. But making a guild a behemoth in God's Domain is not so easy. Let me see how far you can grow."

Meanwhile, in White River City of Star-Moon Kingdom, the entire city was celebrating. The members of Zero Wing Guild were celebrating on the streets as if it were New Year's.

Zero Wing had obtained the White River City Auction House, which meant that from now on, Zero Wing had secured its position as the overlord of Star-Moon Kingdom. If any force in Star-Moon Kingdom dared to cause trouble, it would definitely be a dead end.

Although Zero Wing only had control of the White River City Auction House, White River City was now the largest city in Star-Moon Kingdom. Many merchants, players, and lifestyle players had gathered here, and a large number of goods were traded here every day. Any force in Star-Moon Kingdom that wanted to develop could not avoid the White River City Auction House.

The consequences were unimaginable if they were banned from entering and exiting the White River City Auction House.

Because of this, after Zero Wing obtained the White River City Auction House, the major forces in Star-Moon Kingdom immediately issued orders, forbidding anyone from provoking Zero Wing Guild. Anyone who dared to do so would be directly kicked out of the force and left to fend for themselves, and no other force in Star-Moon Kingdom would accept them.

As for the dark players in Star-Moon Kingdom, they also began to have awe for Zero Wing Guild.

In the past, they could be unscrupulous, but as time went on, the impact of the goods in White River City on players became greater and greater. In addition, if they wanted to sell their items for a good price, the White River City Auction House was the most suitable place. If they were blacklisted by Zero Wing, they would be completely cut off from the White River City Auction House.

At the same time, due to Zero Wing's increased status and influence in Star-Moon Kingdom, there were more players than ever willing to join Zero Wing Guild.

In the past, Zero Wing's position as the overlord in Star-Moon Kingdom might have been shaken, but now there was not even a trace of such a possibility. The situation was very clear. In addition to Zero Wing's amazing performance in the auction competition, both players who wanted to find a backer and experts who wanted to improve their strength wanted to join Zero Wing Guild.

In just less than an hour, the number of players who signed up to join Zero Wing Guild exceeded 200,000, including many experts who could pass the fourth floor of the Trial Tower, and even some Half-step Refinement Realm experts joined, which surprised Bai Qingxue and Water Rose.

In the past, Half-step Refinement Realm experts were at least first-rate in large guilds. Even first-rate guilds would think about offering high prices to recruit them and directly become core members. But now, they were all willing to start as ordinary members of Zero Wing, which was simply incredible.

However, Shi Feng was not surprised by this. After all, Zero Wing was only one step away from becoming a super-guild, and it was normal for Half-step Refinement Realm experts to come and join. Moreover, their last step was different from other guilds.

Other guilds lacked top and peak experts, while Zero Wing lacked only scale.

Compared to cultivating top and peak experts, it was much easier to increase the scale of the guild.

Of course, Zero Wing Guild's real top and peak experts were almost non-existent. They were all supported by weapons, equipment, and powerful skills and magic. But with the Lost Town and many combat techniques for cultivating experts, they were not much worse than real super-guilds in terms of cultivating experts. Moreover, as the training facilities in the headquarters became more and more complete, Zero Wing would sooner or later be stronger than those super-guilds in terms of cultivating experts.

While Bai Qingxue and Water Rose were arranging and organizing the newly joined members, Shi Feng also came to the White River City Hall.

In his previous life, after the major forces obtained the NPC city auction houses, they only regarded the auction house as a tool to rule the city and an important source of income, but they did not know the real value after obtaining the NPC auction house.

This value was not discovered until a full year after the auction competition was opened, which made the major forces regret it. Otherwise, their development could have been even better.

That was that the NPC city auction house could be connected to the player-built auction house. The steps were very cumbersome and the requirements were very high, but compared to the gains, these were not worth mentioning.

After Shi Feng waited for a while in the city hall, a level 150 Tier 3 senior deacon came over.

"Respected Earl, you have waited for a long time. The chief administrator is in the study. Please follow me," the senior deacon said to Shi Feng respectfully.

"Okay," Shi Feng nodded and followed the senior deacon to the stairs leading to the top floor.