Chapter 1 Aired Grievances

As the morning light stretched the distance between the Illusory Forest and Shi Feng, many Star Ring experts breathed a sigh of relief, spared from a direct confrontation. However, a sense of frustration lingered in each of their hearts.

"Vice-Leader, are we really just leaving like this?" An indignant level 67 Assassin clad in black leather armor questioned. "Hei Yan might be strong, but this is our territory. With a single command, you could assemble three teams in under ten minutes. Surely, with the strength of four teams, we could take him down easily, right?"

Star Ring reigned supreme over the Ancient Undead Kingdom. Even the two super powers of the Dark Night Empire bowed their heads when dealing with them, let alone some Hei Yan.

Could Hei Yan possibly be stronger than the two super powers?

The top experts and monsters within those two super powers were beyond the imagination of ordinary guilds, yet Star Ring had defeated them time and again.

Moreover, if word of this got out, it wouldn't bode well for Star Ring's reputation.

"Take him down? You think I don't want to?" Chen Hui glared at the Assassin. "If he were just a Domain Realm expert, fine, but he killed that Sword Demon. Don't even mention four expert teams; ten wouldn't be enough! Do you understand? If he wanted to, none of us would escape."

"What's most infuriating is that Hei Yan was toying with us. If I disagreed, he would have attacked immediately, just to show me how foolish my choice was."

He understood that no matter what he chose, Shi Feng would ultimately undermine Star Ring's prestige in the Ancient Undead Kingdom. He preferred to minimize the damage. After all, those present were his trusted aides. Losing them would be a personal loss. Not only would he lose face, but he'd also be left with nothing but misfortune.

"He's that strong?" The level 67 Assassin was shocked.

It was common for Domain Realm monsters to defeat their hundred-man expert teams in the wild, but that was usually through guerilla warfare, gradually wearing them down.

If they were determined to escape and scattered, even a Domain Realm expert would struggle to stop them.

However, according to Vice-Leader Chen Hui, Shi Feng could prevent any of them from escaping. That was terrifying.

The teams operating in the Illusory Forest were usually led by top experts. Furthermore, Vice-Leader Chen Hui held the title of Sword of the Dead, a top-tier expert just a step away from mastering the Domain Realm. That's why he was one of War Soul's three pillars.

They were also Vice-Leader Chen Hui's personal guards, top-tier in any team. How could they not escape?

"Those monsters aren't as simple as you think. Why else would the super powers be so troubled by Domain Realm monsters? Especially in God's Domain, a virtual reality game that fully exploits their advantages, making them even harder to deal with." Chen Hui said bitterly, "But this won't be the end of it. We might be helpless against him, but we'll report this to the Guild Leader. He'll naturally send someone to deal with him!"

Domain Realm monsters were formidable, but these super powers had their own monsters. God's Domain already had methods to deal with monster players; it was just a matter of whether the super powers were willing to pay the price.

While Chen Hui was relaying the news of Shi Feng's presence in the Illusory Forest back to the guild, the members of the Purple Shadow Adventurer Team, still entangled with the Boss, were struggling to comprehend the situation and unsure what to do.

"Guild Leader, what do we do now?" Mu Qingcheng asked Shenqiu Mingdong.

The changes were too rapid. One moment they were nearly wiped out by Star Ring, and the next, Shi Feng was demanding the Boss and the treasure chest, and Star Ring was inexplicably turning tail and running.

"This…" Shenqiu Mingdong looked at Shi Feng, unsure what to do.

Fight or not?

Leave or stay?

Fighting was clearly out of the question; even Star Ring, stronger than them, had retreated, demonstrating Shi Feng's power. As for leaving, Shi Feng hadn't given them permission. If they left and displeased Shi Feng, he might casually wipe them and the Boss out, leaving them with nowhere to cry.

Suddenly, Shenqiu Mingdong felt his proud Purple Shadow Adventurer Team was insignificant.

Before such figures and super powers, they had no power of choice. Their rise and fall hinged on a single word…

He even questioned whether the Dark Night Empire they belonged to was truly an empire.

They were among the top ten adventurer teams in the Dark Night Empire, a truly elite team that major first-rate guilds courted and respected. Yet, before Star Ring and Shi Feng, they were powerless.

As Shenqiu Mingdong hesitated, his expression wavering, Shi Feng turned his gaze towards him.

"The people from Star Ring have left. You can have the Boss. However, I want to take one item from the Dark-Gold Treasure Chest. Do you have any objections?" Shi Feng asked.

He deeply understood Shenqiu Mingdong's predicament and helplessness, having experienced it himself in his past life.

Against powerful experts, Tier 4 classes could barely contend in the wild by relying on team strength. However, against Tier 5 classes, even Youying, who controlled ten cities and was essentially a regional lord, was helpless, forced to give up treasures or risk losing his life.

But now, he was no longer an ordinary expert but someone who could reach the pinnacle of God's Domain.

"Just one item? No, of course not." Shenqiu Mingdong was taken aback but quickly recovered, nodding repeatedly.

The members of the Purple Shadow Adventurer Team, seeing Shi Feng's lack of malice, breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Looting treasures and snatching bosses in the wild was normal, but this was the first time they felt so powerless. Many of the Purple Shadow Adventurer Team's experts looked at Shi Feng with gratitude and awe, with several of the female players even gazing at him with infatuation.

To make Star Ring retreat with a single word was simply too powerful. Moreover, he was the Guild Leader of a guild that controlled a kingdom. Every aspect of him was awe-inspiring.

After receiving Shi Feng's permission, Shenqiu Mingdong quickly defeated the Boss.

A level 69 High Lord was formidable, but not difficult to deal with in front of an expert team, especially after suppressing it with magic scrolls.

Shi Feng had no interest in the dropped items.

It was just a High Lord. Even in a place like the Ancient Undead Kingdom, the best equipment it could drop was level 65 Dark-Gold equipment, but the chances were extremely low. Generally, a level 65 Fine-Gold set piece was already considered good.

Such equipment was very attractive to many current expert players, but Shi Feng had no interest. He had a pile of level 70 Fine-Gold equipment; he didn't care about level 65 equipment. Only the Dark-Gold Treasure Chest piqued his interest.

However, the Boss's drops excited the Purple Shadow Adventurer Team for a long time. It dropped a level 65 Dark-Gold cloth armor helm and a level 65 Fine-Gold set piece, both top-tier equipment.

As the Boss was defeated, the magic barrier around the Dark-Gold Treasure Chest also disappeared.

Everyone's eyes were glued to the radiant Dark-Gold Treasure Chest, their mouths watering and hearts racing. They desperately wanted to rush forward, but under Shenqiu Mingdong's command, the Purple Shadow Adventurer Team cleared a path for Shi Feng to open the chest. No one objected; without Shi Feng, they wouldn't have gotten anything.

Even if Shi Feng took everything from the treasure chest, they wouldn't object.

"Thankfully, it's not a locked chest." Shi Feng sighed in relief as he approached the chest.

Dark-Gold Treasure Chests had a high probability of being locked, and unlocking them was troublesome, often requiring a Dark-Gold Treasure Chest Key. It was like the Sub-Legendary Treasure Chest he had obtained, which was a locked chest that required a Sub-Legendary Unlocking Key…

This had frustrated him for quite some time.

Shi Feng then spent twenty seconds opening the Dark-Gold Treasure Chest. As the chest opened, a dazzling, multi-colored light soared into the sky, illuminating an area with a radius of three or four hundred yards, while the soaring pillar of light was visible within a radius of six or seven thousand yards.