Chapter 1 The Lakeside City of the Black Dragon Empire

Due to the teleportation passage leading to the Ice Crystal World, Lakeside City had become one of the most bustling cities in the Black Dragon Empire. A large number of players flocked there every day, eager to enter the Ice Crystal World to obtain its unique resources. Moreover, the leveling speed in the Ice Crystal World was much faster than outside, attracting not only the major guilds but also the members of various adventure teams.

In an upscale restaurant not far from the teleportation square, Nine Dragons Emperor sat quietly by the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the massive teleportation gate in the square. A hint of a smile crept onto his lips. At that moment, a tall and sturdy man strode over. This man was none other than Dragon Blood, the branch president of the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion in the Black Dragon Empire.

"Pavilion Master, good news! I've already reached an agreement with the Miracle Guild. We only need to provide information on the Zero Wing members in Lakeside City, and Miracle will take care of the rest. When that happens, everything Zero Wing owns in the Black Dragon Empire will be ours." Dragon Blood respectfully reported as he approached Nine Dragons Emperor.

"The Miracle Guild is certainly acting swiftly!" Nine Dragons Emperor exclaimed with a smile. "I said long ago that the Miracle Guild wouldn't let this go so easily. I originally wanted to secretly eliminate Zero Wing from Lakeside City, but now it saves me a lot of trouble."

"According to my inquiries, the Miracle Guild has secretly sent at least 20,000 expert players, as well as 80,000 elite members as support," Dragon Blood slowly said. "To completely destroy Zero Wing's influence in the Black Dragon Empire, Miracle's council of elders has even sent their First Vice-President, Hunduan Shifang, who has been fighting on all fronts, to personally oversee the operation. It seems they plan to act swiftly and decisively, to restore the Miracle Guild's reputation in the shortest possible time."

"Hunduan Shifang is coming too?" Nine Dragons Emperor asked, slightly surprised.

He hadn't met Hunduan Shifang many times, but Hunduan Shifang’s name was known to all in the virtual gaming world. He was a legendary figure who had created too many miracles from his rise to the present, and was considered the Miracle Guild Leader’s number one warrior.

Not long ago, Hunduan Shifang led the Miracle Guild to defeat a super guild on the west continent of God's Domain and occupied a neutral city, causing a sensation among the super forces. This was also why the Grand Pavilion Master didn't want to create friction with the Miracle Guild.

The Miracle Guild was too powerful now. If it weren't for inheritance issues, it would have become a super guild long ago.

The fact that Hunduan Shifang was being sent back directly was beyond his expectations.

"Not only is Hunduan Shifang coming, but Miracle has also sent twelve guild elders to quickly resolve the Zero Wing Guild. Zero Wing is doomed this time," Dragon Blood nodded.

To become an elder in a super power, each person must have made great contributions to the guild, be a true high-level member of the guild, and must also have reached a certain level of strength. Just like the adjudicators of Wangzhe Guilai, becoming an elder required reaching at least the Vacuum Realm (zhenkong zhi jing), or they simply wouldn't be able to convince the masses.

With so many experts being sent, they must have prepared a lot of trump cards. It was easy to imagine the Miracle Guild's anger towards Zero Wing.

"Good. From now on, have the people in the guild keep a close eye on Zero Wing, and report any situation to Miracle immediately." Nine Dragons Emperor glanced at the Zero Wing members walking on the street and said with a faint smile, "I originally wanted to wait for Beast Emperor's operation, but it seems I can't wait any longer."

With a total of 100,000 troops surrounding Lakeside City, including 20,000 experts from the Miracle Guild, which were much stronger than the experts from first-rate guilds, Zero Wing's small forces would probably not even be enough to fill Miracle's teeth.

Meanwhile, in Zero Wing City in the Star-Moon Kingdom, Shi Feng finished instructing Aqua Rose on her work and directly returned using a Guild Return Scroll.

As soon as Shi Feng returned to Zero Wing City, he noticed that there were fewer players than before, and it wasn't as lively. Especially the members of the various guilds, there were significantly fewer of them.

When Shi Feng returned to the Candlelight Trading Firm, the business inside the shop was also much quieter than before.

"Guild Leader, you're back." Melancholic Smile, seeing Shi Feng's return, quickly reported, "The auction invitations that our guild sent to various companies and groups have been returned. Even some who originally wanted to participate have expressed that they are not interested in the auction held by Zero Wing this time, unless we are willing to sell the virtual shops in Zero Wing City."

"No one is willing to rent?" Shi Feng asked, surprised. "Has something happened in Witch's Hill?"

Although his proposal would cause some companies and groups to give up, it shouldn't cause all of them to give up. The fact that companies and groups who were originally interested were giving up could only mean that a new situation had arisen.

"Yes. Three hours ago, two large guilds built towns in Witch's Hill. Although they are only basic towns, these two towns have received support from the major guilds in the Star-Moon Kingdom. They plan to jointly build towns in Witch's Hill and are selling a large number of virtual shops. Now, those companies and groups have gone there to discuss cooperation." Melancholic Smile nodded. "Moreover, according to the information I have received, large consortiums and first-rate guilds from other kingdoms are very interested in this and are preparing to invest in it. If they succeed in this, our Zero Wing City will probably be greatly affected. Guild Leader, or should we sell a small portion of the virtual shops first? Our guild has just moved into the training base, and there are many places where we need money. We simply can't support the operation of the training base with our daily profits."

"Not bad! They were actually able to build towns in Witch's Hill in such a short time." Shi Feng smiled. "As for selling the shops, there's no rush. If you don't have enough credits, take the equipment with the weaker attributes from these and sell them at the Candlelight Trading Firm. Remember to sell them in batches, and don't sell them cheap. As for the high-quality weapons and equipment, put them all in the guild warehouse."

As he spoke, Shi Feng gave all the dropped items he had picked up on Garna Island to Melancholic Smile.

A total of more than 7,000 pieces of weapons and equipment, the worst of which was Level 50 Mithril rank, stunned Melancholic Smile, who couldn't understand where Shi Feng had gotten so many weapons and equipment.

Although the mainstream level of players had already reached Level 50, Level 50 equipment was very difficult to obtain. Xuan iron rank was still manageable, but Mithril rank was very difficult for the major guilds, let alone free players.

There were more than 7,000 pieces here. Even if they only took out 1,000 of them and sold them for credits, they could make a lot of money. After all, for many players, they would rather use credits than buy with gold coins. As for the major guilds, it goes without saying that Level 50 Mithril rank equipment was very scarce for the major guilds, and they had companies and consortiums behind them, so they didn't lack credits at all. If the problem could be solved with credits, then it wasn't a problem.

"Guild Leader, can I really sell these weapons and equipment?" Melancholic Smile asked Shi Feng. Normally, Shi Feng was most opposed to using resources from God's Domain to exchange for credits, because that was putting the cart before the horse. Now, Shi Feng was asking her to exchange so many resources for credits, and it felt somewhat unreal.

"Go ahead, just don't sell them cheap." Shi Feng smiled and waved his hand, urging Melancholic Smile to hurry up and do it.

If it were normal circumstances, he would naturally not agree, because Zero Wing was very short of resources. But now it was different. The source iron mine had already been obtained. As for Level 50 Mithril rank weapons and equipment, they were only valuable now. After a while, they wouldn't be worth anything. They were still valuable now, and exchanging them for credits to support the operation of the training base was a good choice.

Melancholic Smile received Shi Feng's confirmation and excitedly took all the weapons and equipment, quickly having her subordinates sort out the weapons and equipment, separating out the weapons and equipment with weaker attributes, and then putting them into the various Candlelight Trading Firms one by one to sell. However, the currency used for the sales was no longer gold coins, but credits.