Chapter 1 The Shilin Town Upgrade

In the Zero Wing Residence of Shilin Town, as Shi Feng finished clicking the promotion, a giant magic array suddenly appeared over the ground and sky of the entire Shilin Town. The magic array enveloped the entire Shilin Town, causing everyone inside to feel nervous.

"What's going on?" Yuan Tiexin looked at the magic array in the sky in surprise, his eyes full of confusion.

Although he didn't understand magic arrays, the one appearing now was definitely the largest he had ever seen. Moreover, the surging magic power was visible to the naked eye, and its astonishing power was far greater than even a legendary monster.

Just as everyone was feeling terrified, a system notification sounded in the ears of the players in Shilin Town.

System: Shilin Town has been promoted to a Beginner City. Players will be teleported out of Shilin Town in thirty seconds.

After the system notification sounded, everyone in Shilin Town was stunned, looking at the system notification in disbelief, thinking they had misheard.

"How could this be?"

"Shilin Town has been promoted to a city?"

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Everyone couldn't believe this was true, especially the people from Tianji Pavilion who had just arrived, who were now completely dumbfounded.

"This is impossible! For a town to be promoted to a city, it needs not only complete defensive buildings and a massive amount of fame, but also a massive number of players to support it long-term. This Shilin Town was only just transferred here, how could it be promoted to a Beginner City?!" An old man with half his hair white almost roared.

The Tianji Pavilion members present all agreed with the old man's roar and question. In terms of guild town upgrades, few in the entire Tianji Pavilion were more authoritative than this old man.

Moreover, this old man was Fengshui Yi Lao, a town building grandmaster recognized throughout God's Domain, ranked in the top five.

A town building grandmaster was, plainly put, a construction grandmaster. This sub-profession seemed unremarkable, far inferior to forging, alchemy, and other professions. However, as God's Domain developed, the major forces deeply understood the role of construction grandmasters and increasingly valued them.

This was because the development of guild towns often required advanced buildings, and town planning was also very important. If done well, it could greatly increase the development speed of guild towns. Fengshui Yi Lao's constructed towns had a development speed that was clearly more than 30% faster than other towns, and he had even designed advanced buildings himself.

It could be said that his position in the entire Tianji Pavilion was unmatched, even by Yuan Tiexin, who fought on all fronts. He had more say in town development than even the guild's vice president.

That was why Fengshui Yi Lao had been sent to Shilin Town this time, with the aim of better developing Shilin Town and hoping to promote it to a guild city as soon as possible.

But now, Fengshui Yi Lao had clearly come in vain...

While everyone was still recovering from the system notification, they were all sent out of Shilin Town. The Zero Wing members outside Shilin Town burst into cheers after regaining their senses.

"The second city!"

"Zero Wing has a second city!"

"Even super guilds probably don't have guild cities in neutral maps right now!"

Guild cities were no longer unfamiliar to current players, because many guilds now had their own guild towns, and all were striving to become guild cities. So far, not many guilds in the entire God's Domain possessed guild cities, and all of them were among the top super powers.

But now, Zero Wing not only had a guild city, but two!

The most important point was that the second guild city was actually located in a place like the Abyssal Passage. The income from city fees alone would be enough to make their hands cramp, and compared to guild towns, guild cities were much larger. Not to mention accommodating a million people, even five million people would not be a problem.

Previously, the Zero Wing members were worried about whether Shilin Town could accommodate so many Zero Wing members, but now it seemed that it was not a problem at all.

In the forest not far outside Shilin Town, the players from Tianlong Mansion and Aoshi Empire, who had been rushing over, couldn't help but stop, staring fixedly at the changes in Shilin Town and the people being teleported out.

"Lao Sheng, do you have any news? So many people are being teleported out, does that mean players are no longer allowed to enter Shilin Town?" A tall and handsome short-haired middle-aged man in the Aoshi Empire team, wearing a gorgeous mage robe, couldn't help but ask the red-armored man beside him.

"How would I know? Besides, when has Aoshi Empire's news been slower than Tianlong Mansion's?" The red-armored man glared at the short-haired man.

If the high-level executives of the Huolong Empire's major guilds saw this scene, they would probably be shocked.

Because Zan Baiya, the Magic Fiend of the Aoshi Empire, and Sheng Wuji, the Falling Star Hammer of Tianlong Mansion, were actually acting together. If this got out, it would probably shake the entire Huolong Empire.

Whether it was the Magic Fiend or the Falling Star Hammer, both were fierce generals in the Aoshi Empire and Tianlong Mansion, their status as high as the vice presidents of the guilds, representing the existence of the guilds. Moreover, both were monster-like existences.

Now that these two great monsters were acting together, even super powers would probably have to be very careful.

Just as the two had finished speaking, a message notification sounded in their ears. After seeing the message, their expressions were extremely astonished.

"What kind of background does this Zero Wing have? It can actually directly promote Shilin Town to a Beginner City!" Zan Baiya couldn't help but look at Shilin Town in the distance with amazement.

According to the information Aoshi Empire had obtained, it was confirmed that Shilin Town had been promoted to a Beginner City.

A Beginner City might not mean much to current first-rate guilds, but it was different for super guilds like them, because they also had their own guild cities, and they knew how difficult it was to get promoted, and how many hardships were involved. It could be said that they had used the resources of the entire guild to barely manage it.

Although they had only been promoted recently, the help that the guild city provided to the guild was far beyond imagination.

Now, Zero Wing could actually promote Shilin Town!

"Lao Zan, what does your side say?" After reading the message, Sheng Wuji couldn't help but glance at Zan Baiya.

"They only gave four words," Zan Baiya said slowly, "At all costs!"

"It's about the same here," Sheng Wuji said with a bitter smile, "But a Beginner City is not comparable to an advanced town. The difficulty of taking it down is worlds apart."

Forces that did not have guild cities were not clear about what a city was. Only forces that had one deeply understood the power of a guild city.

It was not only a huge money-making machine, but also an indestructible fortress. The naturally formed defensive magic array alone was something that current players could not deal with, not to mention the large number of high-level NPC guards inside.

Fortunately, town upgrades were not town constructions and did not have a protection period. They could be immediately snatched after the upgrade was completed.

"In that case, let's act quickly, otherwise it will be even more difficult to deal with the people from Tianji Pavilion entering the upgraded Shilin City!" Zan Baiya saw that Tianlong Mansion had the same intention, and immediately suggested.

"Okay, the news of Shilin Town's promotion to a city has spread, and if we delay any longer, those super forces will probably arrive," Sheng Wuji nodded, his gaze turning directly to the Zero Wing members outside Shilin Town. He then ordered, "Everyone fight in teams, quick battle, quick decision!"

Now, Zero Wing was no longer the main enemy, but those super forces who were rushing over. They had to eliminate Zero Wing as soon as possible before those super forces arrived.

After Sheng Wuji gave the order, both the Tianlong Mansion members and the Aoshi Empire members rushed towards the Zero Wing members at high speed.