Chapter 1 Occupying the Northern Fortress?

Feng Qianyu's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. She didn't know what to say.

There were quite a few fortresses in the Core Mountain Range, more than a dozen of various sizes, scattered throughout the entire region. The Northern Fortress was a medium-sized fortress in the northern part of the Core Mountain Range, arguably the largest in that area.

Previously, Thirteen Thrones and Star Ring, two super forces, had joined forces, practically emptying their reserves, just to barely capture a small fortress.

It might seem like just a small fortress, but so far, not a single other super guild on Dragonheart Island had managed to conquer one.

Now, they were talking about conquering a medium-sized fortress. No matter how she looked at it, it seemed impossible. Even if Dragon Phoenix Pavilion and Zero Wing went all out, sparing no expense, their chances of taking a small fortress wouldn't even be ten percent.

"That's right. Currently, Zero Wing's strength alone is still a bit lacking, so I'm hoping to borrow 30,000 elites from your side," Shi Feng said, nodding. "Of course, I won't borrow for free. If we capture the Northern Fortress, I can give you 20% of the fortress's shares."

Currently, Zero Wing's main force was in the Bottomless Abyss and the Orc Empire. There weren't many people on Dragonheart City's side. Although he could transfer them over, it would take too much time, and he couldn't afford to wait.

The biggest reason why the fortresses in the Core Mountain Range were so difficult to conquer wasn't anything else, but the fact that they were guarded by Mythic monsters of level 100 or higher. In addition to the level 100 Mythic monsters, there were also a large number of level 100 Great Lords and High Lords. The smaller fortresses had fewer level 100 monsters, but the medium-sized fortresses had a much larger number.

Moreover, the monsters in the fortresses moved like an army, almost like attacking a fortress defended by players, so it was difficult for players to clear these fortresses.

This was almost impossible for Zero Wing in the past, but now it was different.

During his time in the Four Gods Tower, Anna and Kite had both reached level 100 and completed their class advancements, becoming Tier 3 classes. With the Book of Darkness in his hand, he could summon Tier 3 demons of level 100 or higher, giving him the resources to challenge a medium-sized fortress.

Although it would be safer to challenge a small fortress at this time, the Northern Fortress was close to the mineral vein area of the Core Mountain Range. The rare ores there could not only be used to make ships, but also served as the main materials for crafting level 100 weapons and equipment.

Level 100 was a huge watershed!

This was especially evident in the equipment. Just looking at Epic weapons and equipment, most of the Epic weapons and equipment obtained below level 100 could only be used until level 100. In other words, weapons and equipment after level 100 had to be accumulated from scratch.

The drop rate of weapons and equipment from monsters above level 100 was even lower than it was at level 50. Even killing a Great Lord-level mini-boss might only drop a piece of level 100 Mysterious-Iron equipment. Killing Lord monsters had almost zero chance of dropping level 100 Bronze equipment.

That's why, in the previous life, players only started seeing a surge in self-made weapons and equipment after reaching level 100.

Now that the Northern Fortress hadn't yet attracted attention, they naturally needed to take it down as soon as possible. If they waited until everyone started paying attention, they would not only have to deal with the monsters inside the fortress but also other players, which would further reduce their chances of success.

"Thirty thousand people is enough?" Feng Qianyu looked at Shi Feng's confident expression, feeling somewhat incredulous.

Although it was difficult to gather 30,000 elites in Dragonheart City, she could still manage it with her current influence.

Everyone knew about Thirteen Thrones and Star Ring joining forces to conquer a fortress. They had sent a full army of 150,000, and after finally taking the fortress, they had lost over 70% of their forces. Her numbers were less than a fraction of that…

"It's enough, but we need to be fast," Shi Feng said.

The most important thing in conquering a fortress was whether you could withstand the attacks. As long as you could withstand them, not to mention 30,000 elites, even 10,000 elites could do it, it would just take more time.

"That's not a problem. I'll issue a call-to-arms right now. It will only take a day to gather 30,000 elites." Feng Qianyu understood that Shi Feng wasn't a reckless person. Since there was a possibility of taking the fortress, she naturally had to take a gamble.

If they succeeded, it would be an investment that yielded great returns. Currently, only Thirteen Thrones and Star Ring had fortresses in the entire Dragonheart City, which gave them a huge advantage. If she could get a share of a fortress, it would be very difficult for Nine Dragons Emperor to shake her position.

Saying that, Feng Qianyu and Qing Huang started gathering people, transferring elites scattered in the Sea of Death and elites from other kingdoms and empires to this place. Shi Feng didn't plan to waste this time and immediately left the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion's residence and headed straight to the Wanderers Shop.

He had been in the Four Gods Tower all this time and couldn't manage the Wanderers Shop. He had to let it operate automatically. It should have accumulated a lot of wealth in the past few days. According to Shi Feng's estimation, it should have collected more than 10,000 Ancient Gold Coins. After all, as the Wanderers Shop's traffic increased, the items sold inside became better and better, especially the black market tickets.

With more than 10,000 Ancient Gold Coins, he could buy an ordinary guild residence on the outermost periphery of Dragonheart City, so that guild members could rest and recover in the guild residence instead of resting in the inn.

As Shi Feng walked out of the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion's residence, the players outside the residence became noisy.

"He's out!"

"I thought you would stay in the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion's residence forever. I didn't expect you to come out so soon. Keep an eye on him. The superiors have said that as long as you can kill Black Flame, you will be rewarded with three pieces of Epic equipment."

"Notify the boss, Black Flame is out!"

The news of Oathless Bloodsoul being killed had caused a stir, and the Blood Warriors adventurer team's direct declaration of war had caused a sensation in the entire Dragonheart City. Moreover, the Blood Warriors adventurer team had offered the highest reward in history.

Three pieces of Epic equipment!

Not to mention expert players, even ordinary players would undergo a qualitative change in strength if they obtained three pieces of Epic equipment, so it made a large number of players go crazy.

Previously, killing Shi Feng didn't guarantee the drop of the Fragmented Legendary item, but now, as long as you killed Shi Feng, you could get three pieces of Epic equipment. No one in the entire Sea of Death wasn't tempted.

Half an hour later, Shi Feng arrived at the entrance of the Wanderers Shop. He completely ignored the undisguised killing intent of those experts from various forces and members of the Blood Warriors adventurer team who had been following him, because no one dared to mess around in Dragonheart City.

Looking at the Wanderers Shop, Shi Feng almost thought he had come to the wrong place.

The originally dilapidated Wanderers Shop had completely changed. It was now a small four-story building with a very luxurious exterior decoration. The players coming and going were endless. These players were not ordinary players. Their levels were all above level 85, definitely expert level.

It could be said that the Wanderers Shop was no longer like a shop at all. It looked like a guild's mansion.

"The scale has been automatically upgraded?" Shi Feng couldn't help but be surprised. "Just how popular is this Wanderers Shop now?"

This kind of automatic upgrade of free shops was not uncommon, but it was difficult to meet the upgrade conditions. Not only did it require enough popularity and traffic, but it also needed to meet a certain amount of stored gold coins to automatically upgrade.

Immediately, Shi Feng entered the Wanderers Shop. The first floor hall had been expanded by more than two times compared to before. The number of items sold exceeded 100 types, each of which was a rare treasure on the market.

However, Shi Feng didn't care too much and directly brought up the Wanderers Shop's current Ancient Gold Coin inventory.

"You're kidding me!" Shi Feng looked at the displayed data, doubting his own eyes.

27,615 Ancient Gold Coins!