Chapter 1 The Stroll

As the members of the Storm Heart Adventure Team paid the exorbitant entrance fee, Kuro and the others carefully followed some players who wanted to enter Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) and see what it was like, walking directly into the fortress gate under the watchful eyes of the Holy Dragon.

"No way! There are really people willing to spend that kind of money?"

"Maybe they feel like they've come all this way and want to take a look. But what's so great about a fortress? It's just that the magic power inside is denser. They want us to be suckers? No way!"

Watching Kuro and the others enter Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) one by one, the surrounding players who were planning to leave couldn't help but cast disdainful glances.

An entrance fee of up to twenty silver coins was unique throughout the entire Western Continent.

The price of twenty silver coins could be used to repair all the weapons and equipment on their bodies, and even some Tier 2 players only earned that much in an entire day.

Now, investing an entire day's income just to see Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress), or to experience the dense magic power inside for only a short day, was simply idiotic.

Not long after these players finished speaking, they turned around and left without stopping.

In an instant, the players who had been as numerous as the tide dispersed by more than ninety percent, leaving less than ten thousand people queuing at the gate to enter.

"They've already occupied Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress), but now they're driving people away. It seems that even if we do nothing, this Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) is doomed."

"All consumption inside is paid for with magic crystals. I can't believe they dared to think of that."

"It's just too stupid. They think Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) is the only fortress in Star辰之谷 (Xingchen Zhi Gu, Star Valley) and they can manipulate the players at will, but they don't know that players aren't suckers either. If we don't go, we can still level up, it'll just be a little slower."

"This is what you call playing a good hand badly."

The various forces that came to Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) couldn't help but laugh as they looked at the fortress with so few people entering.

Originally, they were worried that Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) would become bigger and stronger, making the gap between them even greater, but now they had no worries at all.

Although the entrance fee of twenty silver coins was very high, many expert players could accept it, as long as it allowed them to level up and acquire resources faster.

But the point of paying with magic crystals was simply to take these players' lives.

Magic crystals were the foundation of the Western Continent's players. Without magic crystals to replenish their battle magic patterns, their combat power would drop a lot. However, magic crystals were very scarce in the Western Continent. It was very difficult to obtain even one magic crystal. Otherwise, the major forces in the Western Continent wouldn't be fighting so frantically for the mines that had a chance of producing magic crystals.

Although magic crystals could also be obtained in Star辰之谷 (Xingchen Zhi Gu, Star Valley), it was much more difficult than obtaining magic crystals outside.

Star辰之谷 (Xingchen Zhi Gu, Star Valley) was a forbidden zone of life, far more dangerous than the outside world. The places where magic crystals could be obtained were imaginable in terms of danger.

If they really developed in Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress), then they, the players, would really be working purely for Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) in the future. Only a fool would do such a thing.

Subsequently, the high-level members of the major forces ordered their teams to change direction directly, with no intention of entering Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) even half a step.

Because before they came to Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress), they had already learned the specific situation inside from the infiltrators in the Shenyi Tribe, and there was no need to enter the fortress to confirm anything.

Unless they had money to burn and planned to contribute gold coins to Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress).

As a large number of players left Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress), Makar Frey, standing on the city wall, was depressed.

This was all money and resources!

Clearly, Shi Feng only needed to lower the conditions to allow Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) to thrive in Star辰之谷 (Xingchen Zhi Gu, Star Valley), but he insisted on using magic crystals to pay, which blocked the path of most players.

While the major forces left one by one, the members of the Storm Heart Adventure Team on the other side finally walked into Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress).

"Is this inside Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress)? The magic power density is indeed very high!"

"No wonder the entrance fee is so high. It does have some advantages."

The members of Storm Heart felt the intoxicating magic power inside Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress), and were filled with emotion for a moment.

They were not comparable to the major forces. They were purely free players. Even if they were the top adventure team in the surrounding kingdoms, the resources they could obtain were very limited, and they could not be compared with those first-rate guilds, let alone those places full of magic power. They could only rely on their extraordinary talents, constantly fighting hard, and slowly comprehending and improving.

"But this kind of place can only be used for occasional rest, otherwise even our Storm Heart Adventure Team can't afford the consumption here." A cold man carrying a large sword and wearing dark gray leather armor glanced at the surrounding hotels, clicking his tongue slightly.

Resting in a hotel outside, even in the most expensive place in an NPC royal city, would only cost ten silver coins a night.

But the hotels here in Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) were not only small, but also shockingly expensive.

One night's rest costs one magic crystal!

The Storm Heart now had five hundred people. If they rested for one night, it would be five hundred magic crystals. This was simply faster than robbing...

He suspected that this Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) was planning to run a black shop, earning as much as it could.

The other members of Storm Heart also deeply agreed.

Such consumption was not affordable for their Storm Heart Adventure Team, and even those first-rate guilds couldn't afford it. Perhaps only those super forces could afford to play.

"Wait, the magic power here seems to have become a little different." A Tier 3 female Elementalist suddenly said.

"Different?" The cold man next to her felt it, but didn't feel anything. "What's different?"

"No! It is indeed a little different." Team leader Kuro also suddenly said, "Or rather, the magic elements gathered here have changed."

"Yes, I feel three Supreme Elements, and they are getting richer and richer." The Tier 3 female Elementalist nodded.

If it were an ordinary Tier 3 expert, it would be difficult to feel the difference, but as someone with a special magic inheritance, she could feel this very subtle change.

"Three Supreme Elements?" The cold man carrying the great sword couldn't help but be stunned, and then excitedly asked in a low voice, "Doesn't that mean that the environment there is getting closer and closer to the ancient times?"

As experts in God's Domain, they would usually try to understand the things and history in God's Domain, because many opportunities were sometimes hidden in it, especially for adventure teams like them who originally had no resources. This could be said to be one of the few methods.

Therefore, the members of their Storm Heart Adventure Team had a considerable understanding of God's Domain.

Especially the ancient times, when the gods walked in God's Domain, which was also the peak period of God's Domain. At that time, the human race was much stronger than it is now, and both personal strength and magic technology had developed to an incredible degree.

How could it be like now, where Tier 5 is already the limit, and even the current Tier 5 experts are weaker than the Tier 5 experts of the past in terms of strength.

The biggest difference between the current God's Domain and the ancient God's Domain is the different composition of magic elements.

In the ancient God's Domain, the magic power was completely composed of seven elements, while the current magic power is composed of four elements. The other three Supreme Elements are abnormally thin and almost imperceptible.

Because of this, the creatures in God's Domain do not have a complete understanding and control of magic power, so breakthroughs have become extremely difficult.

Now Star輝 Fortress (Xinghui Fortress) has actually begun to gather the three Supreme Elements to restore the magic environment of the ancient times. This is definitely a shocking opportunity.