Chapter 1 Silverwing Town

Silverwing Town, Blue Rose Bar.

As one of the few high-end bars in Silverwing Town, it is not only a place for experts to exchange information but also a sacred place for major well-known adventure teams to celebrate. Basically, the Blue Rose Bar is crowded every day.

But at this time, there were only a dozen or so people sitting in the three-story bar.

Each of these dozen people was at least level 114, with some as high as level 115. The weapons and equipment on their bodies were also extremely gorgeous, with the worst being level 110 Dark-Gold equipment. As for the level 100 or higher Epic equipment that would make top experts drool, each person had at least two pieces, and some even had four...

However, compared to the levels and equipment of these people, their identities were even more astonishing.

It could be said that these dozen or so people were well-known top experts of the Crimson Emperor Guild in the surrounding kingdoms and empires, and the leader was none other than the Crimson Emperor Guild’s Vice-President, Huan Yu.

“As expected, the information we obtained from Sacred Hand confirms that the legendary Saint Construct monsters that have been born are planning to occupy Silverwing Town.” A burly man at level 114 sighed as he looked at the battle scene in the magic water mirror above the round table. “It won’t be long before more legendary Saint Construct monsters are born. I’m afraid Silverwing Town will be captured in a matter of days. Even if all the main members of Zero Wing were to appear now, it would be useless…”

Speaking of this, the Crimson Emperor members present fell silent.

The High Great Lord-ranked Saint Construct Destroyers were already strong enough, but now even legendary Saint Construct monsters had appeared. Their power and combat prowess sent chills down their spines. Even if the dozen of them joined forces, they would likely be annihilated by the legendary Saint Construct monsters.

If legendary Saint Construct monsters continued to be born like this, it wouldn't take many—just twenty or thirty—to destroy a guild city.

“What did the Guild Leader say?” Huan Yu looked at the legendary Saint Construct monster in the image, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and asked the burly man softly.

“The Guild Leader wants us to retreat immediately and not bother fighting to resist those Saint Construct monsters alongside Zero Wing.” The burly man said.

“Retreat completely?” Huan Yu looked at the burly man in surprise.

The Guild Leader had issued the order to send their elite Crimson Emperor legion over in the first place. It could be said that the Guild Leader was very supportive of cooperating with Zero Wing, but now, before the battle had even begun, he was directly ordering a retreat, which she found unbelievable.

“That’s right, a complete retreat. The current God’s Domain is not what it used to be. The Dark Night Empire alone has a lot of things that need to be dealt with, especially with the Star Ring Guild developing faster and faster. They have already set their sights on several of our guild towns. Plus, we can't stop them here, so it’s better to use our combat power in places that can be defended. I’m afraid War Soul will think the same.” The burly man explained.

“Then what about news regarding Zero Wing’s Guild Leader and main force?” Huan Yu couldn’t help but ask.

“There’s still no news. I heard that Zero Wing’s higher-ups are also trying to contact Hei Yan and the others, but their virtual reality pods are completely sealed, making it impossible to contact them inside. If the power is forcibly cut off, there’s a high chance they will fall into a deep coma, so they can only wait.” The burly man shook his head. “But with the current situation, Zero Wing can no longer turn the tables. Not to mention the restless Star Ring and the Dark World, even their old lair in the Star-Moon Kingdom can’t be protected. Even if Hei Yan and the others appeared now, it would be useless. The gap in combat power is too great. You have to know that there are tens of millions of Saint Construct monsters, and Sacred Hand, which has always wanted to replace them.”

“The Sacred Hand is extremely mysterious. Even Xuanwu Chisha of the Blackwater Guild, who has always been strong, is extremely wary of the Sacred Hand, which shows that the forces behind the Sacred Hand are not simple. Otherwise, that Xuanwu Chisha would never make any concessions in the Orc Empire.”

“I understand, but with the birth rate of legendary Saint Construct monsters, if we defend together, holding on for more than ten days shouldn't be a problem. Retreating so quickly is really…” Huan Yu also understood what the burly man meant, but she still didn't want to give up so early in her heart.

“More than ten days?” The burly man immediately smiled bitterly. “If we could really hold on for more than ten days, the Guild Leader probably wouldn't have ordered a retreat so quickly.”

“What do you mean?” Huan Yu looked at the burly man strangely.

Fourth-Order power was indeed very strong, especially in siege warfare, but with the defenses of Silverwing Town and the strength of their experts, they couldn't even think about capturing it without twenty or thirty legendary Saint Construct monsters.

“According to the information we collected from Sacred Hand, once the Saint Construct monsters advance to the legendary level, not only will there be a qualitative change in attributes and combat power, but there will also be an earth-shattering change in intelligence.” The burly man said, looking at the legendary Saint Construct monster in the magic water mirror with great trepidation.

“Isn’t it normal for there to be an increase in intelligence?” Huan Yu's face was full of confusion.

“A normal increase in intelligence is not a problem, but according to the information from Sacred Hand, Saint Construct monsters will have an unbelievable self-learning ability after evolving to the legendary level. They can learn the combat techniques used by players in a matter of minutes, and the more they fight with experts, the faster they improve. They can be said to be true monsters!” The burly man shook his head as he looked at the legendary Saint Construct monster.

“How is that possible? Doesn’t that mean that besides NPCs, no one will be able to subdue those legendary Saint Construct monsters in the future?” Huan Yu looked at the burly man, feeling that what he said was too alarmist.

How easy was it to learn combat techniques?

Even top expert players needed the guidance of inheritance crystals to spend dozens of hours to learn a combat technique. Without guidance, they couldn't do it in a month or two. How could a monster with intelligence at most like an ordinary player learn it in a few minutes?

“I didn’t believe it before either.” The burly man chuckled, and then sent Huan Yu a video message. “See for yourself.”

As Huan Yu opened the video message, she saw a Third-Order expert with the strength to reach the Vacuum Realm fighting a legendary Saint Construct monster in the video. Before the battle began, this Third-Order top expert was only at an absolute disadvantage and could not be killed by this legendary Saint Construct monster in a short time.

However, after this Third-Order top expert used up all his combat techniques, the legendary Saint Construct monster seemed to be tired of watching the top expert's juggling act, and used a basic combat technique footwork to instantly kill the top expert. And the top expert soon turned into a Saint Construct monster...

“How is this possible…”

Huan Yu looked at the killed top expert and felt the hairs on her body stand on end.

Because she knew that top expert. He was none other than the head of the Red Wolf, a top adventure team in the Black Dragon Empire, Bai Bi Qiang Kuang (Hundred-Armed Spear Madman), whose strength was only half a step away from mastering Domain.

Such strength was instantly killed, and by Bai Bi Qiang Kuang's proud footwork, Split Steps…

“That’s right, that legendary Saint Construct monster only spent a little over a minute to learn Split Steps, and was very cunning when fighting Bai Bi Qiang Kuang. It didn’t show its full strength from the beginning, but was constantly squeezing Bai Bi Qiang Kuang’s potential, making him use all his means, and then killed him. It’s just like that Zi Tong right now.” The burly man glanced at Zi Tong, who was still fighting the legendary Saint Construct monster, and sighed deeply.

“No wonder the Guild Leader told us to evacuate immediately. Who can be an opponent of such a monster?” It took Huan Yu a long time to recover from this shocking news.

With such strength, they were no longer something that players could deal with. Only NPCs could possibly kill them. Players would just be going to their deaths.

Just as Huan Yu was about to order the Crimson Emperor Guild members to evacuate Silverwing Town, she saw the legendary Saint Construct monster in the magic water mirror suddenly change its movements. In an instant, it appeared behind Zi Tong, and the spear in its hand turned into more than twenty spear shadows that swallowed towards Zi Tong.

This move was Bai Bi Qiang Kuang's proud advanced combat technique, Fallen Leaves, and it was also this move that stunned everyone on the battlefield.

“Did it finally make its move?” Huan Yu sighed as she looked at the spear shadows filling the screen.

This sudden move could not be blocked even by a monster that had mastered Domain, let alone Zi Tong, who had not yet reached the Vacuum Realm.

Just as Huan Yu was about to turn around and leave, the image on the magic water mirror suddenly flashed.

A bolt of lightning flashed, directly raising a black wall in space, completely separating the twenty or so spear shadows and Zi Tong. The spear shadows fell into the spatial cracks, and all their power dissipated, as if they had never appeared…