Chapter 1 A Sudden Change

As Shi Feng stepped into the pitch-black temple, the scenery before him abruptly transformed, as if he had passed through a teleportation gate into another dimension.

Here was a dim forest, where the howls of wolves echoed from time to time. In the darkness, one could vaguely make out blood-red eyes flashing and moving on the treetops.

"Is this... a survival battle?"

Shi Feng scanned his surroundings. Although it was nighttime, which would affect players' vision, he could still see everything clearly.

The treetops all around were filled with well-armed werewolves holding crossbows, numbering more than ten. Hidden beneath the trees were over a dozen more werewolves wielding spears and greatswords, radiating a murderous aura, like a well-organized army.

Each of them was uniformly above level 55, with the highest reaching level 58. These well-equipped werewolves were either elites or special elites. Ordinary players would surely be killed if they encountered them.

Just as Shi Feng was observing the werewolves, a system notification sounded in his ears.

System: Pass through this God-Demon Temple to receive a reward.

As the system notification finished, the system map appeared, marking a teleportation point in the center of the forest, clearly indicating where players should go to leave the God-Demon Temple.

However, before Shi Feng could take a closer look, the werewolves in the treetops launched an attack, firing three arrows at once from their triple-barreled crossbows. With more than a dozen werewolves attacking simultaneously, the arrows rained down on Shi Feng. At the same time, the werewolves hiding behind the trees surrounded him from all sides.

"How troublesome. Teleportation skills are unusable. It seems I can only run."

Shi Feng glanced at the ferocious werewolves charging towards him. He had originally intended to teleport directly using the Seven Luminaries Ring, but teleportation skills were prohibited. He could only draw the Sacred Sword, Killing Ray, from his waist and, with a single step, transform into a blur.

The arrow attacks from the treetops were very troublesome for ordinary players, but for Shi Feng, they were nothing. Not only did he easily dodge them, but he also instantly appeared before a level 56 elite werewolf, lightly flicking the Sacred Sword, Killing Ray.

Sword Light Phantom!

As several sword flashes shimmered, damage numbers in the tens of thousands erupted. The werewolf, over two meters tall, was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into the werewolves in the back row. It flew more than twenty yards before stopping, but its health had been completely depleted, turning into ashes and dissipating, leaving behind a few copper coins on the ground...

"There's even normal loot?" Shi Feng looked at the copper coins scattered on the ground, slightly surprised.

He had thought it would be wasted effort, as this was, after all, a trial.

However, Shi Feng did not intend to kill any more werewolves. He directly broke through the werewolf encirclement and headed towards the teleportation magic array in the forest.

Players in God's Domain were very familiar with survival battles. After all, this kind of thing had appeared many times in dungeons. If he chose to kill monsters, he would only be wasting time in an endless slaughter. Moreover, he didn't have that much time to waste. Even if killing monsters was easy, it would still consume the player's stamina. If a player ran out of stamina, they would just be lambs to the slaughter.

Seeing Shi Feng rush into the depths of the forest, the werewolves went crazy, chasing after Shi Feng relentlessly. However, Shi Feng's speed was too fast. Even the special elite-level werewolves could only watch helplessly as Shi Feng grew further and further away, until he disappeared from their sight...

In just a few minutes, Shi Feng arrived at the teleportation array in the forest.

However, before Shi Feng could get close to the teleportation array, he felt a chill. This chill came entirely from a one-eyed werewolf guarding the teleportation array, carrying a huge battle blade.

"A Domain Lord?" Shi Feng couldn't help but look at the one-eyed werewolf in surprise.

This one-eyed werewolf was over three meters tall. Although it was only a level 58 special elite, the magic power surrounding its body was exceptionally terrifying, as if it were the darling of this domain.

Magic Shadow Werewolf (Domain Lord), Humanoid Creature, Special Elite, Level 58, Health Points 4,200,000.

In God's Domain, Domain Lord did not represent the monster's level or bloodline. It was more like a blessing that greatly increased the power of skills and spells used, and also strengthened the monster's physique and health. It was like a Boss among monsters of the same level and rank.

Domain Lords were not uncommon in God's Domain, but they were only found in rich resource areas after level 50, becoming guardians of that resource area. As long as they were in that area, they would possess terrifying combat power.

Ordinary player teams would definitely avoid them as much as possible.

Because fighting such monsters was not worth it. The items dropped by these monsters would not be more or better than those dropped by monsters of the same rank. So they would try to avoid them to save effort.

"Is this God-Demon Temple itself a kind of opportunity?" After his surprise, the corners of Shi Feng's mouth couldn't help but curve up slightly.

When Domain Lords were first discovered by the majority of players, they would try to avoid them as much as possible. But there were always some unavoidable battles, eventually forcing player teams to kill the Domain Lords of that territory.

As the number of Domain Lords killed increased, everyone suddenly discovered something.

That was the Magic Crystal Fragment!

It was an item that only Domain Lords dropped. Other monsters simply would not drop it.

The Magic Crystal Fragment itself was not very useful. It was just an auxiliary material used to make weapons and equipment. But if Magic Crystal Fragments were combined to form a Magic Crystal, their value would increase a hundredfold.

Because Magic Crystals were the main energy source used by major NPC cities for teleportation magic arrays. Not only did they contain terrifying magic power, but they could also restore themselves by absorbing the surrounding magic power. It just took a bit of time. This time was entirely determined by the magic power density around them. Generally, in a normal environment, it would take a maximum of 48 hours to completely restore the depleted magic power.

So Magic Crystals could be said to be a perpetual magic crystal, perfect for use as a power source for teleportation magic arrays. As long as there were enough Magic Crystals, a guild could completely allow players to constantly use magic teleportation arrays to go to other places without using magic crystals, saving a large amount of magic crystal consumption for the guild.

As for the value, it was naturally self-evident.

After all, magic crystals were not so easy to obtain consistently in God's Domain. All the major guilds and players desperately needed them.

Now that a special elite-level Domain Lord had appeared, Shi Feng saw it as a mobile magic power source. He immediately rushed over, not intending to bypass the Magic Shadow Werewolf and use the teleportation array to leave the God-Demon Temple.

The Magic Shadow Werewolf saw Shi Feng rushing up and couldn't help but let out an angry roar, raising its battle blade to chop down.

As the blade flashed, more than a dozen magic wind blades flew towards Shi Feng at the same time, leaving Shi Feng with no way to dodge.

However, facing Shi Feng, whose basic attributes were not suppressed at all, the power of these wind blades may have been enhanced, approaching the power of a tier-two magic of the same level, but in front of Shi Feng, who possessed strength exceeding that of a same-level Grand Lord, they were meaningless.

Sword's Orbit!

The sword flashed, and several wind blades were directly cut open by Shi Feng, who then rushed in front of the Magic Shadow Werewolf.

Sword Light Phantom!

Fiery Thunderstorm!

Flame Burst!

The Magic Shadow Werewolf's health points, which amounted to a staggering 4.2 million, plummeted like flowing water. No matter how the Magic Shadow Werewolf struggled, its life was gradually devoured by Shi Feng's sword strikes, until it collapsed to the ground, transforming into black mist and dissipating, the surging magic power around it returning to calmness.

On the ground lay a level 55 Bronze-rank plate armor leg guard and a dark black crystal particle, in addition to dozens of copper coins...

Although the loot wasn't spectacular, Shi Feng's eyes lit up when he saw the dark black crystal particle.

This dark black crystal particle was the Magic Crystal Fragment.