Chapter 1 Died!

"Dead!"

Yan Xue stared at the disappearing demon within the magic array, completely dumbfounded.

A Grand Lord ranked demon of the same level could overwhelm even an elite hundred-man team led by dozens of experts, which had been tested in the Frozen Scar. It would result in a crushing annihilation of the elite team, with the demon still having more than two-thirds of its health remaining.

Yet, Shi Feng had single-handedly killed a Level 70 High Grand Lord ranked demon...

The Beast Emperor's expression was equally grim.

Not only was Yi Qitao captured, but now they had also lost a High Grand Lord ranked demon. He had painstakingly managed to create only five of them. These High Grand Lord ranked demons were not something one could create at will. It depended entirely on the demon's potential at birth. To create another one, he would have to secretly kill countless top experts, which was not easy.

In the wake of the Beast Emperor's momentary anger, the demon's death suddenly generated a blood-red stone, its emanating pressure drawing everyone's involuntary attention.

"How is this possible!" The Beast Emperor looked at the blood-colored stone floating in mid-air, a hint of emotion finally appearing on his usually cold and lifeless face. "This is impossible. It was just a High Grand Lord. How could it drop a Cthulhu Crystal?"

Looking at the blood-red stone, the Beast Emperor's eyes were filled with indescribable excitement and greed.

Players outside of the Cthulhu Temple likely had no idea how valuable a Cthulhu Crystal was. For players in the Cthulhu Temple, it was an absolute treasure, a rare item they would not trade even for a Legendary ranked demon.

Before the Beast Emperor could examine it closely, Shi Feng snatched it up and put it in his bag, making the Beast Emperor's eyes turn red with rage. He wished he could kill Shi Feng right then and there, but as a mere mirror image, he was powerless to do anything.

"Guild Leader Black Flame is indeed skilled. I didn't expect even my strongest demon to be no match for you. Truly worthy of being the number one expert in the Star-Moon Kingdom." The Beast Emperor quickly calmed down, looked at the somewhat weakened Shi Feng, and praised him with a smile.

"What? Now that you know you can't win, you're starting to play nice?" Shi Feng glanced at the Beast Emperor and mocked.

Although he was currently in a weakened state, with all his attributes reduced by 70%, with his own strength, even without Kate and Anna, he could kill Yan Xue in front of the Beast Emperor and then bring Yi Qitao back to the War God's Temple without any problems.

He knew very well that a Cthulhu Envoy had a very limited number of Cthulhu Apostle slots. Losing one would undoubtedly greatly reduce the Beast Emperor's future strength.

The Beast Emperor's face instantly darkened, a flash of coldness in his eyes. He was currently the only Cthulhu Envoy in the entire Cthulhu Temple, destined to become a hegemon in God's Domain, establish a Cthulhu Empire, and become the master of the dark forces. Yet, he was being mocked by a mere guild leader from the small Star-Moon Kingdom.

If he could do anything to Shi Feng right now, he would definitely let Shi Feng experience the abyss of despair.

"Guild Leader Black Flame, let's be frank. How about we make a deal?" The Beast Emperor suppressed his anger and said slowly, "You handed over the Cthulhu Apostle to the War God's Temple to get some contribution points, but I can give you resources that many guilds dream of, and the right for your guild to station in the dark cities. I think these are definitely what your Zero Wing Guild needs most."

As one of the most powerful dark forces, the Cthulhu Temple was spread throughout the various kingdoms and empires of the entire God's Domain continent. Although he couldn't allow the Zero Wing Guild to station in all the NPC dark cities, he could allow them to station in the dark cities of several surrounding kingdoms and empires without any problems.

The benefits of this were self-evident. This was why the Underworld Guild was willing to vigorously help Yi Qitao, allowing Yi Qitao to create so many evil beasts and demons in such a short time.

"You're right. I don't get many contribution points by handing over the Cthulhu Apostle to the War God's Temple, but it can completely make a Cthulhu Apostle disappear from God's Domain, which is a good thing for me." Shi Feng smiled. Although he was interested in the right to station a guild in the dark cities, compared to the Cthulhu Apostle who had repeatedly come to cause him trouble, it was nothing. If the Stone Forest Town didn't have the Adventurer's Association stationed there, the Stone Forest Town would probably have been lost. At that time, he would have to resort to mutual destruction, and no one would get the Stone Forest Town.

The Beast Emperor's eyebrows twitched, and he took a deep breath, saying, "How about this, I have an auction house design, and I also have a secret realm key that can open the door to the secret realm and send a thousand players in each time. In the secret realm, resources aside, just the magic crystals alone far exceed those of the Stone Claw Mountains. In addition to the right to station in five dark cities, you just need to give me the mobile prison and the blood-red stone you just got."

The auction house design was not very significant for ordinary small towns, but it was of great significance for Stone Forest Town.

If a player town had an auction house, players could freely sell items in Stone Forest Town, attracting players, and the guild could also collect handling fees, which would definitely be a major source of income.

The secret realm was even more so, it was completely a guild's back garden, regularly harvesting resources from the secret realm, without having to compete with other guilds for common resources.

Having these two things would greatly improve the Zero Wing Guild, far more than one or two thousand War God's Temple contribution points could compare.

The Beast Emperor's asking price made Shi Feng slightly stunned.

Auction house designs were very rare in God's Domain, their rarity was no less than that of teleportation magic array designs. However, teleportation magic array designs could be built multiple times, while auction house designs could only be used once. He never expected the Beast Emperor to be able to take one out.

As for the spatial secret realm that required a key to enter, it was equally precious, its value only slightly lower than those mineral veins that could produce magic crystals.

It had to be said that the Beast Emperor's asking price was definitely a major loss.

Yan Xue, who was beside them, was also stunned. Either of these two items was something their Underworld Guild dreamed of, especially the secret realm key, which was the most precious. He never expected the Beast Emperor to be willing to use these two items and the right to station in five dark cities in exchange for Yi Qitao and the blood-red stone. Even a super guild probably wouldn't refuse this asking price.

"That's a really tempting deal, but I refuse!" Shi Feng smiled slightly. "I don't have the habit of letting the tiger return to the mountain!"

If the Cthulhu Apostle in his hand only wanted to occasionally occupy a small town, he would have let it go. However, the Cthulhu Apostle in his hand clearly wanted to cause him trouble repeatedly. Although he let it go now, he wouldn't be afraid in the future. After all, the foundation of the Zero Wing Guild would basically take shape in the future, and the development speed would become faster and faster. The Cthulhu Apostle also needed a lot of resources to create evil beasts and demons. If the major guilds had a sense of prevention, it wouldn't be easy to obtain them.

However, he didn't want to play siege battles for no reason.

Moreover, he had many things to do and didn't have time to waste in the Star-Moon Kingdom all the time.

"Do you want to be mortal enemies with me?" The Beast Emperor was stunned at first, then his voice became cold.