Chapter 1 Astonishment

The arena fell into a deathly silence as the name appeared on the central screen. Everyone looked at Zhao Yueru on the stage in disbelief.

Defeating Yan Tianxing wouldn't have been so surprising.

The key was the overwhelming destructive power Zhao Yueru displayed, obliterating everything within a 100-yard radius. How could they even compete?

"Such terrifying magic, who can stand against the Scarlet Flame Witch now?"

"Damn, did she just beat the number two ranked assassin on the pro榜? Is she an NPC?"

"With such terrifying strength and magic, winning the championship should be no problem at all."

"Yeah! Even if she doesn't win, her combat power can rank first among elementalists. I never thought Zero Wing would have such an expert. No wonder Zero Wing can dominate the Star-Moon Kingdom, even forcing first-rate guilds to retreat. It seems that our Black Dragon Empire's five first-rate guilds will have to add Zero Wing."

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The crowd was filled with shock and awe at Zhao Yueru's victory. Encountering Zhao Yueru in a field battle would be a tragedy. Moreover, the Icefire Annihilation's destructive range was so vast that other guilds had to be careful when fighting guild wars with Zero Wing in the wild.

Zhao Yueru's threat alone was comparable to a hundred-man expert team.

"Did I just lose like that?" Chi Huo Fox stared intently at Zhao Yueru as she stepped off the stage, his heart filled with regret. He shouldn't have made that bet with Shi Feng so early.

He never expected Zero Wing to be hiding such a trump card as Zhao Yueru.

Now, Hidden Mist Town was completely out of reach. Zero Wing, having obtained Hidden Mist Town, would dominate Lakeside City. Even with Nine Dragons Emperor's secret support, their Red City Guild couldn't compete with Zero Wing, which controlled Hidden Mist Town.

"Guild Leader, are we really giving up Hidden Mist Town?" the shield warrior Gu Cheng asked, his face filled with unwillingness.

"Give up?" Chi Huo Fox shook his head, then suddenly sneered, "That's right, our Red City Guild is giving up, but I won't let Zero Wing get Hidden Mist Town so easily. We Red City can't touch Hidden Mist Town, but other guilds don't have such agreements. Immediately notify several other guilds and tell them to start preparing manpower now. Although Red City can't provide manpower, we can provide all kinds of intelligence, weapons, equipment, and siege tools."

"I understand," Gu Cheng said with a smile. He hadn't expected this move.

Hidden Mist Town was not so easy to capture. Even if Red City didn't take action, if several third-rate guilds joined forces, plus the weapons, equipment, and siege tools they provided, it would be enough to prevent Zero Wing from taking Hidden Mist Town. That way, Nine Dragons Emperor wouldn't abandon their Red City.

Although Dragon Phoenix Pavilion was a super-first-rate guild, it wasn't a monolith. They all needed to cultivate their own forces in private to do things that couldn't be done openly.

In other words, as long as Nine Dragons Emperor didn't abandon their Red City Guild, Red City would have a chance to become a first-rate guild in the future.

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Below the stage, Yan Tianxing, who had been resurrected, couldn't help but glance at the VIP box where Zero Wing Guild was located.

"Guild Leader..." Yi Luofei looked at Yan Tianxing's bitter smile, not knowing what to say. It was clear that Yan Tianxing valued the right to enter Stone Forest Town very much. Although she didn't know why, now not only had they lost 10,000 magic crystals, but also the treasure map of the Dragon Tomb.

"I thought this was an opportunity, but Zero Wing is indeed as unfathomable as rumored," Yan Tianxing shook his head and smiled, "It seems we need to make more preparations."

"Guild Leader, why do you value Zero Wing's Stone Forest Town so much? Even if Stone Forest Town is strong, it's just a town in a kingdom. Can Stone Forest Town be stronger than the towns controlled by those super guilds? With the strength of our adventurer team, we can enter the towns controlled by super guilds without any problems. Are you worried about not being able to grab five places in Stone Forest Town?" Yi Luofei looked at Yan Tianxing speechlessly. It was already unbelievable that he had asked her to compete for a private house in Stone Forest Town, and now he was clinging to the Adventurer's Home...

"It's normal that you don't value the current Stone Forest Town. I only know through a friend that it's not just our major adventurer teams that will be competing for the right to enter Stone Forest Town. Some super forces are also preparing to bid secretly, wanting to take down the Adventurer's Home," Yan Tianxing explained quietly.

He had been in the virtual game world for many years and knew many experts, including some internal cadres of super forces. His intelligence network was much more informed than many first-rate guilds.

"How is that possible? It's just a town in a kingdom, is it enough to make super forces interested?" Yi Luofei asked in surprise.

"Maybe they wouldn't have been interested before, but it's different now. The advanced auction house and advanced combat room, one can get all kinds of rare items that are hard to find on the market, and the other can be used to improve players' strength. Even top experts like me can benefit a lot. How can those super forces not be interested?" Yan Tianxing explained, "If it weren't for Stone Forest Town's very strong defense and the support of Feng Qianyu from Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, major super forces would have sent troops to grab it."

"Now that Stone Forest Town is openly auctioning five places for adventurer teams, these super forces will naturally not miss it. After all, the adventurer teams that enter will have to sign a contract with Zero Wing Guild, and they will definitely get various benefits that other adventurer teams that have not signed a contract don't have."

"The competition will be fierce when these super forces make a move. We must prepare early."

Yi Luofei suddenly understood after hearing what Yan Tianxing said, but her heart was also filled with shock.

She never thought that a new guild that had risen in God's Domain not long ago could make major super forces scramble for it. Probably no one would believe it if she said it.

Although it was unbelievable, she deeply believed in what her guild leader Yan Tianxing said.

After all, it was Guild Leader Yan Tianxing who introduced her to the Seven Crimes Flower. To be able to know a transcendent force like the Seven Crimes Flower, and even be a high-level member of the Seven Crimes Flower, one could imagine how powerful Guild Leader Yan Tianxing was.

In the VIP box on the second floor of the venue, Nine Dragons Emperor's face was unusually ugly, while Feng Qianyu's side was very happy.

"Sister Qianyu, Zero Wing Guild is really full of surprises. Now that we have the Scarlet Flame Witch, a top elementalist, the battle for Heavenly Thunder Island will be even more favorable. Having such an expert guarding the tower is stronger than three or five top experts guarding the tower," Qing Huang said excitedly.

"No wonder Ye Feng was so confident before. It turns out he has been hiding such a trump card," Feng Qianyu was also very pleasantly surprised by Zhao Yueru's strength.

In the battle for Heavenly Thunder Island, because of the limited number of places, the strength of individual experts is extremely important, especially strategic elementalists like Zhao Yueru, who are more useful than ten people.

Just as the major guilds were marveling at the strength displayed by Zhao Yueru, in the VIP box where Zero Wing Guild was located, Shi Feng also received the 10,000 magic crystals and the treasure map of the Dragon Tomb that Yan Tianxing had lost in the bet.

After getting it, Shi Feng opened the treasure map without saying a word.

He was very curious about what level the treasure map obtained by Yan Tianxing was.

In the previous life, he had not heard any news about the fff adventurer team getting the Dragon Tomb treasure. The three treasures of the Dragon Tomb were obtained by the first-rate guild Illusory World and the super-first-rate Dragon Phoenix Pavilion. Now the fff adventurer team had obtained a treasure map of the Dragon Tomb so early, which was quite surprising to Shi Feng.

After all, in God's Domain, there is only one treasure map for each treasure. Without a treasure map, you can't find the treasure at all, because the treasures are hidden in special spaces and need a treasure map to open them.