Chapter 1 Star-Moon City

Due to the Demon God turmoil, the number of players in Star-Moon City far exceeded the past. Most of these additional players were from the towns near the royal city.

The rise of dark forces made the surrounding NPC towns no longer safe, and only NPC cities were the safest place.

This caused many adventure teams that were originally active in the towns to set up their gathering places in NPC cities, which immediately made the remote land in the city more valuable, becoming the target of many adventure teams vying to buy, especially the remote land in Star-Moon City.

Although the land in the royal city was more expensive than other cities, the royal city was safer and more convenient.

Moreover, the only city controlled by dark forces in the Star-Moon Kingdom, Eternal Night City, was within the Star-Moon City area. In addition, Star-Moon City was the closest town to Eternal Night City, which made many hidden dark players want to come to Star-Moon City even more.

In Eternal Night City, players could not teleport there, even dark players were no exception. If they wanted to enter, they could only walk there themselves. For the convenience of exchanging items, choosing Star-Moon City was undoubtedly the best place to live.

For a time, the situation in Star-Moon City became complicated.

Inside the Tianzang Guild's residence, the highest-level meeting was being held.

"Wu Xia, how is your side with the contacts?" Yi Xiao Du Zang asked the female Elementalist next to him.

"Those dark guilds have already agreed to our conditions. When the time comes, we only need to exchange some unnecessary weapons and equipment for those rare props in Eternal Night City. They also promised to secretly intercept those players going to Shilin Town," Wu Xia said with a soft smile.

Although the dark forces had risen due to the new expansion pack, this rise was only from hunting free players to hunting those adventure teams and small guilds. It didn't affect their large guilds at all.

If these dark guilds wanted to survive in Star-Moon City, they still had to see if they agreed.

"Very good, now with these rising dark guilds, it will be much easier to slow down the development of Shilin Town. In the future, Wu Xia, you will be mainly responsible for this area." Yi Xiao Du Zang nodded and looked at the priest Yan Xue on the other side, "How are you preparing for Qi Yitao's matter?"

"Guild Leader, don't worry. I have secretly released news that a secret place has been discovered there. Many adventure teams and small guilds with good strength have already taken action. When the time comes, we will spread false news about obtaining treasures. Then there will be more players who go to die. It won't take long to reach the number that Qi Yitao wants, and because of the new expansion pack, even if a large number of players are killed by the dark forces, it won't arouse suspicion," Yan Xue said slowly, "But we provide Qi Yitao with so many players, what if he turns around and deals with us after dealing with the Zero Wing Guild?"

"You don't have to worry about this. We have already signed a system contract. He doesn't dare to violate it, and the more sacrifices we provide to Qi Yitao, the more rewards we can get from Eternal Night City. As long as we help Qi Yitao meet the conditions, our Tianzang Guild will be the first guild to obtain residency in Eternal Night City. Then why should our Tianzang Guild worry about not developing?" Yi Xiao Du Zang smiled dismissively.

His help to Qi Yitao was entirely because it could kill two birds with one stone.

One was to weaken the Zero Wing Guild, so that even if the Tianzang Guild could not become the number one guild in Star-Moon City, it could still occupy half of the Star-Moon Kingdom.

The second was the status of Eternal Night City.

As the only city in the Star-Moon Kingdom controlled by dark forces, there were too many benefits in Eternal Night City. Just reselling items could earn a lot of money.

Currently, most players only knew that dark players could enter Eternal Night City, but that was not the case.

As long as one could obtain a certain status in Eternal Night City, one could even buy a guild residence in Eternal Night City, but this matter was very difficult to do. However, Qi Yitao had a very good channel in Eternal Night City to do it.

Although dark guilds could also exchange for many rare items, dark guilds could not be seen in the light after all, and the sales channels were very limited. In addition, the guilds were small, how could they compare with the Tianzang Guild?

Just in terms of collecting resources for exchange, the dark guilds could not catch up, let alone the degree of credibility. The dark guilds aimed to kill players. Who would dare to trade with dark players without a certain amount of strength?

But their Tianzang Guild was different. Who would they trade with without thinking?

As for the Blackwater Guild, there was no need to worry at all, because not long ago, the Blackwater Guild had officially withdrawn from the Star-Moon Kingdom and transferred its power to other empires. After all, the Blackwater Consortium's ambitions were too great, and Qi Yitao was just a pawn to test the waters.

Now Qi Yitao's actions were just for the final struggle. If he succeeded.

Qi Yitao might be reused by the Blackwater Consortium and used elsewhere. If he failed, he would definitely be thrown aside and would not affect their Tianzang Guild at all.

So their actions only had benefits and no disadvantages.

Just when the Tianzang Guild was holding a meeting, a shocking event also occurred on the top floor of the Candlelight Firm in White River City.

"This power is too strong!" Shi Feng looked at the Soul Orb floating in mid-air in disbelief.

At this time, the Soul Orb exuded an amazing aura. This aura was like the Demon God seen on Devil's Island, but it was different from then.

Although the previous aura was terrifying, it was in a calm state.

And now this aura was in a violent state, corresponding to another holy aura. The two were fighting each other, as if gods were fighting.

The entire special forging room had become a mess. The walls, which had been reinforced with magic patterns, were now cracked.

Moreover, the strength of these two opposing auras had exceeded the limit that the special forging room could suppress, and they spread out, making everyone in the Candlelight Firm unable to move.

"What's going on?"

"Why can't I move?"

"This power, is there a monster in the Candlelight Firm?"

...

The life players who were originally working in their studios were terrified. This was definitely the first time they had encountered such a situation. Just feeling this aura made their souls tremble.

If the Candlelight Firm wasn't a three-star shop, Shi Feng wouldn't doubt that the collision of these two auras would alarm the entire White River City. This was also why he came to the Candlelight Firm to check.

After a while, the two opposing auras finally weakened and eventually formed a balance.

The Soul Orb became half black and half white, and the divine power it emitted made it difficult for Shi Feng, who was as high as level 50, to move.

"Great, it really is a fragment of supreme treasure!"

Shi Feng checked the Soul Orb again, with a look of ecstasy on his face.