Chapter 1 The Shouting

Inside the silent hall, the handsome man’s cold shout made all the high-level members of Hecate present tremble.

Although they were all high-level members of Hecate and very strong themselves, they had an instinctive awe of the handsome man in front of them.

Because this handsome man was none other than the vice president of their Hecate, Blood Radiance, also known as the Hell Knight.

Despite his youthful appearance, Blood Radiance was actually over 40 years old, much older than anyone present. He used to be a battlefield mercenary known as the God of Death.

Hecate's achievements today were largely due to Blood Radiance.

Blood Radiance was also the chief training instructor for Hecate, and he had personally trained those present. The painful experience was like being in hell. Even Xuan Cang's current strength was due to Blood Radiance's guidance.

They knew Blood Radiance's personality very well.

He rarely got angry, but when he did, it was like hell on earth. They could already feel Blood Radiance's anger.

Thinking about it, it was understandable.

Three thousand elite guild experts, and more than two thousand were killed. Such a loss had never happened even when dealing with the Hundred Worlds Dynasty. Yet, they had been utterly defeated by ten members of the Shura Adventurer Team.

The guild's elite experts were built with massive resources. The experts they brought through special channels this time totaled only a thousand. After arriving in Cold Wind City, they absorbed all the power of the Peerless Family, greatly increasing the number of guild members in Cold Wind City, with elite experts numbering over ten thousand. Of the three thousand Xuan Cang led, nearly four hundred were originally guild experts. Now, with over two thousand losses, more than three hundred of the original guild experts were killed, equivalent to more than one-third of their total expert combat power in Cold Wind City. This was a very heavy loss.

The decline in players' levels was secondary; the key was weapons and equipment.

In the Ice Crystal World, the weapons and equipment of guild elites and experts mainly relied on player crafting. However, there were very few lifestyle players who could craft equipment of this standard, especially the materials for crafting mithril-grade weapons and equipment, which were very precious and difficult to obtain.

But after one battle, according to post-war statistics, they lost more than two hundred level 50 mithril equipment pieces. Getting a single level 50 mithril equipment piece now took a lot of time, let alone more than two hundred. This severely affected the progress of clearing the Icy Crack Valley.

"Vice President, we have thoroughly investigated. The people who dealt with us this time are all the missing experts from the Shura Adventurer Team. It is said that these experts were taken by their leader to explore and do quests. But the strange thing is that their original strength was not so strong. We don't know why, but they have gained their current combat power," a level 52 elementalist sitting next to him reported carefully.

"Suddenly became stronger?" Blood Radiance looked at the detailed information handed over by his subordinates, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly. "That's interesting. A group of mountain bumpkins not only had their basic attributes greatly improved, but their combat level has also become two different people. It seems that the secrets of this Shura Adventurer Team are not small."

"Immediately investigate. Use any means necessary to find out the secret of this Shura Adventurer Team. As long as Hecate gets this secret, then Hecate will become the number one guild in the north, and it's just around the corner!"

"By the way, notify the headquarters and let the Twelve Fiends come to Cold Wind City."

As Blood Radiance issued the order, everyone was shocked.

They never expected Blood Radiance to bring the Twelve Fiends over. That was Hecate's peak combat power. In Cold Wind City, apart from Blood Radiance, Xuan Cang was the strongest, but even so, Xuan Cang was not qualified to enter the Twelve Fiends, and could only be considered a reserve at most.

These twelve experts were usually scattered in various branches of Hecate, but now they were actually gathered together. Just thinking about it was terrifying.

He remembered the last time they were gathered was when facing the army of a super-first-rate guild. In the end, the super-first-rate guild had to give up the town occupied by Hecate. Now, they were just dealing with an adventurer team, and they were actually bringing all twelve over. It was simply too crazy…

On the other side, Shi Feng had already led Jing Wuming and others back to Cold Wind City.

Returning to Cold Wind City again, Cold Wind City was still the same as before, with no changes. The number of players in the city had not increased much. Most of them were new players entering God's Domain. In addition to that, there were members of the Hecate Guild, unlike in the God's Domain Continent, where cities could be freely traveled between.

In the Ice Crystal World, to travel between cities, it was necessary to open the gates of two regions. Of course, there were also some special channels that could travel between the two regions, but these channels were troublesome to open and had many restrictions, preventing ordinary players from coming and going casually.

At this time, in front of the Shura Adventurer Team's residence, both sides were crowded with members of the Shura Adventurer Team, welcoming Shi Feng and others back.

"It's the team leader! The team leader is back!"

"The team leader is mighty!"

"Shura is invincible!"

The members of the Shura Adventurer Team were extremely excited to see Shi Feng. The shouts of thousands of people echoed through the streets of Cold Wind City, making the free players who came to join in the fun feel excited.

Because of the battle between Shi Feng and others and Hecate, the reputation of the Shura Adventurer Team in Cold Wind City had returned to its peak, or even surpassed it. The powerful strength displayed by Shi Feng and others deeply attracted the free players in Cold Wind City, and everyone wanted to join the Shura Adventurer Team.

"Team leader, I'm afraid our Shura Adventurer Team will become the target of all the major guilds in Cold Wind City," Gu Jiuji said with a wry smile, looking at the players all over the street.

The goal of the guild was the NPC city. In the Ice Crystal World, the NPC city was slightly different from the God's Domain Continent. Players could control a small part of it, but this required the support of a large number of players, as well as completing a series of contributions to the city.

The strength of their Shura Adventurer Team this time was completely different from before.

At this time, among the players on the street, in addition to the players of their Shura Adventurer Team, there were as many as hundreds of thousands of free players. One could imagine how high the power and prestige of the Shura Adventurer Team were in Cold Wind City. Reaching this level, the Shura Adventurer Team only needed to complete a series of contributions to the city to control Cold Wind City and become the true overlord in Cold Wind City.

How could the major guilds in Cold Wind City let go of the Shura Adventurer Team?

They would definitely regard the Shura Adventurer Team as a thorn in their side and want to get rid of it quickly.

"It doesn't matter. If they want to fight, we'll accompany them." Shi Feng smiled indifferently. "Moreover, my original goal was to control Cold Wind City and make Cold Wind City the foundation of our Shura Adventurer Team."

"..." Gu Jiuji and others were stunned when they heard this.

They originally thought that Shi Feng's goal was to do quests, but now it seemed that Shi Feng's goal was much bigger than they had imagined.

An adventurer team wanting to control an NPC city was simply too crazy.

"Since so many people are here now, then I, as the leader of the Shura Adventurer Team, announce that our Shura Adventurer Team is going to establish an Adventurer Alliance. All adventurer teams and free players are welcome to join! All adventurer teams and free players who join the Adventurer Alliance will enjoy some of the benefits of the Shura Adventurer Team!" Shi Feng glanced at the players all over the street and announced loudly.