News of Stone Forest Town's raid quickly spread throughout the Starmoon Kingdom. Shortly after, rumors of Stone Forest Town's unsafe spread.
This situation delighted many Guilds, especially Blackwater's and Sky Burial Society's members.
None of them had thought that even the heavens would help them.
As long as the Ling YI Society lost Stone Forest Town, they could easily crush the Ling YI Society with the capital they had.
Moreover, to add fuel to the fire, Blackwater and Sky Burial Society began purchasing Candlelight's Light Stones in bulk and selling the Light Stones they produced on their own trading firms. Very quickly, they solved the problem of Candlelight's lack of Light Stones.
Although this would increase Candlelight's income temporarily and cause them to suffer losses, in the long run, players would gradually run to the Heavenly Trading Firm and Blackwater Trading Firm, breaking the habit of purchasing items from Candlelight. As a result, fewer players visited Candlelight to purchase items. This further suppressed the momentum the Ling YI Society had built up.
Because of this, the elite players that had originally intended to join the Ling YI Society began to hesitate.
After receiving news of the situation, Shiuse Qiangwei immediately conducted an investigation. As a result, the joy of having Alluring Summer in the Starmoon Kingdom vanished.
"Guild Leader, this is what I just learned," Shiuse Qiangwei immediately contacted Shifeng.
In less than an hour, Candlelight's Light Stone sales had increased by five times. In contrast, the Heavenly Trading Firm and Blackwater Trading Firm had snatched away the small amount of popularity the Advanced Mana Armor Kits had gained. As for the number of players wishing to join the Ling YI Society, it had only halved. To the Ling YI Society, which was in dire need of manpower, this was not good news.
"Blackwater and Heaven's Burial sure are capable. Only they would dare to do something like this," Shifeng could not help but sigh ruefully as he looked at Candlelight's income and traffic.
"Guild Leader, you're still in the mood to joke? If they can mass-produce Light Stones, we'll have a much harder time dealing with them." Shiuse Qiangwei grumbled. "Moreover, as you can see, Stone Forest Town's situation isn't good. Based on our investigations, the number of monsters is increasing. According to our initial estimates, there are already over 100,000 monsters. Moreover, they have already begun to spread. I'm afraid that it won't be long before they attack Stone Forest Town."
Shifeng looked at the information sent by Shiuse Qiangwei. Shifeng saw a familiar figure in the video.
This figure was none other than the one-horned humanoid monster. Only, its level had increased significantly, reaching Level 53. Its HP had also undergone a qualitative change, rising from over 1,000,000 to 6,000,000. In other words, it had risen from a Level 40 Chieftain to a Level 50 Lord. This rate of improvement was truly frightening.
Fortunately, there were very few of these one-horned humanoid monsters. Most of them were Level 50 to 60 beast-type monsters. In terms of intelligence and combat standards, these beast-type monsters were clearly inferior to the one-horned humanoid monsters. However, these beast-type monsters' combat standards were already on par with ordinary players. To ordinary players, this was a disaster.
If this situation continued, Shifeng had no doubt that the entire Starmoon Kingdom would be in danger.
"Since the Blackwater Consortium wants to kick us while we're down, I'll fulfill their wish. Any player who purchases two or more stacks of Light Stones will be charged 2 Silver per Light Stone. If each player only purchases one stack, they'll be sold at 80 Copper per stack," Shifeng said, smiling. "As for those monsters, let's not bother ourselves with them. We'll do what we need to do. When the time comes, we won't know who will cry and who will laugh."
If he did not possess the Magic Tower Design, he would've been somewhat worried about the monsters nurtured by the Evil God's Temple.
However, things were different now. As long as Stone Forest Town had a Magic Tower, it would be the safest place in the Starmoon Kingdom aside from NPC cities and special strategic towns.
If the Evil God's Temple's monsters spread throughout Starmoon City, he definitely wouldn't be the one crying.
"Are we really going to leave them be?" Shiuse Qiangwei was still very worried.
Although she more or less knew that the Ling YI Society had other sources of income, the Magic Crystal income from Stone Forest Town was extremely important. Without a supply of Magic Crystals, the Guild's development would quickly stagnate.
"Relax," Shifeng said confidently.
The Magic Tower was no joke. Otherwise, it wouldn't have become one of the mainstream defensive structures in God's Domain.
Time passed quickly. After spending over half a day, Shifeng finally completed the Magic Tower.
The instant the Magic Tower was completed, Shifeng's EXP skyrocketed. His Forging Proficiency also increased by over 500 points. To Advanced Forgers like Shifeng, increasing one point of Forging Proficiency was already extremely difficult. They had to produce high-ranked items to increase their Forging Proficiency. Now, however, they had directly increased their Forging Proficiency by 0 points. This was already equivalent to an entire day's worth of work for an Advanced Forger.
The moment the Magic Tower was completed, a blue ripple spread out from the Magic Tower in the center of Stone Forest Town. This ripple made everyone in Stone Forest Town feel as if they were being observed.
"What is that thing?"
When the players on the street saw the towering Magic Tower, they could see a gigantic Magic Crystal at the top of the tower. The crystal radiated a faint blue glow as if it were the moon that illuminated the night sky. This sight piqued everyone's curiosity.
Previously, when the Shifeng had constructed the Magic Tower, a layer of mist had enveloped it, preventing anyone from seeing what was inside. Everyone only knew that something was being built, but not what it was.
Now that they saw this towering structure, they were mesmerized by the Magic Tower's charm.
As for the Shifeng himself, he stood atop the Magic Tower and placed his hand on the gigantic Magic Crystal, officially activating the Magic Tower.
The Magic Tower had a total of three main functions.
The first function was to attack distant targets. Its power rivaled that of a Basic Mana Pulse Cannon. However, it had a very short Cooldown, similar to a Defense Turret.
The second function was to investigate. The Magic Tower could detect targets within a 10,000-yard radius.
The third function was also the favorite of the various large Guilds: Mana Enhancement. Only, the Mana Enhancement Magic Towers provided was far inferior to the Mana Towers in cities. Normally, a total of five Magic Towers wouldn't even provide one-third of the Mana Enhancement Magic Towers' Mana Enhancement Magic Towers provided. However, this was already impressive for a Magic Tower. After all, the process of upgrading a town to a city was a long one. The Magic Towers were akin to transitional structures.
However, even so, this was already very good.
System: Do you wish to activate the Magic Tower? If activation costs 10,000 Magic Crystals, maintaining the Magic Tower's Mana for one day will cost 50,000 Magic Crystals.
"Activate!" Without hesitation, Shifeng clicked the Activate button.
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