Star-Moon City, Blackwater's Residence:
At this moment, Blackwater was no longer as prosperous as it had been in the past. Very few new players had come to join the Guild's Residence. If not for the Blackwater Corporation backing Blackwater, even these newcomers wouldn't have come to the Guild's Residence.
Blackwater's elite members had died in large numbers. Not only had they lost one level, but they had also lost a large number of weapons and equipment. For the time being, Blackwater had no spare time to help other members.
The main reason why independent players were willing to join Guilds was because they hoped that the Guild's experts could help them level up, raid Dungeons, and upgrade their weapons and equipment. Without such basic benefits, no newcomers would be willing to join. Meanwhile, the Guild's ordinary members had also fallen into a stagnant period. They could only grind in Common Party Dungeons and small-scale Team Dungeons.
Meanwhile, inside Blackwater's Guild Leader's office, Qin Muyun, Laughing Drunkard, and Lethal Gale entered one after another.
"Guild Leader, here's the latest information you requested," Qin Muyun said as she placed a report on the table with an ugly expression.
The report clearly stated that over 20,000 elite members had left the Guild. This number was already close to the number of elite members in a second-rate Guild. As for the ordinary members that had left the Guild, there were over 100,000 of them. Compared to the loss of elite members, this number was negligible.
However, after Abandoned Wave finished reading the report, he shifted his gaze to Lethal Gale and asked, "What's the situation with the Blackwater Trading Firm?"
"Candlelight's newest product, the Exotic Stamina Potion, is very popular among ordinary players. Even though we're selling the Mana Mixture for 10 Silver per bottle, ordinary players are still choosing the Exotic Stamina Potion. Currently, player traffic is only one-third of what it used to be …" Lethal Gale said, shaking his head. "Although we've sent someone to infiltrate Candlelight to inquire about the Exotic Stamina Potion, according to him, only an extremely small number of Candlelight's upper echelons know about it. We still don't know where the potion came from."
The Exotic Stamina Potion's appearance had dealt a massive blow to the market.
Setting aside the affordable price, just the fact that the potion could last for ten hours was already incomparable to the Mana Mixture. In addition, the Mana Mixture was only suitable for raiding Dungeons, whereas the Exotic Stamina Potion was not only suitable for raiding Dungeons, but it was also of great help when players leveled up in the fields.
Many players would purchase Exotic Stamina Potions even if they did not use the Recovery Potions and Mana Recovery Potions. With the Exotic Stamina Potion, players could grind and level up faster. They could even travel across maps without resting, saving them a lot of time.
Even he could not help but buy three bottles. He had to admit that the potion was truly useful. At the very least, it had increased his leveling speed by 20% to 30%. It was no wonder so many players were willing to sell everything they had just to buy a single bottle.
Based on the information he had received from Candlelight, the Exotic Stamina Potion was already out of stock. As long as it appeared in Candlelight, players would immediately snatch it up. Meanwhile, the upper echelons of other large Guilds had also visited Candlelight in hopes of negotiating a partnership with Candlelight.
The current Ling YI Society, whether it was the development of a guild or a trading firm, was unstoppable.
"Good! Very good!" When Abandoned Wave heard this, he did not reveal a trace of anger. On the contrary, he laughed loudly.
"Guild Leader?" Qin Muyun and Lethal Gale were confused.
Currently, Young Master Jing was extremely dissatisfied with them. Most likely, the higher-ups would issue an order in the next few days. At that time, none of them would be able to escape punishment. It was especially true for Abandoned Wave. Yet, now, Abandoned Wave was still laughing. It was simply incomprehensible.
Could it be that the blow to his confidence had been too great?
Ignoring Qin Muyun and Lethal Gale's questions, Abandoned Wave turned to Laughing Drunkard and asked softly, "Drunkard, have you completed the task I asked of you?"
"Guild Leader, are you still worried about me? I've already sent the detailed information on all of Ling YI Society's experts to Miracle Society. They have also expressed their stance on this matter. In tomorrow's Dark Arena, Ling YI Society has no chance of winning, "Laughing Drunkard said confidently.
Originally, he had not been very optimistic about the Dark Arena's outcome. However, after visiting Miracle Society and the detailed information he had provided, he was very confident that Ling YI Society would not win tomorrow's match.
The internal odds for the next match of the Dark Arena had already been released. The odds were 1: 3. Most people believed that the Asura Battle Team would win. After all, very few people knew that the Evil Dragon Battle Team had Miracle Society's backing. They had only learned that the Evil Dragon Battle Team had become a member of Miracle Society because of the Blackwater Consortium's cooperation with Miracle Society.
1: 3 odds were extremely rare in the Dark Arena. Most of the time, the odds were 1: 1.5.
Seeing such high odds, Miracle Society naturally intended to go all out. Moreover, their goal was a complete victory!
After all, the odds for a complete victory were 1: 7. Even Super Guilds would be tempted by such odds. Naturally, Miracle Society would not let go of this opportunity.
Needless to say, Miracle Society's peak experts were no match for Super Guilds. Moreover, to ensure a complete victory, Miracle Society had even borrowed some Epic items from other large Guilds. Even Ling Yi's members, who had heaven-defying Attributes, were no match for Miracle Society's experts.
Ling YI Society was powerful precisely because of their Basic Attributes. As for Refinement Realm experts, only five of them had reached the Refinement Realm. Among them, Hei Yan definitely would not participate. After all, he was a Guild Leader. This left only Ye Feng, Fire Dance, Gentle Snow, and Violet Cloud. Among them, Fire Dance, Gentle Snow, and Violet Cloud had only truly entered the Refinement Realm. Without any advantage in Attributes, the only one who could be considered a combat power was Ye Feng. However, the Dark Arena was a ten-man team competition.
"Alright. You three should organize the Guild's resources. When the time comes, we'll go and watch the competition in the Dark Arena." Unlike Qin Muyun and Lethal Gale, Abandoned Wave was not as shocked as Qin Muyun and Lethal Gale had expected. On the contrary, he calmly thought of a way to turn the situation around.
The first thing he needed to do was restore the Guild's foundation. He needed to replenish the weapons, equipment, Coins, and other items the Guild had lost. The Dark Arena provided him with this opportunity.
Meanwhile, Blackwater's defeat was not meaningless. At the very least, he had gained a better understanding of Ling YI Society's experts. This would allow Miracle Society to deal with Ling YI Society better.
…
Inside the majestic temple, Shifeng led the team and activated Isolation Scrolls. The team then rapidly advanced through the maze-like void corridor.
As they had less than 20 minutes, reaching the Fallen Ark's inner area was not an easy task. This was especially true since the abyssal monsters had just awakened and had yet to leave the Ark.
Occasionally, Fallen Patrols would wander the corridors in the Fallen Ark's outer area. However, to Shifeng, who possessed a map and extremely sensitive five senses, these Patrols were practically non-existent. Not only could they evade the Patrols, but they could also avoid traps.
"Oh? So, the Armory is here."
After nearly ten minutes of infiltration, Shifeng suddenly discovered a tightly shut door with the words "Armory" written on it. Upon seeing this, Shifeng's heart raced.
The Armory was a storage room specifically used to store war weapons.
Yet, this storage room had yet to be opened by any player! (To be continued.)
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