Star-Moon City, Shadowblade Ruins:
The Shadowblade Ruins was the closest Level 40 to Level 50 high-resource map to Star-Moon City. Every day, a large number of players visited the map. Currently, however, the players grinding in the map were in a state of panic.
Many teams had suddenly been ambushed by a large number of powerful monsters. Moreover, among these monsters were humanoid, one-horned monsters with extremely high intellect. Their combat standards were even higher than some elite players'. With their high Attributes, these one-horned monsters were like wolves in a flock of sheep. Every time these monsters attacked, they would bypass the players' Defense and strike their vital points. Even the healers would die before they could keep up with the healing.
Only the expert players leading the team could barely hold the monsters back.
"Commander, we can't use our Instantaneous Movement Scrolls!" a Level 40 Swordsman in light blue armor reported anxiously.
"How is this possible? Didn't one of our team members use an Instantaneous Movement Scroll to escape danger an hour ago?" The robust Level 41 Shield Warrior, who was currently fending off the one-horned humanoid monsters, frowned when he saw the increasing number of monsters.
The Shadowblade Ruins was still very dangerous to current players. Hence, when exploring a map, every team would prepare some Tier 0 Instantaneous Movement Scrolls to avoid encountering traps or monster encirclement.
Currently, their 100-man team was surrounded by several hundred monsters.
If it were only a few hundred Elite monsters led by a Chieftain, it would be fine, but now, they were surrounded by an army of three Level 50-plus Lords and over a dozen Level 50-plus Chieftains …
In addition, there was also a Level 51 Chieftain ranked one-horned humanoid monster. It was even more of a threat than the Lords.
Meanwhile, on a high ground a short distance away from this fierce battle, two players quietly observed the situation. One of these two players was an Assassin wielding a pitch-black crystal. This Assassin's skin was dark gray, and he radiated a dense aura of darkness. There was also a crimson mark on his forehead. If Shifeng were here, they would definitely recognize this Assassin. This Assassin was none other than Abandoned Wave, Blackwater's former Guild Leader.
The other Assassin was a cloaked Cleric, Flame Blood, who wielded a white jade staff.
"These Evil Demons really are frightening. Just one of them is enough to force a Level 41 expert Shield Warrior to activate his Lifesaving Skills and Berserk Skills," Flame Blood could not help but exclaim as he watched the Shield Warrior fall into a disadvantageous position.
"This is nothing." Abandoned Wave, who was standing to one side, said with a smile, "Those demons have only recently been nurtured. Since we've already sealed off the entire Shadowblade Ruins, let's not play around with them any longer."
Following which, Abandoned Wave tapped the pitch-black crystal in his hand. Immediately, five Level 55 Lord ranked Evil Demons appeared before Abandoned Wave. Not only were these five Lord ranked Evil Demons much larger than the Level 51 Evil Demons he was currently fighting, but their pitch-black eyes also contained a hint of intelligence. It was obvious that they were much more intelligent than the Chieftain ranked Evil Demons.
So strong! Flame Blood's heart shuddered when he saw the five Lord ranked Evil Demons before him.
Just one Lord ranked Evil Demon was enough to suffocate him. As one of Heaven's Burial's top-tier experts, his intuition was incredibly sharp. He didn't doubt that the Lord ranked Evil Demon before him could kill him in two or three moves.
Although this strength was due to his Attributes, it was more due to his combat experience.
And there were a total of five such monsters.
If he rushed into the crowd, he couldn't imagine what would happen.
"You guys, go and kill those people!" Abandoned Wave pointed at the 100-man elite team fighting in the distance.
Whoosh! The five Lord ranked Evil Demons disappeared from Abandoned Wave's sight as they dashed towards the 100-man elite team that was locked in a bitter struggle.
The instant these five Evil Demons entered the battlefield, the Level 41 Shield Warrior leading the team gasped.
"It's over …" The Shield Warrior despaired when he saw his teammates die.
In just a short moment, the 100-man elite team led by an expert player had been annihilated. Not a single one had escaped alive. Meanwhile, Abandoned Wave walked over to begin the ritual.
Suddenly, the 100-man elite team became a monster army. Moreover, the team's leader had been transformed into a skinny Special Elite ranked Evil Demon. Aside from these Evil Demons, the corpses of two other players had also transformed into One-horned Evil Demons. However, they were only Elite ranked Evil Demons.
"Hahaha! Sure enough, the Guild's elite team is quite impressive! We've obtained three Evil Demons just by annihilating a single team! Zero Wing, just you wait! It won't be long before I'll show you what despair truly feels like!" Abandoned Wave smiled in satisfaction as he looked at the three Evil Demons. "Alright, let's move on to the next location. The battle there should be over by now."
The difference between killing an adventurer team and a Guild's elite team was massive. Previously, they had only obtained one Evil Demon after killing two or three elite adventurer teams. Now, however, a single Guild's elite team had spawned three Evil Demons. Moreover, one of them was an Evil Demon with high Growth Potential. Their efficiency had increased by at least twofold.
At this rate, it would only take a few days for them to take down a strategic NP town, much less flatten Stone Forest Town.
Meanwhile, after Shifeng dealt with the construction of the city, he contacted A Melancholy Smile and had A Melancholy Smile find five trustworthy Advanced Enchanters in Candlelight. Moreover, these five Advanced Enchanters had to sign strict contracts with them.
The Tier 2 Promotion Quest was no trivial matter. It would also take a long time to complete.
Hence, Shifeng planned to deal with the Guild and trading firm's affairs first before focusing on the Promotion Quest.
Candlelight had long since become the publicly acknowledged number one trading firm in the Starmoon Kingdom. It also had a 3-star Shop. Hence, plenty of Lifestyle players applied to the Guild every day. Basic and Intermediate Lifestyle players had no advantage in joining Candlelight. They could only serve as reserve members. Only Advanced Lifestyle players who passed the test could become official members. Even so, plenty of Advanced Lifestyle players still visited the Guild every day.
Candlelight had a large number of Advanced Enchanters, which were difficult to find in other trading firms.
"Which of you are willing to become Candlelight's core Enchanters? Sign up here!" A Melancholy Smile shouted when he arrived at the Leisure Area, which was reserved for Advanced Lifestyle players.
Immediately, the Advanced Lifestyle players in the Leisure Area perked up their ears. However, when they heard that only Enchanters were required, many of the Advanced Lifestyle players looked at the Enchanters with envy.
"Hah … It's actually an Enchanter. I wonder when it'll be us forgers' turn?" an Advanced Forger with delicate features sighed.
Silent Wonder, who rested nearby, was confused when she saw the dejected expressions on everyone's faces.
What was there to be envious about?
As long as one was a core member of the trading firm, they had to sign a strict contract and lose a lot of their freedom. In contrast, official members only needed to complete a set number of tasks each day and could do whatever they wanted. Even if they left Candlelight, they would only have to pay a portion of the penalty and forget the recipes they had learned. However, it was a different story for core and advanced members. If they wanted to leave Candlelight, not only would they have to pay a hefty penalty, but they would also have to reset their Proficiency Points to zero and forget all the recipes they had learned. They would have to start all over again.
"Wonder, you're new here, so you might not know this, but the Candlelight Trading Firm has precious slots to enter the Holy City. That is a great opportunity to become a Master. However, only core members and advanced members qualify to compete for those slots. Moreover, core members occupy the majority of the slots. Hence, everyone wishes to become a core member of Candlelight. Unfortunately, to become a core member, one needs luck," an elegant female alchemist explained patiently when she saw Silent Wonder's confused expression.
"Candlelight still has Holy City slots?" Silent Wonder could not help her surprise.
She had already learned about Candlelight's Holy City slots from the auction. She also knew how helpful they were to becoming a Master. She had never thought that Candlelight still had Holy City slots.
Silent Wonder was a little tempted by Shi Feng's offer. However, when she recalled what Shi Feng had said to her before, she quickly shook her head. She felt that she had nearly ended up like Shi Feng. Inwardly, she thought, Hmph! I refuse to believe that with my abilities, Candlelight will beg me to stay and hand over the Holy City's slots.
Inside Candlelight's sixth-floor Special Forging Room, the five Advanced Enchanters who had followed A Melancholy Smile into the room were incomparably nervous. Currently, they faced the Guild Leader of Starmoon Kingdom's number one Guild and the kingdom's number one expert, a legendary existence. "I came here to find you.
"It's simple. Learn this Basic Rune Illustration Handbook. Afterward, just focus on crafting Runes. Don't worry about the materials. In addition, whoever can craft the most Runes within the time limit will get a spot on the next trip to the Holy City," Shi Feng said as he took out the Basic Rune Illustration Handbook he had obtained from the Sea God's Temple.
Currently, the various major powers had yet to obtain the Basic Rune Design, but it was one of the commonly used consumables in God's Domain. Not only was it affordable, but its effects were also very obvious.
Currently, Shi Feng had already spent most of the money he had earned from the auction. After deducting the money he had spent on his Promotion Quest and the Guild's development, he had very little left. Meanwhile, he had only just begun to pay for the city's construction. He would need even more money to develop the city in the future. Hence, he needed to plan ahead.
Now that Candlelight had acquired 20 Shops from the Secret Pavilion, as well as the two Shops in major cities that Feng Qianyu had mortgaged, it was definitely a good opportunity to sell the Basic Rune Design and spread Candlelight's name.
The five Advanced Enchanters' eyes glowed when they heard Shi Feng's words. They had never thought that they would have an opportunity to learn such a thing. They even had a chance to obtain a slot to the Holy City. Without hesitation, they clicked to learn the Basic Rune Design and hurriedly left the forging room to research how to craft the runes and increase their success rate.
After everyone left, Shifeng took out the 30 Level 45 Fine-Gold Weapons and 10 Level 45 Dark-Gold Weapons he had just retrieved from the Guild Warehouse.
The Tier 2 Promotion Quest was no trivial matter. Not to mention, he now possessed one of the Ten Great Saint Legacies. Even if his current combat power was frightening, he still needed to improve everything he could. As for the Level 40 Magic Sword, the Abyssal Blade, he was no exception. After all, he was already Level 50. Level 40 weapons no longer suited him.
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