Shortly after the Adventurer Alliance's exchange benefits appeared on the official forums, the news spread like wildfire throughout Cold Wind City. Even the city's various large Guilds' eyes glowed with excitement when they saw the news.
A Level 50 Fine-Gold Set Equipment!
Even the various large Guilds could only dream of obtaining such equipment.
"The Asura Adventurers are too ruthless! They're actually offering such a bargaining chip to recruit independent players! "
"How did they get their hands on the Magic Light Set?"
"Crap! If I had the Magic Light Set, I'd be able to solo a Level 55 Grand Lord. "
"It's no wonder why the Asura Adventurers have such high Attributes. It turns out that they're wearing the Magic Light Set."
The upper echelons of Cold Wind City's various Guilds fell silent when they saw the Asura Adventurers's exchange benefits.
Their Guilds were already far inferior to Asura's when it came to exchanging equipment. However, compared to exchanging weapons and equipment, Asura's second exchanging benefit was the true source of their headaches.
Combat techniques!
Combat techniques were far more valuable than weapons and equipment.
At the end of the day, weapons and equipment were external objects. Moreover, as players reached higher levels, they'd replace their weapons and equipment. Obtaining the best weapons and equipment didn't necessarily mean that they'd last forever.
Combat techniques, on the other hand, were different. They could accompany players forever and increase their combat power. Combat techniques were far more valuable than weapons and equipment.
If players had to choose between Level 50 Dark-Gold Equipment or combat techniques, the majority would choose combat techniques. After all, even if they chose Level 50 Dark-Gold Equipment now, they wouldn't obtain combat techniques. By the time they reached Level 60, Level 50 Dark-Gold Equipment would only be Common Equipment. However, if they obtained combat techniques, they'd be able to obtain better equipment. Although their current weapons and equipment weren't particularly impressive, their combat techniques were. It was only a matter of time before they obtained better equipment.
Combat techniques were something the various large Guilds had always wanted. Unfortunately, they were simply too difficult to obtain.
Up until now, they didn't have any clues. They were all researched by some gifted experts themselves. These battle skills that they had painstakingly researched wouldn't be taught to outsiders because these were their trump cards. If others were to learn them, they would undoubtedly lose one of their trump cards.
Currently, Hekati was the only Guild in Cold Wind City that had mastered a combat technique. Moreover, Hekati had very strict control over its combat techniques. Only core members who had signed a contract with the Guild had the right to learn the combat technique. As for the Guild's experts who had not signed a contract with the Guild, they were not allowed to learn the combat technique.
Meanwhile, inside Hecate's Residence, Carnage stared at the Adventurer Alliance's exchange benefits on the official forums with an indescribably gloomy expression. Even the Guild's upper echelons were stupefied when they saw the results.
"Are these Asura Adventurers out of their minds? How dare they trade combat skills?"
"Aren't they afraid that an outsider learning these combat skills would be detrimental to their future development?"
…
The upper echelons of the Guild's upper echelons chatted among themselves, confused by the Asura Adventurers' insane behavior. They had never thought that the Asura Adventurers would go to such lengths to obtain Cold Wind City.
Suddenly, a Level 52 Ranger entered the room and reported, "Vice Guild Leader, I've just received news that a large number of elite players who signed contracts with us have decided to break their contracts. Currently, more than a thousand of them have already broken their contracts. Moreover, the number is still increasing …"
"Have these people lost their minds? If they break their contracts, they'll have to compensate us with three Gold! "The upper echelons standing beside Carnage were stupefied.
The contracts they had signed with independent players were not unbreakable. Only, the price for doing so was very high.
Three Gold was a hefty sum even to expert players, not to mention elite players. Although players' levels and income increased as they leveled up, the cost of maintaining and repairing their weapons and equipment increased as well. Moreover, there were many other areas where they needed to spend money, such as potions and Magic Scrolls, as well as food and lodging. There was not much money they could save.
Elite players would be fortunate if they had 50 to 60 Silver Coins to spare. Ordinary players might only have a dozen or so Silver Coins to spare. Only expert players had slightly more, with some having two or three Gold Coins to spare, while the wealthier ones had five or six Gold Coins. Hence, the Asura Adventurers had set the compensation for breaking their contracts at three Gold Coins.
Now, however …
Meanwhile, in front of the Asura Adventurers' Residence, a large number of independent players swarmed toward the Residence after the Adventurer Alliance's benefits were announced. In less than half an hour, over 50,000 independent players had formed a long line that stretched across five streets. Moreover, the line continued to grow. The Asura Adventurers had no choice but to dispatch 600 players to maintain order.
The sight stupefied the various large Guilds' members who had come to scout the Residence.
Many of these independent players were Level 51 and Level 52 elite and expert players. There were also a few well-known adventurer teams in Cold Wind City. There were even a few elite and expert players from the various large Guilds that the Asura Adventurers recognized. Only, these players had quit their Guilds …
However, they could understand why the Asura Adventurers had done so.
They had joined Guilds to obtain better weapons and equipment. Otherwise, who would want to be restricted by a Guild? Yet, the Adventurer Alliance was providing them with weapons and equipment. Moreover, the Adventurer Alliance provided them with better weapons and equipment than the various large Guilds. They could even exchange for combat techniques that expert players longed for.
Ordinary Guilds simply couldn't compare to such benefits.
Naturally, many elite and expert players wanted to join the Adventurer Alliance.
"Commander, this move of yours is simply too ruthless. I've received news that a large number of experts and elite members from some of Cold Wind City's small Guilds have left due to the benefits we've offered them. As a result, the Guilds are close to disbanding. Even a large Guild like Hecate has lost over 300 expert players and 4,000 elite members," Yan Ya excitedly reported after entering the Guild Hall's Basic Forging Room.
Yan Ya didn't have a favorable impression of Cold Wind City's various large Guilds, especially Hekati. Previously, Hekati had tried to poach them. However, due to their refusal, Hekati had placed a bounty on their heads. If not for Shifeng instructing them to lead a team to the Snow Rift's Bosses, she would've returned the favor to Hekati's grinding spot.
Now that the Adventurer Alliance had revealed its benefits, it had poached over 300 of Hekati's expert players. This was simply too satisfying.
Even after absorbing Matchless Family, Hekati only had around 2,700 experts in Cold Wind City. Now that over 300 experts had left, it had lost one-ninth of Hekati's expert players. To Hekati, this was a massive loss.
Yan Ya couldn't wait to see the expressions of Hekati's upper echelons.
"Ruthless?" Shifeng shook his head and laughed. This was only the beginning. He then turned to Yan Ya and asked, "Have you obtained that item?"
"Mhm. We've already purchased the largest plot of Land in Cold Wind City. We've also constructed a three-story Shop. As for the interior space, we'll have to go there. We've spent a total of 8,000 Gold. We've almost used up all of the adventurer team's savings," Yan Ya said as she retrieved a Land Deed from her bag and handed it to Shifeng.
"Good! Let's go take a look, then. " Shifeng nodded. After accepting the Land Deed, he led Yan Ya to the largest plot of Land in Cold Wind City.
Originally, this plot of Land had been reserved for Guilds. However, due to its poor location and high price, the various large Guilds hadn't purchased it. Fortunately, Shifeng had benefited from this plot of Land.
"Not bad. This should be enough." Shifeng was very satisfied with the three-story Shop he had constructed.
At this moment, a few independent players had already gathered before the Shop's entrance and were curiously observing it.
In reality, these players weren't the only ones curious. Even Yan Ya, who followed behind Shifeng, was curious as to why Shifeng had purchased such a large plot of Land to construct such a large Shop.
If they really wanted to purchase items, they could've purchased a relatively good plot of Land in the city's central district. Moreover, with such a large Shop, they wouldn't have many items to sell.
However, Shifeng didn't bother explaining this matter. He simply walked into the Shop. At this moment, the Shop's lobby was empty.
Shifeng wasn't in a hurry to renovate the Shop's interior. Instead, he took out Magic Crystals and a large number of rare materials from his bag and began to draw a magic array in the center of the lobby.
The magic array Shifeng planned to draw was none other than the Starlight Gathering Magic Array that he had obtained from the War God's Temple. It could increase the Mana density of an enclosed space with a 500-yard radius by 300%. However, due to the high demand for materials and the fact that he needed the ability to draw Advanced Magic Arrays, Shifeng had never used the Starlight Gathering Magic Array before.
Now that the Ling YI Society had gathered the necessary materials to draw the magic array, it was just the right time to use them in a large, enclosed Shop.
In a place like the Ice Crystal World, there were practically no high-Mana environments. In fact, it wasn't just the Ice Crystal World. Practically all Otherworlds lacked high-Mana environments. Only Higher Planes had high-Mana environments. This was also the main reason why the combat standards of Otherworlds' players were generally weak.
Without a sufficiently high-Mana environment, it was very difficult to improve one's strength.
If they wanted to truly improve the strength of the Asura Adventurers, relying on weapons, equipment, and combat techniques was far from enough. They would have to use the Ancient Shrine to teleport to the main continent. The cost was simply too high. The current Ling YI Society and Asura Adventurers simply couldn't afford it. Moreover, teleporting to and from the main continent was very troublesome. If too many people traveled, the secret of the Ancient Shrine would be easily exposed.
Hence, before coming to the Ice Crystal World, Shifeng had decided to build a place similar to Stone Forest Town's Battle Arena in Cold Wind City.
Finally, after spending an hour in Shifeng's office, Shi Feng finished inscribing the Starlight Gathering Magic Array. A beautiful illusion of starlight then formed in the center of the lobby.
"Commander, what's this? It's so beautiful! "Yan Ya was momentarily mesmerized as she stared at the beautiful magic array in shock.
"What?" Shifeng smiled. "Of course, it's a new world!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
