As soon as God's Domain's system announcement appeared, players throughout God's Domain went into an uproar. They were all curious about the Auction Arena System, and the various major powers immediately launched their own investigations.
The new system's appearance was an opportunity for all players.
It was even more significant for the various major powers. It was no exaggeration to say that God's Domain's major powers would undergo a major reshuffle.
It's activating already? Shifeng frowned when he saw the system announcement.
After White River City's promotion, he knew that the Auction Arena System's activation wouldn't be far off. However, he hadn't expected it to happen so soon.
Although the Auction Arena System's activation wouldn't cause as much of a commotion as God's Domain's system update, it would have a much greater impact than an ordinary system update.
After all, this was related to the issue of control over an NPC city. By doing so, players could gain actual control over an NPC city. In other words, they could control the city's economy.
Once players gained full control over an NPC city's economy, other powers would have a much harder time shaking the city. Moreover, once players gained control of a city's Auction House, they'd be able to reap considerable profits. The higher the player population of a city, the more profits it would earn.
Hence, the Auction Arena's activation caused a commotion throughout God's Domain. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the beginning of a new era. At the same time, due to the Auction Arena's activation, the competition between the various major powers intensified.
Moreover, not only would the dark forces participate in the competition, but the various adventurer teams would as well. After all, controlling a city's Auction House didn't require a Guild's aptitude, nor did it require protection. Any player could gain control of a city's Auction House and earn a lot of money. Which player wouldn't want such a wonderful opportunity?
In the past, when the various major powers fought against each other, they would control themselves so as not to harm their foundations. However, with the Auction Arena's activation, these powers would go all out. Even the large Guilds that hadn't dared to take action against the various superpowers would take action without hesitation.
One could say that the war between God's Domain's major powers had only just begun!
Following which, after Shifeng completed the transfer of the Shop's management rights with the Hundred Flowers Palace, he used a Return Scroll and returned to White River City. He didn't linger in Silver Pine City.
Starmoon Kingdom, White River City:
As soon as Shifeng stepped out of the teleportation array, he discovered that more players had arrived in White River City. Despite the fact that the Teleportation Hall was divided into several floors, every corner of the hall was crowded with players. Among them were merchant and Lifestyle players.
However, compared to these players, the majority of White River City's players were players from the various major powers.
"Sure enough, they've all come to gather information."
Shifeng glanced at the many cloaked players in the hall. With Omniscient Eyes, he could see the Guild Emblems these cloaked players wore. Most of these cloaked players weren't from the Starmoon Kingdom. Instead, they were from other kingdoms and empires. Some were even superpowers and Dark Guilds.
Currently, only 100 NPC cities in God's Domain were capable of activating Auction Arenas. On average, each kingdom and empire had less than one.
Meanwhile, White River City was one of those cities. If the various major powers wanted to learn more about the Auction Arena, they had to visit the newly upgraded Auction House. Naturally, White River City had become one of the major powers' targets.
Following which, Shifeng made his way to one of the Advanced Restaurants in the Teleportation Hall. A Melancholy Smile and 30-plus merchant players had been waiting in one of the restaurant's VIP rooms for some time now.
"Guild Leader, I've gathered all the 2-star merchant players you asked me to," A Melancholy Smile reported quietly when he saw Shifeng enter the room.
"Good. From now on, have them memorize the materials on this list. Afterward, use this Thunder Axe Crystal to send them all to Thunder Axe City. Have them try to purchase as many of these materials as possible from the NPC merchants," Shifeng said, nodding as he handed a list of materials and a Thunder Axe Crystal to A Melancholy Smile.
The contest in the Auction Arena didn't just rely on players' combat standards. A large part of the contest also depended on resources. After all, resources could be used to improve a player's strength during the contest, such as unlocking the most basic equipment.
In the Auction Arena, there was a limit to how many pieces of equipment players could purchase. Equipment above Fine-Gold rank would be restricted to Fine-Gold rank. If players wished to unlock their equipment's rank, they'd have to spend resources. This was why the outcome of a contest depended on resources.
Only with sufficient experts and resources could a player control more NPC cities.
However, the Auction Arena didn't accept just any rare ore and materials. Only Epic materials could be purchased. This was also why the various superpowers had such an advantage in the Auction Arena.
Generally, Epic materials only had a chance of dropping in 50-man Hard Mode Team Dungeons. However, 100-man and 200-man Team Dungeons were guaranteed to drop Epic materials.
An ordinary large Guild wouldn't have any problems raiding a 50-man Team Dungeon, but a 100-man Hard Mode Team Dungeon was a different story. Only the Guild's individual teams or main force could raid such a Dungeon. On the other hand, the various superpowers had plenty of teams capable of raiding such a Dungeon. Hence, when it came to resources, ordinary large Guilds simply couldn't compare.
Although Ling Yi's peak combat power was very powerful, when it came to raiding 100-man Hard Mode Team Dungeons, she was far behind the various superpowers.
However, there were other ways to obtain Epic materials.
One of them was by trading between merchant players and special NPC merchants. Only, trading between merchant players and 2-star NPC merchants would take a lot of time. Thunder Axe City was a super-large-scale neutral city, and there was no lack of special NPC merchants. It was an excellent place to obtain Epic materials.
Originally, Shi Feng had planned to use the 2-star Smithy's 2-star Smithy to slowly accumulate Epic materials. It would be much easier than trading with NPC merchants. Now that the Auction Arena had opened, he had to earn as much as he could. After all, the opening of the Auction Arena meant that the competition for Epic materials was about to begin.
Following which, Shifeng had A Melancholy Smile dispatch players to collect Epic materials from the various NPC cities. Although the various superpowers wouldn't sell Epic materials to outsiders, they collected as much as they could.
After dealing with Thunder Axe City and collecting Epic materials, Shifeng had Shiuse Qiangwei and the others focus on raiding 100-man Hard Mode Team Dungeons. Afterward, Shifeng returned to one of Candlelight's forging rooms and retrieved the Ancient God's Secret Key from his bag.
He hadn't used the key before because he hadn't pushed his combat power to its limits. If he used the key carelessly, he'd only waste this opportunity. Even the various superpowers only had a handful of opportunities like this. Now that he had pushed his combat power to its limits, he didn't have much time left to hold the key.
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