Bottomless Abyss, Stone Forest City:
After Candlelight's auction ended, the players that had rented a private house hurriedly made their way to their private houses. However, the instant these experts teleported into their private houses, they were stunned.
"How is this possible?!" Everyone stared at the new buff in their status windows in disbelief.
High Mana Buff!
Players only needed to rest for eight hours to increase their Stamina and Concentration by 20% for 12 hours. If they rested for 12 hours, they could maintain the buff for a maximum of 18 hours.
Everyone was ecstatic when they saw this buff.
What did players lack the most in the Bottomless Abyss?
Stamina and Concentration. Only with these buffs could players survive in the Bottomless Abyss for longer periods of time. Now, as long as they rested enough, they would have 20% more Stamina and Concentration than other players. That was equivalent to having one-fifth more active time than other players. It was easy to imagine how helpful this buff would be to players.
Meanwhile, news of this buff quickly reached the various major powers.
"What's going on? Stone Forest City's hotels only gave players the Double EXP buff, at most. How can private houses improve players' Stamina and Concentration? "
"If that's the case, wouldn't Players who own private houses in the Bottomless Abyss level up at least 20% faster than other Players?"
"If that's the case, we need to secure more private houses tomorrow!"
For a time, the various major powers reevaluated Stone Forest City's private houses.
Previously, the various major powers had treated Stone Forest City's private houses as a convenient tool for players to travel to and from the Bottomless Abyss, but now that they could increase players' Stamina and Concentration, the significance of the buff changed. This was especially true for the various major powers. If they could rent 20 private houses, they could let an entire team use them. Meanwhile, the buff to their entire team's Stamina and Concentration by 20% was far more significant than a single player's buff.
The combat power a team could exhibit was on a completely different level than an individual's. Moreover, a team battle could reduce players' Stamina and Concentration consumption.
With a 20% buff to their team's Stamina and Concentration, they could have at least 30% more active time than other teams. At the same time, their range of activity would increase significantly.
This was especially true on the Bottomless Abyss's first floor.
In the entire first level, many places were occupied by the Dark Devil People.
These Dark Demonfolk had human-like appearances, but not only were their bodies covered in magic patterns, but they also had a third eye between their eyebrows. They were born with an extremely strong control and affinity for Mana. It could be said that they were not inferior to the Elves.
Including the Bottomless Abyss's environment, any random Level 65 Chieftain ranked Dark Demonkin could kill ordinary expert players in the Blade Peak Mountain Range. If an expert party accidentally encountered a Lord ranked Dark Demonkin, the six-man party would have to sacrifice over half of its members to defeat the Lord ranked Dark Demonkin.
In addition, the Dark Demonkin used magic to hide their auras. Unless players saw them with their own eyes, it would be very difficult to detect them. This was because the Dark Demonkin were extremely adept at ambushing players. Hence, players had to be on high alert at all times. If their Stamina and Concentration decreased too much, even a Refinement Realm expert could die.
As a result, the various major powers' teams didn't dare venture any deeper into the first floor. If they did, they'd lose their Stamina and Concentration. If that happened, their efforts over the past few days would go to waste. Hence, the various major powers' expert teams didn't dare venture too deep into the first floor.
Now that they had a private house, as long as they could gather a team, they could explore the Bottomless Abyss's first floor.
Immediately, the various major powers began to pool their funds and send players to the various auction houses in Candlelight. For a time, Candlelight's player population didn't decrease even after the auction ended. On the contrary, more players gathered at Candlelight.
More and more players gathered at Candlelight, particularly in Stone Forest City, Ling Yi City, White River City, Dark Night City, and the other Candlelight locations. The players who visited Candlelight to purchase items were stupefied.
"What's going on? Why are so many Guilds gathering here? "
"That's right! There weren't so many people during the auction for Stone Forest City's private houses!"
More than 100 Guilds lined up at Candlelight's entrance, and every one of these Guilds wore a colorful Guild Emblem. Although the majority of these Guilds belonged to small Guilds, there was no lack of players from first- and second-rate Guilds waiting patiently.
While everyone was discussing why so many powers had gathered at Candlelight, Candlelight began its second auction for Stone Forest City's private houses.
Unlike the first auction, Candlelight had set a limit on entry for this second auction. For a time, independent players cursed at Candlelight. Some even mocked and ridiculed Ling Yi, saying that Ling Yi couldn't afford to rent so many private houses at such a high price. Hence, Candlelight had imposed such a limit on entry.
However, when the auction started, the news that came out from the auction hall immediately shut everyone up.
The private houses that had sold for over a million on the first day were now history. Today, however, the starting bid for the private houses started at two million. The various large Guilds couldn't wait to get their hands on every one of the private houses. The various adventurer teams that had tried to bid were eliminated before they even had a chance to bid. Only the top adventurer teams barely managed to compete.
By the time all 1,000 private houses had been rented out, the rental price of Stone Forest City's private houses had reached a new record, reaching 2.36 million. The price had exceeded the first day's price by more than 500,000. For a time, the news had shaken the various kingdoms and empires.
"Insane! These Guilds must be insane!"
The independent players that had intended to bid on the private houses were flabbergasted when they saw the price. Was it really worth it for a single private house?
However, on the third day of the auction, the price reached a new high, reaching 2.57 million. Tian Tong, who had intended to bid on the third day, could not help but despair when she saw the price.
On the fourth day, the price reached 2.71 million, and on the fifth day, it broke through 2.82 million. At this point, the various large Guilds were the only ones competing for the private houses.
This situation stupefied Gentle Snow and Shiuse Qiangwei. They had never thought that Stone Forest City's private houses would be so amazing.
On the sixth day, all 7,000 private houses had been rented out, giving Ling Yi over 13.7 billion Credits. This sum was even more frightening than the investments of several large corporations and corporations.
However, Shifeng knew that he could only make this kind of money once. Once players reached higher levels and had better equipment, they would no longer rely on private houses. Moreover, when the various major powers saw such a massive amount of wealth, they would do everything they could to construct towns and cities in the Bottomless Abyss. At that time, the rental prices would return to 30,000 to 50,000 Credits.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi had also developed rapidly during this time. Practically all of the Guild's experts had reached Level 70, and more players had joined the Guild. Now, Ling Yi had 43 Refinement Realm experts. Fire Dance, for example, had even reached the Flowing Water Realm after receiving a slot from Unyielding Soul.
As for Shiuse Qiangwei and Gentle Snow, they had been busy with the Guild's affairs, so they hadn't been able to focus on improving themselves. As a result, they were still a step away from reaching the Flowing Water Realm. However, it was only a matter of time before they reached the Flowing Water Realm.
Meanwhile, due to Ling Yi's rapid expansion and improvement, the Guild had gradually revealed many problems.
The Guild lacked fresh blood. Moreover, due to the decrease in internal members, the Guild organized fewer Team Dungeons and various field activities. As a result, the gap between the Guild's upper echelons and middle echelons widened. If this continued, Ling Yi's development would stagnate.
It's about time we opened a training center. Shifeng looked at the Guild's funds and felt that they couldn't afford to delay this matter any longer.
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