The female Dark Knight and Elder Gold stared at the Shifeng in a daze for a long time. For a moment, they even wondered if the Shifeng was joking with them.
Cold Spring Forest's 50% resource area was more than enough to force Ling Yi and the Dark World's various powers to fight for it. Even if the Dark World's various powers didn't want to, they'd most likely clash with Ling Yi.
Without resources, players couldn't develop in God's Domain, especially in Level 100-plus maps. If Flaming Light opened a portal in Cold Spring Forest, the Dark World's players would have no choice but to develop near the Cold Spring Forest. If they tried to develop in other Level 100-plus maps, the Dark World's various powers and players wouldn't be able to afford the distance.
In other words, the Dark World's players had no choice but to compete for Cold Spring Forest's resource area. At the very least, it was something they had to do before the Dark World's players expanded to a certain extent.
This was why God's Domain's various superpowers had always feared Demon's Heart's Flaming Light.
Now that Shi Feng had offered to give up 70% of the resource areas, he was simply insane. In other words, he was suicidal. Ordinary people might think that shrinking the defensive line would strengthen Zero Wing's control over the resource areas, but the Dark World's players had no other choice. If Shi Feng gave the two Guilds more resource areas, more of the Dark World's players would compete for the remaining 30%. At that time, not to mention obtaining Cold Spring Forest's resources, Zero Wing's survival would be a huge problem.
Could he have realized that the situation was hopeless and decided to trade for Darkness Crystals? After giving the matter some thought, Female Dark Knight came up with only one possibility.
This time, Ling Yi wasn't just going up against a single power. He was going up against an entire Otherworld, a player group that was even larger than the Fire Dragon Empire. A single power wouldn't be able to stop such a torrent of players. Even if the Dark World's neighboring kingdoms and empires worked together, they might not be able to stop the Otherworld's players.
Giving up on Cold Spring Forest's resources in exchange for the Dark World's precious Darkness Crystals was definitely a worthwhile trade. Only, ordinary people wouldn't accept such a decision. After all, a Guild City cost far too much resources and time. It was impossible to give it up so easily.
"President Hei Yan, are you serious?" Elder Gold asked as he looked at the Shifeng.
He couldn't think of any reason to refuse the Shifeng's offer. Although Darkness Crystals were very rare and precious, they were worth the 20% of Cold Spring Forest's Heart.
"Of course, if you don't believe me, we can sign the contract," the Shifeng said, chuckling.
"God! I agree on behalf of the Godly Spirit Society. "Elder Jin's eyes lit up.
Only a fool wouldn't agree to such a deal. Zero Wing was the most threatening power in the entire Cold Spring Forest. The other powers weren't a threat at all.
Elder Gold had prepared a speech to persuade Ling Yi, but now, he didn't have to.
"What about Dark Rhapsody?" the Shifeng asked as he turned to the female Dark Knight.
"Dark Rhapsody has no problems with that," the female Dark Knight answered without hesitation.
Although she didn't know what the Shifeng was thinking, she knew that she'd be scolded to death if she turned down this offer.
After Elder Gold and Dark Knight agreed to the Shifeng's offer, the three parties quickly signed a contract. Dark Rhapsody and Deity would occupy 70% of Cold Spring Forest's resource areas, while Ling Yi would keep the remaining 30%. In addition, Dark Rhapsody and Deity would hand over 300,000 Darkness Crystals to Ling Yi.
Once the three parties signed the contract, Elder Gold and Dark Knight returned to the Dark World and informed their Guilds of the good news. They also returned to prepare the 300,000 Darkness Crystals. Once the portal to the Dark World opened, Dark Rhapsody and Deity Society would hand over the crystals to Ling Yi.
When the news reached Dark Rhapsody and Deity Society, the two Guilds' upper echelons were confused.
"I hadn't thought that Ling Yi would be so courageous. It seems she's confident that she can secure the 30%."
"How is that possible?! She must know that she can't stop the Dark World, so she's taking a step back. "
"Perhaps Guild Leader Ling Yi's courage is the reason for her current achievements. Don't forget that Ling Yi's enemies aren't limited to the Dark World alone. Demon's Heart is still to deal with. Ling Yi is most likely doing this to better deal with Demon's Heart."
Both Dark Rhapsody and Deity Society's upper echelons discussed the Shifeng's proposal. They hadn't expected such an outcome, but it was good news for their Guilds.
While the two large Guilds discussed the situation, news of this matter quickly reached Demon's Heart's ears.
"Elder Heart, Hei Yan sure is decisive. By the looks of it, he's planning to give up on Cold Spring Forest's resources and focus on defending Stone Forest City," a Tier 2 Shield Warrior said when he saw the news. He was a Level 108, Tier 3 Viscount Shield Warrior, who had just received the news, chuckled.
Previously, the Shifeng had been strutting around Demon City. Now, Vice Guild Leader Flaming Light had forced Ling Yi to give up 70% of the resource areas. This was simply too satisfying.
"Hmph! Does he think that provoking Demon's Heart will be so easy?" Furious Heart snorted. "Does he think that he can protect Stone Forest City by giving up 70% of the resource areas? What a joke! He doesn't know that his actions are futile. Vice Guild Leader Flaming Light has already reached an agreement with several superpowers. As long as Ling Yi's people can't leave the city, Demon's Heart will work with these superpowers to destroy Stone Forest City. From then on, Ling Yi will no longer have a foothold in Cold Spring Forest!"
Hearing Furious Heart's words, Demon's Heart's Elders nodded in agreement.
The Shifeng thought that Demon's Heart's only trump card was the Dark World. In reality, however, he didn't know that several superpowers had joined forces to deal with Ling Yi.
Against the combined might of the Dark World and several superpowers, Ling Yi was nothing more than an ant. He had no chance of survival.
While many powers learned that Ling Yi had signed a contract with Dark Rhapsody and Deity Society, Gentle Snow, who was in Ling Yi's Residence, followed the Shifeng to the Guild Warehouse on the first basement floor.
"Guild Leader, giving up 70% of the Cold Spring Forest's resource areas for 300,000 Darkness Crystals is too much for Dark Rhapsody and Deity Society. The Cold Spring Forest's Cold Spring Water is incredibly helpful to Tier 2 players. Many of our Guild's Tier 2 experts are already capable of operating in Level 100-plus neutral maps. If we give up on the Cold Spring Forest's resource areas, our Guild's Tier 2 members will suffer significantly," Gentle Snow said, feeling that the Shifeng's decision was insane.
Frost Spring Water was an item that the various major powers of God's Domain were frantically fighting over. Due to its low production rate, many powers had fought over the Frost Spring Water. Fortunately, Zero Wing had an absolute advantage in Stone Forest City. None of these powers dared to cause trouble for Zero Wing in the Cold Spring Forest. As a result, Zero Wing had obtained plenty of Frost Spring Water.
Because of this, Zero Wing's Tier 2 members leveled up very quickly. Once some of them reached Level 105 and equipped themselves with Level 105 top-tier equipment, they could challenge their Tier 3 Promotion Quests. As a result, the number of Tier 3 experts in Zero Wing continued to increase, and the Guild's strength continued to stabilize.
If Ling Yi gave up 70% of the Cold Spring Water's resource areas to compete with the Dark World for the remaining 30%, Ling Yi would most likely have no chance of obtaining the Cold Spring Water in the future.
Meanwhile, the Darkness Crystal was an Attribute Magic Crystal. It was indeed valuable, but only to Dark Players. The Darkness Crystal could help Dark Players control the power of Darkness. To players that didn't cultivate Darkness Energy, the Darkness Crystal wouldn't be of much help. In fact, the Darkness Crystal wasn't even worth 300,000 Magic Crystals.
"I understand, but Cold Spring Forest is massive. With Ling Yi's current size, we can't even take 20% of the resource areas, much less 50%. Since the remaining resource areas are useless to us, why don't we use them to our advantage?" Shifeng said, chuckling.
"But the Dark World's players …"
Gentle Snow understood what Shifeng meant. Only Tier 3 players could roam freely in Level 100 neutral maps. Tier 2 players could only move about for a short period of time. Currently, Ling Yi simply couldn't handle so many resource areas. Selling the Cold Spring Water's resource areas was indeed a good idea, but they still had to compete with the Dark World's players for the remaining 30%.
"The Dark World's players are indeed a problem, but there's a prerequisite for that," Shifeng said, chuckling. Chuckling, Shi Feng continued, "That is, if they can pose a threat to Zero Wing in Cold Spring Forest!"
"Guild Leader, we're talking about the Dark World. I've already asked those two people about it. The Dark World is as large as three empires on the continent of God's Domain. It also has more players than the Fire Dragon Empire. I'm afraid it has more than 20,000 Tier 3 experts …" Gentle Snow said, smiling bitterly at Shifeng.
"But what if we have 2,000 or 3,000 fully armed Tier 3 NPCs?" Shifeng asked, chuckling.
"You mean the Knight Division?" Understanding dawned on Gentle Snow. "But we don't have that much money right now …"
"Who says we don't?" Shifeng said as he opened his Epic Bag and emptied its contents into the warehouse.
In just a few dozen seconds, the large warehouse was filled to the brim. Moreover, every one of these materials was rare. Many of them were materials that Gentle Snow had never seen before. As a result, the Mana density in the warehouse increased by a large margin.
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