Torre and the others in the reception room were speechless as they stared at Shifeng.
Ruthless!
Shifeng was simply too ruthless!
To ensure that they could enter the ancient secret land, Shi Feng was even willing to use a Fruit of Life to promote his Personal Guard to the Fine-Gold rank. Not even they could afford to do such a thing.
Of course, they had to admit that Shifeng was very lucky to have his Personal Guard become a Tier 4 Titan.
With the strength of a Tier 4 Titan, Vermillion would have no problems destroying a Basic City's defensive magic array. In fact, he could even storm the city and wreak havoc inside, allowing Shifeng's group to enter the ancient secret land without them being able to stop them.
After all, World Creation was extremely effective against both players and Mythic monsters. If both Guilds relied on their trump cards, they wouldn't be able to do anything to Shifeng's group within a short time. They would have to rely on their Mythic summoned creatures to whittle down Versailles, but that would take a lot of time. Shifeng wouldn't be so foolish as to let Versailles continue fighting.
"Instructor Torre, Hei Yan must be dreaming!" Wildfighter whispered through the team chat. "Let him try. Even if he manages to enter the ancient secret land, he'll only be able to enter a few times. I refuse to believe that he'll be able to enter the ancient secret land forever. Moreover, Mythology will have to bear a portion of the lost entry slots, reducing our losses significantly. When more of our Guilds' experts reach Tier 4 in the future, Hei Yan's Personal Guard won't be of any use to us, and the ancient secret land's 200 entry slots will still be ours."
The ancient secret land was an ancient city independent of God's Domain. Even if players defeated the Trial Boss and became one of the city's citizens, they would still need to stay in the ancient secret land for a long time to fully utilize its effects and benefits. It was not a secret land that players could obtain all of its benefits in one go.
In contrast, the ancient secret land's benefits lay in the fact that players could become an official citizen of the city after exploring it.
Ling Yi could indeed enter the ancient secret land through her own means, but there was a limit to how long a player could stay in the ancient secret land. In other words, the duration of a special tool was limited.
One week!
There were only seven natural days left. Once the time was up, players would starve to death. Moreover, the special tool had a Cooldown of ten days. Players couldn't use it in the meantime.
In other words, the Shifeng and the others would have to enter the ancient secret land multiple times. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to reap the benefits inside. Meanwhile, the various superpowers were frantically preparing for their Tier 4 Promotion Quests while simultaneously unlocking their Mana Bodies. As a result, Ling Yi didn't have much time left to enter the ancient secret land.
Crimson Star also nodded in agreement.
One hundred slots was too much. The Shifeng were simply asking for too much. There was no way that they could work together because Ling Yi could not bring them any benefits.
However, Torre didn't respond to Wildfighter's suggestion. Instead, he closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
"President Hei Yan, it's not impossible for us to work together this time." Torre opened his eyes and looked at Xiang Shifeng.
"Instructor Torre?" Both Wildfighter and Crimson Star were stunned.
Violet Sword didn't need such a condition. Even if they agreed to it, the Guild Elders and Guild Leader wouldn't agree to such a laughable partnership.
"What conditions do you have?" Shifeng calmly asked Torre.
His proposal was indeed asking for too much, but for the sake of Ling Yi's members getting promoted to Tier 4, he had no choice but to do so. Otherwise, with the Guild's current resources, only a select few would be confident of reaching Tier 4.
If Ling Yi didn't have enough Tier 4 experts to defend the Guild, it would most likely struggle to secure the Guild's current resources. After all, the various superpowers had their eyes on Ling Yi right now. They were only helpless against Ling Yi because of the Knight Division and the city's defenses.
However, once God's Domain entered the Tier 4 era, breaking through the city's defenses would become possible. In fact, it would become a common occurrence.
When God's Domain had entered the Tier 4 era, it had been the craziest period in the game's history. The various superpowers had fought each other madly, destroying countless Guild Cities and erasing many superpowers from the game.
This was also why he was in such a hurry to get promoted to Tier 4.
At that time, the superpowers' true strength would be revealed. Rather than relying on resources and funds, they would rely on strength and numbers of Tier 4 experts. This was what Ling Yi lacked the most.
Although he could force his way into the ancient secret land with Versailles's current strength, it wouldn't be a long-term solution. It would be best if he could cooperate with Violet Sword directly. If he couldn't, that would be his last resort. After all, God's Domain's resources belonged to those who were capable.
"I only need President Hei Yan's help with one thing," Torre said. "So long as you complete this task, we'll agree to all of your conditions."
"What is it?" Shifeng asked curiously. He hadn't expected Torre to agree so readily.
"It's very simple. Pass the ancient secret land's Hero Trial!" Torre said. "As long as you can pass the Hero Trial, we'll agree to all of your conditions. If you fail, please return. Whether or not you can enter the ancient secret land will depend on your own abilities."
"Hero Trial?" Shifeng was a little surprised when he heard Torre's words.
As far as he could remember, the ancient secret land's trials only had two difficulties. There shouldn't be any Hero Trial.
"Hero Trial? Instructor Torre, that's too risky! We only have one chance! If we fail, we won't get another chance! How can Ling Yi and the others possibly succeed? "Wildfighter grew anxious when he heard Torre's words.
On the surface, the ancient secret land had two types of trials: Common and Elite.
However, there was another benefit to opening an ancient secret land, and that was the Hero Trial!
Normally, as long as one passed the Common Trial, one would become an official citizen of an ancient city and enjoy the city's various benefits.
Based on the information they had gathered, as long as one passed the Hero Trial, one would receive the treatment of an ancient city's nobles. The treatment of an ancient city's nobles was far better than that of an ordinary citizen. Although ordinary citizens could slowly become nobles, it would take a lot of time and effort to do so. It wouldn't be as fast as challenging the Hero Trial.
However, they only had one chance to challenge the Hero Trial. If they failed, they wouldn't get another chance. Hence, they had no choice but to start as ordinary citizens.
Originally, they had planned to wait until the Hero Trial's deadline. In other words, they only had 30 days left to challenge the Hero Trial. That way, they would have the highest chance of succeeding.
Now that they had pushed the deadline so far, it would be a waste to let Ling Yi and the others, who had fully unlocked their Mana Bodies, challenge the Hero Trial.
"Of course, President Hei Yan, if you fail the Hero Trial, I hope you won't have any ideas about the ancient secret land for the next ten days. Are you willing to challenge it, President Hei Yan?" Torre asked as he looked at Shifeng.
Hearing Torre's words, Wildfighter and Crimson Star's eyes glowed with excitement.
Although it was somewhat extravagant to use the Hero Trial in exchange for ten days of respite, ten days was more than enough time for Violet Sword to prepare to challenge the Common Trial. Once they became official citizens, they would reap the benefits of exploring the ancient secret land. Even if Shifeng and the others entered the ancient secret land, they wouldn't have as much of an impact on Violet Sword. In fact, Ling Yi might even lose his qualifications to enter the ancient secret land.
Of course, the prerequisite for this was that Shifeng had to agree to the Hero Trial.
"President Hei Yan, do you dare to challenge it? Violet Sword has spent a lot of resources to occupy the ancient secret land. We can't hand over half of the slots just because of your empty words. At the very least, you should prove that Ling Yi is qualified to challenge it, "Crimson Star said, smiling at Shifeng.
"Fine! I can agree to your conditions, "Shifeng said after thinking for a moment. After giving the matter some thought, Shifeng said, "However, I have a condition. If you agree to it, we'll sign a contract. Otherwise, as Instructor Torre said, we'll have to rely on our own abilities."
"What condition?" Wildfighter asked curiously.
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