Silverwing Town, second underground floor of Ling Yi's Residence:
At this moment, over 300 NPCs, including the elderly, the sick, and the disabled, stood inside the underground hall, which was half the size of a football field. This situation confused the 100-plus Tier 3 experts from Zero Wing, who had been standing guard inside the hall for a while.
"The situation outside is so tense right now. Why is the Guild Leader gathering all of us Tier 3 experts here instead of preparing for the upcoming battle?" A tall, thin, Tier 3 man wearing Zero Wing's main force reserve member's emblem asked in confusion as he looked at the crowd in the hall.
As the vice commander of a well-known adventurer team, he had only joined Ling Yi recently and had only become a reserve member of Ling Yi's main force after the Shifeng and the others left the eastern continent. Hence, he did not have a clear understanding of Ling Yi's foundations.
However, he knew very well just how powerful the Faux Saint monsters were. This was especially true after the Faux Saint monsters reached a certain scale.
Now that millions of Faux Saint monsters were charging toward Silverwing Town, instead of reinforcing the town's defenses, the Guild Leader had gathered all of the Tier 3 experts defending the town. Moreover, the Guild Leader had made them wait here for so long while staring at these old, weak, and disabled NPCs.
The Guild Leader was simply insane!
Many of Ling Yi's Tier 3 experts found this situation strange.
Silverwing Town was not a small town, and there were many places they needed to guard against. They also needed to organize the Guild's other Tier 3 and Tier 2 experts. They were already running out of time, yet they had wasted over two hours here.
At this moment, they even began to wonder if the Shifeng had given up on Silverwing Town.
To Ling Yi's core upper echelons, Silverwing Town might only be a Guild Residence, but to players like them, who had lived in Silverwing Town for a long time, it was their home.
While everyone was quietly complaining, Youlan and A Melancholy Smile, who were in the hall, suddenly walked towards the staircase. The two of them stood on either side of the staircase, quietly watching a young man walk down the staircase with indescribable respect on their faces.
"Guild Leader, all of the Tier 3 core members with the rank of Viscount and above are here. They have already signed a confidentiality contract. With the number of Personal Guard slots they have, they should be able to recruit all of these NPCs," A Melancholy Smile reported quietly as he watched the Shifeng walk down the stairs.
"Alright, let's begin." Shifeng nodded.
Originally, he had wanted to keep the Water of Life a secret. Only by doing so would he have an easier time collecting injured NPCs with high potential. However, now that God's Domain had become like this, he couldn't care less about keeping the Water of Life a secret.
Following Shifeng's command, Hesitant Smile ordered the orderly rows of NPCs to distribute the Water of Life to her. Ling Yi and the others were confused by the situation.
"What is he trying to do?"
"What a strong life force!"
"Why are these NPCs so excited?"
Many people knew about the Water of Life, but very few had actually seen it before.
Everyone watched as A Melancholy Smile distributed one bottle after another to each of the NPCs present. Not only did these NPCs, who had originally been lifeless, suddenly brimmed with hope and vitality, but they also expressed their gratitude to A Melancholy Smile and swore loyalty to the Guild Leader.
Everyone could tell that these NPCs weren't players' personal guards. They were all independent NPCs. They definitely wouldn't feel any gratitude toward players, much less take the initiative to swear loyalty to them.
While Ling Yi and the reserve members of the main force were confused, the NPCs began to release their auras one after another.
These NPCs were much weaker than ordinary Tier 2 NPCs. Now, however, even the weakest among them made the Tier 3 Refinement Realm experts present shudder.
The auras of the 300-plus NPCs filled the hall simultaneously. Instantly, the 100-plus reserve members of Zero Wing's main force could not help but retreat to the wall. Every one of these reserve members nervously stared at these NPCs, their expressions indescribably grim.
They could sense that these NPCs could annihilate them instantly if they wanted to.
Several of the strongest auras, in particular, were as deep as the abyss. Ordinary Tier 3 NPCs simply couldn't compare to these auras. When facing these players, Zero Wing's team felt as if they had fallen into a swamp. They even felt as if the ambient Mana around them was no longer under their control.
"Mana Domains?!"
At this moment, Youlan's eyes widened in shock. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Although she knew that the Shifeng and A Melancholy Smile had gathered these old, weak, and disabled NPCs for a reason, she never thought that it would be so frightening.
In the blink of an eye, not only had the old, weak, and disabled NPCs become as powerful as tigers, but four of these NPCs even possessed Mana Domains. This was simply unbelievable.
Naturally forming a Mana Domain was something only Tier 4 NPCs could do. This was also the massive divide between Tier 3 and Tier 4 NPCs. It was also the reason why Tier 4 NPCs could dominate Tier 3 NPCs.
This was also why Saint's Hand's members hadn't dared to approach Silverwing Town.
This was because Silverwing Town was protected by the Tier 4 Magic King, Katie Midland. Tier 3 players were no match for the Tier 4 Magic King.
Now, however, four of these 300-plus NPCs actually possessed Mana Domains. This meant that these four NPCs were only a step away from reaching Tier 4.
Amazing! What a bountiful harvest! Shifeng was inwardly surprised when he saw this scene.
Although there weren't any Tier 4 NPCs, the fact that there were four Tier 3 NPCs with Mana Domains was still a rare sight.
A Tier 3 Mana Domain was the equivalent of a half-step into Tier 4. As long as one had sufficient resources, reaching Tier 4 was a matter of time.
Moreover, aside from these four NPCs, the 300-plus NPCs were also of relatively high quality.
There was actually one Dark-Gold NPC, a total of 11 Fine-Gold NPCs, 151 Secret-Silver NPCs, and the rest were all Mysterious-Iron NPCs.
In God's Domain, NPCs with Fine-Gold Growth Potential and above were extremely rare. Shiuse Qiangwei had already plundered these NPCs once. Now, however, there were even so many Dark-Gold and Fine-Gold NPCs among the 300-plus NPCs. This was a bountiful harvest.
After all, any Tier 3 Fine-Gold NPC could contend with, or even suppress, current monster-level Tier 3 experts. Even the various superpowers only had a handful of such Personal Guards. Every one of these NPCs was a treasure.
Now, there were 14 additional Personal Guards, including three with Mana Domains and one Dark-Gold NPC with Mana Domain Potential and one Dark-Gold NPC with Mana Domain Potential and one Dark-Gold NPC with Mana Domain Potential.
After a brief moment of silence, Shifeng turned to look at the reserve members of Ling Yi's main force.
"Alright, stop daydreaming. Follow your numbers and come to me one by one to sign a contract with these NPCs," Shifeng said, clapping his hands.
As soon as Shifeng spoke, Ling Yi's members fell silent once more. After three seconds, however, the hall erupted into an uproar.
"Crap! Is this for real?! "
"Even the weakest of these NPCs is at least Mysterious-Iron rank, right?"
"We can sign a Personal Guard contract with these NPCs?"
Everyone felt as if they were dreaming when they heard Shifeng's words. They couldn't help gaping in shock, unable to believe their ears.
The fact that their Guild could recruit so many powerful NPCs was already ridiculous enough, yet they could actually make these NPCs their Personal Guards. Who would believe such a thing?
The various first-rate Guilds treated Mysterious-Iron Personal Guards like treasures. Normally, only Guild Elders qualified to own one, much less the main force members. As for Secret-Silver Personal Guards, only the Guild Leader and Guild Elders could own them. Others should not even dream of owning one.
Yet, the reserve members of their Guild's main force could actually sign a contract with these NPCs, even the weakest of whom had Mysterious-Iron Potential. This was even more ridiculous than giving each of them a Level 100-plus Epic Weapon.
However, it didn't take long for Ling Yi's members to snap out of their daze and line up before Shifeng to sign a contract with one of these NPCs.
When it came to the allocation of NPCs, Shifeng assigned each of these members a Secret-Silver NPC. As for the Dark-Gold NPCs, he assigned one each to A Melancholy Smile and Youlan. At the same time, Liang Jing and Youlan each received a Fine-Gold Personal Guard. This way, the three of them wouldn't have to worry about their safety when they entered God's Domain. As for the Fine-Gold NPCs, they were assigned to the 11 members with the highest contributions to the Guild. This made Ling Yi's other members jealous.
They were talking about Fine-Gold Personal Guards!
With such strength, even if they encountered a 100-man Tier 3 team in the fields, the Tier 3 team would have to avoid them …
"This is wonderful! With these Personal Guards, in addition to the Personal Guards stationed in Stone Forest City, Silverwing Town's defensive magic array and Magic Towers should be able to hold out. "Youlan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her Personal Guards had been assigned to her.
Although Silverwing Town was only an Advanced Town, Ling Yi had invested a lot of resources and money into it. Although Silverwing Town's defenses couldn't compare to a real Guild City's, they weren't far off. Not to mention, Silverwing Town had four Magic Towers and Tier 4 NPCs guarding it. Now that she had so many powerful Tier 3 Personal Guards, defending Silverwing Town shouldn't be a problem.
"Hold out? It's still too early for that! " Shifeng said, shaking his head when he saw Youlan's relieved expression. Sneering, he said, "Since they dared to come here, they shouldn't even think of leaving!"
After saying so, Shifeng left Silverwing Town's defenses to Youlan and A Melancholy Smile. He then made his way to Silverwing Town's City Lord's Mansion.
Inside the City Lord's Mansion's core magic array control room, Shifeng took out one Mana Stone after another. There were over 600 Mana Stones in total. He then began to arrange a new magic array on top of the core magic array.
The Mana Notes recorded many powerful items. However, the Mana Magic Array was the most representative of the notes. It was a special magic array that could forcibly raise a magic array's power to a whole new level.
Of course, doing so came with a price. The magic array would consume three times as much energy as normal, and it would take a lot longer for the magic array to recover. However, compared to the benefits, this price was acceptable.
After Shifeng finished drawing the final magic array, a crimson pillar of light emerged from the core magic array and shot into the sky.
Following which, the sound of a system notification reached Shifeng's ears.
System: Silverwing Town has met the requirements to be promoted to a Guild City. Do you wish to promote it?
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