After Fire Dance informed the public that Ling Yi intended to auction off one million entry slots, the eastern continent erupted into an uproar. Practically every major power on the eastern continent immediately convened a meeting to discuss the matter of the entry slots.
Orc Empire, Crimson Flame Fortress:
"Ling Yi sure is arrogant. She's actually auctioning off entry slots for ten Magic Crystals per person! Isn't she afraid of stuffing herself to death?!" Snow Scar, a skinny Level 130, Tier 4 Berserker, sneered as he read the news on the conference table. "I'm afraid that Ling Yi still doesn't know that Saint's Hand has already formed an alliance with over a dozen superpowers. They're preparing to work together to explore the Level 130 neutral map, Black Hills. They've even begun constructing a city there."
Black Earth Hills!
The Death Rift was a neutral map connected to the Death Rift, a forbidden land that players had the highest chance of exploring at this stage of the game. Although the Death Rift was extremely dangerous, according to the reports of the Tier 4 experts who had explored it, not only were there far more Tier 4 Legacy Lands in the Death Rift than in other maps, but there were also plenty of primordial ruins in the Death Rift. These primordial ruins would also be of great help to players when challenging their Tier 4 Promotion Quests.
Jing Yang, a Level 131, Tier 4 Great Wizard, respectfully looked at the valiant woman radiating boundless charm and reported, "Vice Guild Leader, Saint's Hand has also extended an invitation to Blackwater. Once the city is completed, Blackwater will receive 10% of the city's shares. However, Blackwater will have to station one Tier 4 player and 20,000 Tier 3 experts in the city."
"Saint's Hand is quite scheming. Knowing that Blackwater has an extraordinary foundation, it's also developing in the Orc Empire. With this, dealing with Ling Yi will be much easier," a Level 128, female Tier 4 Assassin said, sneering. Sneering, a Level 128, Tier 4 female Assassin seated at the back said, "However, isn't that price a little too low if you think you can use Blackwater as a pawn?"
Snow Scar nodded in agreement with the Tier 4 Assassin's words.
Due to Xuanwu Chisha's leadership, Blackwater's current strength rivaled that of Super Guilds. Blackwater even had as many as six Tier 4 experts. Only, Blackwater had kept this a secret.
"Jing Yang, tell Saint's Hand that if they want to cooperate, they'll have to show more sincerity. At least 30% of the city's ownership rights." Xuanwu Chisha, who sat in the host's seat, opened her beautiful eyes, instantly causing the twenty-plus Guild upper echelons present to fall silent. Slowly, she said, "At the same time, inform Ling Yi of Saint's Hand's movements. Tell her that Blackwater is willing to cooperate with Ling Yi to deal with Saint's Hand's alliance. However, this alliance must be open to all Blackwater's elite members and above.
"Vice President, you know Ling Yi too. I'm afraid they won't agree." Jing Yang also had a headache.
He had tried to negotiate with Ling Yi before, but Ling Yi had paid him no heed. Not to mention, now that Ling Yi was like the sun in God's Domain, her potential rivaling that of the Five Great Super Guilds in the future.
"It's fine if you don't agree now." Xuanwu Chisha said nonchalantly. "Once Saint's Hand opens its city to the public, Zero Wing will have no choice but to agree."
"I understand." Jing Yang nodded.
Ling Yi did indeed have the capital and confidence to negotiate with Saint's Hand. However, once the Black Hills opened its city to the public, the situation would most likely reverse. After all, mainstream players were only around Level 120. Although the Arctic Canyon, where Ling Yi's city was located, and the environment there was superior, it was still not a place mainstream players could visit.
In addition, over a dozen superpowers had allied with Saint's Hand. With such resources and manpower, it wouldn't be long before Saint's Hand became a colossus. Not even the Five Great Super Guilds would dare provoke such an existence.
At that time, Ling Yi's advantage in terms of Tier 4 players would be gone.
However, that wasn't the real problem. Rather, a world-shaking war was imminent. Powers like Ling Yi, which had garrisoned a Level 140 neutral map, would definitely become the first batch of cannon fodder. Only, very few people in God's Domain knew about this. Blackwater had only learned of this shocking news due to its special status as Blackwater's Vice Guild Leader.
Otherwise, Blackwater would've been as ignorant as the rest of the world. In the end, they would've died like ants without even knowing how they died.
Meanwhile, just as Blackwater was about to inform Zero Wing of Saint's Hand's situation, Saint's Hand actually announced this shocking news to the entire eastern continent without holding back.
For a time, the various powers that had intended to join Ling Yi's alliance hesitated.
Moreover, Saint's Hand also announced that Saint's Hand would open its city to everyone. Experts from over a dozen superpowers would also be stationed in the city, and several Tier 4 experts would be stationed there to ensure the city's safety. Moreover, Saint's Hand would charge a very cheap fee of one Magic Crystal or 50 Silver Coins to enter the city.
The moment this news spread, God's Domain's first-rate powers changed their minds.
Although Zero Wing City's environment was excellent, the various first-rate powers couldn't afford the cost. The entry slots to Zero Wing City would be auctioned off, and there was no fixed price. In other words, the actual transaction price would be much higher. It wasn't impossible for the entry slots to cost 15 or even 20 Magic Crystals.
Not even first-rate Guilds could afford to spend so many Magic Crystals. Rather than going to Saint's Hand's Sacred Heart City and exploring the Death Rift, they could obtain the various Legacies there. They could even obtain Tier 4 Legacy Lands. Not only would they save a lot of Magic Crystals, but they could also reap a lot of benefits from doing so.
Sky Spring City, Ling Yi's Residence:
"Guild Leader, Saint's Hand is too ruthless. After releasing this news, 90% of the first-rate powers that were willing to form an alliance with us have fled. Over 80% of the well-known adventurer teams that wanted to join Ling Yi have fled," Fire Dance said as she watched the statistics she had just received. Fire Dance was speechless as she looked at the statistics in her hands. "With this, let's not even talk about these Guilds competing for the 1,000,000 entry slots. We've already far exceeded the number of players they're willing to let into the city …"
"It doesn't matter. Let Saint's Hand advertise it however they want. Our plan remains unchanged. We will continue to auction off the first batch of 10,000 entry slots at Candlelight," Shifters said, chuckling. Chuckling, he continued, "When the time comes, sell as many entry slots as you can. After all, our goal isn't to earn Magic Crystals. We only want to maintain Ling Yi City's normal operations."
"That might be true, but if we had enough Magic Crystals, wouldn't Ling Yi be able to construct a Mobile Fortress?" Fire Dance asked.
Currently, just the Magic Crystals earned by Zero Wing's members traveling to and from Zero Wing City were more than enough to support the city's normal operations. Now, the only thing left to do was recruit the various NPC soldiers and feed them.
However, this was no longer a difficult task for Ling Yi. After all, plenty of Guild members were willing to develop in Ling Yi City. In fact, over 20,000 Tier 3 experts from Heaven's Blade and Asura Adventurers had come to Ling Yi City to develop. Currently, Ling Yi City already had a frightening 50,000 Tier 3 experts.
Currently, Zero Wing was only waiting for a sufficient number of Tier 3 experts to secure Ling Yi City's daily security. Once that was done, they could open the city to NPCs and begin recruiting NPC soldiers in large numbers.
Meanwhile, the Mobile Fortress's strength was already deeply ingrained in Fire Dance's heart. If Ling Yi could obtain another one, it would be truly amazing.
Of course, this was only a passing thought. After all, Ling Yi only had a limited number of Tier 3 players. She simply didn't have enough manpower to develop elsewhere.
"Forget about the Mobile Fortress." Shifeng chuckled at Fire Dance's words. "However, we can increase the number of Tier 4 experts we have and use this opportunity to improve the Guild's strength."
"Increase the number of Tier 4 experts?" Fire Dance could not help her surprise when she heard Shifeng's words. "Is that even achievable?"
Finding Tier 4 Legacy Lands was one thing, but more importantly, mastering Tier 4 Skills and Spells was the true challenge. Currently, Ling Yi City's environment was already at its limit. Fire Dance found it very difficult to think of a way to increase the number of Tier 4 experts in the city.
"Of course." Shifeng chuckled. "Notify Alluring Summer and the others and have them gather in Ling Yi City's City Lord's Mansion."
If this were before he had visited the ancient God's Domain, he would indeed be helpless. However, after his trip to the ancient God's Domain, he now had a way to increase his chances of getting promoted.
And that was the ancient treasure, the Exotic Beast Sculpture!
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