Ling Yi City, City Lord's Mansion:
Alluring Summer, Jian Ying, Turtledove, Ke Le, Youlan, Hei Zi, Flying Shadow, Silent Blade, Stubborn Bone, Ye Wumian, Rampant Blade, Su Qianliu, Minor Wind, and Graceful Moon were currently gathered on the City Lord's Mansion's second underground floor.
Ke Le could not help but ask Fire Dance, who was leading the way, curiously, "Commander, why did the Guild Leader suddenly call us here?"
Upon hearing Ke Le's question, the others turned to look at Fire Dance curiously.
To increase their chances of completing their Tier 4 Promotion Quests, they had focused all of their efforts on PvP in the Battle Arena to improve their control over Mana.
In Zero Wing City's Mana environment, they could clearly feel their strength improving. Even Alluring Summer had become a Master Magician and possessed her own Mana Domain. This situation made everyone envious.
"It's a secret," Fire Dance said, smiling. "Moreover, this trip is a good thing for all of you. It might even increase your chances of getting promoted to Tier 4 by a large margin."
She could understand everyone's desire to improve themselves. After all, Ling Yi City's environment was already beneficial to a Tier 4 player like herself, not to mention Tier 3 players.
Meanwhile, in God's Domain's current situation, Tier 3 players couldn't play a major role. Only by getting promoted to Tier 4 would they be able to make a difference. Hence, she understood everyone's desire to get promoted to Tier 4.
"Commander, you're not lying to us, right? Is there really a way to increase our chances of getting promoted to Tier 4 in Ling Yi City's environment? "Jian Ying's eyes glowed when she heard Fire Dance's explanation.
Although he had an excellent environment like Ling Yi City, he knew full well that, with his current combat standards, getting promoted to Tier 4 was still incredibly difficult. Without multiple attempts, he wouldn't get promoted to Tier 4 at all.
Meanwhile, if he failed his Tier 4 Promotion Quest, he would have to wait a long time before he could challenge it again. Even if he could find a Tier 4 Legacy Land quickly, he would have to wait at least a month. If he failed several times in a row, he would have to wait four or five months. If he was even slower, he would have to wait half a year or more.
If he had to hover around Tier 3 for at least half a year, he simply couldn't imagine the gap between him and the Tier 4 experts that had already reached Tier 4.
There were simply too many places on the continent of God's Domain that Tier 3 players couldn't set foot in. Only Tier 4 players could set foot in those places. Meanwhile, there were far more opportunities to be found in those places. Whether it was Legacies or weapons and equipment, they were far superior to those in other maps.
"That's what the Guild Leader said," Fire Dance said, nodding. "Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent you all here despite your crazy training."
After saying so, Fire Dance arrived before a massive stone gate sealed off by a magic array. Four Level 140-plus, Tier 3 Fine-Gold Guards stood guard before the gate. Even a Tier 4 player wouldn't be able to breach the gate in a short time.
After seeing Fire Dance, the four Fine-Gold, Tier 3 NPCs slowly opened the sealed stone door.
As the stone door slowly opened, Shi Feng was greeted by the sight of a secret room the size of a basketball court on the other side of the door. Various magic arrays sealed the room, and even if a Tier 4 player were to cause a commotion inside, the outside world wouldn't notice.
Meanwhile, the cloaked Shifeng had been waiting inside the secret room for some time now.
Shifeng glanced at everyone before him and said casually, "Come in, all of you."
Upon hearing Shifeng's words, Fire Dance was the first to enter the secret room curiously. The others quickly followed suit.
After everyone entered the secret room, the massive stone gate slowly closed. The four Tier 3 Fine-Gold Guards then stood guard outside the gate, not daring to relax in the slightest.
Meanwhile, after Fire Dance and the others entered the secret room, they all looked at Xiang Shifeng strangely.
This was because they didn't feel anything special in the entire secret chamber. In fact, the density of mana in the secret chamber seemed to be lower than that of the outside world, though they didn't know if it was an illusion.
Looking at everyone's confused expressions, Shifeng smiled and asked, "Are you all wondering why I called you to a place like this?"
"Guild Leader, Commander Fire Dance said you have a way to increase our chances of getting promoted to Tier 4," Ke Le couldn't help asking. "Is that true?"
Truth be told, Shi Feng wasn't very confident in his chances of getting promoted to Tier 4. After all, his combat standards were only at the Flowing Water Realm, and his control over Mana was only at the Advanced Magician standard. It was simply impossible for him to learn a Tier 4 Legacy Skill within a short time.
"It is true. However, how much you can improve will depend on yourselves." Shifeng nodded. He then pointed to the stone sculpture in the center of the secret room behind him and said, "Meanwhile, this thing is the key to your Tier 4 Promotion!"
"A stone sculpture?"
Everyone present, including Fire Dance, was confused by Shi Feng's words.
Although the stone sculpture before them was indeed exquisite, no matter how they looked at it, it didn't seem to be the key to his Tier 4 Promotion.
"Stand closer and take a look," Shifeng said, smiling. "Don't use your eyes to look. Use your whole body to feel it."
The Exotic Beast Sculpture was incomparably mysterious, and it was extremely difficult to discover its uniqueness. This was because the Exotic Beast Sculpture could only display its uniqueness in an environment with extremely dense Mana. Moreover, the Exotic Beast Sculpture's range was very small.
Normally, it would only cover a radius of ten yards or so. Anything beyond this range wouldn't be able to sense anything, nor would they discover anything out of the ordinary. In fact, placing an Exotic Beast Statue would even lower the ambient Mana density.
In the past, there had even been players who sold the Exotic Beast Sculptures as junk after obtaining them. They had no idea just how precious the Exotic Beast Sculptures were to players.
After Shifeng's reminder, Ke Le and the others approached the stone sculpture.
As they got closer and closer to the stone sculpture, Ke Le and the others' expressions changed abruptly.
"What clear operating principles of Mana!"
"How is this possible?! The clarity of this stone sculpture is at least 50% higher than in the outside world! "
As a Tier 4 player, Fire Dance had the clearest perception of this phenomenon. She stared at the Exotic Beast Sculpture in disbelief.
Under normal circumstances, her perception of the operating principles of Mana was 10%. In Ling Yi City, her perception of the operating principles of Mana could reach 20%. Now, however, she could reach 30% of her perception while standing beside the Exotic Beast Sculpture.
Most likely, nobody in the outside world would dare imagine such a thing.
Her perception of the operating principles of Mana was already very high. Moreover, it was only because she had gotten promoted to Tier 4. Ordinary Tier 3 players would be impressive if they could reach 5% of their perception.
Now, however, Ke Le and the others' perception of the operating principles of Mana was at least 20%. Their perception of the operating principles of Mana was much higher than that of Tier 4 players in the outside world. This was the equivalent of standing at a height even higher than Tier 4 players. It was easy to imagine how helpful it would be to Tier 3 players.
If news of this spread, it would most likely cause a frenzy among God's Domain's various powers.
At this moment, Fire Dance finally understood why Shifeng had been so careful. Only the Guild's core upper echelons could enter this place.
For a time, the secret room fell indescribably silent.
At this moment, Ke Le, Alluring Summer, and the others were completely immersed in this feeling. Shifeng wasn't particularly surprised by this.
After obtaining World Authority, his perception of the operating principles of Mana had reached an extremely high level. He could even reach 40% of his perception while standing beside the Exotic Beast Sculpture.
Back when he had taken control of the Half-step Demon King Frobero, his perception of the operating principles of Mana was only around 50%. Back then, he had felt invincible.
Of course, this was only a misconception stemming from the sudden power he had gained. However, this perception of his surroundings was the real deal. It would be of great help to him in breaking through his Mana Body's bottleneck and improving his control over Mana.
Now, although he couldn't achieve the same feeling he had when he stood beside the Exotic Beast Sculpture, he was relatively close.
Even Shi Feng wanted nothing more than to immerse himself in studying the operating principles of Mana, not to mention Cola and the others.
Shortly after Fire Dance immersed herself in this unimaginable feeling of control, Mana began to surge out of her body. It was obvious that Fire Dance was trying to break through her Mana Body's 100% threshold.
When Shifeng saw this, he was surprised. He then took out a colorful crystal from his bag and handed it to Fire Dance, saying, "Don't be in such a hurry to break through your Mana Body. It won't be too late to try breaking through after you finish studying the Legacy in this crystal."
When Fire Dance accepted the Legacy Crystal and took a look at it, she was stunned. She never thought that Shifeng would have such a precious Legacy. Moreover, the Legacy Crystal even recorded the composition of the Mana Body. To current Tier 4 players, this Legacy Crystal was a priceless treasure.
"Guild Leader, this is a Sword Saint's Legacy. It would be a waste to give it to me …" Fire Dance couldn't help but reject Shi Feng's offer.
She was no fool. After reaching Tier 4, she knew what was most important to Tier 4 players — a breakthrough in their Mana Body. This was also the foundation for getting promoted to Tier 5.
Shifeng chuckled and said, "Relax. This is a complete Legacy Crystal. It can be used up to nine times. The first use of a Legacy Crystal is the most effective. Using it after that would be a waste. You are now one of Ling Yi's most important combatants. If you can improve yourself further, you'll be of great help to the Guild."
The Legacy Crystal Teresa had given Fire Dance was a complete Tier 5 Legacy Crystal. It could be used up to nine times.
Although the Sword Saint's Legacy wasn't particularly suitable for Fire Dance, an Assassin, as a physical damage class, it would still be of great help.
If Fire Dance could use this Legacy Crystal to improve her Mana Body to 105%, it would be of great help to Ling Yi.
When Fire Dance heard Shifeng's firm tone, she gritted her teeth and chose to use the Legacy Crystal.
Just as Shifeng had said, there was a massive gap between Tier 4 players. Take Violet Cloud for example. Violet Cloud had long since broken through the 100% threshold of her Mana Body. After reaching Tier 4, Violet Cloud's combat power was much higher than Fire Dance's. On the other hand, Fire Dance's Mana Body was still stuck at 100%.
If Fire Dance could break through the 100% threshold, she would be able to put up a fight against monster-level Tier 4 experts in the future.
Suddenly, streaks of light emerged from the multicolored Legacy Crystal and entered Fire Dance's eyes. A large amount of information then entered Fire Dance's mind.
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