Dark Night Empire, Qianye City:
Although there were still a few hours before nightfall, the city's streets were already crowded with players. Moreover, more than 70% of these players were Level 140-plus, Tier 3 experts. However, these experts all wore tense and solemn expressions.
Due to the continuous loss of the Dark Night Empire's border fortresses and cities, the Dark Night Empire's various major powers and expert players had no choice but to retreat to the largest border city in the empire's south. The number of Tier 3 experts in the Dark Night Empire alone exceeded eight million, and over 200 Tier 4 experts. This was an unimaginable number even in the Dark Night Empire's capital.
Starlink's Residence, Guild Leader's Office:
"We won?"
Lu Tiandi was stunned when he read the information regarding the Twin Towers Kingdom his subordinate had just sent him.
The Outerworld's NPC army had suddenly launched an attack on a few kingdoms. This was what Lu Tiandi wanted to see the most. After all, the Twin Towers Kingdom and Starmoon Kingdom's NPC forces had no hope of defeating the Outerworld's NPC army.
After all, there were practically no Tier 5 NPCs in the Twin Towers Kingdom, yet the Outerworld's NPC army had Tier 5 NPCs.
In his opinion, even Tier 5 Shifeng players would be dreaming if they thought they could defend a fortress. After all, the Outerworld's NPC army had plenty of tricks up its sleeves, including plenty of Tier 5 combatants. It was only a matter of time before the Twin Towers Kingdom fell.
Even among the eastern continent's various empires, only the Fire Dragon Empire of the Four Great Ancient Empires had managed to stop the Outerworld's NPC army's invasion. Even so, the Fire Dragon Empire had only managed to stop the Outerworld's NPC army after losing two of its fortresses.
Yet, not only had Ling Yi defended the Steel Lion Fortress, but she had also defended Thunder Gorge City and the Redthorn Fortress. She had completely stopped the Outerworld's NPC army from reaching the Twin Towers Kingdom's borders.
As for the Guild Leaders of the five first-rate Guilds, they were similarly dumbfounded.
They never thought that Ling Yi would actually succeed. Despite not receiving any reinforcements from the five first-rate Guilds, she had managed to stop the Outerworld's NPC army from attacking the Twin Towers Kingdom. Moreover, she had even inflicted significant damage to the Outerworld's NPC army.
With this, the Guilds and independent players participating in the war could make a fortune from the Twin Towers Kingdom. After all, without the interference of the Outerworld's NPC army, killing Tier 3 NPCs on the ground would have a much easier time.
"Guild Leader, according to our investigation, Ling Yi, Gentle Snow and Shiuse Qiangwei, have already been promoted to Tier 5. Moreover, the Outerworld's NPC army... and.. Moreover, the Outerworld's NPC army were able to successfully defended defending World's NPC army.. Yi Kui said enviously. "If not for that Flying Ship, Zero Wing wouldn't have been able to hold on even with Tier 5 players!"
"Sky Flying Flying Flying Flying Flying Flying Ship, huh? Lu Tiandi's eyes glowed with excitement as he watched the Blue Thunder Flying Ship's battle video. He then turned to Yi Kui and said resolutely, "Do everything you can to figure out how this Blue Thunder Flying Ship came to be. As long as we can get our hands on one, we won't have a problem fending off the Outerworld's NPC army!"
The main reason the Dark Night Empire's many fortresses and cities had fallen was the Outerworld's NPC army's weak air power. Once the defensive magic barriers shattered, the Outerworld's NPC army's aerial forces would quickly break through the core magic arrays.
Meanwhile, the Blue Thunder Flying Ship's NPC army army was simply too powerful!
Not only could the Flying Ship go up against the Tier 5 Ancient Bone Dragon, but it could also send the Outerworld's NPC army running for their lives.
Lu Tiandi wasn't the only one with such thoughts. The various superpowers that had witnessed the Blue Thunder Flying Ship's performance immediately ordered their subordinates to investigate how Zero Wing had obtained the Flying Ship. They also wanted to know how Zero Wing had obtained the Flying Ship.
In fact, God's Domain's superpowers weren't the only ones investigating the Flying Ship. Even the Outerworld's superpowers had sent their subordinates to investigate the Flying Ship.
For a time, countless spies from the various major powers infiltrated Star-Moon Kingdom and Zero Wing in an attempt to learn more about the Blue Thunder Flying Ship.
Lu Tiandi had even offered a reward of 100 million Credits to anyone who could obtain the Blue Thunder Flying Ship's information and source. If anyone could obtain a Blue Thunder Flying Ship for Starlink, Starlink was willing to purchase it for 100 billion Credits.
The bounty instantly sent God's Domain's players into an uproar.
Ordinary people wouldn't earn more than 10 million Credits in their entire lives. Those who could earn 100 million Credits would be considered tycoons in small cities. With 10 billion Credits, one could become the richest man in a city, and with 100 billion Credits, one could even rival some corporations.
Starmoon Kingdom, Starmoon City:
"Guild Leader, because of Starlink's bounty, many of our trading firm's core members sold information about the Blue Thunder Flying Ship to Starlink." "Many of these people have been with the Candlelight Trading Firm since its establishment, yet this time …" Melancholic Smile took out a list of names and handed it to Shi Feng. Shamefully, she said, "Many of these people have been with the Candlelight Trading Firm since its establishment.
The Blue Thunder Flying Ship's production required a lot of manpower. Although everyone had signed confidentiality agreements and paid a lot of remuneration, some people still couldn't help themselves and leaked all of the Flying Ship's data. Even the fact that the Blue Thunder Flying Ship originated from the Shifeng had become public knowledge.
However, Fire Dance laughed and said, "That's nothing. You don't know this, but many of Ling Yi's members tried to steal the Flying Ship while it was undergoing maintenance in Sky Spring City. If Hei Zi and the others hadn't taken turns guarding the Flying Ship, they would've most likely stolen it."
The Mysterious-Iron Flying Ship wasn't bound to the Flying Ship. Although it required a key to open it, storing it in an Epic Spatial Bag didn't require a key.
"100 billion Credits. Even I am tempted, let alone them," Shifeng said, chuckling. "It's impossible to stop them. The only thing we can do is strengthen the guards. After all, we can't carry the Flying Ship with us all the time."
To use the Mysterious-Iron Blue Thunder Flying Ship, one needed at least ten people to operate it. Although a single person could prevent theft to a certain extent, no one knew when the Outerworld's NPC army would arrive. If something happened to the Outerworld's NPC army during the invasion, it would be awkward.
"I've already assigned a Tier 4 Fine-Gold Guard to guard the control room. Unless we receive an order from you or the Vice Guild Leaders, no one else is allowed to operate the Flying Ship," Fang Shihan said, nodding. "With this, even if someone from the Guild tries to steal the Flying Ship, they'll have to deal with the Tier 4 Fine-Gold Guard first."
Tier 4 Fine-Gold Guards possessed combat power at the peak of Tier 4. Two or three ordinary Tier 4 experts wouldn't be able to do anything to them. Only Void Realm experts and fully geared in Epic Equipment could truly contend with a Tier 4 Fine-Gold Guard. As for Tier 3 players, they shouldn't even think about it.
"By the way, how are the Blue Thunder Flying Ship and Flame Beast Puppets coming along?" Shifeng asked A Melancholy Smile.
In the War of Worlds, even Tier 5 players were limited in what they could do against the Outerworld's NPC army. If they wanted to stop the Outerworld's NPC army, they could only rely on the Blue Thunder Flying Ship and Flame Beast Puppets.
"The Flame Beast Puppets aren't that difficult to produce, and we don't need a lot of manpower. So far, we've successfully produced three Flame Beast Puppets. We only need to engrave the core runes and magic arrays," A Melancholy Smile said worriedly. "As for the Blue Thunder Flying Ship, it's going to be a little difficult. Although we have enough materials to build three more, due to the leak of the information, the various powers are frantically purchasing the materials. We'll have a hard time building the rest of the ships …"
"In that case, let's focus on producing the three Blue Thunder Flying Ships first. Afterward, we'll focus on producing the Flame Beast Puppets," Shifeng said after giving the matter some thought.
Currently, the Outerworld's 19th Corps was only attacking three locations in the Twin Towers Kingdom. With the Outerworld's NPC army's strength, they could easily attack five or six locations in one go. A single Blue Thunder Flying Ship wouldn't be enough.
At the very least, they'd need three Blue Thunder Flying Ships to truly defend the Twin Towers Kingdom's borders.
"Guild Leader, the Secret Pavilion has contacted us. They hope that we can help them with the Blue Thunder Flying Ship. They're willing to pay 100,000 Gold Coins and 300,000 Magic Crystals for each siege," Fang Shihan said, looking at the Secret Pavilion's response. Fang Shihan took out the Secret Pavilion's request for reinforcements. She then excitedly said, "Due to the rewards we've offered to the public for killing Outerworld NPCs, Zero Wing City and Ancient Rock City's income has decreased significantly. If we can help the Secret Pavilion a few times, we'll be able to alleviate the financial pressure on our Guild."
Previously, Shifeng had nearly exhausted Ling Yi's liquid funds to obtain the design.
Now, Ling Yi was frantically recruiting members and strengthening Ancient Rock City. Ling Yi couldn't afford to spend money at this rate. If they could earn 100,000 Gold Coins and 300,000 Magic Crystals with a single raid, they'd definitely make a killing.
"We can do that." After giving the matter some thought, Shifeng said, "However, we can't send the Blue Thunder Flying Ship for now. At most, we can send three Flame Beast Puppets. Aside from Gold Coins and Magic Crystals, we'll also need 20 Magic Elven Stones, 100 Titan Gold Ore, and 100 units of Seven Luminaries Crystal."
The Blue Thunder Flying Ship was extremely important to the Twin Towers Kingdom. They absolutely couldn't leave the kingdom.
Meanwhile, three Flame Beast Puppets with Tier 5 combat power were more than enough to defend a fortress or city. After all, there weren't many Tier 5 combatants in the Outerworld's NPC army.
With three additional Tier 5 combatants, while the war would be slightly more difficult, defending the fortress wouldn't be a problem.
"I'll notify them right away, then." Fang Shihan nodded.
Although the conditions were somewhat harsh, it was still better than losing a city or fortress. After all, the loss of these locations meant a decrease in resources. After all, players wouldn't dare set foot in these locations to collect resources, not to mention the various powers' Resource Lands.
Just as Fang Shihan expected, the Secret Pavilion agreed without hesitation. In fact, the Secret Pavilion even hoped that Ling Yi would hurry over as soon as possible. After all, the Outerworld's NPC army was already on the move and would attack the Fire Wing Empire's next NPC city in one or two days at most.
In response, Shifeng immediately began engraving the Flame Beast Puppets' core magic arrays.
After less than half a day, Shifeng finished engraving the core magic arrays. He then had Fang Shihan lead three 50-meter-long Combat Puppets to the Fire Wing Empire's border city, East Lake City.
After the battle at Donghu City, the gap between the two sides was massive. Even though the Fire Wing Empire had dispatched two Tier 5 NPCs and over 500 Tier 4 NPCs to defend the city, the Outerworld's NPC army was even stronger. The Outerworld's NPC army had dispatched four Tier 5 NPCs, over 1,000 Tier 4 NPCs, and over 6,000,000 Tier 3 NPCs.
As for the gap between players, even after the Secret Pavilion dispatched all of its elites and gathered the strength of many large Guilds, it only had a little over 400 Tier 4 combatants and over 10 million Tier 3 combatants. On the other hand, the Outerworld's player army was even more powerful, with over 800 Tier 4 combatants and over 10 million Tier 3 combatants.
The battle lasted for more than a day. During this time, due to the three Flame Beast Puppets, not only did the Outerworld's NPC army manage to fend off the two additional Tier 5 combatants, but they also managed to fend off a Tier 5 summoned beast.
In the end, the Outerworld's Tier 5 summoned beast's duration ran out, and the Outerworld's NPC army and player army had no choice but to retreat. As for the casualties on both sides, the Secret Pavilion had lost 6%, while the Outerworld's NPC army had lost 4%. However, this result still shocked the entire eastern continent.
This was because there had never been an empire that could achieve such a high casualty ratio. Normally, even if the Outerworld's NPC army managed to hold its ground, the casualties would still be around 20%, or even 10%.
If the Outerworld's NPC army could continue to outlast the Outerworld's NPC army, it would gain a massive advantage over the Outerworld's NPC army. In the end, the Outerworld's NPC army would definitely lose.
If the Outerworld's players died in the fields, they could only resurrect at the World Passage's exit. Traveling to and from the battlefield would be extremely troublesome. On the other hand, the native players could resurrect at a city's Shrine and participate in the battle immediately.
For a time, many of the eastern continent's superpowers sent out invitations to Ling Yi, hoping that Ling Yi could provide support.
Naturally, the Shifeng was overjoyed. Not only could they earn a lot of money, but they could also earn money for the materials needed to construct the Blue Thunder Flying Ship and Flame Beast Puppets. They could also collect Seven Luminaries Crystals. The only cost they had to pay was the consumption of the Flame Beast Puppets.
Over the next month or so, Zero Wing's Flame Beast Puppets were dispatched to various battlefields. Initially, three Flame Beast Puppets were dispatched to one battlefield. Gradually, over a dozen Flame Beast Puppets were dispatched to three or four battlefields. By the end of the month, 34 Flame Beast Puppets were dispatched to over a dozen battlefields. As a result, the eastern continent's war situation improved significantly.
As for Ling Yi, the Flame Beast Puppets made a fortune. Not only did Ling Yi City, Ancient Rock City, Silverwing City, and Stone Forest City receive comprehensive upgrades, but it also promoted the Lost Town into a city. Over a million Ling Yi members were now training in the Lost Town.
Moreover, during the past month or so, Zero Wing had gained over 3,000,000 Tier 3 experts. During this period, due to the Lost City's Extraordinary Tower's training and the environment in Zero Wing City and Ancient Rock City, the number of Tier 4 experts Zero Wing had reached exceeded that of any other Guild. Currently, Zero Wing had over 200 Tier 4 experts.
Even Fire Dance, Violet Cloud, and Yan Tianxing had successfully created their own Tier 5 Mana Bodies and gotten promoted to Tier 5. As a result, Ling Yi's combat power skyrocketed, becoming the envy of all the Guilds in God's Domain.
During this time, the Five Great Super Guilds had only managed to nurture one Tier 5 player. Moreover, that was only after the Five Great Super Guilds had gathered the strength of their entire Guild and accumulated all the promotion resources they could exchange for. Yet, Ling Yi had managed to nurture three Tier 5 players.
Meanwhile, with Ling Yi's help, the various superpowers managed to nurture plenty of Tier 4 players through the resources of the various kingdoms and empires. Gradually, the gap between the various superpowers and the Outerworld players gradually narrowed. As a result, the war's tide slowly shifted in the God's Domain continent's favor.
Only, Starlink, which had been opposing Ling Yi all this time, wasn't faring so well. Many of the Dark Night Empire's NPC cities had fallen, and the Guild's many years of operations were gone. Only the Dark Night Empire's Dark Night Capital and a few Main Cities remained. The situation was similar in the other kingdoms and empires. As a result, Starlink had become one of the weakest Guilds among superpowers, and many of its members had left the Guild.
Just as everyone on the continent of God's Domain thought that the War of Worlds would be as stable as the previous one, a shocking battle broke out in Flame Horn City, one of the Fire Dragon Empire's eight main cities.
Flame Horn City's Magistrate, Korobidi, a former Vice Knight Commander of the Fire Dragon Empire and a Level 200, Tier 5 Dragon Knight, and the War God's Temple's Elder Cullofrid, a Demigod existence and one of the Ten Great Saints, worked together to fight a mysterious youth in Flame Horn City.
However, after three or four exchanges, both Magistrate Korobidi and War God's Temple's Elder Cullofrid turned to ash, and the entire city vanished from the Fire Dragon Empire.
Less than five days later, the mysterious youth and several Outerworld Tier 5 NPCs appeared in the Glory Empire's imperial capital, Light City. These NPCs then charged into Light City's Imperial Palace and killed the Glory Empire's Emperor and over a dozen Tier 5 NPCs. Afterward, Light City vanished from the continent of God's Domain's map.
For a time, the Glory Empire, whose name had shaken the entire eastern continent of God's Domain, fell, just like that, plunging the entire eastern continent into an unprecedented panic. The various superpowers also began to feel insecure.
Even during the War of Worlds, only a few kingdoms had been destroyed. In the eyes of players, empires were unshakable existences. After all, an empire's foundation wasn't something that Tier 5 existences could contend against. Even if several Tier 5 Dragons appeared, they would, at most, injure an empire's bones. They wouldn't be able to destroy an empire.
This was especially true for the Glory Empire's imperial capital, Light City. Just the Ancient Magic Barrier set up here was enough to allow a Tier 5 player to easily face the encirclement of several Tier 5 players. Not to mention, Light City had over a dozen Tier 5 NPCs. Among them, there were even Tier 5 NPCs wielding Legendary Weapons and Equipment.
One could say that even if a Tier 6 God appeared, Light City could still put up a fight.
However, the invincible empire was no longer invincible. In fact, a significant portion of the players that died in the War of Worlds suffered heavy soul damage and couldn't log into the game for an entire month. Some even had to restart from scratch.
Ancient Rock City, City Lord's Mansion's core control hall:
At this moment, only Shifeng stood quietly in the spacious hall. He was currently using Golden Soul to try and completely stop the circulation of Mana in his mind.
After more than a month, not only had Shifeng reached Level 192, but he had also adapted to forcibly stopping the circulation of Mana through Golden Soul. Now, even without Golden Soul's power, Shifeng could still execute the Law of Destruction Sword Techniques. Only, doing so consumed a lot of his Concentration.
It seems that I won't be able to truly control the Law of Destruction unless I can raise my Concentration to the Tier 6 standard, Shifeng could not help but smile bitterly as he looked at the crumbling space around him.
He was already speechless at how difficult it was to raise his Concentration to the Tier 6 standard.
Originally, he had thought that he could use Soul Water and Crystals of Souls to continuously improve his Concentration, no matter how slow it was. However, over a dozen days ago, he felt as if his Concentration had reached its limit. No matter how many Soul Water and Crystals of Souls he consumed, his Concentration didn't improve in the slightest.
On the other hand, after using the Meditation Potion in the real world, his Concentration had finally reached the standard of a 3-star mental strength master two days ago. Compared to his Concentration in God's Domain, his improvement was much faster now.
Just as Shifeng was thinking of a way to raise his Concentration to the Tier 6 standard, someone suddenly entered the hall.
Fang Shihan hurriedly entered the hall with a Magic Crystal Recorder in hand. With a grim expression, she said, "Guild Leader, I've already investigated that mysterious youth's goal."
"What is your goal?" Shi Feng asked in concern.
He had already known the mysterious youth's identity when he had first appeared in Flame Horn City.
This person was none other than the Scholar Shi Feng had met in the Ancient God's ruin. However, the Scholar that had appeared in Flame Horn City had undergone significant changes. When Shi Feng had met the Scholar in the Ancient God's ruin, the Scholar's face hadn't been marked with any divine runes. Now, however, the Scholar's forehead and cheeks were marked with dark-purple divine runes.
"His goal should be the Seven Treasures. According to the information and videos we've collected, as well as the NPCs' conversations, he's trying to collect the Seven Treasures," Fang Shihan said as she took out her Magic Crystal Recorder and played a battle video.
This battle video was none other than the battle in Light City. Back then, a Tier 4 Assassin had watched the battle from afar using a Magic Mirror.
Facing the mysterious youth's attacks, the Glory Empire's Emperor wielded a silver emblem. With a single move, layers of spatial barriers appeared before the Glory Empire's Emperor, blocking all of the mysterious youth's attacks.
Then, the mysterious young man said something.
"As expected of the Treasure of Space! Hand over the Spatial Emblem, and I'll spare your life! "
However, the Glory Empire's emperor did not agree to the mysterious youth's request. Instead, he relied on his superb spatial manipulation to fight the Scholar to a standstill.
After the Scholar took out his scepter, a victor quickly emerged between the two sides. Seeing that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, the Tier 4 Assassin fled Light City immediately.
"He's been searching for the Seven Treasures all this time?" Shifeng frowned when he saw this.
He had been searching for the Seven Treasures all this time. However, he had only found four so far: the Treasure of Illusion, the Treasure of Time, the Treasure of Fire, and the Treasure of Wind. Fire Dance and the others had even struggled to find the Treasure of Wind. As for the remaining three treasures, he had yet to find any information.
He hadn't expected the Scholar to be searching for the Seven Treasures as well.
This was undoubtedly bad news for him.
Currently, the Scholar was most likely under some kind of restriction, which prevented him from attacking him. However, this restriction was undoubtedly being lifted. Otherwise, the Scholar wouldn't have dared to kill a Tier 5 NPC and even kill the Glory Empire's emperor. It was only a matter of time before the Scholar dealt with him.
"Right, Guild Leader, I've already sent someone to find the two weapons you asked me to find. That weapon called Broken Steel, in particular, cost me a Fragmented Legendary Weapon and armor," Fang Shihan said, a pained expression on her face as she retrieved the two longswords from her bag.
Both longswords were Epic Weapons that could be used until Level 180. Although they were excellent weapons for current Tier 4 experts, Shifeng had been willing to trade a Fragmented Legendary Weapon for them. This was definitely a huge loss.
"Good! Wonderful! "Shifeng was ecstatic when he saw the two longswords.
One was a sky-blue Broken Steel, while the other was a pitch-black Night Cutter.
Shi Feng didn't care about Fang Shihan's extravagant behavior at all. After all, not even a dozen Fragmented Legendary Weapons could be exchanged for a single Legendary Weapon, not to mention Solomon's Sword, one of God's Domain's Ten Great Legendary Weapons.
Previously, when the Scholar had suddenly appeared in Flame Horn City, Shi Feng had been thinking of ways to improve his strength. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to survive the Scholar with just the Light of Two Worlds. Now, however, he had a chance.
The instant Shifeng accepted the two longswords, the sound of a system notification entered his ears.
System: Fragments of Solomon's Sword have been discovered. Do you wish to reforge Solomon's Sword?
"Reforge!"
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