"He's dead!"
Yan Xue stared at the demonic creature dissipating inside the magic circle, completely stunned.
A Great Lord-level demonic creature of the same tier was something even a hundred-man elite team led by dozens of experts couldn't handle. This had been tested in the Frost Seal Ravine, where such a creature would overwhelmingly wipe out the entire elite team and still retain more than two-thirds of its health.
And here
Beside him, the
Qi Yitao had been captured, and on top of that, they'd lost a High Great Lord-level demonic creature—one he had painstakingly managed to create only five of. These High Great Lord-level demonic creatures weren't something you could just make at will; it all depended on the potential of the spawned creature. To create another, who knew how many top experts he'd need to secretly kill.
After the Beast Emperor's brief fury, the demonic creature's death suddenly produced a blood-red stone, and the pressure it radiated made everyone involuntarily turn their attention to it.
"Impossible!" The Beast Emperor stared at the blood-colored stone hovering in mid-air, his cold, deathly still face showing a flicker of emotion for the first time. "This can't be. It's only a High Great Lord. How could it possibly drop an
Looking at the blood-red stone, the Beast Emperor's eyes burned with indescribable excitement and greed.
The Evil God Crystal was something players outside the Evil God Temple probably couldn't even fathom the value of, but for members of the Evil God Temple, it was an absolute treasure—even something they wouldn't trade a Legendary-tier demonic creature for.
But before the Beast Emperor could get a closer look, Shi Feng had already snatched it up and stored it in his backpack, making the Beast Emperor's eyes turn red with rage. He wanted nothing more than to kill Shi Feng right then and there, but he was only a mirror image clone now and could do nothing.
"Guild Master Black Flame is truly impressive. I didn't expect even my strongest demonic creature to be no match for you. Truly worthy of being the number one expert in the Star Moon Kingdom." The Beast Emperor quickly composed himself and, looking at the somewhat weakened Shi Feng, praised him with a smile.
"Oh, so now that you know you can't win, you're resorting to sweet talk?" Shi Feng glanced at the Beast Emperor and mocked.
Though he was currently in a weakened state with all stats reduced by over 70%, with his own strength—even without
He knew perfectly well that an Apostle of the Evil God had extremely limited slots for Evil God's Apostles. Each one lost meant one less, which would undoubtedly weaken the Beast Emperor's future strength significantly.
The Beast Emperor's expression darkened instantly, a cold glint flashing through his eyes. He was currently the only Apostle of the Evil God in the entire Evil God Temple, destined to become an overlord of the Divine Realm, establish the Evil God Empire, and rule over the forces of darkness. And now he was being mocked by a mere guild master from a backwater kingdom like Star Moon.
If he weren't completely powerless against Shi Feng right now, he would definitely show him what the abyss of despair truly felt like.
"Guild Master Black Flame, let's not beat around the bush. How about a deal?" The Beast Emperor suppressed his fury and said slowly. "You handing the Evil God's Apostle over to the War God Temple earns you some War God Temple contribution points at most. But I can offer you resources that countless guilds dream of, plus guild access rights in dark cities. I imagine these are exactly what your
As one of the most powerful forces of darkness, the Evil God Temple was spread across every kingdom and empire on the Divine Realm continent. While he couldn't grant Zero Wing Guild access to all NPC dark cities, giving them access to dark cities in several surrounding kingdoms and empires would be no problem at all.
The benefits went without saying, and it was precisely for this reason that
"You're not wrong. Handing the Evil God's Apostle over to the War God Temple doesn't earn me many contribution points, but it does permanently remove one Evil God's Apostle from the Divine Realm. That alone is a good thing for me." Shi Feng smiled. While he was interested in guild access rights in dark cities, compared to an Evil God's Apostle who had repeatedly come after him, this was nothing worth considering. If it weren't for the Adventurer's Guild having established a presence in Stone Forest Town, the town might not have held out, and his only option would have been a mutual destruction strategy where no one got Stone Forest Town.
The Beast Emperor's brow twitched. He took a deep breath and said, "How about this instead—I have an Auction House blueprint in my possession. Additionally, I have a Secret Realm key that can open a portal to the Secret Realm, sending a thousand players in each time. Inside the Secret Realm, never mind everything else, just the magic crystals alone far exceed what
An Auction House blueprint meant little to an ordinary town, but for Stone Forest Town, it was enormous.
If a player town had an Auction House, players could freely list and sell items in Stone Forest Town to attract visitors, and the guild could collect transaction fees—a massive source of income.
As for the Secret Realm, that went without saying; it was essentially a guild's private garden, where resources could be harvested on a schedule without having to compete with other guilds for shared resources.
Having both of these would provide an extraordinary boost to Zero Wing Guild—far beyond what a mere ten or twenty thousand War God Temple contribution points could compare to.
The Beast Emperor's offer genuinely startled Shi Feng.
An Auction House blueprint was extremely rare in the Divine Realm, its scarcity on par with a Teleportation Magic Circle blueprint. The difference was that a Teleportation Magic Circle blueprint could be used multiple times, while an Auction House blueprint was single-use. He had never expected the Beast Emperor to produce one.
As for the Secret Realm requiring a key to enter, it was equally precious—its value only slightly below that of mana crystal-producing mineral veins.
The Beast Emperor's offer was undeniably a massive sacrifice.
Beside him, Yan Xue was equally dumbfounded. Either of these items was something Sky Burial would dream of obtaining, and the Secret Realm key was the most valuable of all. He couldn't believe the Beast Emperor was willing to trade both of these plus guild access to five dark cities for Qi Yitao and the blood-red stone—even a super guild probably wouldn't refuse such an offer.
"Now that is a tempting deal, but I refuse!" Shi Feng said with a faint smile. "I don't have a habit of releasing tigers back to the mountain!"
If the Evil God's Apostle in his hands had merely been trying to seize a small town on a whim, he might have let it go. But this Evil God's Apostle had clearly come after him repeatedly. Even if he let it go now, he wasn't afraid of the future—once Zero Wing Guild's foundations were largely established, its growth would only accelerate, while the Evil God's Apostle needed enormous resources to create demonic beasts and demonic creatures. If the major guilds were on guard, obtaining those resources wouldn't be easy.
He just didn't feel like playing defense battles all the time.
Besides, he had plenty of other things to do and no time to waste lingering in the Star Moon Kingdom.
"So you want us to fight to the bitter end?" The Beast Emperor was taken aback for a moment, then his voice turned cold.