"Deal with the Zero Wing Guild?" When Gu Deng Du Zhang heard the Tier 2 Berserker say this, he couldn't hide his surprise. "You don't mean the Zero Wing Guild from the Star Moon Kingdom?"
"That's right!" The Tier 2 Berserker looked at the stunned Gu Deng Du Zhang in confusion. "Is there a problem?"
"No, nothing." Gu Deng Du Zhang shook his head, his expression darkening slightly.
He never expected that this massive mobilization — gathering all the adventure teams of the Soul of Darkness together — was actually aimed at dealing with the Zero Wing Guild.
"Now this is interesting." A handsome man sitting in front of Gu Deng Du Zhang raised the corner of his lips. "I was planning to deal with the Zero Wing Guild after some time, but now we can save ourselves the trouble."
"Hunter Leader, does the Dark Hunter guild have some grudge against this Zero Wing Guild?" A beautiful woman sitting nearby, dressed in an alluring dark blue robe like a noblewoman, smiled faintly.
"Yes. We completed a client's commission before. The mission succeeded, but we ended up taking a small loss." The handsome man nodded, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
"It seems this Zero Wing Guild really does have some strength, if they could make even the Dark Hunters take a loss. No wonder the Alliance Leader gathered all our adventure teams together." The beautiful woman smiled. "If you need anything from the Shadow Claw during the fight, just say the word, Hunter Leader."
"Then I thank you, Shadow Claw Leader." The handsome man expressed his gratitude.
Gu Deng Du Zhang listened to their conversation from the side, his heart racing with excitement. The grudge from being killed by Shi Feng still burned in his memory. Although their leader had promised to make the Zero Wing Guild pay, he knew full well how powerful Zero Wing was — even if the entire Dark Hunter guild mobilized, they probably wouldn't come out on top.
But now things were different. The Soul of Darkness, this dark alliance, was organizing over a dozen dark adventure teams to act together. Turning the entire Star Moon Kingdom upside down would be no problem at all, since every adventure team that had joined the Soul of Darkness was terrifyingly powerful in its own right.
Just as everyone in the hall was discussing the matter, three players suddenly walked in. The leader was a level 55 Guardian Knight clad in pitch-black armor — a young man with a beast-like aura who carried a crystal shield wreathed in dark red flames on his back. Following behind him were two more level 55 players: a female Ranger and a male Elementalist.
The equipment on the three of them drew envious looks from the leaders of every adventure team present. Each of them wore at least three pieces of Epic-grade equipment. The Guardian Knight in particular radiated the aura of four Epic-grade pieces, and the weapon and shield he carried showed no visible stats — but the dense magical energy swirling around them made it clear they were no ordinary items.
This young man was Duan Tianhu, the Alliance Leader of the Soul of Darkness.
Though he looked young, no one present dared look down on him. He had risen to fame far earlier than most of them — his actual age exceeded forty-five. He was once a man who made even top-tier guilds feel helpless and fearful.
It was precisely because of him that these dark adventure teams had been willing to join the Soul of Darkness.
"Before I get started, I'm sure you all already know why you've been called here." After sitting down, Duan Tianhu spoke in a deep voice. "The Star Navigation Consortium wants us to eliminate the Zero Wing Guild as quickly as possible, and they've offered generous compensation. So we'll follow the usual rules — whoever contributes more gets a bigger share. According to our intelligence, this Zero Wing Guild has first-rate guild strength. As for the plan of annihilation, we'll proceed as usual — primarily destroy their core combat forces and upper leadership. Whatever you seize is yours to keep. If there are no objections, we move out now."
Everyone's excitement surged.
They had been looking forward to a large-scale purge mission like this for a long time. This was exactly why they had joined the Soul of Darkness. Individually, it would be very difficult for any single adventure team to take down a major guild, but acting together, there was no problem at all.
Every time they undertook a guild-elimination mission of this scale, they could make a fortune — and taking down a first-rate guild? The profits were enough to drive anyone mad.
"Alliance Leader, what exactly happened with the Star Navigation Consortium this time? Why are they in such a rush to eliminate the Zero Wing?" the level 55 male Elementalist standing beside Duan Tianhu asked curiously. "Usually they'd give us several days to prepare. This time they didn't even give us prep time before calling everyone together."
"I'm not entirely sure about that either." Duan Tianhu shook his head slightly. "But it doesn't matter. We're only dealing with a guild that has first-rate strength. It's not our first time doing this."
"True. With the strength of our adventure teams now, any single one of us could make a first-rate guild panic. Working together, even the top-tier guilds would have their hands full." The Elementalist smiled coolly.
"Oh, right — after we finish this mission, our next target will likely be the War Soul Unyielding. You should prepare accordingly. A top-tier guild is still a top-tier guild — even if they're on the decline, they're not to be trifled with." Duan Tianhu said.
"Don't worry, Alliance Leader. Once that batch of resources arrives, we'll be able to train up a large number of experts in no time." The Elementalist spoke with great confidence.
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Star Moon Kingdom, White River City.
After attending the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's internal auction, Shi Feng immediately returned to the Green Water Villa and logged into the Divine Realm. He first contacted Feng Qianyu, instructing her to assemble all of her Tier 2 class experts in White River City first thing the next morning.
After making those arrangements, Shi Feng gave Shui Se Qiangwei thirty thousand gold to continue developing Silver Wing Town, and separately allocated another thirty thousand gold to covertly build the Lost Town. He himself took the rare materials obtained from the Ice Crystal World and, through the Holy City Emblem, brought nineteen lifestyle players with him into the Titan Holy City.
The Magic Artifact Abyssal that he possessed had been stuck at level 45 without any upgrades. While the Abyssal was still formidable, it was severely mismatched to his current level and lagged far behind the Holy Sword Slaying Thunder.
The Eclipse Throne was an ultra-large team dungeon located at the Gate of Eclipse, a neutral map. Its difficulty surpassed even the ultra-large team dungeons within kingdoms and empires, and its special environment demanded preparation beforehand. He needed to boost his own combat power first.
So Shi Feng planned to craft level-50 weapons in the Titan Holy City to upgrade the Abyssal.
Level-50 Gold-grade and Dark Gold-grade weapon blueprints were extremely rare in the outside world, but in the Titan Holy City, they were not — as long as one's status was sufficient, one could exchange Magic Crystals for various standard weapon blueprints. However, these blueprints could only be learned by players themselves, and the weapons they produced had slightly inferior stats compared to those made from blueprints obtained as drops in the outside world.
But for Shi Feng, this didn't matter at all. The weapons he crafted were meant to serve as sacrifices for the Abyssal's advancement — their stats were irrelevant.
Shi Feng then spent three thousand and six thousand Magic Crystals to purchase the level-50 Gold-grade and Dark Gold-grade standard weapon blueprints, rented an exclusive Forging Room, and began crafting.
To increase his crafting success rate, Shi Feng also channeled the power of the Sage's Hand.
After spending the better part of a day, he finally produced one hundred level-50 Gold-grade weapons and thirty level-50 Dark Gold-grade weapons, consuming roughly seventy to eighty percent of his rare materials in the process.
"It's time." Shi Feng gazed at the weapons spread across the table, then produced the Abyssal. "Devour!"