The moment Zero Wing's group arrived, the atmosphere in the auction arena shifted dramatically. Every major power present turned their gaze toward Zero Wing.
As the number one guild in the Star Moon Kingdom and the kingdom's undisputed overlord, Zero Wing had its headquarters in White River City. The guild's potential was immense — it was widely considered a contender for super-first-rate status. This was the peak of its glory.
And today was the grand day of the battle for the White River City Auction House.
If Zero Wing could seize control of the Auction House, it would not only cement its position as the Star Moon Kingdom's overlord but also secure a steady stream of income going forward, making it highly likely to become yet another superpower in the Divine Realm.
However, the gazes of the various powers' members upon Zero Wing held not a shred of envy or jealousy. Instead, there were only sighs and schadenfreude.
"To think they actually dare show up." Standing not far from the arena, the Berserker Dustblood watched Zero Wing's group with a cold sneer curling at his lips. "Do they really think that just because it's their home base, they can take the Auction House?"
Zero Wing had arrived with well over a hundred people — a far grander display than the other major guilds, which had only sent twenty or thirty. Only the superpowers themselves had brought comparable numbers.
But most of the guilds present had come merely to spectate, with no intention of making a move, which was why their delegations were small. Zero Wing sending such a large force made its intentions unmistakable.
In the eyes of the Blood Bath Family, Zero Wing was nothing more than a hillbilly king — sure, it could strut around the Star Moon Kingdom on ordinary days, but in a place where heroes from all across had gathered, even the Blood Bath Family had only sent thirty or forty people as a training exercise. For Zero Wing to send over a hundred in a bid for dominance was sheer overreach!
"Maybe Zero Wing is going all in out of desperation," murmured the young man in gray mage robes beside him, his expression tinged with pity.
White River City was, after all, Zero Wing's home base. Losing the Auction House would strip away the foundation the guild had painstakingly built. The blow to a guild was enormous.
Competition in the Divine Realm grew fiercer by the day — fall a step behind, and you'd fall behind everywhere. Regression was especially deadly, particularly for a new guild like Zero Wing whose members had little cohesion or sense of belonging. It wouldn't be at all surprising if the whole thing simply fell apart.
But beneath the superpowers, all others were nothing but ants.
The Blood Bath Family was an established top-tier first-rate guild, once hailed as a quasi-super-first-rate guild. Yet even in the Nightfall Empire, it still ranked beneath the three great superpowers and never dared harbor any thoughts of direct confrontation.
Because until you reached that level, no one truly understood what a superpower was.
Ordinary guilds and players assumed it was merely a gap in financial resources and the number of experts. They had no idea that the difference between them and a superpower wasn't quantitative at all — it was qualitative. If it were merely a matter of numbers, the Blood Bath Family would have become a superpower long ago, instead of remaining a quasi-super-first-rate guild after years of development.
Not far from the Blood Bath Family's position, in a corner of the arena, several dozen players clad in Level 60 Gold-grade and even Dark-Gold equipment stood deathly still, their heavy killing intent locked squarely on Zero Wing.
The thick killing aura kept every expert from ordinary guilds from drawing anywhere near.
Their hesitation stemmed not only from the terrifying killing intent but even more from the guild emblems these players bore — the emblem of the Domain of Sin.
The Domain of Sin was the absolute overlord of the Bauhinia Kingdom. Unlike Zero Wing in the Star Moon Kingdom, which had only taken control of a dozen-plus NPC cities, the Domain of Sin dominated the entirety of the Bauhinia Kingdom. It was not an entity that any ordinary guild could afford to provoke.
"Zero Wing, so this is your day of reckoning!" Tian Jing muttered with a low, bitter laugh as he stared at Shi Feng leading Zero Wing's contingent, a trace of madness flickering in his eyes.
It was all because Zero Wing had destroyed Goldflow Town, utterly annihilating his Hundred Battles Empire within the Star Moon Kingdom. In the end, he'd had no choice but to flee with his remaining followers to the Bauhinia Kingdom and join the Domain of Sin, going from a guild master down to an ordinary elder.
He harbored nothing but hatred for Zero Wing.