"Zero Wing did this?"
Yan Tianxing was stunned, unable to come back to his senses for a long while.
He simply couldn't imagine what Zero Wing had done to make the Tianji Pavilion reach such a decision. After all, that was a High-Level Member status!
"Lian, it seems your guess was wrong this time. Zero Wing is even more impressive than you thought," Yan Tianxing said with a smile after recovering from his shock.
Although he didn't know how Zero Wing had pulled it off, the fact remained that they had—and they had achieved something that even superpowers would find extremely difficult to accomplish.
If the earlier Stamina Gems had only been a small loss for Star Ring that left them feeling slightly inconvenienced, then this time Zero Wing had made Star Ring take a massive tumble.
"I underestimated them." Lian glanced at Yan Tianxing, her expression utterly calm. "But by doing this, Zero Wing has only enraged Star Ring further, pushing themselves one step closer to the path of destruction. Zero Wing has no idea what kind of power they've provoked. You'd better not get too entangled with them, or even I might not be able to save you."
With that, Lian vanished from in front of Yan Tianxing and Yi Luofei as though she had never been there.
"Team Leader, what should we do next?" Yi Luofei turned to ask Yan Tianxing.
The methods Zero Wing had demonstrated this time were truly astonishing. But as Lian had said, Star Ring was no ordinary superpower—the backing behind them was enormous, otherwise the Tianji Pavilion wouldn't have granted Star Ring High-Level Member status in the first place.
Becoming a High-Level Member required paying an enormous price and was also proof of one's strength.
As a member of the Seven Sins Flower, another transcendent power, she knew full well that if one's strength didn't meet a certain threshold, the Tianji Pavilion would never agree to admit someone as a High-Level Member of Tianji Commerce. After all, the Tianji Pavilion was a guild, unlike the Seven Sins Flower which was merely a free organization with few constraints and requirements.
"We're joining Zero Wing!" Yan Tianxing smiled and said. "When the people from the Tianji Pavilion headed to Zero Wing, I already made up my mind about something. If Zero Wing didn't get their membership restored, I would have had no choice but to give up—perhaps I'd have to choose the same path as Lian someday. But if Zero Wing did get their membership restored, then I would join Zero Wing. Are you coming?"
"Since you've already decided, Team Leader, I can only follow along." Yi Luofei sighed, looking at Yan Tianxing's determined gaze.
"Good! Then let's go make preparations right now." Yan Tianxing's confidence surged even higher hearing that Yi Luofei was willing to come along.
Meanwhile, the major powers of the Divine Realm all received this news and were momentarily struck with disbelief. The superpowers in particular understood very well why Star Ring had been able to become a High-Level Member of Tianji Commerce.
Now having it revoked just like that—it was even more shocking than hearing that a superpower had fallen.
"Sister Qianyu, Zero Wing is amazing! They actually managed to strip Star Ring of their High-Level Member status. This is going to deal a huge blow to Star Ring's economy. Lu Xingluo must be jumping with rage." Qing Huang in Heavenly Thunder Island looked at the news she had just received, visibly moved.
First they had stirred up trouble in the Dark Night Empire, then not only restored their regular membership but also stripped Star Ring of its High-Level Member status. Even their Dragon Phoenix Pavilion couldn't come close to achieving something like this, yet Zero Wing had done it—simply unbelievable.
"I had just figured out a way to persuade Seventh Street to invite Zero Wing, using that to relieve some of the pressure from Star Ring. Now it looks like that's no longer necessary." Feng Qianyu looked at the intelligence in her hand and laughed in amusement.
Previously, after Zero Wing's battle in White River City, most of the guild's elders had already sided with her, granting her much more authority and resources.
That was what had given her the standing to persuade a major trading house like Seventh Street.
And now it had all been for nothing.
She had watched Zero Wing grow from the very beginning, step by step, but the more she looked at them now, the more mysterious they seemed.
"Now that Star Ring's High-Level Member status has been stripped, if Jiulong Huang wants to use Zero Wing's economy to cause us trouble, he'll have to reassess," Qing Huang said with a smile.
"I'm afraid it's more than just reassessing. With Zero Wing pulling off something like this, anyone who wants to go after them will have to think twice. After all, it's now confirmed that the Tianji Pavilion has Zero Wing's back—otherwise the Tianji Pavilion wouldn't have revoked Star Ring's High-Level Member status for their sake." Feng Qianyu pondered for a moment before saying slowly, "After this incident, it's only a matter of time before Zero Wing soars to the top."
She had previously struggled with how to block Jiulong Huang's underhanded tactics, but now Jiulong Huang would have to think very carefully before making any more moves. Making an enemy of a future powerhouse of the Divine Realm—setting aside what Jiulong Huang himself might think, even the elders in his own guild wouldn't stand for it. Jiulong Huang's faction already had few elders to begin with; if he lost them all, the position of Guild Master would be completely beyond his reach.
While the major powers were discussing this back and forth, Shi Feng's side had become incredibly busy.
Although the current financial situation hadn't improved, taking Star Ring down had filled every member of the guild with fighting spirit and a deep sense of satisfaction. The entire guild's atmosphere had improved considerably, and the major powers in the Star Moon Kingdom had also settled down.