The appearance of the Azure Light left everyone in the room completely dumbstruck, with some even feeling a faint shiver run through them.
While the major powers were still scrambling to acquire Level 65 Dark Gold sets, Zero Wing had already obtained a Dark Gold eight-piece set usable from Level 60 to 80!
That meant Zero Wing's top-tier equipment was at least two tiers ahead of every other major power, and that advantage would persist all the way to Level 80. Such a terrifying lead—everyone could already imagine Zero Wing's absolute dominance in team dungeons going forward.
Zero Wing would even hold undisputed supremacy in the Bottomless Abyss, that god-tier regional dungeon, well before reaching Level 80.
And that wasn't even the most terrifying part…
If Zero Wing had only one set of Azure Light, that would be one thing. But sitting on the display counter in the hall were no fewer than three complete sets. One could easily imagine that Zero Wing was capable of obtaining Azure Light in bulk.
The difference between having a single Dark Gold set and having enough Dark Gold sets to arm an entire team was as vast as heaven and earth.
An individual player's strength had very limited impact when running team dungeons. But if a large number of players in a team all possessed equipment of this caliber, the effect on team dungeon performance would be immense.
After all, the reason the major powers were currently bottlenecked on team dungeons was largely due to insufficient equipment levels. For the great superpowers in particular, once their gear met the requirements, clearing team dungeons would be child's play.
"No wonder Zero Wing dares to challenge Star Ring. They really do have the backing for it." Yan Yun Shiliu Meng gazed at the flawlessly crafted Azure Light sets on the counter, a sharp gleam flashing in her beautiful eyes.
If their Tiger Shine could establish a temporary base in Stone Forest City and combine that with the Azure Light sets, she believed it wouldn't take long for Tiger Shine to develop into the second-largest power in the Glory Empire, second only to Return of Kings.
Just as everyone was marveling at this, Shuise Qiangwei and Bai Qingxue led the group to the top-floor reception hall of the Candlefire Trading Firm, where Shi Feng had already been waiting for quite some time.
In the hall, Shi Feng wore a suit of pitch-black armor and a dark gray cloak, giving off a very plain and approachable impression—not a trace of power, completely lacking the bearing and majesty one would expect from a kingdom's overlord.
Yet the moment they stepped into the room, they realized they were wrong—spectacularly wrong.
Chi You drew in a sharp breath.
Monster.
The word surfaced unbidden in everyone's minds.
Because the instant they had stepped into the room, a terrifying oppressive pressure had spread throughout their entire bodies. And this pressure did not stem from raw power—it came from an enormous gap in the tier of existence itself. Their brains kept issuing death warnings, as if they were facing not a player at all, but a living, breathing Demon Lord.
"I thought Black Flame was merely a Domain master? How can he be this strong?" Yan Yun Shiliu Meng stared at Shi Feng seated in the main chair, her expression indescribably grave.
She had encountered many monster-level experts before—after all, she hailed from a super guild. While she had not yet mastered a Domain herself, she was confident she could hold her own against a Domain master. Yet now, facing Shi Feng, she felt a complete sense of powerlessness.
The thought of an expert like Shi Feng ambushing them in the wild made her scalp tingle.
"Welcome to Stone Forest City. Allow me to introduce myself—I am Black Flame, president of the Zero Wing Guild." Shi Feng looked at the somber expressions of the various guild representatives present, particularly the grave looks on Yan Yun Shiliu Meng and the others, and felt quite satisfied.
In truth, he wasn't nearly as powerful as they imagined. The reason he exuded such presence was entirely due to the aftereffects of the Demon God Phantom. Under this effect, he would maintain a twelve-hour aura of divine authority—not only would monsters flee at the sight of him, but he himself would also enter a mortalized state, drastically reducing his combat strength.
Of course, this wouldn't be apparent without actual combat. Others would only be frightened by the residual divine authority.
Under Shi Feng's cordial introduction, everyone present—especially Yan Yun Shiliu Meng and Chi You of Tiger Shine—no longer held even the slightest bit of contempt for Zero Wing.