Star Moon Kingdom, White River City.
As soon as Shi Feng stepped out of the Teleport Hall in the guild headquarters, he found the main hall packed with people coming and going in a lively bustle. The bar and restaurant where guild members rested were filled to the brim, everyone chatting away — though most of them were talking about their recent hauls.
Things like what equipment they'd gotten from team dungeons, or what Skill Books they'd obtained, or bragging about how their guild mounts had evolved into Bronze Rank mounts.
The moment the guild members spotted Shi Feng emerging from the Teleport Hall, the entire hall went silent for a heartbeat before erupting into a frenzy.
"The Guild Master! It's the Guild Master!"
"The Guild Master actually came to the White River City headquarters!"
The guild members present were ecstatic upon seeing Shi Feng, all greeting him one after another.
For the members of Zero Wing, their Guild Master was a true legend. He had built the guild from nothing with his own hands, becoming not only the top expert in the Star Moon Kingdom but also elevating Zero Wing to the kingdom's number one guild. Now, the major powers all considered Zero Wing a quasi-super-first-rate guild — becoming a true super-first-rate guild was only a matter of time.
Zero Wing's name had become the hottest topic among neighboring kingdoms and empires. In kingdoms around the Star Moon Kingdom — the Purple Rose Kingdom, the Twin Towers Kingdom, even the Black Dragon Empire — any mention of Zero Wing commanded a healthy measure of respect from the guilds and powers there.
Ever since Zero Wing had acquired Stone Forest City, countless expert players from the surrounding areas had been scrambling to join. The sheer number of experts had long since surpassed those first-rate guilds by a wide margin. Their leveling speed was breakneck, they swept through team dungeons across various kingdoms and empires like an unstoppable force, and the equipment and resources they'd accumulated rivaled only the great superpowers. Moreover, obtaining weapons and equipment from the guild warehouse was far easier than in those other organizations.
Most importantly, Zero Wing possessed a set that no other superpower had — the Radiant Light set, a Dark Gold equipment set that could be worn all the way to level eighty.
"Welcome back, Guild Master." Shui Se Qiang Wei looked at Shi Feng — this hands-off Guild Master who'd finally returned — and immediately reported, "While you were away, the guild has been developing rapidly. We've recruited quite a few Perceptive Realm experts. Combined with the special training at Lost Town and the complete Perceptive Realm heritage we obtained, we now have a full eighty-six Perceptive Realm experts in the guild."
"Plus the S-rank nutrient solution you brought back allowed several more of us to break through. We now have seven experts who've reached the Flowing Water Realm."
Shui Se Qiang Wei's excitement was palpable as she spoke.
The strength of Perceptive Realm experts was incomparable to ordinary experts. Even though the Divine Realm itself offered superb training effects and various combat techniques to aid improvement, those who could reach the Perceptive Realm remained exceedingly rare. Even among first-rate guilds, Perceptive Realm experts could be counted on one hand, to say nothing of the Flowing Water Realm.
In theory, even with all of Zero Wing's various advantages, the number of people who could reach this level shouldn't have been this high. Yet here they were — the sheer count was almost unimaginable.
As for those who'd reached the Flowing Water Realm, besides herself, Bai Qingxue, Huo Wu, and Ziyan Liuyun, three more members — the Silent Bladesman, Banxia Qingcheng, and Jian Ying — had also achieved it in succession.
Along with Yan Tian Xing, who had mastered Domain, and Yi Luo Fei, who had reached the Void Realm, Zero Wing's expert lineup was quite impressive. Perhaps they still couldn't compare to those superpowers, but this level of strength was already formidable — at the very least, they now had the power to put up a fight against a superpower.
She still found it hard to believe that Zero Wing had grown to this scale.
"You already have this many Perceptive Realm experts?" Shi Feng couldn't help but feel surprised.
He'd only been gone a little over ten days. Before he left, there had only been around thirty-odd people in the Perceptive Realm. Now that number had more than doubled. The rate of growth was truly terrifying.
"This isn't even our peak yet," Shui Se Qiang Wei said with certainty. "Before, many guild members were stuck at the half-step Perceptive state. Now, with the training from the Bottomless Abyss and the Perceptive Realm heritage, they're still in a period of explosive growth. Give it a few more days, and our Perceptive Realm expert count should reach a hundred. When that happens, our dungeon progression runs won't lose to those superpowers."