In a rainforest on the outskirts of the Dark Cavern's core area, an enormous gate formed entirely of black mist suddenly appeared. The terrifying energy radiating from the gate caused the surrounding magical beasts to retreat involuntarily, each one staring tensely at the massive portal that stood five or six meters tall.
As the enormous gate swung open, figure after figure emerged from within.
"What kind of place is this? The gravity is incredibly strong—it's almost comparable to the first floor of the Tomb of Stars," exclaimed Lei Shou as he stepped into the rainforest.
Setting aside the dense Power of Darkness that permeated the rainforest, the gravity alone was enough to halve the combat effectiveness of Tier 2 classes, and even for their Tier 3 classes, the impact was considerable.
Shi Feng had secretly notified them to gather in the second-floor hall of the City Lord's Mansion, saying they would be going to a special place. Naturally, they wouldn't refuse their employer's orders, but they were still shocked that Shi Feng could directly open a Space-Time Gate right there in the second-floor hall.
A Space-Time Gate was nothing like a Spatial Gate. Spatial Gates could generally only transport someone within a single world, but a Space-Time Gate was different—it could cross between worlds entirely.
Moreover, since Shi Feng had spent enormous resources hiring them, there had to be something critically important he needed them for. The place he was bringing them to had to be extraordinary. Otherwise, no one would be foolish enough to spend resources unlocking the Magic Body for all of them.
After all, since Shi Feng's battle with Phantom Myth, the Magic Body had become a strategic objective for all the major superpowers. While cultivating more Tier 3 experts was important, it paled in comparison to the Magic Body. A single expert who had unlocked the Magic Body could slaughter an entire group of Tier 3 experts who hadn't. The comparison spoke for itself.
Otherwise, their superiors wouldn't have immediately told them to accept Shi Feng's employment terms upon hearing the news.
"It's not just the gravity—the magic power here is incredibly dense as well. It's already more than half as concentrated as in Starlight Fortress. If we could fight here regularly, the improvement to our magic power control would be significant," a Tier 3 Elemental Master beside him said excitedly.
The magic power in Starlight Fortress was indeed much denser than here, but fighting was impossible within Starlight Fortress. In the Divine Realm, if players wanted to improve quickly, real combat was the fastest way.
With such dense magic power, they could manipulate their magic much more easily during battle, making it extremely helpful for practicing various magic applications in combat.
At these words, the Hell Legion members in attendance lit up with excitement.
The monsters in this rainforest were all above level 100, making it perfect for them to grind levels. Being able to level up while simultaneously improving their magic power control was exactly what they had dreamed of.
In an instant, Hell Howl and the others began to understand why Shi Feng was so confident that he could help them unlock their Magic Bodies within a single month.
In an environment like this, they truly had a very good chance of unlocking their Magic Bodies within one month.
Watercolor Rose, who had followed Shi Feng through the Gate of Darkness, was equally stunned.
She hadn't expected Shi Feng to have hidden away such an excellent training ground. The monster levels here weren't particularly high or strong—they were mostly level 100-odd Leader monsters, with the strongest being Great Lord-level creatures. But the environment here was absolutely ideal for Tier 3 experts who had recently advanced to train in.
"Guild Leader, you're too biased! You've been hiding a place like this all along. If our Zero Wing members could have leveled up here after reaching level 100, our number of experts would have probably doubled by now," Watercolor Rose said to Shi Feng.
Faced with Watercolor Rose's complaint, Shi Feng, who had just stepped into the rainforest, was momentarily speechless, unsure of what to say.
Because the Dark Cavern's core area that he knew of was nothing like this!
The last time he had teleported here, he had been very close to the World Peak. Now, he couldn't even see a trace of it. Instead, the area was filled with magical beasts, the magic power environment was quite good, and additionally, it felt as though this world had developed some kind of resistance against him, preventing him from exerting his full strength. It was completely different from what he had seen before.
"Could this teleportation gate change based on my tier or level?"
Shi Feng thought about it. That possibility was quite likely, because the first time he used the Gate of Darkness and the second time had shown some differences as well—just not as dramatically as this time. Now even the World Peak was gone, and he had arrived in an entirely unfamiliar place. The only similarity was that this was still within the Dark Cavern's core area.
But Shi Feng quickly shook his head, putting those thoughts aside.
He had brought everyone here simply so they could reach the Eastern Continent. The environment here didn't really matter—they would be leaving the Dark Cavern soon enough.
The Gate of Darkness from the Ring of Morok was different from the Gate of Darkness of the Book of Darkness—it was a two-way teleportation gate.
That meant once the Gate of Darkness was opened, anyone who was his companion could travel back and forth between the two locations linked by the gate during the time it remained open.
So what came next was simple.
He just needed to use a White River City Return Scroll while in the Dark Cavern, and he could return directly to White River City. Then, from White River City, he could open the Gate of Darkness once more, allowing Hell Howl and the others—who hadn't purchased personal-bound White River City Return Scrolls from White River City—to travel from the Dark Cavern to White River City.
If that method didn't work, he would use the Book of Darkness. Although it had a thirty-person limit, once he returned to the Eastern Continent, he could bring the people from the Dark Cavern to the Eastern Continent for certain. It would be more troublesome, but at least it was easier than the Ancient Teleportation Magic Array.