Fire Dragon Empire, a border town.
At this moment, a Tier 3 team of three thousand was resting in the bars lining the town's streets. Both the players and NPCs who lived in the town regarded this team with utter fear and wariness.
The team's average level was 125 — a full one or two levels higher than the Tier 3 experts in the Fire Dragon Empire's capital. Leading the team was a long-haired, white-robed woman with a valiant and heroic bearing.
Players who passed by could not help but feel a mixture of respect and awe upon seeing this woman in white.
She was none other than the first person in Illusion Myth to advance to a Tier 4 Class — the current First Vice Guild Master of Illusion Myth, Han Guangshiying. Her level had now reached 133, a full eleven levels above the average Tier 3 expert on the front lines, who sat at level 122. Her sharp, icy aura could send a chill through a Tier 3 expert's entire body even from over a hundred yards away.
"Vice Guild Master Han Guang, we just received word from the Twin Towers Kingdom," said Yu Bai, a Level 130 Tier 4 female knight, walking over. "Star Ring has been defeated — and badly. Because of Black Flame's sudden appearance, aside from Guild Master Lu Xingluo who managed to escape, not a single expert from the major superpowers got away. Nearly twenty thousand Tier 3 experts are now locked up in Heaven Spring City's prison. They'll have to wait at least ten days before they can get out."
"He's finally willing to show himself," Han Guangshiying said calmly, unfazed. "Black Flame did a brilliant job this time — he really dealt a heavy blow to Star Ring and the major superpowers. But the key piece, Lu Xingluo, still got away. Zero Wing is going to have a lot of trouble going forward. The people standing behind that Lu Xingluo are no joke, and they're absolutely determined to claim the Secret Covenant Tower."
"According to our inside sources, Black Flame also killed Qi Yuan of Hundred Spectres this time," Yu Bai couldn't help but say in a hushed voice. "Out of their team of several dozen, only the Vice Commander Fei Ye managed to escape…"
Han Guangshiying, who had been resting with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes in disbelief. "Has Black Flame lost his mind? He actually killed that Qi Yuan? Doesn't he know his background is far from ordinary? Even our five major super guilds have to tread carefully around them — how dare he?"
Qi Yuan was a genius that Hundred Spectres had been cultivating with the utmost care — treasured like a precious jewel. The fact that they'd even dispatched another Tier 4 genius, Fei Ye, to accompany him spoke volumes about his importance and status.
And the power of Hundred Spectres was something even their five major super guilds didn't dare provoke. That group was far too extraordinary to be measured by common sense. Currently, cooperation was the only option — making enemies of them was absolutely out of the question. This was the warning Odin had given them, which was why Illusion Myth had been steering well clear of those people from Hundred Spectres.
But Shi Feng was simply too ruthless. Not only had he gone up against them, he'd outright killed their Qi Yuan. When Hundred Spectres found out, they would absolutely lose their minds.
"Should we strike together with them this time?" Yu Bai couldn't help but ask.
Illusion Myth would love nothing more than to eliminate Zero Wing. Now that Shi Feng had dealt severe blows to Star Ring and the major superpowers, Lu Xingluo and the major super guilds would absolutely not let this go — they might even fight to the bitter end.
After all, having lost so many Tier 3 experts, if they couldn't take the Secret Covenant Tower, replacing that many Tier 3 experts in a short time would be nearly impossible.
On top of that, Hundred Spectres would likely make Zero Wing pay as well.
The battle for the Secret Covenant Tower was sure to be spectacular — and that would be the perfect opportunity for them to strike. Zero Wing was a fat piece of meat that was extremely tempting even for the five major super guilds.
"No, it's not time yet." Han Guangshiying shook her head. "We've just completed that Sub-Legendary quest and obtained the Magical Body inheritance. Let's absorb this inheritance and advance our magical bodies further before we make a move. When it comes to the Magical Body, Black Flame has probably already come quite far — we're likely not his match just yet."
"Understood. I'll notify our people to prepare at the Dark God's Den," Yu Bai nodded.
"We don't actually need to go to the Dark God's Den — we're just learning the inheritance, and that can be done anywhere." Han Guangshiying glanced at a message her subordinate had just sent and smiled faintly. "Right now, we should set off immediately for the Secret Covenant Tower. We might be able to use this opportunity to learn a thing or two about Hundred Spectres' true strength."
"Hundred Spectres is going to move so soon?" Yu Bai was startled.
Zero Wing's currently displayed strength was terrifying — setting aside their five Tier 4 professionals, those two Tier 4 direct bodyguards alone were frighteningly powerful. With all these combat forces gathered together, it was hard to imagine any player faction that could stand against them. Even for the five major super guilds, all they could do at the moment was whittle Zero Wing down through attrition.
In a direct confrontation, there was absolutely no chance of winning.
It was truly hard to imagine that Hundred Spectres, having just lost several dozen members, would immediately seek revenge against Zero Wing — a force with such terrifying power.
"Not entirely," Han Guangshiying smiled, a hint of anticipation in her eyes. "You'll understand when we get there. If Zero Wing doesn't cleanly abandon the Secret Covenant Tower this time, they'll be doomed beyond redemption!"
After Han Guangshiying finished giving her orders, Yu Bai immediately gathered a group of top-tier experts and set off with her toward the Secret Covenant Tower.
Twin Towers Kingdom, Heaven Spring City.
"Guild Master, all the dropped items have been fully tallied." Huo Wu walked up to Shi Feng, who was sitting and resting, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "From this battle, we confiscated nearly twenty thousand pieces of weapons and equipment. Among them, over six thousand are Gold-grade weapons and equipment above Level 110, and over two thousand are Dark Gold-grade weapons and equipment above Level 110. The rest are all Mythril Rank weapons and equipment above Level 110 — more than enough to replenish part of the guild's previous expenditures."
Currently, the entire Zero Wing guild was being managed by her, You Lan, and Youyu Weixiao, with her mainly handling the affairs on the Twin Towers Kingdom front. Managing the guild's weapon warehouse had been a real headache.
Before she'd been in charge, she hadn't realized just how important a guild's stockpile of weapons and equipment truly was. Through her constant clashes with the various major superpowers, she had come to fully understand what it meant to have a solid foundation of resources.
Everyone usually judged a guild's strength by the number of top players it had, but when a real battle broke out, you realized that a guild's true foundation lay in the quantity and quality of its weapons and equipment.