Starshine Fortress, Summoning Tower.
After spending over eighty thousand Magic Crystals to purchase the required materials from the Divine Intent Tribe, Shi Feng began reconfiguring the Summoning Tower's magic array.
The Summoning Tower was originally built to summon monsters for combat — a structure unique to Starshine Fortress. However, the tower also functioned as a teleportation node, which was how he could teleport here at any time. Shi Feng had investigated the matter and discovered that the Summoning Tower was also the location of a spatial node within Starshine Fortress. It was precisely because of this that the tower gained the ability to summon monsters from other worlds.
Under normal circumstances, a teleportation array could not connect two continents for cross-continental teleportation. However, the current Shi Feng was no longer who he once was. His mastery of magic arrays had reached the Grandmaster rank, and he had long since obtained the blueprints for teleportation arrays. What was once impossible had now become possible.
In his previous life, many cities across the two continents had teleportation points — not from ancient cross-realm teleportation arrays left over from a bygone era, but from arrays created by players themselves. However, three conditions had to be met for intercontinental teleportation.
First, a Grandmaster-rank magician was required. Second, the teleportation array blueprint was necessary. Third, and most critically, a continental teleportation spatial node had to be available. Only when all three conditions were fulfilled could a teleportation array connecting two continents be constructed — a so-called cross-realm teleportation array.
Spatial nodes between the two continents were scarce. Each continent had fewer than twenty at most, and many were located in dangerous Forbidden Life Zones. Competition for them was fierce beyond measure. Whoever controlled even one could freely travel between the two continents, free of all the time restrictions imposed by the ancient cross-realm teleportation arrays, with no limitations on the number of people either.
This was precisely why Shi Feng had been so determined to claim Starshine Fortress — it contained a spatial node, and in his previous life, it had been one of the Western Continent's most important teleportation points.
The only drawback of the cross-realm teleportation array was its enormous energy consumption. Ordinary Magic Crystals could not sustain it; Magic Crystal Stones were required. A single teleportation cost ten Magic Crystal Stones — even if an Alchemy Master refined them, that was nearly a thousand Magic Crystals. Such a price meant that even the major superpowers couldn't transport many people, serving as a kind of inherent limitation.
Even so, it was incredibly powerful. The resources of the two continents differed, and trade could generate immense profit. Compared to sea and air transport, teleportation was incomparably more convenient.
Moreover, the true strength of the cross-realm teleportation array went beyond even that. Most importantly, it could completely link a single faction across both continents, making them function as though they occupied a single landmass, with no further obstacles.
This was why Shi Feng had been so urgently driven to become a Grandmaster-rank magician.
As Shi Feng quietly reworked the Summoning Tower's teleportation array, a sudden gathering of high-ranking members of the Divine Intent Tribe convened at their temporary outpost.
"Fidelia, are you serious? Black Flame really can connect the two continents?" Grand Elder Adolf couldn't help but turn toward Fidelia, his eyes full of disbelief.
They had already been told that Shi Feng had achieved half-step fifth-tier, that he alone had slain more than a dozen fourth-tier NPCs, and that he had mastered the Thoughtforged Domain. This string of revelations had been hard enough to accept, leaving everyone struggling to come to terms with it. Now they were being told he could also construct a teleportation array linking two continents? Who would believe that?
But Adolf knew one thing well — Fidelia was not someone who exaggerated. If she said it, then it was almost certainly true. Still, he couldn't help wanting to confirm.
"Based on Black Flame's character, what he said is likely true, and he had no reason to lie to me," Fidelia said after a moment's thought, her voice measured. "Even if he couldn't connect the two continents, with the strength and vast potential he has shown, backed by Starshine Fortress, Zero Wing could slowly develop on the Western Continent even if they were defeated on the Eastern Continent. They wouldn't need our support or cooperation at all."
"True enough," Grand Elder Adolf nodded.
With a fourth-tier Holy Dragon stationed at Starshine Fortress, unless a sixth-tier God-level expert emerged — or a group of fifth-tier experts arrived — no one could shake Starshine Fortress in the slightest. And that was before considering the strong possibility that Shi Feng would advance to fifth-tier. His future was not to be underestimated.
"I called everyone here today primarily to propose further strengthening cooperation between the Guild and Zero Wing," Fidelia said, producing a dossier of information about the Eastern Continent and transmitting it to everyone present. "This is the latest intelligence from the Eastern Continent. Several more superpowers from the Outer World have entered the fray. While large-scale battles are unlikely in the short term, these newcomers will inevitably clash with many Eastern Continental factions. Zero Wing controls considerable resources, so conflict is bound to follow."
"Therefore, I propose that the Guild send several fourth-tier professionals to the Eastern Continent to support Zero Wing. That way, our Divine Intent Tribe will hold a more proactive position in future collaborations."
As Fidelia finished speaking, everyone present nodded in agreement.
In the past, they had treated Zero Wing merely as an ordinary superpower to cooperate with, without giving it much further thought. But after today's events, Zero Wing could no longer be viewed as just another superpower.