"Merge?"
Shi Feng stared at the system notification, his mind flooded with astonishment.
The idea that a secret realm could be merged into a guild city was something he had never heard of before.
In his previous life, he had seen many forces build guild cities in order to protect various precious secret realms, and as those guild cities advanced, there had never been any instance of a secret realm merging into one.
For a moment, Shi Feng hesitated.
The Evil God Secret Realm was a God-tier secret realm for level 150 and above. Without the faintest idea of what the merge process actually entailed, going through with it blindly could mean losing the Evil God Secret Realm entirely — and that would be an enormous loss.
But before Shi Feng could dwell on it further, another system notification chimed in his ear.
System: Detected that the player possesses over three million Magic Crystals and five thousand units of Seven Luminaries Crystal. Requirements for reconstructing a city centered on a secret realm have been met. Proceed with merge upgrade?
"Confirm!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Feng agreed almost without hesitation.
There were several Holy Cities in the Divine Realm, and one of them had been built around a God-tier secret realm — a city renowned throughout the entire Divine Realm, and the headquarters of the War God Temple.
Holy Domain!
It was the holy ground that countless fifth-tier Class holders in his previous life had yearned to set foot in at the pinnacle of the world!
It was also the only ancient city in the Divine Realm where there was a hundred percent confirmed clue to advancing to the sixth-tier God-tier Class — its age so ancient that even its origins had been lost to history.
Rumor had it that any fourth-tier Class holder who could set foot there would have a hundred percent chance of advancing to the fifth tier.
But what truly made it formidable wasn't even that. Because the entire secret realm was under complete control, any player who obtained sufficient clearance in the Holy Domain — even a third-tier player — could enter the God-tier secret realm within. That was nothing like the God-tier secret realms in the outside world, where divine might suppressed all but fourth-tier players.
And while God-tier secret realms were undeniably dangerous, not every corner of them was lethal. Simply gaining the ability to enter was itself a tremendous opportunity.
The environment inside a level 150 and above God-tier secret realm was utterly incomparable to the outside Divine Realm. The combat conditions within rivaled the ancient Age of Gods — an era when deities rose in droves. It was precisely because of this that fifth-tier Class holders fought tooth and nail for the chance to enter God-tier secret realms of that caliber.
Now, Ancient Rock City had the opportunity to become the second city in the Divine Realm built around a level 150-plus God-tier secret realm. How could he possibly refuse?
The moment Shi Feng confirmed, the Magic Crystals and Seven Luminaries Crystals he had obtained from the Sacred Heart's Hand warehouse vanished from his inventory, and the entirety of Ancient Rock City shuddered.
Regional System Announcement: Ancient Rock City is upgrading. All players will be automatically teleported out of Ancient Rock City in ten minutes. Please prepare for teleportation.
…
The system announcement repeated three times, and then another notification rang in Shi Feng's ear.
System: This Ancient Rock City upgrade is estimated to take one full natural day. The holder of the Ancient Rock City Lord's Token must not leave a three-thousand-yard radius of Ancient Rock City during this period. Alternatively, you may log off to rest.
"That long?" Shi Feng muttered, somewhat exasperated.
A normal city upgrade only took a handful of hours. This one was going to take an entire natural day. In that time, Beast Emperor would have spread word of the Evil God Secret Realm across the entire Divine Realm. And with such a lengthy window, if the forces from the outer worlds were so inclined, Ancient Rock City would almost certainly face a battle.
After all, a city undergoing reconstruction and upgrade was at its most vulnerable. Before the system update, there had at least been a protection period. But now, that benefit no longer existed — players had to defend the city on their own.
Huo Wu looked toward Shi Feng and said, "Guild Master, we've finished moving everything out of the Sacred Heart's Hand warehouse. Shall we pull out now?"
"No! You take Beast Emperor and the others back to Silverwing City first and lock them up," Shi Feng said, shaking his head. "At the same time, notify Liang Jing to gather as many Zero Wing members and fourth-tier guards as possible at Silverwing City. The moment Ancient Rock City reopens, I want everyone moving in immediately!"
"Understood!"