Shi Feng's return immediately drew the attention of all factions in White River City.
When people learned that Shi Feng's name was red as blood, they knew Dark Star Guild's ambush had failed.
Dark Star had dispatched over ten thousand players, yet they still couldn't wipe out Zero Wing's main raid team members. This greatly boosted Zero Wing's prestige. Moreover, Dark Star Guild's president, Wei Wo Du Kuang, had been killed — a devastating blow to Dark Star.
Setting aside Xiong Ba Tian Xia, who had already been eliminated, Dark Star's reputation had fallen to the bottom among White River City's six major guilds. Many players who had originally wanted to join Dark Star changed their minds and switched to Zero Wing instead.
With one rising and the other falling, it was only a matter of time before Zero Wing surpassed Dark Star.
After finally shaking off the enthusiastic players, Shi Feng immediately donned a black cloak to conceal his face and name, then hurried toward White River City's Adventurer's Association.
Along the way, Shi Feng contacted Shuise Qiangwei, telling her to bring over sixty core members and wait at the Adventurer's Association.
Over twenty minutes later, Shuise Qiangwei arrived at the Association's entrance with over sixty people.
All sixty-plus members Shuise Qiangwei had brought were equipped with Iron Rank gear or above, and quite a few even wore Mythril Rank equipment. Standing at the entrance, they were extraordinarily eye-catching, drawing admiring and envious glances from numerous players.
Although Dark Star's ambush and Xiong Ba Tian Xia's great battle had cost Zero Wing considerable losses, fortunately Zero Wing had plenty of Bronze Rank and Iron Rank equipment in reserve — it was mainly the levels that would take considerable time to recover.
The group Shuise Qiangwei had called in had previously been busy running dungeons and hadn't had time to participate in the guild war.
"Sister Shuise, what do you think the president wants with us?" asked a female Priest named Xueyan curiously.
"Obviously to deal with Dark Star. They dared to cause trouble for us before, and now the president is gathering us. He definitely wants to settle the score," a Berserker said with a grin.
"That's great! We couldn't go before because the dungeons were too far. Now it's fine — I'm going to give those Dark Star villains a good beating!" Xueyan waved her little fist and said cheerfully.
Shuise Qiangwei couldn't help but laugh. "Xueyan, you're way too combative. The president hasn't said what it's about, but it's probably something else. Otherwise, just calling you lot to fight Dark Star wouldn't even be enough to fill their teeth. Stop guessing — we'll find out soon enough."
Hearing it was about something else, Xueyan lost interest, and the others looked a bit disappointed as well.
Just as Shuise Qiangwei and the others were waiting at the entrance, Shi Feng walked over.
"President, why are you still wearing that cloak? Is it that this operation can't have our movements exposed? Should we leave here first and sneak in later?" Shuise Qiangwei looked at the face-concealing Shi Feng, who was hiding his identity as though he were a wanted criminal in White River City, and couldn't help but ask, afraid he might be recognized.
"I wouldn't normally need one, but being too famous isn't always a good thing. If I took off the cloak, I probably wouldn't even be able to get through the Association's front door," Shi Feng said with a wry smile. "Enough talk — invite me to the party. We have important business to attend to."
Hearing Shi Feng's explanation, Shuise Qiangwei could already picture the comical scene, and a sly arc tugged at the corner of her lips. The dignified president of Zero Wing feared not armies of thousands, yet he feared the enthusiasm of his fans.
After Shuise Qiangwei added Shi Feng to the party, she immediately transferred the party leader role to him.
Once Shi Feng assumed the party leader position, he checked everyone's levels and felt a swell of pride.
Every single member was level 19 or above, with nearly half reaching level 20. In other guilds, this would be unthinkable — but it was perfectly normal, since all the major guilds had been competing for the First Clears of the three major dungeons and naturally hadn't prioritized leveling up.
In truth, this approach was putting the cart before the horse. Securing the First Clears of the three major dungeons was certainly important, but the Divine Realm wasn't some casual game. Being too focused on early gains and losses could easily cause one to miss other opportunities.