As Shi Feng took out the pitch-black scroll, the remaining team members also noticed the dark scroll.
"What is that?"
"Why is there such terrifying magical power?"
Just by being taken out, the dark scroll radiated an oppressive force that made one's blood run cold. Even the flow of mana in the surroundings seemed to freeze solid.
It hadn't even been activated yet, and it already possessed such power — it was hard to imagine what kind of magic scroll this could be.
Even the well-traveled You Lan, Shi Xue Fengqing, and You Baiye had never seen anything like it.
"So you really are going to use it?" Shui Se Qiangwei sighed softly upon seeing the scroll.
Within the entire Zero Wing Guild, only Shi Feng and she knew about the two items obtained from the Epic-grade treasure chest.
Even Gold-grade treasure chests were extremely rare finds in the Divine Realm — they could only occasionally be spotted in special secret locations. Dark Gold-grade chests were even rarer; even in resource-rich secret sites or ruins, they were hardly ever seen.
The rarity of an Epic-grade treasure chest went without saying.
The magic scroll that came from an Epic-grade treasure chest was even more extraordinary.
The strongest known magic scrolls in the Divine Realm were currently third-tier magic scrolls. But the scroll in Shi Feng's hand was a fourth-tier magic scroll — one capable of posing a massive threat to fourth-tier creatures. Its value was beyond imagination.
However, this scroll wasn't the reason Shi Feng had demanded secrecy. The real reason lay in the other item.
The Beast King Compendium.
Though it looked like nothing more than an unremarkable leather-bound book, it was a treasure that any guild would kill to obtain.
As guild players' levels increased, the demand for mounts grew with each passing day. Guild mounts were obviously important to any guild, but what was even more crucial was the cultivation and advancement of those mounts.
Ordinary mounts simply couldn't satisfy the members of major guilds, but promoting a guild mount from one tier to the next was extremely difficult. Even if you captured a five-star mount to start, the probability of it advancing from a common mount to Bronze-grade was only seventy percent. Advancing to Iron Grade was just thirty percent, let alone Mythril Grade, which was a mere three percent.
For mounts captured at three stars or below, the odds were even worse.
But the Beast King Compendium could produce potions that increased advancement rates, and the rates weren't negligible. Even a basic Beast King Potion could increase the chance of advancing to Bronze-grade mounts by ten percent, Iron Grade by five percent, and Mythril Grade by one percent.
If this became known, Zero Wing would be declared an enemy by everyone. Moreover, producing even a basic Beast King Potion required at least the level of an elementary Master Alchemist — which was why Shi Feng had demanded secrecy.
When Shui Se Qiangwei had first seen the Beast King Compendium, she had been stunned. If Feng Qianyu knew that the Epic-grade treasure chest she'd gifted didn't contain an Epic-grade weapon or equipment but rather the Beast King Compendium, she would never have parted with it — not even if it meant waiting half a year to open the chest.
Once the fourth-tier scroll was unleashed, even the already-invincible Ape Demon King became wary and hammered Shi Feng relentlessly. The ground caved in seven or eight meters deep from the bombardment, forming a crater over twenty yards in diameter, forcing everyone else to keep their distance entirely — they could only attack from afar.
"No wonder countless teams call it the gatekeeper of hell. With such terrifying power, even a full party of second-tier classes wouldn't escape a total wipe," Shi Feng said with a bitter smile.
But no matter how the Ape Demon King struggled, it was meaningless. Activating the fourth-tier scroll would take Shi Feng just one second, and Absolute Defense could still hold for another two seconds. The Ape Demon King simply couldn't stop him.