Chapter 1 Ghost Mist Plains

The neutral map of Ghost Mist Plains lies outside the Black Dragon Empire.

The entire plain is shrouded in deathly aura year-round, perpetually in darkness. A large number of undead creatures with extremely high physical resistance roam about. Coupled with the monster levels ranging from 70 to 80, it is a dangerous place even for current expert players. A single misstep could cost them their lives, so almost no players are willing to come here.

However, at this moment, on a grassland highland within the plains, a twenty-man team was fighting against a hundred or so level 70-plus corpse earth dragons. These corpse earth dragons ranged from special elites to Lord-ranked, their entire bodies wreathed in deathly aura. Players would feel chilled to the bone and sluggish just by approaching them, not to mention that corpse earth dragons had extremely high defense, and their attacks carried corrosive effects.

Yet, these players were able to methodically take down one corpse earth dragon after another.

The leading Assassin single-handedly toyed with a good seventy or eighty corpse earth dragons. Facing the venom attacks of the corpse earth dragons, his figure was like a butterfly flitting through flowers, passing through a hundred blossoms without a petal touching his body.

While these corpse earth dragons were completely drawn in by the Assassin, a graceful woman in the team continuously unleashed one magic spell after another, bombarding the corpse earth dragons with damage in the range of twenty to thirty thousand points. These attacks not only inflicted a great deal of damage on the corpse earth dragons, but also had a considerable impact on their venom attacks, causing the trajectories of the venom to deviate significantly, reducing a lot of pressure on the Assassin.

In less than thirty minutes, all the corpse earth dragons were wiped out, dropping a pile of materials and items.

"The Guild Leader and Vice Guild Leader are truly amazing. Without them, we would probably have been worn down to death by these corpse earth dragons."

"Yeah! Stamina consumption here is too great. I haven't even fought much, and my stamina consumption has already exceeded a quarter. No wonder other adventurer teams don't dare to level up here."

"If I had half the skill of the Guild Leader and Vice Guild Leader, I could walk sideways in the Black Dragon Empire."

"Actually, with the Guild Leader and Vice Guild Leader's skills and reputation, they could completely establish a large guild in the Black Dragon Empire. Previously, some super powers even ran over, hoping our adventurer team would join them, but the Guild Leader flatly rejected them."

The members of the fff adventurer team looked at Yan Tianxing and Yi Luofei, who were sitting down to recover their stamina, their eyes full of awe and admiration, especially the newcomers who had just joined the adventurer team.

The corpse earth dragons had extremely high physical defense, not to mention the deathly aura they emitted could reduce the players' combat power by a level. Added to that was the constantly stacking poison attack. Even MTs (Main Tanks) wearing top-grade equipment wouldn't dare to aggro too many. Generally, being able to hold back five or six was the limit, but the corpse earth dragons moved in groups of a hundred or more, making it impossible for a twenty-man team to handle, and even a fifty-man team would find it difficult.

But now, with Guild Leader Yan Tianxing single-handedly attracting the vast majority of corpse earth dragons, coupled with Yi Luofei's magic attacks, the entire team could effortlessly farm corpse earth dragons. It was simply exhilarating.

The neutral map of Ghost Mist Plains had no other advantages except that the monsters here gave extremely high experience points. The leveling speed was simply incomparable to other maps. Just farming this wave alone, their experience points increased visibly, showing how abundant the experience was.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Yan Tianxing and Yi Luofei.

This person was wearing a dark gray leather suit. Underneath the thick leather suit was a proud figure. The cold aura was like the bright moon at night. Her beautiful appearance was like a fairy in the moon, without a trace of worldly dirt.

Upon closer inspection, one would find that this woman's level was as high as 67. This level was absolutely the number one in the Black Dragon Empire. Even Yan Tianxing and Yi Luofei hadn't noticed this woman before she appeared.

The sudden appearance of this woman immediately made the experts of the fff adventurer team present nervous.

Everyone present was an expert. Their ability to capture auras was top-notch. However, not only had they not detected this woman at all, but after she revealed her figure, the terrifyingly cold aura was simply unheard of, as if they were in the nether hell.

"Lian, what do you need from me?" Yan Tianxing glanced at this outstanding woman and asked calmly.

When Yan Tianxing said the name of the person who had come, the adventurer team members present couldn't help but open their eyes wide and look at the woman named Lian in disbelief.

The name Lian could be said to be known by everyone in the Black Dragon Empire. She was the number one on the Assassin Rankings in the Black Dragon Empire. At the same time, she was also a legendary figure in their Black Dragon Empire. Even the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion of the Black Dragon Empire was wary of her.

Moreover, this Lian was extremely mysterious. Apart from knowing her name, everyone knew nothing about her identity.

The reason why Lian was called a legend of the Black Dragon Empire and made the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion wary was entirely because Lian had killed the monster Dragon Martial of the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, which enraged the Nine Dragon Emperor, who ordered the entire empire to hunt down and capture Lian. However, he was helpless against Lian, and in the end, could only let it go.

They never expected to see the real person at this time, and it seemed that their Guild Leader knew her.

"I'm just here to ask, how have you been considering that matter?" Lian's words were cold, as if she were a lifeless machine.

"I've already said, I'm not interested in joining an alliance like Dark Soul," Yan Tianxing said.

"The resources of Dark Soul are beyond your imagination. Maybe you think that you can continue to walk, constantly improving, without joining any super power right now. I used to think so too, but what I want to say is that you haven't reached that step yet, and haven't experienced the feeling of having no way forward, unable to make any progress."

"If you continue like this, you will only be surpassed by me further and further. I know you are quite interested in that Zero Wing Guild. Starting from scratch, they were able to seize the White River City Auction House, which super powers were fighting over, and it did cause quite a stir." Lian said in a deep voice, "However, the future of Zero Wing is already very clear. Daring to go against super powers is destined to end in annihilation, not to mention the training resources of Zero Wing. Why don't you join Dark Soul with me? The resources Dark Soul possesses can allow you to improve better, why waste time on a Zero Wing that is on the verge of destruction?"

"I still insist on my choice," Yan Tianxing said slowly, "Moreover, Zero Wing will not necessarily perish. As long as it can return to the Tianji Merchant Alliance, it will not be easy for Star Ring to deal with Zero Wing."

"So what if it returns? Do you really think that a guild without background and resources can turn the world upside down?" Lian raised her eyebrows slightly, very disdainfully.

Just as Lian finished speaking, Yi Luofei, who was beside Yan Tianxing, suddenly exclaimed.

"Guild Leader, something... big happened!" Yi Luofei shouted, looking at the news that Seven Sins had just sent over.

"What happened?" Yan Tianxing asked, looking at the flustered Yi Luofei.

"Star Ring... Star Ring... had their advanced membership status revoked!" Yi Luofei couldn't help but tremble.

Looking at this news, she even suspected it was fake, but this news was sent by Seven Sins Flower, so it was definitely not fake news.

"How is this possible?!" Yan Tianxing was stunned, "Is Tianji Pavilion crazy? What exactly happened?"

The membership status of the Tianji Merchant Alliance was extraordinary, and it was extremely difficult to kick someone out, requiring a huge price to be paid, let alone the advanced membership status.

Lian, who was on the side, couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard this.

The advanced membership status of the Tianji Merchant Alliance had to be obtained at a sky-high price. To revoke such an advanced membership status was equivalent to digging a piece of flesh from the Tianji Merchant Alliance. How could the Tianji Merchant Alliance be willing?

"The news is not very accurate. According to speculation based on the existing news, it is most likely related to Zero Wing, because Zero Wing restored its ordinary membership status in the Tianji Merchant Alliance one moment, and the next moment, Star Ring's advanced membership status was revoked..." Yi Luofei said uncertainly.

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