Chapter 1 The Reverberations of Dusk

In the guild hall of Dusk Echo, the sudden intelligence from the Senluo Pavilion cast a long silence over the dozen or so high-ranking members standing in the main hall.

"The Senluo Pavilion actually gave up? How is that possible?"

"What exactly did Zero Wing's people do?"

The guild executives present were momentarily stunned by the unexpected turn of events.

The Senluo Pavilion intended to use Dusk Echo as a warning to others, stabilizing their rule over the Storm Empire and further expanding outwards. They would never have let Dusk Echo off the hook.

Originally, they had been discussing how to safely evacuate the Storm Empire and defend against future attacks from the Senluo Pavilion, but after much deliberation, they only felt despair. The gap between the two sides was simply too vast. The Senluo Pavilion only needed to use a small fraction of its power to make Dusk Echo disappear from God's Domain.

Even with Zero Wing's help, they didn't think they could deal with the Senluo Pavilion, after all, Zero Wing was only a first-rate guild.

But now, because of Zero Wing, the Senluo Pavilion had abandoned its plans to deal with Dusk Echo.

They couldn't understand how Zero Wing had managed it.

Background?

A trade?

They considered all possibilities, but none seemed plausible or likely. Yet, Zero Wing had somehow accomplished it.

At this moment, Cang Ming, the guild leader, also looked at Aqua Rose beside him with disbelief, his eyes filled with both surprise and admiration.

Before, when Zi Yan Liuyun told Xiao Ming in front of him that Zero Wing would protect Dusk Echo, he only took it as Zero Wing's statement to the Senluo Pavilion, making Xiao Ming pay some attention to it. He didn't really believe that Zero Wing had the ability to protect them. But now it seemed that those words were actually true.

The overlord of the Storm Empire!

Although he didn't know what method Zero Wing had used to stop the Senluo Pavilion, being able to stop them was proof of their strength.

When Aqua Rose left Dusk Echo to join an insignificant new guild in a small kingdom, many people secretly laughed at her, feeling that she was foolish. If she hadn't been so stubborn, she wouldn't have been removed from her position as an honorary elder, giving up a promising future and the chance to make a name for herself.

Dusk Echo was an old first-rate guild, with decades of development, and simply couldn't be compared to a small guild with no backing.

Who would have thought that Zero Wing, the guild Aqua Rose was in, could develop to its current state?

Not only was it the overlord of Star-Moon Kingdom, but it also possessed the strength of a first-rate guild, and now it had even saved Dusk Echo, causing a super power like the Senluo Pavilion to abandon its original plan. He, the guild leader of Dusk Echo, couldn't even see how powerful Zero Wing really was.

If this news were to reach the ears of the guild elders, those old guys and major corporations who had mocked her would probably regret it to death. After all, they had put in a lot of effort to remove Aqua Rose from her position as an honorary elder. Because of this matter, and Zero Wing's status, Aqua Rose's influence in Dusk Echo would definitely increase greatly. It wouldn't be impossible for the entire Dusk Echo to have to act according to Aqua Rose's wishes in the future.

Cang Ming wasn't the only one who had such thoughts. The guild executives present also thought of it, and the way they looked at Aqua Rose changed completely.

At this moment, besides joy, Aqua Rose was also shocked. She didn't expect Shi Feng to really stop the Senluo Pavilion.

Afterwards, Zi Yan Liuyun announced the news from Shi Feng to Dusk Echo. As long as Dusk Echo withdrew from the Storm Empire, the Senluo Pavilion would no longer take action. Then she directly led her people away from Dusk Echo and returned to Star-Moon Kingdom. As for Aqua Rose, she still had some matters in Dusk Echo and planned to stay for a while before returning.

The executives of Dusk Echo were also looking forward to Aqua Rose staying.

Although Dusk Echo had to leave the Storm Empire and go to other kingdoms to develop, and would have to face the overlords of other kingdoms, if they could latch onto a big shot like Zero Wing, it would be much easier to gain a foothold in other kingdoms.

The matter of the Senluo Pavilion quickly spread to the ears of many super powers in God's Domain. After all, the Senluo Pavilion was one of the super powers, and even abandoning a small matter like dealing with Dusk Echo would attract some attention.

Orc Empire, Scarlet Fortress.

"This Senluo Pavilion is really stupid. How could they give up a better opportunity to stabilize the Storm Empire because of Zero Wing? Did Zero Wing give them some great benefits?" Jing Yang, standing in the vice-guild leader's office, looked at the newly received message and couldn't help but wonder.

The Senluo Pavilion's development had been very rapid recently, and it could be said to be among the top ten of the newly emerging super powers, causing many original super-first-rate guilds to feel threatened.

Now, giving up their original plan because of Zero Wing's reputation was really surprising.

"Not bad, to be able to make the Senluo Pavilion change its plan, this Zero Wing really has some tricks up its sleeve. No wonder they dared to refuse my cooperation." Xuanwu Chisha smiled faintly, seemingly captivating all living beings.

"Just a Zero Wing, the vice-guild leader is overestimating them. Although I don't know what benefits Zero Wing gave to the Senluo Pavilion to settle this matter, the situation in White River City is not so easy to deal with. Not to mention that several major powers are eyeing the fat meat of the White River City Auction House, Zero Wing itself has a bunch of problems." Jing Yang sneered, "Recently, Star Ring has not been spending less money to snipe Zero Wing. They have even offered three times the price to poach Zero Wing's executives and core members. At the same time, they are using low prices to steal players' commissioned tasks. Zero Wing's funds are becoming more and more problematic. In less than a month, Zero Wing will probably collapse without being attacked."

The increasing size of a guild's development has both advantages and disadvantages. When there are fewer people, spending is less, and the problem of funds is easier to solve. But when there are more people, spending increases, and the problem of funds becomes more difficult to solve, not to mention being sniped by a consortium, the problem of funds becomes even more troublesome.

So, Zero Wing Guild seems to have become very powerful, but its weaknesses have also become more numerous.

In the past, Zero Wing was still small, and the guild didn't even have a decent headquarters. The guild couldn't afford to train its own large number of experts, so there was no spending at all, which made the sniping of major consortia meaningless. After all, this little money was easy to obtain. But now it's different. Not to mention taking over the original headquarters of Ouroboros, the scale of development is even greater than the original Ouroboros. This monthly spending is ten times or even dozens of times more than before.

This is why major first-rate guilds are very afraid of major super powers. Not only is there a difference in strength, but they can also be easily slapped to death financially. On the contrary, those top adventure teams are not afraid.

In White River City of Star-Moon Kingdom, after Shi Feng returned, he asked Fire Dance and the others to continue going to the team dungeons, trying to collect epic-level materials to prepare for the upcoming auction event.

"It's time to deal with the elemental cores in my hand."

Shi Feng looked at the elemental cores in his backpack, smiled slightly, and then found a place to use the Demon Mask to disguise himself again. He used the teleportation hall of White River City, spending four gold and thirty silver to teleport directly to the distant Illusionary Sea.