Chapter 1 The Glittering Treasure Chest

The treasure chest on the ancient altar shimmered with a faint orange-red glow. Although the glow was weak, it made everyone present from Zero Wing swallow hard, their eyes glued to it.

Currently, the major guilds in God's Domain possessed very few Epic-ranked items. Only the top guilds had a slightly larger number, but even then, it was only about a dozen. A first-rate guild having thirty would be considered heaven-defying.

It could be said that Epic-ranked items were god-tier equipment in the eyes of players.

And a Sub-Legendary treasure chest could yield fragments of Legendary items, with a very high probability.

The value of a Legendary item fragment might not be clear to the major guilds right now, but it was very clear to Zero Wing's core upper echelons, especially to Cola, Fire Dance, Bai Qingxue, and Zhao Yueru, who had already obtained Legendary item fragments.

A single Legendary item fragment could create a top-tier expert. They were able to overpower other top-tier experts precisely because of these fragments. Otherwise, with their own strength, even the four of them combined, with identical stats, wouldn't be a match for a single top-tier expert.

Without Zero Wing's thin foundation, competing with super forces would have been impossible without three to five years of hard work.

"A Sub-Legendary treasure chest?" Shi Feng narrowed his eyes as he looked at the treasure chest on the altar, a sense of wonder filling him.

In his previous life, he had visited the Starfall Secret Realm countless times, but he had never heard of this altar or treasure chest. And even if there was a treasure chest, it was a Sub-Legendary one.

He knew that Sub-Legendary treasure chests had only appeared on the Fallen Ark before. He hadn't heard of them appearing anywhere else. And what was the Fallen Ark? It was the ultimate weapon of the ancient gods' war.

But for a Sub-Legendary treasure chest to appear in the Starfall Secret Realm was truly strange.

"Could it be that the Starfall Secret Realm is hiding some secrets?" Shi Feng couldn't help but ponder.

In his previous life, the Starfall Secret Realm had no special features other than the subjugation of the Fire陨Lord. After the Fire陨Lord was defeated, the entire Starfall Secret Realm became a dead zone, devoid of even monsters.

Moreover, the divine might emanating from the altar was extraordinary. It was definitely an altar built by ancient gods, not by mortals.

"Guild Leader, do we make a move now?" Aqua Rose asked Shi Feng, looking at the Sub-Legendary treasure chest.

Although there were four or five hundred Level 72 and 73 Lord-ranked Lava Hounds below the altar, these Lord-ranked Lava Hounds were just small fries to them, easily cleared.

"Wait a moment!" Shi Feng stopped her.

Immediately, Shi Feng activated Omniscient Eyes and scanned all the Lava Hounds. In God's Domain, whenever something appeared that didn't match the quality of the treasure, one had to be extremely careful. A moment of carelessness could cost you your life.

And that "cost you your life" was meant literally, forcing players to start all over again.

Of course, such situations usually occurred in high-end maps above Level 150. He hadn't heard of such things happening in maps below Level 100.

But it was always better to be careful.

Lava Hound (Clone of Ero克的), Elemental Creature, Lord-rank, Level 72, HP 24,000,000.

"Hidden title?" Shi Feng quickly noticed something strange. Under normal observation skills, these were just ordinary Lava Hounds, but under the observation of Omniscient Eyes, a hidden title appeared: "Clone of Ero克的? As expected, it's a trap!"

"A trap?" Fire Dance looked at Shi Feng, puzzled. "But I've already checked, and I haven't found any traps."

Before the team arrived, she had already scouted the entire altar and the surrounding area, and she hadn't found any magical or physical traps. Her Disarm Trap skill had reached the Master rank. Even if she couldn't disarm Grandmaster-level traps, she could at least easily detect them.

"This trap isn't an obvious one," Shi Feng said with a smile. He then told Fire Dance, "Fire Dance, take a squad of Assassins and find a way to lure these Lava Hounds away from the altar by a hundred yards. Remember, do not kill any of them."

Now he understood somewhat why no one had mentioned this in his previous life.

Ero克的 was one of the four monarchs of the Purgatory World, known as the Monarch of Death.

He was a genuine Tier 5 peak Grand Boss. During the world war in his previous life, the major guilds were miserably defeated by Ero克的 when they invaded the Purgatory World. Twenty Tier 5 professional peak experts surrounded and attacked Ero克的 on the battlefield, but the twenty Tier 5 professional experts couldn't even withstand a single blow from the Monarch of Death. The scene was terrifying.

If a Tier 6 God-ranked expert hadn't appeared at that time, everyone would have died!

Even after the Monarch of Death was killed, it came at the cost of tens of thousands of experts, including hundreds of Tier 5 professional peak experts and countless Tier 4 professional experts.

Since the Lava Hounds were clones of Ero克的, then this was undoubtedly Ero克的's treasure trove. Treasure troves like this appeared randomly in God's Domain, and players only had one chance to obtain them.

If the clones of Ero克的 were killed, the real Ero克的 would definitely know. Even if Ero克的 didn't come in person, he would send down a phantom. A Tier 5 peak Grand Boss phantom, even if its tier was lowered by one and its level dropped to 70, was not something current players could provoke.

Not only would everyone be killed, but Ero克的 would also transfer the treasure. Although such things were rare in God's Domain, Shi Feng had heard of them.

After Shi Feng finished giving his instructions, Fire Dance immediately led the Assassin squad to lure the Lava Hounds away from the altar from all directions. Soon, the area below the altar was cleared. The moment the last Lava Hound left the altar by a hundred yards, the magic array protecting the altar shattered instantly, and endless divine might surged in all directions, making everyone feel their bodies suddenly become heavy. Without saying a word, Shi Feng activated Wind Rider, transforming into a streak of afterimages and flying towards the altar.

As he approached the altar, the divine might grew stronger, and even Shi Feng felt immense pressure from all around, making it difficult for him to move.

With less than fifty yards to go, Shi Feng no longer had the strength to move forward.

"Open!"

Shi Feng immediately used Dragon Strength, causing his power to surge, and stepped towards the Sub-Legendary treasure chest on the altar step by step.

As a world-class Tier 5 peak Grand Boss, someone who was only one step away from becoming a god, wanting to obtain their hidden treasure was no easy task.

The Lava Hounds below the altar were not only clones, but also the source of power protecting the treasure.

When they were present, the magic array protecting the treasure could stabilize the treasure in this space and seal the divine might. Once the source of power was lost, the magic array would naturally be unlocked. Not only would the divine might no longer be suppressed, but even the entire space would become unstable. It would only take twenty seconds to transfer the treasure back to its original space.

In other words, after luring away the clones, players only had a short thirty seconds to retrieve the treasure.

However, even with Dragon Strength activated, Shi Feng's speed on the altar was still very slow, as if a giant beast was pulling him back, desperately trying to drag him away.

"Blade Liberation!"

Shi Feng glanced at the time. With less than twenty seconds left, he no longer hesitated and directly used Double Burst.

Under Double Burst, Shi Feng's current power was no less than that of a Tier 4 Mythic monster of the same level, instantly increasing his speed, but it was still much slower than normal walking...

As time passed, Shi Feng got closer and closer to the Sub-Legendary treasure chest.

20 yards... 10 yards... 5 yards...

But time was also passing quickly. 15 seconds... 12 seconds... 10 seconds...

The entire altar space began to shatter, and space began to return to its original state.

Just as the altar was about to disappear, Shi Feng's hand finally touched the treasure chest.

"Collect!" Shi Feng shouted quickly.

Collecting a Sub-Legendary treasure chest required an eight-second cast. Looking at the cast time, Shi Feng was extremely nervous, because the altar had already begun to disappear from below, followed by the middle, and finally the top where the treasure chest was placed.

Just as the treasure chest began to disappear, a system notification sounded in Shi Feng's ear.