System: Player triggered the new expansion pack, Ancient Heart.

Star-Moon Kingdom Regional System Announcement: A player has triggered the new expansion pack, Ancient Heart. It will automatically descend on Witch Hill in three hours. Please players, prepare for its arrival.

…

The system announcement echoed repeatedly in the minds of players throughout the Star-Moon Kingdom. As the system announcement chime ended, players in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom immediately started discussing it.

"What is Ancient Heart?"

"Could something big be happening at Witch Hill again?"

"A new expansion pack definitely means big opportunities. I wonder what changes this expansion pack will bring to Witch Hill."

"I knew I should have gone to Witch Hill to develop."

The sudden appearance of the new expansion pack refocused the attention of the Star-Moon Kingdom's players on Witch Hill. Previously, because the monsters in Witch Hill had become stronger, and players' combat power would decrease there, the major guilds were all vying for the lead. Except for powerful free players who could develop there, others couldn't even get a sip of the soup, so their enthusiasm had waned a lot. Only the major guilds and adventurer teams were highly enthusiastic.

At this time, not only were the players in the Star-Moon Kingdom paying close attention to the new expansion pack, but the major forces in Witch Hill were also frantically investigating information about the new expansion pack, wanting to know what changes it would bring to Witch Hill.

"So, this is the trigger condition for Ancient Heart?" Shi Feng looked at the system notification, his eyes flashing with surprise.

The Ancient Heart expansion pack had also appeared in his previous life, although it appeared quite a while after the Gate of Another World had opened. Now that it was appearing so soon, Shi Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

For the players of his previous life, the time they discovered the Gate of Another World was too late. There were already many Tier 3 players at that time. The Gate of Another World was just a good place to farm special materials and level up, not just for the major forces, but also for free players. It didn't have much value beyond that.

Although a new expansion pack is an opportunity for players, the Ancient Heart expansion pack was like chicken ribs to the players at that time.

This was because the appearance of Ancient Heart was a backlash caused by sealing the Gate of Another World, allowing many monsters from inside the Gate of Another World to enter Witch Hill through unstable spatial passages. At the same time, the ancient aura of Witch Hill became even more concentrated, which not only improved the strength of the monsters in Witch Hill but also increased their levels a lot, but the limit was only Level 70.

These appearing monsters were not only powerful but also contained a rich ancient aura. As long as you killed these monsters, there was a certain chance to drop Ancient Crystal Fragments. These fragments were condensates of ancient aura and contained extremely violent power, and the Ancient Crystal Energy synthesized from Ancient Crystal Fragments was even more concentrated.

These Ancient Crystals became one of the best materials for cultivating Life Mounts, even better than the Energy Essence of Eclipse Gate. After all, in ancient times, the entire God's Domain was ruled by various monsters, and the reason these monsters were so powerful was because of the ancient aura.

However, these Ancient Crystals also had a disadvantage: although they promoted the growth of mounts more than Energy Essence, the limit was Bronze rank.

This was completely useless to the guild players who were over level 100 at the time, because the members of the big guilds at that time had generally cultivated their mounts to Bronze rank, and the mounts obtained by ordinary players could not grow, so the opportunity of the new expansion pack Ancient Heart was like chicken ribs to the players of the major guilds. It was only useful when guild members wanted to change to other types of mounts, and there was no other value.

But these Ancient Crystals are different for the major forces now. After all, many of the current major guilds already have their own beast pens to cultivate their own guild mounts. Allowing guild members' mounts to advance to Bronze rank through Ancient Crystals is of great help to the development of the guild.

Because ordinary mounts cannot be used as assistance, but Bronze rank mounts can assist players in combat and are a small helper in the wild, and they are also much faster than ordinary mounts in terms of movement speed.

Although it is beneficial to the major forces now, there are also many troubles.

The triggering of Ancient Heart will not only double the monster density of the entire Witch Hill, but also increase the number of wild Bosses several times. In particular, the difficulty of the original wild Bosses in Witch Hill will increase greatly, making it more difficult for players to survive in Witch Hill. Carelessness can lead to death in the wild.

Especially at night, the frequency of monster sieges also increases. Originally, there was only a 10% to 20% chance of being attacked at night, but after Ancient Heart is turned on, it directly increases to 20% to 35%, almost doubling.

Just as Shi Feng was thinking about how to deal with Ancient Heart next, the Envy Witch floating in mid-air suddenly began to become younger.

The old woman who was originally hunched over turned into a charming and radiant middle-aged noblewoman with snow-white skin in just a few seconds. She was wearing a sleeveless black dress, a black mage hat, and holding a black jade staff. Just standing there gave people an indescribable sense of charm, making people involuntarily move their gaze to the Envy Witch.

"Very good, young adventurer, you were able to help me seal the Gate of Another World in time, saving the entire Star-Moon Kingdom from a disaster, and also reducing the curse I suffered a lot. This Magic Array Illustrated Handbook will be my thanks." The Envy Witch looked at Shi Feng and said, "Originally, your matter could have ended, but after the Gate of Another World was sealed and stabilized, the backlash also made the entire Witch Hill unstable. I now need you to help me collect one hundred thousand Ancient Crystals."

"As long as you collect one hundred thousand Ancient Crystals, this forging design drawing that I worked so hard to obtain from the Ancient God Temple will be yours!"

As she spoke, the Envy Witch spread out her hand, and a thick ancient book made of dragon skin appeared directly in her hand. The dragon's might emanating from it made Shi Feng feel difficult to move, and the large characters written on the thick ancient book made Shi Feng feel unable to move his gaze away.

Divine Rune Armor Design!

As a forging design drawing, it is nothing, because there are many forging design drawings in the entire God's Domain, but the forging design drawing in front of him is an Epic-grade forging design drawing. Unlike ordinary Epic-grade equipment, this is the Ancient God Temple's standard equipment from the ancient times, just like the Titan Holy City standard equipment he made before.

Although the Divine Rune Armor in front of him is a standard equipment, it is Epic-grade equipment, which is completely different from Dark-Gold grade items.