Chapter 1 Finally Activated

Death Sea, Karna Island.

"I've finally activated the Mental Assistance System." Shi Feng stood on the death-filled beach, stretching his body. He felt completely different compared to when he logged into God's Domain before.

Previously, when logging into God's Domain, he always felt disconnected from his own body. But now, it felt like being in reality, a completely immersive experience.

The other Zero Wing members who logged into God's Domain were also immersed in this feeling, ecstatic.

The feeling of using magic skills from a third-person perspective was incomparable to using them personally. It was as if they had gained superhuman powers in the real world.

One by one, they looked at the Level 60-plus magical beasts on Karna Island and charged forward to experiment.

Although the magic power on Karna Island was extremely scarce, and there was the corrosion of the Shadow Force, they felt no discomfort with the help of the Almighty Magic Equipment and Shadow Resistance Potions.

More than a hundred Lord-ranked magical beasts were all taken care of by the group in less than seven or eight minutes.

"Guild Leader, just got news. Due to this system update, many players are learning advanced combat techniques from the ancient residents in the NPC cities. The number of players willing to join our Zero Wing Guild has also decreased." Aqua Rose suddenly walked to Shi Feng's side and whispered, "Moreover, the major guilds are now frantically recruiting people, lowering their recruitment conditions quite a bit. Especially the Blackwater Guild, which has directly increased the treatment of elite members by a large margin, even higher than the treatment of our Zero Wing elite members by 30% to 40%. This has caused many elite players who came to register in Silverwing Town and Secret Stone Fortress to switch to the Blackwater Guild."

"The Blackwater Guild is ruthless enough to increase the treatment of elite members so much!" Shi Feng clicked his tongue slightly after hearing Aqua Rose's report, but he wasn't too surprised.

The opening of the new expansion pack, Return of the Ancients, also meant the arrival of an era of nationwide competition for elite players.

Currently, God's Domain judges players' skill levels mainly by the number of floors they clear in the Trial Tower. The higher they go in the Trial Tower, the higher the skill level required of players. Mastering combat techniques is undoubtedly the fastest way to improve skill level. As long as they can master a combat technique, there's no problem for them to go from the fourth floor of the Trial Tower to the fifth floor.

Reaching the fifth floor of the Trial Tower means they've entered the realm of experts.

The return of the ancient residents allowed most players to learn advanced combat techniques for a small amount of money. These advanced combat techniques for each class might not be as helpful as combat techniques, but they were very close.

This meant that ordinary elite players had a high probability of entering the fifth floor of the Trial Tower after learning these advanced combat techniques. After all, the elite members of the major guilds were generally on the fourth floor of the Trial Tower, only with the difference of the early, middle, and late stages, not far from the fifth floor.

The strength of a guild is often judged by the number of experts in the guild because high-difficulty dungeons and quests require high player skills and need expert players to complete, which are completely the backbone of the guild's development.

Therefore, the entire God's Domain went crazy as soon as the return of the ancient residents was activated.

Guilds like the Blackwater Guild, with their abundant financial resources, were in the best time to exert their strength. After all, compared to digging up an expert, recruiting players with elite levels was much cheaper, and free players with elite levels were now very likely to enter the fifth floor of the Trial Tower, so they spared no effort.

"Guild Leader, should we also lower some of the recruitment standards now? Otherwise, if those free elite players in the Orc Empire are all snatched up by the Blackwater Guild, it will be very troublesome for us to compete with the Blackwater Guild in the Orc Empire in the future," Aqua Rose said worriedly.

The Orc Empire was different from the Star-Moon Kingdom. It was the meeting place of players from the surrounding kingdoms and empires, gathering a large number of elite players and expert players. The recruitment effect in the Orc Empire was several times that of other kingdoms.

"Since the Blackwater Guild wants to snatch them, let them go ahead and snatch them. They have abundant capital, but we don't have that much capital to play like that. Our recruitment conditions remain unchanged, and we'll focus our main target on potential players. We won't compete with them for the existing free elite players," Shi Feng said with a smile, shaking his head.

Lowering the conditions to recruit a large number of people can indeed greatly increase the guild's power, but the more people there are, the more the guild will have to pay. Without enough capital to play like that, it will only have the opposite effect.

And the most important point is that the standard of experts is not static.

In the short term, this is indeed a good time to cultivate a large number of experts in the guild, but as more and more players master advanced combat techniques, the overall level of players in God's Domain will increase significantly, and the standard of experts will also rise accordingly.

Now it's the early stage of the fifth floor of the Trial Tower, and later it will become the middle or late stage, or even reaching the sixth floor of the Trial Tower to be considered up to standard. Instead of staring at these elite players now, it's better to focus on players with very low levels but good potential and talent. After all, the problem of levels will no longer be a problem in the near future.

"Not competing?" Aqua Rose felt a little pity.

However, thinking that Zero Wing had just moved into the original headquarters of Ouroboros, and all aspects of spending had skyrocketed, there was indeed not much capital. She could only arrange for the Orc Empire to give up this opportunity and concentrate its efforts on potential players.

Zero Wing Guild's quiet actions also made the major forces and the vast number of players paying attention to Zero Wing look confused. They didn't understand what Zero Wing Guild was thinking at all, and they even gave up such a great opportunity to quickly enhance the guild's strength.

"Are you kidding me? The major guilds have already lowered their recruitment standards, but Zero Wing is still the same as before. I thought I could finally enter the Zero Wing Guild this time, but it's still not possible."

"Why must you choose Zero Wing? The Blackwater Guild is the best choice now! Not only does it control the entire Iron Empire, but it also holds the Red Flame Fortress, which is the lifeline of the Orcish Royal City. Moreover, Blackwater has released news that it plans to increase the number of internal members of the Blackwater Guild, and some of them will be selected from the elite members of the guild. Now is a great time to join the Blackwater Guild."

"As expected, the Zero Wing Guild has limited capital and cannot be compared with super forces like Blackwater at all."

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The vast number of free players in the Orc Empire looked at the Zero Wing Guild, which had no reaction, and sneered at it. For a time, the number of players willing to join the Blackwater Guild skyrocketed.

Although a large number of elite players flowed into the Blackwater Guild, the Zero Wing Guild's operating speed also skyrocketed due to the increase in internal members, which also made White Feather and other guild managers much easier, allowing them to have more time to do their own things.

In addition, Zero Wing's level of talent scouting and investigation of potential players has also been greatly improved. For a time, many low-level players who were not well-known were brought into the Zero Wing Guild.

While the major guilds in God's Domain were frantically snatching up elite players, Shi Feng finally led the group to a bottomless sinkhole.

Within this sinkhole, billowing gray fog was emerging, making the surrounding land become a dead and barren place. Moreover, from time to time, a roar came from the sinkhole, making people feel frightened. The surrounding magical beasts did not dare to approach at all.

However, Shi Feng acted as if he hadn't heard it and walked directly into the deep sinkhole.

After walking into the sinkhole, everyone found that as they continued to go deeper into the sinkhole, the pressure they felt became stronger and stronger. When they reached the bottom of the sinkhole, even Sword Shadow and the others felt breathless.

Just as everyone was terrified by the terrifying pressure that permeated the entire sinkhole, they were all stunned when they saw a huge cave at the bottom of the sinkhole.

"Origin Iron Vein?" Aqua Rose stared at the many dark silver ores revealed on the periphery of the cave, her eyes widening involuntarily.