Chapter 1 Things Handed Over

After handing things over to Melancholic Smile, Shi Feng directly left the Candlelight Trading Firm and headed for the library.

The shackles of the Soul Lock had been缠绕着他 (chanrao zhe ta, entangled him). Trying to find the mysterious NPC from Blackwing City back then now seemed increasingly unrealistic. Even if he really found them, he would probably take a detour. After all, even High Priest Xia Lian in her red robes couldn't do anything to that NPC; what could a Tier 2 class like him do?

So, the real meaning of this quest wasn't about finding some mysterious NPC, but about collecting different flames. Mastering a high-level flame like the Soul Flame was the only way out.

While Aqua Rose was gathering the guild members, he could absorb the Tier 3 different flame, Starmetal Earth Fire, that he obtained from the quest.

Although Tier 2 classes in God's Domain weren't as rare as before, they still accounted for a small percentage of the player base overall. Organizing a thousand Tier 2 Shield Warriors and Berserkers in the guild would still take a lot of time.

After Melancholic Smile relayed Shi Feng's words to Aqua Rose, Aqua Rose immediately began secretly gathering Tier 2 experts from the Star-Moon Kingdom and the Orc Empire, ordering these Tier 2 experts to go directly to the White River City Residence.

Even though Aqua Rose was very careful in contacting the Tier 2 experts of the Zero Wing Guild, the news quickly reached the ears of the major powers.

Star-Moon City, Star River Alliance Residence.

"Guild Leader, just got news. Zero Wing has made a new move. They suddenly gathered a thousand Tier 2 experts in White River City. We don't know what they're planning to do yet," Zi Tong reported as she entered the Guild Leader's room.

Although the number of Tier 2 class players was increasing geometrically, the number was still small. A first-rate guild like their Star River Alliance only had a little over three thousand Tier 2 players. Zero Wing suddenly gathering a thousand Tier 2 class experts was not a small number, and it was hard not to pay attention.

"Gathering a thousand Tier 2 experts?" Star River Past pondered. "Could it be that they are preparing to attack the Starlight Alliance?"

The various forces in the Star-Moon Kingdom were now restless. There was a trend of a hundred schools of thought contending, just waiting for Zero Wing to fall. The biggest reason for the current situation was Zero Wing's sudden withdrawal, which made the Starlight Alliance rise sharply in power.

If some restrictions were not put in place, it would be hard to say whether the Zero Wing Guild could continue to be the overlord of the Star-Moon Kingdom. After all, today's God's Domain was not what it used to be. There were more and more Tier 2 classes. The Zero Wing Guild might have many Tier 2 classes, but compared with the Tier 2 classes in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom, the two were not on the same level. Zero Wing simply could not manage them all. Even the super forces faced the same problem.

Therefore, for quite some time, the various kingdoms and empires would enter an era of a hundred schools of thought contending. It was almost impossible to directly dominate. What the major super forces could do was maintain the status quo of the various kingdoms and empires and maintain an absolute lead.

"Wouldn't that be the case? Zero Wing is going to attack the current Starlight Alliance?" Zi Tong said in surprise, "Didn't Zero Wing receive the news that the top adventurer team War Rider Tribe has secretly cooperated with the Starlight Alliance recently? If they fight, the Zero Wing Guild will probably suffer a lot."

The War Rider Tribe was an adventurer team like a mercenary group. It was one of the few adventurer teams that could reach tens of thousands of people. As long as they were given money and resources, they would take action against any force, including super forces.

In the past, a guild paid the War Rider Tribe to deal with the super guild War Wolf at the time. Of course, it was just dealing with a branch, but it was also a branch of the War Wolf Guild, and it was managed by the first vice president at the time, but the War Rider Tribe didn't care about this at all.

Without saying a word, they started fighting. Although the War Rider Tribe was crippled by the War Wolf Guild afterwards, it caused a lot of losses to the War Wolf Guild's branch at the time, which made the War Wolf Guild keep the War Rider Tribe on its wanted list.

Now, even if the War Rider Tribe entered God's Domain, it was still the same, and its reputation was getting bigger and bigger, and its strength was getting stronger and stronger. Many experts who liked to earn extra money on their own joined it. After all, the entire adventurer team only recognized money and not people, and no one had any obligations and responsibilities. Recently, the number of people in the adventurer team had reached more than 30,000, which could be said to be a super-large adventurer team, and its strength made many first-rate guilds jealous.

"I don't know. I still can't see through Hei Yan (Black Flame). He should have some preparations, but this time the War Rider Tribe secretly joined in. Even if Zero Wing hides everything, it should only be able to maintain the status quo. We can also take this opportunity to increase our development in the major cities of the Star-Moon Kingdom." Star River Past shook his head and smiled faintly.

Now that the major forces were busy consolidating their existing positions, such a thing suddenly happening in the Star-Moon Kingdom was a big trouble for the Zero Wing Guild, but this was also a good time for their Star River Alliance to seize the position of the number one guild in the Star-Moon Kingdom.

In the Star-Moon Kingdom, in addition to the Star River Alliance that was secretly surging, the major forces were also taking action, waiting for Zero Wing to fail. They would start fighting for the various NPC cities at the first time, especially White River City, the NPC city with the largest number of players.

Just as the major forces were secretly taking action, Shi Feng also arrived at the White River City Library.

Because of the promotion of White River City, the entire library had also become different. It was like a castle, and a large number of magic players were gathered here, doing various tasks.

The reason why there were so many magic players doing tasks was entirely because the new library had a new function, which was magic practice. Through the practice of the huge magic water ball, players could more easily master the skills of double chanting.

Double chanting had not been mastered by many magic experts. Now that there was a system to guide them, many magic players naturally wanted to come and learn. However, using the magic water ball to practice required spending the library's contribution points and magic crystals. Magic crystals were a small matter, but contribution points could only be obtained through tasks, which made the magic players actively do tasks.

Shi Feng simply looked at the first floor hall of the library, and then walked to the top floor hall. Xia Lian in the top floor hall was still quietly reading the ancient book in her hand as usual. It wasn't until Shi Feng arrived that she put down the book in her hand and drew a magic array for Shi Feng to absorb the different fire.

As the magic array formed, Shi Feng took out the Tier 3 different fire, Starmetal Earth Fire, and began to slowly wrap it around the scorching Soul Flame.

However, the fusion of Starmetal Earth Fire was more difficult than the first time he used Thunder Purple Fire. It could be described as wrapping fire with paper. The control of the flame was very precise. If he was not careful, he might break the original balance and lead to the failure of the fusion.

After making thirty-two consecutive attempts, Shi Feng finally let the Starmetal Earth Fire completely wrap the previously fused Soul Flame on the thirty-third attempt.

At the moment of success, Shi Feng suddenly had flames burning all over his body. The burning sensation stung his whole body, and even his brain felt a roar and frenzy. Then, a system prompt sounded in his ears.

System: Congratulations to the player for successfully fusing the Starmetal Earth Fire and unlocking the advanced ability of the Soul Flame.