Chapter 1 Baihe City

Star-Moon Kingdom, Baihe City.

The commercial main street, lined with towering buildings, teemed with people, its prosperity surpassing even the royal cities of powerful kingdoms.

A man and a woman, bearing the Scarlet Emperor emblem, walked along the street. The man was imposing and handsome, the woman graceful and intelligent. Both had reached level 68. Had they not concealed themselves with black cloaks, they would have undoubtedly drawn attention.

"Zero Wing is truly remarkable," said Huan Yu, watching the players on the street. "To develop Baihe City to this extent… even if they lose Stone Forest City, they still have a good chance of becoming a major power in God's Domain in the future."

After Zero Wing took control of the Baihe City Auction House, the city's development had been rapidly changing. A large number of players flooded into Baihe City every day. Generally, cities with controlled auction houses were like this, but Baihe City was clearly on another level.

The players who came to Baihe City were not mostly new players like in other NPC cities. Instead, they were members of well-known adventurer teams, merchant players, and skilled lifestyle players.

These players were incomparable to new players. New players, having just entered God's Domain, were weak in both strength and wealth, unable to directly benefit a city or guild. But these members of famous adventurer teams, merchant players, and skilled lifestyle players were different.

The gathering of experts could provide the guild with ready-made combat power, merchant players could increase the city's economic level, and lifestyle players could bring ample goods to support players' daily needs. The city's development speed was unmatched by new players, and it could also bring more revenue to the guild that controlled the city.

They, Scarlet Emperor, controlled two NPC cities, both royal cities of major powers. They had invested a lot in developing these cities, but compared to Baihe City, they were significantly weaker. Only the imperial capital of their empire could barely compete.

"A major power in God's Domain?" Chi Jiuzhong, the imposing man beside her, scoffed. "Huan Yu, you overestimate Zero Wing. Becoming a major power is easier said than done. It requires not only enough experts and inheritances, but also massive financial resources. Even if Zero Wing can defend Stone Forest City this time, whether they will succeed in the future is unknown, not to mention Zero Wing will likely fail to defend it. But Zero Wing isn't without its chances. As long as they know what's good for them, they can still get a share of the profits."

"Know what's good for them?" Huan Yu didn't object to Chi Jiuzhong's words. She glanced at the members of other super forces resting on the street and sighed. "I'm afraid that even if Zero Wing really agrees, the profits they get will be negligible."

Stone Forest City was too important. All the super forces were eyeing Stone Forest City. Even the super forces that originally wanted to trade with Zero Wing had changed their plans, and Scarlet Emperor was one of them.

In order to get a piece of the pie, all the super forces had sent representatives. According to their information, more than ten super forces had gathered in Baihe City.

It was simply terrifying!

Even an empire in God's Domain would never gather more than seven or eight super forces, but now more than ten super forces had gathered in Baihe City. Such a grand occasion hadn't occurred in the virtual gaming world for many years, except for the Dark Arena.

The reason they hadn't gone to the Zero Wing Residence yet was that they were waiting for the armies of the various forces to finish gathering in Stone Forest City.

"It's useless even if Zero Wing doesn't want to. This is no longer something Zero Wing can decide. Not even Tianji Pavilion behind Zero Wing can." Chi Jiuzhong sneered. "If Zero Wing dares to refuse, all that awaits them is destruction. They won't even have a nominal claim on Stone Forest City by then."

Tianji Pavilion was very powerful, a transcendent force rare in the virtual gaming world. Ordinary super guilds didn't dare to provoke them.

But the virtual gaming world was not dominated by Tianji Pavilion alone, let alone the current God's Domain.

A tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves. Tianji Pavilion knew this, and abandoning Zero Wing could be considered the most normal thing to do.

Just as Chi Jiuzhong and Huan Yu were talking privately, quietly waiting for the armies of the various super forces to gather and head to Stone Forest City, there was a commotion among the super forces resting on the streets.

"What's wrong with these people?" Chi Jiuzhong looked at the members of the super forces with drastically changing expressions, and couldn't help but look curious. "Could it be that the armies have arrived?"

"No!" Huan Yu looked at the message that had just arrived, and her gaze turned complicated as she looked at Chi Jiuzhong. "We just received news that Zero Wing has blocked Star Ring's offensive in Stone Forest City."

"Blocked it?" Chi Jiuzhong was slightly surprised. As a rising super force, Star Ring's overall strength was stronger than their Scarlet Emperor, except for their heritage. "It seems Zero Wing is quite capable. They can actually block Star Ring's full-force offensive. No wonder the various forces have become somewhat strange."

"It's not just that… according to internal news, everyone sent by Star Ring… was wiped out!" Huan Yu said with a solemn expression.

"Everyone wiped out? How is that possible!" Chi Jiuzhong said in disbelief. "The news must be wrong. Let me take a look."

As old rivals of the Star Ring Guild, they knew very well how powerful Star Ring was. Using their foundations, even their Scarlet Emperor would not be able to withstand it, otherwise War Soul would not have been severely injured.

Zero Wing had the advantage of Stone Forest City and could block Star Ring's offensive, which was amazing, but he could not believe it. After all, there was still Tianji Pavilion, plus Zero Wing had considerable methods, so there were still some possibilities.

But Star Ring being completely wiped out was absolutely ridiculous!

Even though Star Ring's organization of manpower this time was very hasty, with Star Ring's strength, it would not be a problem to organize an army of two or three thousand experts in a short time. In addition, with Star Ring's foundations, even if they, Scarlet Emperor, used everything, it would be very good to kill more than half of them. After all, these people were not ordinary experts. If they really wanted to escape, how many people could chase after them and kill them?

So the news of Star Ring being completely wiped out was simply a joke!

But after Chi Jiuzhong confidently read the uploaded news, the expression on his face completely froze.

One person scared away the two major teams of Heavenly Demon and Horned Dragon!

One person overpowered Star Ring's four great experts, and instantly killed two of the monsters!

One person controlled a marquis-level Greater Demon to slaughter Star Ring!

After reading these messages, not only Chi Jiuzhong was a bit disoriented, but also the high-level members of the major super forces who received this message were speechless for a long time.

Are these still humans?

Compared to those heroic deeds and myths in God's Domain, they were nothing more than that!