Chapter 1 City Promotion?!

Upon hearing someone mention promotion, the entire area fell silent, everyone looking in disbelief at Stone Forest City, completely enveloped in a magical barrier.

Town promotions were common in the current God's Domain, but so far, no guild city had been promoted to an intermediate city. This wasn't for any particular reason, but simply because the requirements for promoting to an intermediate city were very high, requiring a considerable amount of time to accumulate.

But how long had it been? None of the super powers' beginner guild cities had many, and not a single one had even settled on a level 100 neutral map. Yet, Stone Forest City had been promoted…

"Stone Forest City has actually been promoted! Zero Wing is going to be thrilled. Each level a town goes up, not only does the area increase, but the town's defense also improves significantly. At the level of an intermediate city, it will probably be even harder for the players from the Dark World to break through."

"You're thinking too simply. It's just a promotion to an intermediate city, not a main city. How much can the defense really improve? And Zero Wing is facing players from an entire world. Even the high-level NPC cities might not be able to withstand them, let alone an intermediate city."

"That's right. And if Stone Forest City is breached, Zero Wing will be crying their eyes out."

While everyone present was surprised that Stone Forest City was promoted to an intermediate city, it wasn't necessarily a good thing, considering the crisis of the Dark World was still present.

The news quickly reached the ears of the high-level executives in various major power strongholds, causing a great deal of discussion.

"I wondered what Zero Wing was up to. So, they were preparing to promote to an intermediate city. Is this Zero Wing's trump card?" In a high-level lounge in the Ten Saints Empire's Scarlet Emperor's stronghold, a fierce man at level 108, radiating a dangerous aura, glanced disdainfully at the Stone Forest City intelligence brought by his subordinate. He then looked at a white-robed woman resting nearby and said with a smile, "Illusory Words, it seems your bet is over this time. How can a mere intermediate city withstand the Dark World and the joint forces of the major super powers? And because you strongly suggested giving up the alliance with the Demon Heart, the elders of the council are already very dissatisfied. If Zero Wing can't survive in the Cold Spring Forest, I'm afraid your position as vice president will not only be lost, but you'll be stuck in the logistics department for the rest of your life."

"I was just making a suggestion. The final decision was made by the president, wasn't it?" Illusory Words rolled her eyes at the fierce man and said seriously, "I just have a feeling that Zero Wing won't be taken down so easily, just like how I didn't believe Hei Yan and the others could break through Demon City before. And even if our Scarlet Emperor doesn't participate, we won't suffer any losses, will we?"

"There are no losses, but you need to know that in the future, dark players will share the world with us. The growth rate of that Demon Heart is very fast. The strength they've already revealed is no less than those of the super guilds. Maintaining a good relationship with them will make things easier for our guild on the level 100 neutral maps in the future." The fierce man looked at the very cautious Illusory Words and couldn't help but shake his head. "And if we participate in the Demon Heart's plan, our Scarlet Emperor will be able to gain their friendship, as well as a portion of Stone Forest City's benefits. Now the guild elders probably hate you to death. Originally, the Scarlet Emperor only needed to make another wave of profit, and they could retire and live comfortably. Now it's all gone to waste, and you're going to suffer later."

"You can't blame me for that. It's better to be cautious. The president probably thinks so too. After all, the current God's Domain is very turbulent, and the atmosphere of the major powers is becoming increasingly tense. Especially because of the arrival of the Dark World, the atmosphere feels like it has dropped to freezing point. A major explosion could happen at any time, and it wouldn't be surprising if even super powers directly fell." Illusory Words couldn't help but smile bitterly at the fierce man's teasing.

Originally, she didn't want to make the suggestion, because she also felt that Zero Wing was doomed this time.

But thinking of Shi Feng's performance in Demon City, especially the legend he created in the Dark Cave, blocking the Demon King's Hand with his own power, that shocking scene was still fresh in her memory.

That kind of shock could not be expressed in words. Only those who had seen it with their own eyes could truly understand how terrifying and magnificent Shi Feng was at that time.

That was why she couldn't help but suggest to the president that they abandon cooperation with the Demon Heart.

"You can only tell the elders about this. The elders just sent me a message saying that according to their decision, I should take the main force to Stone Forest City now. If we see that Zero Wing's situation is not good, we will cooperate with the major super powers to take action as soon as possible." The fierce man shrugged, expressing his powerlessness to help.

"Acting so quickly?" Illusory Words was surprised. "Did the Demon Heart also take action?"

It had only been a few minutes since the news came, and the elders of the council had already made preparations, and even the president had not refused. This was truly unexpected.

The only thing she could think of was that there was shocking news from the Demon Heart, otherwise they wouldn't have changed their decision so quickly.

"Probably." The fierce man stood up and asked Illusory Words, "Do you want to go together?"

"Go!" Illusory Words nodded. "After all, it was my suggestion. If I don't go, I'm afraid the elders will think my suggestion is even more unreliable."

Soon, the fierce man led the main force members of the Scarlet Emperor Guild directly to Stone Forest City.

At this time, after two hours of promotion, the magical barrier that enveloped the entire Stone Forest City shattered with a sound, revealing a brand-new Stone Forest City.

As Stone Forest City reappeared before everyone's eyes, all the players waiting in the forest were stunned.

Because Stone Forest City, which originally had city walls only ten meters high, had undergone earth-shattering changes. Not only had the city walls become more than thirty meters high, but the material of the city walls was also completely different, like steel. Moreover, magic runes appeared on this layer of steel, giving people an indescribable sense of weight.

In addition to the huge changes in the city walls, all the buildings inside the city had also changed. Not only were they much taller than before, but everyone could feel an indescribable sense of oppression from a distance of thousands of yards, as if something was locking onto them at all times.

Among them, the most surprising thing was the magic power emitted by Stone Forest City!

Although Stone Forest City's magic power was already very powerful before, and it could be said that no guild city in the entire God's Domain could compare to it, the current magic power was completely different from before. Even a layer of faint mist surrounded the inside of Stone Forest City's magical barrier…

"Damn! Is this really Stone Forest City?"

"Zero Wing didn't swap out another city, did they?"