Chapter 1 Starlight Valley, Starlight Fortress

As Shi Feng and the others returned to Starlight Fortress to rest, the scene within the fortress astonished everyone present.

The originally sparsely populated Starlight Fortress was now teeming with players. Among them were players below level 100, all hawking magic resistance potions and resistance equipment on the streets. Some were even selling mithril weapons and equipment for level 100 and above. The bustling scene was hard to imagine for a small fortress that had only been open for less than a week; it was more like a medium-sized fortress that had been operating for several months.

"How are there so many players here?" Lei Bao asked, his eyes filled with astonishment and confusion as he looked at the overwhelming flood of players on the streets.

He clearly remembered that before they left Starlight Fortress, there were hardly any players besides the members of the Divine Tribe. After all, the entrance fee and expenses inside the fortress were too high.

Just staying in Starlight Fortress for an extra day cost one magic crystal, a price that was difficult even for expert players to accept, let alone others.

In his opinion, Shi Feng's actions would be considered a success if Starlight Fortress could simply maintain its daily expenses.

But looking at the players on the streets now, it was clear that the fortress wasn't just maintaining its daily expenses, it was practically swimming in riches. All those glittering magic crystals were more profitable than mining a third-order vein.

Not just Lei Bao, even Hell Scream was staring in astonishment.

"Even if the opening of the Demon God Palace would attract many players to develop in Starlight Valley, it shouldn't allow Starlight Fortress to develop this quickly. What exactly happened in Starlight Fortress?" Hell Scream scrutinized the players on the streets, feeling utterly perplexed.

He had long expected that Starlight Fortress would rise in Starlight Valley. After all, with the opening of the Demon God Palace's Demon God inheritance, hardly anyone in the Western Continent wouldn't be tempted. To obtain the Demon God's inheritance, they would naturally need to develop in Starlight Valley.

And Starlight Fortress was the best place to rest, even if it was expensive and required magic crystals. But compared to the Demon God's inheritance, this was insignificant.

But the system announcement had only been made less than half an hour ago. How could so many players gather in just half an hour?

"Guild Leader, the mana here seems to have changed. I not only feel that my mana affinity here has increased," a Tier 3 Elementalist couldn't help but say to Hell Scream, "I even feel that the magical elements here are filled with many of the three supreme elements..."

"The three supreme elements? Doesn't that mean the environment here is starting to resemble the ancient times?" Hell Scream's expression also became excited upon hearing this. "Are you sure?"

Ordinary players might not clearly understand the effects of the ancient magic environment on players, but as the leader of the Hell Legion, his understanding of God's Domain was definitely at the expert level.

If it was really like the ancient times, then it would be much easier for them to unlock their Mana Bodies. After all, a player's Mana Body is composed of seven major magical elements. If the three supreme elements are lacking, the difficulty of unlocking the Mana Body would be several times higher.

"Guild Leader, what exactly did you do? This is too amazing. There are so many players coming to Starlight Fortress. The daily income of magic crystals is probably more than 200,000," Aqua Rose couldn't help but ask Shi Feng as she looked at the crowded streets. "With so many magic crystals, we don't have to worry about making the Dark-Devour Set."

As a Dark-Gold ranked set, the Dark-Devour Set required a lot of rare materials. Besides these rare materials, the most needed thing was magic crystals...

Making one set of Dark-Devour equipment required nearly ten thousand magic crystals, and adding the rare materials that generally needed to be exchanged with magic crystals, making one set would cost at least twenty thousand magic crystals. This was not a set that ordinary powers could even consider.

Previously, they had spent a lot of money to cooperate with the Divine Tribe to purchase a large number of materials and a series of battles. Even the magic crystals in Shi Feng's hands had been used up, making it difficult for them to develop Starlight Fortress afterward.

Because Starlight Fortress itself was a huge magic crystal-devouring machine. Not to mention the magic crystals needed to maintain the Summoning Tower and the Fortress Prison, just the operation of the fortress's magic array was a considerable expense.

At least 30,000 magic crystals had to be invested every day to keep Starlight Fortress's magic array running normally and maintain the fortress's magic power and defense.

For this reason, they had even borrowed some magic crystals from the Divine Tribe. Otherwise, they wouldn't even have enough magic crystals to maintain the fortress's operation.

But now, looking at the number of players in Starlight Fortress, which definitely exceeded 200,000, it was equivalent to a daily income of more than 200,000 magic crystals. After deducting various expenses, they could make a net profit of more than 100,000 magic crystals a day.

A net profit of 100,000 magic crystals a day!

Even Zero Wing now, with Stone Forest City and Zero Wing City, as well as the mines, could not make a net profit of 100,000 magic crystals a day.

"I didn't do anything. It's just that there are more and more shrewd players now," Shi Feng said with a smile as he looked at the somewhat excited Aqua Rose.

As an ancient fortress, as long as Starlight Fortress was officially opened and operated, it could gradually absorb the three supreme elements from the outside world, constantly restoring the environment inside the fortress to the ancient times. However, this process would take a long time, but even so, it was very valuable to the players in God's Domain.

This was not only for those players who had not yet unlocked their Mana Bodies, but also helped those who wanted to step into higher tiers.

Because reaching a higher tier required a basic understanding and control of the seven major magical elements. Otherwise, even if they stepped into a higher tier, they would only be at the bottom of their tier.

As for the Dark-Devour Set, he had indeed worried about it.

If it was just to make a few sets, it would be fine. But if they wanted to make them in large quantities, the magic crystals required would definitely make even super forces vomit blood.

Fortunately, Starlight Fortress was developing well. Otherwise, he would only be able to look at the Dark-Devour Set he had obtained.

Of course, having the materials was one thing. But making the set would be impossible for him alone. He needed at least two advanced forging masters to ensure the success rate of making the Dark-Devour Set. Otherwise, the cost of making one set would be enough to injure even a first-rate guild.

Just as Shi Feng was talking, a beautiful figure led a team of top experts consisting of level 106 or higher players directly to Shi Feng.

And this beautiful figure was none other than Fitte Hellaia, the leader of the Divine Cry Legion.

However, Fitte Hellaia's level had dropped by one, from level 107 when she left, directly to level 106. Moreover, her body was surrounded by a faint aura of death, and she was in a state of moderate weakness.

This scene shocked everyone present, including Shi Feng.

"Guild Leader Black Flame, I've finally found you," Fitte Hellaia said, looking at Shi Feng with a somewhat grave expression.

"Did something happen?" Shi Feng asked curiously, looking at the grave expression on Fitte Hellaia's face.

Many areas in the Starlight Tomb were isolated from the outside world. Only the players inside could contact each other. However, in his opinion, with a super power like the Divine Tribe guarding Starlight Fortress, plus the Holy Dragon's protection, there wouldn't be any problems at all. Therefore, he didn't leave anyone in Starlight Fortress.

"The people from Illusory World Mythology came and said that they wanted our Divine Tribe to hand over the temporary residence, and also demanded that Zero Wing hand over 51% of the shares of Starlight Fortress," Fitte Hellaia said.

"So your level is?" Shi Feng was not surprised that a super guild like Illusory World Mythology would be interested in Starlight Fortress, but Fitte Hellaia's level drop was even more shocking.

"It's nothing. I fought with their people and lost," Fitte Hellaia said slowly. "This is exactly what I wanted to say. Illusory World Mythology doesn't know what kind of power they obtained. Those people can completely hide their aura. Even when fighting in the fortress, the Holy Dragon couldn't detect them for a period of time. If they cause trouble in the fortress, I'm afraid the entire Starlight Fortress will be in chaos..."

"You weren't even a match for them?" Hell Scream was stunned for a moment.

He was very clear about Fitte Hellaia's strength. She was definitely evenly matched with him. Even those old monsters in Illusory World Mythology would not be able to kill Fitte Hellaia easily. Moreover, Fitte Hellaia was always accompanied by a guard team. It was theoretically impossible to kill Fitte Hellaia.

"A method to completely hide one's aura?" Shi Feng also fell into deep thought.

He knew a lot of methods to hide one's aura, but he couldn't think of a single method that could escape the Holy Dragon's detection in the fortress in a short period of time.

"The people from Illusory World Mythology also asked me to bring a message, they will come again after the Demon God Palace opens, hoping Zero Wing can seriously consider it, or bear the consequences."

Fitte Hellaia was also extremely troubled by this. These people were not only astonishingly strong, but also able to completely hide their aura. If a fight really broke out, the impact on Starlight Fortress would be unimaginable.