Chapter 1 White River City, Zero Wing's Residence

As Shi Feng and the others returned to the residence, the guild, which should have been bustling with activity, was unusually quiet. Even the long queues of players signing up had dwindled significantly, with only about a hundred participating in Zero Wing's assessment. It completely lacked the prosperity expected of a Star-Moon overlord.

Only when the guild members at the residence saw Shi Feng and his group did their faces show a hint of excitement.

"Guild Leader! The Guild Leader is back!"

"That's great! Blackie and the others are back too!"

The hundreds of people in the residence couldn't help but rush forward to greet Shi Feng and his group. Liang Jing, who was managing affairs in the lobby on the first floor, also seemed somewhat excited when she saw Shi Feng and the others walk in.

"Guild Leader, you're finally back!" Liang Jing looked at Shi Feng and breathed a deep sigh of relief. "If you hadn't returned, I wouldn't have known what to do."

"Why has the guild suddenly become so deserted? What happened during this time? Surely the gold coins from renting out the Stone Forest City private residences are enough, right?" Shi Feng asked, puzzled.

He had contacted them less than half a day ago. Acquiring gold coins by renting out private residences should have yielded at least two or three thousand gold. It shouldn't be that they couldn't even last half a day. After all, Zero Wing had other sources of income, and by reducing their operations in the Dark Night Empire, they should have been able to hold out for five or six days without any problems.

"We still have enough gold coins for now, but half a day ago, a special ancient ruin was discovered in the Earth Core Mountains. Inside the ruin were actually griffin eggs, and more than just one. This caused a sensation throughout Dragonheart Island. All the major super forces have gone to the ruins to find griffin eggs, and we have also joined forces with Feng Qianyu to find the griffin eggs," Liang Jing said anxiously. "However, the War Blood Adventurer Team and Star Ring launched another attack, frantically intercepting us at the ruins. So we sent Fire Dance and other Tier 3 experts, as well as experts above level 100, to provide full support. But not long after, Star Ring went crazy and attacked our people everywhere in the neutral maps around the Star-Moon Kingdom. Now Zero Wing has no one left to deal with them."

"Griffin eggs?" Shi Feng was surprised to hear this.

He never expected that there would be griffin eggs in the Earth Core Mountains. He had never even heard of it in his previous life.

Griffins were flying mounts in God's Domain. Although they were just ordinary mid-tier flying mounts, they were still flying mounts. As long as you could get a griffin egg, you could find a tamer to tame it after it hatched, and it would become a real flying mount.

The benefits of flying mounts had driven the major super forces almost insane.

But until now, besides Zero Wing, only a handful of super forces on the entire East Continent possessed flying mounts.

The future belonged to flying mounts. The force with the most flying mounts would have a greater advantage.

Now that griffin eggs had appeared in the ruins, one could imagine how crazy the major super forces would be. It was no wonder that Fire Dance and the others wanted to go and find them, and Star Ring was desperately putting pressure on the Star-Moon Kingdom to prevent Zero Wing from gaining any benefits in the ruins.

"Also, I received news from Tianji Pavilion that the Demon Emperor Hall has secretly sent more than a dozen Tier 3 experts to the Earth Core Mountains, planning to secretly join forces with Star Ring and War Blood to attack us. Fire Dance and the others are probably in danger as well," Liang Jing said worriedly.

Many forces now had experts who had successfully advanced to Tier 3. Zero Wing did have a significant advantage in the number of Tier 3 classes, but it couldn't withstand the combined forces of several major super forces.

"In that case, let's split our forces," Shi Feng said, instructing, "Cola, Flying Shadow, and Jian Ying, the three of you will follow me to the Earth Core Mountains. Tian Xing, you take the others to deal with those guys in the neutral maps."

"Guild Leader, it's too dangerous for just the four of you to go. You should take more people with you. There are not only Star Ring there, but also experts from many other super forces," Liang Jing said in alarm, quickly trying to dissuade him.

Shi Feng was the iconic figure of the guild, and he couldn't easily afford to have something happen to him. And the current God's Domain was not what it used to be.

In the past, with Shi Feng's Tier 3 class strength, no one could do anything to him. But during this period, God's Domain had changed greatly, and there were more and more Tier 3 experts. Zero Wing could no longer be as carefree as before, or something could easily happen.

"Don't worry, with us around, no one else can get close to the Guild Leader!" Cola patted his chest and said with a smile.

"But..." Liang Jing still looked worriedly at Cola and the others. After all, the current era was different. Cola and the others were going on a mission, and they had no idea how much God's Domain had changed during this time.

"Sis Jing, don't worry, our strength has improved a lot," Jian Ying also nodded.

They hadn't wasted their time in the Demon Wolf Mountains. Especially when wearing the Frostwolf Set, they might not be able to deal with monsters like Uluru Nem, but they would definitely have no problem dealing with other Tier 3 experts.

"Alright, let's stop chatting and everyone move out," Shi Feng said, shaking his head and smiling at the confident Cola and Jian Ying. He then said to Liang Jing, "During the time we're in the Earth Core Mountains, have the guild try to acquire elemental crystals and magic cores as much as possible. I have a big use for them. If you don't have enough money, sell these intermediate magic scrolls. I think you should be able to get a lot of money."

As he spoke, Shi Feng took out all the one hundred-plus sets of intermediate magic barrier scrolls he had obtained from the Magic Saint Temple from his backpack.

Although there were quite a few elemental crystals and magic cores in the guild warehouse, if he wanted to make the elemental twelve pillars play a major role, the elemental crystals and magic cores in the guild warehouse would be far from enough.

Liang Jing was stunned when she saw the table full of intermediate magic barrier scrolls.

"Guild Leader, these are intermediate magic barrier scrolls. Are we really going to sell them?" Liang Jing couldn't help but ask.

Currently, Tier 3 classes in God's Domain were still very few. The vast majority of players active in the level 100 neutral maps were still Tier 2 classes.

It was very difficult for these Tier 2 classes to explore level 100 maps, and they couldn't even make a dent.

But if they didn't kill the high-lord level Bosses in the wild, they couldn't get good equipment. Without good equipment, they couldn't advance to Tier 3. So the major forces could only rely on magic arrays to suppress the Bosses, so that the vast number of Tier 2 classes could kill them and obtain weapons and equipment.

Because of this, intermediate magic barrier scrolls were extremely rare in the market, and the prices were getting higher and higher. Especially the complete sets of magic scrolls, which were incredibly expensive. You couldn't even buy a set for seven or eight hundred gold.

There were a full hundred sets of intermediate magic barrier scrolls in front of her. If she took them out, it would definitely make the major forces green with envy.

"Yes, we already have the blueprints for advanced magic barriers. We don't need these things anymore. But don't sell too many at once. Auction them off one set at a time," Shi Feng nodded.

Intermediate magic barrier scrolls were good, but they were far inferior to the elemental twelve pillars. Now was a good time to sell intermediate magic barrier scrolls at a high price. If they waited until there were more and more Tier 3 classes, the value of intermediate magic barrier scrolls would become smaller and smaller. Naturally, there was no need to keep them now. It was more important to exchange them for the materials to make advanced magic scrolls.

"I understand. I'll go put them up for auction in the auction houses of the various kingdoms and empires now," Liang Jing said, her eyes lighting up.

She didn't expect that Shi Feng's mission would have such a big harvest.

Blueprints for advanced magic barriers!

That meant that they could make as many advanced magic barrier scrolls as they had materials for. This was much stronger than intermediate magic barrier scrolls. It could even allow Tier 2 teams to challenge ancient species-level high-lord Bosses without any problems.

After that, Liang Jing began to take action, and Shi Feng also led Cola and the others directly to the Earth Core Mountains.

At this time, the Molten Fire Grand Canyon in the core area of the Earth Core Mountains was crowded with players. These players were all from major super forces and top adventurer teams, and their levels were all above level 100.

Among them, several people with the mark of the Azure Blade Adventurer Team were frantically rushing out of the Molten Fire Grand Canyon. At the only entrance and exit of the Molten Fire Grand Canyon, there were hundreds of experts above level 100, and the leader was a Tier 3 class.

"Captain, what should we do? There's a Tier 3 class. We've already used up the teleportation scrolls we used to escape," a level 101 assassin said, looking anxiously at the Tier 3 War King in front of him.

"I'll hold them off for a while. You must get out, or the captain will be done for at the hands of Sworn Blood War Soul!" the leading level 102 female guardian knight said through gritted teeth.

"This place has been completely sealed off by us. Do you think you can still get out? And even if you go out to ask for help, it's useless. Here in the Earth Core Mountains, no one can stop us from dealing with whoever War Blood wants to deal with!" the leading Tier 3 War King said, looking at the members of the Azure Blade team with a sneer.

The members of the Azure Blade team were silent and somewhat despairing when they heard these words.

Because everything was indeed as the Tier 3 War King said. The current War Blood Adventurer Team was no longer what it used to be. With the help of Star Ring and the Demon Emperor Hall, it was now the number one ranked adventurer team on Dragonheart Island. Even if they rushed out to ask other forces for help, probably no one would come to help.

After the War King finished speaking, a low voice suddenly entered everyone's ears.

"Is that so? What if our Zero Wing wants to interfere?"