Chapter 1 Ancient Secret Realm, City of Light

With a flash of brilliant light, Shi Feng and the others appeared in the center of a huge plaza.

The entire plaza was enormous, about three or four sports fields in size. Dotted throughout were statues six or seven meters high. Each statue was different: some were warriors in armor, brave and fearless; some were mages holding staffs; some were rangers with bows and leather armor. Each exuded an astonishing aura, as if alive. There were hundreds of statues, making it seem like a plaza specifically for displaying them.

The sight left everyone who had just arrived utterly stunned.

"This ancient city is indeed impressive. Just the statues in the transfer plaza are enough to drive outside experts crazy," Shi Feng said, looking at the statues.

The statues in the plaza seemed ordinary, but in fact, they were all basic combat skill inheritances suitable for various professions.

In God's Domain, although combat skills were well-known, only a few players could learn them, especially free players.

But in the City of Light, these basic combat skill inheritances were readily available, like they cost nothing. Players could learn them whenever they wanted, and they were the most suitable basic combat skills for each profession. The scale of this was truly astonishing.

Even the most ordinary basic combat skills required members of major powers to pay a certain price and contribution to learn, and they could only learn it once. But in this plaza, they could learn as much as they wanted…

Moreover, besides the statues in the plaza, the magic density in the entire City of Light was very high. Even if players just practiced in the arena inside the City of Light, their improvement speed would be much faster than outside.

"The magic here is so special. I feel like if I could train here for a long time, I might be able to unlock my Mana Body further," Zi Yan Liuyun said excitedly in the team chat.

"Indeed, here I have a stronger sense of control over magic. If I can make good use of it, I might really be able to unlock my Mana Body further," Shui Se Rose nodded.

It wasn't just Zi Yan Liuyun and Shui Se Rose who felt this way. Everyone else present had also discovered the special magic control in the City of Light, and their eyes lit up.

For Silent Star and Desolate Fury of the Violet Sword, nothing was more appealing than unlocking the Mana Body as soon as possible. Or rather, it was what all the super forces wanted most.

For Zui Yan and the others from the Azure Chamber of Commerce, breaking through the 100% barrier was what they had always craved. After all, the difference in combat power between a Mana Body that had broken through 100% and one that hadn't was huge, as Zi Yan Liuyun had fully demonstrated.

However, breaking through the 100% barrier was too difficult. They didn't even have a direction. Now, the magic here gave them a clue, which was invaluable.

This made Zui Yan and the others from the Azure Chamber of Commerce couldn't help but envy the people from Zero Wing and the Violet Sword. If they wanted to, the people from Zero Wing and the Violet Sword could stay in the City of Light indefinitely, but they only had a little over two days left to train in the City of Light.

Yuan Xiaoqian and Gu Han and the others couldn't help but want to sit down and properly feel the magic here, because they didn't know when they would be able to come again next time.

"There's still plenty of time before the alchemy array fails. Let's go to the City Lord's Mansion in the City of Light first, and then it won't be too late to train," Shi Feng said with a smile, looking at Yuan Xiaoqian and the others who wanted to sit down and try to circulate their mana.

"That's right," Yuan Xiaoqian thought for a moment, feeling that what Shi Feng said was right, and then gave up the idea of training first.

The special magic control of the Ancient City was just a bonus. The real value was the City Lord's Mansion, where they could exchange for various special items unique to the Ancient City. These items could only be exchanged for with contribution points.

They each had less than five hundred contribution points now. It would be a pity not to use them.

Afterward, Shi Feng and the others walked along the main street of the City of Light for more than two hours and arrived in front of the City Lord's Mansion, which was five or six hundred meters high.

At the gate of the City Lord's Mansion stood dozens of knights holding uniform weapons and wearing the same attire. Each of these knights was not only a Tier 3 profession at level 180, but their life levels were also shockingly high, almost like Primordial Species. The aura they exuded was like that of a Tier 4 Legendary monster.

The leading knight commander was a genuine Tier 4 profession, and just standing there, he made Shi Feng and the others feel a wave of pressure.

As the group entered the exchange hall on the first floor of the City Lord's Mansion, they were stunned by the scene before them.

Various items were displayed in the exchange hall, such as Epic-grade weapon and equipment design drawings, Grandmaster-level potion formulas, rare magic skills, Bronze-grade combat techniques, advanced building design drawings, war weapon design drawings, and many other precious items. Each of these items was a treasure that was hard to come by outside, but now they were displayed in the hall.

Of course, everyone could only look at them, because the exchange prices were marked on these items.

The lowest price was 4,000 contribution points, and the highest reached tens of thousands of contribution points. It was simply beyond the reach of players with only a few hundred contribution points.

Fortunately, the exchange hall in the City Lord's Mansion not only had these super-valuable items, but also many relatively ordinary and cheap items for players to exchange.

Such as magic crystals and demonized potions.

Whether it was Silent Star and the others or Zui Yan and the others, almost everyone chose to exchange for Tier 3 magic crystals and demonized potions as soon as possible, spending all their contribution points in one go.

"Guild Leader, the number of exchangeable items here is limited. Let's quickly exchange for Tier 3 magic crystals and demonized potions. If everyone is resurrected, they will be exchanged by others," Shui Se Rose said, looking at Shi Feng, who was completely uninterested in magic crystals and demonized potions.

There was a limit to the number of items that could be exchanged in the exchange hall. For example, those very precious items were unique. Once they were exchanged, they were gone.

The Tier 3 magic crystals and demonized potions in the exchange hall could only be exchanged by fifty or sixty people at most. If they were all exchanged, they could only wait for the next refresh, but who knew when that would be?

"There's no need to rush these things," Shi Feng shook his head and looked directly at the bottles of ice-blue potions displayed on the shelves. He said slowly, "Let's exchange for ten bottles of Master-level Mental Recovery Potions each."

"Guild Leader, these Mental Recovery Potions are too expensive. They're actually fifty contribution points a bottle. Do we really need to buy them?" Shui Se Rose didn't know what to say when she saw the price of the Mental Recovery Potions. "They can only restore a player's spirit, and only last for two hours. Although they're rare outside, it's a waste to spend our precious contribution points on this…"

Mental recovery was rare for players, but it wasn't of great use.

Because players could naturally recover their spirit over time, especially in cities, where the recovery was very fast, the value of spirit recovery items on the market was generally not high. It was too extravagant to spend fifty contribution points to exchange for a bottle now.

A bottle of Master-level Demonized Potion lasted for six hours and only cost ten contribution points. Fifty contribution points could be exchanged for five bottles of Master-level Demonized Potions!

"Don't worry, exchange them all. I guarantee that these potions will play a much greater role than you imagine, even surpassing those Tier 3 magic crystals," Shi Feng said, shaking his head and smiling at the anxious Shui Se Rose.

In his opinion, the City Lord's Mansion was already offering a very cheap price, and that was only because they had noble privileges to buy them. Otherwise, they wouldn't even be qualified to buy them.

If these Master-level Mental Recovery Potions were put on the market in his previous life, one bottle could be sold for the price of an Epic-grade material, and it was still priceless. Not everyone would be willing to trade.

As he spoke, Shi Feng directly exchanged for all the Master-level Mental Recovery Potions without any hesitation.

Shui Se Rose and the others didn't know what to say. After all, Shi Feng had said so, so there must be a reason. Then, Shui Se Rose and the others all exchanged for Master-level Mental Recovery Potions.

This scene surprised the members of the Violet Sword and the Azure Chamber of Commerce. They didn't understand why Shi Feng and the others wanted to exchange for those potions that didn't help with training at all.

However, the members of the Violet Sword and the Azure Chamber of Commerce didn't care too much. After all, they didn't have much time left. Now that they had exchanged for items, they had to train desperately. As for what Zero Wing and the others wanted to do, it wasn't their concern.

For a moment, the members of the Violet Sword and the Azure Chamber of Commerce ran to the arena in the City of Light to train, while only Shi Feng and the others walked towards the walls of the City of Light.

"Hopefully, these potions can help me break through to the Tier 4 level."

Shi Feng looked at the huge stone statue on the distant city wall, and his pace quickened.