Chapter 1 Twin Towers Kingdom, Shadow Forest

A scout team of six, led by a Tier 4 Assassin of Level 154, slowly traversed the dense rainforest.

The forest was perpetually shrouded in dark clouds, making it gloomy even in the blazing heat of summer. Coupled with the mist that could obscure a player's senses, even seasoned Tier 3 experts familiar with the forest could easily get lost.

"Captain, we've been investigating this area for the better part of the day, and we haven't found any trace of the main force of outer world players. Should we check other maps?" A Tier 3 Blue-clad Assassin of Level 142 couldn't help but ask as he gazed at a valley surrounded by trees.

With the Kingdom War looming, many forces in the Twin Towers Kingdom sent out scout teams to gain the upper hand. Identifying the main force of outer world players was of paramount importance.

Some factions in the Twin Towers Kingdom even offered exorbitant bounties: a Level 150 Epic weapon and a reward of 200,000 Credits for information regarding the outer world players' main force.

As a result, even though many expert players from the Twin Towers Kingdom had gone to the Black Dragon Empire and the Dark Night Empire, adventurer teams of experts from other kingdoms and empires still came to investigate.

The Fox Hunt Syndicate was one such team.

As a well-known adventurer team in the Dark Night Empire, their overall combat strength wasn't high, and they were nothing special within the Dark Night Empire. However, when it came to finding people, they were definitely among the top ten adventurer teams in the Dark Night Empire.

Just as the Blue-clad Assassin finished speaking, a young Assassin of Level 136 in the team suddenly stopped and landed on a branch, quietly observing a vacant patch of woodland in the distance.

The young Assassin's actions instantly caused the rest of the team to stop, not daring to move.

"Renxin, is there something wrong with that place?" The team leader, Canghu, couldn't help but whisper to the young Assassin.

The others on the team also looked at the young Assassin, their eyes full of curiosity.

Although the young Assassin, Renxin, hadn't been playing God's Domain for long, and his level was the lowest in the team, his skill level and intuition were very strong. Often, Renxin could discover things that even Canghu, a Tier 4 professional, couldn't.

That was why they brought Renxin along on this expedition.

The young Assassin, Renxin, looked at the vacant woodland in the distance and said uncertainly, "I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just feel like there's something there."

"Something there?" Upon hearing this, the team leader, Canghu, carefully examined the clearing in the distance again.

However, no matter how Canghu observed it, even using advanced observation skills, he couldn't find anything amiss. It was a perfectly normal forest, with no sign of players or even any creatures.

But before Canghu and the others could observe for more than a few minutes, a team of twenty people appeared in the distance. This team was extremely powerful, with all twenty members being Tier 4 professionals of Level 155 or higher. Their equipment was at least Level 150 Dark-Gold grade, and the leader was wearing five Epic-grade pieces of equipment.

"Those people should be the vanguard team of the outer world army. Why are they here instead of investigating the Twin Towers Kingdom?" The Tier 3 Blue-clad Assassin asked in surprise as he looked at the team of twenty.

Currently, the outer world players' main force had sent many experts to harass and investigate the situation in the Twin Towers Kingdom, and many of these teams were mainly composed of Tier 4 professionals.

The team of twenty before them was definitely an elite force.

The others in the team were also puzzled and curious.

Logically speaking, such an elite team should be deeply infiltrating the Twin Towers Kingdom, even causing havoc in the rear. After all, with such combat power, ordinary forces would be unable to deal with them.

Currently, only the top-tier guilds could take on such a team. Other guilds wouldn't even be able to scratch them.

Just as Canghu and the others were wondering why this team was here, they suddenly stopped in front of the vacant woodland. None of them dismounted their mounts, and they simply waited there quietly.

After about ten seconds, the empty woodland began to appear illusory. Then, a large rift appeared in the space of the woodland, stunning Canghu and the others.

"A magic barrier?"

Almost every player in God's Domain knew about magic barriers, but the scene before them still deeply shocked Canghu and the others.

Because Canghu and the others had never imagined that magic barriers could be used in this way.

Through the rift in the magic barrier, Canghu and the others saw a sea of players in the inner space. They roughly estimated that there were hundreds of thousands of players, and with a casual glance, they could see many Tier 4 experts...

"How can there be so many Tier 4 experts?"

"It's over. The Twin Towers Kingdom is doomed this time. With so many Tier 4 experts, even if we gather the players from the Twin Towers and Star-Moon Kingdoms, or even the Tier 4 experts from the Black Dragon and Dark Night Empires, we still won't be able to match them..."

"Those super forces in the Black Dragon Empire and the Dark Night Empire have made a terrible mistake. Our Eastern Continent is definitely going to fall!"

Looking at the army of players in the spatial rift, the faces of the Blue-clad Assassin and the others turned ashen with despair.

Although many Tier 4 experts had emerged in God's Domain, they were still rare existences within a kingdom or empire.

It could be said that a top-tier kingdom with three to four hundred active Tier 4 experts was already extremely powerful. In a vast empire, the number of active Tier 4 experts would definitely not exceed fifteen hundred.

This number seemed large, but one had to remember that the number of players in kingdoms and empires was in the hundreds of millions. One might not even find a single Tier 4 expert among a hundred thousand players.

But right now, they could see more than five thousand Tier 4 professionals, and with such strength, they could not only destroy the Twin Towers Kingdom but also the Black Dragon and Dark Night Empires.

"Captain, what should we do?" The Tier 3 Blue-clad Assassin couldn't help but gulp as he asked while still in stealth, "With so many Tier 4 experts, the Dark Night Empire and the Black Dragon Empire definitely won't be able to hold out."

The Tier 4 team leader, Canghu, couldn't help but smile bitterly, "What else can we do? We can only notify the super forces in the Black Dragon and Dark Night Empires as soon as possible and urge them to unite the Tier 4 experts from the surrounding kingdoms and empires to resist. Otherwise, we will all have to leave the Eastern Continent..."

"But those super forces probably won't listen to us, right?" The Tier 3 Blue-clad Assassin said worriedly, "Right now, those super forces are focused on dealing with Zero Wing. They want nothing more than for the Twin Towers and Star-Moon Kingdoms where Zero Wing is located to be destroyed. How could they possibly organize forces to come and resist?"

"We can't worry about that much anymore," Canghu said with extreme helplessness, "In short, we have to spread the news here. As for how many experts will come, it's up to fate."

Canghu didn't hold out much hope, but he still wanted to try. The longer they could delay the outer world players' forces, the more Tier 3 players from their homeland could advance to Tier 4.

However, just as Canghu and the others were preparing to leave this place and return to the Dark Night Empire to announce the news of the outer world players' army, a piercing roar came from the sky in the distance. This caused the members of Canghu's team to look towards the source of the sound.

A scarlet-red steel behemoth was rapidly approaching from the distance, and it was clearly heading towards them.

"Zero Wing?"

"Why are they here? Have they already discovered these outer world players' armies?"

Canghu's heart was filled with surprise as he looked at the approaching Red Dragon Flying Ship.

The Red Dragon Flying Ship was now a symbol of Zero Wing, and almost every player in God's Domain knew about it. The only reason the Red Dragon Flying Ship would be here was that they had discovered the outer world players' army.

The Red Dragon Flying Ship quickly stopped above the vacant woodland, showing no intention of leaving. It had clearly discovered the hidden magic barrier.

"Zero Wing isn't planning to subjugate these outer world players' armies, are they?" The Tier 3 Blue-clad Assassin couldn't help but say as he looked at the Red Dragon Flying Ship, which had stopped directly above the magic barrier.

"It's very possible, but Zero Wing probably doesn't know how many Tier 4 experts are hidden inside that magic barrier. They're definitely going to suffer a big loss later." Canghu looked at Shi Feng, who was walking out of the Red Dragon Flying Ship, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

The name Black Flame had become a household name after the battle in Ancient Rock City, and he was definitely the number one player in God's Domain.

But even a Tier 5 Sword Saint would be facing more than five thousand Tier 4 experts, not to mention those Tier 4 experts were well-prepared. There was no chance of winning. After all, even a Tier 5 professional would lose a lot of HP if hit by a Tier 4 professional.

If Tier 4 professionals joined forces and used various combined magic skills or battle formations and other items, they could fight against a Tier 5 professional even in small numbers, let alone five thousand Tier 4 professionals...

Just as Canghu finished speaking, the magic barrier in the vacant woodland suddenly appeared. Hundreds of Tier 4 magic-type professionals formed groups and used various large-scale magic spells.

These large-scale magic spells included Tier 4 large-scale defensive magic and Tier 4 large-scale offensive magic, and each of them had effects no less than Tier 5 defensive and offensive magic.

There were more than a dozen of these large-scale magic spells, and they could even vaguely see a summoning magic array composed of more than six hundred people within the magic barrier.

The entire summoning magic array was extremely complex, making it impossible to tell what level of summoning magic array it was.

However, after the six hundred people finished chanting their incantation, a phantom of a nine-headed giant serpent emerged from the ground. As the phantom of the nine-headed giant serpent continued to solidify, even Canghu and the others couldn't help but tremble and shudder, even through the magic barrier.

"Tier 5!"

"This is definitely a Tier 5 Saint-ranked monster!"

Although Canghu and the others didn't know what kind of monster the outer world players had summoned, they could clearly understand from the aura it emitted that it was definitely not comparable to a Tier 4 monster. They couldn't think of any other possibility except for the rumored Tier 5 Saint-ranked monster.

Faced with such a monster, let alone a Tier 5 Sword Saint, even two or three Tier 5 professionals together would probably find it difficult to kill.

At this time, a trace of bitterness and despair couldn't help but appear on the faces of Canghu and the others.

More than five thousand Tier 4 experts had already shocked and moved them, making Canghu and the others understand the gap between their God's Domain Continent and the outer world players.

But reality told them that the gap between the two sides was much larger than they had imagined. More than five thousand Tier 4 professionals were just the tip of the iceberg...

However, while Canghu and the others were immersed in deep despair and daze, Shi Feng, who was standing on the Flying Dragon Flying Ship, didn't seem to see any of this. He slowly rose into the air, flew to the top of the magic barrier, and drew out the newly transformed Lights of Two Worlds.

"Extinguish!"

Shi Feng couldn't help but swing the Lights of Two Worlds in his hand at the magic barrier.

Holy Annihilation!

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