Chapter 1 The Beginning

Red Leaf Town wasn't close to Gale Valley, so to save time, Shi Feng directly used an Acceleration Scroll.

In an instant, his speed soared, transforming him into a blur as he sped away.

"Damn, who is that? How is he so fast? Is he cheating?"

"No way, this is God's Domain. But that speed is insane! I didn't even see his face before he vanished. He must be an assassin who put all his attributes into agility and activated all his speed skills."

Players who saw Shi Feng running were amazed by his wind-like speed, as if he were driving a sports car, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Shi Feng simply smiled and activated Windwalk, further boosting his speed, turning him into an afterimage that vanished from the sight of the roadside players.

These players couldn't help but rub their eyes, wondering if they had seen a ghost.

Ever since Shi Feng reached level 10 and equipped the new weapon, Silver Lake Light, his movement speed had greatly increased, almost twice that of ordinary players.

This was because when players reached level 10, all their attributes would increase by 10 points, and their health would also increase by 100. It was precisely because of the increase in all attributes that level 10 players surpassed level 9 players in all aspects.

However, Shi Feng's attributes were far higher than those of ordinary level 10 players. The Ice-Blue Devil Flame Body Refinement alone greatly increased them, not to mention the equipment gap. The Demonic Weapon Abyss, the top-tier Fine-Gold weapon Silver Lake Light, a full set of Silvermoon equipment, plus many Mithril-grade pieces, coupled with the One Against a Thousand title that increased all attributes by 10%, were simply incomparable to ordinary level 10 players.

Currently, Shi Feng's strength alone had reached 93 points, an absolutely unattainable number for ordinary players, and his agility had even exceeded 100, while also activating the Intermediate Agility Hidden Passive Skill.

Swift as the Wind.

With this Intermediate Agility Hidden Passive Skill, movement speed was increased by 15%, attack speed was increased by 5%, and stamina consumption was slightly reduced, allowing players to move with greater endurance. Especially in wild mobile warfare, it greatly improved survivability and combat ability, and was hailed as a god-tier skill for wilderness battles.

What would have originally taken more than two hours to run, with the need to rest and recover stamina along the way, now required no rest at all for Shi Feng. He reached Gale Valley in less than an hour.

The outer perimeter of Gale Valley was a level 8 zone, and the inner area was a level 9 zone. There were not only many monsters, but they were also mainly social creatures. Without a certain level of strength, coming here to grind was simply asking for death. Only a very small number of players dared to come here to kill monsters and level up.

Gale Valley was flanked by cliffs more than 800 meters high. The valley floor was long and narrow, with lush vegetation. If the number of players exceeded 500, they could completely form a horizontal carpet search and move forward. It would be 100% certain to find the target. However, from the information Hei Zi gave him, the Martial Union had sent nearly 200 people this time, which still couldn’t form a complete encirclement. It wouldn't be easy to find Hei Zi and Lonely Snow.

Moreover, to find Hei Zi, these 200 people would definitely be scattered, searching in small teams.

If it was just a six-person team, Shi Feng was confident that he could wipe them out alone.

Moreover, Shi Feng was extremely familiar with this kind of forest combat, but for players who had just come into contact with God's Domain Evolution, experience in this kind of combat was almost zero, making them even easier to deal with.

Seeing that he was approaching the entrance of Gale Valley, Shi Feng took out the Devil Mask and modified his appearance, so that even acquaintances wouldn't be able to recognize him as Shi Feng.

"Sure enough, there are sentries."

After stepping onto the slope leading into Gale Valley, Shi Feng's extraordinary senses quickly detected four assassins around level 6 lurking on both sides of the slope.

Seeing these assassins, Shi Feng felt that they were all scouts from the Martial Union, used to report whether the players entering Gale Valley were enemies, so that the Martial Union could be prepared and set up an ambush.

Fortunately, Shi Feng had already guessed this, so he deliberately changed his appearance. Even if the experts of the Martial Union knew that someone had entered Gale Valley, they would only regard them as free players who came here to level up, and would not be wary.

Shi Feng ignored these assassins and continued to head into the depths of Gale Valley.

With his current strength, he could completely kill these four level 6 assassins, but he wouldn't do that. Since the Martial Union dared to kill his teammates, they would have to pay a heavy price, so he wouldn't alert the enemy, let alone let the Martial Union be on guard in advance.

"Guild Leader Fengyun, another player has entered the entrance, but it's not the target, Nightfall," a guard assassin reported.

"Got it. You guys continue to guard there. As soon as Nightfall enters Gale Valley, report immediately. Remember to follow him closely, and don't let him discover you. As long as you do a good job, you'll be members of the elite team in the future," said the player named Fengyun seriously.

"Yes."

After the assassin reported, he was extremely excited and guarded the entrance even more diligently, quietly waiting for Nightfall to arrive, not knowing that the Nightfall he was talking about had already entered Gale Valley.

After entering Gale Valley, Shi Feng had been traveling through the trees, using this to observe the surrounding situation, make accurate judgments, and make it difficult for people to find him.

"Hmm, someone."

Shi Feng quickly discovered the sound of fighting in the woods not far ahead, and the movement was not small. If it was just fighting monsters, there wouldn't be such a commotion.

Then he rushed over, wanting to know what was happening there.

The closer Shi Feng got to the battle location, the clearer he could hear the sound of magic explosions and the ear-piercing sound of swords clashing.

"Could it be that they found Hei Zi?" Shi Feng shook his head, feeling that it was unlikely. When he contacted Hei Zi earlier, Hei Zi had been in the level 9 inner area. It was impossible to encounter them here in the level 8 area.

When Shi Feng jumped to the nearest treetop, he discovered that it was indeed players fighting each other, and it was quite intense.

More than a dozen people were already lying on the ground, bleeding everywhere.

The besieged party had only 5 people left, and they didn't even have a healer, while the party wearing the Martial Union guild emblem was quite strong, with as many as 18 people, and three healers, including two level 7 priests and one level 8 druid. Their equipment was all bronze, with a small amount of Mysterious-Iron-grade equipment mixed in. The equipment levels of the others were also very good, the lowest level being level 7, with a full set of bronze equipment.

These 18 people were definitely elite members of the Martial Union. If they weren't elite members, it would be impossible to have such levels and equipment. They were even stronger than the previous Martial Union. Their power in Red Leaf Town was almost the same as that of a third-rate guild. It was simply unbelievable.

"When did the Martial Union have so many elites?" Shi Feng was a little puzzled.

Logically speaking, after the Martial Union was wanted, its guild members were killed in various ways, and most of them had left. How could there suddenly be so many elite members? Moreover, everyone's equipment was good, even stronger than the Martial Union at its peak.

At this time, the 5 free players had been completely surrounded and were in a stalemate.

"Little girl, you're already surrounded. Just obediently surrender," a commanding swordsman captain said with a sneer, looking at the hot female assassin.

The hot female assassin had an oval face, slender eyebrows, and eyes like clear pools. Her appearance was extremely beautiful, truly like a pearl shining with a halo, beautiful jade glowing, and a hint of softness revealed between her eyebrows.

"You overestimate yourselves too much. Want me to surrender? Don't dream! Even if I die, I'll take you with me," the hot woman glanced at the swordsman captain, her lips slightly raised, showing great disdain.

"Sister Huowu, you should go. I'll hold them back. If we drag it on, no one will be able to leave. Moreover, we are red-named players, and the penalty after death is very heavy. We'll lose at least 2 levels and three or four pieces of equipment. If you die, our team will be completely finished," the berserker next to the hot woman whispered.

Although the berserker's voice was very small, Shi Feng had extraordinary senses and heard it clearly.

"Huowu?" (Fire Dance)

No wonder Shi Feng felt that the female assassin looked familiar. It turned out to be Huowu, the number one female assassin who had been killing the Martial Union.

"Looks like I have to help." Shi Feng, leaning against the treetop, drew his dual swords, smiled slightly, with a cold glint in his eyes, and quietly approached.

His purpose here was revenge.

Since the Martial Union wanted to wipe them out, he naturally wouldn't be polite. His principle had always been that if someone respects me a foot, I will respect them a yard. If you kill one of mine, I will slaughter a hundred of yours. Even if he didn't know Huowu, he wouldn't let the people of the Martial Union go when he encountered them, letting the people of the Martial Union know what the wrath of a free player was.

At this time, the swordsman captain of the Martial Union laughed and said, "You think you can still run away? After I discovered you, I already called more companions to come here. Now this place has already been surrounded. If you can run away, I'll eat the greatsword in my hand. Just obediently hand over the Mithril-grade equipment, and maybe I can mercifully give you a quick death."