Chapter 194 Orc King

After taking out the first batch of Bloodboil Beastmen, Shi Feng had a preliminary understanding of his current strength.

He also had a good idea of what he needed to do and how to do it in the future.

Previously, he had only lured the smallest number of Bloodboil Beastmen for safety. Now, as long as he didn't lure two waves at once, he could take down even an army of two or three hundred orcs, which would greatly increase the chance of obtaining the Light Stone Design.

"The drops are really good." Shi Feng collected the dropped items.

Just the money he picked up was six silver coins, equivalent to more than half a day's income for an elite player, not to mention the many discarded items and materials. One batch could earn more than twelve silver coins. If a Level 40 Bronze equipment dropped, he could earn more than seventy or eighty silver coins in one go.

However, this was due to Shi Feng's good luck, with five points in Luck. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to drop so much money and other items.

Afterward, Shi Feng looked for patrolling teams on the city wall to attack while waiting for his skills to cool down, especially the Flame Spirit Storm skill, which required a five-minute cooldown.

As soon as the five minutes were up, Shi Feng would immediately lure another wave.

It took Shi Feng less than thirty seconds to take out a wave of Bloodboil Beastmen, which meant it took six minutes to clear a wave, so he could clear 10 waves in an hour.

Because they were Level 47 monsters, their experience points were very generous. In addition, there was an experience bonus for fighting monsters above his level, which could increase it by up to 20 times, even though Shi Feng needed twice as much experience as others to level up.

But after an hour, Shi Feng also leveled up to Level 27, and he only needed to grind for a little over an hour to reach Level 28.

The experience points were terrifying, but what made Shi Feng even happier was that he got two Light Stone Designs.

Two designs meant that he could cultivate two money trees. The current value was not much worse than the Basic Strengthening Armor Plates, but there were too few blacksmiths and many Advanced Blacksmith Apprentices.

Moreover, as soon as the cooldown time for God's Grace came up, Shi Feng would open the Dawn Treasure Chest and get a lot of good things, including some potion formulas, such as Intermediate Strength Potions, Basic Protection Potions, Basic Magic Damage Potions, and so on. These were all commonly used potions around Level 40, but current players simply couldn't get their hands on them.

In addition, there were some Level 30 mithril or fine gold equipment in the Dawn Treasure Chest, which could be used to enrich the guild warehouse.

Just as Shi Feng was having a great time grinding, Melancholic Smile suddenly contacted him. Melancholic Smile's expression on the screen was a little nervous, but there was a hint of excitement and pride in his eyes.

"Guild Leader, those people from Yi Xiao Qing Cheng (Alluring Smile) really came, just as you said. I've already kicked them out, and the other guilds have also agreed to cooperate." Melancholic Smile said slowly, "And as you predicted, as soon as I kicked them out, they immediately contacted the blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices in our guild. Although Uncle Tie Xin and Keke directly refused, there are still quite a few blacksmith apprentices in the guild who couldn't resist the temptation and want to terminate their contracts with us to join Alluring Smile."

"I learned from these blacksmith apprentices who terminated their contracts that they seem to be going to Maple Leaf City to develop."

Although Melancholic Smile tried to persuade them to stay, some people were tempted by the high prices offered by Alluring Smile, so Melancholic Smile couldn't force them to stay.

Fortunately, Shi Feng had been prepared. All lifestyle players who joined Sky Union had to sign a contract. Sky Union would provide all materials, designs, forging rooms, and so on. Lifestyle players could earn a certain percentage of the profits from the items they made. This percentage would be determined based on the level of the lifestyle player. The higher the level, the higher the percentage, up to 20%. There were also other rewards based on monthly sales, as well as some basic guaranteed wages.

Under this series of generous benefits, there was one condition: any lifestyle player who wanted to terminate their contract had to clear all the lifestyle skills they had learned. In other words, if they left Sky Union, they would have to start all over again. This meant that the players who were poached would not be able to bring any benefits to other guilds in a short period of time. It would only cost less resources to train them up because of their previous experience.

It was not easy for a lifestyle guild to train a lifestyle player. In the early stages, there were various investments, including materials and designs, especially those rare designs. These things took a lot of effort to obtain, so how could they be given away cheaply?

Lifestyle players who learned these rare designs had to compensate for this part of the loss if they wanted to terminate their contracts.

Generally speaking, few lifestyle players would go to other places to develop, but there were still some who were willing to go, given that Alluring Smile was willing to spend so much.

Although it seemed that Alluring Smile was willing to spend at all costs, it was indirectly harming Candlelight Trading Firm.

"Going to Maple Leaf City?" Shi Feng couldn't help but ponder for a moment, then said, "It seems that they want to develop trade in Maple Leaf City and then come to White River City to compete."

Although Alluring Smile originally had lifestyle players, they didn't have their own stores. It was very inconvenient to sell items, and the cost was high, especially if they were placed in the auction house. The handling fee alone was a headache, and even the cost of small items couldn't be earned back. It could be said that there was no competitiveness at all, but it would be different with their own stores.

Maple Leaf City was Alluring Smile's territory, so it was easy to develop trade. Land and reputation were relatively easy to obtain. Once Alluring Smile had the capital, it would be much easier to deal with Candlelight Trading Firm. At least they would be on the same level. Then, they could use the simplest method to deal with Candlelight Trading Firm, which was a price war, until one side was defeated. In fact, the principle was similar to a full-scale war between combat guilds.

It was just one word.

Endure!

The last one standing wins!

"Want to play a war of attrition again?" Shi Feng couldn't help but smile. Unfortunately, Alluring Smile didn't have a chance this time. He immediately said, "Smile, have people start collecting high-grade stone materials and magic essence in large quantities, not only in White River City, but also in other cities. Buy as much as you can, but this matter must be done secretly, and you must not let other guilds know."

Although Basic Strengthening Armor Plates had an advantage, they lacked competitiveness because of the small number of items produced. But Light Stones were different.

"Okay, I'll have someone go and buy them now," Melancholic Smile said.

After Shi Feng finished his instructions, he continued to level up and grind for designs.

For dozens of hours in a row, Shi Feng was constantly grinding Bloodboil Beastmen like crazy. His experience points were also increasing crazily. His level directly rose from the original Level 27 to the watershed of Level 30. The speed of leveling up was unmatched.

However, compared to the experience points spent on leveling up, Shi Feng spent more experience points on the Seven Luminaries Ring, allowing the Seven Luminaries Ring to level up twice in a row, advancing to a Level 7 Seven Luminaries Ring.

Just as Shi Feng wanted to see how powerful the newly promoted Seven Luminaries Ring was,

Suddenly, the gates of the Tower of Death rumbled open, and a earth-shaking roar came from inside. As the roar grew louder, Shi Feng saw a tall orc wearing exquisite armor and a black cloak walking out of the gate. As soon as this orc appeared, all the orcs outside the Tower of Death boiled, as if they were welcoming their king.

"How could the Orc King appear here?" Shi Feng couldn't help but wonder.