Chapter 1 The Uproar

The sounds of battle still echoed throughout the Ancient God’s Domain, especially on the fourth floor, where the various superpowers were preparing to join forces against the newly spawned Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Dragon, when a crisp system notification stunned everyone.

Ancient God’s Domain Regional System Announcement: A player has successfully entered the Ancient City. Hereafter, the difficulty of the trial for players entering the Ancient City after the first 500 each day will increase by 30%, and for those after 1,000, the difficulty will increase by 50%.

The system notification rang three times in a row, deeply imprinted in everyone's mind.

“How could Zero Wing enter the Ancient City so quickly?”

“The difficulty increases after the first 500 to enter the Ancient City?”

Upon hearing the system notification, the high-level members of the various superpowers on the fourth floor of the Ancient God’s Domain couldn’t help but sink their faces.

From the system's announcement, it was clear that there was no quota limit for entering the Ancient City; one simply needed to pass the trial. However, Zero Wing previously had as many as eight hundred people enter the fifth floor of the Ancient God’s Domain. If the difficulty of entering the Ancient City was not high, it meant that Zero Wing would monopolize the top five hundred spots.

The result would be that the trials for players from the various superpowers who wanted to enter the Ancient City later would become more difficult. Players who were originally just barely able to pass would fail due to the increased difficulty, indirectly reducing the number of players from the various superpowers who could enter the Ancient City.

This made the superpowers even more eager to enter the fifth floor.

As soon as the system announcement came out, the news of Zero Wing's entry into the Ancient City quickly spread throughout the Ancient God’s Domain.

“No way, Zero Wing has become the first guild to enter the Ancient City. Doesn’t that mean they can be the first to explore it?”

“It’s more than that. I heard that only the first 500 people each day can easily pass the trial to enter the Ancient City. It will be difficult for the rest. Zero Wing heard they brought eight hundred people to the fifth floor. It can be said that they have taken all the top five hundred spots, and the difficulty increases even more dramatically after the thousandth spot. When the time comes to explore the Ancient City, the various superpowers probably won’t be able to compete with Zero Wing at all.”

“Wouldn’t that be awesome for Zero Wing? So many people entering the Ancient City will definitely have a lot of gains. I've checked the information about the Ancient City. I heard that it’s much easier to get combat techniques there, especially advanced combat techniques. With so many people from Zero Wing going in, they will definitely get a lot of advanced combat techniques. I'm afraid even the advanced combat techniques collected by the super guilds won't be as many as Zero Wing’s.”

Instantly, many free players from outside Star-Moon Kingdom began to feel some yearning and anticipation for Zero Wing.

Whether it was basic combat techniques or advanced combat techniques, they were unattainable for these free players. The major guilds also regarded them as treasures, making it very difficult to learn them.

However, Zero Wing could obtain a large number of combat techniques from the Ancient City. At that time, Zero Wing would definitely lower the difficulty a bit. For example, originally only core members who signed strict contracts could learn them, but then maybe you only need to become a core member to learn them, or even just become a guild expert to have a chance to learn them.

With this expectation, free players from various kingdoms, especially expert players, were somewhat moved and began to gather in White River City and Zero Wing City to investigate Zero Wing’s situation.

While players from other kingdoms were inquiring about Zero Wing's situation, Zero Wing also suddenly issued an announcement on the official forum of Star-Moon Kingdom, which once again caused a sensation in Star-Moon Kingdom.

“Zero Wing is really making a big move!”

“Now we free players are in luck. As long as we collect a thousand magic crystals, we can learn a basic combat technique!”

“But the price of a thousand magic crystals is too high. Even expert players probably need a long time to save up so many magic crystals, let alone others.”

“What’s that? You haven’t seen the guilds that control combat techniques. Like the Underworld Guild, they have obtained a lot of combat techniques. If you want to learn a combat technique, you have to sign a strict contract, and you also need to pay a certain price to learn it. This price is only a little cheaper than a thousand magic crystals. In that case, it’s better to go to Zero Wing to learn it. At least you’ll be free.”

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For a time, the vast number of free players were cheering for Zero Wing’s actions, and many adventure teams were extremely excited.

For individual free players, it was very, very difficult to collect a thousand magic crystals, but for an adventure team of hundreds of people, it was not very difficult to collect a thousand magic crystals.

On the other side, the major guilds, especially those that had obtained combat techniques, were furious at Zero Wing’s announcement. They originally wanted to attract a large number of experts to serve them through the combat techniques they had obtained, so as to take the guild’s strength to the next level. Now, Zero Wing’s announcement had ruined everything.

“Hei Yan's methods are really powerful, killing people without shedding blood. The Underworld Guild is probably going to collapse now.” Yuan Tiexin couldn’t help but sigh as he looked at the news sent by his subordinates.

“Uncle Yuan, what happened again?” Zi Qiong asked curiously.

“Take a look for yourself.” Yuan Tiexin then forwarded the news to Zi Qiong.

When Zi Qiong saw it, her eyes widened suddenly, and she couldn’t believe that Zero Wing was so generous. The result of doing so would undoubtedly be a great blow to those first-rate guilds that had obtained combat techniques. Even the trump card that the Underworld Guild had finally managed to obtain was destroyed by Zero Wing. The Underworld Guild would probably cry to death after receiving this news…

While everyone was talking about Zero Wing, Shi Feng himself was standing in the teleportation hall of the Ancient City.

The entire teleportation hall was like a huge cave, hundreds of meters high. The sky above the entire teleportation hall was like a sun, illuminating the entire teleportation hall. Inside the hall, various moving staircases were moving, and these staircases all led to the connection points of the various spaces in the hall. NPCs from other places came to the Ancient City every moment.

Among these NPCs were not only humans but also other races, making it extremely prosperous.

In addition to these, the moment he entered here, Shi Feng felt an unprecedented sense of fulfillment and clarity. The density of magic here was no less than that of Titan City, making it easier for players to fight, train, or craft items here.

Shi Feng was already very familiar with the Ancient City, so he didn’t curiously observe the teleportation hall. He directly walked out of the teleportation hall and came to the streets of the Ancient City.

Although it was a legendary city, the number of NPCs here was among the highest in the entire God’s Domain. There were as many as four or five million NPCs, which was ten times more than the royal city of Star-Moon Kingdom. One could imagine how huge the Ancient City was.

Moreover, the NPCs here were not like the NPCs in the royal city. The NPCs who could live here were at least level 150. Second-tier NPCs were nothing here; they were generally just gatekeepers. Third-tier jobs, which were extremely rare in other NPC cities, could be seen everywhere here. Sometimes, you could even see fourth-tier NPCs sightseeing.

Shi Feng then summoned the Demon Flame Battle Tiger and headed straight towards the central area of the Ancient City.

Although the terrain of the Ancient City was very complex, it was like an old horse knows the way for Shi Feng. In less than twenty minutes, he arrived in front of a magnificent temple.

The temple was more than three hundred meters high and covered an area like a stadium for a hundred thousand people. It was like a majestic mountain, inspiring awe.

And this was the most important place in the Ancient City.

The Seven Luminaries Holy Temple!