Chapter 1 The Maple Leaf City

Inside the Maple Leaf City Hall.

Liang Chen, appointed by Bai Qingxue, was dumbfounded.

Shi Feng had purchased a prime piece of real estate in the center of the city worth over 2,000 gold without a second thought, and then immediately commissioned the construction of a luxurious shop worth 1,000 gold, spending a total of over 3,000 gold.

Liang Chen was a trusted confidant of Bai Qingxue, who had already told him about Shi Feng.

He knew that Shi Feng had previously sold Bai Qingxue something for 3,000 gold; otherwise, his Baron title in Maple Leaf City would not have been exposed.

Although Maple Leaf City wasn't as good as White River City, the Baron title was extremely rare. Only two or three people in the entire Maple Leaf City had achieved it.

He had spent 3,000 gold before, and now he spent another 3,000, showing a level of wealth far exceeding that of Snake Worship.

This financial power alone inspired awe. If they were to go to war, who could outlast the Zero Wing Guild?

Now, Liang Chen understood why Alluring City, who dominated Maple Leaf City, couldn't compete with Zero Wing in White River City. Zero Wing was recognized as the number one guild in White River City. Even though Alluring City had the massive organization of Underworld backing her, how could Alluring City win against Zero Wing with such resources?

In the hearts of the first-rate guild executives, although Alluring City was indeed no match for Zero Wing in White River City in the short term, especially in terms of the number of experts, they still believed that Alluring City would eventually win because Alluring City had ample funds and could afford to outlast them. For a guild like Zero Wing, without resources and short on funds, it could only be strong for a short time.

But now, Liang Chen saw...

Even three Alluring Cities couldn't outlast the Zero Wing Guild.

"It seems the sky in Maple Leaf City is about to change," Liang Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

After the major guilds gained a preliminary understanding of the God's Domain game, they had already figured out some rules. To become a king in God's Domain, you had to possess three things. The first was experts, the second was financial power, which mainly referred to gold coins, and the third was the number of people.

Among these three, the number of people was the least important because the number of people was the easiest to increase. As long as you had enough financial power, you could increase the number of members without limit.

God's Domain was not like previous games where the number of guild members came first, because in previous virtual games, individual differences were too small. There was strength in numbers. If one person couldn't beat someone, a group would. If a group couldn't beat them, hundreds of people would charge up and eventually wear them down.

Unfortunately, God's Domain was different. A top expert could completely suppress one side, and this top expert was not as easy to create as in other virtual games. In the past, as long as the equipment was strong enough, that was all that mattered. Now, it was different. Combat skills needed to be strong enough.

Whether it was experts or financial power, Alluring City was far inferior to Zero Wing, and the final result was self-evident.

Actually, Alluring City wasn't without a chance, which was to quickly establish trade and earn a lot of gold coins. But now that Shi Feng had arrived, how could Alluring City's lifestyle players compare to the chief blacksmith of Star-Moon Kingdom? Moreover, there were three real blacksmiths in Candlelight Trading Firm, who were much stronger than advanced blacksmith apprentices.

Not to mention the competitive edge of the Basic Strengthening Armor Plates, Alluring City didn't stand a chance.

Afterward, Shi Feng took some information about Alluring City in Maple Leaf City from Liang Chen and headed to the Teleportation Hall.

From the information Liang Chen gave him, Shi Feng roughly knew some of the places where Alluring City's elite members liked to go. He could use these people to blood sacrifice the Icarus's Heart.

The elite members of the major guilds were different from ordinary players. Ordinary players would return to the city to rest or log off when it got dark, but the elite members of the guilds would continue to level up because they were not afraid of the monsters in the night, whether in terms of equipment or combat skills. It was just that the leveling speed would be slower, but others couldn't level up. Even if it was slower, the gap would become larger and larger, which led to the level of the elite members of the guild being much higher than ordinary players.

The main gathering place for Alluring City was the Dragonbone Mountain Range.

Dragonbone Mountain Range was a level 25 to 30 leveling area. The monsters inside were all Dragonkin. Dragonkin were born with thick scales and inherited the unparalleled power of the dragon race. They were natural warriors. Also, because they were a small branch of the dragon race, Dragonkin naturally liked to collect treasures, so the drop rate of Dragonkin was not low. There were also many tasks against Dragonkin, and many players liked to come here to level up.

However, the high-resource areas of the entire Dragonbone Mountain Range were occupied by Alluring City. Other players shouldn't even think about it, and at most, they could only do some Dragonkin killing tasks in some areas with few monsters.

Not long after Shi Feng teleported over, while searching for members of Alluring City, Melancholic Smile suddenly contacted him.

"Guild Leader, I've completed the task you asked me to do. They really spared no expense to get the advanced blacksmith apprentices who learned the Light Stone. As a result, all three of them were poached," Melancholic Smile said excitedly.

Three people being poached meant compensating three copies of the Light Stone design, which earned them nearly 50 million Credits. It was a profitable venture. As for the loss of the advanced blacksmith apprentices, Melancholic Smile really didn't feel bad at all. After Candlelight Trading Firm developed, the benefits were very good, and it could also provide unlimited materials. As long as you worked hard, you could earn a lot of money, so many blacksmith apprentices came to apply, including intermediate blacksmith apprentices. With a little training, they would become a batch of advanced blacksmith apprentices.

From the establishment of Candlelight Trading Firm to now, although Alluring City had poached a lot of people, the number of advanced blacksmith apprentices in Candlelight Trading Firm had not only not decreased but had actually increased...

"Good." Shi Feng also smiled. What could be easier to make money? With this large sum of money, plus what he got from Bai Qingxue, his expert training plan could be implemented, "By the way, how many Light Stones have been made now?"

"I have secretly asked dozens of advanced blacksmith apprentices recruited in other cities to work hard. They are now frantically producing in the Blacksmith Association. At the moment, they are not very familiar with the production process, so the production speed is a bit slow, but there are already hundreds of them. As long as we wait another day or two, we can store up to 20,000," Melancholic Smile said confidently, "At that time, we will definitely make the name of Candlelight Trading Firm known and ensure that Candlelight Trading Firm becomes the number one trading firm in Star-Moon Kingdom."

It wasn't that Melancholic Smile was arrogant, but the value of the Light Stone was extraordinary. Whether it was needed by elite players or affordable for ordinary players, plus the number of people making them, it could completely supply players in several cities.

After Melancholic Smile finished reporting his work, Shi Feng quietly arrived at the inner area of the Dragonbone Mountain Range.

At this time, in the silent and dark forest, you could occasionally see fire shining and loud explosions, which were the elite players of Alluring City brushing Dragonkin.

These elite players of Alluring City were very orderly. Twenty people in a wave confronted the Dragonkin army, rotating to brush very efficiently, while the resting players were on guard around to prevent other monsters from attacking.

"You're the ones." Shi Feng smiled faintly.