Chapter 1 Super Guilds

Super Guilds in the virtual gaming world are exceedingly rare.

As one of these Super Guilds, King’s Return’s annual recruitment competition was always a major event in the virtual gaming world.

Not to mention the opening of God's Domain, which made such grand events even more popular.

However, to accommodate so many players participating in the assessment, the Guild Residence alone was far from enough. So, King's Return came up with a solution: using the Divine-Demonic Coliseum for preliminary selection.

The Divine-Demonic Coliseum in the imperial capital was unlike that in White River City. It towered over Holy Light City, half-illusory and half-real, as if existing in two separate worlds.

"The requirements for this preliminary selection are so high! It actually requires reaching the sixth floor of the Trial Tower. I only reached the fifth floor in my previous trials. I wonder if I can pass the fifth floor this time."

"Tell me about it! This requirement is too high. In my city, the most powerful player only reached the sixth floor. This sixth floor is the threshold? It doesn't even give us a chance!"

Players who came to the Divine-Demonic Coliseum complained one after another when they saw the requirements proposed by King's Return.

The Trial Tower in the Divine-Demonic Coliseum didn't consider players' levels or equipment, only their skill level. But the most infuriating thing was the Trial Tower itself. To participate, one needed Magic Crystals.

Magic Crystals were always scarce throughout God's Domain. It was extremely difficult for ordinary players to obtain even one. Even skilled players didn't have many and usually saved them. Now, they had to spend one for the test. If they didn't end up joining King's Return, they would lose out big time.

But just as everyone was discussing, their gazes suddenly shifted to a young man entering the hall. Everyone looked at him with awe and envy.

Because this man was Prison Demon, the host of this recruitment competition for King's Return, and also the adjudicator of King's Return. He was a top-tier expert in King's Return, and the goal they all strived for.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Prison Demon explained the rules to all the participants before walking into the VIP box on the second floor to quietly oversee this preliminary selection.

"Prison Demon, there are quite a few experts participating this year. You are the host of this competition. You must take the opportunity to win over some potential newcomers. They might become your capable assistants in the future." Qi Lian, looking from the second floor, noticed many experts participating in the preliminary selection. Some of them were already level 38, which was very difficult for free players to achieve.

There were many factions within the Super Guild, so the annual recruitment was closely watched by the higher-ups. Obtaining the identity of the host was extremely difficult. Prison Demon had become the host through various deals.

As the host, he could win over promising players during the competition, and even get priority in selecting promising newcomers after the selection. After some special training, these newcomers would quickly become experts or even executives in King's Return, which would be of great benefit to Prison Demon in the future. So, he had to choose carefully.

"Don't worry, I've already investigated the powerful experts participating in this preliminary selection. I definitely won't let any potential newcomers go to others." Prison Demon smiled and said confidently, "If those old guys knew there were so many potential newcomers this time, they would probably regret this deal."

Before King's Return officially started the selection, he had his men inquire about the list of experts participating in the selection.

So, he was very clear about which experts were participating in this preliminary selection.

Eight of them particularly caught his attention.

These eight, regardless of age or current strength, were all rated as S-class on the evaluation list.

In previous selections, it was already very good to have three or five S-class evaluations. Now there were eight in total. Thinking of this, Prison Demon felt unspeakably happy. They had spent a lot to become the host, even giving up a slot for a Stone Tablet.

But now, getting eight S-class rated newcomers at once was equivalent to hosting two selections, which was a huge profit.

What was an S-class evaluation?

That was someone who was very likely to become a top-tier expert in the Guild in the future.

Qi Lian was initially rated as S-class and had now become one of the leading figures in the younger generation of King's Return.

"Those old guys can just wait. King's Return will be mine sooner or later." Prison Demon was unspeakably happy that he had not only ruined the Dark Sin's deal today, but also that the Abyssal monsters had affected Star-Moon Kingdom.

He indeed had no way to deal with Zero Wing Guild, but those Abyssal monsters were easy to control.

He knew that the Abyssal monsters left nothing but barren land in their wake. Let alone White River City, even if the royal capital of Star-Moon Kingdom encountered Abyssal monsters, it would eventually be occupied, and the land that the Guild had worked so hard to buy would turn into ashes.

However, he didn't intend to let Zero Wing off the hook.

In order to stop Dark Sin from getting those gold coins, he had even used the most precious ancient book. If Zero Wing was allowed to perish so cheaply, how could he extinguish the anger in his heart?

He also wanted to kill Black Flame, kill all the high-ranking members of Zero Wing Guild, and completely erase Zero Wing from existence.

He used to be somewhat wary of Black Flame, but now that he had opened the ancient book and gained power, he had full confidence in killing Black Flame.

Just as Prison Demon was complacent, his expression suddenly turned gloomy after receiving a message.

"Is Zero Wing Guild crazy!" A hint of blood flashed in Prison Demon's eyes, and he couldn't wait to devour everyone in Zero Wing.

"Why are you so angry? What happened?" Qi Lian asked softly from the side.

"That Zero Wing Guild actually bought those five useless pieces of land. Now Dark Sin has collected all the money. Damn Black Flame, I will never let you off!" As Prison Demon spoke, his cold voice made the temperature in the entire box drop a lot.

"How could this be! Snow域城 has already been occupied by the Abyssal monsters. The land there is worthless. Are the higher-ups of Zero Wing all fools?" Qi Lian was taken aback. She knew that Dark Sin needed a lot of gold coins. Zero Wing spent so much money, only to get five pieces of junk land? Only a madman would do that.

"Damn Black Flame, you dare ruin my plan. I'll let him know that meddling in other people's business can be fatal!" Prison Demon stood up abruptly and said sternly, "Qi Lian, let's go now. I want everyone in Star-Moon Kingdom to know that the legendary life of Sword King Black Flame will come to an end today!"

"But what about the selection?" Qi Lian asked quickly, looking at the preliminary selection that had already begun.

"I've already notified Mo Fei Mo. Mo Fei Mo will represent me in selecting those experts." Prison Demon didn't want to waste any more time and immediately walked out of the box on the second floor, wanting to go to the teleportation hall of Holy Light City.

However, as soon as Prison Demon walked out of the door of the box and stepped into the deep corridor, several dark chains emerged from the ground and directly bound Prison Demon. The speed was so fast that Prison Demon was shocked and couldn't react at all.

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