The alliance between Blackwater and Heavenly Burial had dealt a tremendous blow to the players of the Star-Moon Kingdom.
Heavenly Burial Guild's influence in Star-Moon Royal City had originally been no less than that of the first-rate Star River Alliance. Now, after joining forces with Blackwater, which had taken over Snake of the Void, they had directly seized control of Star-Moon Royal City. Within the city, no one dared contend with Blackwater and Heavenly Burial anymore—not even the Star River Alliance.
Nearly all the high-resource maps around Star-Moon Royal City had been occupied by members of the two guilds and designated as their private territory. Anyone who dared grind monsters, level up, mine, gather herbs, or kill field Bosses there would be taken out within minutes, making it very difficult for other guilds to survive in Star-Moon Royal City.
For independent players, however, not much had changed. It was merely a different set of guilds. They had never gone to high-resource areas in the first place, instead leveling and grinding monsters in ordinary areas. Besides, even with Heavenly Burial and Blackwater working together, they did not have enough manpower to occupy the ordinary areas as well.
The reason major guilds monopolized high-resource areas was the abundance of resources. This allowed guild members to level faster and maintain their level advantage, while also gathering more raw materials. There was simply no point in occupying ordinary areas.
Blackwater Guild had not merely acquired Snake of the Void's foundation—it had also directly absorbed many large guilds.
Almost overnight, the rulers of nearly thirty NPC cities had been replaced by Blackwater Guild.
When Shi Feng received Water Rose's report, he was also taken aback. He had not expected the Blackwater Consortium to act so swiftly and decisively, swallowing up so much in one go