No sooner had Shi Feng returned to White River City than he noticed that more members from other guilds had teleported there.
At a glance, the levels of these guild members were quite impressive. They were at least Level 39, while their leaders were all Level 40 experts at minimum.
Shi Feng found this somewhat surprising, but he did not dwell on it. Recruiting NPC managers was the priority right now. To avoid drawing attention, he hired a high-class carriage and headed straight for the Adventurers' Association.
Not long after Shi Feng left, a twenty-man team appeared in the Teleportation Hall. Every member wore a blood-red flaming emblem, and all of them were Level 40. Each of them radiated the distinctive aura effects of Dark-Gold Equipment, with no intention of concealing it whatsoever.
At the head of the group stood a weathered white-haired man, a Level 41 Guardian Knight. A long diamond-shaped shield bearing a dragon insignia was strapped to his back, with a blood-red longsword inserted into it. Though the sword was clearly a one-handed sword, its hilt was wider than a player's shoulders, and its length rivaled that of a two-handed greatsword, standing nearly as tall as a person.
From afar, the weathered white-haired man looked as though he carried a blood-red cross on his back, making him exceptionally eye-catching in the vast Teleportation Hall.
Although this team was extraordinarily conspicuous, everyone who saw them instinctively looked away, not daring to stare for long.
That was because they belonged to Crimson Emperor, an old super-first-rate guild of the Dark Night Empire and the empire's dominant force. Throughout the entire Dark Night Empire, not a single guild dared to make an enemy of them.
The Guardian Knight leading them was even more remarkable. He ranked among Crimson Emperor's top