The lively meeting room fell completely silent after Shi Feng's remarks.
Everyone stared at the calm Shi Feng with their mouths agape.
As if it were something utterly insignificant, something he could accomplish with a casual wave of his hand...
The Beastman Empire covered an enormous area. Though it might not compare to a true empire, it was still the size of more than a dozen ordinary neutral maps. Up to now, Zero Wing had only been active near the Ancient Miracle in the eastern outer region of the Beastman Empire, while the entire southeastern region was more than ten times the size of their current territory.
If they had no enemies, that would have been one thing. But Blackwater Guild had now declared all-out war on them, which meant fighting over territory—competing for those scarce high-resource areas and plundering resources to ensure that guild members in the region could level up normally while increasing the guild's advantage there. It was far more than simply leveling in that area.
They were already severely short on manpower in their current sphere of activity.
If the guild lacked manpower, Blackwater and the Beast Emperor could easily exploit the opening and deal them a devastating blow beyond imagination.
Not only did Blackwater Guild have overwhelming numbers in the Beastman Empire, but its killing bounties had also attracted a large number of experts who wanted to target Zero Wing. It was only because the issue of dark players had been partially resolved that they had been able to free up manpower to expand their defensive range and ensure the acquisition of various resources and the growth of guild members.
If they suddenly expanded their territory by more than tenfold, guild members would naturally receive more leveling resources on average, allowing everyone's levels and wealth