As a group of players entered the hall and excitedly announced that Zero Wing had defeated the Dark Great World, everyone who had completely disbelieved Yuan Tiexin's words was stunned.
"Are you kidding me?! It's actually true?!"
"How could Zero Wing possibly win? Those were experts from an entire Great World!"
It was no secret that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion owned shares in Stone Forest City, so Yuan Tiexin might very well have lied simply to build momentum for Zero Wing.
However, the players who had just entered were different. They were all independent players, and every one of them was well-informed about Stone Forest City. Many members of Stone Forest City's adventure groups knew them, and since they had no ties to Zero Wing, their words were highly credible.
More importantly, this also explained why the various superpowers had suddenly changed their attitudes and all wanted to befriend Zero Wing.
Even though many people present still had their doubts, even if this news was fabricated or exaggerated, Zero Wing must have done something to cause the superpowers' attitudes to change so dramatically.
This matter alone was enough to leave everyone present astonished and shaken.
Without the various superpowers secretly causing trouble, Stone Forest City's defenses and natural advantages would make it difficult even for Dark Great World players to capture it without spending a long time. During that period, they could develop in Stone Forest City without worry. Every extra day of development would put them far ahead of players elsewhere.
"Fortunately, we didn't do anything rash this time. Still, I never expected Zero Wing's foundations to be this formidable. Flame Light of Demon Heart must be so furious that his guts have turned green with regret by now," the fierce-looking man from the Crimson Emperor Guild said with