Ch. 2382New Stone Forest City's Opening

Shi Feng revealed that Zero Wing had caused Star Ring to be expelled from the Heavenly Secrets Chamber of Commerce, prompting superpowers to predict a devastating retaliation. As Star Ring announced bounties on Zero Wing's members, Zero Wing opened Stone Forest City to its members.

  • Shi Feng told Miao Wuyin that he had arranged Star Ring's expulsion from the Heavenly Secrets Chamber of Commerce in retaliation for Star Ring expelling Zero Wing before.
  • Superpowers learned that Zero Wing was responsible, and Immortal Battle Heart and Phantom Whisper were astonished by the blow to Star Ring.
  • Pang Xianglong dismissed Zero Wing's chances of surviving Star Ring's response and sent Fen Xiao toward the Star-Moon Kingdom to support Miao Wuyin.
  • Superpowers anticipated that Star Ring would use Adventurer Alliance bounties to restrict Zero Wing's resources and drive its members away.
  • Star Ring announced bounties on Zero Wing's members, while Zero Wing opened Stone Forest City to its members.

Ch. 2383Paradise for Leveling

Fen Xiao and other powers saw Star Ring intensify its campaign against Zero Wing with a bounty and the Hellfire Legion, while Xuanwu Chisha chose to focus on conquering the Beastman Royal City. Zero Wing members discovered that Stone Forest City had been relocated to the Level 100 Cold Spring Great Forest, where its benefits made it a paradise for leveling, and spies began reporting the news to other powers.

  • Fen Xiao arrived in White River City and saw Star Ring deploy three hundred Hellfire Legion members while offering Adventurer Alliance rewards for killing Zero Wing members and allies.
  • Xuanwu Chisha declined Jing Yang’s suggestion to target Zero Wing and ordered her subordinates to monitor it while prioritizing the Beastman Royal City.
  • Zero Wing members learned that a new teleportation point led to Stone Forest City, which required Level 98 and a costly teleportation scroll.
  • Level 98 Zero Wing members visited Stone Forest City and found Level 100 gear, enhanced senses, and faster recovery from energy corrosion.
  • Zero Wing members spread news of Stone Forest City through the Guild, while spies inside Zero Wing passed the information to other powers.

Ch. 2384The Mad Stone Forest City

News of Zero Wing’s Stone Forest City on a Level 100 neutral map stirred envy across the major powers and drew experts eager to join the guild. Shi Feng announced that Zero Wing would establish a Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance, offering its Silver-ranked members access to the city and its Gold-ranked members the chance to buy private residences there.

  • Major powers learned that Zero Wing had established Stone Forest City on a Level 100 neutral map and sought to discover how it had done so.
  • Phantom Whisper recognized the city’s value for resources and Tier 3 advancement, then arranged for Crimson Emperor to negotiate with Zero Wing.
  • The Crimson Emperor and other superpowers sent representatives to White River City in hopes of securing a place in Stone Forest City.
  • Qing Lin realized that Stone Forest City made Zero Wing less dependent on the Azure Blue Chamber of Commerce.
  • Independent experts flocked to apply to Zero Wing, and Liang Jing reported that more than ten thousand had come, including experts from Star Ring’s Adventurer Alliance.
  • Shi Feng ordered Zero Wing to establish a Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance, granting Stone Forest City access to Silver-ranked members and private residences to Gold-ranked members.

Ch. 2385The Fiery Star-Moon Alliance

As Star Ring sent top adventure groups to target Zero Wing’s leveling teams, Shi Feng countered by launching the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance with access to Stone Forest City. The alliance attracted players and famous adventure groups in droves, and the chapter ended with Kele reporting that the class advancements had succeeded.

  • Players in White River City saw renowned adventure groups arrive to support Star Ring’s campaign against Zero Wing.
  • Miao Wuyin told Shi Feng that Star Ring’s Hellfire Legion was heading for the Cold Spring Great Forest, but Shi Feng said Zero Wing could withstand the pressure.
  • Liang Jing reported that the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance was ready, and Shi Feng ordered her to announce its launch.
  • Players flocked to join the alliance after learning that Silver-rank members could enter Stone Forest City and Gold-rank members could buy private residences there.
  • Famous adventure groups left Star Ring’s alliance to join Zero Wing’s, while experts from other kingdoms and empires also headed to the Star-Moon Kingdom.
  • Kele messaged Shi Feng that the class advancements had succeeded.

Ch. 2386Ignorance of the Heavens and Earth

After Kele and the others completed their Tier 3 advancements, Shi Feng welcomed a delegation from the Demon Emperor Hall, which offered support in exchange for a large stake in the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance and Stone Forest City. Shi Feng refused, and the chapter ended as a cloaked group bearing Zero Wing emblems entered the Guild Residence.

  • Shi Feng learned that Kele and the others had completed their Tier 3 advancements, giving Zero Wing more experts to defend its territory.
  • Liang Jing told Shi Feng that representatives of the Demon Emperor Hall had arrived, and he went to meet them.
  • Lin Xie offered the Demon Emperor Hall a 30% share of the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance and 30% of Stone Forest City's shares in exchange for resources and protection from Star Ring.
  • Shi Feng welcomed the Demon Emperor Hall into the alliance but refused to give up shares of Stone Forest City or rely on its help against Star Ring.
  • Lin Xie left, expecting Star Ring to weaken Zero Wing and force it to accept worse terms.
  • More than twenty cloaked people wearing Zero Wing emblems entered the Guild Residence.

Ch. 2387Tier 3 Team

Twenty-four Zero Wing members successfully advanced to Tier 3, most with exceptionally strong Mana Bodies. Shi Feng sent them to the Cold Spring Great Forest to test their new strength against Star Ring’s experts.

  • More than twenty cloaked Zero Wing members entered Shi Feng’s office and revealed themselves as newly advanced Tier 3 players.
  • Kele boasted about his advanced gold Mana Body, while the others compared their Mana Bodies and praised Yan Tianxing and Yiluo Fei’s top-tier results.
  • Shi Feng checked the group’s data and found that all twenty-four had at least top-tier silver Mana Bodies, while nineteen had gold-ranked ones.
  • The group asked to test their Tier 3 strength, and Shi Feng directed them to confront Star Ring’s experts in the Cold Spring Great Forest.
  • The Zero Wing members prepared their equipment and used Teleportation Scrolls to travel to Stone Forest City.

Ch. 2388Who Wins and Who Loses Depends on the Foundation

The Dark Dragon Adventure Group considered negotiating with Zero Wing for access to Stone Forest City, then watched as Star Ring’s Hellfire Legion overwhelmed Zero Wing’s team. The battle shifted when a crimson steel warship arrived and more than twenty Tier 3 players descended.

  • An Li’s Dark Dragon Adventure Group defeated a Level 100 Three-Headed Lizard Serpent and discussed seeking Silver status in Zero Wing’s Adventurer Alliance.
  • An Li led his group to observe a fight between Zero Wing and Star Ring’s Hellfire Legion, but decided they could not help without risking defeat.
  • Chenhui and four Vacuum Realm experts pressured Miao Wuyin while Hellfire members broke through Zero Wing’s defensive line.
  • A crimson steel warship appeared above the battle, and more than twenty Tier 3 players descended, stunning Star Ring and the Dark Dragon Adventure Group.

Ch. 2389Team Annihilation

Kele and twenty-three other Zero Wing members arrived as Tier 3 classes, turning Star Ring’s ambush against the Hellfire Legion into a desperate fight. After Kele shrugged off the attacks of Star Ring’s temporary Tier 3 experts, Zero Wing wiped out the entire Hellfire Legion, leaving the Dark Dragon Adventure Group and Miao Wuyin’s group stunned.

  • Kele and the other twenty-three Zero Wing members arrived, shocking the Dark Dragon Adventure Group, Miao Wuyin’s group, and Star Ring with their Tier 3 auras.
  • Chenhui ordered ten Star Ring experts to use Deification Crystals and become temporary Tier 3 classes while the rest of the Hellfire Legion retreated.
  • Kele charged the ten transformed experts and blocked their coordinated attacks with Sky Shuttle Defense without suffering damage.
  • Kele struck Chenhui with a shield charge, while Zero Wing’s Tier 3 members overwhelmed Star Ring’s transformed experts and hunted down the fleeing Hellfire Legion.
  • Within thirty seconds, all one hundred members of the Hellfire Legion were defeated, leaving the Dark Dragon Adventure Group and Miao Wuyin’s group watching in stunned silence.

Ch. 2390The Continent is Shaken

Kele and the other Zero Wing Tier 3 players wiped out Star Ring’s Hellfire Legion, shocking the continent and drawing new interest to Zero Wing and the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance. With Stone Forest City’s influence rising, Shi Feng prepared to auction rental rights to its private residences.

  • An Li saw Kele’s group defeat the Hellfire Legion and decided the Dark Dragon Adventure Group should return to White River City and join the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance before more groups arrived.
  • News spread that Zero Wing had twenty-four Tier 3 players and had destroyed the Hellfire Legion, making superpowers and independent experts reconsider targeting Zero Wing and seek to join it.
  • An Li’s group left the Cold Spring Great Forest, while the battle video drove a surge of interest in the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance.
  • Liang Jing told Shi Feng that adventure groups wanted more rare-resource exchanges and superpowers wanted access to Stone Forest City, which had over twelve thousand private residences ready for lease.
  • Shi Feng ordered an auction for rental rights to Stone Forest City’s private residences, allowing renters to move in immediately.

Ch. 2391Accumulated Advantage

Zero Wing opened Stone Forest City's private residences for weekly auction, drawing intense interest and concern from the major powers. Shi Feng led Kele and the other Tier 3 players to the Demon Wolf Mountain Range to attempt to open the Teleportation Passage to the Western Continent.

  • Liang Jing announced that Stone Forest City's private residences would be auctioned for a starting bid of 30,000 Credit Points per week, prompting adventurer teams and Guild forces to register in large numbers.
  • Lin Xie decided Demon Emperor Hall should try to obtain several hundred residences, while predicting that Zero Wing would eventually be overwhelmed as more major-power players advanced to Tier 3.
  • Shi Feng led Kele and the others through teleports to the Ten Saints Empire, then flew aboard the Red Dragon Airship toward the Demon Wolf Mountain Range.
  • Kele and Yan Tianxing questioned why Shi Feng had brought them to the dangerous mountain range, where powerful Dark Wolves traveled in enormous packs.
  • Shi Feng revealed that they had come to open the Teleportation Passage to the Western Continent and rapidly acquire resources.

Ch. 2392Western Continent

Shi Feng brought Zero Wing to a hidden passage to the Western Continent in the Demon Wolf Mountain Range. There, the group found a frozen Holy Radiance Knight Order and a living Hero who asked them to break his seal.

  • Shi Feng told Yan Tianxing, Yiluo Fei, and the others that he had found a stable passage connecting the Eastern and Western Continents.
  • The Red Dragon Airship reached a snow-covered lake in the Demon Wolf Mountain Range, where several thousand Tier 3 members of the Holy Radiance Knight Order were frozen in ice.
  • Heizi spotted a glowing ice sculpture, and Shi Feng recognized the frozen NPC as a living Hero.
  • Shi Feng chose to approach the Hero because the Magic Gate was sealed beneath his feet.
  • The Hero asked the adventurers to help undo his seal, and Shi Feng received a system notification.

Ch. 2393Another Sub-Legendary Mission

Shi Feng accepted the Sub-Legendary Quest The Last Knights to earn the favor of the legendary master craftsman Abagrey, despite its severe penalty for failure. After learning they had ten days to collect 1,000 strands of magic power and hold off Ulunem, he sent his team to gather what they could while he rushed to recruit Mithril Grade guards.

  • Shi Feng recognized the frozen hero as Abagrey, a legendary master craftsman, and accepted The Last Knights, raising Abagrey's favor by 10 points.
  • Abagrey explained that the Jealousy Witch had cursed the Holy Radiance Knight Order and asked the team to collect her lingering magic power while resisting the spirit Ulunem.
  • The system set a ten-day deadline for collecting 1,000 strands of magic power, and Heizi and the others worried the goal was impossible.
  • Yan Tianxing suggested summoning guild experts, but Shi Feng said they could not reach the Demon Wolf Mountain Range in time.
  • Shi Feng told Heizi to have Melancholy Smile gather the Mithril Grade guards at the Candlelight Trading Firm, then flew toward White River City while the team stayed behind to collect magic power.

Ch. 2394Reinforced Ancient God Fragment

Shi Feng saw how Stone Forest City was drawing experts to Zero Wing and considered the Guild’s growing need for resources. He used the Holy Grail to evolve the Ancient God Fragment, sacrificing 50,000 HP as violet-blue mist enveloped it.

  • Shi Feng heard players discuss Zero Wing’s rising Trial Tower requirements for core members and realized the Guild needed more resources to retain its new experts.
  • Melancholy Smile gave Shi Feng the data for sixteen high-potential Mithril Grade guards and agreed to keep searching for more guards and flying airship materials.
  • Shi Feng took the sixteen guards to Candlelight Trading Firm’s private underground warehouse and decided to use the Holy Grail to improve the Ancient God Fragment.
  • The Holy Grail revealed that evolving the fragment required permanently sacrificing 50,000 HP, and Shi Feng accepted the cost.
  • Shi Feng chose to evolve the Ancient God Fragment, and the Holy Grail absorbed his Life Force as violet-blue mist enveloped the item.

Ch. 2395The Effect of Evolution

Shi Feng restored the Fifth Page of the Ancient God Fragment and discovered that it had gained powerful abilities, including sensing other fragments. He began enhancing Zero Wing’s Mithril Guards, and after seeing one surpass the Adamantite Grade threshold, he ordered more guards brought from Silver Wing Town.

  • The Fifth Page absorbed the violet-blue mist, restored its divine script, and evolved while remaining an Epic item.
  • Shi Feng examined the page’s improved skills and learned it could sense Ancient God Fragments within 1,000 yards.
  • Shi Feng used Soul Enhancement on a Mithril Grade Elementalist, raising its Potential from 78 to 83 and advancing it to Adamantite Grade.
  • Shi Feng asked Melancholy Smile to gather Mithril Grade Guards with at least 76 Potential for enhancement.
  • Melancholy Smile explained that many of the guards were stationed in Silver Wing Town, and Shi Feng told her to bring them over anyway.

Ch. 2396Adamantite Grade Team

Shi Feng responded to Star Ring’s new city in the Dark Hills by lowering the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance’s Silver Rank requirement and auctioning Scarlet Twilight. He then strengthened twenty-eight Mithril Grade guards into Adamantite Grade guards, giving Zero Wing a powerful force for Level 100 neutral maps.

  • Liang Jing told Shi Feng that Star Ring had opened a city beside Dark Ruins, drawing experts and forces away from Zero Wing and threatening its operations and rental income.
  • Shi Feng ordered the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance to halve the contribution points needed for Silver Rank membership and auction Scarlet Twilight to Silver Rank members.
  • The Scarlet Twilight auction announcement attracted experts and teams, including some who had already joined Star Ring, back to the Star-Moon Adventurer Alliance.
  • Shi Feng crafted Scarlet Twilight and strengthened the Mithril Grade guards who arrived from Silver Wing Town.
  • Shi Feng finished strengthening twenty-eight guards, each of whom reached Adamantite Grade.

Ch. 2397The Powerful Guard Corps

Shi Feng brought twenty-eight powerful Adamantite Grade guards to the Demon Wolf Mountain Range to help Zero Wing's members and demonstrate their strength. After the guards swiftly wiped out a wolf pack, Shi Feng reached Level 105, while Kele and the others learned what made the guards so formidable.

  • Shi Feng gave Liang Jing fifty sets of Scarlet Twilight equipment, dividing them between auctions and Zero Wing's core members in the Cold Spring Great Forest.
  • Shi Feng traveled to the Demon Wolf Mountain Range aboard the Red Dragon Airship with twenty-eight Adamantite Grade guards, seeking to address Zero Wing's resource and manpower problems.
  • Shi Feng arrived as Kele, Yan Tianxing, and the others struggled against a pack of Two-Headed War Wolves and hundreds of ordinary war wolves.
  • The guards scattered the pack and killed more than three hundred war wolves and over twenty Two-Headed War Wolves in less than three minutes.
  • Shi Feng rose from Level 104 to Level 105, and he explained to the stunned Kele and Yan Tianxing that the powerful NPCs were Zero Wing's Adamantite Grade guards.

Ch. 2398Reclamation Welfare

Shi Feng led Zero Wing into the Demon Wolf Mountain Range’s inner region, where his group used its powerful guards to hunt monsters and gather Mana. After defeating a Snow Wolf Leader and obtaining a Level 105 Adamantite Grade Ice Snow Set piece, they prepared to hunt more leaders nearby.

  • Yan Tianxing and the others were astonished when Shi Feng revealed twenty-eight Adamantite Grade guards.
  • Shi Feng summoned Anna and Kate and led the group by airship to a snowy woodland in the mountain range’s inner region.
  • Kele and the others gathered a wolf pack while Yan Tianxing and the Assassins drew its Snow Wolf Leader away, allowing the group to defeat the pack.
  • The group killed the Snow Wolf Leader, gained another strand of Mana, and obtained a Level 105 Adamantite Grade Ice Snow Set piece.
  • Yan Tianxing spotted more Snow Wolf Leaders nearby, and Shi Feng told Kele to lure them over after everyone regrouped.

Ch. 2399Level Soaring

Shi Feng and his team hunted Snow Wolves in the Demon Wolf Mountain Range, gaining levels and rare equipment while completing their quest’s mana requirement. As Zero Wing struggled against Star Ring’s expansion, Shi Feng prepared to return, and several figures arrived on the Eastern Continent.

  • Kele and the others helped Shi Feng defeat the Snow Wolves and obtained a pair of Adamantite Grade Cold Light Set gauntlets from the Frost Wolf Set.
  • Shi Feng ordered the team to hunt more Snow Wolf Chieftains, and over seven days they reached Levels 104 to 107, assembled three Frost Wolf Sets, and absorbed 956 strands of mana.
  • Zero Wing earned over a billion Credit Points from Stone Forest City’s private residence auctions, but Star Ring’s growth and attacks left Zero Wing short of resources, especially in the Dark Night Empire.
  • Liang Jing told Shi Feng about Zero Wing’s worsening situation, and Shi Feng said the quest was nearly complete and that they could auction residences for gold coins if necessary.
  • An ancient magic array in a forbidden land on the Eastern Continent activated, and several figures emerged, asking whether they had reached the Eastern Continent.

Ch. 2400The Secret of the Demon Wolf

Shi Feng led Zero Wing’s experts through grueling Demon Wolf battles in Wind Howl Gorge, where they leveled up and improved their Tier 3 skills and Mana Body control. After returning to the mountain range’s outer region, Shi Feng learned that challengers had defeated Thunder Leopard at the Heavenly Combat Training Center and decided to investigate himself.

  • Shi Feng explained that Wind Howl Gorge’s violent mana helped Tier 3 players practice their skills and master their Mana Bodies, despite the heavy stamina drain.
  • Yiluo Fei and the others practiced controlling their mana, raising their Tier 3 magic skill completion rates, while Shi Feng gathered mana and the group reached Level 105.
  • Shi Feng distributed the Frost Wolf, Ice Shadow, and Ice Snow Sets, boosting the group’s attributes before they continued fighting Demon Wolves.
  • When the group grew exhausted, Shi Feng brought them back to the Red Dragon Airship and returned alone toward the outer region.
  • Liang Jing told Shi Feng that unknown challengers had injured advanced students and defeated Thunder Leopard in three moves at the Heavenly Combat Training Center.
  • Shi Feng decided to investigate the training center himself because Fire Dance and the others were occupied with their Tier 3 promotions.

Ch. 2401Fierce Arrival, Non-Human

Shi Feng confronted Fang Shihan and Illusory Myth representatives at the Heavenly Combat Training Center, where Fang Shihan demanded 51% of Zero Wing’s shares. The half-step Grandmaster of External Training Matt challenged Shi Feng to withstand three punches, leaving the outcome unresolved.

  • Shi Feng arrived at the crowded training hall and checked on the injured Thunder Leopard, who warned him that Matt’s strength was inhuman.
  • Fang Shihan introduced herself as Illusory Myth’s vice guild leader and a Qilin Consortium representative, then offered investment and training support in exchange for 51% of Zero Wing’s shares.
  • Shi Feng asked what would happen if Zero Wing refused, and Fang Shihan declared that Illusory Myth’s strength made refusal futile.
  • Matt revealed his powerful physique, and Shi Feng judged that he was one step short of becoming a Grandmaster of External Training.
  • Matt challenged Shi Feng to take three punches and demanded Zero Wing’s shares if Shi Feng failed, then threw his first punch.
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