Chapter 41

Ah, I'm bored to death.

In the Godfall Land, a handsome mage clad in a splendid dark‑blue magic robe casually flung skills at a group of innocent evil spirits.

Lightning Arrow!

Magic Missile!

Fireball!

Magic Missile!

The evil spirits fell one after another, and their sin value dropped bit by bit.

After manually killing several thousand monsters, Xiao Feng felt he was about to turn into an automatic spell‑casting robot.

Ding~

Warzone Announcement: Guild 【Conquer the Heavens】 successfully completed the application task for stronghold construction, receiving special approval from the Moon City Lord to build a stronghold! As the first guild in this warzone to construct a stronghold, all members receive double experience on stronghold tasks for seven days (game time), and the difficulty of the first stronghold defense battle is reduced to 50%.

Warzone Announcement……

Warzone Announcement……

A pleasant announcement chime suddenly rang out.

After over an hour, the Conquer the Heavens guild finally finished the prerequisite task for stronghold construction and was granted permission to build.

This announcement echoed throughout the entire warzone, and even overseas players learned of it at the same time.

For a moment, everyone felt shocked.

Wow, that's strong! The first day of the game hasn't even ended, yet they've already started building a stronghold!

Rumor has it that a stronghold construction order only drops from mythic bosses above level 100—what kind of guild is Conquer the Heavens to be this powerful!

Double experience for all members sounds awesome! Bye, guild master—I'm going to freeload some experience!

I'm jealous, I want to go too, but I'm a guild leader myself…

The players of Dragon Nation are truly crazy—could they be using a human‑sea tactic to rush the boss?

The entire Azure Star warzone of Realms of Heaven is in an uproar!

Countless people were inquiring where the Conquer the Heavens guild was recruiting, and the system announcement's 'double experience' was more effective than any ad, directly maxing out attention for Conquer the Heavens—at least several million people wanted to join them.

Although this 'double' effect only applies to stronghold construction tasks, over seven days it amounts to roughly an extra 2 million experience.

But that's already comparable to an ordinary player grinding monsters for three hard hours!

Xiao Feng was boredly grinding monsters in the Godfall Land when he heard the announcement, sparking some interest.

He opened his friend list, found Zhan Tian, and asked, 'Guild Master Zhan Tian, roughly how difficult will the stronghold defense battle be, and when will it start?'

Zhan Tian seemed busy; after a moment he replied, 'Xiao Feng, thanks to you we've really made a splash this time—hundreds are private‑chatting me, I can barely keep up. The stronghold defense battle… it starts in 24 hours; I don't know the exact difficulty, but the NPC city lord has sent a 300‑strong, level‑100 city guard to help us defend, so there shouldn't be any major problems.'

The stronghold defense battle is what's called a 'monster siege.'

At that time wave after wave of wild monsters will emerge from all directions to attack the newly built stronghold.

The system's construction speed is very fast; after 24 hours a level‑1 stronghold can be completed, becoming a small village with sides of 1000 × 1000 meters.

A stronghold of this level has no walls, only a fence.

Thus its defenses are very weak; if a large boss rushes the stronghold, it will be extremely dangerous, and we can only rely on a human wall to block it.

Xiao Feng frowned after hearing Zhan Tian's words: 'Even knowing the difficulty is halved and they've been reinforced with 300 level‑100 soldiers, it's obvious the city lord knows the defense battle won't be easy and thinks you can't hold out, hence the help. Guild Master Zhan Tian, I suggest you prepare more resurrection scrolls and damage scrolls to avoid a wipe.'

'Uh… you make a point,' he said. 'I'll have the brothers level up quickly and organize more people for defense when the time comes.' Zhan Tian took his advice.

Xiao Feng added, 'Give me guest status; if you can't hold, I'll come help you defend.'

After all, he pocketed a huge sum of 120 million from them; if they lose the stronghold order because they can't defend, his reputation as a seller would suffer too.

'Haha, that's an honor! With Master Xiao Feng's help, success is guaranteed!' Zhan Tian exclaimed happily.

Through gossip he'd learned that Xiao Feng alone had driven off over 20,000 members of the World Guild, making him deeply aware of how terrifying this top‑ranked god‑level player is.

Having such an expert willing to help for free, he was naturally delighted and couldn't be happier.

The two ended their call.

Xiao Feng's mouth twitched slightly.

In fact, he wanted to help also for the purpose of farming experience!

The stronghold defense battle is a catastrophe when players are weak, but for the strong it's a chance to level up rapidly.

On a map where monsters surge like a flood, casting a gust spell and throwing a downpour spell yields experience that feels like riding a rocket—just thinking about it is thrilling!

The stronghold construction of Conquer the Heavens attracted the attention and heated discussion of countless people.

Many players applied to join the Conquer the Heavens guild in order to leech the double experience and the defense battle event.

But some were happy while others were worried.

While the executives of the Conquer the Heavens guild were swamped reviewing membership applications…

Elsewhere, several executives of the World Guild—Invincible Under Heaven, Peerless Under Heaven, and Hero of the World—had faces as black as the bottom of a pot.

'Guild Master, I've heard that Conquer the Heavens' stronghold order was indeed bought from Xiao Feng. The exact amount wasn't disclosed, but it should exceed the bounties of the Gods and Dragon Soul.' A member reported the news to the three administrators.

Damn it!

Peerless Under Heaven was furious and resentful: 'This should have been our glory, but Xiao Feng has ruined it all!'

In this battle they not only failed to seize the stronghold token and become the warzone's top guild, they also lost three hours of grinding time and shed a large amount of experience.

All told, they lost at least four or five levels!

'I hate it! We're both playing the same game—why is he so strong and making so much money, while we…'

'Enough!'

Peerless Under Heaven was still venting when Hero of the World cut him off.

The vice‑guild master, who holds equal authority, rebuked him: 'Peerless, you ought to reflect on yourself. If you hadn't provoked Xiao Feng, we wouldn't be in this situation! Now isn't the time to complain; you should figure out how to make up for the loss and get our progress back on track.'

'Hero, you!' Peerless Under Heaven, already seething, was rebuked and instantly became even more furious.

He was just about to retort, but then he heard the boss Invincible Under Heaven speak in a low voice: "Haojie's right—this time your connections really matter."

"Big brother, I..."

Peerless Under Heaven had always respected the eldest brother; seeing him say the same, he momentarily didn't know how to refute, feeling deeply aggrieved.

Invincible Under Heaven then said: "We've been brothers for years; I won't say harsh words. But from now on, you should learn to keep a low profile. In 《Myriad Heavens》, everyone has drawn a prize; the lucky players are countless, and each person might have a hidden trump card we don't know about. If it's not an unavoidable situation, it's best not to make more enemies outside."

Peerless Under Heaven, having taken the lesson to heart, felt ever more wronged, and grew to hate Xiao Feng even more.

He lowered his head, clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth: "Yes, big brother, I understand..."

"Continue gathering information; even if we lose first place, we must hold onto the top three! We can't fall behind any further, or we might not even keep our standing among the Top Ten Guilds!" Invincible Under Heaven said solemnly, issuing the order.

"President, what if that Xiao Feng comes to cause trouble again when we go fight the Mythic boss next time?" Hero Under Heaven said with some concern.

Invincible Under Heaven gazed into the distance, his expression complex, and after a moment said: "I will invite an expert to stand guard. With him, Xiao Feng won't be able to stir up any waves."

"There's still someone like that?"

"What the big brother said—could it be...?"

Both vice-presidents were somewhat surprised.

Under their doubtful gazes, Invincible Under Heaven nodded and said, "Hmm, it's just One Sword. His hidden class may not match Xiao Feng's in monster fighting or area damage, but when it comes to single-target assassination, he is absolutely the strongest existence in the Blue Star War Zone."

"As expected, it's him..."

Hero Under Heaven revealed a relieved expression, while Peerless Under Heaven broke into a sinister smile, as if seeing Xiao Feng being taken down in a one-on-one fight.