In the days that followed, Gandalf's life became regular and monotonous.

Every morning, he would arrive at the Tempering Tower on time, immersing himself in the ethereal blue energy liquid.

Professor Li Zheyuan's enthusiasm exceeded all expectations.

He treated Gandalf almost like a rare experimental subject, recording data in various ways every day, trying to squeeze out every bit of his potential.

It was just a pity that the plan to increase the strength of that instrument could not be completed overnight.

So Gandalf's absorption intensity consistently remained at 2.0.

Even so, his Rank was still skyrocketing at an astonishing rate.

Gandalf did not waste time after the infusion was over.

The Instance Tower became his second home.

Relying on the terrifying power of the Ice and Fire Double Forbidden Curse, he swept through those high-difficulty team Instances almost with an overwhelming posture.

Apart from spending a few minutes each day checking Gandalf's upgrade progress, Zhou Huai no longer paid much attention.

Most of his thoughts were still focused on Donghai City, and on the Tianyu Guild, which was beginning to take shape.

The battle outside the Old City District made the Eternal Night Guild famous, stepping on the Tianyu Guild's name.

Now in Donghai City, no one was unaware, no one was unknowledgeable.

This also led to an inevitable result.

The number of people wanting to join the Eternal Night Guild was countless, like carp crossing the river.

Outside the guild's headquarters, long queues formed every day, a scene comparable to the Spring Festival travel rush.

Those who came to sign up were no longer the desperate, low-level lone cultivators from before.

C-Rank professionals were only barely qualified here.

B-Rank professionals were the true main force.

Even, occasionally, the figures of a few A-Rank powerhouses could be seen.

They were either lone wolves who came and went as they pleased, or they were frustrated in other guilds, and after hearing about the Eternal Night Guild's achievements, they came to join.

Moria was busy every day, her feet not touching the ground.

She strictly screened all applicants in the first round according to the standards set by Zhou Huai.

Those lucky ones who passed the screening would be brought before Moria for the final “interview.”

Of course, the interview was just a pretense.

Signing the Demon Lord Contract was the real purpose.

Even during this process, more than half of the people were ruthlessly eliminated because they were not firm in their resolve or harbored ulterior motives.

Even so, the Eternal Night Guild's scale was still expanding rapidly, like a snowball.

In just half a month, the number of members surged from the initial more than three hundred to more than six hundred.

It more than doubled.

Of course, Zhou Huai was very clear.

Among these people, there must have been many spies sent by various major guilds.

After all, the rise of the Eternal Night Guild was too rapid, too mysterious.

Everyone wanted to know what secret was hidden behind this guild that suddenly appeared.

On this point, Chairman Sun Tian of the Tianyu Guild was especially curious.

When he learned from the heavily injured Li Qiu that the Eternal Night Vice Chairman who defeated him was Yasuo, who should have died under the Silver Dragon's breath a few months ago.

Sun Tian's curiosity and surprise reached their peak.

A dead man, actually resurrected?

And became stronger than before?

What was the origin of this Eternal Night Guild?

So, he personally selected several loyal guild elites to disguise themselves as lone cultivators and go to the Eternal Night Guild to apply for a position.

On the one hand, it was to investigate the Eternal Night's background.

On the other hand, he also wanted to find the whereabouts of the kidnapped Luo Ming.

“Ah Biao, I'm entrusting this mission to you.”

Tianyu Guild, Chairman's office.

Sun Tian looked at the burly man with firm eyes in front of him and said in a deep voice.

“You've been with me for seven years, I trust your loyalty.”

“After infiltrating Eternal Night, you must act cautiously.”

“Find a way to inquire about the true identity of ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ their Lord, and the whereabouts of Luo Ming.”

The man named Ah Biao thumped his chest, making a “bang bang” sound, his voice loud.

“Chairman, don't worry!”

“I guarantee the mission will be completed!”

“My life was saved by you, even if I die, I will never betray you, never betray Tianyu!”

The next day.

Sun Tian received good news from Ah Biao.

“Chairman, I have passed the first round of screening! That Chairman Moria of Eternal Night wants me to meet their Lord tomorrow!”

Sun Tian saw the message, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He replied.

“Very good, continue to lie low, report any situation to me at any time.”

Ah Biao quickly replied.

“Yes! Chairman!”

However, by the next day.

Sun Tian waited and waited, but did not receive any news from Ah Biao.

He proactively sent a message, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no news.

A bad premonition rose in Sun Tian's heart.

Could it be... exposed?

He paced back and forth in the office anxiously, feeling irritable.

Until noon on the third day.

The familiar notification sound finally rang out.

Sun Tian's spirits lifted, and he quickly picked up his communicator.

When he saw the content on it, he was completely stunned.

On the screen, several lines of text were clearly displayed.

“Sorry, Chairman Sun, I've defected.”

“I can't be your spy anymore.”

“Don't contact me anymore, I'm afraid the Lord will misunderstand!”

“Eternal Night is loyal!!!”

Sun Tian looked at the three dazzling exclamation marks at the end, and felt his brain “buzz,” as if it was about to explode.

He read it several times, confirming that he was not seeing things.

Defected?

That brother who had followed him for seven or eight years, who had repeatedly said that he would never betray him even if he died, just defected like that?

He had only joined Eternal Night for one day!

Was he brainwashed, for crying out loud?!

Sun Tian didn't believe it.

He just didn't believe that the Eternal Night Guild really had some kind of demonic spell!

In the next few days, he successively sent out several more trusted subordinates to act as spies.

The result was, without exception.

Those loyal subjects who had sworn allegiance the day before, vowing to dedicate themselves to the Tianyu Guild until death.

The next day, they vanished as if into thin air.

On the third day, they would send a “resignation letter” with similar content on time.

Even, some “honest” ones even confessed their original plan of how Sun Tian sent them to be spies, completely and thoroughly, to the Lord of Eternal Night.

When Zhou Huai received these messages, he just sneered.

Trying to plant spies in his Demonic Lord's territory?

It was simply a fantasy.

However, he did not stop them.

Instead, he welcomed all comers.

After all, the spies sent by those large guilds were all elites, and their professional Rank and Rank were not low.

This was not sending spies.

This was clearly providing high-end talent to the Eternal Night Guild for free!

...

With the influx of a large number of new members, the efficiency of monster spawning behind the huge stone gate deep within the ruins also saw a visible improvement.

The gap in the door, which could originally only accommodate one person sideways, had now been forcibly widened to a width sufficient for a small car to pass through.

The exotic beasts pouring out from within the gate were still endless.

But the members of the Eternal Night Guild had long since lost their initial panic.

Under Moria's command, they cooperated tacitly and had clear divisions of labor.

Coupled with Zhuge Kongming's unbreakable Formation.

The mages and archers in the back row then precisely poured tons of damage onto the monsters that were lured out.

Sona's battle songs and drumbeats, like an unextinguishable flame, continuously provided powerful buffs and healing to everyone.

The entire battlefield was like a precise war machine, efficiently and ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the exotic beasts.

It was believed that it wouldn't be long before the monsters behind this stone gate would be completely cleared out.

At that time, they would be able to witness the true face behind this gate.

Zhou Huai was also looking forward to this.

He wondered what kind of Heaven-Defying Divine Artifact would be in this ruin.

However, just as his thoughts were racing.

A small figure stumbled and ran from a distance.

It was Moria.

She ran to Moria and before she could speak, she fell to her knees with a “plop.”

Her once lively big eyes were bloodshot.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai frowned slightly.

He controlled Moria, his voice calm.

“What happened?”

Moria raised her head, her pretty little face covered in tear marks.

“Lord...”

She choked, barely able to speak a complete sentence.

“Please... please, save my sister!”

Zhou Huai's eyes narrowed.

“What happened to your sister?”

Moria's tears, like broken pearls, rolled down frantically.

She spoke with a heavy sob.

“My sister... my sister, she...”

“Is about to die!”