To prevent another ambush from the God of War Guild, Zhang Yue guarded the City of Destruction for an entire day and night!
By the next evening at six, exactly 24 hours had passed since he received the hidden quest to guard the Destruction Zombie Dragon.
A system notification descended from the sky:
“Ding~ Congratulations, you have successfully guarded the Destruction Zombie Dragon for 24 hours. The quest is complete. Please submit the quest!”
Roar!
With a dragon’s roar, the Destruction Zombie Dragon circled around Zhang Yue, seemingly expressing its gratitude.
Then it dove into the depths of the City of Destruction.
It seemed its mission was complete!
After spending the entire day fighting Light Dragons in the city, Zhang Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He then left the City of Destruction.
At the foot of a hidden mountain, he summoned a portal with his mind and entered the Dark Hall.
Finding the Dark Tribe leader, Goya, Zhang Yue submitted the quest.
“Ding~ Congratulations on completing the rare hidden quest [Guard the Zombie Dragon]. Rewards: Experience Points +, Gold Coins +15, Goya Trust Level +300, Equipment [Destroyer Ring], [Destroyer Armor], [Destroyer Leggings], 3 Selectable Skill Books, 5 Elite Grade Pet Eggs!”
Whoosh!
Two beams of golden light fell from above.
“Ding~ Congratulations, you have leveled up…”
“Ding~ Congratulations, you have leveled up… Current level: 28. Next level requires more experience points!”
“Ding~ Congratulations, your trust level with Dark Tribe leader Goya has reached level 2!”
“Ding~ Congratulations, your trust level with Dark Tribe leader Goya has reached level 3. Next level requires 300 trust points!”
At this moment, Goya looked at Zhang Yue with an appreciative gaze and said, “Warrior, your abilities exceed my expectations!”
“Keep up the good work. When the time is right, I will bestow upon you a unique and supreme honor of our Dark Tribe!”
Zhang Yue pondered, “Is this a hint?”
In any case, the time wasn’t right yet. He would wait until it was.
Before logging off, Zhang Yue checked the three pieces of equipment he had received as quest rewards.
All of them were level 30, three-star quality!
And they were part of the [Destroyer Set]!
Absolutely top-tier!
They were all warrior-type equipment that the Skeleton King could use.
As for the three selectable skill books, a professional before level 30 second transition could control up to six skills.
Currently, Zhang Yue had maxed out, but the Skeleton King still had an empty skill slot.
So, he chose the warrior profession and opened a book for Heavy Slash.
He consumed a million psionic energy to upgrade it to A-grade [Mighty Heavy Slash]: Briefly charges up, deals 300% physical damage to a single target, and forcefully knocks the target back. Cooldown: 6 seconds.
He decided to save the remaining two books for after his second transition, storing them in his inventory for now.
The reward of five elite-grade pet eggs was quite tempting.
Once Zhang Yue killed and harvested some more monsters, he would be able to summon a rare-grade dragon as soon as he activated the second pet slot at level 30 second transition!
After handling these matters, Zhang Yue logged off.
He had a meal and decided not to log back in that evening.
After all, he had stayed up all night and was really tired.
So, he went straight back to the hotel to sleep.
Unknowingly, a week had passed since this year’s Otherworld Opening Day.
Every year, the Global Professionals Tournament would start three weeks after the Opening Day.
With only two weeks left until the First Centennial Professionals Tournament, guilds across the nation were gearing up for the competition!
In Coastal City, at the Mist Rain Pavilion Guild Headquarters, Su Family Building.
In the high-level meeting room, Chairman Su Chen, President Su Yu, Vice President Su Jin Ya, and other Su Family directors were holding a meeting regarding the Professionals Tournament.
“Everyone, feel free to share your thoughts on this year’s Professionals Tournament.”
With Su Chen opening the discussion, everyone started to speak:
“After last year’s Professionals Tournament, our Mist Rain Pavilion’s glory points were only 30 points behind the Heavenly Palace Guild. If we don’t achieve a good result this year, our guild’s provincial ranking might drop from fifth to sixth!”
“Since the Chen family withdrew their investment, our Mist Rain Pavilion has been severely lacking in funds. The development speed of our senior members in the higher worlds has noticeably slowed down! This is very disadvantageous for this year’s competition!”
“We can only pin our hopes on this year’s new professionals, hoping they can achieve good results for our Mist Rain Pavilion!”
Hearing everyone’s comments, Su Chen clasped his hands together, deep in thought.
At this moment, Vice President Su Jin Ya spoke up, “Previously, under Chen Jun’s poor leadership, our guild’s new members in the Second and Third Worlds suffered significant losses. If we don’t make some changes, it will be very difficult to achieve good results in the Professionals Tournament.”
Sensing a hidden meaning in Su Jin Ya’s words, Su Chen asked, “Xiao Ya, do you have any suggestions?”
Su Jin Ya replied, “I think if we can bring back the Beast Tamer, Zero, who previously joined our guild, he might help our Mist Rain Pavilion stand out among all the new professional guilds this year!”
“He was the first to clear the First, Second, and Third Worlds in Coastal City this year, and it’s said he has an exceptional pet, the Skeleton King, which was transformed from a BOSS!”
Su Jin Ya’s words quelled all doubts in the room!
Su Chen then said to Su Jin Ya, “Alright, spare no expense to bring Zero back to our Mist Rain Pavilion!”
At eight in the morning, Zhang Yue finished his breakfast and logged back in.
Shortly after logging in, Su Jinyan sent a message: “Zhang Yue, where are you? I saw you just logged in on Feixin, but why can’t I see you at the login point in the Light Hall?”
“Uh…” Zhang Yue, standing in the Dark Hall, fell into deep thought.
“Are you in the Fourth World?”
“Yes! All of us from Mist Rain Pavilion are here!”
“Where are you? Come join us for some quests!” Su Jinyan messaged, “That way, if the God of War Guild bothers you again, we can help you out.”
“No need, our quests don’t align.”
Su Jinyan thought Zhang Yue simply didn’t want to work with Mist Rain Pavilion members and said, “Alright… But if anything comes up, just message me!”
In the Light Hall, Su Jinyan felt a bit disappointed that she couldn’t invite Zhang Yue to join them for quests.
Just then, her sister, Su Jin Ya, sent a Feixin message: “Yanyan, Chairman Su has assigned you a task. Spare no expense to bring Zhang Yue back to our guild. Don’t be stingy; let him name his salary.”
“Really?” Seeing this message, Su Jinyan was overjoyed.
“Alright, sis, leave it to me!”
Su Jinyan was about to send a Feixin message to Zhang Yue but thought better of it: “Such an important matter should be discussed in person!”
“I’ll tell him the next time I see him!”
“Zhang Yue coming back to Mist Rain Pavilion is fantastic!”
Meanwhile, on the other side.
In the Dark Hall.
Zhang Yue found Goya to receive a new quest.
This had nothing to do with luck; as a leader-level NPC, Goya simply couldn’t issue quests below level 5!
This time, Zhang Yue received another [Against the Light 6], just like yesterday, requiring him to kill 360 Light Tribe Flame Dragons!
So, Zhang Yue restocked some potions and headed to the familiar [City of Destruction].
And there, he encountered some familiar faces…
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