Zhang Yue looked at the skill book in his hand, reportedly worth millions on the market:
[This Heal is Poisonous] (Rare, D-grade)
[Profession: Priest]
[Effect: Passive skill. When the skill holder uses any healing skill, it deals damage equal to 10% of the healing amount to an enemy within attack range.]
It was well-known that the biggest shortcoming of the Priest profession was its lack of offensive capability.
But a Priest with this skill would undergo a dramatic transformation!
A 10% conversion rate wasn’t high, but it was important to remember that this was only a D-grade effect.
At this moment, Zhang Yue handed the book to Ning Tiantian. “Learn it.”
“Whoa!” Wu Haotian exclaimed in shock from the side. “That’s over a million, Guild Leader! You’re really giving it away?”
Hearing this, Ning Tiantian hesitated to accept it and quickly said to Zhang Yue, “Sell it, Guild Leader. I… I don’t want it.”
Zhang Yue looked at Ning Tiantian and said, “You need to understand one thing: in this world where strength is paramount, money is just dirt.”
The desire to become stronger and not be a burden made Ning Tiantian hesitate for a long time. Eventually, she took the skill book and earnestly said to Zhang Yue, “Guild Leader, don’t worry. I’ll consider this as something I bought from you. Once I earn money from the competitions, I’ll pay you back!”
“And I will work hard to make greater contributions to the guild!”
“Good, I look forward to your performance,” Zhang Yue said. “Use all your psionic energy to upgrade this skill. The upcoming competitions will bring unexpected rewards.”
Ning Tiantian nodded. “Okay!”
Following that, Zhang Yue sorted through the other items dropped by the Eternal Night Monarch.
A level 35, four-star piece of equipment for Assassins and Archers: [Eternal Night Ring].
Two level 35, three-star pieces of equipment for Warriors and Knights: [Night Helmet] and [Night Armor].
The Eternal Night Ring was saved for the Apocalyptic Black Dragon.
Zhang Yue tossed the other two three-star items to Wu Haotian. “These are for you. Sell them or keep them, it’s up to you.”
Although level 35 three-star equipment wasn’t top-tier, each piece was worth at least a thousand bucks on the market.
For Wu Haotian, who was broke and struggling to make ends meet, this windfall was a godsend. “Guild Leader, you’re amazing!”
After a pause, Wu Haotian took out the [Secret Realm Scroll] from the first clear of the secret realm and handed it to Zhang Yue.
The level 36 Secret Realm Scroll required a lot of psionic energy to upgrade.
But for Zhang Yue, who always had an abundance of psionic energy, it wasn’t a big problem.
He used around two million psionic energy to upgrade the Secret Realm Scroll from Black Iron Grade to King Grade.
He didn’t rush to use the scroll for a bounty mission immediately.
Since it was almost eleven at night, Zhang Yue planned to go offline and rest, then complete the mission after the competition the next morning.
So, the three of them headed back to Dawn Sanctuary.
On the way, Zhang Yue took out the [Eternal Night Legguards] rewarded from the secret realm.
Not bad, it was another four-star piece of equipment!
Compared to the three-star items Wu Haotian and Ning Tiantian received, Zhang Yue, who had the highest contribution in the secret realm, got the most valuable reward!
Following the usual routine, he used the one-click refinement, consuming over 600,000 psionic energy to upgrade it to gold quality.
[Eternal Night Dark Guardian] (Lv35 Legguards)
[Quality: Four-star]
[Attributes: Gold]
[Physical Defense: +240]
[Magic Defense: +240]
[Additional: Endurance +25, Endurance +25]
[Effect: Eternal Night Guardian (Each time the wearer is attacked, they gain 30 points of defense for 5 minutes, stacking up to 10 times)]
[Description: A guardian from the night, it makes you indestructible, growing stronger as you take hits…]
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue equipped it!
At this point, Zhang Yue’s defense finally broke the 450 mark, reaching a level comparable to a Warrior of the same level!
If he maxed out the Eternal Night Guardian stacks, his defense would surpass that of a Knight of the same level!
Meanwhile, at the Revival Spring in Dawn Sanctuary.
Over thirty Professionals from the Infinity Guild, who had been killed in the Night Fortress secret realm, looked horrified and bewildered.
“Did that guy treat us like fodder?”
“Damn it!” The Infinity Sword Saint gritted his teeth, full of rage. “Notify the Guild Leader immediately. Tell him Beast Tamer Zero has arrived in the Fifth World and they should come here as soon as possible!”
“Yes!”
The Infinity Sword Saint’s face twisted with anger. “I refuse to believe that our top guild in Zhening Province can’t handle a powerless kid like him!”
“And Wu Haotian, that traitor, you’re nothing but a dog. Let’s see what kind of end you’ll meet.”
Zhang Yue and his team returned to Dawn Sanctuary and went offline.
The next morning at ten, the city-level qualifiers for the intermediate competition began as scheduled.
Today, the 5,725 people who advanced from yesterday’s preliminary round would continue to be randomly matched for the competition.
The rules remained unchanged, allowing for 1v1 or 2v2 matches.
However, the point reward increased from 1 to 3!
Anyone with a total score of over 25 points from yesterday and today would advance.
As soon as the time arrived, Zhang Yue went online and started matching.
With his unbeatable S-rank Thunderstorm skill, no opponent could last more than a second against him.
Whether they were streamers, internet celebrities, guild bigwigs, or white-silk goddesses, they were all crushed by Zhang Yue.
He didn’t care if they were elegant ladies, rich women, or lolitas; Zhang Yue only had eyes for points!
In just a few minutes, he easily secured ten consecutive wins, earning 30 points!
In about half an hour, the competition was almost over.
Wu Haotian, with his formidable strength, also secured ten consecutive wins!
Zhang Yue couldn’t help but feel grateful: Thanks to the Infinity Guild for kicking him out, allowing me to recruit such a skilled player!
To everyone’s surprise, Ning Tiantian also secured nine consecutive wins!
Even Ning Tiantian herself was incredulous. “That rare skill I got in the secret realm yesterday is really strong!”
The opponents defeated by Ning Tiantian couldn’t believe it:
“Damn! How does a Priest deal so much damage?”
“What’s going on? Is that girl’s heal poisonous?”
“I don’t believe it unless I try it myself!”
In reality, Ning Tiantian had used all her psionic energy to barely upgrade [This Heal is Poisonous] to B-grade, with a damage conversion rate of only 30%.
When the skill level gets higher in the future, it will become a truly poisonous heal!
After today’s competition, the new Professionals’ ranking in the Temple of Destiny rose from 55th to 43rd.
This proved that quality outweighed quantity.
With just the points from three people, Zhang Yue’s team had surpassed the points of twelve ten-member guilds!
After today’s competition, only 1,238 Professionals from Coastal City advanced to the final round of the advanced competition tomorrow!
After the competition, Zhang Yue went back online and found the blacksmith Enni in Dawn Sanctuary. He handed over the hundreds of [Antennae] he had collected from killing Man-eating Giant Ants, completing the [Collect Antennae] task four times in a row.
Along with the experience rewards from yesterday’s monster kills, Zhang Yue allocated all the experience to the Apocalyptic Black Dragon, instantly raising its level from 30 to 33!
Additionally, Zhang Yue handed over the 16 energy batteries he had collected from killing monsters to Director Marl of Dawn Sanctuary.
He was now five-sixths of the way to completing the task of submitting 100 energy batteries.
Next, Zhang Yue used the King Grade Secret Realm Scroll and received a bounty mission—Giant Ant Killer.
Bounty missions were generally not very difficult, just time-consuming.
The Giant Ant Killer mission required killing 1,000 Man-eating Giant Ants!
For Zhang Yue, who could simultaneously kill Man-eating Giant Ants and collect antennae for the [Collect Antennae] task, this was the perfect mission!
So, carrying the King Grade bounty mission, Zhang Yue, Wu Haotian, and Ning Tiantian headed to the habitat of the Man-eating Giant Ants and began their slaughter.
Meanwhile, in another part of Zhening Province, at the headquarters of the God of War Guild in Ganyang City.
A major meeting was urgently underway…
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