Early in the morning, Zhang Yue habitually opened his phone and saw the top news headline: “Global Professionals Tournament: National Challenge Countdown – Five Days to Go!”
In the Temple of Destiny Guild Group, Wu Haotian started rambling, “The tournament calculates the total points of the top ten members of each guild. We have five days left, boss. Where are we going to find five more people?”
Zhang Yue replied, “Five days? I thought it was three. No rush then.”
Zhang Yue added, “It’s not five, it’s four.”
Ouyang Ling’er asked, “We have a new member? Where is he? Why hasn’t he joined the group?”
Zhang Yue responded, “He’s on his way.”
After breakfast, everyone logged in.
The Sixth World, Land of the Dead.
In the Safe Zone of the City of Ice and Snow, the five of them met up.
The tasks in the Sixth World were mostly solo missions.
They involved killing monsters, collecting Resurrection Stone fragments, reviving NPCs, and earning rewards.
This was repeated over and over.
To collect fragments faster, Lin Tian suggested, “Guild Leader, your strength is undeniable, but we’re struggling to kill level 45 Nether creatures.”
“I suggest we split up. We’ll farm in the level 41 area, and you can solo the level 45s.”
Clearly, after yesterday, Lin Tian and the others realized that apart from Zhang Yue, they were just dead weight.
They contributed little in each battle and even took a share of Zhang Yue’s experience points, essentially being useless!
They didn’t want to continue being a burden and decided to prove their worth…
Zhang Yue had no objections. After all, the Resurrection Stone fragments dropped randomly, and a five-person team would significantly reduce his efficiency in collecting them.
Soloing allowed him to keep all the fragments, which was ideal for Zhang Yue, who needed ten fragments each time to revive Snow Maiden, Noah, and had to do it ten times consecutively.
So, they parted ways outside the city.
Lin Tian and the others went to the level 41 Nether Hall.
Zhang Yue, on the other hand, ventured alone into the level 45 Nether Gorge!
The strength difference between level 41 and level 45 Nether creatures was considerable.
Level 41 Nether Warriors had only about 30,000 HP and lower defense.
Lin Tian and his team could deal 7,000 to 8,000 damage to level 45 Nether Mages.
Against level 41 Nether Warriors, their damage could increase to around 10,000!
Lin Tian’s combo of S-rank skills could easily one-shot a Nether Warrior.
So, for them, farming Resurrection Stone fragments in the level 41 area was the best choice!
As time passed, more and more top-tier Professionals cleared the Fifth World and arrived in the Sixth World.
Outside the City of Ice and Snow, the wild areas became increasingly crowded with Professionals.
For those newly arrived level 36-37 Professionals, the level 41 map was undoubtedly their first choice for collecting Resurrection Stone fragments.
Therefore, the level 41 Nether Hall where Lin Tian and his team were located was already packed!
Besides the new Professionals, there were also many veterans from previous years!
Groups of three to five Professionals were scattered throughout the Nether Hall.
While they were busy killing Nether Warriors and collecting fragments, the ground suddenly shook violently!
Accompanied by a tremor, a burst of strong light erupted from a temple in the center of the map.
Several solo Professionals inside the temple were instantly blasted out.
Amidst their screams, they fell into the snow and turned into white light, disappearing!
The nearby Professionals were stunned.
“What the heck, they got one-shot?”
“Could it be a Lord monster respawn?”
As everyone speculated, a map announcement suddenly rang out—
“Ding~ Attention all Professionals in the [Nether Hall]: Due to your rampant slaughter of Nether Warriors, you have angered [Nether King Cage]. The BOSS [Nether King Cage] is about to appear. Please prepare yourselves!”
A BOSS respawned!
Hearing the announcement, everyone present got excited!
Looking around, they saw a giant Nether Warrior, eight meters tall, clad in golden armor, with a cape on its back and a golden halberd in hand, leading two Nether Warriors in silver armor with dual blades, slowly walking out of the temple!
Ordinary Nether Warriors wore black armor and wielded black blades.
These three Nether Warriors were clearly extraordinary!
Sure enough, seeing their blood-red IDs above their heads, the crowd was shocked!
[Nether King Cage] (lv42 Physical Type · 6-star BOSS)!
[Nether Guardian] (lv42 Physical Type · Lord Monster)!
“Goodness, a 6-star BOSS and two Lord monsters!”
Seeing the BOSS trio emerge from the temple, Ouyang Ling’er couldn’t help but get excited, “In the Sixth World, Lord monsters and BOSSes have a much higher drop rate for Resurrection Stone fragments. BOSSes might even drop a whole Resurrection Stone!”
“We’re going to strike it rich!”
Wu Haotian said, “Good thing we came here. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have had this chance.”
At this moment, Lin Tian looked around and said, “Don’t get too excited. We have a lot of competition.”
Looking around, they saw countless Professionals eyeing the Nether King and its two Guardians greedily!
After all, the probability of a BOSS and Lord monsters respawning together in the Otherworld was extremely low.
A 6-star BOSS guaranteed a 5-star equipment drop, with a high chance of 6-star equipment and a small chance of 7-star equipment!
Whoever could get this prize would be set for life!
But no one dared to make a move.
After all, these newly arrived level 36-37 Professionals knew they couldn’t contend with a level 42 6-star BOSS!
The Nether King, however, showed no mercy.
Facing the intruders in its territory, Nether King Cage raised its golden halberd and roared, “Insignificant humans, how dare you slaughter my kin in my domain!”
“Attack! Kill all these humans!”
With the Nether King’s command, the two Lord-level Nether Guardians beside it, each wielding dual blades, launched attacks on the surrounding Professionals!
The attacked Professionals fought back desperately.
Swish, swish, swish, swish!
The Nether Guardians swung their blades in a flurry of rapid, unpatterned slashes, dealing damage of three to four thousand points each, instantly cutting down a nearby level 36 Warrior youth.
Flash!
White light shone.
One-shot kill!
The Nether Guardian roared, went berserk, and charged into the crowd, slaughtering wildly!
The solo Professionals couldn’t withstand the explosive damage of the level 42 Lord monsters and were cut down one after another, turning into white light.
Panic spread through the crowd.
“Damn! These Lord monsters deal more damage than the 5-star BOSS Beast King Virga from the Fifth World? Ridiculous!”
“It’s the Nether King’s aura! It has a [Lord Aura] skill that boosts the Nether Guardians’ attributes by 30%!”
“30%? That’s equivalent to a 5-star BOSS! A 6-star BOSS with two 5-star BOSSes??”
“I barely managed to beat the Fifth World BOSS with a hundred-man team. How are we supposed to fight this? Run!”
At this moment, the Nether King also started to act.
It raised its golden halberd to the sky, absorbing a massive amount of lightning.
The next moment.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
It summoned endless lightning, sweeping the surroundings with damage of four to five thousand points, instantly killing a group of Professionals!
The entire Nether Hall became a slaughterhouse for the Nether King and its Guardians.
Lin Tian said, “Notify the Guild Leader to come and take down the BOSS. Let’s deal with the two Lord monsters first.”
So, while the other Professionals scattered and fled, trying to avoid the Nether King and its Guardians, Lin Tian and Wu Haotian’s group of four charged towards one of the Nether Guardians!
Wu Haotian charged in, blocking a lethal attack meant for a solo Warrior, saving him.
The solo Warrior thanked him profusely and urged, “Brother, this Nether Guardian is as strong as the Fifth World BOSS Beast King Virga. Don’t go, run!”
Wu Haotian smiled, “I specialize in solving tough problems!”
With that, Wu Haotian charged at the Nether Guardian.
S-rank Flame Thrust! Fiery Smash!
Behind him, Thunder Mage Lin Tian wielded his Dark Staff, casting spells rapidly.
Boom, boom~ Thunder shattered the darkness.
Rogue Ouyang Ling’er used Sleight of Hand, disarming one of the Nether Guardian’s blades, halving its output.
She then swiftly went into stealth and unleashed a combo of S-rank skills!
In an instant, the damage numbers above the Nether Guardian’s head were three times higher than those of the surrounding solo Professionals, reaching seven to eight thousand points!
The nearby solo Professionals were stunned.
“Damn! What kind of damage is that?”
“Which guild are these people from? They’re so strong!”
Someone with sharp eyes recognized Lin Tian and his team:
“They’re from the number one guild in Zhening Province, Zero’s guild: Temple of Destiny!”
“They’re Zero’s people!!”
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