Roar—
The massive body of the Twelve-Winged Apocalyptic Black Dragon soared overhead, launching an assault on the encroaching Nether forces from all directions.
The Dark Skeleton King, wielding a giant sword, charged forward, drawing the enemy’s attacks.
Zhang Yue, meanwhile, unleashed the Death’s Eye, utilizing an S-rank skill for maximum damage output!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Roar! Roar!
Dazzling magical lights mingled with the roars of monsters, creating a cacophony of chaos.
In just half a minute, Zhang Yue’s powerful abilities left the ground littered with the corpses of Nether Mages and Nether Archers.
With Zhang Yue’s strength, even dealing with level 45 Nether creatures was a breeze.
Previously, the most time-consuming part was luring the monsters!
Now, with the assistance of the Sword Emperor, who could quickly draw in large groups of monsters with his sword shadows, Zhang Yue’s efficiency in killing monsters and collecting Resurrection Stone fragments had significantly increased!
Even though the fragments were split evenly with Luo Chen, Zhang Yue’s collection rate was still much higher than when he worked alone!
Moreover, the gains in experience, psionic energy, and money had doubled!
As Luo Chen used his sword shadows to lure in waves of Nether Legions, Zhang Yue reaped the rewards.
On the other side, Wu Haotian couldn’t help but exclaim, “Did you see that? It’s not just us.”
“Even the Legendary Grade Sword Emperor Luo Chen is only playing a supporting role in front of him.”
By the end of the day, Zhang Yue had used the experience gained from killing monsters, along with the 15% experience extracted from the [Demon Contract]’s [Experience Contract], to level up the Dark Skeleton King to level 40, following the Apocalyptic Black Dragon!
In addition, he collected a total of 700 Resurrection Stone fragments in one day, synthesizing 7 Resurrection Stones, bringing his total to 15!
Returning to the City of Ice and Snow, Zhang Yue found the frozen [Snow Maiden, Noah] in the city lord’s mansion. He used 10 Resurrection Stones, at ten times the cost of reviving a normal NPC, to bring Noah back to life.
Whoosh!
As the ice melted, an incredibly beautiful face appeared before Zhang Yue.
“Ding~ You have resurrected the city lord [Snow Maiden, Noah]. Congratulations, you have received an A-grade reward: Experience Points +1,000,000, Psionic Energy +1 billion, Gold Coins +5!”
Only rewards above S-rank could bring about a qualitative change.
Below S-rank, all were equal.
An ordinary person might have exchanged a few words with the cold and stunning Snow Maiden, Noah.
But Zhang Yue, after receiving his reward, turned and left without a word.
Snow Maiden, Noah, stood there, her clear eyes quietly watching Zhang Yue’s departing figure, murmuring, “Those eyes… I feel like I’ve seen them before.”
Naturally, Noah didn’t remember.
Zhang Yue had been the first to resurrect her over a hundred years ago!
Now, he needed to resurrect her nine more times to trigger the SSS-grade reward quest.
It was a daunting task!
To complete the quest and claim the reward as quickly as possible, avoiding delays in the Sixth World, Zhang Yue logged back in immediately after dinner.
He took his disciple Luo Chen and returned to the Nether Gorge.
Luo Chen didn’t find it tedious; instead, he was filled with enthusiasm.
After a day of Zhang Yue’s continuous guidance, Luo Chen found himself more proficient in the Sword Emperor profession than ever before!
He hoped to learn more combat techniques and knowledge from Zhang Yue.
Naturally, he was also curious about Zhang Yue: “Senior, why do you know so much about the Sword Emperor profession?”
Zhang Yue glanced at Luo Chen and said, “What you want to ask is why my combat moves are so similar to your master’s, right?”
Luo Chen pondered, “Could it be that you are also my master’s disciple?”
Zhang Yue smiled without answering.
But it had to be said: Luo Chen’s comprehension was indeed high!
With just a few pointers from Zhang Yue, Luo Chen had made significant progress!
From initially expanding the range of his sword shadows to three hundred yards and exhausting himself in seconds, to now being able to lure monsters on a large scale while conserving energy to assist Zhang Yue in hunting monsters!
As a result, Zhang Yue’s efficiency in killing monsters had also increased!
After all, Luo Chen’s sword shadows dealt continuous AOE damage, making them perfect for mass monster farming.
No wonder Wolong said that in a hundred years, he and Hidden Dragon had taken on thousands of disciples, but only Luo Chen had inherited the Sword Emperor legacy!
With the increased efficiency in killing monsters, by midnight, Zhang Yue had collected 500 fragments, synthesizing 5 Resurrection Stones.
Adding the 5 remaining stones he had, he returned to the City of Ice and Snow and resurrected Snow Maiden, Noah, for the second time!
The next day, they repeated the process.
When Luo Chen learned that Zhang Yue was collecting Resurrection Stones to trigger the unique hidden quest related to Snow Maiden, he willingly sacrificed his combat gains to help Zhang Yue increase efficiency!
This meant that during monster hunts, Luo Chen would assist Zhang Yue, but just before the monsters were killed, he would leave the party.
This way, Zhang Yue could enjoy all the gains from killing monsters, while Luo Chen received nothing.
Using this method, Zhang Yue collected 3000 Resurrection Stone fragments in one day!
He synthesized 30 Resurrection Stones, doubling the efficiency from the previous day!
It was thirty times the efficiency of an ordinary person!
It was no exaggeration to say that even top-tier professionals like Lin Tian could only collect 1-2 Resurrection Stones a day.
This showed just how extraordinary Zhang Yue’s efficiency was.
With no other pressing matters, Zhang Yue focused entirely on the unique hidden quest related to Noah.
In the next two days, Zhang Yue collected 50 Resurrection Stones!
He resurrected Snow Maiden, Noah, a total of ten times.
After receiving ten A-grade rewards, he finally encountered the ultimate surprise.
“Ding~ The system has detected that you have resurrected Snow Maiden, Noah, ten times in a row. Congratulations, you have triggered the unique hidden quest [Pharaoh’s Prophecy]. Would you like to accept it?”
Finally, a chance to make up for the regret from a hundred years ago!
Zhang Yue immediately accepted the quest.
The next moment, a system announcement descended from the sky—
[Area Announcement] (Sixth World, Coastal City, Ganyang City, Tianlang Landing Zone): “Ding~ Congratulations to the professional [Zero] for accepting the unique hidden quest [Pharaoh’s Prophecy]!”
Every person who accepted this quest would trigger a system announcement.
This announcement sparked discussions among countless professionals in the Sixth World.
“Isn’t that the big shot from Zhening Province? He actually activated this quest!”
“Zero is so strong, do you think he can complete this quest?”
“Strong as he is, you know how difficult this quest is. Over the past hundred years, millions worldwide have attempted it, but no one has succeeded!”
“That may be, but didn’t Zero open the Gate of Hell, which hadn’t been opened in a hundred years?”
“That’s different! The first person to encounter this quest was Xiu Luo God, the strongest in our Dragon Kingdom. If even Xiu Luo God couldn’t complete it, do you think Zero can? Is he as strong as Xiu Luo was a hundred years ago?”
“I heard Xiu Luo God was invincible from the start until the Ninth Beast Tide. If Xiu Luo God were still alive, our Dragon Kingdom would be the top power in the Otherworld! Beacon Country wouldn’t stand a chance!”
Meanwhile, in a corner of the Sixth World.
A group of burly men collecting Resurrection Stone fragments heard the announcement.
The leader immediately opened Feixin and sent a message to his pinned contact: “Brother Dao, Zero activated the unique hidden quest related to Snow Maiden, Noah!”
Soon, Brother Dao replied, “I’m on my way to Zhening. I’ll be there soon. Wait for me.”
“Yes, Brother Dao.”
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