The final match: Dragon Kingdom vs. Frozen Land!
A showdown between the world’s fourth and third!
Upon learning that their opponent this time was Frozen Land, the viewers in the Dragon Kingdom’s live broadcast room were all on edge.
“Originally, after this match, our Dragon Kingdom would have a chance to surpass Frozen Land and advance to third in the world, but now it seems there’s no chance!”
“Damn, we’ve encountered a strong enemy this time. That Mythic Grade Frost Mage King from Frozen Land is just too powerful!”
Of course, some chose to steadfastly believe in the Dragon Kingdom.
“What do you mean there’s no chance? Isn’t this an even better opportunity? We needed to surpass Frozen Land to reach third place anyway, and now facing them directly means that if we seize this opportunity to defeat them, we can directly replace Frozen Land and become third in the world!”
“Mythic Grade Professionals aren’t that terrifying, and our Dragon Kingdom’s experts aren’t lacking either! Besides, it’s not like we haven’t defeated Frozen Land before. I believe we can win!”
“Go Dragon Kingdom! Go heroes!”
Meanwhile, over in Frozen Land’s live broadcast room, billions of viewers were also sizing up their opponents this time.
“The Dragon Kingdom’s score is closely trailing ours. If we lose this match, our position as third in the world might not be secure!”
“We’ll lose? No way! My brother, Frost Mage King Jihyun, will crush them!”
And so, under the watchful eyes of tens of billions of viewers from both countries, the match officially began!
The Dragon Kingdom maintained their usual formation.
Seraph took charge of the first phase, and Moonmark handled the second phase.
The first two phases went relatively well, with scores not too far off from Frozen Land.
Mainly because they hadn’t encountered Frozen Land’s main force in the first two phases.
It was clear: they had concentrated all their main forces in the final phase!
Sure enough, in the third phase, the Mythic Grade Professional Frost Mage King Kwon Jihyun personally led Frozen Land’s most elite main combat players, delivering a devastating blow to the Dragon Kingdom!
Even Ice Emperor couldn’t withstand Kwon Jihyun.
In the third phase’s competition map, Kwon Jihyun repeatedly took down Ice Emperor in solo battles!
Ultimately, in the third phase, Frozen Land gained an overwhelming advantage and defeated the Dragon Kingdom.
The Dragon Kingdom’s attempt to sprint to third place in the world failed.
Viewers in front of their screens felt a wave of disappointment and frustration.
“So close! Ah, what a pity, that Frost Mage King was too formidable!”
“There’s nothing we can do, it’s not like we have a Mythic Grade Professional in the Dragon Kingdom!”
“That’s it for this year, we’ll have to wait for next year now~”
“Don’t say that, there’s still the competition for the new Professionals that hasn’t started yet! If they manage to achieve a good result, we still have hope of advancing to third place in the world!”
“Although… historically, our newcomers haven’t performed well, and this year’s Awakening Day didn’t even produce a single Legendary Grade Professional, so I don’t think there’s much hope for the newcomers either.”
By noon, all the events for the veteran Professionals had concluded.
The world organization also announced the results for each country.
The first place in the world remained Beacon Country, and using Beacon Country’s total score as the calculation standard (100%), the score ratios for other countries were as follows:
Second place: Russia (96.92%)
Third place: Frozen Land (96.37%)
Fourth place: Dragon Kingdom (96.22%)
Fifth place: East (95.91%)
Sixth place: Empire of the Sun Never Sets (93.35%)
Seventh place: Indus (93.19%)
Eighth place: Germania (92.77%)
Ninth place: Eight (92.56%)
Tenth place: Taikang Country (91.88%)
…
After the veteran Professionals’ events ended, the pressure shifted to this year’s new Professionals.
The competition for new Professionals will begin in a week.
The world’s attention also turned to the new Professional contestants from various fields.
All the contestants began receiving support from their families or guilds, strengthening their combat capabilities to the extreme.
Additionally, the national authorities have announced that contestants can apply to receive a top-tier gold set corresponding to their level for free!
It was clear: the nation never hesitates to invest in nurturing domestic Professional talent!
Seeing Zhang Yue unmoved, even Ouyang Ling’er and the others couldn’t help but come over to ask, “Guild Leader, you can get a free gold set! Why aren’t you claiming it?”
“Wasting national resources,” Zhang Yue said indifferently. “It’s unnecessary, leave it for those who need it.”
For Zhang Yue, it was indeed unnecessary.
Currently, he neither lacked money nor equipment.
The equipment he wore was already the best 7-star Void Set available at this stage!
Of course, if conditions allowed, Zhang Yue still wanted to go to the Ninth World [Monster Kingdom] to get a better [Eternal Set]!
So these days, Zhang Yue was working hard to complete tasks in the Eighth World, aiming to reach the Ninth World as soon as possible.
After breakfast, Zhang Yue logged into the Otherworld early.
Eighth World, Ghost Domain.
Zhang Yue checked the task progress.
The first World Task was completed, and now, he only needed to kill 15 more ghosts with a soul purity of level five or above to complete another World Task and unlock the BOSS challenge!
“Estimated to be done within two days.”
“Not ruling out the possibility that with good luck, it could be resolved in a day, or even half a day.”
Just as Zhang Yue was thinking this, a system message suddenly descended from the sky.
[System Announcement] (Eighth World): “Ding~ Attention all Professionals in the Eighth World: A hidden Secret Realm [Evil Ghost Park] has appeared north of Capital City, lasting for 2 hours. All Professionals are invited to explore the Secret Realm!”
Hearing this news, Zhang Yue said with satisfaction, “Progress can be accelerated.”
Thus, Zhang Yue immediately headed out through the north gate, leaving Capital City.
About a mile outside the city, he indeed saw a huge white light curtain standing on a flat piece of land.
At this moment, quite a few Professionals were gathering outside the light curtain, forming small groups to plan their attack on the Secret Realm.
They were all veteran Professionals who had stayed in the Eighth World for years, collecting the Demon Set to sell for money.
Their levels had long reached the Eighth World’s ceiling: level 55, and their equipment quality and skill levels were not low. Their overall strength was much stronger than the new Professionals who had just reached this level.
For them, clearing this Secret Realm wasn’t difficult.
So, Zhang Yue didn’t delay and immediately entered the light curtain alone!
“Ding~ Welcome to the hidden Secret Realm [Evil Ghost Park], the Secret Realm task has been issued!”
As white light fell, Zhang Yue appeared in a dark and eerie amusement park.
From all directions, a chilling wind blew.
In the air, lightning flashed and thunder roared.
A cacophony of ghostly wails and howls assaulted him from all sides.
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