In front of him, the Abyssal Giant Spider Hatchling lay on the ground, softly whimpering, clearly begging Zhang Yue for mercy.
Cherry acted as the translator and said to Zhang Yue, “Master, it says it knows you humans are searching everywhere for the monster merchants, and within the Monster Kingdom, there’s a place where a monster merchant is imprisoned.”
“It says if you spare its life, it will take you to find that monster merchant!”
“A monster merchant?” Zhang Yue showed a hint of interest.
So he said to the spider hatchling, “Take me to see.”
The Abyssal Giant Spider Hatchling looked at Zhang Yue in confusion, clearly not understanding what he was saying.
At this moment, Cherry spoke to the spider hatchling, “My master says he is willing to spare you, so take him to find that monster merchant immediately.”
Hearing Cherry’s words, the spider hatchling understood.
It immediately got up and ran towards the southeast of Monster Island.
Zhang Yue returned Cherry to the Demon Contract and followed the spider hatchling.
After leaving Monster Island, they traveled southeast for nearly half an hour before arriving outside a massive Dark Nest, where the spider hatchling finally stopped.
It seemed that the monster merchant the spider hatchling mentioned was indeed inside this nest.
The spider hatchling looked at Zhang Yue pitifully.
Zhang Yue waved it away, signaling it to leave.
A person should keep their word, and Zhang Yue didn’t want to be a backstabber!
Besides, it’s just a Lord-level monster; Zhang Yue could afford to let it go.
Once the spider hatchling left, Zhang Yue approached the Dark Nest.
At this time, Cherry’s voice came from within the Demon Contract again, “Master, I can sense a very powerful evil force inside!”
Zhang Yue had already noticed it, but since he was here, he had to go in and take a look.
Holding the Void Staff.
As soon as he approached the nest, a violent roar echoed from its depths!
Roar—
The next moment, a giant black centipede, dozens of meters long with legs covering its lower body, crawled out of the nest!
When Zhang Yue used the S-rank Scouting skill to check the centipede’s stats, he was a bit surprised.
“An SSS-grade monster?”
What surprised Zhang Yue was that this centipede was not only an extremely rare top-tier SSS-grade monster in the Ninth World but also a Level 60, 9-star BOSS!
[Flying Centipede] (Physical Type · 9-star BOSS)
[Level: 60]
[Grade: SSS-grade Monster] (Suppression against humans +150%)
[Physical Attack Power:]
[Physical Defense: 6850]
[Magic Defense: 6660]
[Health Points: 625w]
[Skills: Flying and Escaping (S-rank), Divine Dragon Tail (S-rank), Heaven and Earth Calamity (S-rank)…]
[Description: A highly toxic giant centipede, not only the ruler of the land but also the king of the sky…]
Zhang Yue considered his own stats.
With nearly 11,000 Magic Attack Power, combined with the Void Set and the rare skill Death’s Eye for a total of 70% magic penetration, dealing with a Level 60, 9-star BOSS like this should be no problem.
However, in the Ninth World, once a monster’s suppression effect reaches 100%, without the counter-suppression of the Eternal Set, it becomes unmanageable.
Moreover, this SSS-grade Flying Centipede has a suppression effect as high as 150%!
Zhang Yue couldn’t inflict any damage on it!
At this moment, the Flying Centipede roared and launched an attack on Zhang Yue!
Heaven and Earth Calamity!
Boom!
It spat a red death beam from its mouth, which Zhang Yue dodged by leaping aside.
The death beam hit the ground, and the ensuing shockwave knocked Zhang Yue back, inflicting a high point of damage!
Zhang Yue’s health bar dropped by half!
A 9-star BOSS, S-rank skill, plus a 150% suppression effect made the Flying Centipede’s damage incredibly high!
Even though Zhang Yue avoided the direct attack, the shockwave alone caused fifty percent of the damage!
At this moment, the Flying Centipede locked onto Zhang Yue and launched a pursuit.
Zhang Yue swung his staff, casting an Ice and Snow attack directly at it.
Crash!
The Flying Centipede quickly froze.
However, the damage from the S-rank Ice and Snow was completely negated!
Because of the 150% suppression effect, it was as if the Flying Centipede had 150% damage immunity.
“Can’t fight it.”
Summing it up in three words, before the Flying Centipede could get enraged, Zhang Yue quickly withdrew from the battle and left the Dark Nest.
From a distance.
Zhang Yue watched as the Flying Centipede, after confirming the enemy had left, returned to the nest.
“A place personally guarded by an SSS-grade monster, it seems the monster merchant hidden here must be of a high level.”
Zhang Yue estimated: the monster merchant hidden in this nest, if not SS-grade, must at least be S-grade!
Of course, there’s also the possibility of an SSS-grade monster merchant.
Zhang Yue began to consult the strategy guides.
He discovered that the guides recorded: in the Ninth World, the counter-suppression effect of a D-grade Eternal Set is 10%, just enough to offset the suppression effect of a D-grade monster.
C-grade Eternal Set counter-suppression effect is 20%, corresponding to the suppression effect of a C-grade monster.
B-grade 40%, A-grade 70%, S-grade 100%…
“An A-grade set should be enough.”
Reducing the suppression by 70% means the Flying Centipede would have an 80% suppression effect left on Zhang Yue.
Even if he could only deal 20% of his output, Zhang Yue was confident he could take down the Flying Centipede.
After all, it’s just an ordinary BOSS without consciousness or tactics, not a God-level BOSS.
With skill, Zhang Yue could completely make up for the damage deficit.
Thinking this, Zhang Yue returned to Monster Island.
First, he needed to complete tasks and gather an A-grade Eternal Set!
So, Zhang Yue summoned the Skeleton King, Predator, and Apocalyptic Black Dragon, and began hunting the Abyssal Giant Spiders on Monster Island, collecting their illustrations in large numbers!
Although an A-grade Eternal Set was actually sufficient for Zhang Yue, if it was just for conquering the Ninth World, there was no need to collect a higher-grade Eternal Set.
However, if conditions allowed, naturally, an S-grade or higher Eternal Set would be better!
Because the higher the grade of the Eternal Set, besides having different counter-suppression effects, the stronger its attributes!
Historically, the highest grade Eternal Set that appeared in the Ninth World was SS-grade, reportedly having attribute strength 1.7 times that of a D-grade Eternal Set of the same level and star.
Under Zhang Yue’s massive slaughter, a large number of Abyssal Giant Spiders turned into illustrations and were collected by Zhang Yue.
In just one night, Zhang Yue collected 1,200 illustrations of the Abyssal Giant Spiders!
Completing the task of collecting Abyssal Giant Spider illustrations at four times the rate.
At any time, this efficiency was incredibly explosive!
After eleven o’clock at night, Zhang Yue returned to Mechanical City and submitted the task to the monster merchant Mole.
“Ding~ Congratulations on completing the task [Abyssal Giant Spider], final task rating: A-grade, reward: Experience Points +8 million, Gold Coin +120, Psionic Energy +40 billion, obtained [Eternal Set Equipment Selection Box] (Level 55, 7-star A-grade) +1!”
Wow!
A beam of golden light descended from above Zhang Yue’s head.
“Ding~ Congratulations on reaching Level 56, next level requires 20 million Experience Points…”
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