The Ninth World, Monster Kingdom.
Level 58 Tropical Forest.
Boom boom boom!
Roar roar!
Swish swish swish!
Under the fierce combined S-rank skill assault from Zhang Yue, the Apocalyptic Black Dragon, the Hell Skeleton King, and the Shadow Predator, damage numbers ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 kept popping up above the Giant Mosquito King’s head!
Without using the Eternal Set, facing an A-rank monster with a 70% suppression effect, they managed to deal two to three times more damage than all the Empire Guild professionals present.
Truly explosive!
Under the intense offensive, the Giant Mosquito King’s proboscis was knocked askew, and its health bar was rapidly depleting!
Protected by the Void Set skill [Void Shield], the Skeleton King withstood the Mosquito King’s damage without flinching.
In the blink of an eye, the Mosquito King’s health bar was reduced to one-third!
The Empire Guild members present, all hailing from Dragon City and accustomed to great storms and waves, couldn’t help but show a uniform expression of shock: ((???|||))!
“What terrifying damage!”
“Is he soloing an 8-star BOSS?”
“And under a 70% suppression effect…”
Even Xu Bei was filled with astonishment.
Before this, he even doubted that Zhang Yue’s strength was propped up by his Sword Emperor disciple, thinking that his own strength might not even match Luo Chen’s.
Witnessing it firsthand now, Xu Bei’s understanding of professional strength was completely refreshed!
At this moment, Luo Chen charged forward with his sword, unleashing hundreds of sword shadows to attack the BOSS alongside Zhang Yue.
Before long, the BOSS was defeated.
“Ding~ Congratulations on killing the level 58 8-star BOSS [Giant Mosquito King] (A-rank monster), experience points +8 million, psionic energy +58 million!”
Boom!
The Giant Mosquito King’s massive body fell like a crashing airplane.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
With the rich experience rewards from the Mosquito King, over a third of the people on the field leveled up.
Beside the Mosquito King’s corpse, a pile of equipment, gold coins, skill books, and other loot rolled out.
Zhang Yue walked over and picked up everything.
Among them, there was one piece of 8-star quality equipment and two 7-star pieces.
7-star equipment at this stage was not bad.
However, Zhang Yue ignored them, only interested in the 8-star piece.
It was a warrior helmet [Bloodforge], perfect for the Skeleton King.
However, being level 58 equipment, the Skeleton King, currently only level 55, couldn’t meet the wearing requirements yet, so it was stored in the bag.
Besides this equipment, the Mosquito King’s drop of gold coins and materials was also very generous, with a market value of at least several hundred thousand!
But Zhang Yue was only interested in the 300-plus Giant Mosquito illustrations it dropped.
One had to admit, the BOSS’s drop rate was really high!
One Mosquito King dropped as many illustrations as three hundred ordinary mosquitoes!
As a result, after taking down this BOSS, Zhang Yue’s task progress was directly completed by a quarter!
With the battle over.
Xu Bei approached Zhang Yue, full of admiration, and said to him, “Brother, do you have any secrets to getting stronger? Can you teach me?”
“My dream is to become a top-tier strongman like my master, the Ice Emperor. I thought I was just one step away from my dream, but after meeting you, I realized I’m far from it!”
Zhang Yue suddenly felt a bit regretful.
What if Xu Bei doesn’t dare to make a move against him because he showed too much strength?
After all, Zhang Yue was counting on the Empire Guild to make a move against him!
No opportunity?
Then Zhang Yue would create one for them!
Zhang Yue deliberately sighed and said, “Unfortunately, my awareness is still lacking.”
“For example, if you were those assassins and suddenly attacked me, I might not even have a chance to react and would be one-shot killed by you.”
Xu Bei chuckled and said, “Don’t worry, brother. With the protection of the Empire Guild, they won’t have a chance to ambush you!”
Saying this, Xu Bei immediately instructed his teammates, “Everyone, spread out and level up with Zero as the center!”
More than fifty Empire Guild professionals immediately formed a huge circle, surrounding Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue couldn’t help but sigh: I’ve given you such a hint, yet you still don’t understand. Are you really that clueless or just pretending?
However, Zhang Yue wasn’t in a hurry.
They would make a move sooner or later.
Zhang Yue’s Feixin recording function was always on!
But Zhang Yue underestimated Xu Bei’s patience.
Unexpectedly, this guy didn’t make a move for two days!
It got to the point where Zhang Yue’s Feixin recording feature ran out of data!
This guy had more patience than a ninja turtle!
However, for Zhang Yue, it didn’t really matter.
Instead, with the assistance of the Empire Guild, he almost gathered a complete Eternal Set in just a day and a half by completing tasks!
In the evening.
At a hot pot restaurant in Tianjing, Zhang Yue was having dinner with people from the Temple of Destiny.
During the meal, Lin Tian asked, “Has there been any movement from Xu Bei?”
Zhang Yue dipped a slice of beef roll and said, “No.”
Ouyang Ling’er, holding an orange cat, wondered, “That’s strange. Isn’t his goal to get close to you and then find a chance to attack you? Why haven’t they made a move yet?”
“Is it possible, just possible,” Wu Haotian said, “that you’ve been too dominant these past two days, and after seeing your true strength, they’re afraid to make a move?”
Zhang Yue looked slightly helpless, “I’ve been very restrained.”
Ouyang Ling’er asked, “How have you been restrained?”
“When I was alone before, I would group attack twenty or thirty monsters at a time. Now I only attack five or six at a time.”
As soon as Zhang Yue finished speaking, everyone looked at him with incredulous eyes.
“You call attacking five or six monsters at a time restrained? Do you know it takes us ordinary people ages to kill just one monster?”
Zhang Yue: “Isn’t that the lower limit of a weakling?”
Everyone: “We don’t even qualify to be weaklings!”
In fact, during daily battles, Zhang Yue deliberately showed many flaws, exhibiting weaknesses other than high damage.
He even sent Luo Chen away, not letting him follow.
He might as well have written “Come kill me, I’m easy to kill, one hit and I’m dead” on his face!
The Empire Guild people fought monsters and did tasks with Zhang Yue every day, countless opportunities, yet they didn’t make a move. Zhang Yue was truly at a loss!
At this moment, Ouyang Ling’er said, “Don’t rush, stay calm!”
“I’m sure Xu Bei’s purpose in approaching you is to deal with you! Before the World Finals for new professionals start, he will definitely make a move!”
Just as she finished speaking, Zhang Yue received a Feixin message from Xu Bei, whom he had just added as a friend this afternoon: “Brother, same place tonight?”
“Yeah, I’m having dinner, I’ll be there later.”
Xu Bei: “Okay, we’ll head over there and wait for you.”
Closing Feixin.
After finishing the hot pot, Zhang Yue went online.
Currently, he had collected 6 A-rank Eternal Set selection boxes, just one short of completing a full Eternal Set.
And for this last one, Zhang Yue only needed to complete the task of collecting [Great Strength Magic Ape] illustrations to receive it as a task reward!
Moreover, the task progress was already at 70%.
Tonight’s task was to head to the [Flower and Fruit Mountain] map, kill the Great Strength Magic Ape, and collect the remaining 30% of the illustrations!
After going online, Zhang Yue replenished some potions at the pharmacy and set off for Flower and Fruit Mountain, located south of Mechanical City.
Not long after leaving the city, Zhang Yue unexpectedly saw Xu Bei leading a group of Empire Guild members in a forest area, doing something unknown…
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