Under Liu Sheng’s deliberate spread of rumors, the news about Zhang Yue’s malicious attack on the Dragon City Empire Guild’s leader and vice leader, leading to Guild Leader Xu Bei’s permanent death, quickly circulated throughout Tianjing and even reached Dragon City.
Online, countless netizens were abuzz with discussions.
Opinions varied, with some believing in Zhang Yue, while others cursed him.
“Is it true? What’s Zero’s motive? Why would he kill someone from the Empire Guild?”
“I heard it’s out of jealousy of Xu Bei’s status and talent as the Guild Leader of the Empire Guild! Xu Bei rushed from Dragon City to Tianjing to protect him, and yet he killed him out of jealousy! What a heartless killing machine!”
“Yeah, I used to think of Zero as my idol, but I can’t believe he’s such a petty person!”
“Don’t jump to conclusions too soon. I’ve heard some of Zero’s stories, and he doesn’t seem like someone who resents the rich. Maybe there’s a misunderstanding?”
“Misunderstanding? So many people from the Empire Guild witnessed it. How could there be a misunderstanding? I’ve heard the Empire Guild’s top brass have already ordered their main forces to head to Tianjing to kill Zero. Would they act so openly without solid evidence?”
“I heard Zero has previously crushed many prestigious families and high-end guilds in Zhening, and even the two major guilds in Tianjing, Radiant and Chen’s Army, were defeated by him! The Empire Guild might not be able to handle Zero!”
“You’re overthinking it. The small guilds in Zhening and the mere three major families in Tianjing can’t compare to our Dragon City’s Empire Guild. The Empire Guild is a top-tier guild under the Ice Emperor’s command, and their members are all professionally trained elites. No matter how strong Zero is, he can’t possibly stand against the Empire Guild!”
“Daring to kill the Ice Emperor’s disciple, it seems this time, even if the Xiu Luo God were alive, he might not be able to save Zero!”
The situation quickly escalated online.
In the Dragon City Empire Guild headquarters, inside the vice president’s office.
Xu Aiguo looked at the news on his phone, a smile playing on his lips. “Perfect, this is exactly the effect I wanted!”
Beside him, his secretary in black stockings seemed a bit uneasy. “Boss, but Young Master Xu Bei, are we just abandoning him like this?”
“For the sake of my cooperation with Japan, sacrificing a pawn is no big deal. Mr. Amano has already promised that once Zero is dead, he’ll immediately transfer a hundred billion in funds to me!”
“With money, we can grow stronger in this chaotic world!”
After a pause, Xu Aiguo asked the secretary, “Have my orders been carried out?”
The secretary nodded, “The Empire Guild’s main forces, led by Liu Sheng, are already en route to Tianjing overnight, expected to arrive by tomorrow morning.”
Feeling a bit uneasy, Xu Aiguo stood up and said, “Prepare the car, I’m going to Tianjing myself.”
“I want to see Zero die with my own eyes!”
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Zhang Yue finished a dungeon run, farmed some Red Names in the wild, and then logged off.
The next morning, after getting up and washing up, he had breakfast with the people from the Temple of Destiny at a breakfast shop downstairs.
Watching Zhang Yue calmly sipping porridge and eating pancakes, Li Yue, Buye Hou, and One Night Stand all wore worried expressions.
“Guild Leader, with things like this, how can you stay so calm…?”
“Aren’t you worried at all?”
Zhang Yue replied nonchalantly, “Worried about what?”
Li Yue was bewildered, “You killed the Guild Leader of the Empire Guild! Now the whole of Tianjing knows about it, and many people online are cursing you…”
“Moreover, the Empire Guild has dispatched their main forces from Dragon City to Tianjing. By now, they should be arriving soon, and they will definitely retaliate against you…”
Whether Zhang Yue actually killed Xu Bei, even to Ouyang Ling’er, was an unknown mystery.
Because since last night after exiting the Monster Nest dungeon, Zhang Yue hadn’t offered any explanation.
Zhang Yue continued eating his pancakes, seemingly indifferent. “We’ll talk when they come for me.”
After finishing breakfast, he logged in, ready to take on the Flying Centipede!
Zhang Yue had been eyeing this SSS-grade Flying Centipede for a long time, and now that he finally had the A-rank Eternal Set, he could finally take it down!
Leaving Mechanical City, Zhang Yue rode the Apocalyptic Black Dragon and reached his destination in ten minutes.
He returned to the familiar Dark Nest.
Zhang Yue recalled the Apocalyptic Black Dragon to the pet space and didn’t summon the Skeleton King or Predator.
This stance clearly indicated he intended to solo the Flying Centipede!
After all, none of his three pets had the Eternal Set yet, and they couldn’t deal any damage to the SSS-grade monster with a 150% suppression effect.
This battle was destined to be Zhang Yue’s alone!
Holding the Eternal Staff, as Zhang Yue approached the cave, he noticed there was no movement in the pitch-black cave!
Just as Zhang Yue was puzzled about why the Flying Centipede hadn’t come out to greet him.
Boom!
A beam of dark red death light suddenly shot from behind!
Zhang Yue reacted astonishingly fast, immediately using Teleportation, and almost 0.1 seconds after completing the move, the death light struck the ground, creating a massive crater where Zhang Yue had been a second before!
Zhang Yue looked up to see the massive body of the Flying Centipede, tens of meters long, swaying in the low air!
Its countless legs were enough to make anyone’s skin crawl!
Who would have thought this creature anticipated Zhang Yue’s arrival and ambushed him outside the cave!
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue raised his staff and locked onto the Flying Centipede to attack!
Boom boom boom boom!
A series of S-rank single-target burst skills bombarded the Flying Centipede, exploding several blood-red damage numbers above its head—
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Even the SSS-grade unique skill, Heavenless · Godslayer Curse, which usually dealt over 160,000 damage, could only inflict over 30,000 damage on the Flying Centipede!
The other S-rank skills’ damage was even more negligible!
Because the A-rank Eternal Set on Zhang Yue could only negate 70% of the monster’s suppression effect, the Flying Centipede could still exert 80% suppression on Zhang Yue.
So the damage Zhang Yue dealt was only 20% of his potential output!
Of course, being able to inflict such damage meant the Flying Centipede was already in Zhang Yue’s grasp!
After Zhang Yue unleashed a combo.
Boom!
The massive body of the Flying Centipede turned into a sharp arrow, charging at Zhang Yue.
With quick reflexes, Zhang Yue leaped to avoid the impact, and the Flying Centipede burrowed straight into the ground!
The surroundings fell into a brief silence.
The next moment.
With a loud “boom,” the Flying Centipede burst out from beneath Zhang Yue’s feet!
Zhang Yue dodged just in time, as the Flying Centipede continued to dart up and down through the ground.
The entire ground shook violently.
During this, Zhang Yue inevitably suffered several impacts.
Three hits of over 30,000 damage instantly ate through Zhang Yue’s S-rank Magic Shield and took away a third of his health!
It’s undeniable that the Flying Centipede’s “Flying and Escaping” skill was quite troublesome!
“If that’s the case, then it’s time for me to get serious.”
Taking advantage of the Flying Centipede’s skill cooldown.
Zhang Yue launched a fierce attack…
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