Heavenly Fire Blaze!
Ice and Snow!
Thunderous Might!
Boom, boom, boom!
A combo of S-rank skills blasted onto the Flying Mantis, dealing around 15,000 damage each time.
With an 80% suppression difference, Zhang Yue could only exert 20% of his output.
This feeling was truly frustrating!
A few S-rank skills barely scratched the Flying Mantis!
At this moment, the Flying Mantis, suddenly attacked, flew towards Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue unleashed an SSS-grade Heavenless · Godslayer Curse, exploding for 35,000 damage on the Flying Mantis.
Ever since acquiring the SSS-grade Godslayer Curse, Zhang Yue had grown disdainful of the pile of S-rank skills.
Indeed, the S-rank skills that 99.999% of new Professionals worldwide, and even those from the past couple of years, dreamed of, had been dismissed by Zhang Yue.
He just wanted to reach level 70 quickly and welcome the SS-grade skill frenzy!
Normally, Zhang Yue’s three S-rank skills combined with one SSS-grade skill could obliterate a level 60 small monster without a trace.
But now, the high suppression effect only reduced the Flying Mantis’s health bar by a quarter!
Using Teleportation to create distance and avoid the Flying Mantis’s [Leaf Blade] attack, Zhang Yue followed up with Divine Fire Catastrophe + Hell Judgment + Necromancer Storm for a wave of damage.
Using AOE skills for solo farming was indeed wasteful.
The Flying Mantis was having a good time.
Fortunately, the Beast Tamer’s skill cooldowns, like the Mage’s, were relatively short, just a few seconds each.
Nine seconds later, when Zhang Yue’s second Godslayer Curse hit, the Flying Mantis’s health bar dropped to a third.
Another nine seconds, the third Godslayer Curse, with 59,000 damage, emptied the Flying Mantis’s health bar!
It took half a minute to deal with just one Flying Mantis.
For Zhang Yue, who was used to instantly wiping out large groups of monsters with AOE skills, it was a bit stifling.
If it weren’t for this SSS-grade Eternal Set, Zhang Yue would have given up long ago!
From then on, Zhang Yue could only farm solo.
In this situation, group farming was meaningless.
At an average speed of one every half minute, the drop rate was only two per minute…
After two hours, Zhang Yue barely collected over 200 Flying Mantis illustrations, combined with the previous 800 universal illustrations, totaling 1050!
Zhang Yue realized that this was dragging on too long!
Even though after this wave of tasks, only two more waves were needed to complete seven tasks, requiring 2100 illustrations.
At this rate, it would take 17.5 hours without rest!
A task that originally could be completed in one or two hours was being dragged out for so long.
Unbearable, completely unbearable!
“Looks like I need to go back and discuss with Lord…”
Thinking this, Zhang Yue stopped killing Flying Mantises and, holding the collected illustrations, crushed a Return Scroll to return to Mechanical City.
Finding the monster merchant Lord wandering aimlessly in the city, Zhang Yue submitted the task.
Using the 14 million experience points from the task reward, along with previously accumulated experience points, he leveled up the Shadow Predator to level 60.
Additionally, only two pieces of the Eternal Set were left to complete the whole set!
At this moment, Zhang Yue said to Lord, “I need to discuss something with you.”
Lord stuffed a bunch of illustrations into his pocket and asked, “What is it?”
“Give me the other two Eternal Equipment Boxes in advance, and I can help you collect more illustrations.”
“No way!” Lord immediately refused, “Isn’t that like your human’s ‘marry first, love later’? What if you stop loving me one day?”
Not only the two of them, but even the passersby around them fell into silence.
“Ah, I mean, how can you take the reward before completing the task?”
Zhang Yue said, “I can collect more illustrations for you on the original basis.”
Zhang Yue: “How about double?”
Lord: “It’s not about the amount, it’s a matter of principle!”
Zhang Yue: “Triple.”
Lord: “Oh, why are you humans so stubborn? I said it’s a matter of principle…”
Zhang Yue: “Quadruple.”
Lord: “Deal!”
Just then, a passing B-grade monster merchant walked by, giving Lord a disdainful look, “I hate people without principles!”
Lord: “I don’t want to either, but he’s offering too much!”
Lord began calculating, “Based on 1050, quadruple is 5000! Then double for two tasks! I’ll give you the equipment in advance, and you must collect Flying Mantis illustrations for me!”
“Good calculation, don’t calculate next time.”
Zhang Yue said, “8400 illustrations, I’ll gather them for you today.”
For Zhang Yue, as long as he could get the SSS-grade Eternal Set in advance, even ten thousand Flying Mantis illustrations were within reach.
So, Lord reluctantly took out two Eternal Equipment Boxes and handed them to Zhang Yue.
With these two, Zhang Yue finally gathered seven equipment boxes!
When it came to profession choice, Zhang Yue did not choose the Beast Tamer set.
Instead, he chose the Archer!
Yes, Zhang Yue intended to use this super-premium level 60 8-star SSS-grade Eternal Set for the Apocalyptic Black Dragon!
Because Zhang Yue already had a 7-star Eternal Set.
Switching to this 8-star set would make the 7-star set obsolete.
The Beast Tamer profession, with three pets, was unusable.
He would make do with the 7-star set for himself, give the 8-star set to the Apocalyptic Black Dragon, and in the upcoming monster battles, he would have an extra fighting force, and the efficiency of killing monsters would surely be higher!
Spending 50 million Psionic Energy, he refined the Eternal Set into all-gold attributes with one click.
Then equipped the Apocalyptic Black Dragon.
The Apocalyptic Black Dragon’s stats received a massive boost.
[Twenty-Four Winged Apocalyptic Black Dragon] (Legendary Grade)
[Level: 60]
[Physical Attack Power:]
[Physical Defense: 6800]
[Magic Defense: 6500]
[Health Points:]
[Mana:]
[Skills: Apocalyptic Dragon Flame (S-rank), Apocalyptic Dragon Breath (S-rank), Apocalyptic Dragon Roar (S-rank), Apocalyptic Dragon Explosion (S-rank)…]
Judging by the stats, the Apocalyptic Black Dragon already surpassed Zhang Yue, its master.
The Ninth World’s Eternal Set offered higher attribute bonuses compared to ordinary equipment of the same level.
And a level 60 8-star SSS-grade Eternal Set had attributes 1.7 times that of a level 60 8-star ordinary equipment!
It was conceivable that, though it appeared to be an 8-star set, its actual strength had reached a 9-star level!
Moreover, the bonuses of the 8-star Eternal Set far exceeded the 7-star set Zhang Yue had.
Single piece effect: Normal attack damage +100%!
Two-piece set: Attack speed +100%!
Three-piece set: Movement speed +80%!
Four-piece set: Armor penetration +80%!
Five-piece set: Physical attack power +100%!
Six-piece set: Mana +100%!
Seven-piece set: Critical hit rate +50%!
Set skill: SSS-grade Counter (Passive, reduces suppression effects from Ninth World monsters by 150% for the wearer)!
It’s hard to imagine how high the Apocalyptic Black Dragon’s damage is now!
What is certain is that its damage is now definitely higher than Zhang Yue, its master, and not just by a little!
The time was fixed at ten in the morning.
Zhang Yue immediately returned to the Waldemar Plains, preparing to continue collecting Flying Mantis illustrations.
After all, the monster merchant Lord had cast a spell on the last two SSS-grade Eternal pieces, and if Zhang Yue couldn’t deliver 8400 Flying Mantis illustrations within three days, those two pieces would be forcibly reclaimed by Lord!
Meanwhile, the Empire Guild was conducting a carpet search outside Mechanical City for Zhang Yue’s whereabouts…
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