"Ding~ Welcome to the Level 5 Secret Realm [Doomsday City]. The secret realm mission has been issued: Please kill at least 30 secret realm monsters and defeat the guardian of the realm!"
As the system notification fell, Zhang Yue found himself in a city shrouded in smoke, resembling a wasteland.
In his line of sight, Ironclad Scorpions roamed the city.
With only 9 minutes left before the secret realm closed, Zhang Yue wasted no time and moved forward immediately!
Clang! Clang!
Roar!
A Level 5 Ironclad Scorpion blocked Zhang Yue's path, waving its massive pincers and charging at him with a roar!
Without breaking his stride, Zhang Yue swung his [Flame Pioneer Staff], releasing a fireball that shot straight at the Ironclad Scorpion.
Super Fireball Spell!
Boom!
The scorching fireball hit the Ironclad Scorpion, dealing a critical hit of 311 points, instantly depleting its 290 health points.
This earned Zhang Yue 15 experience points, some psionic energy, and 3 copper coins.
With an agility attribute as high as 19 points, Zhang Yue could land a critical hit almost every three attacks!
The Level 5 secret realm only allowed professionals up to Level 5 to enter, and the monsters within were at least Level 5.
As Zhang Yue harvested the Level 5 scorpions along his path, he ventured deeper into Doomsday City.
The Ironclad Scorpions he encountered began to rise to Level 6, and then Level 7!
For Level 5-6 scorpions, Zhang Yue could generally one-shot them with a fireball spell, combined with subsequent burn damage.
However, the Level 7 Ironclad Scorpions had over 450 health points and thick defenses, making it impossible for Zhang Yue to one-shot them!
Due to the pressing time, Zhang Yue abandoned positioning tactics and stood his ground against the Ironclad Scorpions.
The Level 7 Ironclad Scorpion's 60 attack points hit Zhang Yue, who only had 18 points of physical defense, hard.
A [Charge] skill (dealing 150% physical damage) could take away 63 points of Zhang Yue's health!
With no other choice, Zhang Yue took out the [Iron Armor: Hero Guard] from his storage space, originally prepared for his pet Ironclad Scorpion.
He put it on himself.
With the boost from this Level 5 golden attribute armor, Zhang Yue's physical defense instantly soared from 18 points to 51 points!
Combined with the equipment's [Guard] attribute (reducing the wearer's damage by 30 points).
Next, a [Charge] from the Level 7 Ironclad Scorpion hit Zhang Yue, and a minimal damage of "-1" floated above his head.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but exclaim, "This is awesome!"
Soon, he had killed 30 Ironclad Scorpions.
At that moment, with Zhang Yue's feeding, his pet Ironclad Scorpion finally leveled up to Level 5 as well!
Zhang Yue immediately took off the [Iron Armor: Hero Guard] and equipped it on the Ironclad Scorpion.
A common-grade defensive pet gains 10 health points, 1 defense point, and 1 attribute point per level.
Zhang Yue allocated all 5 attribute points from leveling up to stamina.
[Ironclad Scorpion] (Physical Type · Common Grade)
[Owner: Zero] (Bound)
[Type: Defensive]
[Loyalty: Infinite]
[Level: 5] (Experience Points 5/3000)
[Physical Attack: 2]
[Physical Defense: 39]
[Magic Defense: 35]
[Health Points: 180]
[Mana: 9]
[Skill: Iron Body (Passive, A-grade 0/10, reduces damage taken by 30%)]
[Description: A defensive Ironclad Scorpion, capable of protecting the Beast Tamer and taking hits on the front line…]
Zhang Yue didn't expect the Ironclad Scorpion to deal damage; it was only responsible for taking hits!
After all, for a common-grade pet, having such attributes at Level 5 was already quite good.
During the frequent hunts of Ironclad Scorpions, Zhang Yue triggered the [Soul Harvest] profession effect twice, harvesting two new Ironclad Scorpions.
Now, he only needed to harvest 8 more common-grade pets to upgrade the Ironclad Scorpion's quality to [Elite Grade]!
Just as Zhang Yue summoned the Ironclad Scorpion.
Roar!
A loud roar came from ahead!
Looking ahead, he saw a giant Ironclad Scorpion, twice the size of a regular one, appearing on the street!
In the Otherworld, monsters were categorized into common monsters, lord monsters, and bosses.
This was the guardian of the [Doomsday City] secret realm, the lord monster Ironclad Scorpion Leader!
Zhang Yue checked the time.
"Two minutes left before the secret realm closes. Looks like I need to finish this quickly!"
With that, Zhang Yue looked at the Ironclad Scorpion in front of him and commanded, "Go!"
Roar! Roar!
Under Zhang Yue's command, the Ironclad Scorpion charged fearlessly toward the Scorpion Leader!
As Zhang Yue approached the Scorpion Leader, he used Scouting to check its stats.
[Ironclad Scorpion Leader] (Level 7 Physical Type · Lord Monster): Attack 80, Physical Defense 55, Magic Defense 50, Health Points 1240, Skills: Iron Armor, Charge.
At this moment, the Scorpion Leader launched its first attack.
Charge!
Roar!
The Scorpion Leader suddenly accelerated, covering over twenty meters in an instant, and crashed into the Ironclad Scorpion, sending it flying.
A red damage number appeared above the Ironclad Scorpion: -22!
The [Guard] attribute, combined with the Ironclad Scorpion's A-grade skill [Iron Body], significantly reduced the damage it took!
Even a Level 7 lord monster couldn't hurt the Ironclad Scorpion much!
Taking advantage of the Scorpion Leader entering his attack range, Zhang Yue immediately swung his staff and attacked.
Super Fireball Spell!
Boom!
-206 Critical Hit!
-20 Burn!
-25 Burn!
The Scorpion Leader's health bar instantly dropped by a fifth!
Just as it was about to attack Zhang Yue, it was blocked by the Ironclad Scorpion.
Clang! Clang!
The Scorpion Leader had no choice but to vent its fury on the Ironclad Scorpion, continuously attacking it with its massive pincers.
A series of negligible 8-point normal attack damages kept appearing above the Ironclad Scorpion.
Meanwhile, with the Ironclad Scorpion tanking in front, Zhang Yue unleashed a barrage of attacks from behind.
Every 3 seconds, an A-grade fireball spell hit the Scorpion Leader, causing its health bar to drop rapidly!
After six fireball spells.
The Scorpion Leader let out a wail and collapsed to the ground!
"Ding~ Congratulations on killing the Level 7 lord monster Ironclad Scorpion Leader, experience points +1000! Psionic Energy + (multiplied by ten thousand)!"
At this moment, an area announcement descended upon Doomsday Town—
"Ding~ Congratulations to the professional [Zero] for being the first to clear the Level 5 secret realm [Doomsday City], earning the reward [Secret Realm Scroll] (Black Iron Grade) +1!"
With this announcement, over three thousand professionals in Doomsday Town were all stirred.
The area chat channel was filled with exclamations from the professionals:
[Night Raid Widow Village] (Male, Level 2 Common Grade Assassin): "Who is this Zero? So awesome, actually cleared the Level 5 secret realm!"
[Flowing Years] (Male, Level 2 Common Grade Archer): "Isn't everyone only at Level 1-3 right now? The guardian monster in the Level 5 secret realm must be at least a Level 6-7 lord, how did they defeat it?"
[Battle, Starry Sky] (Male, Level 3 Elite Grade Holy Shield Knight): "Is the pro who first cleared the secret realm here? I'll pay three thousand bucks for your secret realm scroll, offline transaction!"
At this moment, the most shocked people were Liu Yao and Lin Yue'er, who had just exited the secret realm not long ago.
"When we left, there didn't seem to be anyone else in the secret realm!"
"The last one to enter… could it be him?" Liu Yao looked at Lin Yue'er in surprise and asked, "What's your ex-boyfriend's ID?"
Lin Yue'er shook her head, "He hid his ID, I don't know!"
After a pause, Lin Yue'er continued, "But I'm sure: that person absolutely can't be Zhang Yue! How could a Beast Tamer without even a pet clear the Level 5 secret realm?"
"That makes sense." Liu Yao pondered, "He went in alone, soloing the Level 5 secret realm, that's impossible."
"It seems that in the last ten minutes after we left, some high-level guild professionals entered the secret realm. The person who killed the Scorpion Leader is no ordinary person."
"We need to find this person with the ID Zero," Liu Yao mused, "and then spend a lot of money to recruit him into my Supreme Guild, to work for me."
Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan
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