Chapter 64: The Fourth World—Dragon’s Valley

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After trekking for a good twenty minutes, Zhang Yue finally arrived at the Dark Mountains.

This was a level 31 map.

As he looked around, he saw countless massive black dragons soaring through the skies above the vast mountain range.

Their piercing roars echoed through the heavens!

Zhang Yue raised his Necromancer's Staff, summoning his Dark Skeleton King and Skeleton Warriors, ready for battle.

[Dark Demon Dragon] (Magic-type, Standard Monster)

Level: 31

Magic Attack: 1080

Physical Defense: 500

Magic Defense: 520

HP: 9800

Skills: Dragon Flame, Dragon Breath

Description: A powerful dragon from the Dark Clan. Its strength is beyond your imagination...

The monsters in the Fourth World above level 30 were clearly much stronger!

For professionals, level 30 is a significant milestone, marking the divide between the first and second class advancements. Similarly, for monsters, level 30 represented a major power jump.

Without hesitation, Zhang Yue locked onto a Dark Demon Dragon flying overhead and launched an attack.

Boom!

A perfectly aimed Fireball hit the speeding dragon.

-1625! -195 Burn!

The Dark Demon Dragon let out an enraged roar, its hatred now directed at Zhang Yue. With a deafening screech, it dove toward him, wings cutting through the air with a vicious whoosh.

At this moment, the Skeleton King activated Deadly Taunt, diverting the dragon's focus toward itself.

Boom!

The dragon unleashed a torrent of scorching flames, engulfing the Skeleton King. However, with only a few hundred points of damage per hit, the Skeleton King barely flinched.

As the dragon descended, the Skeleton King cast Shadow Sword Array, trapping it in place. The Skeleton Warriors immediately joined in, slashing at the dragon relentlessly!

Meanwhile, Zhang Yue stood at a distance, continuously casting spells.

Every two seconds, a Fireball was launched, as if mana cost was no concern.

One by one, the damage numbers—1,000 to 2,000 points per hit—whittled down the Dark Demon Dragon's health bar in no time!

"Ding~ You have slain LV31 Dark Demon Dragon. Experience +320, Ether +320,000!"

Roar~

With a final, pitiful wail, the Dark Demon Dragon's body crashed to the ground.

After collecting the 12 copper coins it dropped, Zhang Yue quickly locked onto his next target.

With his full set of golden necromancer gear, Zhang Yue made quick work of the level 31 dragons—it was almost laughable how easily he could defeat them.

By noon, Zhang Yue had slain all 300 Dark Demon Dragons.

Among them, he'd taken down three standard Dark Demon Dragons.

Returning to the Grand Hall of Light, Zhang Yue found Luji and submitted his quest.

"Ding~ Congratulations! You have completed the quest Boost Morale 5. You have earned: Experience +100,000, Ether +150,000,000, Trust Level +20 with Luji, Equipment: Dragon Battle Leggings (LV30, 2 stars), Silver +40!"

"Ding~ Luji's trust level with you has increased to Level 1!"

It's easy to rise from 0 to 1—just 10 points of trust are needed. But going from 1 to 2 required a steep jump to 50 points!

Zhang Yue spoke with Luji again and received another quest.

This time, he got a quest with a difficulty rating of 250, Boost Morale 2, again involving slaying Dark Demon Dragons.

However, this time, the number required was much smaller—only 120 dragons!

Naturally, the reward was lower as well, offering just 8 trust points.

Seeing that it was already past noon, and his stomach growled with hunger, Zhang Yue logged off to grab lunch.

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Meanwhile.

In a luxurious hotel suite in Linhai City, the curtains were drawn tightly shut, making the room as dark as night.

On the bed, a young couple was getting intimate.

Perhaps it was the girl's first time being this close to her boyfriend, as she shyly asked, "I've heard some hotels have hidden cameras... Do you think this place might have any?"

The guy chuckled and stroked her hair. "No way, baby. This is a legitimate hotel. There's no chance of that."

"What about under the bed? What if someone's hiding down there? That scares me…"

"Don't be silly, baby. Trust me. If there's anyone else in this room besides the two of us, I'll run naked through the streets."

As soon as those words left his mouth—

Whoosh!

A shower of light fell, and Zhang Yue appeared at the foot of the bed.

The awkward silence that followed was deafening.

Moments later, the girl let out a piercing scream. Zhang Yue quickly apologized and bolted from the room.

"Damn! I forgot that in the Otherworld, when you log off, you reappear exactly where you last logged in!"

Zhang Yue cursed himself for not remembering the hotel's checkout time before noon.

After leaving the hotel, he immediately called a housing agent to inquire about available rentals.

However, the agent replied apologetically, "The market's really tight right now. Most of the nearby options are shared apartments, which don't meet your requirements."

"Forget it. I might as well book a hotel long-term," Zhang Yue thought to himself. Then, deciding he'd better go pack his belongings, he headed back to Shiyue Yating residential complex.

As he entered his apartment, Zhang Yue noticed that the bedsheets had been cleaned and were now hanging on the balcony to dry.

On his bedside table, there was a note in neat handwriting:

Sorry, I got drunk last night and messed up your bed. I've cleaned everything. Please forgive me!

Sigh…

Zhang Yue sighed, too lazy to make a fuss. Thinking about how staying at the hotel would be more risky with so many people around, he figured he might as well stay here for now.

He'd wait for the real estate agent to get back to him with better options.

Since he had already grabbed a quick bite at a fast-food joint downstairs before heading up, Zhang Yue logged back into the Otherworld immediately after entering his apartment.

Once again, he found himself in the safe zone of the Fourth World: the Grand Hall of Light.

Just as he was about to head out to continue his quest—

He received a FlyMail from Liu Yao:

"Bro! I'm in a bit of a jam. Can you help me out?"

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At the same time.

In the Third World: Descent of the Reapers, just outside the Holy Light Cemetery, in a level 27 wild zone known as the Shadowlands—

A large group of over a hundred professionals from the Supreme Guild had gathered.

In the crowd, several fair-skinned, long-legged girls stood in confrontation with Liu Yao.

"Are you going to do it or not?"

"If you're not going to, just forget it."

"Yeah, if you're not capable, why brag about it in the first place?"

"Hold on!" Liu Yao's face turned bright red as he faced the girls' taunts. "A real man never says he can't! I said I can, so I will!"

No sooner had he said that than screams erupted from inside the Shadowlands.

Moments later, several members of the Supreme Guild came running out of the map, battered and bruised.

"Boss, it's no use! That guy's too strong. We can't beat him!"

"Alright…" Liu Yao's face fell. "I admit it. I can't."

"But my big bro can! Just wait till he gets here, and he'll clear the quest for you!"

The girls didn't seem convinced.

"Yeah, right. You're just wasting our time. If you can't do it, we'll find someone else."

"No, wait! Please give me one more chance!" Liu Yao begged.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Zhang Yue approaching.

Instantly, Liu Yao's face lit up with excitement.

"My big bro's here!"

The girls turned to look and saw the "big bro" Liu Yao had mentioned—a frail-looking beast tamer, of all things. Their skepticism only deepened.

"You're not seriously saying he's going to help us with the quest, are you?"

"Come on!" Liu Yao looked incredulous. "You don't know my big bro? You really don't know who he is? Are you even from the Holy Light Cemetery??"

One of the girls frowned. "He just looks like a regular beast tamer to me."

Zhang Yue walked up, and Liu Yao rushed over, whispering urgently, "Bro, you've got to help me out!"

"I promised to complete a quest for these girls. If I pull it off, I get to choose one of them to be my girlfriend for seven days! But the quest is way too hard, and my guild brothers and I have already failed like ten times!"

Zhang Yue glanced at the girls, noticing that they were indeed very attractive, with great figures to match.

No wonder Liu Yao was so desperate.

Zhang Yue asked, "You're loaded, right? Can't you just buy their affection?"

"You don't get it! Using money isn't fun. Doing it this way is way more exciting!"

Zhang Yue sighed. "Man, you really are something."

After Zhang Yue sighed lightly, then asked, "What's the quest?"

Liu Yao pointed behind him at the Shadowlands. "There's a level 27, 2-star skeleton boss in that map, but the thing is, it gains 10% damage resistance for every player in its attack range. So, only nine people can fight it at a time. But even with just a few of us, we still can't beat the boss!"

"All we need to do is kill the boss, and their quest will be completed, no matter who lands the killing blow."

"Alright, I got it."

"You all stay here. You don't need to come in."

With that, Zhang Yue walked past the group of girls and headed into the Shadowlands.

"Hey!" One of the girls called out, clearly skeptical. "Don't go get yourself killed! Do you really think you're that strong?"

"Why do all men love to brag so much?"

At that moment, Zhang Yue had already disappeared into the Shadowlands alone.

The girls were fuming, exasperated by his arrogance.

"What a ridiculous person! Acting all high and mighty."

"He thinks he can kill the boss by himself? No way!"

But as they continued grumbling—

Zhang Yue reappeared, walking back out of the Shadowlands as casually as when he'd entered.

"It's done," he said, without even glancing at the girls as he passed them.

The girls stared in disbelief, one of them blurting out, "Wait, what? Are you serious? Do you take us for fools or something?"

"Hold on!" one of the girls, an archer with the ID Cute Cutie, checked her quest panel. Her eyes widened in shock. "My quest... it's complete!"

"He actually killed the boss!"

"What?! Are you serious, Cutie? You're not joking, right?!"

The other girls quickly crowded around Cute Cutie, and when they saw the "Completed" status on her quest panel, all their eyes went wide with astonishment.

Liu Yao approached them with a big grin. "See? Didn't I tell you my big bro is awesome?"

"Now that the quest's done, it's time for you to keep your end of the bargain!"

With that, Liu Yao scanned the five beautiful girls in front of him, eyes sparkling with anticipation. After a moment, he pointed at the priestess with the ID Sweet Bunny and said, "I choose you to be my girlfriend!"

But no sooner had he spoken than Sweet Bunny let out a little squeak and bolted!

Liu Yao stood frozen for a second, then immediately chased after her, shouting, "Bunny, don't run! I only want you, Bunny!"

A little while later, Sweet Bunny caught up with Zhang Yue, who was already some distance ahead.

She called out to him softly:

"Shura!"

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