Chapter 159: Nether King and Nether Guardians, BOSS Descends!

Early in the morning, I habitually opened my phone's web browser. The top news headline:

[Global Professional Player Championship·National Challenge Countdown: 10 Days to Start.]

———

In the Heavens Hall guild chat, Wu Haotian started rambling:

["Professional Player Championship calculates the guild's top ten members' total points. There are only ten days left, boss. Where are we supposed to find ten people for our guild?"]

Zhang Yue: ["Still ten days? I thought it was just three days left. No rush then."]

Zhang Yue: ["Not ten, it's four."]

Ouyang Ling'er: ["? Did we get new members? Where are they? Why haven't they joined the chat group?"]

Zhang Yue: ["They're coming soon."]

———

After breakfast, everyone logged in.

[Sixth World, Realm of Death.]

In the safe zone of City of Ice & Snow, the five members gathered.

Quests in the Sixth World are pretty monotonous.

It's nothing more than killing monsters, collecting Resurrection Stone fragments, resurrecting NPCs, and receiving rewards.

Rinse and repeat.

To collect fragments faster, Lin Tian suggested: "Guild leader, your strength is beyond doubt, but we're struggling to kill level 45 Nether monsters."

"I propose we split up. We'll farm the level 41 monster area, and you can solo the level 45 ones."

Obviously, after yesterday, Lin Tian and the others fully realized that apart from Zhang Yue, the rest of them were dead weight.

They couldn't contribute much to each battle and were even leeching Zhang Yue's experience. It was literally occupying the latrine without sh*tting.

They didn't want to keep freeloading and decided to show their value…

Zhang Yue didn't object either, since Resurrection Stone fragments drop randomly. Grouping up would significantly reduce his collection efficiency.

Soloing would allow him to keep all the fragments, which was undoubtedly the best for Zhang Yue, who wanted to resurrect Snow Maiden Noah with ten Resurrection Stones each time, ten times in a row.

Thus, the group parted ways outside the city.

Lin Tian and the others headed to the Level 41 Nether Hall, while Zhang Yue went solo to the Level 45 Nether Valley.

The power gap between level 41 and 45 Nether monsters was considerable.

Level 41 Nether Warriors had only 30,000+ HP and lower defense.

Lin Tian's team could deal 7,000 to 8,000 damage to level 45 Nether Mages.

On level 41 Nether Warriors, the damage increased to about 10,000.

With a set of S-rank skill combos, Lin Tian could easily one-shot a Nether Warrior.

So for them, farming Resurrection Stone fragments in the level 41 map was the best option.

As time passed, more top-tier professional players gradually cleared the Fifth World and arrived at the Sixth World.

The wild areas outside City of Ice & Snow became increasingly crowded with professional players.

For the newly arrived level 36-37 professional players, the level 41 map was undoubtedly the best spot to farm Resurrection Stone fragments.

As a result, the Level 41 Nether Hall where Lin Tian's team was became overcrowded.

Aside from new professionals, there were also many seasoned veterans from previous worlds.

Professional players from three or four major guilds filled the entire Nether Hall.

While they were busy slaughtering Nether Warriors and collecting fragments—

Suddenly, the ground shook violently.

Amidst the tremors, a dazzling light erupted from a central temple within the map.

Immediately after, several lone players killing monsters inside the temple were blasted out.

Amidst their screams, they crashed into the snowy ground, struggled for a moment, and turned into white light, vanishing.

Nearby players were stunned.

"What the hell? Insta-killed?"

"Is there a boss spawn!?"

While everyone was speculating—

System Announcement:

[Ding~ Attention all professionals in [Nether Hall]: Due to your extensive slaughter of Nether Warriors, you have enraged the [Nether King Kargel]. The BOSS [Nether King Kargel] is about to appear. Please prepare yourselves]

A BOSS spawn!

Hearing the announcement, everyone on-site got excited.

Looking ahead—

Sure enough, an eight-meter-tall giant Nether Warrior, clad in golden armor with a cape and wielding a golden war halberd, emerged slowly from the temple.

Beside him were two Nether Warriors in silver armor, wielding dual blades.

Ordinary Nether Warriors wore black armor and used black blades.

These three were clearly unusual.

Sure enough—

Seeing their blood-red IDs above their heads, everyone was stunned.

[Nether King Kargel] (Lv42 Warrior Class·6-Star BOSS)

[Nether Guardian] (Lv42 Warrior Class·Elite Monster)

"Damn! A 6-star BOSS plus two elite monsters."

Seeing the BOSS trio emerging from the temple, Ouyang Ling'er couldn't help but exclaim excitedly: "In the Sixth World, elite monsters and BOSS monsters have a much higher drop rate for Resurrection Stone fragments, and the BOSS might even directly drop a complete Resurrection Stone."

"We're gonna strike it rich."

Wu Haotian grinned, "Lucky we came here, or we wouldn't have encountered such a good thing."

Lin Tian surveyed the surroundings: "Don't get too excited yet. We've got plenty of competitors."

Looking around—

Countless professional players from all directions were eyeing the Nether King and his two guardians like hungry wolves.

After all, the chance of a simultaneous BOSS and elite monster spawn in a different world was extremely low.

A 6-star BOSS guarantees 5-star gear drops, likely 6-star gear, and even a slight chance of 7-star gear.

Whoever gets this loot will be set for life.

However, no one dared to make the first move.

After all, with most players only at levels 36-37, they knew they couldn't compete with a level 42 six-star BOSS.

But the Nether King wasn't about to be polite.

Faced with so many intruders in his territory, Nether King Kargel raised his golden war halberd and roared: "Pathetic humans! How dare you slaughter my kin in my domain."

"ATTACK! KILL them all!"

With the Nether King's command—

His two Nether Guardians charged at the surrounding players, launching an all-out massacre.

The two lieutenant-level Netherworld Guardians beside him each wielded dual blades, launching attacks toward the surrounding professional players.

Those under attack grabbed their weapons and fought back fiercely.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The Netherworld Guardians raised their blades and slashed wildly with their two blade edges in a chaotic flurry. With damage reaching as high as three to four thousand points per strike, they instantly cut down a nearby level-36 warrior named Qing Mo.

WHOOSH!

A white light flashed.

Instant kill!

The Netherworld Guardians then let out a roar, activated berserk mode, and charged into the crowd, launching a frenzied massacre.

The scattered players couldn't withstand the explosive damage from the level-42 lieutenant-level monsters and were slain one after another, vanishing in white flashes.

Endless panic filled the crowd.

"Damn! These lieutenants hit harder than the five-star boss Beast King Verga from the Fifth World. Ridiculous!"

"It's the Netherworld King's boss aura. It has a skill called [Lieutenant's Aura] that boosts all attributes of the Netherworld Guardians by 30%."

"30%? That's equivalent to a five-star boss's level. A six-star boss with two five-star bosses?"

"I barely managed to beat the Fifth World boss with a hundred-man raid team back then. There's no way we can handle this. Run!"

At that moment, the Netherworld King also began to act.

He raised his golden war halberd toward the sky, absorbing a massive amount of lightning energy.

The next moment.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Endless lightning storms swept across the surroundings, dealing damage as high as forty thousand points, instantly killing a swarm of professional players.

The entire Netherworld Hall turned into a slaughterhouse for the Netherworld King and his guardians.

Over here, Lin Tian said, "Notify the guild leader to come and claim the boss. Let's take down those two lieutenants first."

Thus, while the other professional players were fleeing in all directions, trying to escape the pursuit of the Netherworld King and his guardians...

Lin Tian and Wu Haotian, along with their group of four, charged straight toward one of the Netherworld Guardians.

Wu Haotian charged ahead, blocking a fatal strike meant for a lone warrior about to be killed by the Netherworld Guardian, saving his life.

The lone warrior repeatedly expressed his thanks, then quickly advised, "Bro, that Netherworld Guardian's strength is no less than the First World boss Beast King Vergar. Don't go over there; run!"

Wu Haotian glanced back with a grin, saying, "I specialize in tough cases like this."

With that, Wu Haotian rushed toward the Netherworld Guardian.

S-rank Flame Thrust! Blazing Heavy Strike!

Behind him, lightning mage Lin Tian gripped his Dark Staff and quickly cast spells.

BOOM! BOOM!

— Shattering darkness with thunderous strikes.

Thief Ouyang Ling'er performed a Quick Steal, instantly turning the Netherworld Guardian's dual blades into a single blade, reducing its damage output by half.

She then swiftly entered stealth mode, launching a series of S-rank skills in a burst of extreme damage.

In an instant, damage numbers ranging from seven to eight thousand points—three times higher than those from other scattered players nearby—floated above the Netherworld Guardian's head.

The surrounding scattered professional players were stunned.

"Damn! What kind of damage is that?"

"Which guild are these guys from? They're insane!"

Someone sharp-eyed recognized Lin Tian and his team:

"They're from Zhening Province's number-one powerhouse guild, Zero's guild: Heavens Hall."

"They're Zero's people."

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