Chapter 162: The Boss's Big Loot, Killing Nether King Kargel!
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Several streaks of white light lit up.
With the troublemaking veteran players completely eliminated, Zhang Yue, with his red ID, appeared in the view of the surrounding bystander players.
"I told you, didn't I? Killing someone from the Heavens Hall? That's a death wish."
"Necromancer YYDS! Truly the pride of our Zhening province advancement players." [T/N: YYDS is a Chinese slang acronym meaning "eternal god," often used to praise something or someone as legendary.]
However, the battle was not yet over.
Or rather, it had just begun.
By comparison, the Nether King Kargel, a Level 42, 6-star Boss, was far more challenging.
On the battlefield, the Nether King was leading another Nether Guardian, slaughtering indiscriminately among the crowd, unstoppable.
Amid the continuous screams, streaks of white light flashed non-stop across the Nether Hall map.
Countless players scattered in all directions.
A group of casual players trying to escape was suddenly cut down by two sudden slashes of ground-cleaving blades from behind.
Falling to the ground, they could only stare in terror at the figure in silver armor exuding an aura of endless slaughter, dragging dual blades and slowly approaching—the Nether Guardian.
The next moment, the Nether Guardian accelerated and charged forward.
Just as the group of players thought they were doomed—
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Numerous dark-red death rays rained down from the sky, enveloping the Nether Guardian in a circular barrier with a 60-yard diameter, inflicting continuous damage and slowing it down.
At the same time, mage-exclusive S-tier skills like Heavenly Fire Blaze, Frozen Lands, and Thunder Strike bombarded the Nether Guardian.
Massive damage numbers ranging between 10,000 and 15,000 rapidly drained the Nether Guardian's HP bar.
In the next second—
Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, the colossal form of the Twelve-Winged World-Destroying Black Dragon, blocking out the sky, soared above the heads of the fallen casual players. It opened its massive maw and spewed blazing dragon flames and icy dragon breath, engulfing the Nether Guardian.
Continuous damage exceeding 20,000+ kept devouring the Nether Guardian's HP.
Coupled with Zhang Yue's relentless barrage of S-tier skills, the once seemingly invincible Level 42 Elite Nether Guardian was utterly defenseless against Zhang Yue.
In mere moments, it was instantly killed.
The surrounding casual players were left stunned.
"So strong!"
After eliminating the Nether Guardian, Zhang Yue set his sights on the ultimate Boss, the Nether King.
The upgrade quest for the Demon Contract required killing three Bosses, all of which had to be at least 6-star quality.
"Perfect. I'll use you for the upgrade quest."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the Nether King, seeing its loyal Guardian slain by Zhang Yue, immediately focused all its aggro on him.
Standing eight meters tall and clad in golden armor, the Nether King resembled a ferocious beast. Wielding a golden war halberd, it roared and charged toward Zhang Yue.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Each step shook the earth and sky.
Such a powerful aura made people doubt,"Can Zero… really take down this 6-star Boss?"
As soon as it entered attack range, the Nether King raised its golden war halberd high and slammed it into the ground the next second.
BOOM!
With a thunderous crash, the ground cracked open, the fissure heading straight for Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue dodged with a Blink skill, swiftly counterattacking with a barrage of spells.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
All his attacks were blocked by the Nether King's Nether Shield, reducing Zhang Yue's damage output to a mere 8,000–9,000.
The Nether King then converted the absorbed damage into power, launching a counterattack at Zhang Yue.
Golden streaks of light shot straight toward Zhang Yue.
At this critical moment, Sword Emperor Luo Chen suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Yue, using the rapidly spinning sword shadows around him to block the Nether King's attack.
"Sword Emperor Luo Chen… is he protecting Zero?"
"Aren't they rivals? Back at the Hell Gate in the Fifth World, Luo Chen even teamed up with Glory Guild to ambush Zero."
Luo Chen's actions left the spectators baffled.
Unbeknownst to them, for Luo Chen, he hadn't yet earned Zhang Yue's forgiveness and absolutely couldn't let Zhang Yue be in danger.
The next moment, Luo Chen gripped his silver sword, charging at the Nether King with a storm of sword shadows.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yue used his Reaper Set to summon the Boss God of Death: Kira.
To deal with a 6-star Boss, it required another 6-star Boss.
As the two 6-star Bosses clashed, combined with the attacks of the Legendary-tier Sword Emperor and the Mythic-tier Necromancer, the Nether King was quickly pushed onto the back foot.
When the one-minute summoning duration ended and the God of Death: Kira vanished, the Nether King Kargel collapsed to the ground with a resounding crash.
[Ding~ Congratulations on killing Level 42, 6-star Boss [Nether King Kargel]. EXP +500,000, Psionic Energy +42,000,000]
CLINK! CLINK! CLINK!
A pile of gleaming golden loot rolled off the Nether King's corpse.
To the surrounding casual players, the loot was incredibly tempting.
But none dared to snatch Zhang Yue's spoils.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Zhang Yue began picking up the loot.
[Ding~ You picked up Level 6 Magic Crystals +38 (Crafting Material)]
[Ding~ You picked up equipment [Nether Battle Armor] (Level 45, 5-star)]
[Ding~ You picked up Gold Coins +115]
[Ding~ You picked up equipment [Nether War Halberd] (Level 45, 6-star)]
"6-star loot?"
Zhang Yue glanced at the golden halberd in his hand, formerly wielded by the Nether King.
It turned out to be a 6-star Knight weapon.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue tossed the 5-star Nether Battle Armor and the 6-star weapon to Wu Haotian beside him,"Consider it your lucky day."
Wu Haotian caught the hefty halberd and armor, his eyes shining with excitement. "Whoa! 5-star! Whoa! 6-star?"
Wu Haotian was overwhelmed with joy.
The onlookers drooled with envy.
"For Level 45 gear, 6-star equipment is practically divine. Even with bare-bones stats, it'd start at 100,000 gold on the interworld trading platform."
Just as Wu Haotian was about to cry tears of gratitude, Zhang Yue added, "The armor's a freebie. The weapon's cost will be deducted from your next 20 months' salary."
"…"
Wu Haotian: "Boss, NOOO!"
For Zhang Yue, however, the biggest profit wasn't from the Boss.
It was from the veteran players he'd killed earlier.
The 30-something players had dropped a total of nine pieces of gear after dying.
All Level 45, 5-star gold-quality equipment—absolute treasures.
With a market value of 300,000 per piece, the total worth was nearly 3 million.
Zhang Yue felt an immediate sense of ease: making money was just too simple.
'More players like them, please!'
Thus, within a minute, he had killed a Level 42, 6-star Boss and ended the battle.
Though, without Sword Emperor Luo Chen, Zhang Yue could've soloed the Boss just fine.
Still, Luo Chen had undeniably saved Lin Tian and Wu Haotian's lives.
Now that the battle was over, Luo Chen approached Zhang Yue and revealed his true intention: "Senior, I know I was wrong before. For the sake of the help I provided this time, could you forgive me?"
Luo Chen longed to hear Zhang Yue say "I forgive you," so he could return to Hidden Dragon Mountain and reunite with his master.
But reality proved he was dreaming.
"You did help me this time, but not enough for me to forgive you."
Luo Chen's composure cracked. "Senior, what will it take for you to forgive me?"
Zhang Yue glanced at Luo Chen and smiled. "Join my guild. Depending on your performance later, I might consider forgiving you."
Lin Tian sighed. "He finally made a move on the Sword Emperor."
Wu Haotian: "No wonder the boss mentioned earlier that we only needed four more people to compete. Turns out the Sword Emperor was already our Heavens Hall's sixth reserved member."
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