Chapter 42: The Second World's Boss, Corpse Emperor

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The first Thunder Strike from Zhang Yue triggered the 30% paralysis chance, leaving the Zombie King stunned for 0.5 seconds.

Taking advantage of the opening, Zhang Yue unleashed a series of spells.

Fireball!

Icicle!

Flame Missile!

Boom boom boom boom!

-754! -67 burn! -50 frostbite!

-1242 critical hit! Freeze! -50 frostbite!

-418! -770 critical hit! -770 critical hit!

In a single combo, Zhang Yue dealt over 5,000 damage, wiping out a fifth of the Zombie King's health.

Su Jingyan, watching from the side, was astonished. "Zhang Yue, how did your damage increase so much all of a sudden?"

"Did you forget? The Undead Tyrant dropped a three-star item."

Even with Zhang Yue's explanation, Su Jingyan found it hard to believe, 'A three-star item is this powerful? Unless... it's a gold-tier three-star piece of equipment.'

Just as she was mulling this over, the Zombie King broke free from the frozen state caused by Zhang Yue's Icicle.

Raising its massive chainsaw, it brought it crashing to the ground.

Boom boom boom!

Electricity surged in a straight line, aimed directly at Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue swiftly blinked out of the way, but those watching from the Supreme Guild weren't as lucky.

The electrical surge tore through the crowd, dealing massive damage—up to 800 or 900 points—instantly killing more than a dozen guild members.

Liu Yao looked at the charred remains of Supreme Guild members nearby and muttered, "Damn, that was close. Thank goodness I wasn't hit."

Just as the Corpse Emperor prepared for a second attack, Su Jinyan quickly cast her Fireball spell, striking the boss in the chest.

-23! Imprisoned!

The Zombie King's defense was incredibly high, rendering Su Jingyan's attack almost useless. However, her control skill had interrupted the boss's attack.

Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Yue summoned his Silver Armored Scorpion and activated the Doom's Guardian skill, transferring 50 points of his own defense to the scorpion.

The Silver Armored Scorpion charged headfirst into the Zombie King.

-157! Stun!

Even as a defense-focused summon, the scorpion managed to deal triple-digit damage to the boss—something that astonished Su Jingyan. Zhang Yue seemed more mysterious and powerful with every passing moment.

What she didn't know was that the scorpion's A-Class Charge included a real damage component based on 15% of its max HP.

With the Zombie King now stunned, and Zhang Yue's skills on cooldown, he began chipping away at its health with basic attacks.

-498! -50 frostbite!

-498! -50 frostbite!

-1047! -50 frostbite...

Since the boss had no mana bar, Zhang Yue's Doomsday Demon Slayer weapon's Demon Slayer effect was triggered, adding an extra 200 damage to each attack.

Combined with the 100 extra damage from Wrath of the Arcane, even Zhang Yue's basic attacks were causing immense damage.

Su Jingyan carefully timed her skills. The moment the Zombie King recovered from its stun and prepared to strike again, she used Flare Bind to imprison it once more.

Zhang Yue continued to wear down the boss with his attacks.

Once their control skills had expired, the Zombie King, enraged, kicked the Silver Armored Scorpion and slashed its back with its chainsaw.

-372!

-351!

Seeing this, Liu Yao frantically shouted to the healers. "Quick, heal the scorpion."

Seven or eight level 16 priests from Supreme Guild rushed into range and raised their staffs, casting healing spells in unison.

Woosh woosh woosh!

Several green lights fell on the scorpion, instantly restoring its HP back to full with each 100 to 200 point heal.

With his cooldowns up again, Zhang Yue unleashed another combo, dealing over 5,000 damage and taking another chunk out of the Zombie King's health bar.

Su Jingyan followed up with more control, Zhang Yue continued his basic attacks, and Liu Yao shouted words of encouragement...

After a few more rounds of this, Zhang Yue landed the final blow with a Fireball, delivering a critical hit of 1,472 damage and clearing the last bit of the boss's health bar.

Boom!

The massive body of the Zombie King collapsed onto the ground.

Nearly a hundred Supreme Guild members collectively exhaled in relief.

[Ding~ Congratulations! You have defeated the Second World Boss, Zombie King, gaining 45,600 experience (contribution: 75%, last hit: 20%), and 200 million ability points]

The next moment, a hundred notifications rang out across Notting City.

[Area Announcement] (Notting City):

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player [Zero] for defeating the Second World Boss and completing the Second World]

[Area Announcement] (Notting City):

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player [Suyan] for defeating the Second World Boss and completing the Second World]

"Ding…"

All of Notting City was abuzz.

[Grey Machine] (Lv15 Knight): "That guy 'Zero' again? How's he so strong? He must be an Epic or Legendary player."

[Reed] (Lv14 Mage): "I wonder what this 'Zero' looks like. I'd love to meet him."

[So Brilliant] (Lv15 Assassin): "I was lucky enough to see him earlier today. He's actually pretty handsome, but don't get your hopes up. He's really close with the second Miss Su. Unless you can compete with her, better not try."

In a quiet corner outside Notting City, Chen Jun, secretly leveling by killing zombies, saw the chatroom's discussion and angrily stomped on a zombie's head, muttering, "Zhang Yue, your days are numbered."

———

Back in the boss arena, Zhang Yue and Su Jingyan went over to loot the Zombie King's body.

As a world boss that had been farmed by veteran players over the years, its loot wasn't as valuable as it once was. It dropped two two-star pieces of equipment and a warrior skill book, Cleave.

There were also a few dozen silver coins.

After dividing the loot, Su Jingyan turned to Zhang Yue. "Chen Jun has been lying low. I don't know where he is or what he's doing, but I'm sure he's planning to retaliate against you. Be careful. If I hear anything, I'll let you know immediately."

"Got it."

Su Jingyan exited through the blue vortex, returning to Notting City, and logged off.

Liu Yao then ran over to Zhang Yue. "Thanks for helping me take down the boss, brother."

"No problem." Zhang Yue glanced at Liu Yao's straightforward expression and realized he didn't find him that annoying anymore.

Helping him kill the boss wasn't just for the money—it felt like the right thing to do.

Liu Yao grinned. "You heading to the Third World?"

"Not today," Zhang Yue replied, checking the time. "I'm logging off for the night. I'll go tomorrow."

"Oh, alright." Liu Yao nodded. "I'll send you a thousand bucks. Go grab yourself some supper."

Zhang Yue was left speechless. "Does your dad know how much you waste money?"

"My dad wastes even more than I do." Liu Yao laughed. "He once lost millions playing mahjong in one night."

Liu Yao was truly a chip off the old block.

Zhang Yue couldn't be bothered to keep chatting, so he logged off.

———

Meanwhile, a minion from Supreme Guild turned to Liu Yao and asked, "Boss, should we log off too?"

Liu Yao slapped him on the head. "Log off? Hell no! We're heading to the Third World."

Leading his guildmates, Liu Yao marched toward the red vortex.

Back in the real world, Zhang Yue returned to his small apartment with a flash of white light.

He called Dr. Wang Hai, the physician in charge of Zhang Chao, and after confirming his brother's condition was stable, transferred another 200,000 yuan to the hospital. He instructed Dr. Wang to spare no effort in treating Zhang Chao.

Afterward, Zhang Yue took a shower, preparing to sleep early so he could tackle the Third World the next day.

Just then, Su Jingyan sent a message: "Zhang Yue, I need to tell you something urgent."

"I've heard from the guild that Chen Jun has hired some high-level veteran players to ambush you in the Third World."

Before Zhang Yue could respond, Liu Yao also sent a message: "Bro, help! Someone's trying to kill me."

"You're the only one who can save me, brother. "

Zhang Yue frowned. "So much for getting any sleep..."

With a sigh, he closed the chat, pressed his hand to the mark on the back of his right hand for three seconds, and summoned the portal to re-enter the Second World.

Meanwhile, at the Su family villa in Linhai City, Su Jingyan, dressed in a light blue nightgown, sat cross-legged on her bed, staring at her phone screen.

After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, she noticed that Zhang Yue's status had switched from offline to online.

This was a unique feature of Feixin, activated after being linked with the otherworld.

Being online meant the person was currently in the otherworld.

"Why is he logging back in now?"

After hesitating for a moment, Su Jingyan logged back into the otherworld herself.

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