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[Sovereign City]
CRASH!
As the dungeon entrance opened, Zhang Yue stepped out from the light curtain.
At this moment, the four leaders of the major clans, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately surrounded Zhang Yue.
"So, you finally came out?" Demon King Enil pointed his axe at Zhang Yue and said in a deep voice, "I thought you didn't dare to come out!"
Zhang Yue held his staff, looked at the four leaders surrounding him, and said, "Sorry to keep you waiting."
Ghost King Mongya stared at Zhang Yue with sharp eyes and said coldly, "Do you think staying in there for a few hours means you can take us down now?"
"Oh, so you knew!" Zhang Yue looked at Ghost King Mongya in surprise and said, "Did you sneak a look at the chapter?"
"Arrogant fool, you're destined to die miserably!" Shadow King Jie raised his longbow, glanced at Zhang Yue, and said, "I can't wait to finish you off with my own hands."
God King Arafat, leaning on his staff, said, "As agreed, whoever kills him will get the Imperial Seal. No fighting, no snatching!"
Demon King Enil: "The Imperial Seal is mine! Don't even think about taking it!"
Ghost King Mongya: "We'll see if your axe is faster or my dagger is sharper!"
Just as the four leaders were bickering over Zhang Yue's life, Zhang Yue interrupted, "Finished talking? If so, I have a question."
"Which one of you dies first?"
The rage meters of the four leaders maxed out instantly.
"This guy!"
"You must have a death wish!"
"Die!"
Demon King Enil was the first to move, charging toward Zhang Yue with his shield and axe!
Ghost King Mongya followed closely, vanishing like a phantom.
Shadow King Jie raised his bow, locked onto Zhang Yue, and fired.
Meanwhile, God King Arafat cast various debuffs on Zhang Yue while enhancing the other three leaders. He also prepared to snatch the final blow if the opportunity arose.
As for Zhang Yue, he stood calmly, unhurried.
Only when Shadow King Jie's arrow and Ghost King Mongya's dagger were about to strike him at the same moment...
WHOOSH!
With a teleportation skill, he evaded the attacks.
The next second, he activated Glory: War God's Physique and an enchantment buff simultaneously.
Lifting his extraordinary staff—
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Light of Apocalypse + Heavenly Fire Inferno + Thunderous Fury + Skyless: God-Slaying Curse.
A chain of four SS~SSS-grade single-target burst skills locked onto God King Arafat and bombarded him at high speed.
As a support-type, God King Arafat's abilities to strengthen allies and weaken enemies posed the greatest threat to Zhang Yue, so he had to be eliminated first.
Though God King Arafat, as an emperor-level boss, reacted quickly, all his movements and next steps were entirely predicted by Zhang Yue.
Through extreme precision, three out of the four skills hit their target with a 75% accuracy rate. Only Heavenly Fire Inferno missed.
Three blood-red damage numbers exploded above God King Arafat's head—
-3,365,000!
-9,125,000!
-6,375,000!
Before leaving the dungeon earlier, Zhang Yue had already stacked his Grip of Thunder to three layers.
This maximized the damage output of Thunderous Fury, surpassing even the SSS-grade Skyless: God-Slaying Curse by a significant margin.
Although the damage was incredibly high, for a level 90 emperor-level boss like God King Arafat, with 500 million total HP, it was far from lethal—barely a scratch, even.
While Zhang Yue attacked God King Arafat, Ghost King Mongya, Demon King Enil, and Shadow King Jie simultaneously launched a coordinated assault on him.
Zhang Yue responded with Lightning Storm + Necrotic Tempest + Thundercloud Storm + Hell's Judgment, four AOE skills covering the area around him, giving the trio a chilling, unforgettable experience.
Under a barrage of over a million points of sustained damage, their movements were restricted.
Taking this chance, the Thirty-Six Winged Armageddon Black Dragonflew overhead, unleashing bomb after bomb.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Thanks to the World-Shaking: Immortal Demon Body's splash damage effect, every attack from the apocalyptic black dragon triggered AOE damage, covering the battlefield.
Simultaneously, the Phantom Predator brought its shadow army into the fray. Using the black dragon's cover, it chased the four leaders, relentlessly stabbing them in the back.
Four stabs per second, each dealing over a million critical damage—leaving the four leaders in utter agony.
Had it not been for their pride, they might have clutched their backsides during the fight.
Frustrated by the relentless stabs, Demon King Enil finally snapped. Unable to endure, he shifted his target from Zhang Yue to the Phantom Predator.
CLANG!
Slamming his shield into the ground, he released a shockwave, slowing enemies in the area.
Seizing this opportunity, he charged at the Phantom Predator with his axe raised.
Despite being strengthened by the 14-star Epic: Transcendent Set, only Zhang Yue had such enhancements—not his three "sons."
Facing four emperor-level bosses, they still lacked the power to fight back.
Thus, Zhang Yue entered "protective dad mode."
Daring to attack his "sons" in front of him? Not without his approval.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Zhang Yue fired SS-grade skills with pinpoint accuracy, dealing over three million damage per hit, forcing Demon King Enil to retreat repeatedly.
Meanwhile, Shadow King Jie, who tried to aim at the Phantom Predator, had his spells interrupted by Zhang Yue's rapid combo.
Moreover, Zhang Yue's attacks granted his "sons" void shields. Even if Zhang Yue failed to protect them in time, the four leaders couldn't threaten his "sons" at all.
With 80% of Zhang Yue's damage converted into void shields, their durability was incomprehensible.
Even Skeleton King, the eldest "son," though weak in combat, effectively protected his younger brothers.
The two younger brothers, meanwhile, enjoyed refreshed void shields and redirected most of the damage they took to their eldest brother.
Failing to harm the apocalyptic black dragon and its companions despite endless efforts, the four leaders finally gave up.
"This necromancer is disgusting—endless shields. His pets are unkillable!"
"If we want to end this fight, we must target him directly!"
"Forget those lackeys—take down the necromancer first!"
Lackeys?
Demon King Enil's words enraged Zhang Yue's three "sons."
The Phantom Predator and its fifteen shadows charged straight at Demon King Enil, relentlessly stabbing him, ignoring Ghost King Mongya's attempts to block them.
Realizing they couldn't stop them, Ghost King Mongya and Shadow King Jie joined forces to attack Zhang Yue.
Since the Transcendent Set upgrade, Zhang Yue's damage and responsiveness had increased significantly, giving him full confidence.
He preemptively attacked God King Arafat to interrupt his spells while keeping an eye on Ghost King Mongya and Shadow King Jie's movements.
His core target remained God King Arafat, continuously refreshing his void shield with his high damage.
Last time, Zhang Yue almost died at the hands of the four leaders.
This time, facing all four simultaneously, Zhang Yue held the upper hand.
Before long, the four leaders fell, one by one.
"Impossible! How has this guy's strength grown so much after coming out of there?"
"What did he do in there?"
What the four leaders didn't know was: this wasn't Zhang Yue's full strength.
The materials were ready, but Zhang Yue hadn't yet upgraded the Transcendent Set to 15 stars.
At just 14 stars, he was already more than enough to handle the four leaders...
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