RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
A massive thunderstorm that seemed capable of devouring the heavens and annihilating the earth formed in the sky.
Anyone with eyes could tell: 'This is clearly the unique phenomenon marking the birth of an Immortal-grade BOSS!'
At this moment, even Zhang Yue was a bit puzzled.
Even though these evil forces originated from the Aura Continent dungeon, where the god-level BOSSES were killed by him.
'But they shouldn't have the ability to merge into an Immortal-grade BOSS, right?'
'Moreover, they are already completely dead, where is the power for evolution coming from?'
The only possibility was that during the process of possessing and taking over the Monarch, they absorbed the power inside his body.
And that power happened to meet the criteria for an upgrade.
At this moment, the thunderstorm had fully formed.
BOOM!
With a loud sound, a bolt of lightning that seemed to pierce the heavens and earth shot down from the storm, striking the ground.
Immediately afterward, a dark shadow wrapped in flowing lightning slowly walked out from the lightning.
An incomparably powerful aura spread from that dark shadow in all directions.
Looking at the dark shadow, Moon Mark spoke in a deep voice, "Even with our strength, we could only barely achieve a 50-50 fight with an Immortal-grade BOSS of the same level. As proven earlier, Zero is not a match for an Immortal-grade BOSS."
Seraph was also full of worry, "The Monarch has just awakened after sleeping for many years. His power hasn't fully recovered, and now part of it was absorbed by those evil forces. The remaining power was used to restore his daughter. That means he's lost all combat strength now!"
"Without the Monarch's help, Zero can't fight an Immortal-grade BOSS!"
Ice Emperor said thoughtfully, "This BOSS hasn't truly reached Immortal-grade, it's just above Emperor-grade and below Immortal-grade. Zero still has a chance to deal with it."
"They only absorbed part of the Monarch's power, not enough to truly reach Immortal-grade."
As he spoke, Ice Emperor activated his own SSSSS-grade scouting skill to scan the data of the dark shadow, then sent it to Zhang Yue.
With a note: ['This is a pseudo-Immortal-grade BOSS. Take a look. If you can fight, do it. If not, retreat first.']
Zhang Yue shifted his gaze from the dark shadow to the message sent by Ice Emperor.
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[Thunder Dancer · Shadow of Death] (Physical Type · Immortal-grade BOSS / Pseudo)
[Level: 90]
[Physical Attack: 302,000]
[Physical Defense: 185,000]
[Magic Defense: 170,000]
[HP: 5.58 Billion]
[Skills: Death Harvest (SSSS-grade), Lightning Flash (SSSS-grade), Swift Execution (SSSS-grade)...]
[Description: Formed from the grievances of several god and emperor-grade BOSSES, and forged by the power of the Monarch, the Shadow of Death was born in darkness, undying and immortal. The hatred it carries will devour the entire Hell Dynasty…]
Advanced Attributes:
[Armor Break: 320%]
[Critical Hit: 250%]
[Damage Boost: 400%]
[Damage Reduction: 250%]
[Armor Break Resistance: 280%]
[Penetration Resistance: 250%]
[Critical Resistance: 200%]
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Seeing this data, Zhang Yue was slightly shaken.
This was just the data of a pseudo-Immortal-grade BOSS, not even a true Immortal-grade BOSS.
Even so, each of its attributes was far beyond Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue compared it with his own stats.
If he couldn't suppress it with advanced attributes, then his base stats would not be enough to threaten the Shadow of Death at all.
Zhang Yue's attack power, even with the 50% bonus from Void Shield, only reached 120,000+, completely unable to break through the Shadow of Death's 170,000 defense.
He had to pierce through the BOSS's defense, and it had to be a full penetration.
However, Zhang Yue's 260% magic penetration, when applied to the Shadow of Death's 250% penetration resistance, only worked at 10% effectiveness.
Ignoring only 10% of Shadow of Death's magic defense, still not enough to break defense.
'Looks like I need to upgrade the Transcendent Set.'
Just as Zhang Yue was thinking this—
Up front, the Monarch, holding a golden greatsword and clad in radiant golden armor, stood protectively in front of Cherry, facing the pseudo-Immortal-grade BOSS Thunder Dancer · Shadow of Death.
He let out an angry roar, "This is MY territory, and you dare trespass! This is MY domain, and you dare seize it!"
Although the Monarch was now extremely weak, the aura of an Immortal-grade BOSS had not diminished in the slightest.
Facing the pseudo-Immortal-grade BOSS Thunder Dancer · Shadow of Death, a pair of fierce eyes glowing red stared straight at the Monarch, speaking in a constantly shifting eerie voice: "Half of your power has already been absorbed by me. Do you still think you're the mighty Monarch? Now you're just trash—what right do you have to speak to me like that?"
Because the Shadow of Death was formed from fused evil souls, it contained multiple different wills, and its voice kept changing, sounding extremely eerie.
The Monarch raised his greatsword without flinching: "Then let's try it!"
As soon as the words fell—
WHOOSH!
Golden flames ignited on the greatsword.
At the same time, the Golden Flame Phoenix standing next to the Monarch let out an intimidating roar.
That Golden Flame Phoenix, named Ling Yu, had followed the Monarch for many years. Now it was a fully maxed-out Emperor-grade super BOSS, with one foot already into the Immortal-grade.
The next moment, the Monarch, along with the Golden Flame Phoenix, charged toward Thunder Dancer · Shadow of Death.
In the rear, Zhang Yue seized the opportunity while the Monarch was holding off the Shadow of Death to quickly retrieve equipment from his inventory and began upgrading his Transcendent Set through devouring.
Because he knew: with the Monarch's current strength, there was no way to fight the Shadow of Death.
Even if the former was quasi-Immortal-grade and the latter just a pseudo-Immortal-grade BOSS.
The Monarch was simply too weak now.
This BOSS could only be dealt with by Zhang Yue himself.
Fortunately, the 13-star and 14-star gear dropped from the Aura Continent dungeon had already been appraised through [Magical Hands] and undergone golden purification.
Now all that was left was devouring.
Thus, system notifications rang in his ears one after another.
"[Ding ~ Your equipment[Epic · Transcendent Staff]devoured 13-star golden gear [Infinity · Blade of the End],growth +3%!]
[Ding ~ Your equipment[Epic · Transcendent Necklace]devoured 14-star golden gear [Glory · Sacred Chain],growth +5%!]
[Ding...]
While upgrading the Transcendent Set, Zhang Yue also took out the mission reward: three sets of [Monarch's Set].
All of them were level 90, 15-star top-grade golden sets, and the class was selectable.
Zhang Yue himself would soon have a 15-star Transcendent Set.
So these three Monarch's Sets were perfectly prepared for his three sons, one set each.
An archer set, for the Thirty Six-Winged Armageddon Black Dragon.
An assassin set, for the Phantom Predator.
A warrior set, for the Purgatory Skeleton King.
A family must be neat and complete.
Full upgrade!
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