Awoke As A God After Auto Battling For 1000000 Years

In the southern part of Mechanical City, within a Level 58 map [Flame Woodland], figures from the Empire Guild appeared.

Zhang Yue felt a bit suspicious.

'Wasn't Xu Bei the one who sent a message ten minutes ago, saying he was taking people to Blossom Mountain? Why would he be here now?'

'Could it be that he is finally putting his plan to deal with me into motion?'

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel a bit hopeful...

But in the next moment, he realized he had misunderstood.

In the Flame Woodland, besides the Empire Guild members, there were two other groups of players.

When Zhang Yue arrived, one of the groups had already been killed by the Empire Guild.

As a result, several members of the Empire Guild were now carrying red names.

The remaining group was a team of five unaffiliated players.

Zhang Yue's first reaction was to think Xu Bei and his group were bullying weaker players. But then he thought—'how could the prestigious Empire Guild stoop to such tactics?'

Sure enough, in the next moment, the seemingly weak unaffiliated players started repeatedly thanking Xu Bei:

"Thank you! Thank you so much! Thank you for helping us."

Xu Bei, a white-armored warrior carrying a bright red name, sheathed his longsword and said to them: "It was nothing."

"If they bully you again, just report my name from the Empire Guild and tell them you're under my protection."

The unaffiliated players, who had long been oppressed by those villains, were so moved they nearly knelt in gratitude.

It was only at this moment that Zhang Yue understood: the Empire Guild had saved these bullied unaffiliated players from a group of villains.

After eliminating the villains, Xu Bei led his people away from the Flame Woodland and headed toward Blossom Mountain, where he had arranged to meet Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue didn't reveal himself, instead silently watching the Empire Guild's departing figures.

At this moment, Ouyang Ling'er sent a quick message,["Who would've thought Xu Bei is actually a pretty decent guy."]

The scene Zhang Yue had just witnessed was somewhat unexpected.

This Xu Bei, who was supposedly a traitor working with the Eastern Nation and approaching Zhang Yue to plot against him—how could someone like that save those unaffiliated players in distress?

Thinking about their interactions over the past two days, Zhang Yue noticed from casual conversations that Xu Bei seemed to be a righteous and patriotic individual.

When talking about the final match of the veteran players' world championship a few days ago—when Ice Emperor and Moonmark were defeated by Cold Nation on the field—Xu Bei clenched his fists in anger, passionately declaring, "In the next match, I will do everything I can to win back the honor Dragon Nation lost."

Perhaps one sentence didn't mean much.

But when Xu Bei said it, the look in his eyes and his emotions were genuine—something that couldn't be faked.

Could Zhang Yue have misunderstood?

Was Xu Bei really just here to protect him as a participant?

At this moment, Ouyang Ling'er also seemed uncertain,["So far, we've only confirmed that there's a traitor within the Empire Guild, but we're not sure who it is. I'm starting to feel...maybe we've been targeting the wrong person."]

["This Xu Bei really seems like a good guy."]

["Let's keep observing."]

Zhang Yue closed the message and headed toward Blossom Mountain, deliberately arriving a few minutes late.

When Zhang Yue reached Blossom Mountain, the Empire Guild members were already inside hunting the Mighty Ape.

They had taken on the same mission, so while officially protecting Zhang Yue, they were also working on their own objectives.

Zhang Yue joined the hunt for the Mighty Ape.

In the past, Xu Bei would always initiate conversations with Zhang Yue.

This time, Zhang Yue deliberately asked, "How did you come to know about me and decide to protect me?"

"My foster father told me." Xu Bei replied without hesitation. "He's a patriotic man. When he heard about the assassination attempts on Dragon Nation's contestants, he couldn't sleep and sent guild members to protect those contestants without strong family backgrounds."

"He specifically instructed me to protect you personally because he said you're the strongest, the greatest hope among all of Dragon Nation's new contestants this year."

At this point, Xu Bei seemed a bit embarrassed: "But in the end, I realized you don't really need our protection. With your strength, those assassins can't even touch you..."

Zhang Yue said, "No, the fact you're protecting me is useful."

"Haven't you noticed? The assassins haven't tried to attack me these past two days."

At this moment, Xu Bei looked at Zhang Yue with a serious expression and said passionately, "Brother, this year's Newcomer Championship is all on you."

"Of course, I'll give it my all too. Together, we'll bring glory to Dragon Nation and prove our strength to the world."

Zhang Yue patted Xu Bei's shoulder and said, "You got this, you're the biggest boss."

"No, brother, you're the biggest boss!"

"Don't be modest, brother, you're fatter than me."

"No, no, no, brother, you're even fatter."

The Mighty Ape in Blossom Mountain was a Level 59 A-rank Beast with a suppression effect of up to 70%.

Yet even without an Eternal Set, Zhang Yue handled these A-rank Mighty Apes with ease.

This made Xu Bei wonder,'if Zhang Yue had an A-rank Eternal Set like his, offsetting the powerful suppression effect, how terrifying would his damage output become?'

And Zhang Yue was about to rid himself of this annoying suppression effect.

The past two days, being suppressed and unable to deal full damage, had been incredibly frustrating.

After a night of grinding, Zhang Yue completed the remaining 30% of his Illustrations and collected 1,200 Mighty Ape entries.

He then returned to Mechanical City and submitted the mission to the beast merchant.

[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the mission [Mighty Ape]. Final mission rating: A. Rewards: EXP +8,000,000, Gold +120, Energy +40 billion, and [Eternal Set Equipment Selection Box] (Level 55, 7-star, A-rank) x1]

'Wow!'

Golden light showered over Zhang Yue as he leveled up to 58.

The first thing he did was open the seven Eternal Set selection boxes he had accumulated from previous missions.

Following the Beastmaster profession, he selected seven different pieces.

Using 0.1% of the 40 billion energy he had just earned—40 million energy—he instantly reforged the Eternal Set to full gold.

The A-rank Eternal Set was incredibly powerful.

Its overall stats were 30% higher than standard Level 55 7-star equipment.

Its set effects were also excellent:

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Single piece: Skill damage +70%!

Two pieces: Attack speed +70%!

Three pieces: Movement speed +60%!

Four pieces: Spell penetration +50%!

Five pieces: Magic attack +70%!

Six pieces: Mana +70%!

Seven pieces: All pet attributes +70%

Set Skill: A-Rank Counter (Passive)—Reduces suppression effects from Ninth Realm Beasts by 70%

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The Level 45 7-star Void Set he currently wore had a strong Void Shield skill, but its overall stats were far inferior to the Level 55 7-star A-rank Eternal Set.

And in the Ninth Realm, the Eternal Set was king.

Zhang Yue decisively replaced his Void Set with the Eternal Set.

His overall stats saw a significant boost:

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Magic attack: 10,522 → 12,480

Physical defense: 4,605 → 5,580

Magic defense: 4,473 → 5,415

HP: 85,273 → 108,600

Mana: 14,230 → 22,890

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Admiring his new Eternal Set, Zhang Yue murmured, "Time to take on that SSS-rank Sky Centipede."

Just as Zhang Yue was preparing to face the Level 60, 9-star SSS-rank boss to rescue the beast merchant in its nest, a system announcement suddenly appeared:

[Announcement] (Ninth Realm):

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player [Changshan Papermaker] for unlocking the hidden dungeon [Beast Nest]. This dungeon will last 24 hours. All players are welcome to participate]

Shortly after, Xu Bei sent Zhang Yue a message, ["Brother, want to do the dungeon together?"]

Looking at the message, Zhang Yue sighed softly: "Just when I thought I misjudged you, you finally made your move, huh..."

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