Chapter 279: Chapter 278: Big Brother's Limited Experience Card!
The story begins with a Level 70 Nine-Star BOSS, the Undead Bone Dragon, blocking Zhang Yue's path.
Zhang Yue didn't hesitate. He grabbed his Ten-Star Transcendent Staff, locked onto the charging Undead Bone Dragon, and launched an attack.
Glory: War God's Body!
The SSS-level unique skill activated, emitting golden light.
BOOM!
An SSS-level Frozen Heaven and Earth attack was unleashed, but it was blocked by the Undead Bone Dragon's [Undead Bone Shield]. Not only did it completely nullify the damage, but it even made the dragon immune to the freezing effect.
The next moment, the Undead Bone Dragon used its S-level [Undead Breath], blurring Zhang Yue's vision.
It then launched a sudden Undead Charge, closing the distance swiftly.
This BOSS's aggression was intense.
Zhang Yue instantly used his SSS-level blink to pull back to a safe distance.
In the next second:
Heavenly Fire Blaze!
Doomsday Light!
Voidless•God-Slaying Curse!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A series of SSS-level and SSS+ single-target burst skills bombarded the Undead Bone Dragon mercilessly.
In an instant, massive damage numbers appeared above the dragon's head:
-497,953!
-503,568!
-814,795!
After his third-tier advancement, Zhang Yue's attributes had improved significantly, and all his S-level skills had been upgraded to SS-level. This enhancement greatly increased his damage output!
The damage Zhang Yue inflicted was simply off the charts.
Taking advantage of the moment when the Undead Bone Dragon was forced to retreat, Zhang Yue unleashed an SS-level Thunderstrike, landing it directly on the dragon's body.
The damage coefficient of Thunderstrike had increased from 420% at S-level to 580% at SS-level.
Additionally, the effect of [Thunder Grip], which Zhang Yue had stacked three times earlier, increased his next lightning-based skill's damage by 420%.
The result was an unbelievable amount of damage dealt to the Undead Bone Dragon.
-2,708,625!
In total, the attacks had inflicted over 4.5 million damage, instantly depleting nearly one-third of the dragon's 13.6 million HP.
Thanks to the enhanced [Void Shield] provided by his Transcendent set, Zhang Yue converted 40% of his damage output into a protective shield.
Moments later, the Hell Skeleton King gained a massive shield of over 1.3 million HP.
This shield, though impressive, was actually limited by the Skeleton King's own HP cap. Zhang Yue estimated that his damage output could've provided up to 1.8 million shield value, but the Skeleton King's 160,000 HP limited the shield to 1.3 million.
Zhang Yue felt a little annoyed.
This shield was originally meant for the Extinction Black Dragon, but it ended up on the trash-collecting Skeleton King instead.
"Oh well, since you've got the shield, just go for it!"
The Skeleton King charged forward.
With its 1.3 million HP shield, the Skeleton King fearlessly clashed with the Undead Bone Dragon head-on.
The dragon's 60,000–70,000 per hit damage was nowhere near enough to break the shield.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yue continued his assault, replenishing the Skeleton King's shield with every attack.
At the same time, the Extinction Black Dragon and Shadow Predator also joined the fray. They had benefited from Zhang Yue's [Glory: War God's Physique], which increased their skill consumption but boosted their power. How could they just sit back and do nothing?
In the past, the Extinction Black Dragon was the boss, and the Shadow Predator was second-in-command.
Zhang Yue, at best, was a sidekick who relied on the Skeleton King as his bottom-tier backup.
But now, with his third-tier advancement and the Transcendent set, Zhang Yue had gone from a lackey to the undisputed leader.
The Extinction Black Dragon and Shadow Predator's average damage output of 300,000 and 200,000 combined barely matched Zhang Yue's own output.
For the first time, Zhang Yue stood tall before his pets as the real boss.
Of course, Zhang Yue knew that this was just a "Big Brother Limited Experience Card."
The Extinction Black Dragon was currently Level 66. Once it reached Level 70, completed its third-tier advancement, upgraded all its skills to SS-level, and used an [Advancement Scroll] to enhance them to Mythical tier, it would once again surpass Zhang Yue.
Thus, under Zhang Yue and his pets' relentless bombardment, a Level 70 Nine-Star BOSS that would normally take a 65–70 level team of 100 players at least ten minutes to defeat was taken down in less than five minutes.
[Ding~ Congratulations on killing the Level 70 Nine-Star BOSS, Undead Bone Dragon Hega. EXP +45 million, Energy +68 billion (benefiting from the World Buff multiplier)]
CLATTER!
As the massive body of the Undead Bone Dragon collapsed into a heap of rubble, a pile of gold coins rolled out beside it.
Zhang Yue went over to collect the loot.
In total, he got over 600 gold coins, as well as two Level 70 Nine-Star items: the Mage weapon [Undead Staff] and the Priest robe [Holy Spirit Robe].
Level 70 Nine-Star equipment was rare and valuable at this stage.
But for Zhang Yue, they were merely materials for upgrading his Transcendent set.
The Transcendent set required 9–11 star equipment, crafted personally by the user, to be used as upgrade materials. The equipment also had to be of the same type to enable the upgrade.
Zhang Yue attempted to feed the [Undead Staff] to his Transcendent Staff, receiving a system prompt:
[Ding~ Consuming the Level 70 Nine-Star white-quality [Undead Staff] will increase the growth value of the [Transcendent Staff] by approximately 0.5%–1%. Upgrading the Undead Staff's attributes through refinement will further increase its growth value (estimated maximum of 3% with gold-quality Undead Staff). Would you like to consume it now?]
For most players, refining such equipment would be unaffordable due to the immense Energy cost.
But for Zhang Yue, who had infinite Energy, this system was practically custom-made for him.
Since the current unidentified equipment couldn't be refined yet, Zhang Yue decided to store it in his inventory and refine it later upon returning to the Yongning Village.
Having defeated the Undead Bone Dragon, Zhang Yue continued exploring the Eternal Gate.
Before long, he encountered several more undead creatures.
This time, three monsters appeared—all Level 70 Lord-tier bosses.
"It seems the monsters in the Eternal Gate are at least Lord-tier,"Zhang Yue remarked, not at all surprised. Instead, he was thrilled.
In his eyes, this place was a gold mine.
The three Lord-tier undead beasts roared ferociously as they charged.
Zhang Yue immediately used an SS-level Hell Judgment + Death Storm + Thunderstorm, coupled with the Extinction Black Dragon's Doomsday Flame and Doomsday Breath.
The combined AoE damage instantly wiped out the three Lords.
After the fight, Zhang Yue left the Skeleton King to collect the loot while he led the Extinction Black Dragon and Shadow Predator forward.
As expected, all the monsters Zhang Yue encountered were either Lord-tier or 8–9 Star BOSS-level.
But in Zhang Yue's eyes, they were no more than trivial obstacles.
Until… the first Ten-Star BOSS appeared…
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