[Nightmare Difficulty, Reaper Arena]
[Phase Eight Challenge]
This time, the enemy Zhang Yue faced had scaled up to a Tier One Beast Tide.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Amid endless roars.
Ahead, countless level 175 lord-level [Berserk Rhino Commanders] came charging at Zhang Yue like a tidal wave, shaking the earth and sky.
And behind this herd of lord-level rhinos, forming a true beast tide, there were also three 27-star BOSS-level [Berserk Rhino Kings], eyeing Zhang Yue menacingly.
A powerful berserk aura swept through the field.
This was the pressure from the emperor-level BOSS, [Skyborne Rhino Emperor]!
An incomparably overwhelming oppressive force, enough to easily shatter a professional powerhouse's mental defenses.
Facing such a scene, Zhang Yue remained calm amidst the crisis.
ROAR!
At his side, the Mythical-grade Thirty-Six-Winged Armageddon Black Dragon let out a heaven-shaking roar.
"Kill!"
As a trace of killing intent flickered in Zhang Yue's eyes.
The Armageddon Black Dragon sensed its master's will to fight and immediately spread its wings and soared.
With searing dragon flames, it flew toward the incoming beast tide.
At the same time, the Armageddon Skeleton King and the Ice-Sealed War God, the two melee kings, also charged into the beast tide.
The Ice-Sealed War God was renowned for its defense. Frost condensed into ice armor, covering its entire body, solid as iron.
Even though its current Legendary-tier was the lowest among Zhang Yue's five pets, with the support of its entire Flowing Gold-grade Flame-Burning Set, it could easily withstand the attacks of these lord-level berserk rhinos.
Facing over a dozen berserk rhinos at once, it was no big deal.
On the other hand, the Armageddon Skeleton King was even more extreme.
As a former ordinary BOSS, the Skeleton King's growth was far inferior to the Ice-Sealed War God, who possessed pseudo-king-tier BOSS bloodline.
However, Mythical-grade quality granted the Skeleton King the [Nightfall · Undying Monarch] kingly body.
Under Mythical-tier rules, all are equal.
Facing these lord-level berserk rhinos, the Skeleton King innately had 99% absolute damage reduction.
The rhino attacks that landed on the Skeleton King could only deal 50,000 to 60,000 damage.
Yes, 50k to 60k.
The regular damage of berserk rhinos could reach 5 to 6 million, but against the Skeleton King, it only dealt 1% of that value.
The Skeleton King had an HP cap of 44.2 million.
Combined with the master's Void Shield, twelve times the health, t had a super shield exceeding 530 million HP.
50,000 damage, compared to 500 million shield, what did that mean?
To express it numerically: it was exactly one ten-thousandth.
It meant that the berserk rhinos' attacks only caused one ten-thousandth of damage to the Skeleton King.
Moreover, the 25-star Void Shield granted the bearer the ability to absorb and regenerate its shield through attacks. The Skeleton King could easily regenerate the shield through combat.
Even if it stood there getting hit for half a day, a single swing of its sword was enough to fully restore the lost shield.
Totally invincible.
Relying on such an unbeatable body, the Armageddon Skeleton King rampaged through the beast tide, charging straight into the heart of the enemy.
No matter how many berserk rhinos came, they couldn't do a thing to the Skeleton King.
Elsewhere, Cherry cast magic from long range to heavily damage the rhino herd.
The Apex Predator led its Shadow Legion in a full-scale hunt and sweep.
Even if they couldn't insta-kill the lord-level berserk rhinos, all five pets were equipped with Void Shields, and the rhinos couldn't harm them at all.
As the saying goes: capture the leader first to take the bandits.
Taking advantage of the pet team handling the beast tide, Zhang Yue locked onto his true targets, the three 27-star BOSS-level Rhino Kings in the distance.
He was about to cast a spell but found they were too far away to hit.
Zhang Yue couldn't be bothered to walk over, so he simply raised his middle finger at the three rhino kings in the distance.
The air suddenly fell silent.
The next second—
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
The Rhino Kings clearly sensed Zhang Yue's provocation and immediately charged toward him.
Gotta admit, this taunt move was even more effective than Chen Zijin's Crystal Love.
The three Rhino Kings, like three walking mountains, crushed countless berserk rhinos along the way and rushed at Zhang Yue with apocalyptic force.
As soon as they entered his effective range, Zhang Yue's eyes turned cold.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Extinction · Thunder Wrath!
Shatter · Thunder Core!
Thunder · Lightning Dance!
Voidless · Godslaying Curse!
One after another, overpowered SSS-grade lightning-type unique skills bombarded the leading rhino king.
Massive damage numbers exploded above the rhino king's head—
["Ding~ You have slain level 175, 27-star BOSS, Berserk Rhino King..."]
["Ding~ You have slain level 175, 27-star BOSS, Berserk Rhino King..."]
["Ding~ You have slain level 175, 27-star BOSS, Berserk Rhino King..."]
One minute. Three BOSSes eliminated.
At that moment, a tremendous pressure descended from the sky, sweeping the entire battlefield.
Zhang Yue looked up to see a gigantic winged rhino, glowing red all over, emerging from the rolling clouds.
Emperor-tier BOSS, Skyborne Rhino Emperor.
Without a word, Zhang Yue immediately gave the Skyborne Rhino Emperor a middle finger.
Apparently, even an emperor-tier BOSS couldn't tolerate the might of the invincible middle finger.
The Skyborne Rhino Emperor let out a world-shaking roar and flew toward Zhang Yue...
Result, one minute later.
["Ding~ You have slain level 175 Emperor-tier BOSS, Skyborne Rhino Emperor..."]
BOOM!
The massive body of the rhino emperor crashed to the ground, raising a huge cloud of dust.
With all the BOSSes eliminated, only the lord-level rhinos remained to be cleaned up to complete this phase of the challenge.
For Zhang Yue, there really wasn't any challenge left.
Just as Zhang Yue was about to team up with the pets to quickly wrap up the round—
Suddenly, a system prompt appeared—
["Ding~ Congratulations! Your teammate [Nameless] has successfully cleared the Reaper Arena. Current team clearance: 1/3!"]
'What?"
This sudden message sent a jolt through Zhang Yue's heart.
That guy clearing the Reaper Arena was within expectations.
What Zhang Yue didn't expect, was that he could pass it so quickly. Even faster than Zhang Yue himself.
A little surprised, Zhang Yue returned to battle.
The beast tide–scale lord-level berserk rhinos weren't as easy to deal with as expected.
Zhang Yue took a little time to eliminate them all.
["Ding~ Congratulations! You have successfully cleared the Reaper Arena. Current team clearance: 2/3!"]
Turns out this was already the final phase of the Reaper Arena.
After Phase Eight, all challenges were fully completed.
Zhang Yue checked the time, he was a full three minutes slower than the Golden Warrior.
When Zhang Yue stepped through the light screen and exited the arena—
———
Outside the Reaper Arena, he instantly saw the Golden Warrior, who appeared to have been waiting there for quite some time.
Just standing there, the Golden Warrior exuded a powerful aura that made Zhang Yue's heart tremble again.
From Phase One onward, Zhang Yue had almost gone all out and didn't slack off.
Which meant: even at full strength, Zhang Yue was still three minutes slower than the other guy at clearing the Reaper Arena.
'That guy... is he really stronger than me?'
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