Aside from the equipment, there was also a rare-quality skill book and an epic-grade treasure.
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[Reaper's Shield] (SSS-grade Rare Skill Book)
[Class: Magic-type universal]
[Skill Effect: Cast Reaper's Shield to protect yourself or any teammate, granting the protected target a shield equal to 900% of the caster's magic attack power, and granting the protected teammate 500% damage reduction]
[Cooldown Time: 8 seconds]
[Cost: Depends on the user's level]
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Magic-type classes possess a self-protection skill called Magic Shield.
A regular Magic Shield, when upgraded to SSS-grade, can provide a shield of 700% magic attack power to oneself.
Reaper's Shield not only grants a 900% attack power shield, but also adds a 500% damage reduction effect.
This is the difference between rare skills and regular skills.
Unfortunately, for Zhang Yue, he didn't need this skill at all.
A single Void Shield was enough to rival dozens or hundreds of Reaper's Shields.
He shelved it for now, intending to give it to someone who might need it later.
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[Reaper's Eye] (Epic-grade Treasure)
[Effect: Those who are stared at by the Reaper's Eye will have their attack power reduced by 25% (only effective against enemies within the wearer's attack range)]
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This was actually a pretty good item.
Zhang Yue's peripheral gaze swept past the Flowing Gold Warrior.
'Perhaps soon, there will be a use for this Reaper's Eye…'
So, Zhang Yue equipped [Reaper's Eye] and replaced the epic-grade treasure [Thunder Ring] he was wearing.
The Thunder Ring's effect was to increase the wearer's lightning damage by 100%.
That 100% bonus, to Zhang Yue, who had thousands of lightning damage bonuses in total, was insignificant. Even without it, there wouldn't be much impact.
After conquering the Reaper Arena, Zhang Yue and the others set their next goal: [Ghost Arena].
Also a nightmare-difficulty arena, the Ghost Arena and the Reaper Arena still had a considerable gap between them.
"The activation condition for the Ghost Arena is to find Ghost Stones," Chen Zijin said, "Any Ghost Territory has a chance to produce Ghost Stones. A hundred Ghost Stones can be used to open the Ghost Arena."
After a pause, Chen Zijin continued, "This collection task is more suited for us to act separately."
At this time, Zhang Yue said to Chen Zijin, "You gather 20."
Then Zhang Yue looked at the Flowing Gold Warrior, "We'll each get 40."
Chen Zijin also knew that her strength, compared to these two big shots before her, was limited. One should do what they are capable of.
Chen Zijin gladly accepted Zhang Yue's arrangement, "Alright, no problem, we'll coordinate again when it's time."
The Flowing Gold Warrior silently agreed.
Thus, the three of them split up and began acting separately.
Within the Death Territory of the World 32, there were many cemeteries, which were the territories of ghosts.
Zhang Yue casually arrived at a nearby cemetery.
Looking around, he saw countless ghosts wandering inside.
Uniformly level 175: ghost warriors, ghost archers, ghost mages, and ghost assassins.
At this moment, in this cemetery, there was already a group of professionals from a Black Nation hunting ghosts, their goal was clearly also to collect Ghost Stones.
Upon seeing Zhang Yue for the first time, the Black professionals hadn't yet reacted.
Until the next second
"ROAR", a deafening and violent roar erupted as the colossal body of the Thirty-Six-Wing Armageddon Black Dragon descended from the sky, blocking out the sun.
"Necromancer, Zero!"
That group of Black professionals quickly got the message and left the cemetery to make space for the big shot.
After working hard for half a day, they had only killed a dozen ghost warriors.
Surveying the entire cemetery, the total number of ghosts was at least a thousand.
According to guidebooks, only by completely eliminating all the ghosts in a cemetery would there be a chance for a Ghost Stone to drop.
Outside the cemetery, the group of Black professionals, though they had retreated, hadn't left.
They stared at Zhang Yue within the cemetery, whispering among themselves.
"Though I've long heard of Dragon Nation's rising No.1 powerhouse, the necromancer, to be honest, this is my first time seeing Zero in person. I wonder if he's really as amazing as the internet says, how powerful must he be to be called the new god of the world?"
"Let's watch, want to guess how long he'll take to clear this cemetery alone?"
"Under normal circumstances, even a 100-person elite raid team would need half a day to clear a cemetery. He alone, even if we assume his strength is ten times that of an average person, and he has a few pets that fight like ten men each, it'd still take… at least one or two hours!"
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While the group was discussing, on the field, Zhang Yue raised his Transcendent Staff and began the slaughter.
ROAR—
The Thirty-Six-Wing Armageddon Black Dragon flapped its giant wings and soared into the air.
Sweeping through with scorching dragon flames, it circled the vast cemetery.
In an instant, the hundreds to thousands of ghosts scattered throughout the cemetery were all aggroed and charged madly toward Zhang Yue's location.
Relying on the Armageddon Black Dragon to gather all the ghosts together, once they stepped into the attack range, Zhang Yue waved his staff and cast spells rapidly.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
One after another, single-target skills blasted toward various spots, with each one dealing over 2.5 billion burst damage, instantly killing the ghosts with only 1.8 to 2.0 billion HP.
Triggering infinite chase attacks.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Each single-target skill essentially became an AOE, covering the whole field.
Absorbing lightning power madly, outside of attack range, multiple waves of lightning surged, summoning countless bolts that blanketed the land.
In that instant, the entire cemetery was swallowed in thunder and lightning.
The group of Black professionals outside the field were stunned.
"Could this be the legendary…"
"Shattering darkness with thunder!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Endless lightning penetrated the entire cemetery.
Coordinated with the Armageddon Black Dragon, the Apex Predator, Cherry, and Skeleton King, they annihilated all surrounding ghosts in an instant.
In a blink, the battlefield fell silent.
The vast cemetery was strewn with ghost corpses.
The Black professionals outside the field were all dumbfounded.
As Zhang Yue cleared all monsters within the cemetery—
Swoosh!
A glowing green stone floated out from within the cemetery.
Zhang Yue reached out his hand, and the stone drifted into his palm.
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[Ghost Stone] (Special Item)
[Description: A special item used to open the Ghost Arena…]
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The drop rate of Ghost Stones was not 100%. In other words, not every Ghost Territory would yield one.
Zhang Yue had hit the jackpot on the first try.
Leaving the Skeleton King to pick up the loot, Zhang Yue led the Armageddon Black Dragon and the rest of the team, and immediately left this cemetery to head for the next location.
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