Crash!
The power of ice swept across the field.
In an instant, the fireballs that filled the sky were all frozen, shattered into snowy fragments, scattering down toward the ground.
Under the snow flurries that covered the sky, Chen Zijin, who had thought she was dead for sure, lifted her head. The very first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Zhang Yue, and at once, her eyes lit up with radiance.
"I'm not dreaming, am I?"
"Zhang Yue, it's really you, you're actually not dead…"
Handsome for no more than three seconds.
Zhang Yue turned and glanced at Chen Zijin, frowning slightly, "You look a little disappointed."
Chen Zijin shook her head, "This is clearly being happy!"
Zhang Yue knew, this was not the time for small talk.
He turned his attention back to the battle.
While all the fireballs sweeping in from every direction were frozen and shattered by the Ice Sealed War God's frost power, Zhang Yue's gaze swept the surroundings, fixing on the Crimson Flame Fire Dragons all around the highland.
Whoosh!
A flash, entering attack range.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The transcendent staff swung, casting single-target skills one after another across different locations. Single-target snipes + infinite pursuit.
Each strike, without even triggering [Thunder · Devour the Heavens, Annihilate the Earth] and [Sanctuary · Blazing Thunderfire], dealt more than 3 billion damage, instantly killing the Crimson Flame Fire Dragons, each with only 2 billion HP.
At the same time, the Thirty-Six-Winged Armageddon Black Dragon breathed blazing fire, circling the highland.
Coordinating with the Apex Predator and the Armageddon Skeleton King's slaughter and harvest on the other side, in just moments, all the fire dragons around the highland, thousands of them, were annihilated.
As the Crimson Flame Fire Dragons died, Cherry seized the timing, darting quickly among their corpses, plundering the flame orbs dropped from their bodies before they could sink into the magma.
Until finally, silence returned all around.
Cherry held a pile of flame orbs and flew to Zhang Yue.
With a bit of guilt, she said, "Master, you were too fast. Cherry couldn't pick up all the flame orbs in time… only managed this much…"
"It's fine, doesn't matter," Zhang Yue just glanced at the flame orbs in her hands, not even reaching out to take them.
Because to him, since there was no way to leave this Molten Realm, even if he collected more flame orbs to open flame gates, it was nothing but meaningless struggle.
At this moment, Zhang Yue looked at Chen Zijin.
"Why are you here?"
"I got sent in here by that big black dragon with all the eyes on its face," After seeing Zhang Yue again, the despair in Chen Zijin's heart was instantly replaced by joy.
Even her words couldn't stop carrying a smile, "Weren't you also sent here the same way?"
"I know," Zhang Yue said, "What I mean is, he detected the demon contract on me. If he killed me directly, the killer would suffer the equal death effect. That's why he used the Demon Realm to trap me here instead."
"Why didn't he kill you?"
Chen Zijin opened her storage space and pulled out a medal, "Probably because of this."
Seeing the Medal of Death in Chen Zijin's hand, Zhang Yue understood.
"This wolf in sheep's clothing… no, a sheep in wolf's clothing, and the Three Main Gods, they're too cunning."
"I wanted to perish together with them, but didn't even get the chance, because he figured out the existence of the Medal of Death."
After a pause, Chen Zijin sighed with emotion, "But still, thanks to this Medal of Death, I got the chance to meet you here."
"If I had died right away, that would've been a huge loss."
Zhang Yue sat down on the ground, "How's the situation outside now?"
Chen Zijin sat down beside him.
"They've already entered the Ultimate Arena. Right now, the ranking list shows Elfa at the top, but that ranking should already be meaningless. Because the final boss, the Hell Familiar, plus the Three Main Gods, and that Flowing Gold Warrior who stole Asura's body, all appeared at once. They're in the Ultimate Arena carrying out indiscriminate slaughter of every participant."
Listening to her, Zhang Yue instinctively replied, "No one can stand against the Three Main Gods."
"That's right," Chen Zijin said, "Even if you gather all the top professionals of every empire across the world, they still can't deal with them. Now, everyone has been trapped inside one city, like prey waiting to be slaughtered."
Her words didn't leave Zhang Yue with much surprise.
It was as if everything developing to this point had already been within his expectations.
At this moment, Chen Zijin suddenly raised her head, looking at Zhang Yue, and said, "Everyone thought you were dead. They even mobilized the whole nation, along with allied countries, sparing no cost to reach the Gates of Immortality of every world, trying to search for the Resurrection Godstone to bring you back."
"But, they were obstructed by the Eight Great Empires, and the plan never succeeded…"
Zhang Yue couldn't help but smile, "That's normal. If I were alive, Elfa's champion title wouldn't be secure."
"But, don't they think about the bigger picture?", Chen Zijin said in disbelief, "This disaster outside, not just the Eight Great Nations, even the whole world can't stop it. The only one who can, they still choose to obstruct."
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, "That Elfa, when he was born, he must've brought the placenta out and left his brain in the womb."
"Right!", As if suddenly remembering something, Chen Zijin looked at Zhang Yue, a bit excited, "Since you're not dead, then we don't need the Resurrection Godstone. You can just go out, right? And fight the Three Main Gods directly."
"At the same level, your power far surpasses the Ghostsword and the Frost Magic King. If you take the lead, and with the rest of us supporting, we can definitely kill the Three Main Gods, and that Flowing Gold Warrior too."
Zhang Yue lay back, staring up at the fiery sky, "Guess why I'm not going out?"
Chen Zijin looked at him, "Why? Because you like it here?"
She propped her chin on her hands, drooping her head, and sighed, "If even you can't find a way out, then I guess I won't be able to think of anything better either."
"But still, if it's just the two of us staying here forever, that's not too bad either."
Zhang Yue gave her a look of utter disbelief, "You came here to annoy me, didn't you?"
Chen Zijin giggled, "Come on, tell me about what you've seen and gained in all the days you've been trapped here. Maybe, if we change perspective, I can think of a way to get out."
Zhang Yue hadn't expected Chen Zijin to be able to come up with a plan.
But still, he began speaking, "By killing the fire dragons, you can collect flame orbs. Every 100 flame orbs can activate one flame gate, which lets you jump to another highland."
Chen Zijin thought for a moment, "So your plan was to keep jumping between highlands, looking for the exit."
The next second, she added, "That's it then, since your exploration shows your method doesn't work, let's switch to mine!"
"Wait…"
Chen Zijin's words suddenly reminded Zhang Yue.
Maybe she was right.
From the very beginning, Zhang Yue's direction was wrong.
The way to break through this domain was never about jumping highlands to search for an exit.
But rather…
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