Watching the footage displayed on the big screen, after everyone finished watching the entire battle video between Zhang Yue and the black cloak, they couldn't help but gasp.
One Night Stand, eyes wide, face full of shock, "My god! What is that thing? It can trade blows with the guild leader?"
Mage Sparks Fire also exclaimed, "I've never seen such superb combat technique, it's so strong! What rank of BOSS is this?"
"Doesn't it seem strange? That background looks like a death zone, supposedly there's no level suppression there. Within a same-level domain, the guild leader doesn't even take the Three Main Gods seriously. He was practically half a step into Emperor-level boss territory when he fought the Demon Emperor."
One Night Stand continued, "Could this thing actually beat the guild leader?"
Ouyang Ling'er seemed to notice something.
Based on the black cloak's characteristics shown in the video, she searched the entire net.
Sure enough, she reached the conclusion she'd suspected, "Indeed, there is no record of this guy anywhere in the history of the otherworlds. In other words, like those nine monsters reported online before, this is also a new species."
"Unexpectedly, it ran into the guild leader. Counting this one, that makes ten!"
Zhang Yue, unbothered and calmly cracking sunflower seeds, said to Ouyang Ling'er, "The video's here, analyze it more carefully."
"Okay, give me a moment," Ouyang Ling'er said, "Let me dissect it, ah no, analyze it!"
She locked onto the black cloak in the footage and began to use her specialty, performing a comprehensive scan and analysis.
Every frame was enlarged and examined by Ouyang Ling'er.
Soon she reached a conclusion, "This guy not only never appeared in the history of the otherworlds, even the skills and moves he uses have no recorded references."
"They're as mysterious as when the Three Main Gods and the Demon Emperor first appeared."
Hearing this, Liyue pondered, "Could it be that they were born when the Three Main Gods broke some kind of seal?"
Zhang Yue shook his head, "I saw the Three Main Gods and the Demon Emperor a hundred years ago, they aren't a new species."
"That thing, I haven't seen before."
If only Zhang Yue hadn't seen it, that might not mean much. It could simply reflect Zhang Yue's limited experience…
But now Wolong, Yinlong, Xuanlan and the others sent messages saying they also hadn't seen that monster a hundred years ago, which suggests: this thing definitely didn't exist in the otherworlds before, and after a long period of sealing, it has reappeared.
After all, they were among the earliest human professionals to enter the otherworlds when those worlds first descended to Earth.
If Zhang Yue slept for a hundred years and fell out of touch with the times, Wolong and the others did not.
The three of them confirmed: not only a hundred years ago, but also in the recent past century, they've never seen that black cloak shown in the video.
That's enough to say: its existence has exceeded humanity's understanding of the otherworlds.
"Wait!"
At that moment, Chen Zijin suddenly seemed to think of something.
She pinched her chin and, thoughtfully, asked, "How many of this new species have appeared in total?"
Ouyang Ling'er brought up a bunch of panels and said, "Ten."
Chen Zijin then asked, "How many Resurrection Stones did the Demon Emperor obtain in the Gate of Immortality in the death domain of World 44?"
Ouyang Ling'er: "I think it was… ten."
When she said that, everyone fell silent.
Chen Zijin followed up with another question, "According to the news reports, how long between the first monster's appearance and the Demon Emperor breaking the Gate of Immortality?"
Ouyang Ling'er checked the data: "24 hours!"
When she said that, Ouyang Ling'er seemed to realize something and her face lit up in surprise, "Could it be… these things were all resurrected by the Demon Emperor using Resurrection Stones?"
As is commonly known: after using a Resurrection Stone, it has a 24-hour continuous guiding period; when the guiding ends, the resurrected one can return to life.
So, both the number and the timing line up perfectly.
It's hard not to think this is the Demon Emperor Yu's masterpiece.
"This black guy is very targeted," Liyue rewatched the video and said, "It seems he's aiming specifically for the guild leader."
"Remember, back in World 44, before the Demon Emperor retreated he said he would definitely come back to take revenge on the guild leader. From this, it really looks like his handiwork."
Yet doubts remained.
"Resurrection Stones can be used to revive professional players who died in the otherworlds, or not limited to wild monsters… but these monsters that the Demon Emperor revived don't seem to have died in the otherworlds before," Blade Overlord said.
"From the news reports so far, all ten of these monsters are extremely powerful, even comparable to king-level BOSSes. If anyone in history had killed one of them, it would have been recorded in the annals. So no one had ever heard of them until they were resurrected."
"Also, have you noticed they all share one trait?", Liyue said, "They seem to need to attach themselves to professional players to survive, and the players they latch onto are all fairly powerful, high-rank professionals."
"Besides the guild leader's encounter, this black guy possessing an epic-grade holy crossbowman, the other nine possessions were all of legendary-grade professionals."
Zhang Yue frowned slightly.
'So that means the black cloak I fought today was the weakest among the ten?'
"Do they need to attach to professionals to live? It's a bit like possession, and…", Chen Zijin trailed off thoughtfully, "they're kind of similar to the Demon Emperor."
Her words struck everyone.
"That's right, the Demon Emperor possessed Asura a hundred years ago."
"If that's the case, their nature really is somewhat similar."
To this day, the Demon Emperor has only ever appeared to humans in the form of Asura from a hundred years ago. He's never shown his true body.
And the black cloak, in the later part of the fight, suddenly transformed back into Kno Slough's form.
It seemed it had just possessed Kno Slough and hadn't yet fully merged with that bodym
Thus, the Demon Emperor entering the Gate of Immortality a hundred years ago to seize Resurrection Stones, his aim was to revive a group of enforcers like this and use them against Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue murmured, "Things are getting more and more interesting."
Around him, everyone looked at Zhang Yue with incredulous eyes.
"Listen, does that count as human speech?"
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