Zhang Yue was certain: if the Demon Emperor revived the Ten Great Beasts for the purpose of dealing with him, then no matter where he was, they would come looking for him on their own.
So instead of taking the initiative to hunt them down, it was better to let them come to him.
That way, he wouldn't waste time on his otherworld strategy.
[World 46, Vampire Empire]
Zhang Yue briefly looked over this world's background and structure.
Within the Empire existed two major forces, one was humans, the other was vampires.
Vampires were everywhere. Once they set their eyes on a human, that human would be turned into one of their kind.
The mission of the Professional Class was to hunt vampires and protect the last human capital.
Within the capital, NPCs offered quests to hunt vampires.
The initial mission level was lv1.
By completing missions, players could gain experience points and raise their mission level.
There were two World Quests in this world —
The first: complete one hundred missions in total.
The second: raise the mission level to lv10.
Seeing these two world quest objectives, Chen Zijin said to Zhang Yue with a smile, "Looks like… it's your home field again."
Zhang Yue happened to glance at Chen Zijin, and suddenly seemed to notice something.
Seeing Zhang Yue staring at her, Chen Zijin blushed slightly, "Why are you looking at me like that? You're making me embarrassed…"
Zhang Yue studied her eyes carefully and said, "What did you do last night? Those dark circles are kinda obvious, you're almost a panda now."
Chen Zijin, whose mood had just about turned romantic, froze: "(￢_￢)"
"Come on, let's go take the quest. Then we'll head out and start."
Chen Zijin turned and left first.
Zhang Yue followed after her.
According to the World 46's setup, the two of them found the city lord inside the capital and received the vampire-hunting mission from him.
Fortunately, this mission was system-linked in nature.
Meaning: they only had to take it from the city lord once. Afterward, it could be repeated endlessly, refreshed endlessly, and rewards could be obtained endlessly.
Each time they completed a round, the quest would reset automatically.
There was no need for professionals to return to the main city to reaccept the task.
When the mission level increased, the reset mission would also rise in level, and the rewards would become richer.
Zhang Yue checked the mission.
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[Hunt Vampires] (lv1)
— Mission Content: Please, Professional, cumulatively hunt 100 vampires within the Vampire Empire. (Progress: 0/100)
— Mission Time: Unlimited
— Mission Rewards: EXP +100 billion, Psionic Energy +2 billion, Mission EXP +10
— Mission EXP: 0/100
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After accepting the mission, the two of them stepped out of the capital.
Outside the city, dark clouds loomed overhead.
Countless monsters with human shapes, eyes bloodshot, mouths full of fangs, roamed the open wilderness.
Holding his extraordinary staff, summoning the undead legion, and accompanied by his pet squad, Zhang Yue launched an attack on the vampires.
Masses of Tier 3 Death Servants, more ferocious than vampires, pounced forward like starving wolves spotting sheep.
They attacked so fast that the vampires had no time to react before being instantly slain.
All around Zhang Yue, battle prompts rang out one after another as his mission progress skyrocketed.
At that moment, Chen Zijin shouted from beside him, anxious, "This quest doesn't seem to share progress, leave some for me!"
Saying that, she unleashed her shadow and rushed into the battlefield.
Zhang Yue had thought that, given Chen Zijin's strength, dealing with these level-246 vampires might be difficult.
After all, her damage output was only forty to fifty billion,
while level-246 monsters had nearly four hundred billion HP.
But reality soon exceeded his expectations.
The moment Chen Zijin plunged into the horde, she was like a whirlwind cutting through chaos.
In a flash of blades and light, several vampires around her were instantly slain.
"Hmm?", Zhang Yue noticed Chen Zijin.
'Did I miscalculate?'
'With forty to fifty billion damage, how can she instantly kill monsters with four hundred billion HP?'
A second later, Zhang Yue understood the answer.
At some point, Chen Zijin's damage had massively increased.
The damage she dealt to vampires had completely surpassed his earlier estimates.
Under her storm-like assault, damage numbers between 150–200 billion popped up over the vampires' heads.
With that kind of power, Chen Zijin could kill a vampire in just two or three attacks.
But in Zhang Yue's impression, back when they were conquering the World 45 last night, Chen Zijin's base damage was still only around forty to fifty billion.
And right now, her mood seemed good, she hadn't even activated the Wrath Source Stone or the Wrath God Set's synergy effect.
'So… this is her base combat power?'
Looking closely, Zhang Yue finally discovered the key: it was her equipment.
Her Wrath God Set had originally been 28-star quality.
But now, judging by its color and effects, it had at least reached 40 stars or more.
And recalling those panda eyes…
"You worked overtime last night?"
In front, Chen Zijin cleaved down a dozen vampires that had surrounded her, turned to look at Zhang Yue, and smiled, "What do you think?"
With that kind of fighting spirit, the Mythic-Class scroll back then really should've been hers.
Still, to raise her Wrath God Set from 28 stars to 40 stars overnight, that showed just how much effort she'd put in.
No wonder she woke up with panda eyes.
She probably hadn't slept at all.
Zhang Yue had already done the math long ago.
The main gap between him and Chen Zijin was equipment.
Once her Wrath God Set reached the same 47-star level as his Transcendent Set, her damage output would absolutely surpass his.
After all, both were Mythic-Class professionals, their growth rate was the same.
And in addition, Chen Zijin had a custom treasure, [Crystal Love], which could absorb monsters' life force to strengthen her own stats.
So by that calculation, even though her current set was only 40 stars, once it continued to upgrade, her overall strength wouldn't be far behind Zhang Yue's.
The terrifying part was, this was just her base strength.
She hadn't even activated the Wrath Source Stone or the Wrath God Set's true potential.
Once her Wrath Value rose, her damage would explode.
Still, in terms of speed, Chen Zijin was a little slower.
Because Zhang Yue had his undead legion.
Under the slaughter of five thousand Tier 3 Death Servants,
vampires from all directions were annihilated one after another.
On Zhang Yue's mission panel, the quest progress instantly shot to 100%.