The facts proved: with six level-500 Tier 9 professionals personally coaching them, their clearing speed felt like putting on straw sandals and flying.
Before this, Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin needed one morning to clear World 47, and then an entire afternoon to clear World 48.
On average, it took half a day to clear a world.
But now, in a single night they quickly cleared Worlds 49, 50, and 51.
In just a few hours, they cleared three worlds in a row.
Most importantly, the world missions executed were all inside the national territory, without entering into the Death territory.
If those old guys could go into the Death territory with Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin to grind, the clearing speed could easily double again on top of this.
This news quickly spread through every sector of society.
Everyone already knew: the Ten Ferocious Beasts were coming for Necromancer Zero.
So the topic of the Ten Ferocious Beasts and Zhang Yue was linked together, constantly occupying the trending lists, unfading.
Media from every country closely followed the story.
Any little development, they would immediately pick up and report.
["According to the latest reports, the Dragon Nation's necromancer Zero encountered an attack tonight at 7 PM in the national territory of World 49 by one of the Ten Ferocious Beasts codenamed 'Ash'. Fortunately, Dragon Nation high-level professionals such as Wolong and the Ice Emperor appeared in time and killed Ash. So far, two of the Ten Ferocious Beasts have been slain, both by Dragon Nation professionals. Dragon Nation has set a historical myth by killing Emperor-class BOSSes. If this trend continues, could they become the world's number-one power? Let us wait and see!"]
["Batan Empire Newsflash: previously, many netizens posted on interworld forums questioning whether the necromancer feared the Ten Ferocious Beasts, gaining great attention. Many claimed Zero dared not expose himself to the beasts. But tonight, the necromancer and Dragon Nation elites set a trap and jointly killed the beast codenamed Ash, this may have been a deliberate lure."]
["Reportedly: with the assistance of six max-level professionals from the Dragon Nation, the Dragon Nation necromancer and shadow dancer have tonight consecutively cleared Worlds 49, 50, and 51. Undeniably, in any environment, the necromancer's efficiency and speed in clearing other worlds far surpass ordinary professionals by hundreds of times, even without entering the Death territory."]
["Analysis suggests Necromancer Zero may, within the next month, surge to the pinnacle of other worlds, potentially reaching the peak level of a level-500 Tier 9 professional."]
Once these reports were released worldwide, they hit like bombs, striking countless netizens.
The whole world erupted.
["Oh my god! Clearing three worlds in one night, I wouldn't even dare dream that!"]
["That necromancer once set a record clearing eight worlds in one day; three worlds is nothing!"]
["Holy crap! Reaching the top of other worlds and attaining level-500 Tier 9 within a month? Even cheats don't do this. This is terrifying!"]
["For ordinary people, other worlds are battlefields, a place of life-and-death slaughter. For the necromancer, it's like a private-server game, why does it seem so easy in his hands?"]
["Nonsense! He's the reincarnation of an Asura God! A hundred years ago he was already legendary, now he's a legend among legends!"]
["But speaking of which, I remember a lot of netizens anonymously mocked the necromancer before today, saying he was cowardly and wouldn't enter the Death territory to face the Ten Ferocious Beasts. Now the media reports it as a deliberate lure, those who posted are probably feeling slapped in the face, huh?"]
["Hahaha I saw that too, so many jumped on the bandwagon saying the necromancer was a coward. He used Sun Tzu's stratagem, and they were playing house!"]
["Hey, why are those posts gone? The posters nowhere to be found, chicken?"]
It turned out: those anonymous posters were indeed sheepish.
They had posted to ridicule and shame Zhang Yue.
But Zhang Yue not only ignored them, he set a trap and killed a Emperor-class BOSS.
As one netizen put it: "They mocked you, and you hit them back with a heavy punch."
That punch stunned those keyboard warriors who only knew how to yap online.
As Zhang Yue expected, those behind the anonymous posts were netizens from the Eastern Nation.
———
At this moment, in the Eastern Nation's capital—
Inoue Amano sat in his office, watching news reports from countries around the world.
He grew furious and humiliated in an instant.
"Baka yarou!"
"Bastards! How did it get to this!"
"This shouldn't have happened! Necromancer, you really should die!"
At the same time, other leaders in the office voiced their opinions.
"Now the Dragon Nation holds too great an advantage worldwide, and by hiding in the national territory they can effectively avoid Emperor-class BOSS pursuit. What can we do next to target the necromancer or the Dragon Nation?"
"If this trend continues, the necromancer will play defensive, developing within national territories and refusing to enter Death territories. Then the remaining eight Ferocious Beasts can't touch him; he'll develop to level-500 Tier 9 strength within the national territories. He's not a match for Emperor-class BOSSes now, but then he could easily turn and kill eight Emperor-class BOSSes alone."
"The main problem is he has protection from high-level professionals; once any Ferocious Beast steps into the national territory, they'll be crushed by Dragon Nation high-level professionals and can't harm the necromancer."
"So now we can only watch the Dragon Nation grow stronger step by step, helpless?"
At that, someone suddenly said, "Why don't we just give up? Continuing to resist the Dragon Nation might only lead to our doom…"
The remark enraged Inoue Amano, "Bastard! Shut up! If anyone dares say that again, I'll kill them!"
Endless anger flared in Inoue Amano's eyes, "It seems there's only one viable method!"
"Find out the Magic Emperor's whereabouts!"