The moment Zhang Yue walked out of the Gate of Immortality safe and sound, countless professionals from all nations outside the instance were utterly shocked.
Because they had personally seen the Demon Emperor Yu leading the God of Malevolence, Motan, into the Gate of Immortality together.
For Zhang Yue to come out alive could only mean, both the Demon Emperor and the God of Malevolence had been killed by him?
After clearing the Gate of Immortality, Zhang Yue did not stay in World 55 any longer.
Instead, he activated the World Boss Challenge.
Within one second, he instantly killed the level 290, 45-star World Boss [Sea King · Beno], and then proceeded straight into World 56.
There, he reunited with Wolong, the Ice Emperor, and Chen Zijin.
At that moment, Zhang Yue took out all ten Resurrection God Stones he had obtained from the Gate of Immortality in World 55, handed them to the Ice Emperor, and said, "Here, see how to use these. I'll leave their distribution entirely to you."
Seeing Zhang Yue casually hand over ten Resurrection God Stones worth tens of billions right before his eyes, the Ice Emperor was completely stunned with gratitude.
Immediately, carrying the grand plan of restoring the Dragon Nation's top ten professional powerhouses, he temporarily exited World 56.
Then, Chen Zijin hurried up to Zhang Yue, eyes sparkling with curiosity and excitement, and asked, "Well? Well?"
Zhang Yue didn't answer, he simply extended his right hand and opened his palm.
The next second, golden flames burned in his hand.
Within the golden fire, three deep-colored flames pulsed.
Chen Zijin understood: each flame represented a Supreme Death Servant.
Before Zhang Yue entered the Gate of Immortality, his soul had contained only two flames, representing the Lords of Wrath and Desire.
So now, seeing an additional flame, Chen Zijin couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "Is that the God of Malevolence's, or the Demon Emperor's?"
"The God of Malevolence's," Zhang Yue replied.
Hearing that, Chen Zijin asked, "Then what about the Demon Emperor?"
"He ran," Zhang Yue said calmly, "But next time he dares show himself before me, I'll definitely take him down."
Now that he possessed the third Life Soul, Hands of Hell, there was no chance the Demon Emperor could ever escape again.
At that moment, Chen Zijin looked a bit smug, smiling as she said, "So? My idea wasn't bad, right?"
"Not just 'not bad,'" Zhang Yue glanced at her expectant face and said, "This time, you were indispensable, you're the biggest contributor."
Chen Zijin giggled, "It's really nothing, just a small problem!"
Though she said that modestly, her heart was already blooming with joy at Zhang Yue's direct praise.
Back when she had claimed she needed to log off to eat, she had actually already come up with the plan, to use a "fake Zhang Yue" to mislead the Eight Ferocious Beasts, luring them to enter World 56 ahead of time.
So her excuse about logging off to eat had been fake. Using that time offline to slip out of their surveillance and secretly execute her plan, that had been real.
Even Zhang Yue hadn't realized it at the time.
Back then, he'd been completely preoccupied by the problem.
After all, the Gate of Immortality could not be abandoned.
But under those circumstances, if Zhang Yue entered directly, the Eight Ferocious Beasts would surely have followed him in.
And they were all quasi-emperor-level bosses.
With Zhang Yue's strength then, there was absolutely no way he could defeat them. The only possible outcome would have been his death inside the Gate of Immortality, maybe he wouldn't even have had the chance to step through the gate at all.
Just then, Hidden Dragon deliberately raised his voice, shouting, "Hey, you few lousy bugs, still think you can play mind games with us? You don't even know your own IQ, do you?"
"No brains, no guts, what are you pretending for, huh?"
———
At the same time, within a deeply concealed zone not far away, the Eight Ferocious Beasts, listening to Hidden Dragon's taunts, were all enraged.
"That filthy human monkey, is he saying we're brainless?"
"Idiot! He's the one without a brain! So he set up a little trap, big deal, what's there to be proud of?"
"He'd better hope I don't get a chance, or I'll tear him into pieces!"
Then, the Emperor spoke coldly, "Enough with the useless barking. We need to rework our strategy and find a way to eliminate that necromancer before World 60."
———
Meanwhile, Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin, under the assistance of Wolong and Hidden Dragon, officially began their conquest of World 56.
As for the Emperor and the Shadows, they still only dared to stalk from the darkness, never daring to show themselves.
Always searching for an opportunity, but never finding one.
And just like that, they followed Zhang Yue all the way through World 56.
["Ding~ Welcome to Otherworld World 57 · Realm of Gods!"]
As the system notification sounded—
Whoosh!
Two beams of white light descended, and Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin appeared simultaneously inside a magnificent hall, bathed in endless divine radiance.
Looking closely, one could see: the vast hall floated high in the air.
It was dazzlingly luxurious, resplendent beyond words.
It didn't feel like a place for mortals to live, but rather a residence of gods.
An ordinary person arriving here would immediately feel like a villager entering a royal city.
But Zhang Yue standing here looked completely natural.
As if he belonged here, like a god in his own domain, not a human.
According to the map, the city beneath them was the safe zone for professionals in the Realm of Gods, called The Temple.
Reaching the Realm of Gods meant one thing, everything from here on was different.
Though this wasn't Zhang Yue's final destination, it was a crucial midpoint.
According to the clues Ouyang Linger had provided, professionals could achieve a major power boost in this world.
And Ouyang Linger had analyzed precisely: based on Zhang Yue's current power, if he perfectly cleared World 57, his strength would increase more than tenfold.
"A power increase of more than ten times," Chen Zijin exclaimed in shock, "Do you know what that means?"
Before Zhang Yue could respond, a head suddenly popped up between them, "It means his power will increase more than tenfold."
As he spoke, Hidden Dragon pushed himself right between the two of them, like a 3000-watt lightbulb.
He grinned at them, "So if we clear this world, Master will be able to single-handedly take on the eight emperor-level bosses, right?"
"Not just take on," Zhang Yue said calmly. "Crush."
"Perfect!", Hidden Dragon said with relief, "Then we won't have to stay glued to you for protection anymore."
Zhang Yue gave him a look, "You sound like you're sick of me, don't really want to stick around, huh?"
Hidden Dragon: "Master, how could you say that!"
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