["The necromancer died?"]
["Zero God has fallen??"]
["Death in the Divine Tomb can't be revived? So the necromancer is permanently dead!"]
["The Dragon Nation's number one newly risen god, the necromancer, has fallen in the Divine Tomb!"]
In an instant, headlines exploded across the entire world.
If this news had simply been posted normally, no one would have believed it.
Because everyone had seen Zhang Yue's growth with their own eyes.
Under the gaze of the entire world, Zhang Yue had broken countless records and created miracles never before seen in the hundred-year history of the otherworld.
No matter how difficult the challenge, no matter how dangerous the obstacle, nothing had ever stopped Zhang Yue.
Someone so unmatched, so overwhelming, was even nicknamed a "bug" by millions.
But this time, billions around the world had seen it with their own eyes. They witnessed Zhang Yue's death.
They watched him get pierced through the chest by the Transcendent Lord God, Xingtian.
Even his five mythic pets were killed instantly.
When the livestream cut to black, the moment it disconnected, it threw the entire world into chaos.
The news spread internationally at the speed of wildfire.
Within barely three minutes, everyone knew.
People refused to believe it. Experts replayed the livestream repeatedly, trying to find any flaw that might prove Zhang Yue wasn't really dead.
Or at least, not permanently dead.
Because Zhang Yue's influence on the world was simply too great.
Everyone knew Zhang Yue had once been Asura God, the strongest man in the Dragon Nation a hundred years ago.
And now, he had risen from Dragon Nation's god to the world's god.
Experts had long predicted: once the necromancer reached level 500 and completed nine-turn ascension, he would be the strongest being in the world.
Even the current three major ninth-turn mythic-class powerhouses combined wouldn't match him.
So no one wanted to accept that such a supreme warrior had died
———.
Inside the Heavens Hall, after witnessing Zhang Yue killed before their eyes, everyone was thrown into turmoil.
They stared at the blacked-out screen, silent for ten long seconds.
Finally, Ning Tiantian spoke in disbelief, "No… impossible! Brother Zhang Yue can't die!"
"How could he just die like that?"
Everyone else felt the same.
"Exactly! He was doing perfectly fine! He cleared god-class, emperor-class, immortal-class, king-class bosses like they were nothing. How could he be gone now?"
"He just wiped out all those world-ending king-class bosses!"
Disbelief soon mixed with anger.
"Damn that Xingtian! Our guild master fought through hell and back in the Divine Tomb and saved her, and she repays him like this?"
"Who would've thought someone that beautiful would hide such a twisted heart! A thorned rose… what a snake!"
"She totally ambushed him! Even I didn't expect her to suddenly strike. If we knew, how could the guild master have been killed?"
"So… is the guild master really gone? Why is Xingtian so strong? She looks like a fragile little girl. How does she deal that much damage? She literally one-shot him!"
"I remember guild master saying before entering the Divine Tomb that it had a special rule: if you die inside, you can never revive!"
At this moment, Ouyang Linger confirmed, "Yes, exactly. That's why I tried to stop him. I begged him to withdraw sooner because if he died in there, nothing could save him…"
Everyone suddenly seemed to realize something, and all looked toward Chen Zijin.
She stood frozen, completely silent.
Compared to everyone else, she was suffering the most.
"I should have warned Zhang Yue sooner! Why didn't I warn him earlier?"
She blamed herself endlessly, "I sensed something wrong with the woman in the painting. I sensed danger. Why didn't I tell him?"
"If I told him earlier, he could've prepared. He definitely wouldn't have died."
Ouyang Linger quickly said, "Don't blame yourself. When he finished the second round, I heard you say the painting was suspicious. You warned me, and I didn't take it seriously. It's my fault. All my fault! If only I had your awareness!"
"We were all too careless. If we took it seriously and warned him early, none of this would've happened!"
As everyone was talking, Glory Firmament suddenly sighed, "But have you ever considered another possibility?"
"Even if the guild master had been prepared… he still couldn't have avoided this ending."
"That Transcendent Lord God Xingtian was too strong. She killed him with a single strike. Do you understand what that means?"
"Guild master had received two God Scroll boosts, his full set was 60 stars, every skill was 10S. His strength was almost equal to a level 500 ninth-turn powerhouse. At level 300, he was unbeatable."
"Even hundreds of king-class bosses couldn't touch him. But Xingtian killed him instantly."
"At that level, even if he was prepared, he still would've died. He couldn't possibly match Xingtian. They're not even on the same scale of existence."
"Unless he withdrew the moment he completed the second round."
The room fell silent again.
———
As the news spread worldwide, it soon reached Eastern Nation.
When Inoue Amano heard that the necromancer had died in the Divine Tomb, he burst into loud laughter.
"Hahahaha! He finally died! Wonderful!"
"What a pity though. I didn't get to kill him with my own hands. Such a shame!"
A high-ranking official beside him asked, "Your Majesty, now that the necromancer is dead, should we still proceed with the plan?"
Inoue Amano's eyes burned with mad ambition, "Of course we will continue!"
[T/N: Same Cliche again. They will attack dragon nation and then MC will come back to life to save them all.]
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