Chapter 312: The Second Generation Asura God!
The Resurrection Godstone Fragment will not increase its drop rate simply because the defending boss's rank has been raised.
A single fragment is fixed to be born in each Gate of Eternity.
After all, this is a heaven-defying treasure capable of resurrecting any professional, regardless of how long they have been dead. Naturally, it cannot be so easily obtained.
Adding this piece, only one fragment remains before the complete Resurrection Godstone can be formed.
Placing the fragment into the storage space, Zhang Yue did not immediately leave the Gate of Eternity after clearing out the loot.
Instead, after sweeping through all the treasure chests in the Gate, he returned to the instance field outside the Gate of Eternity.
This area was filled with elite monsters and boss-level creatures, making it a treasure trove for Zhang Yue to develop and grow.
Since he was already here, it was only natural to reap everything to the fullest before heading back.
Additionally, Zhang Yue was carrying a massive sin value of 30 million, which also needed to be cleared.
He couldn't bring back the sins from the Eastern Nation to dirty the Dragon Nation.
As for the people of the Eastern Nation, they had all gone offline to hide. Even if Zhang Yue left the Gate now, there was no way to carry out any further slaughter against them.
One hour.
Three hours.
Five hours.
As the night passed, the Gate of Eternity remained silent.
The professionals stationed outside the Gate from the Eastern Nation grew increasingly puzzled.
"Why hasn't Zero come out yet? Didn't he already kill the ultimate boss?"
"Could it be that he's dead in there after all? After all, the Dragon Nation has a saying: 'No matter how skilled, a warrior still fears the kitchen knife!'"
"The most fatal weakness of a mage profession is mana. Even if he brought the maximum 200 mana potions into the instance, it's absolutely impossible for him to sustain himself inside for this long! He must have run out of mana and ultimately succumbed to the monsters inside!"
It was clear that the people of the Eastern Nation were so eager for Zhang Yue's death that they were deluding themselves with fantasies.
Little did they know, Zhang Yue was thriving inside the Gate of Eternity.
Ever since obtaining the Holy Grail, Zhang Yue no longer carried supplies on his outings.
Potions? Zhang Yue was never interested in those.
Even though it was widely known that Zhang Yue was a fast-paced fighter, the Holy Grail's 1% mana recovery per second was more than enough to support his output.
And if not, Zhang Yue still had his skill Shattered Thunder, which restored 10% of maximum mana with every kill.
As for health potions?
With the Void Shield in hand, Zhang Yue and his three sons' health bars were never exposed beyond the shield bar.
Timing it just right, Zhang Yue exited through a spatial fissure an hour before it disappeared, leaving the Gate of Eternity.
At this point, Zhang Yue had cleared his 30 million sin value completely.
Because the monsters inside the Gate of Eternity were all elites and bosses, killing one elite monster would reduce 100 points of sin value.
Bosses, depending on their level, reduced thousands or even tens of thousands of sin points.
With Zhang Yue's monster-killing efficiency, it was easy to wipe out tens of thousands of sin points with a single wave of his hand.
Thirty million sin value? It was no more than a trivial task!
Just as the Eastern Nation professionals confirmed Zhang Yue's death and prepared to set off fireworks to celebrate nationwide, Zhang Yue swaggered out of the Gate of Eternity.
In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded.
"He's… still alive?"
Zhang Yue walked step by step toward Inoue Amano.
With a commanding aura, he declared, "Remember, the debt your Eastern Nation owes to our Dragon Nation has only been repaid by one-tenth so far."
"The remaining nine-tenths, I will come back to collect next time."
With that, Zhang Yue brushed past Inoue Amano and stepped into the spatial fissure.
Along with the fissure, he disappeared from the Eastern Nation.
At that moment, everyone was stunned into silence.
Inoue Amano's gaze burned fiercely: "We must kill him before he reaches level 100. We must kill him before he breaks free from the newbie protection period at level 100!"
Only now did Inoue Amano fully understand why Zhang Yue had said that the one being protected by the newbie protection wasn't himself, but them.
Once Zhang Yue surpasses level 100 and leaves the protection period, the Eastern Nation will face utter annihilation.
On the other side, Zhang Yue returned to the Dragon Nation through the spatial fissure.
The king had returned.
Instantly, the entire nation of 1.4 billion people erupted into cheers.
This time, not only had Zhang Yue avenged the Dragon Nation by retaliating against the Eastern Nation, but the equipment, gold, treasures, and materials looted from their side were enough to elevate the strength of the Dragon Nation's emerging professionals by an entire level this year.
Numerous streamers and news media flocked to interview Zhang Yue.
After returning from the Eastern Nation, Zhang Yue became a household hero of the Dragon Nation and a role model for countless parents educating their children.
Parents would always say the same thing to their kids:
"Son, study hard, learn professional transformation knowledge well at school, and awaken as a professional at 18. Be someone like Zero and go to the Eastern Nation to slay ghosts!"
First, there was the Asura who protected the Dragon Nation by repelling a ninth-tier beast tide.
Now, there was Zero, who carried out the massacre of 300,000 in Eastern Capital, Eastern Nation.
Zhang Yue had been crowned by his people as the "Second Generation God Asura!"
"This world only has one Asura God who can rival Zero!"
"Imitate Asura! Become Asura! Surpass Asura! Zhang Yue is Asura!"
Of course, such small achievements were nothing to Zhang Yue.
Had he not died in the beast tide a year ago, the Eastern Nation's dead would far exceed 90,000 today.
Had the original Asura still been around, the Eastern Nation would have ceased to exist long ago.
What place would there be for Inoue Amano's barking?
Having not rested for over 20 hours in the Eastern Nation, Zhang Yue ate something and went to sleep after the interviews.
When he woke up, it was already dark.
He had dinner and logged back into the game.
[Ding~ Welcome to the World 13: Endless Abyss. Your current location is a safe zone: Magic Castle. The world mission has been issued]
'Wow!'
With light streaming down, Zhang Yue descended into a peaceful and harmonious city.
The World 13 was similar to the World 10's Sky City.
Both safe zones were floating castles in the sky.
However, beneath Sky City lay endless magical beasts, while under Magic Castle lay an abyss.
A bottomless, dark abyss that resembled a gaping maw ready to devour the floating city.
Zhang Yue did not immediately explore the world's background and layout.
Instead, he headed to the northern appraisal center.
In the Gate of Eternity from the Eastern Nation, Zhang Yue had acquired many excellent pieces of equipment.
Most were between 8 and 11 stars.
Zhang Yue selected the 10-star and 11-star equipment as upgrade materials for his transcendent set to ascend from 11-star to 12-star.
Though there weren't many of these high-star items, consuming them boosted the overall growth rate of his transcendent set by about 20%.
The remaining 8-star and 9-star equipment were handed over to the Heavens Hall for selection. Whatever was left was turned over to the country.
Zhang Yue kept only three pieces of equipment for himself.
These were the Assassin's three-piece set dropped by Hell Shadow Emperor, Pier King: Hell Shadow Blade, Shadow Emperor Boots, and Earth Emperor Robe.
It was no exaggeration to say that any of these three 13-star, level 70 items alone surpassed the combined value of all the other loot Zhang Yue acquired in the Gate of Eternity.
Spending over 5,000 gold coins, Zhang Yue appraised the three items and used unlimited energy to instantly refine them to perfection.
What appeared before Zhang Yue was the ultimate divine gear for the level 70–80 range.
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