Chapter 340: The Undead City, A Grand Feast!

[Ding~ Please kill 1,000 Undead Guards within 30 minutes. Challenge begins]

With the countdown starting—

ROAR—

The massive body of the Thirty-Six winged Armageddon Black Dragon soared across the sky, searching for prey within the Undead City.

In no time, the Armageddon Black Dragon lured a large group of Undead Guards.

Zhang Yue, together with the Phantom Predator and the Purgatory Skeleton King, began coordinating with the Armageddon Black Dragon to hunt these guards.

Killing them was simple.

But permanently killing them? Not so easy.

Lightning Strikes! Thunder Roars! Hell's Judgment!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

With three area-of-effect (AOE) skills unleashed, combined with the Armageddon Black Dragon's AOE damage and the hunter's rapid slashes, nearly a hundred Undead Guards were instantly wiped out.

However—

Ten seconds later, over 90% of the Undead Guards revived.

Only a few had been truly killed.

Following the same strategy, Zhang Yue teamed up with the Armageddon Black Dragon, the Phantom Predator, and the Skeleton King to kill them again.

Ten seconds passed, and nearly 90% of the guards revived once more.

Zhang Yue killed them a third time.

Revive. Kill. Revive. Kill…

After dozens of repetitions, Zhang Yue barely managed to permanently kill 70% of this group.

The remaining 30%, as stubborn as mules, were like unyielding punching bags. Zhang Yue decided it wasn't worth wasting more time on such a small number of targets.

By then, three minutes of challenge time had already passed.

Zhang Yue frowned slightly.

At this rate, it was impossible to complete the challenge of killing 1,000 guards in 30 minutes.

So, Zhang Yue decided to increase his efficiency.

After clearing the nearby Undead Guards, he moved to a new area, commanding the Armageddon Black Dragon and Phantom Predator to lure enemies simultaneously.

This time, they gathered even more guards than before and began the cycle of slaughter once again.

Keeping a calm mindset, Zhang Yue went all out, operating at maximum output.

In full throttle, he fought fiercely for half an hour.

[Ding~ Time's up. Challenge over. You killed 728 Undead Guards within 30 minutes. Unfortunately, you failed to complete the mission. You may restart the challenge]

"Only 700-plus..."

Zhang Yue frowned slightly. "Still too far off. Even if I try again, the success rate doesn't look promising."

It seemed like he had no choice but to ask Sakura for help.

Just as Zhang Yue was contemplating, Crimson Chain sent him a message via Feixin: ["Boss, where are you? We just finished eating and are on our way to you."]

At the same time, Zhang Yue noticed an unread message from Ouyang Ling'er, sent about ten minutes ago:

["Boss, I've investigated the three people you sent me info about. Here's what I found. Take a look!"]

["Crimson Chain, 19 years old. Real name: Qin Ye. Resides in Dragon City and is the son of Qin Shou, an ambassador of the Dragon Nation."]

["As for Nightshade, his real name is Chen Chi. His father was imprisoned for selling critical military intelligence of the Dragon Nation to the Lighthouse Nation. Since childhood, Chen Chi lived as a drifter. He later became friends with Qin Ye, and they've been close allies in both real life and the Otherworld."]

["Lastly, Sakura's real name is unknown. She followed Qin Shou from the Eastern Nation to the Dragon Nation 15 years ago and has lived here since. Qin Shou adopted her as his foster daughter and renamed her Qin Ying."]

Reading the background information Ouyang Ling'er provided, Zhang Yue's expression turned inscrutable.

Finally, Zhang Yue replied to Crimson Chain's message with a location: [LV86 Undead City] (coordinates).

Ten minutes later, Crimson Chain, Nightshade, and Sakura arrived at the Undead City.

Zhang Yue got straight to the point with Sakura: "I need your skill to help me complete the challenge."

Sakura nodded enthusiastically. "Alright, no problem!"

Thus, Zhang Yue restarted the challenge.

At Zhang Yue's command, his three "sons" spread out to lure enemies.

Soon, a new batch of Undead Guards was drawn in.

This time, Sakura immediately cast her magic, applying Death Marks on each guard.

Zhang Yue focused on killing the guards marked by Sakura.

Every marked guard he killed disintegrated into ashes and disappeared permanently.

Meanwhile, at the backline, Nightshade and Crimson Chain exchanged glances.

"Zhang Yue's goal is to open the interdimensional portal in the 15th World. We can't let him succeed."

"We need to disrupt him somehow."

"How? Should we just ambush and kill him outright?"

Crimson Chain looked at Nightshade as if he were insane. "Are you crazy? Us two, take him down?"

After a moment of thought, Crimson Chain said, "Let's pull some mobs. Let's lure a huge wave of Undead Guards to overwhelm him."

Nightshade grinned. "Nice plan. Brilliant, my dude!"

With that, the two ran off under the pretense of helping Zhang Yue gather monsters, each heading in a different direction to draw guards.

Soon, both returned with massive hordes of Undead Guards.

However, their eagerness for more mobs turned reckless. In their attempt to create a monster tide, they accidentally attracted far too many guards.

Before the mobs could even close in—

Two screams rang out.

Followed by the flash of two white beams.

[Ding~ Your teammate [Nightshade] has died]

[Ding~ Your teammate [Crimson Chain] has died]

Seeing the twin flashes of light on either side, Zhang Yue couldn't help but shake his head.

He messaged the party chat: ["Be more careful next time, guys. You were way too reckless."]

———

Meanwhile, in the resurrection spring at Ghost Capital—

The revived Nightshade and Crimson Chain sat there in utter confusion.

Nightshade cursed, "What the hell! Are these guards that strong?"

Crimson Chain asked, "How many did you pull?"

Nightshade replied, "Over a hundred. You?"

"About the same," Crimson Chain said. "With this many attacking at once, there's no way Zhang Yue can handle it while protecting Qin Ying. He's bound to fail!"

"We'll just wait for them here. Even if it's a 3-for-1 trade, as long as Zhang Yue dies, it's worth it. Hopefully, Sakura remembers to apply a Mark of Death on him. If he dies with that on, he's permanently gone, and our mission will be complete!"

———

While they waited in the spring—

Unbeknownst to them, Zhang Yue was having the time of his life on the battlefield.

He had been worried there weren't enough monsters to hunt. But now, with the waves of Undead Guards drawn in by Nightshade and Crimson Chain, it was like a grand feast laid out before him.

Since the enemies were basically a gift from Nightshade and Crimson Chain, Zhang Yue didn't hold back.

"Kids, dinner's ready!" he declared.

As Zhang Yue's summons tore into the mob, Sakura stood behind him, clutching her staff. She hesitated, conflicted as she eyed Zhang Yue's back.

She gripped the Mark of Death in her hand but ultimately couldn't bring herself to use it.

In front of Zhang Yue, the Armageddon Black Dragon and Phantom Predator were already tearing through the tidal wave of Undead Guards.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Energy spheres exploded with devastating AOE damage, engulfing the guards. The Phantom Predator, alongside its 15 clones, moved swiftly to finish them off.

Damage in the millions tore through the 400-million HP bars of the LV86 guards.

In an instant, hundreds of Undead Guards were reduced to scraps.

The guards didn't even get close to Zhang Yue.

Seeing this, Sakura quickly hid the Mark of Death behind her back.

"Thank goodness… Thank goodness I didn't use it…"

At that moment—

From both sides, several Undead Guards charged at Sakura with spears raised.

In that instant, a single thought crossed Sakura's mind: 'I'm doomed!'

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