Chapter 341: Challenge Completed, God-tier Boss: King’s Guard!

How could a mere Level 79 Priest withstand the siege of five or six Level 86 monsters?

Just as Sakura closed her eyes and awaited death—

SWOOSH!

Along with a surge of warmth, a milky-white shield appeared, enveloping Sakura.

The next moment, a round of fierce fire attacks from the six Undead Divine Guards landed on her, yet she remained unscathed.

Her HP bar didn't drop at all, still fully covered by the Void Shield's milky-white shield bar.

When Sakura reopened her eyes, she saw that the six God Guards who had surrounded her were already lying dead on the ground, slain by the Phantom Predator.

At this moment, Sakura, who felt an overwhelming sense of safety from the Phantom Predator, cast a grateful glance at Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue turned to look at the dazed Sakura and said, "Use your skills!"

"Oh, right!" Sakura quickly snapped out of it and resumed casting Mark of Death on the Undead Divine Guards.

With Sakura's help, Zhang Yue achieved a 100% kill rate against the Undead Divine Guards.

It took just 20 minutes to permanently slay 1,000 Undead Divine Guards.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the hidden quest [Hell Ghost Clan's Challenge]

As the battle ended, the Skeleton King finished scavenging the loot.

Zhang Yue handed Sakura a Return Scroll and simultaneously crushed one for himself, teleporting back to Ghost City.

Upon reaching the Lord's Manor, Zhang Yue found Ghost King Mongya.

Ghost King Mongya looked at Zhang Yue with disbelief and said, "I can't believe it. You've managed to complete a challenge that no one has in the past hundred years."

Zhang Yue replied, "So, my strength should qualify me to take on the task of protecting the scroll, right?"

Ghost King Mongya nodded. "Of course. It is truly our Hell Ghost Clan's honor to have a powerhouse like you. The scroll will be far safer in your hands."

As Zhang Yue accepted the task—

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the hidden quest [Hell Ghost Clan's Challenge]! Rewards: Level +1, Extra Energy +500 billion, Gold Coins +1,000, Rare SS-tier Skill Book [Reaper's Eye], Equipment [King's Authority: Hell Staff] (Level 80, 14 stars, Gold quality)]

SWOOSH!

Golden light descended.

[Ding! Congratulations, you've leveled up. Current level: 82... Next level requires 800 million experience points]

As expected of a unique hidden quest—the rewards were ridiculously generous.

And this was just the reward from the Hell Ghost Clan's quest.

Next, Zhang Yue still had to complete the quests for the other three clans, which meant he could earn three more rewards of this caliber.

He could soar straight to Level 85!

Four SS-tier rare skill books!

Four 14-star gold-quality pieces of equipment!

As for the SS-tier [Reaper's Eye], it was a universally passive skill for magic users: +50% Spell Penetration.

Skills or equipment that boosted advanced stats like this were incredibly rare.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yue already possessed the Reaper's Eye skill.

Zhang Yue mentioned it in the guild chat, tagging the Lightning Mage Lin Tian, the Mage Star Sparks Fire, and the Holy Light Priest Ning Tiantian: "You three, who wants this [Reaper's Eye] skill book (SS-tier rare)?"

[Warrior Night Owl: "Holy crap! An SS-tier rare skill book! Can Warriors use it?"]

[Ouyang Ling'er: "Same question! Can Assassins use it? Is it spicy or savory?"]

[Star Sparks Fire: "OMG! A rare skill book like this goes for millions on the market, and an SS-tier one is worth double! Are you seriously giving it away?"]

Zhang Yue said, ["Yes, seriously. Whoever reaches the World 15 first gets it."]

[Star Sparks Fire: "No sleep tonight, I'm pulling an all-nighter!"]

[Lin Tian: "You better get some rest, or you'll drop dead."]

At the moment, Zhang Yue's main focus was the scroll.

From Ghost King Mongya, Zhang Yue finally obtained the scroll fragment permanently.

Previously, he had only observed it from a distance.

Now, holding the scroll fragment in his hands, Zhang Yue could clearly sense the immense energy it contained.

This energy was the same type as the energy he'd encountered in spatial rifts before.

But the energy within the scroll was far more potent than that of the spatial rifts.

No wonder the Ice Emperor had previously stated that the spatial energy in the scroll was thousands of times stronger than ordinary energy-based materials.

If the scroll were complete, it might even be capable of permanently opening a cross-world portal.

Next, he still needed to acquire the scroll fragments from the other clans.

Moreover, this task had to be completed by Zhang Yue himself—ordinary people couldn't possibly manage it.

For now, only members of the Hell Ghost Clan could perform the clan's tasks; they couldn't trigger challenges for other clans.

Thus, Zhang Yue had to switch races.

At that moment, the Ice Emperor, likely informed of Zhang Yue's acquisition of the Hell Ghost Clan's scroll fragment, sent him a message:

["How are you planning to switch races next?"]

Zhang Yue replied, ["Easy."]

He immediately activated the World Boss challenge.

[Ding! Welcome to the World 15 Boss Challenge Field. Please defeat the World Boss: [King's Guard] (Physical Type, Level 90, God-tier Boss)]

That's right—

A God-tier Boss!

The reason the World 15 was significantly more challenging than the previous fourteen worlds, where countless professionals had failed, was because of this God-tier World Boss debut.

For most, the World 15 was their first encounter with a God-tier Boss. With its superior consciousness and strength compared to ordinary bosses, even hundred-player teams were utterly annihilated in their attempts.

No one had ever seen the King himself.

He had died a century ago.

If he were alive, he would undoubtedly have been a boss of extremely high rank.

After all, even a mere guard by his side reached the level of a God-tier Boss.

Moreover, the leaders of the five clans were all God-tier Bosses, and they had all served under the King.

It was easy to imagine that the King's rank must have been above God-tier, possibly Emperor-tier or even Immortal-tier Boss!

For now, Zhang Yue wasn't concerned with that.

Looking ahead, he saw the King's Guard, clad in silver armor, with wings on his back, wielding a longbow, standing in midair like an angel.

"Mere mortal, how dare you challenge the King's authority!"

After delivering this familiar line, the King's Guard drew his bow and aimed at Zhang Yue.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Several arrows shot toward Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue, however, stood motionless, neither dodging nor defending.

Three consecutive arrows struck him, each dealing over 300,000 damage, yet Zhang Yue remained unbothered.

Before activating the challenge, Zhang Yue had already stacked a tenfold HP shield—Void Shield with 9.09 million HP—through his earlier kills of God Guards in Undead City.

Even under the King's Guard's powerful combo, Zhang Yue's shield only dropped by one-tenth.

Pulling out the arrows embedded in his chest, Zhang Yue looked up at the King's Guard and said, "That's all you've got? Did you skip lunch?"

As he spoke, Zhang Yue even flipped the King's Guard the middle finger.

The King's Guard was stunned.

After guarding the World 15 for over a century, he had never encountered anyone who dared to taunt him like this!

"Don't get cocky! I've killed more people than you've eaten grains of salt!"

Zhang Yue casually replied, "Oh yeah? No wonder you can't afford a four-dish meal."

Enraged, the King's Guard unleashed a barrage of arrows at Zhang Yue.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Arrow after arrow rained down, almost forming a continuous stream, all striking Zhang Yue.

Yet Zhang Yue stood there, unmoving, taking the hits without flinching.

The King's Guard, with his autonomous consciousness, was perplexed. "Why don't you dodge?"

"Because I'm not scared."

"Why aren't you scared?"

"Just not scared."

The King's Guard was on the verge of losing his mind, furiously unleashing volley after volley at Zhang Yue.

Even though Zhang Yue didn't move an inch, it still took the King's Guard half a minute to finally kill him.

After finishing Zhang Yue, the King's Guard let out a sigh of relief.

"This human... was so hard to kill!"

Meanwhile, on the other side—

After his death, Zhang Yue was transported to a dark realm.

[Ding! Unfortunately, you failed to defeat the World Boss. The progress of the World 15 has been reset]

[Ding! Please select the race you wish to join]

Without hesitation, Zhang Yue made his choice: "Hell Shadow Clan."

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