Chapter 347: The Trace of the Imperial Seal!

After logging in, Zhang Yue immediately began completing the Hell God Clan's missions at the fastest speed possible.

Since five missions had already been completed the previous night, today's workload would be lighter.

However, because the remaining few hundred Marks of Death in his possession were reserved for the final challenge mission, and he had no more Marks of Death to use for now, no matter how fast Zhang Yue worked, his efficiency was still capped.

It was estimated that by noon today, he could finish ten missions for the Hell God Clan.

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At the same time, elsewhere.

Qin Ye, after obtaining the jade stone from Inoue Amano, carried it with him and began searching the entire World 15 for traces of the Imperial Seal.

Fifteen years ago, his father Qin Shou, along with several other ambassadors from the Dragon Nation, represented their nation at a peace conference in the Eastern Nation.

After returning from the trip, his father frequently made mysterious phone calls in front of Qin Ye.

At some point, when Qin Ye became old enough to understand, he realized that his father was colluding with the Eastern Nation.

Initially, Qin Ye couldn't accept his father's actions.

Later, by coincidence, he met Chi Lian, who was none other than Chen Chi—the man Zhang Yue killed the previous night.

Chen Chi's family had been imprisoned for selling military intelligence from the Dragon Nation to the Lighthouse Nation.

Chen Chi told Qin Ye, "In reality, our small-time dealings, selling minor information abroad, don't cause any significant harm to the Dragon Nation. On the contrary, it allows us to gain enormous benefits."

Gradually, Qin Ye was brainwashed by Chen Chi and came to accept his father's deeds.

With financial support from the Eastern Nation, the Qin family's living conditions had indeed improved dramatically, providing Qin Ye with a life of luxury.

Now that the truth was exposed and their collusion with the Eastern Nation had been uncovered, Qin Ye was left with only one choice: surrendering would mean certain death.

But if he continued to complete the tasks assigned to him by Inoue Amano—killing Zhang Yue and preventing the opening of the inter-world passageway—he could look forward to a brighter future and a new life.

Because the jade stone's sensing range was limited, Qin Ye could only carry it and begin his search from the farthest edge of the Hell Dynasty's map within the World 15.

He firmly believed that if the Imperial Seal truly existed in the World 15, as long as he explored every corner of the Hell Dynasty, he would eventually find it.

Due to his current status as a nationally wanted criminal in the Dragon Nation, Qin Ye deliberately donned fully enclosed armor and changed his ID to avoid being recognized.

Thus, the Ice Armored Crimson Chain transformed into a black-armored warrior with the ID "I'm Not a Sword God."

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Meanwhile, back with Zhang Yue.

As expected, around noon, he completed ten missions for the Hell God Clan, earning 1,000 contribution points and finishing two world missions in the process.

Finally, he received a challenge mission from the Hell God Clan's leader, God King Arafat: "Kill 1,000 Undead Divine Guards within 30 minutes!"

At this point, Zhang Yue took out the few hundred Marks of Death that Yinghua had given him earlier.

He waited for the Armageddon Black Dragon to lure a group of Undead Divine Guards over before using the Marks of Death on them.

By leveraging the Marks of Death' effects, he wiped them all out in one go!

In less than 20 minutes, Zhang Yue easily completed the challenge.

[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the hidden mission [Hell God Clan's Challenge]! Rewards: Level +1, Energy +500 billion, Gold Coins +1,000, SS-Rank Rare Skill Book [Destruction Seal Light], Equipment [Divine Might: Battle God Boots] (Level 80, 14-Star, Gold)]

WHOOSH!

Golden light rained down, and Zhang Yue leveled up to 86.

Additionally, the three "sons" under the [Demon Contract] also leveled up to 85 after absorbing the experience points.

The legendary Demon Contract, with its Experience Contract effect, allowed the contracted demons to gain an additional 40% of the experience Zhang Yue earned.

Coupled with Zhang Yue's Necromancer class and the effects of the Void Spirit Stone, his pets only needed 20% of the normal experience required to level up.

This meant Zhang Yue only needed to level himself up as usual without saving experience specifically for his pets.

With the 40% experience siphoned from daily tasks and monster hunts under the Demon Contract, it was more than enough to level up his three sons.

The reward's rare skill book overlapped with Zhang Yue's existing skills.

As for the equipment, the four 14-Star Gold items from the mission rewards were all devoured by his Transcendent set.

Each item provided a whopping 8% progress—an absolute treasure.

At the same time, Zhang Yue also successfully obtained the fourth Scroll Fragment.

However, when he attempted to combine the four fragments, a notification appeared: [Ding~ The fragments are incomplete and cannot be fused]

Zhang Yue's worst fear had come true.

This meant the fifth fragment was in the possession of the Hell Spirit Clan.

To obtain it, he would need to complete the world missions and challenge tasks for the Hell Spirit Clan, just as he had for the other four clans.

A century ago, when the Hell Spirit Clan fell, Zhang Yue had never heard of this scroll fragment.

Now that the Hell Spirit Clan was completely wiped out, how could he possibly obtain the last fragment?

After much thought, Zhang Yue concluded there was only one solution.

"It seems I'll have to revive the Hell Spirit Clan!"

This idea had already crossed Zhang Yue's mind before.

By reviving the Hell Spirit Clan, he could use their power to restore Cherry.

But first, he needed to locate the Imperial Seal.

During his missions for the four clans, Zhang Yue had scoured almost the entire Hell Dynasty but still hadn't found the seal.

The four clans had also dispatched their forces to search alongside him, but they, too, came up empty-handed.

Where else could he possibly search for the Imperial Seal?

This had become the most pressing issue.

Even Ouyang Linger and Ice Emperor had attempted to help. However, despite mobilizing all the professionals in the World 15 for a carpet search of the Hell Dynasty, the seal remained elusive.

["Damn it, stuck at the final step…"]

["Does this mean that if we can't find the Imperial Seal, the inter-world passageway can't be opened?"]

["Yes."] Zhang Yue's confirmation left the Heavens Hall members in despair.

But Zhang Yue refused to give up.

Riding the Armageddon Black Dragon, he continued searching the Hell Dynasty for the seal.

However, instead of finding the Imperial Seal, Zhang Yue ran into someone familiar.

As Zhang Yue prepared to meticulously search a forest he had never visited before, his attention was drawn to a warrior clad in fully enclosed black armor, whose ID read "I'm Not a Sword God."

The warrior, noticing Zhang Yue's gaze, quickly averted his eyes, avoiding direct contact.

In his mind, Qin Ye cursed his luck: 'Of all people, I had to run into him!'

He tried to play the part of an unassuming passerby.

But Zhang Yue recognized him instantly. "Do you really think changing your name and gear would make me not recognize you?"

Qin Ye was flabbergasted. 'What the hell, does he have x-ray vision?'

In reality, Qin Ye had overlooked one detail: S-Rank and above Detection Skills could forcibly reveal the level and ID of any player at least three levels lower.

SS-Rank Detection Skills could reveal everything about a lower-level player, including their profession.

At level 86, Zhang Yue had no trouble seeing through level 80 Qin Ye.

Qin Ye took two steps back, pulling out a scroll. "Even if you know it's me, what can you do? You think you can stop me?"

With that, Qin Ye crushed the scroll in his hand.

WHOOSH!

A spatial rift appeared behind him.

As Qin Ye was about to step into the rift, a shadow suddenly flashed in front of it, blocking his retreat.

It was none other than the Shadow Predator.

Zhang Yue glanced at Qin Ye and said casually, "The same trick won't work twice."

Qin Ye turned around, gripping the jade stone tightly in his hand, which suddenly emitted a faint glow.

Looking at the glowing jade stone in his hand, Qin Ye glanced back at Zhang Yue, who was closing in on him.

As Zhang Yue approached, the jade stone's reaction grew stronger.

At that moment, a shocking realization struck Qin Ye. Staring at Zhang Yue in disbelief, he muttered, "The Imperial Seal… it's on you!"

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