"Protect the young lady!"
Facing the sudden enemies, the four bodyguards of the Glory Guild imdiately drew their long swords, guarding closely on either side of Ling Ke'er.
As for Ling Ke'er herself, she crossed her arms, still maintaining a calm and aloof expression without a trace of panic, as if everything was within her expectations...
Looking around, those aggressive-looking players had all hidden their ID information. However, judging by their disorganized and uneven formation, clearly working together for the first ti, it was obvious: they were just a group of freelancers.
At this mont, among the players, a short-haired male knight pointed at Zhang Yue and Ling Ke'er's group and shouted, "Hand over all your equipnt and gold coins if you don't want to die."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue smiled.
Seeing through the situation instantly, he didn't expose it but casually played along: "You want it? Co and take it yourself."
"You brat, courting death?"
"Brothers, take him down!"
With the knight's command, more than a hundred players surged forward, brandishing their weapons and charging at Zhang Yue.
The four Glory Guild warriors guarding Ling Ke'er were surprised to find that the attackers bypassed them entirely and rushed straight toward Zhang Yue.
One of them even muttered in confusion, "What the... Do they think that beast tar has more money than us?"
At this point, another bodyguard asked Ling Ke'er, "Young lady, since our goal is to recruit Zero into the Glory Guild, should we help him out?"
"He definitely can't handle so many people alone."
Ling Ke'er, wearing a look of amusent, fixed her gaze on Zhang Yue and casually smiled, "No need."
"Relax, everything is under my control..."
Alone, facing the siege of over a hundred second-tier players, Ling Ke'er believed Zhang Yue was dood.
Unless she intervened to change the outco.
However, just as she finished speaking, Ling Ke'er was stunned by what unfolded before her eyes.
Zhang Yue initiated the attack with his 5-star golden skill [Death's Eye].
Hell's Judgnt!
Necro Storm!
Two S-level rare skills were unleashed simultaneously, summoning barriers at two different locations.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Countless death rays fell from the sky, and skeletal storms raged like hurricanes, engulfing dozens of enemies instantly.
Under the continuous high damage of 2000-3000 points per second, those trapped within the Hell's Judgnt and Necro Storm areas saw their health bars plumt.
In an instant:
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Dozens of light beams shot skyward.
In re monts, over one-third of the enemy players were annihilated.
Before the mages and archers on the opposing side could react, Zhang Yue unleashed powerful single-target S-level skills:
Skyfire Inferno!
Frozen World!
Thunder Wrath!
Heaven's Divine Fire!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
These freelancers were low-level, poorly equipped, and had weak defenses. They couldn't withstand Zhang Yue's 2000 magic attack power, let alone the damage from his S-level skills.
With damage numbers soaring to 7000-8000 points, enemies exploded one after another wherever his skills landed.
ROAR!
With a summoning command, Zhang Yue's rare-tier [Apocalypse Black Dragon], fully equipped with a 35-level 4-star dark set, tore through space and erged!
An S-level [Apocalypse Dragon Fla] paired with [Doomsday Dragon Breath], dealing terrifying five-digit damage, wiped out dozens of enemies in a flash.
The battle lasted only a few seconds.
Before the attackers could even touch Zhang Yue, over half of them had already fallen.
The remaining dozens of players, faces filled with horror, turned and fled like they'd seen a ghost.
BOOM!
With a thunderous roar, the colossal Apocalypse Black Dragon landed beside Zhang Yue, emitting a powerful roar that echoed throughout the Dark Forest, its overwhelming aura forcing even Ling Ke'er and her elite guards to take a few steps back.
At this mont, Zhang Yue, with the crimson ID [Lv38 Necromancer · Zero] above his head, calmly walked toward Ling Ke'er.
Ling Ke'er couldn't help but retreat, her bright eyes betraying a hint of panic.
Despite her guards standing protectively with drawn swords, their legs trembled uncontrollably.
Zhang Yue stopped and addressed Ling Ke'er:
"Next ti, hire soone stronger—at least those on par with the Infinity Guild."
With that, Zhang Yue turned and walked away.
Ling Ke'er involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief.
At that mont, one of the bodyguards finally spoke up, "Young lady... were those people... hired by you?"
Clenching her fists, Ling Ke'er's stunning face showed anger: "I can't believe those coastal freelancers were so useless. I wasted ten thousand hiring them."
As it turned out, this was Ling Ke'er's backup plan.
Despite her confidence in her charm, she had hired the freelancers just in case.
If Zhang Yue refused to be her boyfriend, she planned to have the freelancers attack him.
When Zhang Yue was on the verge of defeat, she would heroically intervene, drive away the attackers, and save him—displaying her strength and authority.
Surely, that would make Zhang Yue admire her.
But she never expected Zhang Yue, a beast tar, to be so absurdly powerful.
'What kind of monster could single-handedly crush a team of a hundred players?'
What astonished Ling Ke'er even more was:
"How did he know those people were hired by ?"
As she pondered this, high-level players from the Glory World Guild erged from the surrounding Dark Forest, gathering near Ling Ke'er.
Among them were the two vice leaders of the guild: [Glory River], a mage, and [Glory Sky Vault], an archer.
Holding a grudge against Zhang Yue from their past conflict, Glory River suggested to Ling Ke'er, "Since that Zero disrespected you, young lady, why don't we teach him a lesson?"
Regaining her composure, Ling Ke'er crossed her arms and looked at Zhang Yue's fading figure with growing interest.
"It seems this Zero is indeed... intriguing."
"No wonder Tian Xin'er fancies him," she mused with a faint smirk.
Ling Ke'er chuckled softly, declaring:
"Hmph~ I'll make sure you fall for ." [T/N: I fu*king hate this kind of girls.]
———
On the other side...
Just after leaving the Dark Forest, Zhang Yue suddenly received a transfer notification from "Tian Xin'er."
The transferred amount? A staggering three hundred thousand.!
It ca with a ssage:
"You misunderstood. Those people weren't hired by . Also, thank you for saving earlier. This is your reward."
Zhang Yue smiled knowingly and casually accepted the transfer.
"Money, huh? Seems like that's her strategy..."
He chuckled, indifferent, and continued on his way.
———
In the Dark Forest, seeing Zhang Yue accept the transfer, Ling Ke'er smirked confidently.
"Got it—your weakness is money."
"Hmph, luckily, money is the one thing I have in abundance."
"You're mine."
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