[Sixth Realm, City of Ice & Snow, Resurrection Spring]
A group of seasoned professionals, who had road the alternate realm for more than a decade, were utterly humiliated by a newcor.
For Overlord, the middle-aged heavy-armored warrior, and his group of brawny n, this was an absolute disgrace.
"Damn it! What's the background of that Zero? How can a Beast Tar deal such high damage?"
"Dying to the Sword Emperor is no sha, after all, it's a legendary profession. But dying to that Beast Tar? That really pisses off."
"We're five levels higher than him, decked out in full five-star gold gear, and have over a decade of combat experience. How the hell can we lose to them?"
"No wonder the Glory Guild was willing to pay such a huge price to outfit each of us with five-star gold gear worth millions and even offered a 20-million bounty to kill Zero. Looks like this ti, we've encountered a tough opponent."
Realizing that their current group was insufficient to control the situation, Overlord, the leader, opened his communication interface and ssaged a pinned contact nad "Brother Fei":
"Brother Fei, Glory Guild has tasked us to kill Zero. He's got so real skill, and we can't handle him. We need you to personally step in."
Brother Fei replied with a voice ssage: "I got it."
"Stay there and keep an eye on him. Don't act rashly. In a few days, I'll head to Zhening Province myself and deal with him."
After closing the app, Overlord sneered coldly:"With Brother Fei stepping in, even the Sword Emperor would have to kneel and sing for rcy. I'm curious to see how far these little punks can go."
At this mont, a subordinate beside him asked curiously:"Boss Wang, why isn't Brother Fei coming now? Why wait a few days?"
Overlord replied, "Glory Guild is still custom-making gear for Brother Fei. He's waiting for it."
"Custom-made gear? What kind of equipnt takes this long to make?"
"Most likely a level 45 six-star set."
As soon as Overlord said this, the people around him were all stunned.
"Holy crap! A single piece of regular level 45 six-star gear is hard to co by, let alone a whole set. How much manpower, resources, and money would that take?"
"They are one of the top three guilds in Tianjing, so they certainly have the ans. But for any ordinary person, it wouldn't be worth it."
"Has Glory lost its mind? Are they planning to pour all their resources into killing this Beast Tar? What grudge do they hold against that Zero? Did he dig up their ancestors' graves?"
Overlord said, "That's none of our concern. After all, it's their resources. We just do the job."
He paused, hefted his greatsword, and said with a frosty gaze:
"With Brother Fei's profession and combat awareness, once equipped with a full level 45 six-star set, no one between levels 35 and 55 will be able to match him."
"When the ti cos, both the Sword Emperor and Zero will die."
At this mont, one of the subordinates suddenly realized sothing: "Wait a second. So Glory Guild already knew Zero's strength, knew we couldn't handle him, and still sent us to die first?"
"Damn it! Glory Guild is heartless."
"Forget about it. Let's just wait to collect Glory Guild's 60-million bounty."
A subordinate asked in confusion, "Why 60 million? Isn't it 20 million per kill?"
"You idiot! He still has two revival chances left. Altogether, we can kill him three tis."
"Oh, right. 60 million! Damn, we're going to strike it rich."
The entire spring echoed with the brawny n's wild laughter, causing passersby to glance at them like lunatics.
———
anwhile, elsewhere.
Level 41, Nether Hall.
After defeating a six-star boss and two elite monsters, Zhang Yue had obtained five complete resurrection stones.
The boss dropped three, and the two elite monsters dropped one each.
That's equivalent to killing a thousand regular monsters to get the sa amount.
The drop rate was insanely high.
In the Sixth Realm, only bosses and elite monsters dropped resurrection stones, and the stones would not be distributed randomly. Whoever picked them up would have them bound to their account.
Thus, Zhang Yue pocketed all five resurrection stones.
Including the three he had previously gathered, he now had eight stones in total—just two short of his goal of ten.
After finishing the battle here, Zhang Yue returned to Level 45 Nether Valley.
To prevent Overlord and his group from retaliating, the other mbers of Heavens Hall accompanied Zhang Yue to Nether Valley.
After all, only Zhang Yue and Luo Chen could handle Overlord's group.
Luo Chen stuck close to Zhang Yue, following him like a shadow.
Upon arriving at Nether Valley, Lin Tian, Wu Haotian, Ouyang Ling'er, and Ning Tiantian ford a team.
Zhang Yue, instead of soloing, added Luo Chen to his party.
This was because he knew that the Sword Emperor profession could greatly assist in monster farming.
Upon entering Nether Valley, Luo Chen began using Sword Shadows to help Zhang Yue hunt nearby Nether Mages.
Zhang Yue had told him: "If you perform well, I might forgive you."
Watching Luo Chen wield the legendary Sword Emperor profession with decent skill to casually cut through the level 45 Nether Mages in the valley, Zhang Yue once again saw the shadow of Hidden Dragon in him.
However, Zhang Yue could easily tell: Luo Chen's mastery of the Sword Emperor profession was far inferior to Hidden Dragon's.
"The range of your Sword Shadows is too limited. Expand it. You lure the monsters, and I'll kill them." Zhang Yue, like a ntor, patiently guided Luo Chen.
Luo Chen replied, "Senior, you might not understand. The controllable range of Sword Shadows is fixed."
Across the entire realm, there were only three Sword Emperors.
According to the experiences shared by the Sword Emperors of Lighthouse Nation and Shadow Nation, the maximum controllable range of Sword Shadows was only a 50-yard radius.
Zhang Yue walked up to Luo Chen, tapped his helt with his staff, producing a crisp "clang","It's not that I don't understand—it's you who doesn't."
"It's obvious your master didn't teach you properly, and you didn't bother learning."
Luo Chen scratched his head, looking puzzled.
Ever since realizing Zhang Yue's strength far surpassed his own, Luo Chen had treated him with the utmost respect, addressing him as "Senior" and humbly seeking his guidance.
Without arguing, Luo Chen asked, "Then how should I properly control the Sword Emperor?"
"Focus your entire mind on the Sword Shadows and sustain it for at least ten seconds."
Following Zhang Yue's instructions, Luo Chen closed his eyes and focused his mind.
After ten seconds, hundreds of Sword Shadows around Luo Chen suddenly expanded to a much farther range, indiscriminately slashing all Nether Mages within a radius of 100–200 yards.
Even Luo Chen himself was astonished.
Due to the unique nature of the Sword Emperor profession, he had inherited it at the age of eight and trained for ten years under the guidance of his master, Wolong.
Yet, in those ten years, Luo Chen had never discovered that focusing his mind could break through the 50-yard range limitation of Sword Shadows.
This scene also surprised Lin Tian and the others nearby.
"What's going on? Does Boss know more about the Sword Emperor than the Sword Emperor himself?"
"How does he know that the Sword Emperor can do this?"
On the battlefield, Zhang Yue said to Luo Chen: "Keep focusing your intent. The range of your Sword Shadows can go even farther."
Following Zhang Yue's guidance, Luo Chen managed to extend the Sword Shadows' range even farther—up to 300 yards.
"Damn! Such a wide attack range." Wu Haotian exclaid in shock.
"This is practically cheating. How can other lee professions even compete?"
Across the entire realm, only Zhang Yue, Hidden Dragon, and Wolong knew about this technique.
This was a Hidden Dragon technique created a hundred years ago.
However, as Luo Chen continued using Sword Shadows, he felt his stamina rapidly depleting.
In no ti, his fully enclosed armor was drenched in sweat, and he felt utterly drained.
This was exactly what Zhang Yue had anticipated.
The Sword Emperor profession consud stamina to sustain Sword Shadows. The wider the range, the more stamina it consud. Additionally, the damage dealt by the Sword Shadows decreased proportionally.
At a 300-yard range, the damage dealt was reduced to just 1 point of true damage.
It looked impressive but was practically useless.
Indeed, the brilliance of Hidden Dragon's technique lay in its uselessness.
Perhaps that's why Hidden Dragon never passed this thod on to Luo Chen...
Before long, Luo Chen collapsed to the ground, unable to hold himself up due to exhaustion.
His Sword Shadows vanished along with his stamina.
Zhang Yue sighed softly: "Compared to your master, you're still too young."
However, Luo Chen's brief display had successfully drawn the hatred of all the Nether creatures within a 300-yard radius.
Faced with countless Nether Mages, Archers, and Assassins rushing from all directions, Zhang Yue stood beside Luo Chen, raised his staff, and said: "Take a break."
"The battlefield is mine now."
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