Late at night.
To the north of the Ottiman Tribe lies the Sli Village.
Upon arriving at the mission location, looking around, one could see a dilapidated village filled with black, bronze, and silver-colored slis scattered everywhere.
Taking advantage of the bounty mission, Zhang Yue decided to quickly progress the [Defend the Tribe] mission.
Thus, entering the village, he prioritized targeting the Silver Slis and began hunting them.
Similar to the Sli Forest Secret Realm, the slis in this village were also level 48, making them easy to kill.
BOOM! BOOM!
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Zhang Yue and Overlord Blade unleashed their full firepower, quickly wounding a Silver Sli. Zhang Yue then delivered the final blow, completing the kill.
[Ding~ You have killed Lv48 Silver Sli. EXP 1350, Energy 480,000]
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[Defend the Tribe] Mission Progress: 146/200
[Sli Slayer] Mission Progress: 0.01%
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'Only 0.01 progress for a single sli?'
'It seems that this king-tier bounty mission would be a massive undertaking.'
Fortunately, Overlord Blade had called in reinforcents—a whole group of his subordinates.
These were mbers of his team, nicknad "The Overlords."
According to Overlord Blade, they had t while grinding S-rank rewards in the Sixth Layer World. Over ti, they began farming revival stone fragnts together and eventually ford a team.
Among them, Overlord Blade was the strongest, with the highest-tier profession, naturally becoming their leader.
Thanks to the grooming of the Glory Guild, each of Overlord Blade's subordinates was incredibly powerful. Slaying the slis in the village was as easy as chopping vegetables for them.
With their assistance, Zhang Yue's mission progress advanced significantly.
The task didn't require Zhang Yue to deliver the killing blow personally. As long as all the slis in the village were slain within the ti limit, the mission would be considered complete.
An unexpected twist of fate indeed.
Just a day ago, these people had been enemies, and now they were working together on a mission.
Due to the late hour and the fact that the [National Tournant] of the Global Professionals Tournant was starting the next day, Zhang Yue planned to log off for a rest around 2 AM.
During the process, Zhang Yue only delivered the final blows to Silver and higher-tier slis, while leaving the rest to Overlord Blade to clear his Sin Points.
However, because Overlord Blade had previously killed dozens of mbers of the Glory Guild, his accumulated Sin Points were enormous. By the ti Zhang Yue logged off, he still had several hundred points left.
Leaving the team behind to continue grinding Sin Points for Overlord Blade, Zhang Yue withdrew.
On the way back, Zhang Yue rembered the upcoming National Tournant. Currently, their guild only had six qualified new professionals.
He sent Overlord Blade a ssage: "Do you know any skilled new professionals? Soone strong enough for the National Tournant?"
Although Overlord Blade was formidable, he wasn't a new professional and couldn't represent the Heavens Hall Guild.
Zhang Yue had only casually asked, but Overlord Blade actually had candidates: "Yes. I trained a group of apprentices in Beiming. So of them advanced to the National Challenge."
Zhang Yue was delighted: "That's perfect. Bring them over tomorrow to compete for our guild."
Overlord Blade responded: "Got it. I'll summon them from Beiming right away."
It seed tonight's rewards went beyond just Overlord Blade.
After returning to the Ottiman Tribe, Zhang Yue logged off.
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anwhile, on the other side.
With the help of the Overlords, Overlord Blade finally cleared his Sin Points. His ID was restored to white.
"Good job, everyone," Overlord Blade said. "Let's log off and grab so barbecue."
"Boss, you're the best!"
Cheering erupted as the group prepared to return to town.
However, just as they were about to leave the Sli Village, discussing which barbecue stall to hit, Overlord Blade suddenly stopped. His expression turned deadly serious.
Having followed Overlord Blade for over a decade, his n instantly recognized the signal for danger from his expression alone.
Everyone imdiately dropped their casual attitudes, raised their weapons, and entered combat readiness.
Overlord asked: "Boss, what's the alert level?"
"Level 3."
"Level 3?"
Everyone was stunned.
In their code, Level 3 Alert signified the highest level of danger.
The group tensed up, their nerves on edge.
Despite their vigilance, they couldn't detect where the danger was coming from.
Only Overlord Blade's eyes burned with intensity.
"It's here!"
With a low shout from Overlord Blade—
WHOOSH!
A black shadow shot out like an arrow from the darkness.
Before anyone could react, a scream rang out.
Then, a burst of white light shone amidst the group. In the blink of an eye, a warrior was slain instantly.
"DEFENSIVE FORMATION!" Overlord Blade shouted, stabbing his longsword into the ground and activating a defensive aura.
The team quickly ford a circle around him.
Yet even with this defense, they couldn't stop the monster's onslaught.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
The shadow, as fast as lightning, weaved through the group.
No one even had a chance to fight back. Accompanied by continuous screams, white lights flashed one after another.
In an instant, everyone except Overlord Blade was wiped out.
Though Overlord Blade appeared calm, his heart was in chaos.
As he frantically searched for the enemy, he suddenly felt a piercing pain.
"Pshhh!"
A black claw punctured through Overlord Blade's back, erging from his chest.
Overlord Blade looked down at the claw impaling him, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Bright red blood dripped from the claw.
The next second, Overlord Blade's body turned into a white light and vanished.
After his disappearance, a wolf-headed, humanoid creature covered in black fur with a long, slender tail let out a deafening howl.
Instantly, all the slis in the village cowered and hid.
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The night faded, and morning ca.
At 9 AM, Zhang Yue was awakened by a knock on his door.
Ning Tiantian's voice called from outside: "Zhang Yue-ge, wake up. Breakfast is ready. The competition is about to start."
Climbing out of bed, Zhang Yue reached for his phone to check the ti, only to see an unread ssage from Overlord Blade sent at 3 AM: "A beast has appeared in the Seventh World. Be careful."
Zhang Yue was confused by the sudden ssage.
Just as he was about to ask what it ant, a notification popped up in the guild chat.
[Lin Tian: "Did you hear? Apparently, a mysterious monster appeared last night in the Seventh World near our landing zone in Linhai City. Many professionals were attacked by it."]
[Wu Haotian: "Not just Linhai City. It also appeared in Tianlang and Ganyang."]
[Ouyang Linger: "Duh, those three cities share the sa landing zone."]
[Lin Tian: "Reports say the monster is ferocious. All the victims were instantly killed before they even saw what it looked like."]
Reading these ssages, Zhang Yue beca thoughtful.
He ssaged Overlord Blade: ["What happened to you guys?"]
[Overlord Blade: "All 30-plus of my n were wiped out. I was killed too."]
["It's likely an 8-star or 9-star boss."]
Zhang Yue frowned slightly.
Even Overlord Blade was insta-killed...
It seed this monster was extraordinarily powerful.
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