[World 25, Death Territory]
On a certain volcanic island.
Whoosh!
A golden light screen opened, and a warrior clad in flowing gold armor stepped out from the light with the Lord of Wrath.
At this moment, the Lord of Wrath maintained a respectful posture toward the Flowing Gold Warrior and asked, "Master, according to my observations, your strength is already no less than that of the necromancer. With my assistance, why didn't you take the opportunity earlier to kill that necromancer?"
"Instead, through that battle just now, I found that you… seemed to deliberately hold back against the necromancer. You intentionally let him go. Why is that?"
The Flowing Gold Warrior cast a cold glance at the Lord of Wrath, "Do I need to report to you what I want to do?"
The Lord of Wrath was shocked, "Apologies, Master, I was too forward!"
"What you need to do is obey my orders. As for your Fatal Lock, I will seize it for you."
"Yes, Master."
At this moment, the Flowing Gold Warrior seemed to remember something.
He opened his inventory and took out a stone emitting a dark red glow, the Nether Sky Stone.
When the Nether Sky Stone appeared in his hand, in just a moment, it turned into ashes and disappeared.
"What?", Clearly, even the Flowing Gold Warrior was a bit baffled, "Illusion charm? It was swapped at some point?"
At this moment, a memory flashed through his mind, the moment of crossing blades with Chen Zijin.
The Flowing Gold Warrior gradually realized, "To think that little girl dared to play a trick right in front of me..."
Beside him, the Lord of Wrath said, "Master, shall I go retrieve that stone for you?"
"No need," said the Flowing Gold Warrior, "That was just bait to lure him to the Hell Arena. The invitation is already in his hands. Based on what I know of him, he will definitely follow the instructions on the invitation and go to the Hell Arena."
Thinking of what the master had said earlier, the Lord of Wrath hesitated.
The Flowing Gold Warrior said, "I know, you want to ask why I'm luring Zero to the Hell Arena."
The Lord of Wrath lowered his head, "All of the Master's arrangements naturally have your reasoning and plan."
The Flowing Gold Warrior habitually rested his greatsword on his shoulder and said indifferently, "Everything I've lost, I will take back, exactly as it was."
"The trajectory of this world should have always been this way!"
———
Meanwhile—
Finally, an hour passed, and the Super Volcano Island resurfaced above the sea.
The surrounding barrier disappeared as well.
Chen Zijin stood up and couldn't help but stretch, "We can finally leave."
ROAR!
The Armageddon Black Dragon soared into the air; clearly, it too was bored of staying here.
It immediately carried Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin away from this Super Volcano Island.
Everything in the World 25 was now complete, so they directly initiated the World Boss challenge.
["Ding~ Welcome to the World 25 [Volcanic Archipelago] World Boss Challenge Territory. Please kill the World Boss: Flamebird Warlord!"]
Looking ahead, suspended in the air, a massive Flamebird soared across the sky.
It was the World Boss, a level-140, 25-star boss, Flamebird Warlord.
Seeing the World Boss, Chen Zijin's urge to perform flared up again. She said to Zhang Yue, "Zhang Yue, can you let me have this boss? I'll kill it, okay? You just watch!"
Zhang Yue hoisted his staff, "Mm, go ahead. I'll watch."
I'll watch.
Those two words instantly fired up Chen Zijin's performance drive.
She grabbed her dual blades and charged toward the Flamebird Warlord.
Using throwing knives for ranged attacks against the boss didn't do much damage, but it did successfully attract the Flamebird Warlord's aggro.
Taking advantage of the moment when the Flamebird Warlord swooped down, Chen Zijin quickly launched a sneak attack.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Her body was like a phantom, weaving around the boss. A high-burst combo rained down on the boss, bursting a string of crimson damage numbers above its head—
-850 million!
-860 million!
-840 million!
Seeing this damage, Zhang Yue was slightly surprised.
"Her damage actually increased again…"
'It must have been due to killing the Immortal-grade Flame Python earlier.'
Ouyang Ling'er had previously analyzed this thoroughly.
Crystal Love had two effects: first, large-scale monster attraction.
Second, after killing attracted monsters, it could absorb the energy from their bodies and convert it into attributes for the host via the Crystal Love.
Previously, by hunting ordinary mobs, the Crystal Love had already absorbed energy up to Chen Zijin's current level cap, but that was only from ordinary monsters.
The one they just killed was an Immortal-grade big boss, surpassing even god-level and emperor-level bosses.
By absorbing the energy of an Immortal-grade boss and converting it via the Crystal Love, the attribute boost was obviously significant.
Seeing the bonus that Chen Zijin gained through the Crystal Love, Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel tempted.
"This Crystal Love is really something comparable to a Mythical-grade treasure."
At this moment, a sentence from Ouyang Ling'er came unbidden to Zhang Yue's mind.
"When you experience true love with the host of the Crystal Love, you'll be able to enjoy all of the Crystal's bonuses together. Not only that, you'll also unlock the full power of the Crystal Love and even unlock a powerful affection skill that can slay king-level bosses."
"…Forget it," Zhang Yue shook his head.
By comparison, he firmly believed: With no woman in the heart, the blade draws faster.
Just as Zhang Yue was thinking this, a commotion suddenly came from ahead.
Looking up, the massive body of the Flamebird Warlord crashed down from the sky and smashed into the ground.
At the same time, a pleasant system prompt sounded in his ears—
["Ding~ Congratulations to you and your teammate for jointly slaying the World Boss [Flamebird Warlord], clearing the World 25 · Volcanic Archipelago!"]
Looking at the time.
A 25-star boss, solo-killed in five seconds.
Chen Zijin's strength, was seriously impressive.
As Chen Zijin slew the boss and looked over at Zhang Yue, Zhang Yue couldn't help but give her a thumbs up, acknowledging her strength.
She really was strong.
If it weren't for Zhang Yue, Chen Zijin might've become the newly crowned God of Professionals in Dragon Nation in recent years.
After taking down the World Boss, the two didn't rush to head for the World 26.
Because now, it was already 8:00 p.m.
"What's next…"
"Log off for dinner?"
Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin exchanged a smile, "Great minds think alike."
So, they headed to the national territory's safe zone.
On the way, Zhang Yue asked, "Got enough energy? If not, I can send you some more."
"I've got plenty," said Chen Zijin, "You just gave me 1,000 trillion, and I haven't even used up 900 trillion yet."
Zhang Yue nodded, "Alright, let me know when you run out."
Chen Zijin's inner monologue, 'Is this what they mean by second-generation rich?'
Offline, Zhang Yue contacted Wolong, [Big Dragon, got a mission for you guys.]
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