[World 32, Super God Arena]
[Death Territory]
What met the eye was a scene of devastation.
Endless aura of death, mixed with darkness, wantonly devoured the boundless ruins of the city.
ROAR—
Accompanied by a dragon's roar, Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin, the two of them, landed riding the Armageddon Black Dragon.
Standing amidst the ruins of this lifeless city, Zhang Yue began searching for the arena according to the records in the guide.
Guide record: Within the Death Territory, all arenas exist in hidden mode. They cannot be seen directly and must be discovered through personal exploration.
Moreover, these arena entrances are not limited to just one, but are scattered throughout the entire Death Territory. As for how to open these arena entrances, there are also certain activation requirements.
"The special arenas inside the Death Territory all have corresponding activation methods, and according to difficulty levels, they are divided into three types: Normal, Elite, and Nightmare."
Clearly, Chen Zijin had also done enough homework in advance. She opened a data panel and analyzed, "The more well-known ones are the Reaper Arena, the Ghost Arena, the Devil Arena, etc. These all belong to the Nightmare-grade arenas. According to the records, a total of nine Nightmare-grade arenas have been discovered in the Death Territory. So far, only one of them, the [Annihilation Arena], has been conquered by professionals from the Beacon Nation. The remaining arenas are all unconquered."
Chen Zijin held her chin, and said thoughtfully, "Looks like the strategy difficulty of Nightmare-grade arenas is still not low."
Following Chen Zijin's words, Zhang Yue said, "Then we'll start straight from the Nightmare Arena."
Normally, by conquering the Normal and Elite difficulty arenas first, one can obtain some attribute enhancement effects. Most people use these enhancements to attempt the Nightmare arenas, to reduce the difficulty to some extent.
However, Chen Zijin also understood that for a high-level powerhouse like Zhang Yue, such things were completely unnecessary.
She continued analyzing, "By hunting [Death Knights] inside the Death Territory and collecting the necro-energy dropped from their bodies, we can open the Reaper Arena."
"Why don't we start with the Reaper Arena?"
Zhang Yue unhesitatingly agreed, "Sure."
So, following the experience obtained by previous professionals, Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin headed straight to where the Death Knights frequently appeared.
They crossed several ruined cities and arrived at a plaza.
Clearly visible atop the plaza, a faint eerie green glow shimmered.
One by one, knights clad in chain armor, eyes glowing green, their entire bodies exuding demonic aura, were riding skeletal warhorses and pacing through the plaza.
As level 175 monsters of the World 32's Heaven-rank tier, these [Death Knights] looked anything but weak.
The Death Territory, compared to the national territory areas, was several hundred times larger.
It also included certain maps within it that were infinitely expanded.
The current plaza was vast in land area.
The Death Knights were spaced very far apart.
At this time, Zhang Yue turned and glanced at Chen Zijin.
Chen Zijin understood immediately. She raised her right hand and lightly shook the crystal bracelet on her wrist.
Immediately, waves of refreshing fragrance spread from within Chen Zijin's body, and in an instant, enveloped the entire plaza.
In the next moment, all the Death Knights were affected and began charging toward Chen Zijin, riding their horses and raising their lances.
After checking the stats of the Death Knights, Zhang Yue found that their HP reached 1.7 billion.
Considering Zhang Yue's average 2.5 billion+ damage output, dealing with them was more than enough.
So, waiting for the first wave of Death Knights to enter the attack range, Zhang Yue lifted his Transcendent Staff and began casting.
BOOM!
Thunder—Lightning Spirit Dance!
An SSS-rank unique skill released lightning, piercing through the body of the leading Death Knight and instantly killing it with 2.66 billion damage.
Triggering pursuit effect, dozens of lightning bolts were cast in succession, instantly wiping out all Death Knights within a 75-yard radius.
["Ding~ You have slain Level 175 Death Knight x38, EXP +3.8 billion, Energy +760 trillion!"]
Crash!
Before that group of Death Knights could even get close, they all dropped from their horses and fell to the ground.
The slain Death Knights instantly turned into waves of green light and vanished.
Where they disappeared, glowing green orbs were left behind.
Chen Zijin pointed at the orbs and said, "That's necro-energy. Once we collect enough, we can use it to activate the Reaper Arena!"
Zhang Yue summoned the Armageddon Skeleton King and said, "Your mission's here. Come on, let me see your power after evolving to myth-grade!"
The Armageddon Skeleton King received the command, and immediately drew its greatsword, ready to charge into battle.
But Zhang Yue immediately stopped him, "I didn't mean for you to fight."
"You, go pick things up."
The Skeleton King froze.
'You evolved me into a myth-grade… just so I can pick up trash more conveniently?'
Although the Skeleton King really wanted to fight, he didn't dare disobey his master's order. He could only sheath his greatsword and obediently run off to pick up trash.
Besides necro-energy, he also picked up the drops left behind by the Death Knights along the way.
One couldn't help but sigh, "A dignified myth-grade pet, being used to pick up trash… It's like using the Golden Cudgel as a walking stick!"
In fact, with Zhang Yue being such a killing machine, when it came to slaying monsters, let alone the Skeleton King, even Chen Zijin barely had any chance to contribute.
She nearly ended up picking up loot along with the Skeleton King.
From all directions, more Death Knights kept arriving endlessly.
Zhang Yue took them all on, kill them all no matter how many came.
With his endless chain attacks + surging lightning, he could one-shot the heavens, the earth, and even air itself.
In no time at all, the entire plaza, over a thousand Death Knights, was completely slaughtered.
Surprisingly, the Skeleton King actually managed to keep up with Zhang Yue's pace, and at the moment the battle ended, had already picked up all the loot.
It had to be said: After evolving to myth-grade, the Skeleton King really had gotten stronger.
His trash-collecting ability had become OP.
He dared to call himself second-best, no one dared claim first place.
After gathering all the loot, they focused on the necro-energy.
In total, they obtained 16 glowing green orbs, i.e., necro-energy.
"Too little," Chen Zijin said,."We need at least 1000 necro-energy to activate the Reaper Arena!"
'1000?'
Upon hearing that number, Zhang Yue furrowed his brow slightly.
But thinking about it, it made sense.
After all, it was a Nightmare-grade Arena. If it were easy to unlock, it wouldn't deserve the Nightmare title.
From over a thousand Death Knights, only 16 necro-energy dropped.
It had to be said, this drop rate was unbelievably miserable.
At this rate, unlocking all eight special arenas was going to be a massive undertaking.
Still, no matter how tedious, Zhang Yue had to complete it.
Because the key to unlocking the Hell Gladiator Arena… was hidden within these very special arenas.
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