The armies of the Seven Great Nations from the various worlds all suffered heavy losses.
They discovered: the numerical superiority they had once been so proud of was completely useless against the people of the Dragon Nation.
Because the professional players of the Dragon Nation had incredibly strong individual combat capabilities.
With Zhang Yue's support behind them.
Full-body golden equipment + all top-tier skills meant that every single Dragon Nation professional was a super powerhouse capable of one-versus-two, one-versus-five, or even one-versus-ten.
The Dragon Nation, relying on "quality," completely overwhelmed the "quantity" of the Seven Great Nations, making them question the meaning of life.
Everywhere, the wails and cries of the Seven Great Nations' professionals echoed.
Whereas the Dragon Nation's professionals grew more valiant the more they fought.
"The feeling of unlimited Energy, so awesome."
"I finally understand why Zero God is so powerful. So many of us have received his gift, and if you add up each person's Energy, it's basically an astronomical number. He really has infinite Energy."
"It's so exhilarating! Full-body gold gear, I couldn't have even imagined it."
"We can't let down Zero God's high hopes for us. Brothers, KILL!"
With the Dragon Nation's full-scale counterattack, the Seven Great Nations' armies were pushed back step by step.
Dead or wounded, in the end, they were directly driven out of the Death Realm by the people of the Dragon Nation.
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[Dragon Nation's capital, Dragon City]
Upon hearing the war situation from all the major worlds, Ice Emperor couldn't help but sigh, "As expected, Zero really does possess infinite Energy."
Beside him, Moon Mark also sighed, "Even people at our level still worry every day about not having enough Energy."
"In this world, as long as one has infinite Energy, to some extent, it's equivalent to being invincible," Seraph was somewhat amazed, "What surprised me is that his Energy can even be transferred to others."
"To gift his own Energy to friendly forces across the entire country, such righteousness."
Ice Emperor felt an even stronger sense of anticipation, "Zero might truly become the one to rewrite the history of our Dragon Nation."
While the Dragon Nation armies across the various worlds were launching full-scale counterattacks against the Seven Great Nations...
Zhang Yue, who was in the World 20, looked at the demon contract with a Energy reserve of 0 and murmured, "Several months of savings drained in an instant... Looks like I need to start saving up again."
At this moment, Zhang Yue and Athena's strategy progress had already reached the 82nd floor of the Nightmare Abyss.
They had long surpassed the highest record set by professionals from other nations, stepping into a height that no one else in the world had ever reached.
While advancing through the 82nd floor of the abyss...
Athena asked, "Your class is Mythical grade, right?"
Zhang Yue glanced at Athena and didn't speak, only revealing a meaningful smile.
Though this result was already within Athena's expectations.
Because beneath Mythical grade is Legendary grade.
And Athena herself was a Legendary-grade professional. Yet the difference in strength between her and Zhang Yue couldn't even be described as heaven and earth, it was far greater.
But seeing Zhang Yue's silent acknowledgment, she still felt somewhat shocked.
After all, in the hundreds of years of history in the otherworld, only three people had ever been born with Mythical-grade classes.
It took a full three seconds for Athena to recover her composure.
"You're different from Elfa, Kwon Ji-hyun, and my father."
"Oh?", Zhang Yue asked, "How am I different?"
"I feel... they are Mythical-grade because they can only reach Mythical-grade," Athena looked at Zhang Yue and said meaningfully, "But you are Mythical-grade because the highest tier is Mythical-grade."
"When I was little, I heard my father tell many stories about his past. His Mythical-grade class, Hell Dragon Knight, was awakened on his 18th birthday," Athena recalled, "But when my father was at your stage, he was nowhere near as strong as you are now."
Athena's analysis was very thorough.
Zhang Yue being Mythical-grade was indeed because the otherworld's highest tier was Mythical.
If there were a tier above Mythical, Zhang Yue's strength would certainly not stop at Mythical.
Back to the main topic.
Zhang Yue said, "Let's clear all 100 floors of the Nightmare Abyss first."
"Okay."
Next, the two continued their conquest of the Nightmare Abyss.
Now reaching the 82nd floor, the challenge quest had already risen to the requirement of killing 3,000 monsters.
And among them, 30 Lord-level monsters were guaranteed to be included.
For ordinary professionals, even with a hundred-person team, it would be difficult to complete this mission within the time limit.
But for Zhang Yue, it was still a trivial matter.
Even at this point, he still didn't need to summon the pet squad.
Just with himself + the Armageddon Black Dragon, and Athena, they could clear one floor in around ten minutes.
By comparison, although the strategy speed wasn't as fast as going all-out...
For Zhang Yue, the Nightmare Abyss was the best opportunity to enhance the passive effect of [Shattered·Ghost eye].
Thanks to Zhang Yue's efforts.
After clearing the 82nd floor, he finally heard that pleasant notification sound again.
["Ding~ Congratulations! Your skill [Shattered·Ghost eye] has gained 100,000 EXP. The skill's passive effect has been upgraded!"]
The second-level effect had been: after killing, there was a 70% chance to trigger a chase attack, up to 8 times.
Now the third-level effect was: 80% chase damage, up to 12 chase attacks.
The next upgrade required 200,000 EXP.
The EXP requirement had doubled.
Actually, for Zhang Yue, leveling this passive skill three times within less than a day was already outrageous.
After all, each point of EXP corresponded to one monster that had to be chased and killed.
Zhang Yue one-shotted same-level monsters every time.
If it were any other professional, even Legendary-grade Athena, it would take multiple hits to kill a level 115 monster.
Such chase-triggered damage wasn't even enough to directly cause the chase kill. You had to weaken the target monster to execution threshold in advance.
This meant every point of EXP was hard-earned.
After finishing the 82nd floor's challenge...
Next, the two advanced to the 83rd floor of the Nightmare Abyss.
Starting from the 80th floor, with every floor progressed, the difficulty spiked exponentially.
The task on the 83rd floor required killing 3,000 level 115 [Dark Giant Crocodiles] within one hour, including 50 Lord-level Crocodile Kings.
That was a full 20 more Lord-level monsters added.
As usual, Zhang Yue directly summoned the pet squad, went all-out, and eliminated the 50 Lord-level Crocodile Kings within ten seconds.
Because Crocodile Kings were thick-skinned and tough, chase attacks didn't work on them.
For the remaining normal crocodiles, he slowly played with them to grind Ghost eye's passive EXP.
Within a day, they charged directly to the 100th floor of the Nightmare Abyss.
The final challenge of the Nightmare Abyss had finally arrived...
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