[Aura Continent]
Under Zhang Yue's slaughter, the entire continent was covered with the corpses of various monsters.
Lord-tier monsters, bosses, god-tier bosses—countless.
With the abundant experience rewards from these bosses, Zhang Yue's three sons also leveled up to 90.
As for the excess experience, it could only be stacked.
Unfortunately, even with stacking, it didn't add much. Once it reached the limit, no more experience could be gained.
If there were no level restrictions, Zhang Yue felt he could reach level 100 in a day and level 200 in a week in this dungeon.
Through the mass hunting of god-tier bosses, the number of life essences Zhang Yue collected quickly reached 99.
"Just one more."
Zhang Yue scanned his surroundings but found it increasingly difficult to locate another god-tier boss.
Of course, this wasn't a conclusion he reached with just a glance.
In fact, Zhang Yue had been stuck at 99 life essences for half an hour.
He had gathered the first 99 life essences in just two hours.
But now, after half an hour, he still hadn't found the last one.
"What's the deal? Are you blocking my quest?"
Just as Zhang Yue was puzzled, the divine guard army, the Armageddon Black Dragon, the Phantom Predator, and the Skeleton King all withdrew.
It was then that Zhang Yue realized: all the monsters in the dungeon had been killed.
"That's it?" Zhang Yue even felt a little unsatisfied.
He hadn't killed enough yet, and the monsters were all gone.
What kind of super-god-tier hidden quest was this?
But that wasn't the case.
This quest's difficulty of 8888 was designed for level 90 players.
However, while Zhang Yue's level was indeed 90, his strength far exceeded level 100.
Now, the key issue was: with all the monsters dead, where could he find the last life essence?
Zhang Yue patted the Skeleton King's skull. "Did you hide one somewhere?"
The Skeleton King raised his hands, jumped up and down, and proved it hadn't secretly hidden any life essences.
At that moment.
Suddenly, the ground shook violently.
In the next instant, wisps of gray aura floated out from the corpses of monsters scattered all around.
Before their eyes, all the aura gathered in the air, forming a massive black skeletal cloud.
Rumble! Rumble!
Suddenly, the sky above changed dramatically, with wind and thunder roaring.
Seeing this phenomenon, Zhang Yue mused: "An emperor-tier boss?"
As soon as he spoke, a skeletal knight riding a skeletal warhorse, holding a deathly war lance, and engulfed in green flames, emerged from the skeletal cloud.
[SS-tier scouting revealed: Undead Death Knight Boone (Level 90 Physical · Emperor-tier Boss)]
It was the ultimate boss of the Aura Continent, formed from the souls of all the living beings and carrying the resentment of the dead.
Zhang Yue immediately understood: the last life essence must be on this undead death knight.
So, this was the true challenge of the quest.
But a single emperor-tier boss wasn't enough to trouble Zhang Yue.
"A bit underwhelming."
Zhang Yue raised his transcendent staff, ready to take down the undead death knight in one move.
At this moment, the death knight suddenly lifted its war lance, muttering an incantation.
In the next instant, all the dead monsters on the ground stood up.
As the price for reviving them, the death knight's HP bar immediately dropped by half.
Zhang Yue: "Is this what they call 'hurting the enemy a thousand times, but harming yourself ten thousand'?"
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
All around, the revived lord-tier monsters and ordinary bosses roared and charged toward Zhang Yue.
The power of the emperor-tier boss wasn't overwhelming enough to revive the 99 god-tier bosses.
As such, Zhang Yue didn't bother worrying about them.
He simply let the divine guard army and the Armageddon Black Dragon handle the revived monsters.
Zhang Yue himself directly targeted the undead death knight Boone.
"No one can survive my wrath!"
Riding its skeletal warhorse, the undead death knight hovered low in the air, its piercing, cold gaze fixed on Zhang Yue. In a low voice, it declared, "Death shall be your final destination!"
Zhang Yue politely waited for the undead death knight to finish its last words before lifting his staff to attack.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A series of combo skills was absorbed by the death knight's Death Soul Shield.
CRASH!
The shield reflected a shockwave that instantly killed dozens of undead divine guards.
If the king saw this, his heart might bleed.
Zhang Yue, however, unleashed powerful attacks to forcibly break the shield, delivering a heavy blow to the death knight.
With 260% spell penetration, Zhang Yue barely managed to achieve around 70% penetration against the level 90 emperor-tier boss.
Originally, each hit dealt over 5 million damage, but it was reduced to 3-4 million.
However, this was no big deal.
At least, compared to the 13-star transcendent set he used to fight the four clan leaders, it was twice as effective.
As an emperor-tier boss, the undead death knight was indeed strong.
In its full-power state, it almost destroyed one layer of Zhang Yue's ten-layer void shield.
Fortunately, Zhang Yue used Voidless God-Slaying Curse in time, dealing 6 million damage and absorbing 80% of it. This replenished the broken shield with triple the amount.
Then, Zhang Yue continued using single-target explosive skills to bombard the death knight.
In reality, for the undead death knight, fighting Zhang Yue alone was already an immense challenge.
Not to mention, it only had half its health left.
It felt as though their roles had reversed.
The undead death knight was merely a normal person, while Zhang Yue was the true emperor-tier boss.
Walking the path of an emperor-tier boss, leaving no way out for the actual boss.
Under Zhang Yue's relentless attacks, the undead death knight couldn't hold up, its HP bar dropping rapidly.
Before long, it was annihilated under Zhang Yue's transcendent staff.
[Ding~ Congratulations on killing level 90 emperor-tier boss [Undead Death Knight Boone], EXP +5 billion, Energy +200 billion]
This might be the most anticlimactic death of an emperor-tier boss in history.
With the death knight slain, all the revived monsters also lost their vitality and collapsed back into lifeless corpses.
The entire Aura Continent fell silent.
The battle was over.
Zhang Yue approached Boone's corpse and picked up the final life essence.
He also collected other valuable-looking loot.
For now, Zhang Yue didn't bother checking what the boss had dropped.
After all, the loot from the 99 god-tier bosses and the numerous 13- and 14-star bosses was already overwhelming.
It would take at least half a day to sort through it all.
He decided to finish the quest first and take his time later to process the loot.
Moreover, the four clan leaders outside were likely growing impatient.
It was time for Zhang Yue to pay them another visit.
With 100 life essences in hand, Zhang Yue exited the Aura Continent dungeon…
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