According to the information from the Ice Emperor, Zhang Yue learned:
Within the Scroll, there is a massive amount of spatial energy!
As long as this energy is released, it can change the structure of the Otherworld and permanently open inter-world channels for all countries, integrating global professionals into the same plane.
In other words, by that time, regardless of the country or which province or region the professionals enter the Otherworld from, if they are entering the same layer of the world, they will be in the same domain.
This was exactly the result Zhang Yue had been pursuing.
However, releasing the energy in the Scroll to achieve this goal was not so simple.
["The Scroll is equivalent to a container. Precisely because it contains a huge amount of spatial energy, there is a layer of seal on the Scroll."]
Zhang Yue frowned slightly: "How do you lift the seal?"
The Ice Emperor had apparently already mastered all the data, ["You just need to kill creatures and obtain the Source of Life from them to lift the Scroll's seal."]
'Source of Life?'
'Isn't that something only God-tier bosses have?'
Back then, the task to revive the Monarch required Zhang Yue to collect a Source of Life in the dungeon.
'If that's the case, then it's a big problem.'
Because god-tier bosses are rare and hard to come by.
Just as Zhang Yue was worried about this, the Ice Emperor's next words dispelled his concerns.
["This kind of low-level Source of Life exists in any ordinary monster. It must be extracted within three seconds of the creature's death to be effective, and the jade seal in your hand can be used to extract this Source of Life!"]
Luckily, Zhang Yue had been cautious and obtained this jade seal from the Monarch back then.
He knew this thing would be useful later.
The Ice Emperor continued, ["Since the jade seal is in your possession, you're the most suitable one to carry out this task."]
["Also, the Source of Life dissipates very quickly, meaning your extraction speed must exceed the rate of dissipation."]
["Hold on for now, wait for the main forces of the Empire, Dragon Clan, and Dragon Soar Guild to reach World 15 to meet up with you, and let them help you collect the Source of Life!"]
"I'm already in World 16," Zhang Yue's words rendered the Ice Emperor speechless.
This made the Ice Emperor realize a problem: As long as Zhang Yue keeps moving forward, even top-tier professionals from elite guilds like the Empire and Dragon Clan may never catch up to him in their entire lives.
Zhang Yue said: "No problem. I can handle this task alone."
After speaking, Zhang Yue reconnected online.
[Ding~ Welcome to World 16 · Battle of Heroes! You are currently in a safe zone: Main City of the Gana Empire]
[Ding~ World Mission has been issued!]
As golden light fell, Zhang Yue descended into a majestic city.
On the streets, people in ancient attire came and went, bustling with activity.
Before Zhang Yue could begin exploring this world—
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Three beams of golden light fell from the sky, landing on Zhang Yue.
[Ding~ Super God-tier Hidden Quest [Revival of the Monarch] cumulative rewards have been calculated. Congratulations, you've received the reward: Level +3!]
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've leveled up. Current Level: 91…]
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've leveled up. Current Level: 92…]
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've leveled up. Current Level: 93… Next level requires 10 billion EXP!]
The sudden surprise didn't end there.
Right after, another system notification dropped from the sky.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you have completed the item upgrade quest. Your item [Demon Contract] has been upgraded from Legendary Tier to Mythical Tier!]
Only then did Zhang Yue remember: The condition for upgrading the Demon Contract from Legendary to Mythical Tier was to conquer five worlds based on the current world tier.
And when Zhang Yue first upgraded the Demon Contract to Legendary, it was in World 10.
Now, having entered World 16, he had just cleared five worlds in between.
Another Mythical Tier item was born.
Zhang Yue eagerly looked at the Demon Contract.
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[Demon Contract](Upgradeable Item)
[Type: All-Rounder]
[Quality: Mythical Tier]
[Host: Zero]
[Effect 1: Energy Contract (Host signs a contract with a demon. When acquiring energy, the Demon Contract will absorb an additional 100% of the energy obtained by the host. This energy can be transferred.)]
[Effect 2: Experience Contract (When the host gains EXP, the Demon Contract will absorb an additional 100% of the EXP. This EXP can be transferred.)]
[Effect 3: Gold Contract (When the host obtains money, the Demon Contract absorbs an extra 100% gold.)]
[Effect 4: War Contract (Host gains 93% damage boost and 93% damage reduction / This effect scales with the wearer's level; each level below 100 equals 1% effect.)]
[Effect 5: Slaughter Contract (Host gains 93% armor penetration/piercing and 93% armor penetration resistance/piercing resistance / same scaling as above.)]
[Effect 6: Death Contract (When the host kills an enemy, there is a 10% chance to ignore all of the enemy's resurrection abilities and directly permanently erase them. Also, if the host dies, and the opponent has a permanent erasure effect, the host will ignore it and apply the same death effect to the killer.)]
[Description: Signing a contract with a demon comes at a price. Do you wish to be the demon's servant… or its master…]
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Just the [Death Contract] alone was enough to demonstrate the value of this Mythical Tier item.
When inter-world portals open in the future, this will simply become Zhang Yue's murder weapon to deal with the well-off Eastern Country.
Moreover, it can resist the enemy's [Mark of Death] permanent erasure effect.
Absolutely broken.
His eyes shifted from the Demon Contract.
Zhang Yue had a deep impression of World 16, so even without checking the background description, he could clearly recall the world's layout from his past life.
The Gana Empire, as the strongest of the eleven major empires in this world, had always been the overlord.
But the other ten empires did not accept Gana Empire's dominance, constantly resisting and joining with evil forces to attack Gana Empire.
And the role of professionals in this world is to assist the Gana Empire and lead this world.
The world mission is to destroy any one of the ten empires and kill at least 10,000 empire rebels.
The reason Zhang Yue remembered this world clearly was that, like most worlds, there was a hidden opportunity buried in it.
That is: If a professional can destroy all ten empires (excluding Gana Empire) within specific conditions and time limits, they can receive a unique, unparalleled reward.
Years ago, Zhang Yue, under the identity of Asura, had attempted this several times, but all failed.
Later on, many powerful professionals managed to complete this challenge.
For example, Dragon Nation experts like Ice Emperor, Moon Mark, Seraph—these gods all completed this challenge early on and received various generous rewards.
Ice Emperor's Legendary Profession [Frost Emperor] came from this reward.
Originally, he was just an Epic Tier professional.
Therefore, this time, Zhang Yue also came specifically for this reward.
Just in time, he could carry out the mission of collecting the Source of Life for the Scroll in World 16.
When others first arrive in World 16, they start from the bottom.
That means they have to accept missions from Gana Empire's NPCs to kill patrol squads from other empires, gradually accumulating hatred toward other empires.
The higher the hatred value (Max 100%), the easier it becomes to attack that empire's main city.
Zhang Yue skipped this step.
He planned to go directly for the siege.
Zhang Yue opened the map and glanced over Gana Empire's ten enemies.
"It's decided."
"Radiance Empire!"
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