Through the system, it was learned: The prerequisite for entering the [Death Territory] is to complete one of the two world missions in this world.
Moreover, once this world is cleared, it will no longer be possible to return and step into this world's Death Territory.
In other words, since Zhang Yue is currently progressing in the World 17, he cannot enter the Death Territory of the previous sixteen worlds.
"Then let's start with the world mission."
The mission of the World 17 is to kill ten Lord-level Demon Gods + one Boss-level Demon God and to collect a thousand Third-Tier Magic Stones.
Demon Gods are the greatest natural enemies of professionals in this world of [Source of Magic].
They compete with professionals for magic stones.
Furthermore, magic stones, besides being collected to complete world missions, also provide additional benefits to professionals.
That is: professionals can use magic stones to exchange for rewards from magic merchants in the Magic Town.
According to their grade, magic stones are classified from Tier One to Tier Nine. The higher the tier, the more precious the magic stone, the richer the rewards that can be exchanged, but also the harder it is to obtain.
Thus, while the other professionals around were still marveling at the appearance of the vast continent [Death Territory] on the map, Zhang Yue decisively left Magic Town.
Upon stepping outside the town, the magical energy weakened significantly.
Replacing it was a deathly aura.
In the world of Source of Magic, Demon Gods are distributed between levels 96 and 100.
The higher the level of the Demon Gods, the easier it is to find higher-tier magic stones.
Following the map's guidance, Zhang Yue directly rushed towards [Lv100 Magic Capital].
With Zhang Yue's strength, monsters below level 100, or rather, even those at level 100, were nothing but cannon fodder.
There were simply no other options.
Riding the Thirty-Six Winged Armageddon Black Dragon, Zhang Yue reached his destination, Lv100 Magic Capital, in just three minutes.
Perched within the ruins of this dark city, before Zhang Yue could even leap off the dragon's back, countless eyes from all directions locked onto him.
They lurked in the dark corners, restless yet not making a move.
Because in this world, only humans could sense the presence of magic stones, Demon Gods could not locate them on their own.
So they waited for their prey to find the magic stones before seizing them.
Even though Zhang Yue had already noticed them, he deliberately acted as if nothing had happened.
Here, by virtue of being human, Zhang Yue could indeed sense a powerful magical presence all around.
Following this aura, Zhang Yue took a few steps forward and then stopped.
Following the guidance in his mind, he stretched out his hand.
Moments later, a magical radiance seeped from beneath the ground, flowing into Zhang Yue's hand, condensing into a dazzlingly colorful stone.
[Ding~ Congratulations! You have collected [Third-Tier Magic Stone] +1]
As expected of the highest-level map in the World 17.
Right off the bat, it was a Third-Tier Magic Stone.
Almost at the same time that Zhang Yue obtained the Third-Tier Magic Stone—
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A sinister wind swept in from all around.
"Finally making a move, huh?"
The words had barely left his mouth.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The Phantom Predator led the Shadow Legion, sweeping in all directions.
In just an instant, Zhang Yue heard several notifications.
[Ding~ You have killed a Level 100 [Flame Demon God], EXP +1,000,000, Energy +120 million]
[Ding~ You have killed a Level 100 [Frost Demon God], EXP +1,000,000, Energy +120 million]
[Ding…]
Looking around, several dark-armored warriors lay on the ground.
Level 100 Demon Gods, with 25 million HP each, had no chance of surviving the attacks from the Phantom Predator, clad in a 15-star Flowing Gold Sovereign Set.
A simple stab to the back dealt 7-8 million critical damage per strike, meaning a mere four strikes were enough to take down a Demon God with ease.
Even the Phantom's weaker attacks, with 2-3 million critical damage per hit and rapid attack frequency, were enough to instantly kill a Demon God.
Thus, the Demon Gods, attempting to ambush Zhang Yue, ended up as free experience and Energy for him instead.
As per usual, the Skeleton King was assigned to loot the corpses.
Zhang Yue stored the magic stones in his inventory and continued following the guidance in his mind to search for more magic stones nearby.
From now on, all he had to do was collect magic stones.
Any Demon Gods that appeared would be instantly killed by the Armageddon Black Dragon and Phantom Predator, without Zhang Yue having to lift a finger.
At worst, if too many Demon Gods appeared at once, and the Armageddon Black Dragon and Phantom Predator couldn't handle them in time, Cherry would take care of the rest.
The truth was: Raising more "sons and daughters" meant enjoying a carefree life in old age.
Although Magic Capital contained a considerable number of Third-Tier Magic Stones, it also had a large number of Second-Tier and First-Tier ones.
On average, for every ten magic stones Zhang Yue collected, one was a Third-Tier stone.
Occasionally, he even found Fourth-Tier Magic Stones, though the probability was extremely low.
It seemed likely that in the Death Territory of this world, Fourth-Tier and even higher-tier magic stones would be much easier to obtain.
There were quite a few Demon Gods eyeing the magic stones.
Through the continuous slaughter by the Armageddon Black Dragon and the others, Zhang Yue enjoyed the profits effortlessly.
After ten minutes, finally, a Lord-level [Hurricane Demon God Lord] spawned.
The Hurricane Lord transformed into a violent storm, howling towards Zhang Yue.
Before it could even reveal its true form, Zhang Yue immediately cast an SSS-level unique spell, Thunderstorm: Dance of Lightning + Voidless: Godslayer Curse, dealing 61.6 million + 65.25 million damage, leaving it severely wounded.
Then, finishing it off with SS Thunderous Wrath + Shattered Thunder, accumulating over 70 million damage, he instantly killed the Hurricane Lord.
As the storm subsided, only a corpse remained.
"Such flashy nonsense."
[Ding~ You have killed a Level 100 Lord Monster [Hurricane Demon God Lord], EXP +200 million, Energy +2 billion]
Stepping over the Hurricane Lord's corpse, Zhang Yue continued collecting magic stones.
An hour later, he tallied his results.
A total of 200 magic stones were collected, of which only 18 were Third-Tier; the rest were Second and First-Tier.
Additionally, three Lord-level Demon Gods were slain.
The world's rule stated that professionals could enter the Death Territory by completing one of the two world missions.
Clearly, the task of "Killing ten Lord-level Demon Gods + one Boss-level Demon God" was much easier to complete than "Collecting 1,000 Third-Tier Magic Stones."
Once inside the Death Territory, forget Third-Tier Magic Stones, Fourth-Tier and higher-tier stones would probably be abundant.
Zhang Yue decided to shift his focus to killing Demon Gods.
Taking an hour to collect just 18 Third-Tier Magic Stones? What a joke.
Grabbing his Transcendent Staff, Zhang Yue launched a massacre inside Magic Capital.
Meanwhile, as Zhang Yue slaughtered his way through the city—
The world chat of Source of Magic suddenly buzzed with messages.
[[PigRecitesBackwards](Lv97 3rd-Tier Knight): "Hahaha, brothers, I finally completed a world mission! I'm heading to the Death Territory to dig for treasures!"]
[[IdiotAboveMe](Lv96 3rd-Tier Archer): "Don't celebrate too soon. Do you know why it's called the Death Territory? Take my advice—the waters there are too deep for you. Let me handle it!"]
[[ILoveBeauties](Lv98 3rd-Tier Warrior): "I don't care! I'm going to the Death Territory to meet exotic beauties! Since I couldn't qualify for the world championship, I've never seen foreign girls in person. I hear Atan women are fiery and sexy—I'd risk my life to win one over!"]
[[NeverSeenBefore](Lv99 3rd-Tier Dark Rogue): "Damn! If you go to the Death Territory, don't say you're from Dragon Nation. It's embarrassing…"]
[[TrainedForTwoAndAHalfYears](Lv96 3rd-Tier Priest): "Exactly, so disgraceful. Once I complete my mission, I'll head to the Death Territory to farm top-tier gear and high-tier magic stones, strengthening myself for the nation!"]
Just as others were about to praise him for his patriotism—
[[TrainedForTwoAndAHalfYears]: "Then, as a top player, I'll go hit on foreign chicks!"] [T/N: 🤣]
Everyone: "…"
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