On the Death Coast.
A deafening dragon's roar resounded through the sky, forcing all the professionals of the Elrak Nation into an inexplicable panic.
"What is that?"
"The World 17 is dominated by demon gods. Where did this dragon come from?"
"And... I've never seen such a massive dragon before!"
In contrast, the professionals of the Honor Guild reacted as if they were seeing an old friend.
Everyone was exhilarated.
"Zero God personally coming to the rescue? Damn, this is beyond epic!"
"F***! It really is Zero God! This feeling... the impact is even greater than my goddess running toward me stark naked. I'm so excited, my heart rate just hit 280!"
On the battlefield.
Before the Black professionals of the Elrak Nation could even react, the Armageddon Black Dragon swiftly swooped down.
ROAR—
A scorching dragon flame spewed from the Armageddon Black Dragon's mouth, instantly engulfing a vast area of professionals on the ground.
An AOE attack dealing over 4 million damage wiped out everyone caught within its range.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless white lights shot into the sky, with some even accompanied by shimmering starlight. A sign of permanent death!
This was the effect of the Mythical-grade artifact, Demon Contract.
[Death Contract: When the host kills an enemy, there is a 10% chance to ignore all revival abilities and permanently erase the enemy.]
This effect also applied to Zhang Yue's pets.
Because a pet's kills were counted as the master's.
With just one SS-ranked Armageddon Dragon Flame, over a hundred players were killed, and 12 suffered permanent death.
At that moment, the professionals of the Elrak Nation were gripped by sheer terror.
4 million damage.
One skill instantly killed over a hundred fully-equipped elite professionals.
A probability-based ability that ignores revival and causes permanent death.
Any of these details alone was enough to shatter the Elrak Nation professionals' understanding of another world.
Then, Zhang Yue leaped off the dragon's back with a Blink, landing right in the middle of the crowd.
At this moment, the professionals of the Elrak Nation finally realized in utter disbelief. This dragon, capable of destruction on an apocalyptic scale, was merely a pet of this Beast Tamer.
"Can it get any more overpowered?"
"I almost thought this was some kind of Celestial-tier boss!"
Even if they had never paid attention to national affairs and didn't know about Zhang Yue's previous feat of obliterating the entire Eastern Nation with just himself and a dragon, just that one Dragon Flame attack from the Armageddon Black Dragon was enough to intimidate everyone present.
As the leader of the Elrak Nation professionals, the Black warrior Aladi quickly lowered his stance and said to Zhang Yue, "This is a misunderstanding, a complete misunderstanding!"
"Before this, we didn't know you were from the Dragon Nation. If we had known, we would never have attacked you."
"Yeah, you guys look similar to the Easterners and Cold Nations, so we thought you were—"
As he spoke, even he couldn't continue.
Because Eastern Nation and Cold Nation ranked fourth and fifth in the world.
If they didn't dare to provoke Dragon Nation, then the latter was even more untouchable.
Zhang Yue didn't waste words.
He simply said one sentence: "Those who offend the Dragon Nation, no matter how far, shall be executed."
With that, the Armageddon Black Dragon soared into the air again, using the [Glorious World: Immortal Demon Physique] to unleash AOE splash damage across the entire battlefield.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Everyone hit by the Armageddon Black Dragon's attack was instantly turned into either white light or starlight!
A mere thousand players, completely wiped out in just a few seconds.
Killing foreign professionals within the Death Territory did not increase sin points.
After wiping out the Elrak Nation professionals, Zhang Yue remained a white-name (non-criminal status) as usual.
At this moment, the members of the Honor Guild swarmed around Zhang Yue.
"Zero God is OP as hell!"
"Let's not go too deep for now. Dying for profit isn't worth it. Stay on the outskirts to develop first. Once I have a strategy, I'll release it," After leaving these instructions to the Honor Guild members, Zhang Yue mounted his dragon and ventured deeper into the Death Territory.
Leaving behind a group of Honor Guild professionals, fangirling like crazy.
"He comes and goes so fast... truly my Husband Zero! So cool! A hundred times cooler than my boyfriend!"
"Oh my god! A guy this handsome, strong, and charismatic... just who is dating him?"
"Definitely not you."
"…"
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Meanwhile.
The deeper into the Death Territory, the more abundant the resources.
As Zhang Yue rode his dragon further in, he noticed that his vision was becoming more and more obscured.
The black mist in the air grew denser, and massive mountains frequently appeared in his path.
In this situation, crashing into obstacles would be far too easy.
Zhang Yue had no choice but to abandon aerial travel and settle for moving on foot.
The Death Territory was indeed a land of riches.
Of course, only for those strong enough.
For the weak, this place was a graveyard.
As soon as Zhang Yue landed on the ground, he immediately sensed a massive surge of magical energy around him.
He reached out his hand, magical light continuously flowed into his palm, condensing into one magic stone after another.
Looking closely, each one was at least Tier-3, with quite a few Tier-4 high-grade magic stones mixed in.
Although Zhang Yue hadn't yet used magic stones to exchange for rewards at the Magic Town's merchant, he knew well. Magic stones of Tier-3 and above were incredibly valuable.
As the saying goes, "Wealth is found amidst danger."
Just as Zhang Yue obtained these magic stones, a horde of demon gods immediately began closing in on him.
At first glance, they seemed identical to the demon gods in national territorys.
But these were enhanced Super Demon Gods.
Their stats were 30%-50% higher than their regular counterparts, and their high-level attributes were almost on par with same-tier Lord Monsters.
Even the Armageddon Black Dragon and Phantom Predator couldn't one-shot them.
This time, Zhang Yue had to take action personally.
Thunderstorm!
Lightning flashed!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—
Two lightning-based AOE skills effortlessly wiped out the enhanced Super Demon Gods.
Zhang Yue proved one truth with his actions, with enough power, all fancy tricks are meaningless.
He continued venturing deeper into the Death Territory while gathering magic stones along the way.
Previously, in the national territory, it took Zhang Yue an entire morning to collect just 80+ Tier-3 magic stones.
But here, in the Death Territory, it only took him one afternoon to collect over a thousand.
The difference was like heaven and earth.
Even though the world mission was completed, Zhang Yue wasn't in a hurry to leave.
Because the deeper he went, the more he could clearly feel. The magic energy in the central area of the Death Territory was becoming incredibly dense.
His instincts told him, there must be a huge amount of high-tier magic stones ahead, waiting for him.
Little did he know, in the darkness, a pair of eyes had already set their sights on Zhang Yue…
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