As Zhang Yue sat down, the two of them began to eat hotpot.
Zhang Yue brought milk tea for Chen Zijin, and he himself opened a bottle of beer.
They ate and drank, and actually got along pretty well.
Zhang Yue didn't pursue women much; mainly because a man's focus should always be on his career. [T/N: Damn right!]
In the Otherworld, every male profession player's greatest career is that world itself.
With Zhang Yue's fame, girls who flirted with him could already hold hands and circle the globe three times.
But what those girls flirted about with Zhang Yue was nothing but:
"Brother Zhang Yue, want to see my black stockings?"
"Brother Zhang Yue, do you prefer mature sisters or pure girls, or sweet girls?"
"Zero God, can you come to my place tonight? I'll treat you to seafood!"
Only Chen Zijin; the topics she and Zhang Yue chatted about were all about the Otherworld.
"Currently five myth-level profession players have emerged in the Otherworld: the Ghost Swordsman, the Frost Archmage, the Hell Dragon Rider, the Shadow Dancer, and the Necromancer."
"Putting aside the profession players' individual strengths, purely looking at the profession's strength, which of these five professions do you think is the strongest?"
Hearing Chen Zijin's question, Zhang Yue said, "A profession and the profession player are inseparable; you can't just single one out for comparison."
"Fine then!", Chen Zijin said, "You choose first; besides that, there are four left, who do you think is the strongest?"
Zhang Yue thought for a moment and said, "The Hell Dragon Rider, I guess."
Hearing Zhang Yue's answer, Chen Zijin was a little unhappy.
But she still pretended to be calm and asked, "Why?"
"The Ghost Swordsman Elfa is universally recognized as the number one profession powerhouse."
"The Hell Dragon Rider's defense is too strong; in a one-on-one duel he can completely defeat the Ghost Swordsman and the Frost Archmage," Zhang Yue said, "The Hell Dragon Rider's output isn't enough, but what makes someone the strongest is that, across the world, there is no one who can beat him."
Chen Zijin nodded, "Makes sense."
"Then after the Hell Dragon Rider, who's second strongest?"
"The Ghost Swordsman," Zhang Yue said, "The Ghost Swordsman's output is unquestionable, and the Frost Archmage focuses on crowd control and has relatively weak vitality. Compared to him, he's not as good as the Ghost Swordsman, so the Frost Archmage ranks last."
Zhang Yue's answer also placed the Frost Archmage's rank.
After hearing Zhang Yue's analysis, Chen Zijin's anxious heart completely settled.
"So it turns out I'm the trashiest one."
"Mm."
"What did you say?"
"I mean…", Zhang Yue said, "your level is just too low right now. In terms of true strength, you aren't a match for the Ghost Swordsman and the others; or rather, even any Tier-9 ordinary profession player could beat you easily, and of course, so could I."
"In the later stages, once your level rises, your strength will surpass them."
Chen Zijin beamed, "That's better!"
After a pause, Chen Zijin said somewhat surprisedly, "It's strange though. Since yesterday until now, that Demon Emperor Yu, and the God of Malevolence Motan, and the God of Desire Wuen, none of them have made a single move, nor have they come to cause us trouble…"
Zhang Yue looked at Chen Zijin, "Why do you think that is?"
Chen Zijin fell silent for a moment, then suddenly seemed to realize something.
"Could it be because of the ring you gave me before, the Heart of Eternity? I saw in its description that it can purify all filth."
"Once the Demon Emperor's strength fully recovers, the Ghost Swordsman, Frost Archmage, and Hell Dragon Rider won't be his opponents," Zhang Yue said, "Compared to them, the two of us are his biggest threats, so he will try every means to eliminate us before we grow strong enough."
"If we don't take some preemptive self-defense measures, we'll be like two prey exposed under a hawk's eye."
Chen Zijin thoughtfully nodded, "Looks like we have to speed up our progress, we must rush to level 500 Tier-9!"
"Otherwise if the Demon Emperor secretly develops again, it'll be the end of the world!"
While they were speaking.
At the next table, several young men and women sitting around a hotpot suddenly started arguing about a topic.
"Quick, check the trending news, something else happened in the Otherworld!"
"What now? This constant jumping around has me feeling like I'm living on the verge of life and death these days; it's stressing me out, my heart disease is about to act up…"
"Look at the trending page: it's the World 44 Death Territory. Someone says the Main God's traces appeared in the Gate of Eternity dungeon."
"What? The other two Main Gods who escaped from the Hell Arena yesterday? Is that the golden-armored warrior too?"
"Yes yes yes! They're all at the Gate of Eternity. Profession players from all countries were hunted outside the Gate of Eternity; seems like someone occupied the Gate of Eternity."
"Why occupy the Gate of Eternity, what do they want to do?"
Hearing the surrounding people's murmurs, Chen Zijin immediately took out her phone and clicked into the news trending page to take a look.
Sure enough, just as they said.
"That Demon Emperor is acting up again."
"He sent the God of Desire and the God of Malevolence to guard the outside, preventing profession players from entering the Gate of Eternity, while he alone entered the Gate of Eternity!"
"But why did he go into the Gate of Eternity?"
Zhang Yue said, "Guess what kind of mentality and purpose the people entering the Gate of Eternity have."
Chen Zijin pondered, "To retrieve the Resurrection Stone?"
"Could he want to use the Resurrection Stone to resurrect the God of Wrath?"
"Probably not," Zhang Yue said, "The God of Wrath is dead, but not completely gone; in some sense his state is similar to mine now."
Indeed.
Zhang Yue cannot use a Resurrection Stone to revive Asura, precisely because Asura isn't fully dead. His body is being occupied by the Demon Emperor.
As a result, the Resurrection Stone would not take effect on Asura.
And the God of Wrath, though killed by Zhang Yue, was absorbed by Zhang Yue via soul, converted into his own death servant.
So essentially, he's not fully dead either. In such a state like Asura's, the Resurrection Stone can't revive him.
Chen Zijin thought, "Makes sense. The Demon Emperor's strength is above king-level bosses; with his intelligence, he can obviously think of what we think."
"He knows the Resurrection Stone can't revive the God of Wrath."
"Then what's his purpose in entering the Gate of Eternity to dig for Resurrection Stones?"
Zhang Yue considered for a moment and said, "Anyway, it's good there's no immediate trouble."
"Looks like we need to speed things up and hurry to reach the World 44."
The native profession players of the World 44 cannot contend with the Demon Emperor and the two Main Gods.
The only ones who can stop the Demon Emperor are Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin.
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