High above in the sky, Zhang Yue rode the Thirty-Six-Winged Armageddon Black Dragon.
In the eyes of the classes from every great nation on land, he was like a true god.
Hearing the words of Inoue Takehiko, who was standing at the entrance of the Tomb of the Empire instance, Chen Zijin, who was riding on the dragon's back together with Zhang Yue, asked with some puzzlement, "What is he doing?"
Zhang Yue's calm gaze remained fixed on Inoue Takehiko, and he softly spoke a single word, "Self-rescue."
"Self-rescue?", Chen Zijin fell silent for a moment, still somewhat confused.
"Through flattering you, trying to find self-redemption?"
That was indeed the case. Inoue Takehiko was flattering Zhang Yue precisely for the sake of his own redemption.
But along with Inoue Takehiko's flowery words, the livestream he had deliberately started, and that he had paid a million to advertise, drawing in netizens from across the world, was now set aflame by Zhang Yue's appearance and Inoue's speech, sparking heated debate.
["Wow, that really is the Necromancer! From this angle he really looks just like a god, majestic and untouchable!"]
["Such an aura, indeed equal to a god. Seems like Zero God is even more handsome than before, absolutely a male god!"]
["Did I mishear? That little baka from Eastern is actually praising the Necromancer?"]
["But to be fair, he isn't wrong. Even titles like Savior, God of the World don't seem worthy enough for Zero God! He's the hero leading us humans into the light!"]
["Right! As long as we have Zero God, and all humanity unites as one, one day we will definitely defeat the otherworld and restore peace to the world!"]
Looking at the scrolling comments filling the screen of the livestream, all developing exactly as he had envisioned, the corners of Inoue Takehiko's mouth curled upward.
Taking the chance, he continued expressing apologies, "In truth, all along, we of Eastern have owed Dragon Country a great debt."
"In past grudges and conflicts, our Eastern did many things improperly, even caused harm to Dragon Country. Here, on behalf of all the people of our Great Eastern Empire, I sincerely apologize to Dragon Country."
"That Zero God bears no grudges, this is true magnanimity!"
Immediately after, Inoue Takehiko shouted to gild the moment, "Zero God mighty!"
["Zero God mighty!"]
["Zero God mighty!"]
In an instant, the bullet comments were flooded by these three words.
No matter the country they came from, all netizens were chanting this phrase.
At the same time, just like the others, Inoue Amano, who was watching the livestream too, finally understood Inoue Takehiko's real intent and meaning.
"Under normal circumstances, facing this situation, Zero would surely already have begun slaughtering our Eastern classes en masse."
Inoue Amano looked at the screen and said to several other Eastern high-level figures beside him, "By way of praise and exaltation, raising Zero's status and position to the greatest degree before the eyes of the world. Most of all, showing his magnanimity."
At the same time, others realized as well, "Now, with so many eyes of the world watching Zero, and with Takehiko having already declared to the world Eastern's stance and attitude…"
"It shows that all the world's classes will work together against the otherworld. If at this moment Zero were to still target us Eastern before all the world, it would only make him look petty and narrow-minded."
"A man who achieves great things does not fuss over trifles. In this situation, Zero absolutely wouldn't dare take action."
Thinking this, the Eastern high-level ministers seated around the table all laughed smugly.
"One must admit, this Takehiko is clever, smarter than all of us sitting here."
"Indeed, since we cannot fight Dragon Country head-on, then we shall attack from the side, using other means to restrain Dragon Country."
"As long as things stay calm for a while, once we develop steadily, we'll strike Dragon Country with a heavy blow when they least expect it."
As the saying goes: rivers and mountains may change, but nature is hard to alter.
So it was with the bloodthirsty nature of the Eastern people.
Thus, when all of Eastern believed that, before the eyes of the entire world, Zhang Yue would certainly not dare tear his face with them, Zhang Yue, before the eyes of the world, expressionless, coldly spat out a sentence, "Dragon Country, as a great nation, can choose not to mind."
"So what I am about to do next represents only my personal will, unrelated to the nation."
The moment the words fell, Zhang Yue whispered low to the Armageddon Black Dragon beneath him, "Dragonflame."
ROAR!
With an earth-shaking dragon cry, the black dragon opened its bloody maw wide and spewed forth blazing fire!
On land, the Eastern classes guarding the outside of the Tomb of the Empire instance had never expected that in such a situation, Zhang Yue would still dare to strike them directly.
Completely caught off guard, within a vast swath of the area, thousands of Eastern classes were swallowed by dragonflame!
Under the sweep of the colossal AOE damage, exceeding 2 billion+, wherever the dragonflame passed, countless beams of white light shot skyward, lighting up the darkened sky.
And among those beams of white light, many were mixed with starlight that symbolized permanent death.
This was the triggered effect of the Demon Contract's Slaughter Contract.
Classes slain by the Necromancer had a 10% chance to ignore revival scrolls and be permanently erased.
The Armageddon Black Dragon too shared in its master's contract effects.
On the field, the smile on Inoue Takehiko's face instantly stiffened.
His eyes filled with disbelief.
He had never expected Zhang Yue would truly disregard everything!
Just as Inoue Takehiko stood in utter shock—
WHOOSH!
Zhang Yue blinked forward, appearing directly before him, less than dozens of meters away.
Inoue Takehiko was instantly aghast, face drained of color.
"Z-Zero God… right now, with a great enemy before us, humanity's greatest foes are that man who can control the Three Main Gods, and the two remaining Main Gods…"
"We should be uniting now, fighting together against foreign enemies, not fighting each other!"
Zhang Yue's icy gaze bore into Inoue Takehiko, "With or without Eastern, it does not affect humanity's slaying of the Demon Emperor."
"With trash like you, what could you possibly accomplish? Faced with the great enemy, you fled the battlefield, clinging to life in disgrace."
"In that case, what meaning does your existence have?"
Every word Zhang Yue spoke left Inoue Takehiko utterly speechless.
"As for the sins Eastern committed against Dragon Country in the past, forgiving you is God's business."
"As for me, my business is setting your meeting with God."
With that, Zhang Yue raised his staff.
BOOM!
A powerful bolt of lightning fell from the sky, striking Inoue Takehiko.
Damage of 5.8 billion instantly emptied Inoue Takehiko's health bar.
Crackle! Crackle!
Inoue Takehiko's body dissolved into scattered starlight…
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