[World 42, Death Territory]
[Tomb of the Empire Dungeon]
Floating above, the Demon's Eye Enno drifted in the darkness; from the giant skull head, a powerful field of dark aura continuously erupted.
Zhang Yue did not feel the slightest panic about this upcoming one-on-one fight with the King-Rank BOSS.
Because right now he already possessed the strength to contend with a King-Rank BOSS.
In the Hell Arena battle, he had, by his own power, single-handedly challenged the three Main Gods and ultimately slain the God of Wrath, Jie'e.
The strength level of the three Main Gods already exceeded that of a King-Rank BOSS.
Even if he hadn't fully recovered to his true level back then, his state at the time still surpassed that of a quasi–King-Rank BOSS.
For someone who could kill the three Main Gods, a mere King-Rank BOSS was nothing to fear.
Beside him, Chen Zijin was a little nervous.
After all, she had no experience soloing King-Rank BOSSes; historically, opportunities to fight King-Rank BOSSes were extremely rare.
Even in the last Hell Arena, it was only because there were many people, the top professionals gathered worldwide, that everyone together could oppose the three Main Gods.
But this time, apart from Zhang Yue, she had no other helpers by her side.
However, when Chen Zijin looked at Zhang Yue's calm, composed face, her anxiousness eased considerably.
"Can we beat it?", Chen Zijin's words sounded like a question, but really they were delivered as a statement.
Zhang Yue gave the reply Chen Zijin most wanted to hear, "Of course."
"Alright, I'll go first!"
No sooner had the words fallen.
WHOOSH!
As a Mythic-Rank professional, the Shadow Dancer Chen Zijin instantly became a streak of lightning and vanished from where she stood.
In an instant she had already flashed up into the sky.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thousands of black shadows circled her body like countless blades and attacked the Demon's Eye Enno together with Chen Zijin.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The endless black shadows formed a massive storm and swallowed the BOSS.
Above, the sky turned pitch black.
When that tremendous force seemed to engulf the BOSS and a third-person perspective implied the attack was effective—
Whoosh!
Black light flowed.
The Demon's Eye miraculously transformed into streaks of light, perfectly evading Chen Zijin's full-power strike.
In light form it drifted behind Chen Zijin.
ROAR!
A furious roar burst from the skull, releasing a powerful shockwave that slammed straight at Chen Zijin.
Although Chen Zijin reacted quickly, the BOSS's attack range was too wide; she couldn't avoid this AOE and was pierced by the shockwave.
Even with the protective shield formed by the myriad black shadows, Chen Zijin still lost two-thirds of her HP from that hit.
Needless to say, if not for the shadow protection, Chen Zijin would have been instantly one-shotted.
"Pathetic humans, prepare to face the judgment of death!"
When the Demon's Eye's second attack arrived.
With a flash, Zhang Yue appeared in front of Chen Zijin, activating the Life Lock to form a shield and block the blow.
The next second, the BOSS's sonic attack penetrated the shield and heavily struck Zhang Yue.
Thanks to the dual protection of the Life Lock and the Void Shield, Zhang Yue barely withstood the attack.
He followed up immediately with a counterattack.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
He quickly swung his Transcendent staff; one fierce strike after another hit the Demon's Eye.
However, the series of hits only dealt around 3 billion+ damage each time.
To the Demon's Eye, this was almost nothing.
The health bar above the BOSS's head did not budge.
In retaliation, the Demon's Eye spat countless dark skulls from its huge mouth, forming a storm that continued to sweep, knocking Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin out of the sky.
Just one round of that assault nearly cost Zhang Yue his life.
With less than half his HP left, Zhang Yue looked up at the Demon's Eye and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Three seconds ago he had been brimming with confidence that he could kill this King-Rank BOSS.
But three seconds later, hesitation flickered in his eyes.
He truly had the strength to outright kill a same-tier King-Rank BOSS.
However, he had overlooked one very important issue.
Although his current level had already reached 222, close to the Demon's Eye's level of 230, his effective combat power was held back by the low star rank of his Transcendent set, leaving his strength at roughly the level of a 200-level player.
In other words: Zhang Yue, at present, was a 200-level body fighting a 230-level King-Rank BOSS.
Under such unequal conditions, it was impossible for Zhang Yue to contend with the Demon's Eye Enno.
"Miscalculated…", Zhang Yue glanced at Chen Zijin and said, "From here on, it's up to you."
Chen Zijin looked at Zhang Yue in astonishment, "Wait, Big Bro, you mean you want me to solo this King-Rank BOSS?"
"I can't win…", Chen Zijin's face turned bitter.
She had thought she could do it too.
But just from the two rounds of sparring earlier, she realized that her power and the BOSS's were not even in the same league. An astronomical gap.
Lacking experience, Chen Zijin simply couldn't solo a same-tier King-Rank BOSS.
Even with the Wrath Source Stone and the Wrath God Set enhancing her, Wrath of Thunder had just been used and consumed all her Wrath value; she couldn't trigger it again now.
And the Wrath God Set's current star rank wasn't high enough.
Chen Zijin simply didn't have that strength.
Zhang Yue also saw Chen Zijin's predicament.
A flash of inspiration crossed Chen Zijin's face, "Or… what if you use the Wrath Source Stone?"
"The only difference between you and this BOSS is attributes. Use the Wrath Source Stone to make up that gap; with the right operation, you could take it down. But I can't."
Zhang Yue glanced at Chen Zijin, "The Wrath Source Stone on me is just a piece of junk."
Chen Zijin's bitterness returned, "Is there really no other way?"
Zhang Yue hesitated a moment, then said, "There is."
Chen Zijin's eyes lit up, "What way?"
Originally she had hoped to kill the BOSS by pure strength, that would have been best.
But now it was clear she couldn't.
So they had to use a trump move.
Indeed, not only did Chen Zijin have a trump move, Zhang Yue did too.
Chen Zijin's trump was Wrath of Thunder.
Zhang Yue's trump was Necro Summon.
Whoosh!
Under Zhang Yue's concentration, a ball of golden flame appeared in the palm of his left hand.
"Divine Soul!"
Zhang Yue activated his Divine Soul and triggered the Mythic-Rank Necromancer exclusive skill: Necro Summon.
The next moment.
Rumble! Rumble!
With an earth-shattering roar, on high a barrier manifested.
Then, a black cloud flew out from within the barrier…
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