The second round of the Divine Tomb challenge.
Even though the difficulty had doubled, Zhang Yue wasn't afraid at all.
He was even fighting fiercer than the previous round.
Because the 60-star Purgatory·Transcendent Set gave Zhang Yue absolute confidence.
In Wu Haotian's words, ["If I had a 60-star set on me, I'd fight even fiercer than the guild leader."]
Fact proved: the mechanics of this Divine Tomb secret realm were closely tied to the challenger's own strength.
It would not blindly increase difficulty.
It could be imagined that the second round of the challenge definitely wasn't the end.
After completing the entire second round, Zhang Yue would definitely face the choice of [Finish] or [Restart].
If he chose restart, the Divine Tomb difficulty would rise again, meaning he would enter a third round of challenges.
And at the end of each round of challenges, the system would give the challenger a reward that could be used to increase strength, similar to the God Scroll.
The challenger could use that reward to strengthen themselves and continue facing the next challenge.
Of course, if one's base strength wasn't high enough, even tremendous strengthening could still result in the challenger failing in the next challenge.
Like the God Scroll, the depth of strengthening was entirely determined by the user's own strength.
Because Zhang Yue possessed a one-and-only Transcendent Set in the entire Otherworld, the strength of the set itself was already heaven-defying. Even just increasing its star level would give extremely high enhancement effects.
It was obvious, if someone else had received the same thing:
Even with the same God Scroll, even if they received strengthening to their equipment, a normal 47-star set, strengthened to 60 stars, would absolutely not give its owner anywhere near the buffs Zhang Yue got.
Next, Zhang Yue threw himself entirely into facing wave after wave of challenges…
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Meanwhile—
Inside the Heavens Hall guild.
While Ouyang Linger, Ning Tiantian and the others were nervously watching Zhang Yue clear the Divine Tomb through video, suddenly, Liyue saw a piece of news from somewhere.
"I heard something big happened last night in World 60. The President of Thracian, the Sanctuary Mage Shafu, was assassinated!"
"What? The president was assassinated?", Hearing this news, everyone instantly perked up.
All eyes turned to Liyue.
"When did it happen? Last night?"
"The President of Thracian? How did he get assassinated in World 60?"
"Yeah, shouldn't he be in Worlds 80 or 90? What was he doing in World 60? And he's the President, doesn't he normally have bodyguards? How could he be assassinated? Is there someone in World 60 who can kill a Tier 9 profession holder?"
"Apparently it was done by the Demon Emperor," Liyue read from her phone and said, "But he also had help from another profession holder, the one who assisted was… Inoue Amano!"
Hearing this, everyone frowned.
"So you're saying Inoue Amano from Eastern Nation colluded with the Demon Emperor to assassinate Thracian's President Shafu?"
"Originally, the people of Thracian discovered traces of the Demon Emperor within their nation's territory in World 60, and when they gathered forces to intercept the Demon Emperor, they were backstabbed by Inoue Amano."
Liyue frowned and said, "Inoue Amano used the Mark of Death, directly inflicting a permanent erasure effect on Shafu."
"What?"
The moment these words fell, everyone present erupted in fury.
"That damned Eastern Nation, has that Inoue Amano gone insane? He actually dared to collude with the Demon Emperor! Does he not know what kind of monster the Demon Emperor is?"
"Colluding with the Demon Emperor is basically declaring war on all humanity."
"The worst part is he killed Shafu. Such a pity! Thracian is our iron ally. I'm furious."
"This is huge news. Should we tell the guild leader?"
Glory Firmament said, "For now, don't tell him. We can't distract him. Right now the most important thing for the guild leader is clearing the Divine Tomb. He can't afford any disturbance."
Everyone felt that made sense.
But just then, from the screen came Zhang Yue's voice, ["I heard it."]
"Uh…"
Only then did everyone realize, they were currently in a video call with Zhang Yue.
Truly too careless.
However, upon hearing the news, Zhang Yue acted as though he didn't care.
While clearing the Divine Tomb, he said toward them, "Ice Emperor still has resurrection stones. Tell him to bring one over."
Only then did everyone remember: Zhang Yue had just recently conquered World 55, and through the Gate of Immortality obtained ten Resurrection God Stones.
At that time, it was to prevent the Demon Emperor from obtaining them.
After acquiring them, Zhang Yue handed all the stones to the Ice Emperor to handle.
The Ice Emperor had already used eight of them to resurrect eight heroic profession holders of the Dragon Nation who had died in the Otherworld.
And he had kept two in reserve for emergencies.
So according to Zhang Yue's instructions, Overlord Blade immediately contacted the Ice Emperor.
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Meanwhile—
Inside Thracian Nation.
In the national high-level conference hall, Thracian's top government officials were gathered, holding an emergency meeting.
At this moment, each of them wore a face full of grief and exhaustion.
They simply could not accept the death of their nation's President, Shafu.
Not only them, the entire nation of Thracian had fallen into despair.
When the news of President Shafu's death spread, the entire country of Thracian descended into chaos.
To them, it felt as though the nation had lost its pillar, that their country was about to collapse.
Countless people were filled with fear for the future, unable to see the road ahead, unsure whether they even had a tomorrow.
At that moment, all they wished for was that heaven would give them another chance.
How they wished someone would reach out and pull them up.
But reality was cruel.
During a time when all the great nations were barely able to take care of themselves, no one was willing to extend a helping hand to Thracian.
Until… a report arrived in the conference hall: a special aircraft from the Dragon Nation had arrived in their territory, bringing a Resurrection God Stone.
"What?"
Hearing this, every one of the dozen Thracian high-level officials shot to their feet.
Not a single one of them wasn't overcome with emotion.
"Hurry, hurry! Which airport? Everyone follow me to greet them!"
At such a moment of crisis, anyone offering help to Thracian was a savior in their eyes.
Not to mention that the aid coming from the Dragon Nation was a priceless Resurrection God Stone.
Thus, on this day, Thracian's capital international airport was filled with citizens of Thracian.
Wu Haotian, Overlord Blade, and the others responsible for escorting the Resurrection God Stone received the highest honor imaginable…
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