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[World 19 · Soul Ferryman]
[Realm Background: When the Soul Devourers that feed on human souls descend upon this realm, all humans will face a great catastrophe. Those whose souls are absorbed by the Soul Devourers will turn into walking corpses until death. Here, you will become a Soul Hunter, tasked with hunting those Soul Devourers, reclaiming the souls of the humans they consumed, and defending the peace of this realm...]
[Realm Mission 1: Please accumulate the release of 10 souls by hunting Soul Devourers (Progress 0/1000)]
[Realm Mission 2: Please raise the Soul Hunter's rank to at least Rank 8 (Progress 0/8)]
[Note: Mission rewards grant experience to improve the Soul Hunter's rank. The higher the rank, the greater the combat rewards obtained from killing Soul Devourers in the World 19, and the rarer missions one can receive. Current rank is Rank 0, with no extra combat bonuses. Upgrading requires 100 experience points.]
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After understanding the realm background, Zhang Yue habitually accepted the mission before heading out.
Zhang Yue wandered around City of Light. Due to currently being Rank 0, many missions were limited. In the end, he received a beginner-level mission from a young married woman.
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[Save My Son] (Normal Mission)
[Difficulty Rating: 6850]
[Description: Zhang Tao, the 8-year-old son of City of Light resident Zhang Qing, was fishing outside the city with his father yesterday and accidentally had his soul devoured by a Soul Devourer. Please, professional, go to Despair Coast, kill the Soul Devourer, and release Zhang Tao's soul.]
[Mission Reward: EXP +1.5 billion, Gold +600, Energy +12 million, Soul Hunter EXP +100]
[Time Limit: 24 hours]
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Completing this mission would be just enough to raise the Soul Hunter's rank to Rank 1.
Although completing any realm mission would grant eligibility to enter the Death Territory, Zhang Yue could have just taken the easier mission [Release Ten Souls] to qualify for entry.
However, according to those who had previously entered the World 19's Death Territory: Many maps within the Death Territory require a Soul Hunter rank to reach a certain level in order to enter.
So, this could also be considered early preparation for advancing into the Death Territory later.
At this moment, the other professionals from Heavens Hall had also each received different missions from various NPCs.
In the end, the mission locations were basically all different.
After all, a person has only one soul; it's impossible for two people to accept the same mission at the same time. In the end, someone would surely be unable to complete it.
This left many people's faces full of disappointment.
"Ah, can't slack off behind the guild leader anymore!"
"Don't be discouraged, Qiang, you have to work hard and become strong too!"
Zhang Yue swept his gaze over the crowd, "Who's slacking off? According to the guild standards, performance will be deducted!"
"..."
At that moment, Li Yue girl suddenly shouted: "Although I'm not on the same mission as the guild leader, my mission is also at Despair Coast! I can team up with the guild leader!"
Yesterday, over a hundred people had gone to Despair Coast to fish.
After being attacked by Soul Devourers, it wasn't just Zhang Tao, the son of the married woman Zhang Qing, who lost his soul.
There were also several others.
And the mission Li Yue accepted just happened to be to rescue one of those who lost their soul at Despair Coast.
Not only Li Yue, but also Luo Chen and Ning Tiantian, their mission locations were also Despair Coast.
Thus, the four of them formed a party and, after leaving City of Light, went straight to Despair Coast.
The rest of Heavens Hall each headed to their own mission destinations.
Along the way, Zhang Yue instinctively looked back.
A minute later, he looked back again for the second time.
And then a third time.
Li Yue, beside him, asked curiously, "Guild leader, what are you looking at?"
"Nothing."
Even upon arriving at the destination, he didn't find any pursuers.
Zhang Yue couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
But he also understood, 'That guy hasn't acted yet, probably because they are working on improving their strength, secretly preparing...'
'So let's see who improves faster!'
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[Despair Coast]
As the lowest-level 106-level map in the World 19, at this moment many professionals ranging from level 100 to 110 were teaming up to hunt the Soul Devourers that could be seen everywhere on the beach.
They were a type of beast monster resembling leopards.
Covered in black fur, with tails shaped like barbed stingers, and eyes glowing with sharp red light, clearly not friendly creatures.
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[Soul Devourer] (Physical-Type · Normal Monster)
[Level: 106]
[Physical Attack: 198,000]
[Physical Defense: 102,000]
[Magic Defense: 95,000]
[HP: 32.2 million]
[Skills: Charge (Grade A), Rend (Grade A)]
[Description: Ferocious beasts that delight in feeding on human souls. They are extremely brutal and violent, viewing all humans as prey. Once your soul is devoured by a Soul Devourer, it only takes three days for them to fully digest it. At that time, you will forever become a walking corpse...]
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Looking around.
The endless beach was filled with countless Soul Devourers. Too many to count.
Zhang Yue couldn't confirm which Soul Devourer had devoured Zhang Tao's soul.
"Then we'll just have to use the process of elimination."
As he said that, Zhang Yue suddenly gave Luo Chen a rather "ill-intentioned" look.
Luo Chen clearly noticed Zhang Yue's gaze.
"Why are you looking at me like that…"
"What do you think?"
Luo Chen fell silent for a moment, as if he understood what Zhang Yue meant.
He took two steps forward and, with a "shing," unsheathed his longsword.
Then turned to Zhang Yue and asked, "Any special requests?"
"No," Zhang Yue, carrying his staff, said casually, "Just go all out. I'll take care of the consequences."
"Alright. Then I'll begin."
With that, Luo Chen, a Level 108 Legendary Sword Emperor, activated his class power.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Around him, he summoned over a hundred sword shadows.
Next, driven by his will, the sword shadows scattered and flew out in all directions, covering the maximum possible area.
Before long, all the sword shadows had flown out.
At the same time, From all directions, at least several hundred Soul Devourers began charging toward Luo Chen and Zhang Yue.
This sight stunned the nearby professionals who had been hunting Soul Devourers on the coast.
As the horde of Soul Devourers drew near, Zhang Yue, who had already prepared, calmly cast a Thunderstorm Tempest.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A massive lightning storm engulfed the Soul Devourers.
A large wave of three-stage continuous damage, each tick exceeding 15 million, instantly wiped out all the Level 106 Soul Devourers with only 32.2 million HP.
["Ding~ You killed 106-level Soul Devourer x126, gained 252 million EXP, Energy +25.2 billion!"]
Li Yue, who had just drawn her bow and hadn't fired a single arrow, was stunned.
"It's over already? I hadn't even started yet."
"Guild leader, you're so fast!"
Zhang Yue turned again to Luo Chen, "Little Chen, keep going."
Luo Chen clearly wasn't too pleased.
After all, as a legendary-class professional, the vice guild leader of Heavens Hall, he was always the center of attention when moving with others from Heavens Hall.
But here with Zhang Yue, he was reduced to a monster-pulling tool...
No choice. Luo Chen, afraid of offending Zhang Yue and never seeing his master again, had no choice but to keep summoning sword shadows, using his Sword Emperor powers to pull monsters for Zhang Yue.
Li Yue and Ning Tiantian, the two girls, were utterly dumbfounded.
Shocked!
The dignified Legendary-Class Sword Emperor, in front of Zero, was only fit to be a monster-pulling lackey.
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