It must be said, with Luo Chen as a tool man, Zhang Yue's monster-killing speed increased by at least several times.
Compared to using the Armageddon Black Dragon and the Phantom Predator to lure monsters, how could they be as effective as the Sword Emperor?
Previously, using the Armageddon Black Dragon and Phantom Predator to lure monsters, each time they needed quite a while just to attract a few dozen monsters.
But Luo Chen, just a movement of the sword shadow, could instantly attract over a hundred nearby monsters.
After all, the Sword Emperor's shadow sword had a maximum control range of 300 meters.
The further the distance, the lower the damage.
Even at the distance of 300 meters, the sword shadow touching a monster could only deal 1 point of forced damage. As long as it was enough to attract the monster's aggro, it was sufficient.
100+ in one go. Such ridiculously exaggerated monster-killing efficiency not only shocked nearby passerby players into doubting life itself, but also made teammates like Li Yue and Ning Tiantian feel the pleasure of the experience bar "rising rapidly".
When Li Yue sent Zhang Yue's monster grinding video to the guild group, many eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred...
[Damn! A wild monster harvesting machine!]
[Luckily I'm not a monster, that's f**king terrifying!]
[I'm not doing quests anymore, can I just come to your side to leech XP?]
However, even after Zhang Yue continuously slaughtered four or five waves of Soul Devourers, he still didn't obtain Zhang Tao's soul.
During that time, he did accidentally release a soul named [Li Si].
Not Zhang Tao, nor one of the souls needed for Luo Chen, Li Yue, or Ning Tiantian's quests.
But when Li Si's soul was released, suddenly a nearby passerby exclaimed in surprise, "Damn! How did my quest suddenly complete? I clearly hadn't rescued the designated soul yet."
Nice!
He helped someone else complete their quest.
Still, for Zhang Yue himself, it also progressed his world quest by 1 point.
After that, Luo Chen continued luring monsters, while Zhang Yue focused on killing them.
Li Yue and Ning Tiantian basically had no use, so they simply followed the Skeleton King around picking up loot.
Once all the Soul Devourers in an area were cleared, they moved on to the next.
After clearing several more waves of monsters, all the souls required for Luo Chen, Li Yue, and Ning Tiantian's quests were successfully released.
Until now, yet another wave of Soul Devourers had been dealt with.
From within one of the beast corpses, a light blue soul drifted out.
In Zhang Yue's ear, the system prompt finally rang out:
["Ding~ Zhang Tao's soul has been released and will automatically return to Zhang Tao's body. Your quest is complete!"]
By this point, Zhang Yue had released five souls in total.
Soon, he would complete the world quest [Accumulate the Release of Ten Souls].
So, Zhang Yue and Luo Chen crushed a Return-to-City scroll on the spot.
Back in City of Light, they found NPC housewife Zhang Qing, and Zhang Yue submitted the quest.
["Ding~ Congratulations on completing the quest [Save My Son], rewards received: EXP +1.5 billion, Gold +600, Energy +120 billion, Soul Hunter EXP +100!"]
Whoosh!
A silver light, different from level-up effects, poured down from above his head.
["Ding~ Congratulations on leveling up to Rank 1 Soul Hunter. Next rank requires 300 EXP!"]
After reaching Rank 1, the types of quests accessible became much broader.
This time, the four of them accepted the same quest.
A family of six was attacked by Soul Devourers outside the city yesterday, five were killed.
Only a little boy named A'Li was left.
"Please, save my family."
Ouyang Ling'er patted A'Li's head, "Don't worry, big sis will definitely rescue your dad from those Soul Devourers."
Just as she finished speaking, Luo Chen said, "I'm saving his dad."
Ouyang Ling'er froze, opened the quest to check, then laughed awkwardly, "Ahaha… little brother, I'll definitely rescue your mom!"
Ning Tiantian followed up, "I'll rescue your grandma too!"
A'Li nodded hard, "I'm counting on all of you, big brothers and sisters!"
Zhang Yue was assigned to rescue A'Li's older sister.
There was still one slot left, for the grandfather.
So Zhang Yue posted in the guild group, [There's a quest at the southern city nursery, one slot left. If you need it, come and take it. I'll lead.]
'I'll lead.'
These two words from Zhang Yue hit like a shockwave among the 300+ members of Heavens Hall.
They scrambled to rush to the south side of the city.
[Damn! Only one slot? I'm almost there!]
[I'm about to clear the World 18, just about to reach the 19. President, wait for me!]
[Don't bother coming, brothers! I'm already near the south city nursery, just one minute walk from the location. First come, first serve, haha!]
[Don't come, the guy above—I'm already here.]
"???"
Just as he was looking at the guild chat messages, Heavens Hall member, assassin [Heavens • Shadow], dashed forward and appeared before Zhang Yue and the others.
"Hehe, President, Vice President!"
Luo Chen pointed to little A'Li, "Over there. After accepting the quest, come back here. Get ready to move out."
"Got it!"
[Heavens • Shadow] immediately blinked and appeared in front of A'Li, "Hehehe, little friend…"
A'Li turned pale with fear.
Not long after, the five-man team set off from City of Light.
Zhang Yue rode his Thirty-Six Winged Armageddon Black Dragon, carrying all four members.
What would normally take 15 minutes of travel, they covered in just 2 minutes.
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[Lvl. 106 Fallen Castle]
Inside the city, endless Lvl. 106 Soul Devourers roamed around.
Located within the city.
This time, without needing Zhang Yue's reminder, Luo Chen got right to work.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A hundred sword shadows were unleashed, sweeping across the surroundings.
Soon, from all directions, countless Soul Devourers began gathering.
Facing such a formation for the first time, [Heavens • Shadow] was quite terrified.
Zhang Yue, however, remained calm.
As soon as the surrounding Soul Devourers entered attack range, Zhang Yue raised his staff.
Thundercloud Storm!
Thunder and lightning!
Two lightning-based AOE skills blasted in two different directions, instantly devouring countless Soul Devourers within the vast area.
40 million to 60 million damage fully hit, instantly killing 138 Soul Devourers.
One second they were panicking, the next second [Heavens • Shadow] could only see beast corpses strewn all across the ground in every direction.
Even though they had seen Zhang Yue's grinding video in the guild chat, seeing it in person for the first time, [Heavens • Shadow] was still utterly shocked.
Rank 1 Soul Hunters gain an extra 10% experience and Energy bonus when hunting Soul Devourers.
This round, the rewards were definitely much higher.
Unfortunately, the first wave of Soul Devourers didn't release a single soul.
But this was expected.
Luo Chen continued summoning sword shadows to lure monsters, triggering the second wave of battle.
At this insane speed, practically cheating, the team wiped out dozens of waves of Soul Devourers, and all five team members successfully rescued the souls needed for their quests!
Quest complete.
At the same time, since all the Soul Devourers were killed by Zhang Yue, the released souls were all credited to him.
["Ding~ You have completed the world quest [Accumulate the Release of Ten Souls]. Congratulations, you have earned the qualification to enter the World 19: Death Territory!"]
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