["Ding~ Welcome to the World 23 of the Otherworld [Endless Desert]. Your current location is the National Territory Safe Zone [Storm City]. World missions have been issued!"]
Whoosh!
Light poured down, and Zhang Yue descended into a city that resembled a sandcastle.
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[World 23 · Endless Desert]
[World Background: When the sandstorm strikes, Storm City becomes humanity's last shelter. But merely hiding in Storm City will eventually lead to its consumption by the storm. When that day comes, humanity will face the Armageddon! Adventurers are requested to go outside Storm City to eliminate the sandstorms threatening to engulf it. Just like Storm City guards humanity, guard Storm City, and within this desert, seek survival…]
[World Mission 1: Please accumulate elimination of one hundred sandstorms in the Endless Desert outside Storm City (0/100)]
[World Mission 2: Please accumulate elimination of ten sandstorms of Level 3 or above in the Endless Desert outside Storm City (0/10)]
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With the [Holy Grail] + [Void Spirit Shield], Zhang Yue had not attempted resupply for several worlds.
After obtaining this world's core spirit, Zhang Yue directly arrived outside Storm City.
Wihrl! Whirl!
Outside the city, raging sand howled.
In the distance, one enormous sandstorm after another silently surged toward Storm City.
At this moment, one could see: quite a few adventurers were currently resisting those sandstorms outside the city.
Because the World 23 had another rather cruel setting: once a sandstorm damages Storm City, all adventurers within the World 23 will suffer a severe experience point reduction penalty.
Depending on the scale of the sandstorm, one could see the surrounding storms varied in size.
By level division, sandstorms in the [Endless Desert] range from Level 1 to Level 5. The higher the storm level, the greater the threat to Storm City, and once it crashes into the city, the greater the penalty suffered by the adventurers.
But under normal conditions, Level 1 sandstorms appear more frequently.
Higher-level storms are rarer.
The world missions require eliminating 100 sandstorms and eliminating 10 Level-3-or-higher sandstorms.
Looking around, sandstorms were everywhere. But judging by their scale, the vast majority were Level 1 and Level 2 sandstorms, there wasn't even a Level 3 one in sight.
"Looks like the first mission is relatively easier to carry out. The other one can only be tackled in the Death Territory."
According to strategy records, within the national territory of the World 23, only a few Level 3 sandstorms appear daily. Even if an adventurer has enough strength, it would take several days to complete the mission of eliminating ten Level 3 sandstorms.
However, within the Death Territory, even the weakest storms are Level 3. Level 4 and Level 5 sandstorms, or even Level 6 and Level 7 storms that have never appeared within the national territory, can be seen everywhere!
Just as Zhang Yue was about to begin, targeting the easily visible Level 1 sandstorms nearby, suddenly, a cry of alarm came from nearby, "A sandstorm horde is coming!"
Looking out, he clearly saw up ahead, a series of giant sandstorms, seemingly attracted to one another, converging together, and then collectively sweeping toward Storm City.
A sandstorm horde is a group structure formed by multiple sandstorms simultaneously.
Generally speaking, sandstorm hordes are extremely rare.
But once they appear, they inflict massive damage upon Storm City.
Because too many sandstorms appear at the same time, adventurers simply can't eliminate them all in a short time.
Moreover, the intensity of a sandstorm horde is far more dangerous than an individual storm.
The deadliest rule is: adventurers whose progress exceeds the World 23 cannot enter the sandstorm.
This means: one cannot request aid from high-level adventurers. All disasters caused by sandstorms in the World 23 must be resolved solely by adventurers of the World 23.
At this very moment, within the sandstorm horde ahead, more than a hundred storms were swirling.
The scale and aura then formed seemed to swallow the sky and obliterate the earth.
For sandstorm hordes, the Otherworld has no formal level definitions.
However, adventurers themselves have created a classification system based on horde scale.
Around them, many Level-120+ adventurers currently tackling the World 23 fell into panic.
"This many storms forming a horde... This... This must at least be a Level 4 sandstorm horde, right?"
"The biggest sandstorm horde Dragon Nation's World 23 has seen this year was only Level 3, right? How unlucky am I to encounter a Level 4 horde?"
"It's over, it's over. Historically, even Level 3 hordes have an effective elimination rate under 50%. How are we supposed to withstand a Level 4 horde?"
"If a Level 4 sandstorm horde crashes into Storm City, everyone in the city will be punished with a level drop of at least 4–5 levels, right? Damn it! Half a month of effort wasted because of one storm horde!"
[World Announcement](Dragon Nation, World 23):
["Ding~ All adventurers please note: A sandstorm horde is about to invade Storm City. All adventurers currently in the World 23 please defend Storm City and resist the sandstorm! Once a sandstorm enters Storm City, all adventurers will suffer severe penalties!"]
The moment the system issued the announcement, all adventurers outside the city who witnessed the sandstorm horde fell into despair.
"Level 4 sandstorm… How do we defend against that?"
"Unless Zero God descends, we ordinary folks should just give up resisting!"
Just then—
ROAR!
Accompanied by a thunderous dragon roar that shook the skies.
The enormous body of the Thirty-Six-Winged Armageddon Black Dragon soared into the sky.
The immense shadow it cast enveloped a vast area of land and countless adventurers.
Everyone looked up at the giant dragon, eyes filled with infinite shock and awe.
"Armageddon Black Dragon! That's Zero God's dragon!"
"Zero God really came!"
At the same time, Zhang Yue was riding atop the Armageddon Black Dragon.
Approaching the sandstorm horde ahead, Zhang Yue rode the Armageddon Black Dragon and dove straight into the leading sandstorm.
Each sandstorm's interior is a separate small world.
After Zhang Yue entered the sandstorm, what met his eyes was a desert, upon which lay countless Level 126 monsters: [Desert Venom Scorpions].
According to the rules, eliminating all monsters within a sandstorm eliminates the storm.
The storm Zhang Yue entered was just a Level 1 sandstorm.
On the ground, there were about a hundred Desert Venom Scorpions.
ROAR!
The Armageddon Black Dragon swooped into attack range.
Opening its giant blood-filled mouth, a scorching dragon flame poured toward the scorpions on the sand below, devouring them in an instant...
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