Zhang Yue approached the corpse of the Bomb Beetle King.
Top-tier equipment, rare skill books, top-grade materials—he ignored them all.
Zhang Yue's attention was focused entirely on a seed emitting a silver glow.
He reached out and picked it up.
[Ding~ You have picked up [Source of Life] +1]
This was the Source of Life required for the mission.
Zhang Yue finally realized: it seemed the Source of Life could only drop from monsters ranked God-level Boss or higher.
Even a 14-star Boss couldn't drop it.
To verify this theory, Zhang Yue scanned the surrounding monster crowd. Before long, he locked onto another God-level Boss: Tyrannosaurus God.
No need for words, he charged straight in and started attacking.
After another half hour, Zhang Yue killed the Tyrannosaurus God.
As expected, from the Tyrannosaurus God, Zhang Yue obtained another Source of Life.
The super-god-level hidden quest [Revive the Monarch] required collecting 100 Sources of Life.
This meant Zhang Yue needed to kill 100 God-level Bosses.
For a normal person, just the thought of this would make their scalp tingle. After all, at least 99.99% of professionals worldwide didn't have the capability to match a God-level Boss.
However, Zhang Yue felt nothing but intense excitement.
Elite monsters, Bosses, God-level Bosses.
These all represented enormous amounts of experience, energy, and top-tier equipment.
Normally, it was incredibly difficult to encounter a Boss. Even if you found one, there'd only be a single one.
For ordinary people, the Aura Continent was a hell.
But for Zhang Yue, it was nothing short of heaven.
From then on, Zhang Yue stopped holding back and began a killing spree across the Aura Continent.
Ordinary monsters, elite monsters, and Bosses were left to the Divine Guard Army, the Apocalypse Black Dragon, and the Shadow Predator to handle.
Zhang Yue specifically targeted the challenging God-level Bosses.
An ordinary monster only gave 200,000 experience—not even worth mentioning.
Elite monsters yielded 10 million experience.
Regular Bosses gave 200-300 million.
A single God-level Boss provided a staggering 500 million experience.
For Zhang Yue, who only needed 1.5 billion experience points to go from Level 86 to Level 87, this was practically a slaughterfest.
Under Zhang Yue's frenzied killing spree, golden rays of light continuously fell over his head.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've reached Level 87…]
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've reached Level 88…]
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've reached Level 89…]
After entering the Aura Continent, Zhang Yue's level skyrocketed.
In no time, he reached the maximum level of the World 15: Level 90.
Any additional experience he earned went towards leveling up his "sons."
Meanwhile, outside the instance dungeon, the Heavens Hall members rushing through the World 14 [Heaven and Hell] couldn't sit still.
"What do you think? Can the guild leader complete that super-god-level hidden quest?"
As Night Owl finished speaking, Wu Haotian, carrying the Fiery Spear, said, "Relax. There's nothing in this world our boss can't do!"
Li Yue was still worried. "But… super-god-level hidden quests have only appeared three times in Dragon Kingdom's history. Their difficulty is immense—even the Asura God failed one a hundred years ago."
"Ever heard of protagonist halo?" One Knight Stand said. "That's exactly what our guild leader has on his head."
"Just wait. The guild leader is bound to create a miracle!"
At the same time, the news reached the Eastern Kingdom's border via their infiltrators.
Hearing about Zhang Yue accepting a super-god-level hidden quest, Muramasa Ichiryuu was furious. "That guy is so lucky! A super-god-level hidden quest, something that only appears once in a hundred years, and he managed to encounter it."
Kawasaki Jun also felt regretful. "Come to think of it, the fact that he could access this quest is kind of related to us. We basically set up this opportunity for him."
Indeed, the Eastern Kingdom had played a significant role in this.
From the start, they'd been unknowingly helping Zhang Yue.
First, they provided the Seal of Death for free, enabling Zhang Yue to complete the challenges of the Four Great Clans and obtain the dossier fragments.
Later, they used jade artifacts to lure out the Jade Seal's information from Zhang Yue. Unintentionally, this allowed Zhang Yue to obtain the Jade Seal.
This led to the resonance between the dossier fragments and the Jade Seal, ultimately granting Zhang Yue the super-god-level hidden quest.
Muramasa Ichiryuu and Kawasaki Jun were full of regret.
Inoue Amano, however, was indifferent. "The difficulty of a super-god-level hidden quest far exceeds your imagination. In the past hundred years of Eastern Kingdom's history, we've triggered two such quests, and both ended in failure."
"And even their Dragon Kingdom's Asura God failed one a hundred years ago."
"With just this brat who's barely set foot in the Otherworld, why would you think he could complete this quest?"
"As I recall, the penalty for failing a super-god-level hidden quest is severe. Once he fails and is killed by the Four Great Clans' Emperor-level Boss, he'll be done for."
Everyone either worried about or anticipated Zhang Yue's downfall.
Little did they know, Zhang Yue was enjoying himself immensely in the Aura Continent instance dungeon.
The Skeleton King was singlehandedly looting the battlefield but couldn't keep up.
In the end, Zhang Yue had to dispatch the Divine Guard Army to help pick up loot.
One could only imagine how the Monarch would feel if he learned that his once-proud Divine Guard Army was now reduced to scavenging loot for Zhang Yue.
As more and more God-level Bosses fell, Zhang Yue acquired countless valuable items.
Most of them he didn't even bother inspecting, tossing them straight into his storage space to deal with after completing the instance and the mission.
At this time, however, one skill book caught Zhang Yue's attention.
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[Sleight of Hand] (Grade D Rare / Lifestyle Skill)
[Effect]: Use Sleight of Hand on unidentified equipment to have a 0.01% chance of identifying it.
[Class]: Universal
[Energy Cost]: 1,200 Energy Points
[Cooldown]: None
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For most professionals, when they finally obtained good equipment in the wild, identifying it cost a significant fee.
With this skill, they could save a lot of gold coins.
Additionally, they could use it to identify equipment for others and earn extra income.
However, Zhang Yue wasn't worried about gold coins but time.
In situations like this, where a massive pile of equipment had dropped, his backpack was already full.
Normally, he could use the equipment to upgrade his Transcendent Set, but because it was unidentified, it couldn't be used.
This skill book was the perfect solution to Zhang Yue's immediate problem.
Zhang Yue immediately learned [Sleight of Hand], then spent over 30 million Energy Points to max out the skill.
[Ding~ Congratulations! You've acquired the SS-Grade Rare Lifestyle Skill [Magical Touch]]
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[Magical Touch] (SS-Grade Rare)
[Effect]: Use on unidentified equipment to have a 10% chance of identifying it, with a 1% chance to increase the item's star level by one.
[Class]: Universal
[Energy Cost]: 120,000 Energy Points
[Cooldown]: None
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At SS-Grade, this skill became insanely powerful!
In the Aura Continent, monsters dropped 12-14 star top-tier equipment, all of which could be used to upgrade his 13-star Transcendent Set.
Zhang Yue planned to identify the equipment in one go. If possible, he'd upgrade his Transcendent Set to 14 stars, boosting his combat strength and making future fights even easier.
Thus, Zhang Yue got to work.
[Ding~ You used [Magical Touch] on [Mantis Blade] successfully. The equipment has been identified]
[Ding~ You used [Magical Touch] on [Explosive Armor] but failed]
[Ding~ You used [Magical Touch] on [Flame Bow] successfully. The equipment has been identified, and its star level increased]
[Ding…]
Unlike regular skills, this one consumed Energy Points.
For Zhang Yue, who had infinite Energy, it was effectively free to use.
He identified hundreds of pieces of equipment in one go.
Then, using infinite Energy, he refined them all to gold grade and fed them to his Transcendent Set.
[Ding~ Congratulations! Your 13-star Rare · Transcendent Set has advanced to a 14-star Epic · Transcendent Set. Equipment attributes have been enhanced, and the fifth skill slot of the set has been unlocked. The effects of the set skills [Void Shield], [Thunder Power], and [Enchantment] have been strengthened…]
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