Chapter 112 – Master of the Battlefield
As Proud of the Crowd was instantly killed twice in a row, the players from Zone 885 were in an uproar.
"Damn! That guy's damage is insane! Over 2000 damage in one hit?"
"Both times, he took down Xiong Da in just two moves, and Xiong Da's attacks barely scratched him. That guy is the lowest full-attribute growth Beastmaster in Apocalypse! He hasn't even summoned his Demonic Beast, my god..."
Zhang Yi smirked.
Did they think the seven powerful talents from his level 25 Undead Set, aided by his Divine Talent, were just for show?
Talents aren't that easy to activate. Clearly, Proud of the Crowd only had half of his equipment strengthened to level 25, activating his talents. The rest were between levels 20-25, without any talent bonuses because he lacked the resources.
The difference between having a talent on equipment and not having one is like night and day.
Despite being killed twice, Proud of the Crowd didn't give up and kept reviving himself using gold coins.
Thus.
Dungeon Announcement: "Ding~ [Yinuo Qingcheng] has killed [Proud of the Crowd], energy points 21,241!"
Dungeon Announcement: "Ding~ [Yinuo Qingcheng] has killed [Proud of the Crowd], energy points 19,238!"
Dungeon Announcement: "Ding..."
After more than a dozen announcements, Proud of the Crowd, who had been killed back to level 26 from level 27, finally gave up. After dying for the 12th time at Zhang Yi's hands, he didn't revive again. His body turned into a white light and disappeared in the City of Energy.
Zhang Yi opened the energy leaderboard and saw that the 110,000 energy points contributed by Proud of the Crowd had propelled him into the top ten!
And Zhang Yi had only been in the dungeon for less than half an hour, including the time spent searching for the ultimate treasure.
Proud of the Crowd, on the other hand, dropped from first place to beyond the top 100.
After forcing Proud of the Crowd to exit the dungeon, Zhang Yi set his sights on the new first place on the energy leaderboard—Proud of the Sword, with 140,000 energy points.
Using a teleport scroll, Zhang Yi instantly appeared in front of a level 27 black-armored Warrior player, Proud of the Sword.
Proud of the Sword, the vice-captain of the Proud of the Crowd family, was said to be second only to Proud of the Crowd in status and strength within the family. He was also a professional player recruited by Proud of the Crowd from a high-end gaming studio for a hefty sum, known for his exceptional skills.
Even though he had learned from the dungeon announcements that his captain had been killed 12 times by the person in front of him, Proud of the Sword wasn't panicked. He believed that Proud of the Crowd lost due to his lack of defense, while a Warrior is a balanced class in both offense and defense.
Relying on the powerful attribute bonuses from his full set of 2-star level 25 Warrior Undead equipment, just like Proud of the Crowd, Proud of the Sword braced himself: "Come on, let me punish you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Proud of the Sword charged at Zhang Yi with his black Undead Greatsword.
The Undead Staff gleamed coldly.
Five seconds later.
"Ding~ [Yinuo Qingcheng] has killed [Proud of the Sword], energy points 21,586! Ending his kill streak and godlike status!"
Proud of the Sword, being more rational, only revived once after a crushing defeat and didn't continue to revive to minimize losses, exiting the dungeon instead.
Zhang Yi opened the energy leaderboard again, targeting the next top-ranked player.
This time, the target chosen by Zhang Yi, the level 26 Assassin Proud of Bloodthirst, seemed to have anticipated this. Knowing Zhang Yi would come for him, he prepared in advance...
Swish!
As white light fell, Zhang Yi was teleported to a crossroads. Besides the locked-on Proud of Bloodthirst ahead, a dozen Proud of the Crowd family players surrounded him, ready to attack!
Proud of Bloodthirst sneered: "I want to see how strong you are! If you have the guts, come and hit me!"
Zhang Yi frowned slightly: "First time I've heard such a shameless request."
With that, he swung the Undead Staff.
Freeze Spell!
Fireball Spell!
Boom boom!
The two skills dealt 1345 and 1132 damage, instantly killing Proud of Bloodthirst while triggering the Undead Staff's talent, Splash Attack. With the bonuses from the Top-tier Serious Injury and Advanced Energy Attack talents, all Proud of the Crowd family players within a 50-meter radius around Zhang Yi took 300-400 damage. At the same time, a fierce dragon roar echoed from above.
Hellfire Dragon Flame!
Whoosh!
Scorching flames poured down from above, instantly engulfing the dozen or so Proud of the Crowd players, causing 1951 true damage and an additional 452 burn damage per second. A few seconds later, white lights flickered all around as 15 Proud of the Crowd players fell.
Zhang Yi frowned slightly. He hadn't even had the chance to use the newly learned purple group skill, Undead Storm, and the battle was over with just a Splash Attack and Hellfire Dragon Flame.
Unable to revive, the players from Proud of the Crowd who were killed instantly exited the dungeon.
A series of notifications kept ringing in Zhang Yi's ears—
"Ding~ You killed player [Proud of the Mighty], energy points 6352!"
"Ding~ You killed player [Proud of the World], energy points 5379!"
"Ding..."
"Ding~ Zone 886 player [Yinuo Qingcheng] is on a killing spree!"
"Ding~ Zone 886 player [Yinuo Qingcheng] has achieved a dreamlike godlike status with a 100-kill streak, who can stop him!"
"Ding..."
Players from Zone 885, seeing the continuous kill notifications in the dungeon announcements, were too shocked to speak.
Previously arrogant Proud of the Crowd didn't dare to make a sound now.
With the dungeon sealed, players from Zone 885 couldn't exit the dungeon. One by one, they started avoiding Zhang Yi like mice avoiding a cat, running away at the sight of him, even in groups of three or five, not daring to confront him directly.
The slaughter continued until 9:58 PM, with only two minutes left before the dungeon ended.
Having used up all 100 teleport scrolls in his bag, Zhang Yi couldn't find a single enemy, as if he was the only one left in the entire dungeon.
Looking at his 997,000 energy points, Zhang Yi frowned deeply.
Still 3,000 points short, what to do...
100,000 energy points, a number that no player participating in the City of Energy dungeon dared to dream of, yet Zhang Yi knew that if any player could gather that much energy, they could obtain a super treasure from this dungeon.
This was a truth Zhang Yi learned from history in his previous life, as in the Apocalypse world, there was once a player deemed a monster who collected 1 million energy points and obtained that unique super treasure from each server!