Finally, the passive effect of the Ghost Eye welcomed its second upgrade.
Zhang Yue checked the skill effects.
When killing an enemy with any single-target attack, it can cause a pursuit effect on another nearby target, dealing 70% pursuit damage, and can be triggered up to eight times.
Pursuit damage increased by 10%, and pursuit trigger count increased by 3.
This upgrade effect is quite significant.
However, the difficulty of the next upgrade also became greater.
The next upgrade requires 100,000 experience points.
Which means, 100,000 enemies must be killed through pursuit effect.
Take it slow.
When the pursuit damage reaches 100% and can trigger infinite pursuit, it will be the moment Zhang Yue takes off in place.
Unknowingly, they had climbed up to the 30th floor of Nightmare Abyss.
And the total time taken was only a single morning.
This already includes the time spent perfectly clearing the first ten layers of Endless Abyss in the National Territory.
Normally, a profession just stepping into the World 20 of Death Territory, even with a hundred-member team, would only be able to clear about ten floors in a day.
In contrast, Zhang Yue and Athena alone were truly defying the heavens.
Unfortunately, during this process, through each floor's clearance reward of 20-star [Nightmare Set Box], a total of 30 boxes were opened, but Zhang Yue still couldn't complete a full set of Nightmare gear.
Because it's a random box, not a selection box.
In the otherworld, there are seven professions total: mage, priest, beast tamer, archer, assassin, knight, and warrior.
Each profession corresponds to seven equipment parts.
Wanting to gather a full set for one profession is as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
Even pooling together with Athena, they still couldn't make one full set.
"Don't worry, there are still seventy floors ahead," Athena, noticing Zhang Yue's slight disappointment from failing to collect a complete Nightmare set, opened her mouth and said, "The two of us combined can still obtain 140 boxes. Opening a few full sets of Nightmare gear will definitely not be a problem."
"Mm," Zhang Yue looked at the time and said, "Let's go down for a meal first, and continue in the afternoon."
As it turned out, unknowingly, it was already noon, 12 o'clock.
Athena agreed, "Okay."
After a pause, Athena continued speaking to Zhang Yue, "Let me treat you to lunch, as thanks for giving me so much Energy ."
Zhang Yue didn't decline, "Then I shall respectfully accept!"
The two returned to the National Territory's safe zone and logged off.
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They sat down in a Chinese-style restaurant.
"Can you get used to Dragon Nation's food?", Zhang Yue originally thought Athena would pick a western-style restaurant or something similar, so this choice was refreshing, "You can order according to your preferences."
"A guest is a guest; this is our Dragon Nation, and you're the guest, don't mind me."
Athena smiled and said, "I really like your Dragon Nation's rice."
During the meal, Zhang Yue logged into the international network.
He discovered that Ning Tiantian had already uploaded the video clips he sent her onto the international net.
Because of the video where Zhang Yue, at level 100, single-handedly defeated hundreds of level 400+ professional experts from the seven great nations, Ning Tiantian's account had accumulated a lot of fans and popularity.
Later, she kept posting high-heat videos, drawing huge traffic.
The large fanbase ensured that as soon as Ning Tiantian posted a video, it brought its own traffic, attracting attention from all sectors of society.
Ning Tiantian edited the four video clips into one.
The video content mainly showed professionals from the seven great nations killing each other.
To survive, they brutally attacked allies from their own allied nations.
People from Nations all over the world filled the comment section with ridicule.
[Aren't the seven great nations supposed to be the biggest alliance in the world? This is what they call deep friendship? What a joke!]
[Yeah, just to cling to life, they stab their own people. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't do that!]
[See that? This is what happens when you provoke Dragon Nation. This is Dragon Nation's counterattack!]
[This is only the beginning. I believe Dragon Nation will launch full-scale retaliation against the seven great nations next!]
Using public opinion pressure, they caused psychological stress on the people of the seven nations, creating cracks in their bonds of friendship.
At the same time, it showed them Zhang Yue's methods of retaliation.
A double blow, both physical and mental. This indeed was only the beginning of Zhang Yue's revenge.
There was still no news from Ouyang Ling'er for the time being.
Once news came from her, and she found the item Zhang Yue needed, that would be the real beginning of Zhang Yue's revenge.
Currently, every video Ning Tiantian posted from that account on the international net, except the newly posted one, had more than 100 million likes.
She had gathered over 50 million fans from more than 200 Nations around the world.
The popularity was enough. It was time to open up sales channels and start selling goods.
So, Zhang Yue instructed Ning Tiantian to list all the loot gained from this morning, including the gear and materials obtained from counter-killing the seven nations' armies outside the Ghost Tower, on the international net's trading platform.
This matter was fully handed over to Ning Tiantian and Li Yue, along with the other girls in the guild, to take care of.
After Zhang Yue and Athena finished eating, they logged back in.
They proceeded to attack the 31st floor of Nightmare Abyss
———
At the same time, the high-levels of the seven great nations, because of the video trending on the international net, convened for another meeting.
"You people from Beacon have no backbone, huh? Just to survive, you turn your swords on us from Batan!"
"Don't act so righteous. As if you people from Batan have tougher bones. Didn't your people do the same?"
"Enough arguing, you two. Don't you realize the more we argue, the more it's exactly what Dragon Nation wants? In this situation, if we don't attack our own, it's a dead end. Anyone would make the same choice, can't blame them."
"This Zero, his methods are too despicable. His goal is clearly to create internal conflict between our seven nations and turn us into the laughingstock of the world."
"The more it's like this, the more we must unite and show them who the real clown is."
The Emperor of Eastern Nation, Inoue Amano, said in the video conference, "Starting immediately, organize large-scale slaughter of Dragon Nation professionals across every death territory in the world, just avoid Zero."
"And if Zero targets you, don't fall for his tricks again. Pass down the orders: if it happens again, better to die than to turn your weapons on your own."
As Inoue Amano finished speaking, the President of the Okaman Empire, Kuye, agreed, "I have no objection. To die for the glory of the Nation is an honorable death."
"Well then, everyone, let's begin our plan to suppress Dragon Nation!"
"Our goal is to make Dragon Nation disappear from this world!"
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