ROAR!
Before the professional players from the seven major nations could react.
Accompanied by a thunderous dragon roar, a scorching dragon flame descended from the sky, engulfing a vast area filled with professional players from the Eastern Nation.
In the next moment, damage numbers exceeding 90 million appeared one after another, instantly blasting dozens of Eastern Nation professionals within that area into beams of light.
Everyone on the field was instantly plunged into panic.
They all looked up. When they saw the person riding the dragon was the Dragon Nation's necromancer, Zero, everyone's eyes widened in shock and fear.
"Zero? Didn't they say he was still on the 34th floor of the Nightmare Abyss just a few minutes ago? How did he get to the 42nd floor so fast?"
"Damn!", The team leader from the Sun Nation, the archer Muse, looked up at the giant dragon with disbelief, "My people clearly saw him and Bear Nation's Athena on the 34th floor just five minutes ago. No matter how fast he is, it's impossible to clear eight levels of Nightmare Abyss in five minutes, right?"
While the Sun Nation was still in shock, the neighboring players from the Okaman Nation had already started running.
"Stop overanalyzing that crap, the guy's already right in front of you! Who cares how he got here? Run!"
"Brothers, hold the line, Okaman is outta here first!"
They had initially thought Zhang Yue couldn't possibly reach the 42nd floor so quickly. The plan was to finish off the Bear Nation group, then retreat from the Nightmare Abyss to avoid Zhang Yue.
But now that Zhang Yue had arrived ahead of schedule at the 42nd floor, even though the seven nations had more than two thousand professional players combined, they were well aware: with their strength, there was no way they could be a match for Zhang Yue, who could solo a Level 6 Beast Tide and a pseudo-king class boss.
So, the only way out now, was to run.
But prey targeted by Zhang Yue wasn't going to get away that easily.
Apex Predator, Ice-Sealed War God, Cherry, and Athena flanked four directions, completely sealing off the retreat routes of the seven nations.
Seeing it wasn't Zhang Yue himself, the professional players from the seven nations tried to break through the blockades, but they underestimated the strength of Apex Predator's group.
SLASH!
Dozens of Beacon professionals who attempted to force their way through were knocked to the ground by a single slash of Athena's spear, which unleashed a powerful light beam.
Athena's damage output was high enough to directly one-shot professionals of the same level.
However, she had activated Blood-Lock Protection Mode and didn't finish off the enemies on the spot.
Same went for Apex Predator, Cherry, and Ice-Sealed War God.
Anyone who tried to break through was repelled.
Under Blood-Lock Protection Mode, they were left with only 1 HP, barely surviving.
Meanwhile, the Armageddon Black Dragon hovered in the sky, firing energy blasts at a rate of three shots per second from its mouth. With the AOE splash damage caused by the Shining Immortal Demon Body, it heavily injured everyone trying to escape from the perimeter.
Once the retreat was completely sealed, everyone looked toward Zhang Yue with terrified eyes.
At this moment, most of them were likely thinking: If only we'd known Zhang Yue would arrive so soon, we should have run ahead of time.
Trying to kill the Bear Nations, and now getting themselves all killed in the process, what a massive loss.
Zhang Yue, riding on the back of the Armageddon Black Dragon, pulled out a few Death Marks from his body, symbolically waved them, and said to the professional players from the seven nations on the ground, "The rules, you know them. I don't need to teach you, right?"
Zhang Yue's method of taking revenge on the seven nations had long been spread across the internet in video form, seen by the world.
He made them kill each other. The victor lived, the defeated died.
That was their only chance of survival, otherwise, if Zhang Yue took action personally, none of them would be left alive.
Just then, the Sun Nation' leader, the archer Muse, glared at Zhang Yue with piercing eyes and shouted angrily, "We warriors of the Sun Never Sets Nation will never attack our own people just to survive. Don't try that childish trick again—you think—"
BOOM!
Before Muse could finish, the Armageddon Black Dragon spat a thick wad of phlegm-like breath that instantly killed him.
Under the effect of the Death Mark, Muse's body turned into ashes on the spot, slowly drifting away.
Around him, more than a hundred professionals from the Sun Nation were blasted into the air by the AOE splash damage from the Armageddon Black Dragon's attack, all left with just 1 HP.
Those who had intended to resist Zhang Yue to the end, even if it meant dying instead of disgracing their country, in this moment, with Muse's permanent death, their mental defenses were instantly shattered.
Living, in the end, meant more than face.
After Zhang Yue eliminated another batch of stubborn fools, the remaining players from the seven nations all quickly fell into line.
Following Zhang Yue's instructions, they had no choice but to turn their blades on their own teammates.
As the players from the seven nations fell into chaos and infighting, Zhang Yue personally launched a massacre against the Eastern Nation.
One flash-step, and he blinked directly from the dragon's back into the crowd.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Death Storm!
Hell's Judgment!
Thundercloud Storm!
With three consecutive AOE skills unleashed, more than three hundred Eastern Nation professionals were instantly wiped out.
Moreover, Zhang Yue had pre-charged his Transcendent Staff with a massive amount of Death Marks, meaning every Eastern Nation professional he killed suffered permanent death, without exception.
Just like that, one force among the seven nations was annihilated by Zhang Yue in the blink of an eye.
And Zhang Yue used overwhelming strength to prove: if he chose to act personally, destroying all seven nations would be effortless.
This made the remaining six nations fight even harder, desperately killing their own just to survive.
As one of the few surviving Eastern Nation players, Sato Kaigo looked at Zhang Yue with disbelief, "Didn't you say if we PK each other, you wouldn't step in?"
"And you Dragon Nation people keep talking about honor and keeping your word, this is your so-called trust?"
Zhang Yue looked at Sato Kaigo calmly and replied indifferently, "My rules, apply to people."
"You Eastern Nation trash, what do you think you are? Just you, worthy?"
In the next second, the Armageddon Black Dragon unleashed a stream of dragon flames, incinerating Sato Kaigo and the remaining Eastern Nation professionals on the spot.
After killing off that batch of Eastern Nation players, the Death Marks Zhang Yue had previously collected were nearly depleted.
Conveniently, this batch dropped a bunch of new Death Marks for him.
So, Zhang Yue picked up all the Death Marks scattered around the battlefield.
Not long after, the battles among the remaining six nations also concluded.
With over 600 casualties, only 400 players survived.
Zhang Yue kept his promise and let them all go.
But there was one condition: they had to remove all their equipment.
In the end, they were stripped down to nothing and released.
Of course, Zhang Yue didn't forget to record this spectacular battle.
As usual, he sent the recorded video to Ning Tiantian.
After the battle, the 200 rescued Bear Nation professionals all came up to thank Zhang Yue...
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