Chapitre 6: Chapter 6: Supreme Guild, Liu Yao
Before Zhang Yue was reborn into this body, its original owner was a complete pauper.
Other than a somewhat decent-looking face, he had nothing going for him.
Still, before turning 18, being good-looking was enough to get by. That's how Zhang Yue managed to get a girlfriend: Lin Yue'er. [T/N: Lin Yue'er: Supreme Moon]
The two of them had been dating for six months, and things were going relatively well.
However, everything changed after yesterday's Awakening Day. When Zhang Yue awakened the Beast Tamer class, notoriously known as the most useless class for commoners, Lin Yue'er wasted no time in looking down on him and betraying him.
Lin Yue'er knew Zhang Yue's family couldn't possibly support a Beast Tamer. This core profession was no better than being a regular civilian—completely devoid of any prospects!
Their relationship had been shallow from the start, so Lin Yue'er dumped Zhang Yue immediately and found herself a rich new boyfriend: Liu Yao, the son of the wealthiest man in Linhai City!
Dressed in a flowing green robe, her long hair cascading down her back, Lin Yue had fair skin, bright eyes, and a radiant smile that drew envious stares.
At first glance, Lin Yue'er seemed surprised to see Zhang Yue.
But in the next moment, her surprise was replaced by disdain, and she took the initiative to mock him: "Oh, isn't this Zhang Yue? What a coincidence! You're here to challenge the secret realm too?"
Zhang Yue glanced at Lin Yue'er, his tone casual, "Yeah, just here to check things out."
Since Zhang Yue had turned off his level display and hidden his equipment's special effects, Lin Yue'er had no idea what level he was or what gear he was wearing. With a mocking smile, she added, "You? A common Beast Tamer who can't even afford rent, here to challenge a Level 5 secret realm? Do you even have what it takes?"
Zhang Yue replied indifferently, "And what's it to you?"
His dismissive attitude clearly angered Lin Yue'er.
In her mind, with Zhang Yue's previous "devoted dog" personality and deep feelings for her, he should have been begging her for another chance by now!
Just as Lin Yue'er was about to continue her taunts, Supreme Starshine—Liu Yao—wrapped his arm around her and sneered at Zhang Yue, "Doesn't feel great being dumped, huh?"
"Just a pair of worn-out shoes I've already tossed away," Zhang Yue said flatly. "If you like them, feel free to wear them."
"You—!" Lin Yue'er was so furious that she pointed at Zhang Yue, "What did you say? Say that again!"
Liu Yao's temper flared instantly, "Are you looking for death?"
To the surrounding crowd, it seemed like a fight was about to break out between Liu Yao, the current boyfriend, and Zhang Yue, the ex.
At the same time, a dangerous glint flashed in Zhang Yue's eyes as he glanced at the group of Supreme guild members itching to intervene.
His stance was clear: if they dared make a move, he would have no qualms about sending them all straight to hell.
Though they had the numbers and all of them were decked out in 1-star gear, the only one who posed a slight threat was Liu Yao, an Elite warrior. The rest were just low-level commoners.
But Zhang Yue, a Level 4 Mythical-class player wielding a golden Precursor's Staff, could easily wipe out these Level 2 commoners as if they were nothing more than chickens.
As for Liu Yao and his gold-tier gear, Zhang Yue wasn't concerned.
The gap between a Mythical-class player and an Elite-class player in terms of growth potential, base stats, and attribute bonuses was too vast to bridge with a few pieces of 1-star gold equipment.
Besides, Zhang Yue himself had two pieces of gold-tier gear.
Just as Zhang Yue was ready to fight, Liu Yao unexpectedly calmed down. "I don't have time to waste on you," he said coldly. "I've got a secret realm to clear, so I'll spare your pathetic life for now."
He turned to his guildmates, calling out, "Everyone brought their resurrection scrolls, right? Let's go, we're claiming the first clear!"
With that, the group gathered their gear and marched through the purple barrier into the secret realm.
The bystanders murmured among themselves:
"I thought they were going to fight!"
"Still, Liu Yao is seriously loaded. A resurrection scroll costs 3,000 yuan each at the marketplace (usable in the otherworld to revive a player upon death, with a limit of two uses every seven days). Buying one for each member of the team? That's tens of thousands of yuan!"
Unintentionally, Zhang Yue's image as a poor loser was cemented in the minds of the onlookers, and he became the target of their ridicule.
But Zhang Yue didn't care.
He was a poor loser, yes, but what did that have to do with his real identity as "Asura"?
His focus shifted back to the secret realm.
"Secret realms usually have a boss monster at the end. With my current strength, I can easily handle the smaller mobs, but I'm not sure I can take on the final boss alone."
Zhang Yue eyed the entrance to the City of Apocalypse secret realm and thought, "I need to level up my Armored Scorpion to Level 5. With its support, I'll be able to clear the realm."
With that in mind, Zhang Yue's attention turned to the scattered Level 5-6 Armored Scorpions in the surrounding grasslands.
Meanwhile, inside the secret realm...
Lin Yue'er fumed, "Yao-ge, he insulted me right to my face! Why didn't you teach that jerk a lesson?"
Liu Yao replied indifferently, "There were too many people outside. If word got out that I, Liu Yao, was killing fellow adventurers, it could tarnish my family's reputation. It's not worth the trouble."
Realizing this, Lin Yue'er immediately softened. "You're right, Yao-ge... you always think things through."
Liu Yao patted her head and, with a murderous glint in his eyes, said, "Don't worry, Yue'er. He's just a useless Beast Tamer. I'll make sure he kneels before you and begs for forgiveness."
Lin Yue'er's anger subsided, and a sweet smile spread across her face.
"Thank you, Yao-ge!"
With that, Liu Yao drew his sword and shouted, "Let's open the secret realm!"
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Back outside the secret realm, Zhang Yue raised his Flame Precursor Staff and locked onto a nearby Level 5 Armored Scorpion, launching his attack!
Super Fireball!
Boom!
-269 Critical Hit!
-20 Burn!
-32 Burn!
[Ding~ You have slain a Level 5 Armored Scorpion. Experience +15! Energy +50,000.]
The Level 5 Scorpion, with 290 HP, was instantly obliterated.
The crowd that had been mocking Zhang Yue as a poor loser just seconds before was now left with their jaws hanging in shock.
Some of the women in the crowd even began to approach Zhang Yue, trying to flirt with him.
"Hey, handsome, can you help me with some monsters? Maybe we could be friends?"
"Big bro, can I be your girlfriend? I swear, no matter what happens, I'll never betray you!"
Zhang Yue turned down all their advances.
Why would he share his experience points when he could have them all to himself?
And so, Zhang Yue continued farming Armored Scorpions, effortlessly cutting them down with his golden staff and A-Rank fireball spell.
Thanks to his "Sanctuary · Source of Magic" gear, each kill restored 20 mana points, significantly reducing his mana consumption.
No longer needing to wait for his slow mana regeneration to catch up before casting more spells, his efficiency in slaying monsters soared!
Zhang Yue's experience bar quickly filled up at a visible rate!
After about 20 minutes, a beam of golden light shone down.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you have reached Level 5...]
With his new level, Zhang Yue began allocating experience to his pet.
Instead of continuing to level himself, he diverted all the experience gained from killing monsters to his Armored Scorpion.
Usually, a Beast Tamer's pet requires the same amount of experience as its master to level up.
However, a Necromancer's pet only requires half the experience!
At lower levels, the requirements were simpler—50 experience points to go from Level 0 to 1, which Zhang Yue filled by killing just three Level 6 Armored Scorpions.
As the experience requirement grew higher, leveling became slower.
Just as Zhang Yue was about to finish leveling his pet, a system announcement rang out:
[Ding~ Attention all adventurers in Doomsday Town: The Level 5 Secret Realm, City of Apocalypse, will close in 10 minutes.]
Zhang Yue glanced at his Armored Scorpion's level: 4, 50% experience.
"Not much left."
But time was running out.
"You have to clear out some mobs inside the secret realm before the boss appears," Zhang Yue thought, staring at the scorpion's status panel. "Just need 500 more experience. I'll finish it inside."
With that, Zhang Yue disengaged from combat and made his way toward the secret realm entrance.
Just then, a large group of adventurers was suddenly "spit out" from the purple barrier that marked the entrance to the secret realm!
It was none other than the players from the Supreme guild.
One by one, they stumbled and fell to the ground, groaning in pain:
"Ow! These monsters are way too strong!"
"Thank goodness we had resurrection scrolls. Otherwise, we'd be dead for sure!"
"Well, yeah! Without them, would you have even dared to go in?"
"Good thing there's no experience penalty for dying if you're below Level 10, or else it would've been a huge loss dropping back to Level 1 after barely reaching Level 2!"
At that moment, Liu Yao, who had managed to get back on his feet, looked frustrated. "We were so close to beating that Scorpion Lord. You useless idiots. All that money spent on you was a complete waste."
Nearby, a Level 2 knight named Supreme Armor Break rubbed his bruised backside and complained, "Boss, that was a Level 7 boss. We're just a bunch of Level 2 adventurers—how were we supposed to beat it?"
Lin Yue'er ran up to Liu Yao, clinging to his arm and whining in a sweet, playful tone, "Yao-ge, don't be angry. It's just a Level 5 secret realm. When the higher-level realms show up later, we can always go after those."
As she spoke, a figure walked past them, heading straight for the secret realm entrance.
"Zhang Yue? He's still here?" Lin Yue'er glared at him, recalling how he had insulted her earlier by calling her "worn-out shoes," and her anger flared up again.
Liu Yao, however, was indifferent. "Does he really think he can take on a Level 5 secret realm by himself? What an overconfident fool."
Lin Yue'er sneered, "When I was with him, he was so broke he couldn't even pay the 600 yuan a month rent. There's no way he could afford a 3,000 yuan resurrection scroll."
Liu Yao chuckled coldly, "Then let him die in there. Saves me the trouble of dealing with him myself."
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