["Ding~ Nightmare Guardian has appeared near you, please stay alert!"]
As the system prompt fell.
Several beams of white light suddenly lit up in the crowd behind.
Several black shadows, moving at lightning-fast speed, shuttled through the crowd.
Wherever they passed, any professional touched by the black shadows were instantly killed.
Nightmare Guardian, an exclusive monster of the Otherworld Nightmare Dungeon, extremely powerful, and specializes in hunting professionals who enter the Nightmare Dungeon.
Historical record: Nightmare Guardians are guaranteed to be god-tier bosses at minimum.
At present, three Nightmare Guardians appeared at the same time, and the professionals from Thracian and Bear Nation were clearly unable to withstand them.
Athena locked onto one of them and launched an attack.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Her long blade swung, sending out dazzling sword lights, slashing down at high speed.
Each strike landed on the black shadow, causing bursts of 2 million+ damage.
Originally 5 million in damage, compressed down to 2 million.
This showed how strong the opponent was.
The magic dragon summoned by the Dragon Tamer, Axe, was slashed down and crashed to the ground by one of the Nightmare Guardians.
That Nightmare Guardian transformed into human form, clad in black armor, exuding dark aura all over, holding a light sword, and charged straight toward Athena.
At the critical moment—
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Zhang Yue quickly cast spells, precisely hitting the Nightmare Guardian with various lightning spells like Thunder Might, Shattered Thunder, Lightning and Thunder, Thundercloud Storm.
Zhang Yue's damage remained sharp as ever.
With 30–50 million in damage, he instantly shaved off one-fifth of the Nightmare Guardian's HP.
The Void Shield formed through damage conversion was cast on Athena.
Blocking the Nightmare Guardian's attack, Athena remained unscathed.
The next second, the Thirty-Six Winged Armageddon Black Dragon blasted the Nightmare Guardian back with a stream of dragon flame.
Zhang Yue swept past Athena, "Don't move. I'll handle it."
Athena looked at Zhang Yue, momentarily dazed.
Zhang Yue was slightly surprised, three Nightmare Guardians appeared at the same time.
This was extremely rare.
Because according to historical records: in Nightmare Dungeons, Nightmare Guardians usually appeared alone. Even having two appear simultaneously was extremely rare.
Three appearing at once—unprecedented.
'Could it be because this is the Death Territory, so the Nightmare Dungeon's difficulty is increased from the usual?'
From what could be seen, two of them were at level 105 god-tier boss level.
The other one, Zhang Yue couldn't even see its tier.
At this moment, the two god-tier Nightmare Guardians attacked Zhang Yue together.
Under Zhang Yue's summon, Phantom Predator, Purgatory Skeleton King, and Armageddon Black Dragon rushed at the Nightmare Guardians.
The strength of the three "sons" was enough to rival god-tier bosses.
Add in the mythical Little Cotton Jacket, Cherry.
Before the two god-tier Nightmare Guardians could even get close to Zhang Yue, they were each stomped underfoot by the Armageddon Black Dragon, while Phantom Predator and Skeleton King ground them into the dirt.
The surrounding professionals from Bear Nation and Thracian were stunned by the scene.
A Bear Nationn girl directly exclaimed in dragon language, "Holy shit!"
"That's a god-tier boss!"
"My god! This is absurd. Like Absurdity's mom opened the door for Absurdity, Absurd to the core!"
At this time, one of the Nightmare Guardians was on the ground, trampled under the Armageddon Black Dragon.
Phantom Predator stabbed its butt with a small knife, opening a third eye on the Nightmare Guardian.
The other Nightmare Guardian was slightly better off. Though also being ravaged by Skeleton King, at least it wasn't being stabbed in the butt.
With the three elder brothers pinning them down, Cherry unleashed suppressive firepower to the max.
Zhang Yue didn't even need to make a move.
Just a little effort from the pets, and those two Nightmare Guardians were easily subdued.
At that moment, the final Nightmare Guardian suddenly charged forward at extreme speed, bypassing the pet group and heading straight for Zhang Yue.
'Damn!'
Zhang Yue hadn't even made a move, and it came straight for him?
Just as the Nightmare Guardian was about to launch a surprise attack, Zhang Yue dodged using Shadow Shift.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
He counterattacked with Heavenly Fire Inferno + Frozen World + Thunder Might.
What Zhang Yue didn't expect was: the opponent actually dodged all three of his predicted attacks.
Zhang Yue was a bit surprised.
'This awareness far exceeds god-tier. It is even above emperor-tier.'
'Could it be a celestial-tier boss?'
If that were the case, then Zhang Yue was a bit excited.
Because up to now, the only celestial-tier boss Zhang Yue had ever encountered was the World 15 Monarch.
As for Dance of Thunder and Lightning: Shadow of Death, that was only a pseudo-celestial boss.
So technically, Zhang Yue had never truly killed a celestial-tier boss before.
Thus, Zhang Yue shifted from 30% lazy mode to 70% full alert mode.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
The Nightmare Guardian wielded the light sword, launching rapid slashes at Zhang Yue at extreme speed.
Zhang Yue dodged with extreme body technique and position shifting, simultaneously casting spells to counterattack when opportunities arose.
He and the Nightmare Guardian engaged in a peak duel.
To onlookers, this was simply a visual feast of PvP.
Every move and technique from both sides was beyond imagination.
Those dodges that seemed almost impossible were executed effortlessly.
Over 99% of the people present had never seen such a battle scene.
"What level boss is this?"
"This Nightmare Guardian is clearly much stronger than the two that were instantly killed earlier. It's definitely above god-tier, my guess is emperor-tier!"
"No, I've seen emperor-tier bosses. This one is beyond that level. It should be celestial-tier!"
"So he's soloing a celestial-tier boss, and it's evenly matched? What a god! He just redefined what I thought a top-tier pro was!"
Before this, Athena thought her own strength was among the top among peers.
But after meeting Zhang Yue, she increasingly felt: compared to Zhang Yue, she was just like a newbie who had just set foot in the Otherworld.
Among the field, not a single professional from the three great empires dared step in to help.
Because they knew: battles at this level. If they jumped in, they'd just be cannon fodder, serving only to amuse spectators.
During the continuous exchange, Zhang Yue gradually realized how terrifying the opponent was.
His state gradually rose from 70% to 80%, 90%, even 100%.
Only with 100% power could Zhang Yue barely suppress the opponent.
During the process, Zhang Yue noticed something: this Nightmare Guardian's techniques and combat style were very different from the other two.
And, Zhang Yue felt an intense sense of familiarity.
As if… they had fought more than once before.
As the battle deepened, this feeling became increasingly obvious.
BOOM!
With a Thunder Might strike, Zhang Yue knocked the Nightmare Guardian back.
Eyes blazing, Zhang Yue stared at the opponent and asked, "Who are you?"
That Nightmare Guardian stared back at Zhang Yue, eyes filled with endless hatred and killing intent.
The next second, it spoke words that shocked everyone present—
"You really are Asura!"
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