The invitation letters received by the leaders and core figures of countries around the world were all virtual invitation letters. Through the invitation letter, they could only learn about the existence of the Hell Arena.
Only the one received by Zhang Yue was a physical invitation letter.
The only possibility, perhaps, was within this invitation letter.
When Zhang Yue took out this invitation letter, it indeed resonated with the rift in the air.
On the cover of the invitation letter appeared a rift identical to the one floating in the air.
The rift flickered with dim light, and streams of red lightning flowed through it.
This lightning appeared to flow directly into Zhang Yue's hand, incredibly realistic.
Chen Zijin widened her eyes, looking at the invitation letter in Zhang Yue's hand, which was flowing with lightning, and couldn't help but say, "This current is so real! It's like you're really holding lightning in your hand!"
"Indeed," Zhang Yue gazed calmly at the invitation letter and said, "It's real enough to make me watch myself fall step by step into his setup."
"Kind of funny too," Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh.
Zhang Yue's laugh made Chen Zijin nervous, "What are you laughing at?"
"Doesn't matter anymore," Zhang Yue said, "You want to play? I'll play with you."
Saying that, Zhang Yue carefully observed the rift on the letter in his hand.
The form of the rift was identical to the one in the air, as if it was a version scaled down by one hundred thousand times.
But Zhang Yue discovered: the flow of electricity on the rift of the letter was different from the actual lightning in the sky.
Dozens of red lightning bolts coursed along the rift, as if they were all pointing in one direction.
No matter how Zhang Yue rotated the letter, the lightning always pointed in one direction, like a compass.
So, Zhang Yue summoned the 36-Winged Armageddon Black Dragon, and together with Chen Zijin, rode the dragon in the direction indicated by the lightning.
BOOM!
Rumble~ Rumble~
Above the sky, dark clouds pressed down, lightning and thunder roared, a scene straight out of the apocalypse.
Soon, Zhang Yue arrived in a valley.
After landing, he didn't find anything special about this valley.
However, the flow of electricity on the invitation letter returned to normal once they arrived.
If this really was a guidance, then the place it pointed to was likely this valley under Zhang Yue's feet.
Chen Zijin looked around and asked, confused, "But there isn't even a single monster here. How can this be the entrance to the Hell Arena?"
Zhang Yue seemed to sense something and looked up.
High above, thunder and lightning surged.
BOOM!
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky, striking straight at Zhang Yue.
"Watch out!", Chen Zijin reacted quickly and pushed Zhang Yue aside.
The next second, the lightning that should've struck Zhang Yue hit Chen Zijin directly.
Immediately after, Chen Zijin disappeared along with the lightning.
Before Zhang Yue could react, another bolt of lightning from the sky struck him.
In an instant, Zhang Yue disappeared.
WHOOSH!
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yue appeared in a cloud layer.
Above the cloud layer flew countless Level 170 [Thunder Bats].
Those Thunder Bats were surging with lightning all over their bodies.
Upon seeing Zhang Yue, they bared their fangs and charged toward him.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Lightning surged all around, and the dark clouds beneath his feet seemed like a giant bloody mouth, wanting to devour Zhang Yue.
The monsters in the 32nd World were all at least Level 171.
It seemed that the level of the Thunder Bats was tied to the level of the intruder.
Because Zhang Yue's level happened to be exactly Level 170.
Faced with the oncoming enemies, Zhang Yue didn't say a word, grabbed his Extraordinary Staff, and began attacking.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Annihilation: Thunder Judgment!
Shatter: Thunder Heart!
Thunderstorm: Lightning Dance!
One after another, SSS-grade unique skills blasted toward the Thunder Bats. With over 3 billion in damage, he effortlessly wiped them out.
Each kill triggered a chase effect. Forty kills triggered thunder surge, with chase and combo, making Zhang Yue's attacks nearly world-ending in power.
With just three single-target skills, he instantly wiped out hundreds of Thunder Bats that tried to approach.
But the Thunder Bats seemed endless.
Just as one wave was defeated, another wave came flying.
Zhang Yue accepted them all.
He converted all the Thunder Bats into his own experience and alien energy.
After dealing with three waves of Thunder Bats, no more enemies appeared.
At this moment, Zhang Yue suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the clouds.
In a flash, his vision returned to land, inside that same valley.
Not long after, a bolt of lightning fell, and Chen Zijin appeared beside Zhang Yue.
But Zhang Yue noticed: the health bar above Chen Zijin's head wasn't full, but was stuck at 65%.
"You were attacked by Thunder Bats too?", Chen Zijin looked at Zhang Yue, curious.
"Seems we faced the same challenge," Zhang Yue said, "Were the Thunder Bats strong?"
"Not really, kind of weak actually," Chen Zijin replied, a bit puzzled, "Why are you asking?"
"Because you lost some HP," Zhang Yue glanced at her health bar and said, "From what I know of you, in a battle of this level, your injury rate should be zero."
"Huh? I lost HP?", Chen Zijin looked a bit surprised, "But I wasn't attacked by any Thunder Bats. I killed them all before they could attack."
As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Yue's head and then laughed mischievously, "You lost HP too!"
"Hahaha! Was this fight a bit too hard for you? You actually lost HP!"
Zhang Yue frowned slightly.
He checked his status panel and did find that his HP had somehow dropped to 92%.
But in his memory, he hadn't been attacked by the Thunder Bats either.
At this moment, Zhang Yue seemed to realize something. He checked the battle log and calculated the time based on the records.
He found that he had spent exactly 8 seconds in that cloud realm.
His HP was now at 92%, meaning he had lost 8%.
Looking at Chen Zijin, she spent 35 seconds inside, which matched her 35% HP loss.
"Looks like that domain has a forced HP drain setting, 1% HP drained per second, ignores shields, and no recovery during the period."
This also meant that once you entered the challenge space, you had a maximum of 100 seconds.
Even if you took no damage, you could only stay inside for 100 seconds. Otherwise, you'd die.
If you got hurt during that time and lost even more HP, you'd last even less.
King-level Secret Realms, sure enough, not just anyone could enter.
At that moment, Chen Zijin suddenly smiled sweetly at Zhang Yue and said, "So, earlier you said that in this kind of battle I shouldn't even lose HP, were you complimenting how strong I am?"
Zhang Yue responded honestly, "Wasn't I?"
Chen Zijin waved her hand and laughed, "Ahhh, compared to you, I'm still far behind!"
Zhang Yue: "That's indeed far behind."
Chen Zijin: "Straight man (￢_￢)"
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