LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 197: Chapter 196: Heavens Hall, Status Soaring!
Zhang Yue accepted the friend request from [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon].
The other party immediately sent a message via Feixin: ["It's you, Asura God!"]
["Skip the meaningless talk,"] Zhang Yue replied directly, getting straight to the point. ["How did you find out my address?"]
The other party dodged the question: ["Shouldn't you first ask how I knew you were Asura?"]
["I've already said it—don't waste time with meaningless talk,"]Zhang Yue replied.["Asura died a hundred years ago. Did your house just get internet access?"]
["Hahaha!"], [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] laughed and responded, ["But someone told me you are Asura!"]
["Who?"]
[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] dodged the question again,
["From the moment I first heard about you, I became deeply interested in you. Over this period, I often imagined in my mind what kind of expert you might be."]
["Meeting you is truly better than hearing about you. You're even more amazing than I imagined."]
["I want to propose a deal: if you help me complete a task, I'll tell you everything you want to know."]
["Not interested,"] Zhang Yue replied. ["You can go ahead and spread whatever you know. Let's see if anyone believes it."]
On the other side of the chat window, [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] was stunned, ["What? Why isn't this guy playing by the rules?"]
Zhang Yue originally thought this person might be like Wolong—an old acquaintance from a hundred years ago.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be some con artist.
Zhang Yue decided to ignore [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon].
At this moment, [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]'s tone suddenly shifted, ["Big brother, I'm begging you!"]
["If you help me with this task, I'll give you something that you'll definitely be interested in."]
As he spoke, [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] sent over a picture.
The image showed an entry from the illustrated guide of an otherworldly Artifact:
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[Demon God's Heart] (Artifact)
Type: Auxiliary
Quality: Epic
Effect: Extract 30% of a pet's attack, defense, health, and mana values, and transfer them to the host. For each attribute, the highest value among the pets is chosen.
Description: When holding the Demon God's Heart, you will feel the heartbeat of a demon god and hear the whispers of death…
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Truth be told, Zhang Yue was indeed tempted after seeing the item entry.
An epic Artifact was already priceless.
For a Beastmaster, the Demon God's Heart was comparable to a super artifact.
It could significantly enhance one's attributes—exactly what Zhang Yue had been pursuing.
Ultimately, Zhang Yue couldn't resist the "sweet law of reality":
["Send me the item first, and then I'll help you."]
["No way! What if you scam me?"] [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] replied, ["Come to Tianjing, and I'll give it to you once you see me."]
Go to Tianjing?
Zhang Yue frowned slightly and replied,["Let's talk in a few days."]
He decided to leave [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] hanging for a bit.
After all, Zhang Yue still hadn't completed the mission in the Seventh World.
It wouldn't be too late to go once the mission was done.
Even though the game allowed logging into different locations, the early stages were divided into regions. If Zhang Yue logged into the Seventh World from Tianjing, the world mission would reset from the beginning.
Next, Zhang Yue simply closed Feixin, ignoring the countless messages [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] sent afterward.
["Don't do this, just come over now!"]
["Brother, I need your care and support!"]
["Why aren't you responding? Don't make me expose your identity."]
["Damn it! So aloof!"]
["At least let me know when you're coming!"]
[T/N: For those who don't know by now, I use square brackets('[',']') for texts that are sent over messages in novel.]
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On Zhang Yue's side:
Before the Professional Tournament began, his original plan was to aim for a city-level title at most, thinking that would be enough.
But unexpectedly, his performance exceeded expectations.
According to the Global Professional Organization's rules:
For guilds registered for less than three years, honor points earned in each year's Professional Contest are doubled.
Additionally, if a guild member secures a top-three spot in city-level, provincial-level, national-level, or world-level competitions, individual honor points are multiplied fivefold.
Each guild only counts the top ten scorers for the total.
Based on the calculations: Zhang Yue secured first place in the city, provincial, and national competitions, resulting in a final score multiplier of five:
4800 × 5 = 24,000 points.
Zhang Yue alone earned more points than at least 95% of guilds nationwide.
Coupled with the performances of Wu Haotian, Lin Tian, and Lu Chen, Heavens Hall achieved a total of 118,525 honor points.
From a bottom-ranked newly established guild in Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, it skyrocketed to third place in the city and eighth in the province, surpassing prestigious guilds like Misty Pavilion and Supreme.
Moreover, while the competition ended for other guilds in Zhejiang Province, for Heavens Hall, it wasn't over yet.
This was because Zhang Yue and Lu Chen could still participate in the World Finals, further boosting Heavens Hall's honor points.
By then, the guild's ranking would rise even higher.
When the annual guild leaderboard was refreshed, professionals across Zhejiang Province buzzed with discussion.
"Ah, the top guild in the province is still Infinite, no surprises there."
"This year's rankings seem unchanged compared to last year~"
"Wait... What's this Heavens Hall at eighth? Never heard of it. Registered for only 25 days… Holy crap! A newly established guild shot to eighth place in the province after one competition?"
"Oh, the guild leader is Zero? Ah, never mind then, disperse…"
After the competition, Zhang Yue immediately used the 10 million yuan prize money he received, plus some funds from his contributions to Glory Guild, to repay Tian Xin'er 12 million in full.
The money he borrowed yesterday was paid back today.
Tian Xin'er didn't feel relieved; instead, she seemed upset:
["Zhang Yue, how about you just repay me one million for now? The rest can be in installments…"]
As a "steel-hearted straight man," Zhang Yue obviously didn't understand Tian Xin'er's true intentions. Thinking she was worried about him being financially strained after repaying everything, he reassured her: ["It's fine. I still have enough on hand."]
After closing Feixin, Zhang Yue returned to the Seventh World's Slime Empire, traversing the wild zones in search of Golden Slimes.
In the following days, there weren't any particularly special missions.
Zhang Yue's daily life revolved around alternating between online and offline activities. Whenever he logged in, his sole focus was completing world missions and hunting Golden Slimes.
Meanwhile, the professional contestants representing Dragon Kingdom in the World Finals began preparing for the competition with full effort.
Their respective guilds and families poured immense resources into maximizing the contestants' capabilities.
After all, the World Finals were no ordinary event.
It was a battle for national honor.
It directly influenced a country's status and authority in this world.
If you thought it was just about reputation, you'd be gravely mistaken.
Each year, based on the World Finals rankings, the system of the Otherworld granted rewards to countries:
For example:
The first-ranked country received a 100% boost in experience, energy, and monetary rewards for all professionals over the next week, along with a 100% increase in drop rates for equipment and materials.
Second-ranked received 90%, third 80%, and so on…
A higher rank could accelerate a country's professionals' growth significantly in a short period.
In a world like this, the more professionals and the stronger they were, the more power and influence a country wielded.
Thus, the upcoming World Finals were the critical battle of this year's Global Professional Contest.
While the world's contestants were training tirelessly,
Zhang Yue leisurely farmed Slimes in the Seventh World…
Day after day…
Under the twilight glow of a setting sun, after days of relentless farming in the Seventh World, Zhang Yue finally reached 90% progress on the world mission "Kill 100 Golden Slimes."
Unknowingly, Zhang Yue's level had reached 50, the level cap for the Seventh World.
To continue leveling up, he needed to break through the Seventh World and reach the Eighth.
He even funneled surplus experience into his pets, leveling up the Dark Skeleton King, the Twenty-Four Winged Extinction Black Dragon, and the Shadow Predator to level 50 as well.
At this point, Zhang Yue had no further desires in the Seventh World.
"Tomorrow, I should be able to complete the world mission. Let's finish the Seventh World—I'm exhausted…"
Thinking this, Zhang Yue returned to his tribe.
As soon as he logged off, he received a message from Tian Xin'er via Feixin: ["Zhang Yue, can I see you one more time? I'm leaving."]
[T/N: As you all know, Global Tournaments will start soon, and as the name implies many countries throughout the globe will participate. Since the novel is based on real earth and country names are same as it is in real life, you are probably gonna see some biased opinions on them. So, I decided to use names like Alpine Nation, Cherry Nation and Cold Nation instead. Do you think I should proceed with it or want me to put the real names?]
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