LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 243: Chapter 242: Wodemar Plains, Flying Mantis!
SSS-level quest!
As expected, after all, Lord was an SSS-level Beast merchant.
Zhang Yue immediately accepted the quest.
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[Flying Mantis] (SSS-level)
Difficulty Rating: 1800
Description: Beast merchant Lord urgently needs a batch of Flying Mantis illustrations from the Wodemar Plains. Please proceed to the plains, kill Flying Mantises, and collect their illustrations.
Quest Time: 3 days
Quest Progress: 0/300
Quest Rewards: 2 million experience points, 30 gold coins, 1 million ability energy, a Level 55 7-star Eternal Set equipment piece +1 (D-rank, profession-specific choice).
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At first glance, the quest didn't seem different from those received from ordinary Beast merchants in Mechanical City.
However, the main difference lay in this: ordinary merchants could only offer quests up to A-level, with corresponding A-tier rewards.
This SSS-level quest, on the other hand, could go all the way to SSS-tier, yielding SSS-tier rewards.
This meant that if Zhang Yue completed the quest at 7x multiplier—collecting 2,100 Flying Mantis illustrations for Lord—he could obtain an SSS-tier Eternal Set equipment piece.
Of course, that was the normal quest requirement.
However, Zhang Yue had already negotiated with Lord to enjoy a 50% discount, requiring only 1,050 illustrations to complete the quest.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue accepted the quest.
In the next second, he opened his storage space and retrieved 1,050 illustrations from his stash of 5,000 Universal Beast Illustrations, substituting them for the Flying Mantis illustrations and submitting them to Lord.
Lord's eyes widened like saucers. "When did you collect these Flying Mantis illustrations?"
"Just now."
"Just now? Didn't I just tell you I needed Flying Mantis illustrations?"
Lord stared at Zhang Yue in disbelief, as if wondering whether the Beast Kingdom had been haunted.
Despite his confusion, Lord happily accepted the submitted illustrations.
At the same time, a pleasant system notification sounded in Zhang Yue's ear:
[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the quest [Flying Mantis]. The system has detected a 7x completion multiplier. You have received SSS-tier rewards: 14 million experience points, 210 gold coins, 7 billion energy, and [Eternal Set Choice Box] +1 (Level 60, 8-star, SSS-tier)]
Completing the quest at 7x multiplier raised the rewards to seven times the base amount.
What surprised Zhang Yue was that the equipment reward had been upgraded from a Level 55, 7-star Eternal Set to Level 60, 8-star.
After submitting the first quest, Zhang Yue triggered another conversation with Lord.
It was well-known that in the Ninth World, advanced Beast merchants found in the wild allowed professionals to accept and complete quests up to seven times within three days to claim rewards.
This was designed to help players collect all seven parts of the Eternal Set, as it consisted of seven equipment slots.
That said, ordinary players would find it impossible to achieve 7x multiplier completion on all quests within three days.
Even Zhang Yue would have struggled if he'd started from scratch.
Luckily, he had 5,000 Universal Beast Illustrations.
These illustrations alone were enough for him to complete the quest four times.
So, Zhang Yue repeatedly accepted and completed the quest, securing four rounds of SSS-tier rewards.
Lord, now suspicious, asked, "Did you wipe out the entire Flying Mantis clan?"
He couldn't have imagined that Zhang Yue hadn't even touched a single Flying Mantis yet...
Since Zhang Yue's level had already reached the Ninth World cap of Level 60, the 56 million experience points from completing the quest four times were stacked as surplus.
Using just 40 million experience points, Zhang Yue leveled his 24-Winged Extinction Black Dragon from Level 55 to Level 60.
Thanks to the combined effects of Void Stone and Necromancer's Blessing, the dragon's experience requirements were reduced by 80%.
During the leveling process, the Extinction Black Dragon unexpectedly learned a new exclusive skill:
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[Doomsday Dragon Roar] (D-rank): Emits a piercing roar, stunning enemies within a 100-yard radius and reducing their physical defense by 5% for 10 seconds.
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Without hesitation, Zhang Yue spent over 30 million energy to upgrade the skill to S-rank, increasing the defense reduction effect to 30%.
With only 800 illustrations remaining, Zhang Yue could no longer use them to complete quests.
He bid farewell to Lord and officially began his journey to collect Flying Mantis illustrations.
As for Lord, he hastily fled the Centipede Cave, kicking the Flying Centipede's corpse in frustration before heading toward Mechanical City.
Not long after Zhang Yue and Lord left the Centipede Cave, Liu Sheng arrived with thousands of players from the Empire Guild in grand fashion.
The first thing they saw was the massive corpse of the Flying Centipede.
Even though it was just a corpse, the sight of such a colossal SSS-tier Flying Centipede made their scalps tingle.
One by one, they stared at the corpse, chills running down their spines.
"This... was really soloed by Zero?"
"How powerful must he be to achieve this?"
Liu Sheng sneered dismissively. "His people are all in the Eighth World. We have the numbers; no matter how strong he is, he can't fight off our entire Empire Guild alone."
He then ordered an assassin squad to enter the cave under stealth to investigate.
However, they soon reported that the cave was completely empty.
Clenching his fists, Liu Sheng growled, "He must have caught wind of our arrival and fled."
"Hmph, does he think he can escape?"
"Search the area thoroughly! Turn every stone if you must. Find Zero at all costs."
As Liu Sheng issued his command, the Empire Guild dispersed to conduct a wide-scale search.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yue followed the mission's guidance to a rocky area.
Flying Mantises, as SSS-tier rare Beasts, were typically located in highly concealed areas.
Indeed, Zhang Yue navigated through several narrow rock crevices before arriving at a secluded paradise-like zone: the Wodemar Plains.
This location was so hidden that it would be nearly impossible to find without mission guidance.
Scanning the horizon, Zhang Yue saw countless giant green mantises hovering above the expansive plains.
These were his current targets: Level 60 SSS-tier Beasts—Flying Mantises.
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[Flying Mantis] (Physical-type SSS-tier Beast)
Level: 60
Physical Attack: 8300
Physical Defense: 4400
Magic Defense: 4250
HP: 350,000
Skills: Leaf Cutter Slash (A-rank), Sky Strike (A-rank)
Suppression Effect: 150%
Description: The Flying Mantis's arms are essentially sharp scythes capable of easily slicing through enemies. Avoid close-range combat when facing one...
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SSS-tier Beasts.
Unfortunately, Zhang Yue's pets, lacking the Eternal Set, couldn't handle this. He had to take matters into his own hands.
Locking onto a Flying Mantis ahead, Zhang Yue gripped his staff and moved in.
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