Zhang Yue, with a slightly surprised gaze, glanced at Athena.
Athena obviously deliberately avoided the surrounding people and leaned in to whisper this sentence to Zhang Yue.
"Where did it seem that I deliberately let him go?"
Athena pondered for a moment and said, "Your performance gave me that intuition."
"You were indeed saving me, I know that, I didn't mean to distort the facts," Athena was even afraid Zhang Yue would misunderstand, so she specially explained.
Then she continued, "I feel that with your strength, after helping me block the attack at that time, you actually still had a lot of room to maneuver, it was completely in time to intercept him, but you didn't do that, you just watched him fly away."
"And later your performance was too calm, just like a person who finally scratched a lottery ticket and won the jackpot, but in the end missed claiming the prize due to expiration, and lost the jackpot. From you, I didn't see that kind of feeling at all."
Zhang Yue actually looked at Athena with some newfound respect, "You're quite smart, huh."
Receiving Zhang Yue's affirmative response, Athena curiously asked, "So, why exactly did you let him go? Just now in that situation, you should have been able to kill him."
"Not fat enough, wait until he fattens up before killing," Zhang Yue spoke quite casually.
These words stunned Axe and Garuda along with the others.
"Huh? An Immortal-level BOSS isn't fat enough? I didn't hear wrong, right?"
"So big bro, you deliberately let the BOSS go, wanting to fatten him up before killing?"
Athena thought about it too and felt a little scared afterward, "The strength of the Lord of Wrath should have been suppressed and weakened by some force, his true strength is far more than this. If we don't take advantage of now to kill him, later it will become harder and harder to kill him."
Zhang Yue didn't really care, "Relax."
"I have the confidence to deal with him."
Hearing Zhang Yue say so, Athena didn't say anything more.
About several dozen minutes of journey.
Everyone arrived at a huge [Beast Fighting Arena].
Apparently having been here before, Athena introduced to Zhang Yue, "Inside this beast fighting arena, the number of Soul Devourers is countless, and among them, the ones that have devoured souls are far more numerous than on a normal map."
"As long as you kill the Soul Devourers inside and reach the target number of released souls, you can achieve the accomplishment and get rewards, with no upper limit."
'No upper limit?'
'Looking at it this way, this indeed is a good place to farm Soul Hunter levels.'
At this moment, Athena added, "However, the strength of the Soul Devourers inside the beast fighting arena is much higher than outside, and the danger level is also far higher than ordinary maps, so be extra careful while farming."
This remark was said to her Bear Nation teammates behind her, obviously not aimed at Zhang Yue.
Because Zhang Yue, who could casually deal with even an Immortal-level BOSS, would hardly be afraid of a bunch of Soul Devourers in such a small map?
At the scene were more than two hundred Bear Nation professional players.
Their levels were all 100+, and their equipment was very refined; they were all elites from Bear Nation's number one guild, Divine Mansion.
The next moment, everyone entered the beast fighting arena.
Formed into teams of five, over two hundred people, divided into more than forty teams in total.
Saber Athena, Dragon Tamer Axe, Soul Archer Garuda, and another Priest girl, formed a team with Zhang Yue.
Because in the beast fighting arena, killing Soul Devourers and releasing souls would be shared among the whole team, there was no need to worry about Zhang Yue killing too fast and resulting in all the souls being released only by him, leaving nothing for Athena and the others.
Looking around, the surroundings of the beast fighting arena were giant city walls dozens of meters tall and two meters thick.
And the entire beast fighting arena's area was at least as big as a real-world city.
In all directions, ferocious Soul Devourers could be seen everywhere.
They exuded a strong dark aura, indeed somewhat different from ordinary Soul Devourers outside.
This was due to them having devoured many human souls over time, and relying on the power converted from these souls, they became stronger.
Their levels were uniformly high, reaching level 110, of the nineteenth world's sky plate level existence.
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[Soul Devourer]（Physical·Ordinary Monster）
[Level: 110]
[Physical Attack: 292,000]
[Physical Defense: 138,000]
[Magic Defense: 125,000]
[Health Points: 55,600,000]
[Skills: Charge (A-level), Tear (A-level)]
[Description: A fierce beast that loves feeding on human souls. They are extremely savage and brutal, treating all humans as prey. Once your soul is devoured by a Soul Devourer, they only need three days to completely digest your soul, and by then, you will forever become a walking corpse...]
Advanced Attributes:
[Armor Penetration: 220%]
[Damage Increase: 280%]
[Critical Strike: 80%]
[Armor Penetration Resistance: 90%]
[Penetration Resistance: 80%]
[Critical Resistance: 30%]
[Damage Reduction: 90%]
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Having gotten used to seeing BOSS stats, especially having just recently seen the stats of the Immortal-level BOSS, Lord of Wrath.
Zhang Yue now looking at these small monsters' stats, felt simply unbearable to look at.
'Too trashy!'
However, when Athena posted the Soul Devourers' stats in the guild group, the professional players at the scene all showed nervous expressions.
Apparently, for them, these level 110 Soul Devourers were not so easy to handle.
"The Soul Devourers inside this beast fighting arena have too much HP, at least 20% more than the Soul Devourers outside!"
"Not just HP, right, all attributes are much higher, a bit hard to deal with..."
"Solo, deal with one at a time, T tanks, others mind your positions!"
Just when various teams around were discussing tactics.
Over here, Zhang Yue already started to act.
ROAR!
He summoned the Thirty-Six Wing Armageddon Dark Dragon and the Phantom Predator to lure monsters nearby.
In a short while, a large group of Soul Devourers, from all directions, swarmed toward Zhang Yue's side.
Such a scene scared the nearby teams into dodging away from the path of the beasts' charge.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Hundreds of Soul Devourers, lured by the Dark Dragon and the Predator, came close.
Dust and debris filled the air instantly.
Garuda, who was chosen as the attack target along with Zhang Yue's small team, was dumbfounded: "I have severe trypophobia, save me, save me!"
Zhang Yue, holding the Extraordinary Staff, stood in place, calm and composed.
Waiting only for those Soul Devourers to enter attack range.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
SS-level Flash Lightning!
SS-level Thundercloud Storm!
Two lightning-type AOE skills were cast toward two different locations, powerful currents and storms instantly engulfing countless Soul Devourers.
-72,358,000!
-72,358,000!
-24,350,000! -24,350,000! -24,350,000...
Before Athena and the others could even strike.
They heard a series of battle prompts in their ears.
["Ding~ your teammate [Zero] killed Soul Devourer x73, you gained participation experience +109 million, Energy +2.19 million, total souls released: 3!"]
["Ding~ you gained Level 5 Soul Hunter extra 50% battle gains: experience +50.46 million, Energy +1.095 million!"]
["Ding~ your teammate [Zero] killed Soul Devourer x82, you gained participation experience +123 million, Energy +2.46 million, total souls released: 4!"]
["Ding~ you gained Level 5 Soul Hunter extra 50% battle gains: experience +61.5 million, Energy +1.23 million!"]
["Ding~ congratulations, you released 5 souls, completed beginner achievement [Soul Salvation], received reward..."]
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