Awoke As A God After Auto Battling For 1000000 Years

With Liu Sheng's deliberate efforts to spread rumors, news of Zhang Yue maliciously ambushing and killing the president and vice president of the Longcheng Empire Guild—leading to President Xu Bei's permanent death—quickly spread across Tianjing and even Longcheng.

Online, countless netizens debated the issue.

Opinions varied, with some believing Zhang Yue, while others harshly criticized him.

["Is this real or fake? What motive would Zero have? Why would he kill someone from the Empire Guild?"]

["I heard it was out of jealousy over Xu Bei's status and talent. Xu Bei came all the way from Longcheng to protect him, but Zero turned around and killed him out of envy! Truly a heartless killing machine!"]

["Exactly! I even used to think of Zero as my idol. Who knew he'd be such a narrow-minded scumbag?"]

["Don't jump to conclusions so soon. I've heard of Zero's deeds. He doesn't seem like the type to resent the rich. Maybe there's some misunderstanding here?"]

["Misunderstanding? With so many eyewitnesses from the Empire Guild, how could it be a misunderstanding? I heard the upper ranks of the Empire Guild have already issued an order to mobilize their elite forces to hunt Zero in Tianjing. Would they act without solid evidence?"]

["I also heard Zero defeated many prominent guilds and families in Zhejiang and Zhening. Even the two major guilds in Tianjing—Glory and the Chen Army—were crushed by him. The Empire Guild might not be able to handle Zero either."]

["You're overestimating. Zhejiang and Zhening's small guilds, or Tianjing's so-called Three Great Families, can't compare to our Empire Guild in Longcheng. The Empire Guild is a top-tier guild under Ice Emperor's command, with professionally trained elites. No matter how strong Zero is, he can't possibly fight against the Empire Guild."]

"[Killing Ice Emperor's disciple? Looks like even if the Asura God came back to life, he might not be able to save Zero this time!"]

The situation escalated rapidly online.

———

At the Longcheng Empire Guild Headquarters, Vice President's Office.

Xu Aiguo glanced at the news on his phone, a grin forming at the corner of his mouth. "Perfect. This is exactly the effect I wanted."

Next to him, his secretary in black stockings hesitated, feeling uneasy. "Boss, but Master Xu Bei… are we just abandoning him like this?"

"For the sake of my collaboration with the Eastern Nation, what's the harm in sacrificing a pawn? Mr. Amano has already promised to transfer 10 billion in funding as soon as Zero is dead."

"With that money, we can strengthen ourselves in this chaotic era."

After a pause, Xu Aiguo asked the secretary, "Have my orders been carried out?"

The secretary nodded. "The Empire Guild's elite forces, led by Liu Sheng, are already en route to Tianjing. They should arrive by tomorrow morning."

Feeling slightly uneasy, Xu Aiguo stood up and said, "Prepare the car. I'm going to Tianjing myself."

"I want to see Zero's death with my own eyes!"

———

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

After completing a dungeon run and hunting down some red-named players, Zhang Yue logged off.

The next morning, after waking up, washing up, and having breakfast at a nearby diner with members of the Heavens Hall, he seemed unusually calm.

Watching Zhang Yue quietly sip porridge and eat flatbread, Liyue, Night Owl, and One Night Stand all looked worried.

"President, how can you stay so calm in a situation like this…"

"Are you… not worried at all?"

Zhang Yue replied nonchalantly, "Worried about what?"

Liyue was incredulous. "You killed the president of the Empire Guild. The whole of Tianjing knows about it now, and there are so many people cursing you online…"

"Plus, the Empire Guild has already dispatched their elite forces from Longcheng. If nothing unexpected happens, they'll arrive in Tianjing soon, and their retaliation will begin…"

Whether Zhang Yue had truly killed Xu Bei was a mystery, even to Ouyang Ling'er.

Since last night, after exiting the monster nest dungeon, Zhang Yue had given no explanation.

Still munching on his flatbread, Zhang Yue appeared unconcerned. "Let them come to me first, then I'll deal with it."

———

After breakfast, Zhang Yue logged in, preparing to hunt the Sky Centipede.

He had been eyeing this SSS-ranked Sky Centipede for a long time. Now, with his newly acquired A-rank Eternal Set, he was finally ready to take it down.

Leaving Mechanical City, Zhang Yue rode his Extinction Black Dragon, arriving at his destination within ten minutes.

Once again, he found himself outside the familiar dark lair.

Zhang Yue recalled the Extinction Black Dragon to his pet space, refraining from summoning the Hell Skeleton King or the Shadow Predator.

This setup clearly indicated his intent to solo the Sky Centipede.

None of his three pets currently had the Eternal Set, rendering them incapable of dealing damage to the SSS-ranked monster with its 150% suppression effect.

This battle was destined to be Zhang Yue's fight alone.

Holding his Eternal Staff, Zhang Yue approached the cave, only to notice the pitch-black interior was eerily silent.

As he wondered why the Sky Centipede wasn't coming out, a dark red death beam suddenly shot from behind him.

Zhang Yue's reaction was astonishing. He immediately used Shadow Shift. Within 0.1 seconds of relocating, the death beam struck the ground, creating a massive crater where he had just been standing.

Looking up, Zhang Yue saw the Sky Centipede's enormous, tens-of-meters-long body swaying in the low air.

Its countless legs were enough to make anyone's skin crawl.

Who would have thought this creature anticipated Zhang Yue's arrival and set up an ambush outside the lair?

Without hesitation, Zhang Yue raised his staff and locked onto the Sky Centipede, launching his attack!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A series of S-rank single-target burst skills hit the Sky Centipede, causing several blood-red damage numbers to pop up over its head:

-15,358!

-15,996!

-34,027…

Even Zhang Yue's most potent SSS-unique skill, Voidless: God-Slaying Curse, which could deal over 160,000 damage under normal circumstances, only inflicted around 30,000 damage on the Sky Centipede.

The damage from his other S-rank skills was even more negligible.

This was because Zhang Yue's A-rank Eternal Set could only reduce the monster's suppression effect by 70%, meaning the Sky Centipede still imposed an 80% suppression effect on him.

As a result, Zhang Yue could only output 20% of his total damage.

Still, being able to deal this amount of damage meant that, in Zhang Yue's eyes, the Sky Centipede was already in the bag.

After finishing a combo, the Sky Centipede's massive body shot toward Zhang Yue like an arrow.

Reacting swiftly, Zhang Yue dodged the charge, and the Sky Centipede burrowed into the ground.

A brief silence fell over the area.

Moments later—

BOOM!

With a deafening crash, the Sky Centipede burst out from beneath Zhang Yue's feet.

Dodging in time, Zhang Yue evaded its relentless underground and aerial attacks.

The ground trembled violently as the Sky Centipede moved back and forth.

During the battle, Zhang Yue inevitably took several hits.

Three consecutive strikes of over 30,000 damage each instantly shattered his S-rank magic shield and took away a third of his HP.

The Sky Centipede's Sky Burrow skill proved to be a real headache.

"If that's how it's going to be, I'll have to get serious."

Seizing the opportunity after the Sky Centipede's skill cooldown, Zhang Yue launched a fierce counterattack…

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