Not long ago, when Zhang Yue was fighting the dragon legion summoned by the God of Desire, he had been thinking, 'The greatest limitation of my current Undead Legion is that it can only summon melee-type Death Servants. When faced with enemies that can attack from range or fly, I'm completely helpless.'
Unexpectedly, once Tier Three Undead Summoning was unlocked, it immediately provided Zhang Yue with a new type of Death Servant, archer-type, capable of long-range attacks.
That was simply bread arriving when hungry, a pillow when sleepy.
Though the warrior-type Death Servants had exceptional melee ability, they still had a glaring weakness.
Now, combined with the archer-type Death Servants, it was a perfect blend of offense and balance, meat and vegetables together, flawless.
Moreover, as the types of Death Servants began to diversify, each kind started developing its own unique characteristics.
For example:
Warrior-type Death Servants could gain an Attack Aura during battle, increasing final damage output by 10%.
Archer-type Death Servants could gain a Speed Aura, boosting final attack speed by 10%.
As a Necromancer, Zhang Yue could manually set the ratio of his Death Servants.
The Tier Three Undead Summoning skill allowed for a maximum of 5000 Death Servants.
So, Zhang Yue configured 3000 warrior-type and 2000 archer-type Death Servants.
In this way, once the warrior-type Death Servants filled their quota, the remaining capacity would automatically be used for archer-types.
With the army cap expanded from 1000 to 5000, the next stage of combat would focus mainly on accumulating Death Servants.
The original 1000 Tier Two Death Servants with full blood purity were all upgraded alongside the skill's advancement, becoming Tier Three full-blood Death Servants.
Their strength also skyrocketed. They could not only inherit 120% of Zhang Yue's total stats, but each one also possessed the Tier 3 Execution skill and carried an Attack Aura.
In this state, even a basic attack could deal around 15 billion damage to a mechanical soldier.
Three normal attacks were enough to easily kill one.
And a single Tier 3 Execution skill? Instant kill!
The undead army's destructive power was more than enough.
But still, Zhang Yue couldn't just sit still.
After receiving a message from Ouyang Linger—
Whoosh!
He spread his angelic wings, soared above the undead army, and flew straight toward the Level 245 map: [Mechanical City].
According to Ouyang Linger's analysis, Mechanical City was one of the main bases of the mechanical legion. The number of mechanical soldiers there far exceeded that of ordinary wilderness zones.
Before long, Zhang Yue arrived above Mechanical City.
At that moment, he could see many other players, grouped up and attacking the city as well.
Most of them were moving in teams of three to five, fighting extremely cautiously, they didn't dare challenge an entire mechanical battalion head-on.
Upon encountering one, they would lure a few outer sentries out to fight separately.
And from the looks of it, even that was a struggle.
Five players had to spend considerable effort just to take down two mechanical soldiers.
At this point, the players on the ground outside the city still hadn't noticed Zhang Yue's arrival.
But the instant he appeared, countless mechanical soldiers inside Mechanical City detected a powerful threat.
They immediately switched into combat mode, gripping their mechanical rifles, and unleashed a flurry of gunfire toward the airborne Zhang Yue, ratatatatatata!
Zhang Yue didn't even bother dodging.
He stood calmly in place, spreading his angelic wings to form a feather shield.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Countless bullets struck the shield, like eggs smashing against a rock.
At that same moment, the players outside the city finally looked up, and spotted Zhang Yue hovering in the sky.
"Zero! It's God Zero!"
"Holy crap! When did the god-tier player arrive? So silent!"
Under everyone's stunned gaze, Zhang Yue deflected the mechanical army's volley with his feather shield, then unfurled his wings wide.
In the next instant, he swung his 47-star Flowing Gold Glory Transcendent Staff.
Extinction Skill, Thunderous Might!
BOOM!
A fierce lightning bolt descended from the heavens, striking the chest of a Level 245 mechanical soldier at the core of the formation.
-55.58 billion!
An astronomical number popped up, the damage instantly drained the full health bar above the target's head. Instant kill.
At the same time, the Phantom Eye passive triggered a chain lightning effect.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Bolts of lightning continued raining down, engulfing the entire area.
Within moments, every mechanical soldier in that sector was obliterated!
Over 50 enemies were instantly vaporized.
Absorbing the energy of 50 lightning strikes triggered the Transcendent Set Skill: [Thunder Surge].
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Massive waves of thunder and flame crashed down again, mercilessly bombarding the surrounding mechanical troops.
In just seconds, the entire eastern gate of Mechanical City was reduced to ash, not a single blade of grass left.
The sight of Zhang Yue wiping out a C-rank mechanical battalion with a single skill left every onlooker completely dumbfounded.
———
To gain better control of his angelic wings, Zhang Yue began circling around Mechanical City in flight, keeping a steady distance from the ground, always within attack range.
Whenever he spotted a mechanical battalion, he'd flick his hand, summoning another heavenly thunderbolt.
No exaggeration, wherever Zhang Yue passed, nothing remained.
All the mechanical soldiers struck down were immediately converted into Death Servants.
Meanwhile, on the ground—
Zhang Yue's undead army followed closely behind, storming through the four city gates, charging straight into the city.
Mechanical City contained over a hundred thousand mechanical soldiers.
But even a hundred thousand strong couldn't withstand Zhang Yue's thousand-man undead legion.
This was quality crushing quantity.
Each Death Servant charged in like an unstoppable storm, tearing into the mechanical soldiers with ferocious momentum!
Coupled with Zhang Yue's own attacks, no matter how many mechanical soldiers there were, they could only end up as EXP and Psionic Energy, absorbed entirely by him.
Inside the city, the mechanical army was vast and powerful. Even the weakest battalions were B-rank, while A-rank units numbered beyond count.
The forces gathered here could rival a full beast tide.
For ordinary players, facing such a scene would make their scalps go numb.
But for Zhang Yue, it only made him excited.
Under the frenzied slaughter and summoning of his Death Servants, the undead legion quickly expanded to its maximum limit, 5000 strong.
Since every monster kill had a 100% chance to summon a Death Servant, reaching that number was easy.
Killing 4000 mechanical soldiers to fill the rest of his army? Just a matter of minutes for Zhang Yue.
As per his setup, among the 5000 Death Servants, 3000 warriors and 2000 archers.
Warriors charged in front, archers provided fire support from behind.
The two combined, forming an invincible legion that crushed everything in its path.
Even though this was the home turf of the mechanical army, when those steel soldiers saw the undead legion advancing, a sense of primal fear spread through their mechanical cores.
In front of those Tier Three Death Servants, each with 110%–120% blood purity, they were nothing but helpless lambs awaiting slaughter…