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Currently, the Armageddon Black Dragon and Skeleton King still wore the Level 80 12-star [Abyss Set] obtained in the World 13 [Endless Abyss].
As for the Phantom Predator, it was wearing a mixed set of 11-12-star equipment.
It was long overdue for an upgrade.
Without saying a word, Zhang Yue immediately equipped his three sons with three full sets of Level 90 15-star all-gold [Monarch's Arrival Set].
In an instant, the three sons replaced their old gear with new powerful ones, their strength skyrocketing and stats soaring.
Eldest son, Purgatory Skeleton King:
[Attack Power 70,000, Defense Power 90,000, HP 2,500,000]
Second son, Phantom Predator:
[Attack Power 90,000, Defense Power 70,000, HP 1,100,000]
Youngest son, Thirty-Six-Winged Armageddon Black Dragon:
[Attack Power 120,000, Defense Power 80,000, HP 1,500,000]
These were their base stats.
In battle, they could further gain Zhang Yue's Void Shield buff: Attack Power increases by another 50% on top of this base.
Moreover—
The Monarch's Arrival Set for different classes had different specialization directions.
The warrior set owned by Skeleton King was balanced in offense and defense, and the set bonuses were also balanced.
Its set skill [King's Spirit Body]: Increases equipment 300% bonus damage and 300% damage reduction, restores 10% max HP upon receiving an attack, and deals additional true damage equal to 10% of the user's max HP.
The assassin set owned by Phantom Predator was burst-type, with set bonuses focused on critical hits and speed.
Its set skill [King's Spirit Might]: Increases equipment 300% crit rate and 200% crit damage, as well as 100% movement speed and 100% attack speed; each critical hit increases damage by 30% for ten seconds, stackable up to ten layers.
The archer set owned by Armageddon Black Dragon was attack + speed type, with bonuses focused on attack speed and power.
Its set skill [King's Spirit Power]: Increases equipment 200% attack power and 300% attack speed; each hit on an enemy increases armor penetration by 25% for ten seconds, stackable up to ten layers.
After equipping these three sets, Zhang Yue's three sons underwent an unprecedented massive upgrade.
And the most crucial point was: the Monarch's Arrival Set, like Zhang Yue's Transcendent Set, was also upgradable.
The upgrade method was the same as the Transcendent Set, through devouring other equipment to gain growth.
The 15-star Monarch's Arrival Set could devour 14-16-star equipment, and it must be gear personally looted by oneself.
However, the growth cap for the Monarch's Arrival Set was only three levels, with a maximum of 18 stars.
Also, the strength of the Monarch's Arrival Set was stronger than regular sets but still far inferior to Zhang Yue's Transcendent Set.
After all, the Transcendent Set had unique properties and could also devour other set skills.
Having three sets of King's Arrival appear simultaneously showed how rare they were.
Zhang Yue also took this opportunity to extract the [Abyss Breath] skill from the Abyss Set that the Armageddon Black Dragon had replaced, and filled it into the fourth skill slot of the Transcendent Set.
[[Abyss Breath]: Passive. Abyss breath constantly shrouds the equipment. Based on the percentage of current remaining HP, every 1% HP increases damage by 2% / at full HP, increases damage by 200%.]
Truth be told, Zhang Yue had been eyeing this skill for a long time.
But since this set skill worked well on the Armageddon Black Dragon, mainly because its AOE splash damage was critical for farming, Zhang Yue hadn't moved it.
Until now, with the Abyss Set no longer in use, the skill was extracted.
And that was only the effect of the 12-star Abyss Set.
Once transferred to the 14-star Transcendent Set, the skill power also rose from 12-star to 14-star:
[Based on percentage of current remaining HP, every 1% HP increases damage by 4%, and additionally increases damage reduction by 3% / at full HP, increases damage by 400% and damage reduction by 300%]
This effect was like adding wings to a tiger for Zhang Yue.
Moreover, the Transcendent Set was about to evolve into 15-star.
That meant this Abyss Breath skill, along with the other three, Void Shield, Thunder Power, and Enchantment—would all receive another upgrade.
As for the Abyss Breath skill removed from the Purgatory Skeleton King's Abyss Set, there was no need for it anymore.
Because the warrior-type Abyss Breath worked better the lower the HP.
But for Zhang Yue, who was always at full health, it was practically useless.
Even after being worn by Skeleton King for so long, it was more like decoration, almost never triggered, since Skeleton King was always protected by Zhang Yue's Void Shield, and even ten brutes couldn't topple him in battle.
While upgrading the Transcendent Set through devouring,
Zhang Yue also took out from his storage space the highest-value reward from this super-god-level hidden quest: an SSSSS-level forbidden spell skill book.
In the Otherworld, the power of forbidden spell skills far exceeded ordinary and rare skills by dozens or even hundreds of times.
For example, the forbidden spell skill owned by Wolong had the effect of instantly killing all classes lower than his own class level in a wide range, or monsters of lower tier than god-level bosses.
This was the AOE effect.
If used on a few targets or a single one, the effect would be even stronger.
There were very few who possessed forbidden spell skills in the world.
Because according to current human exploration in the Otherworld, forbidden spell skills could only be obtained from super-god-level hidden quest rewards
Thus, until now, in the history of the Otherworld, Dragon Nation had seen three super-god-level hidden quests, two of which had been completed.
One by Asura.
The other, Wolong.
Zhang Yue looked at the skill book in his hand and saw that it allowed him to choose a forbidden spell skill.
There were three choices:
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[Secret Art · Thunder Summoning Technique]
[Secret Art · Divine Fire Spell]
[Secret Art · Wind Seeking Curse]
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Zhang Yue had an epic item, Thunder Ring, set skill Thunder Power, and rare skill Lightning Grip, all providing massive bonuses to lightning-type skills.
So for Zhang Yue, the best choice was obviously—
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've mastered the SSSSS-level forbidden spell skill [Secret Art · Thunder Summoning Technique]]
Before Zhang Yue could check the details and power of this forbidden spell skill,
The Transcendent Set had already finished devouring.
[Ding~ Congratulations! All seven equipment parts of [Epic · Transcendent Set] have reached 100% growth. Would you like to proceed with evolution?]
"Evolve."
[Ding~ Congratulations! Your 14-star Epic · Transcendent Set has evolved into 15-star Legendary · Transcendent Set (evolution cap reached). Equipment stats have increased, and sixth skill slot unlocked! Set skills [Void Shield], [Thunder Power], [Enchantment], [Abyss Breath] effects have been enhanced…]
Transcendent Set evolved again.
Zhang Yue's power could now be said to have reached the peak of newbie phase under Level 100.
At that moment—
BOOM!
Along with a loud explosion, ahead, Thunder Dancer · Shadow of Death struck the ground with a blade, erupting arcs of lightning, piercing the King.
In an instant, the Monarch was knocked down.
The Golden Flame Phoenix was also defeated.
Shadow of Death stared coldly at the Monarch and said, "It's over. From now on, this continent will be taken over by us."
At this moment, Cherry rushed in front of the King, "Don't hurt my father!"
Shadow of Death emanated murderous aura, "Block me and die!"
He swung his thunder blade at Cherry.
Just then, "BOOM"—a beam of firelight descended from the sky.
Shadow of Death sensed it quickly and dodged at extreme speed.
Looking up, he saw Zhang Yue ahead, glowing with golden light effects, approaching with a staff in hand…
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