CHAPTER 563: CHAPTER 563: UNIQUE HIDDEN QUEST, BURNING SOUL!

When Chen Zijin suddenly flashed in like lightning, relying on her astonishing reflexes and speed to instantly kill the two Eastern Kingdom assassins who were trying to ambush Zhang Yue, the two corpses, however, didn’t refresh, but instead knelt on the ground, and from their bodies, waves of silver-gray light began to emit.

Seeing this familiar scene, Chen Zijin’s pupils suddenly dilated.

Instinctively turning around, she spread her arms and shielded Zhang Yue in front of her.

The next second.

BOOM!

The two Eastern Kingdom professionals’ corpses violently exploded, and the powerful shockwave instantly blasted both Chen Zijin and Zhang Yue away.

Opening her eyes and realizing she was still alive, Chen Zijin couldn’t help feeling a little surprised.

Looking over, she saw a pile of skeletons scattered at the explosion point.

Only then did she realize: it was the Skeleton King who appeared in time, using his body to block the fatal blast for her.

The residual blast afterward was no longer enough to pose a lethal threat.

Zhang Yue stood up, reached out his hand in front of Chen Zijin, "Weren’t you afraid of being blown to death?"

Chen Zijin looked up at Zhang Yue, her clear eyes filled with sincerity, "You were the one who woke me from my slumber. I’ve said before, this life of mine belongs to you."

"At any moment, I’m willing to dedicate my life for you."

"Your resurrection ability hasn’t recovered yet. If you were to die now, it would cause irreparable damage," Zhang Yue said in what seemed like a scolding tone, "Don’t be so foolish next time. I don’t want to waste the Resurrection God Stone on you."

"Mhm, got it. I’ll be careful next time."

Faced with Zhang Yue’s reprimand, Chen Zijin not only wasn’t upset, but even a little delighted, because she knew Zhang Yue was concerned for her.

However, at this moment, Zhang Yue’s understanding of Chen Zijin as a person had changed.

At least just now, she truly was willing to give her life for him.

"How did you know their corpses would explode?", Zhang Yue asked casually.

Chen Zijin clenched her fist and said angrily, "Six years ago, the assassins from the Eastern Kingdom used this exact method to get me killed."

Zhang Yue had indeed heard of something from the otherworld called [Explosion Rune].

If a professional uses the explosion rune just before death, their body will explode three seconds after death.

As the cost of burning one resurrection, it deals instant kill damage to the first person contacted within the blast range.

However, due to the explosion rune’s obvious flashing effect, small range, long reaction window, and burning of resurrection, people rarely used it in normal times.

To kill Zhang Yue, the people from the Eastern Kingdom really went all out.

After the battle ended, the two of them, under the gaze of professionals from the other two countries, stepped into the core area of the volcanic island.

Sure enough, there stood a man surrounded by flames.

And he was the Flame Envoy · Cruz.

Zhang Yue approached Cruz.

Without saying a word, he directly took out all 400+ Supreme Fire Seeds from his body.

"Hello, I’d like to exchange for the Burning Heaven Set."

Seeing so many Supreme Fire Seeds in Zhang Yue’s hand, Cruz’s eyes lit up, "You actually have so many Supreme Fire Seeds."

Then, Cruz glanced at Zhang Yue and sighed, "Your strength must be extraordinary. With your strength, I suppose you wouldn’t be interested in a 23-star Burning Heaven Set."

Hearing this, Zhang Yue became thoughtful, "So... what do you mean?"

Cruz didn’t beat around the bush and said directly, "If you can bring me purer fire seeds, I will reward you with a higher-quality Burning Heaven Set. How about it?"

Just as Cruz finished speaking, a system prompt rang in Zhang Yue’s ears—

["Ding~ Congratulations! You’ve triggered the unique hidden quest [Burning Soul]. Accept?"]

’Unique hidden quest?’

At that moment, Zhang Yue felt a bit surprised.

He really didn’t expect that there was a unique hidden quest buried here that no one had yet discovered.

It was clear that the key to triggering this quest was bringing a large number of Supreme Fire Seeds to Cruz.

Maybe 100, maybe 200, maybe 300.

Zhang Yue brought 400 Supreme Fire Seeds.

One must know, even with half a year, normal players might not be able to collect this many Supreme Fire Seeds.

What’s more, they wouldn’t have the patience to wait until they’d gathered so many before exchanging. Normally, once they had enough for one set, they’d rush to grab a spot and exchange right away, then go back to grinding.

To bring this many Supreme Fire Seeds here, Zhang Yue really was the first person ever.

Naturally, Zhang Yue had no reason to refuse this opportunity.

He immediately accepted the quest from Cruz.

["Ding~ Congratulations! You’ve accepted the unique hidden quest [Burning Soul]. Please complete the quest according to the prompt!"]

He opened the quest list.

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[Burning Soul] (Unique Hidden Quest)

[Difficulty Level: 45000]

[Description: Flame Envoy Cruz has devoted his life to collecting fire seeds and forging Burning Heaven Sets to help humanity fight firebirds. Cruz’s ability to forge the Burning Heaven Set depends on the purity of fire seeds. Please help Cruz find enough Soul Fire Seeds. As a reward, Cruz will craft you a more powerful set than the regular Burning Heaven Set...]

[Quest Progress: 0/10 (Soul Fire Seeds)]

[Quest Reward: Unknown]

[Quest Duration: 7 Days]

[Note: During the quest, you gain the ability to fuse Soul Fire Seeds. Every 100 Supreme Fire Seeds can be fused into 1 Soul Fire Seed]

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Previously Zhang Yue had complained that even the highest 23-star Burning Heaven Set didn’t satisfy him.

And now, a higher-level Burning Heaven Set arrived.

It proved: complain more, complain right, complaints can bring unexpected rewards.

Being able to take this quest was thanks to Chen Zijin.

If it weren’t for her reminder, with Zhang Yue’s temperament, he would’ve killed the world boss and left World 25 right after completing the world quest.

He wouldn’t even have thought that Burning Heaven Sets could be exchanged here.

In this light, Chen Zijin was like a lucky star for Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue directly fused the 400 Supreme Fire Seeds into 4 Soul Fire Seeds.

The 4 fire seeds in his hand radiated waves of dark red flame.

Visible to the naked eye, extremely high purity.

10 Soul Fire Seeds were needed to complete the quest.

Still short by 6.

Looks like he’d have to stay in World 25 a bit longer.

So, Zhang Yue left the Super Volcanic Island.

He said to Chen Zijin, "You go to World 26 first. I’ll handle this quest myself."

Chen Zijin casually swayed the Crystal Bracelet on her wrist and flashed a "wicked" smile, "Then I’ll be leaving, hmm~?"

Zhang Yue hesitated for a moment, "Hmm... or maybe help me a little more."

Chen Zijin: "Sure thing (¬◡¬)✧"

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