60: Amidst turbulent times, the Lin family luncheon...

As Lin Yue once again took the first spot on the leaderboard, many sharp-eyed players immediately noticed.

"Holy crap, White Emperor? How did he suddenly hit Rank 16?"

"Impressive! I thought White Emperor had quit the game, but it turns out he was just leveling up in silence."

"How did he do it? Yesterday he wasn't even on the leaderboard, and today he's first?"

"He probably found a special leveling spot; otherwise, it would be impossible to be this fast."

White Emperor's reappearance instantly set the player base ablaze.

Xuanwu City.

Overlord Divine Bow stared at the Rank leaderboard in disbelief and cried out.

"White Emperor!"

"When did he..."

Overlord Savage Bull walked over with his eyes wide. "Divine Bow, White Emperor suddenly reaching Rank 16 at this time... I'm afraid things aren't looking good."

Overlord Invincible also walked over at this moment: "There's no need to worry. So what if he's first in Rank? He's just a solo player. What right does he have to challenge our guild?"

"The Young Lord is right, but I can't help feeling that after being silent for so many days, White Emperor's sudden appearance must have a purpose."

Overlord Divine Bow said, frowning.

"So what if he has a purpose? Don't forget, we are currently the number one guild in the Land of the Final End. Stop mentioning White Emperor in front of me. Everyone, prepare yourselves for tonight's world boss battle; the other guilds are all catching up fast."

Overlord Invincible turned his back. He didn't think White Emperor alone could cause any harm to the guild. Instead, it was the other large guilds that were currently pouring money into the Land of the Final End to expand their strength.

Seeing the Young Lord's firm attitude, Overlord Divine Bow didn't dare say more. He had finally made it into management; it would be a huge loss if he were demoted for saying the wrong thing.

Regardless of what the Overlord Guild thought, the Black Water Pond where Lin Yue was located was already littered with corpses.

Even as the elite Bloodthirsty Giant Crocodiles crawled ashore one by one, they couldn't withstand Lin Yue's damage output for more than a few seconds.

"Vile creature, how dare you harm my descendants!"

Towering waves surged within the Black Water Pond. After a hundred thousand Bloodthirsty Crocodiles had died, the creature at the bottom of the pond finally couldn't take it anymore and emerged.

Black Water Crocodile King (Advanced boss): Rank 40

health: 5,000,000 / 5,000,000.

Attack Power: 8,000.

Skills: Black Water Tide, Death Roll, Water Dragon Bullet, Blood Shield Spell, Water Tornado, Bloodlust.

Before Rank 50, Advanced bosses rarely have more than ten million health. The strength of the Black Water Crocodile King was already at the peak of Rank 40 Advanced bosses.

Boss Ranks are divided into: Common, Advanced, Lord, High Lord, Overlord, High Overlord, Country-Destroying, and World-Ending.

Lin Yue had never heard of a Rank above World-Ending.

At that level, one essentially possessed the power of gods and demons.

Raising his hand for thunder punishment.

Fireballs and lightning crashed down.

-19,888

-18,888

No critical hits were triggered, but the damage was still very high.

However, the Black Water Crocodile King was no pushover; feeling the pain, it immediately activated its Blood Shield.

Unlike other shields, the Blood Shield had a health regeneration effect.

Almost the instant the damage ended, recovery numbers of +1,000, +1,000 appeared over the Black Water Crocodile King's head.

This was already higher than Lin Yue's basic recovery.

But Lin Yue didn't care. The more the Black Water Crocodile King could take a beating, the more beneficial it was for stacking his health.

Rat-tat-tat!

Like tongues of fire from a Gatling gun, the Fireball Spells formed lines, continuously bombarding the Black Water Crocodile King.

With a 4.0 Casting Speed, he could unleash eight fireballs, twenty-four Explosive Flames, and about six Lightning Spells or Chain Lightnings per second.

In one second, he could deal over three hundred thousand points of magic damage.

The Black Water Crocodile King's health decreased visibly. The damage Lin Yue dealt was even higher than that of a turret.

"How is this possible?"

The Black Water Crocodile King didn't even have time to activate its skills.

Lin Yue's combos were simply too fast.

In just about fifteen seconds, the Black Water Crocodile King, over ten meters long with five million health, crashed to the ground.

It hadn't even managed to crawl onto the shore before it lost the chance to see tomorrow's sun.

A massive amount of blood dyed the surface of the Black Water Pond red; it seemed the Black Water Pond would have to be renamed the Blood Water Pond.

Lin Yue glanced around and, seeing no more monsters spawning, decided to leave.

"Ding! You have completed the first kill of the Black Water Crocodile King. A server-wide announcement is about to be made. Would you like to hide your name?"

"No."

Now that he had gathered the treasure of the gods, Lin Yue naturally had no reason to hide, choosing to announce it to the whole server.

"System: Congratulations to player White Emperor for completing the first kill of the Black Water Crocodile King. This is a server-wide announcement. We hope all players will continue their hard work."

"System: Congratulations to player White Emperor for completing the first kill of the Black Water Crocodile King. This is a server-wide announcement. We hope all players will continue their hard work."

"System: Congratulations to player White Emperor for completing the first kill of the Black Water Crocodile King. This is a server-wide announcement. We hope all players will continue their hard work."

The server-wide announcement echoed through all the main cities of the Dragon Country, and some sharp players realized the issue.

White Emperor?

Black Water Crocodile King?

Far away in Vermilion Bird City, Yun Ruoqing was momentarily dazed. Not long ago, she had felt that White Emperor was falling far behind the main group, but he had already made his return.

"His strength is actually this terrifying."

Through the bestiary, Yun Ruoqing found the description of the Black Water Crocodile King: a Rank 40 field boss with health as high as five million.

And it was actually soloed by White Emperor?

"Should I send someone to the Black Water Pond to take a look?"

Yun Ruoqing fell into a state of confusion. The Dragon Concealment Pavilion was already very powerful, but even they weren't as exaggerated as White Emperor, who soloed a Rank 40 field boss while being 25 Ranks lower.

This level of strength was completely disconnected from the current stage of players.

"Could it be that he stayed in the Novice Village all that time just to increase his strength?"

Thinking of this, Yun Ruoqing felt a chill down her spine. In her view, White Emperor's personality was unpredictable and very hard to read.

Combined with his extraordinary talent and immense strength, it would be very difficult for the Dragon Concealment Pavilion to recruit White Emperor now.

"If recruitment fails, perhaps we can cooperate."

Without realizing it, even Yun Ruoqing hadn't noticed that she had already elevated Lin Yue to a status equal to the Dragon Concealment Pavilion, or perhaps even higher.

Overlord Invincible was also frowning. Was White Emperor's sudden high-profile display of strength just normal leveling, or was it intentional?

Or perhaps, it was both.

Overlord Invincible, who previously didn't care about White Emperor, was now having a bit of a headache.

The other party had soloed the Black Water Crocodile King; his current strength was something he could no longer ignore.

"Send out the notice: speed up the progress. We're starting the raid two hours early."

The world boss conquest battle, originally scheduled for 8:00 PM, was moved forward because of Lin Yue's appearance.

Lin Yue had logged off by now. After grinding monsters for several hours, it was now close to noon.

He put on a suit with the help of a maid. This afternoon, there was a luncheon organized by the Lin family.

At that time, all the major business tycoons and wealthy individuals from Jiangzhou City, where he resided, would attend.

He could have chosen not to go to this luncheon, but today, he had a reason he must attend.

"Li Feifei, you bitch. Don't worry, I'm going to have a good time playing with you."

A wicked smile appeared at the corner of Lin Yue's mouth as he strode toward a luxury car.