I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 252: 252: Annihilation

Chapter 252: 252: Annihilation

Translator: 549690339

Once Song Jian opened the “Immortal Sword Body” technique, all his attributes increased by five points. His strength, now over twenty points, was supreme, with all other attributes receiving a corresponding boost. Other than his vitality points, all his attributes outclassed those of ordinary level twenty monsters. Add to that his high defense, resistance and unnaturally fast vitality recovery; it was clear that Song Jian could take whatever the desert scorpions threw at him.

He moved with the fervor of a berserker amidst the desert scorpions, deflecting attacks left and right as silver light flashed and blood flew. The spectral swords that shone around him reduced the severity of their attacks before his equipped armor bore the remainder. The actual damage inflicted on him was minuscule;

Further with his inherent skill “Thick Skin” forcibly reducing 12 points of damage, each desert scorpion could only inflict minimal damage on Song Jian. Given his current vitality points over 700, if only his “Immortal Sword Body” could last for more than 30 seconds, he might have slain all the surrounding scorpions;

With five seconds of “Immortal Sword Body” left, Song Jian charged towards the pyramid. Within just twenty seconds, he had killed over twenty desert scorpions, boosting his experience points by 8%. The experience gained through killing monsters eight levels above him was substantial. Under normal circumstances, it would take him half a day of grinding comparable monsters to obtain such a feat.

“Whew, that was awesome!” Song Jian staggered into the stone corridor, falling to one knee, sword propped on the ground. His zombie commander’s armor was worn and torn, its durability drastically reduced. Despite that, his face wore an expression of excitement and wild glee.

After a brief rest, upon standing up and turning to face the desert scorpions outside the stone corridor, the scorpions blocking the entrance instinctively retreated a few steps.

The brutality of Song Jian’s onslaught earlier had left an indelible impression on them, akin to facing a natural predator.

Rumble-

A thunderous noise came from within the pyramid’s hall – Jierna had begun her assault. Song Jian was taken aback – she was seriously attempting to interfere with the prayer altar.

“Wouldn’t I be doomed if she made a mistake?” Song Jian couldn’t help but worry.

At this moment, the agitated desert scorpions outside the pyramid attempted to rush in. Yet, as they neared the stone corridor, they recoiled hissing, refusing to take a step further, even under the relentless attacks of their comrades.

As the sounds of disturbance within the hall grew louder, waves of scorpions began converging towards the pyramid. Scorpions from behind were clambering over those in front, piling in layers and pressing closer towards the stone corridor.

Five meters, four meters, three meters…

Finally, a scorpion was pushed into the stone corridor;

Splash-

Golden light erupted from the walls of the stone corridor, the numerous intricate magic runes taking form on the surrounding walls, continuously crackling with electricity;

Boom-

A bolt of lightning struck the squeezed-in scorpion, causing an instant reduction of over 1300 vitality points.

These ordinary level twenty monsters had only 1450 vitality points to begin with, which was far less than that of the elite scorpion that chased Canaan in the past. The lightning left it at death’s doorstep with less than 100 vitality points remaining;

As the second bolt of lightning formed, Song Jian dashed towards the nearly dead, shell-shattered desert scorpion, driving his long sword deep into its body.

Having received a fatal blow, the almost dead desert scorpion was once flung up and heavily fell onto the ground, turning into a corpse. A transparent flame swiftly burned it into a pile of black ash.

With the death of the scorpion, the lightning within the stone corridor slowly dissipated. The magic runes on the surrounding stone walls also gradually faded, returning to their original plain stone appearance.

Most of the vitality points of this scorpion were stripped away by the pyramid’s defense measures which means that although Song Jian received all its experience points, it didn’t drop any loot.

“Huh, this way of killing is faster!” Realising this, Song Jian brightened up and threw a bottle of Weakness Potion towards the entrance of the stone corridor.

Above the heads of a few dozen scorpions right outside the corridor, a “whack” sound resonated as the potion bottle exploded, causing 30 points of damage per scorpion, and drastically reducing their defense.

Like rolling balls, the scorpions started getting pushed into the stone corridor, triggering the pyramid’s defense measures again. Bolt after bolt of lightning, like the whip of a thunderstorm, struck down mercilessly on the desert scorpions that dared intrude the pyramid. The flashes of electricity and the painful cries from the scorpions echoed within the stone corridor, leaving no scorpion capable of withstanding the whip-like blows.

However, before they ended up in the corridor, all these scorpions were first subjected to Song Jian’s attack. Therefore, the system defaulted the experience points of these monsters to Song Jian.

Rapidly, his experience points began to fluctuate. All he needed to do was continuously throw bottles of Weakness Potion at the desert scorpions about to be squeezed into the stone corridor.

15%, 30%, 45%, 60%…

Song Jian’s experience points increased at a fast pace, his Weakness Potions decreasing at the same pace;

Soon, an hour passed with his experience reaching Level 12 at 94%, just one notch away from Level 13.

The swarm of scorpions at the enclosed gate multiplied, seeming as if every desert scorpion in the area had poured into this Stone City.

At first, these scorpions were just getting pushed into the corridor but eventually relying on their sheer toughness, they began braving through the stone corridor’s lightning to invade the pyramid. Each progressing step resulted in a few desert scorpions being annihilated by the corridor’s lightning. Nonetheless, the scorpions from behind trampled over the ashes of their comrades, inching closer and closer. Meanwhile, Song Jian could only keep retreating.

Just then, a “rumble” eruption from behind him reverberated through the pyramid; the entire building trembling. It felt like an earthquake.

A surge of air rushed out from behind, bringing with it an aura of endless death and decay, making Song Jian’s heart tighten;

No time to dodge, Song Jian instinctively activated the “Primordial Chaos Indestructible Sword Body” again as it had just cooled down. He was enveloped in a golden light, with several ghostly long swords floating upside down rotating slowly around him.

Boom!

The torrent of air from behind clashed harshly against Song Jian, almost knocking him flat on the ground. His body shimmered in golden light, while the few sword-like figures rotated even faster to form a sword-like shield that blocked the airwave.

Just like a tidal wave, the air mass rushed at Song Jian who was presently using all his strength to stand still. He leaned against the wall of the stone corridor like a boulder, with closed eyes waiting for the air mass to dissipate.

After a long ten seconds, the energy wave full of deathly silence began to weaken and finally disappeared.