I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 253: 253: Returning to the Maze

Chapter 253: 253: Returning to the Maze

Translator: 549690339

The wave of dead energy disappeared in the stone corridor, and Song Jian finally managed to withstand it, but his vitality points had dropped to a third.

The stone corridor was quiet, and all the desert scorpions lay motionless on the cold stone slabs. You could see that their bodies had lost all moisture, looking like dried corpses.

Plop-

A desert scorpion’s body turned into powder, which seemed to be the beginning. Soon, the bodies of all the desert scorpions turned into piles of powder, including those outside the stone corridor.

“All these experience points!” Song Jian thought, somewhat distressed.

His experience was stuck at 94%. There were still hundreds of scorpions left, seemingly attracting all the desert scorpions in the world here. If Song Jian killed the remaining scorpions, he could not only level up to 13 but also gain another level – a chance that would be hard to come by outside of the Kantelu Ruins. Even with a monster tide, they wouldn’t be able to kill all of them.

“What on earth happened in the palace? Did Jierna really dismantle the prayer altar?” Song Jian curiously walked into the gold pyramid palace.

As he expected, the prayer altar in the center of the hall was indeed dismantled, with no trace of its existence. Where the altar used to be was now a piece of floor tile, its wear and tear identical to those around it.

“It’s really been removed?” Song Jian exclaimed in surprise.

At that moment, cracking sounds like “ka-ka” came, and cracks suddenly appeared on the walls of the great pyramid hall. These cracks continued to extend towards the top of the hall, and Song Jian suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, as Song Jian rushed out of the pyramid, the entire pyramid began to shake violently, and broken stones kept falling from above. Large green stones, measuring a meter on each side, fell from the top, creating crashing and crackling noises.

With great difficulty, Song Jian managed to escape from the pyramid. It was a dangerous journey, and he almost got hit by the huge falling stones several times. Fortunately, the pyramid was tall enough to give him enough time to react and dodge.

Looking back, the massive pyramid was shaking, and stone bricks were collapsing inwards. This spectacular scene showed the collapse of the grand, tens-of-meters high structure.

As the largest gold pyramid in the center of Stone City collapsed with a “rumble,” monster roars and agitated howls could be heard from the dozen smaller gold pyramids around. It seemed that they could also feel the collapse.

The collapse of the pyramid lasted for more than ten minutes. Eventually, the majestic building turned into a pile of ruins, and the monsters inside the smaller pyramids around stopped roaring, becoming utterly silent.

Right in front of the collapsed ruins, a blood-red Teleportation Gate appeared out of thin air. There was also a five-minute countdown timer on the gate.

“Could this be the exit?” Song Jian summoned a Blood Raven, ordering it to fly into the gate. After waiting for a while, the Blood Raven didn’t die and return to the Blood Pool. Thus, Song Jian stepped into the teleportation gate, too.

The stone city in the Kantelu Ruins fell into dead silence once again. At the moment when the countdown on the blood-colored teleportation gate disappeared, the gate itself disintegrated, vanishing without a trace.

The moment the blood-red gate disappeared, all the bosses sealed in the gold pyramids roared together in madness. As the sealing runes in the small pyramids collapsed rapidly, the bodies of the smaller pyramids began to crack, just like the big pyramid had done earlier.

Boom, boom, boom-

The small pyramids in the center of Stone City exploded one after another, and level 30 elite bosses leaped out from the ruins, viciously looking around from their positions atop the collapsing pyramids.

Although these bosses differed in appearance and had been sealed for an unknown number of years, each of them exuded a fierce aura and looked somewhat weak, seemingly lacking in vitality.

These dozen or so level 30 elite bosses glanced at each other and seemed to see the intense killing intent in each other’s eyes. Fortunately, these bosses were still sane. They randomly chose a direction, left the Stone City, and ran towards the desolate desert outside.

Song Jian stepped into the blood-red Teleportation Gate, and after a brief spell of dizziness, he found himself back in the Kantelu Maze.

A Blood Raven stood dumbly in front of the gate. Feeling Song Jian’s arrival, it twisted its head 180 degrees and gazed at him blankly.

Song Jian raised his hand, dismissed the Blood Raven, allowing it to return to the Blood Pool, and looked around.

All around were cold stone walls, and since the area had already been fully explored, the maze was eerily quiet.

“Do they expect me to walk back on my own?” Song Jian couldn’t help but complain.

If he didn’t have a map of the maze, it would take him at least three to four days to leave, and Song Jian didn’t have the same skills as Canaan.

However, Jierna had made a copy of the maze map for him, and the maze would not change for a month. Song Jian took out the map and studied it carefully. It took him more than half an hour to finally determine his location. The place was vast, and every fork in the road looked identical, making Song Jian feel disoriented.

“Before leaving the maze, why not try to solo kill a level 20 elite boss? I’m very close to the golden chest now.” Song Jian stroked his chin, carefully considering.

Although he was only level 12 now, his Primordial Chaos Indestructible Sword Body could crush ordinary level 20 monsters for 60 seconds. Add to that several attack skills, and he had a fair chance of taking on a level 20 elite boss head-on.

It was well known that the Swordsman Immortal profession was the number one offensive role. Song Jian, with three Swordsman Immortal profession inheritance skills, might not be able to meet the requirements of a Sword Immortal, but his attack power was far beyond other professions.

“Little Black, come out!” With a wave of his hand, Song Jian summoned the Black Dragon cub from the pet space.

Fighting together with the pet would share the battle experience. Previously, Song Jian was reluctant to share the experience gained from killing the desert scorpions with his pet. Now, he summoned the Black Dragon cub to tank the monster, thereby increasing their safety.

As a level 7 elite boss, the Black Dragon cub’s vitality points had exceeded 5,000 – more than double that of the level 20 elite boss ghost fire beast. Song Jian even suspected that if the ghost fire beast were let loose against the Black Dragon cub, the latter might end up surviving.

“Come on, it’s time to show your strength. Kill the giant spider and I’ll give you an extra chicken drumstick tonight.” Song Jian gently stroked the scales on the head of the Black Dragon cub and spoke tenderly.