I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 896 - 897 Clearing the Stage_1

Chapter 896: Chapter 897 Clearing the Stage_1

The appearance of Sky City spread quickly among the players, and the Transmission Array of the City of Hope saw a large influx of players, including quite a few NPC adventurers. Their destination was the Sky City located over twenty kilometers outside the city.

To pass through the Protection Black Mist, one needed proof issued by the City of Hope, and just by selling one-time proof badges, the City of Hope made a fortune; moreover, Wang Qi arranged for two thieves and others to enter Sky City, not for adventure, but to gather more information.

Inside the City Lord Mansion of the City of Hope, Wang Qi was sorting information on Sky City, all of which was to be reported to Song Jian. At this moment, a group of core players from the City of Hope Alliance barged in.

“Vice City Lord, have you heard about Sky City?” The group burst into the office, exclaiming loudly with excited expressions;

“What’s up, do you guys want to go explore it?” Wang Qi looked up and spoke to the excited faces, “That place is very dangerous, and the monsters there are all above level forty. Without first-tier combat power, going there would be sending yourself to your death!”

“Vice City Lord, I heard that someone in Sky City found Angel Wings, which are extrinsic equipment that doesn’t occupy an equipment slot and even allows for free flying, better than any flying combat pet!” someone said in a low voice;

“Not only that, the weapons dropped there almost all have the evil-banishing attribute. Against those monsters with negative energy and dark attributes, they’re simply crushing artifacts! With these weapons, clearing the difficult Abyssal Shadow instances would be a piece of cake for us!”

“And I also heard that, …”

A few people tried to convince Wang Qi, eager to organize an Elite Team expedition into Sky City;

Wang Qi hesitated for a moment, then nodded, “Alright, send the first Elite Team to check it out, but be careful. It’s very dangerous there.”

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“Heh, if those solo players can adventure inside, let alone our City of Hope’s Elite Team. It’s easier there than a level seven or eight difficult Abyssal Shadow instance. We’ve already made it to the third boss in the Abyssal Shadow instance, so Sky City should be no problem!” a player said disdainfully;

“Ah, speaking of the Abyssal Shadow instance, isn’t our City Lord preparing to clear it?” another player suddenly asked;

“Yeah, territorial expansion has been stalled here. If we can’t clear the true difficulty level, the City of Hope won’t be able to expand further. The City Lord said to go explore it first!” said Wang Qi;

“But that’s a level forty instance. Even if the City Lord is incredibly strong, can he do it alone?” someone hesitated;

“It’s not about really clearing it. It’s just a scouting run. What’s there to fear? Next time, we’ll take the Elite Team on a pioneering run. If we add the City Lord, clearing a difficult-level instance will be within our grasp, won’t it?”

“Right, how long has the City Lord been in the instance? Why hasn’t he come out yet?”

“Almost four or five hours, I guess. Maybe the City Lord wants to evaluate the strength of the monsters inside, perhaps he’s leveling up by farming them.”

“How could that be? Even if the monsters inside all have the strength of elite field bosses, with Vitality Points in the hundreds of thousands, not to mention one person, even forty of us could wipe if we’re not careful.”

“Hey, you’re still thinking of comparing yourself to the City Lord? You don’t look at…”

As they chatted away, players throughout Doomsday City received a simultaneous system message;

System: Congratulations to player Song Jian for clearing the difficult Abyssal Shadow (level 5 mystery realm), reward one thousand points of human reputation, ten thousand Doomsday Coins, five million combat experience!

The few people who were originally engaged in a heated discussion suddenly froze, and silence descended upon the room. Wang Qi couldn’t even believe his own eyes as he read the system prompt from start to finish, word by word, once again.

“Passed, passed the level?” Wang Qi asked, utterly bewildered as he looked up at the others.

“No, no way the game has a bug, right? This is a forty-person raid, and it’s on hard difficulty!”

“Damn it, Vice City Lord, you need to contact the City Lord immediately, to see if he has really passed the level!”

Wang Qi smacked his forehead and clumsily began to open the communication channel to contact Song Jian;

At that moment, Song Jian was in a disheveled state, kneeling on one knee before the last boss, breathing heavily. In front of him lay a man draped in a black Abyss robe, slowly falling to the ground.

This was the final boss of the Abyss Phantom series, known as Nefaria, who had three forms: humanoid, Flame Demon of the Abyss, and Abyssal Dragon.

When in humanoid form, Song Jian had easily defeated his opponent. When Nefaria’s Vitality Points dropped to 60%, he morphed into the Flame Demon of the Abyss form.

As the Flame Demon, Nefaria completely became a terrifying Mage of fire, with nearly all of his spells having splash and explosive properties, and a very wide attack range. Even with Song Jian’s Vitality Points over six thousand, he couldn’t last long. Had the Thousand Swords Art not triggered several critical hits in a row, Song Jian’s Enemy of Death God skill would have been activated.

When Song Jian reduced the Boss’s Vitality Points to just 30%, Nefaria transformed into a fully-fledged adult Abyssal Dragon with a height surpassing ten meters and a length of over thirty meters, dwarfing Song Jian to the size of an insignificant bug.

The strength of the Abyssal Dragon was a substantial notch above Song Jian’s Black Dragon combat pet. After Song Jian whittled down over three hundred thousand of its Vitality Points, he was finally slain by it once;

The Enemy of Death God was triggered, and Song Jian almost exhausted all his means. He had to hide in the Shattered Divine Realm multiple times before he finally managed to kill the Boss in its Abyssal Dragon form;

Looking at the Earth Elemental Gulu, which had been shattered at least three times, Song Jian patted its head and took it into the Pet Space; if not for the Sword Shadow Clone and the Earth Elemental Gulu drawing the attention of the last Boss, the difficulty of killing it would probably have doubled.

However, after clearing the raid on hard difficulty, Song Jian obtained enough Magma Crystal Cores to successfully advance the Earth Elemental Gulu into a Stone Elemental Boss, and even a level 45 lord-level Boss.

Besides hurling rocks and powerful hammer strikes, Gulu had mastered another skill called Earth Spike. It could be cast within a twenty-meter radius on any target, shooting up a spike over one meter long from beneath the target’s feet to inflict damage;

The release of Earth Spike was very covert and swift, by the time the enemy noticed, it was already too late to dodge. Not only was it incredibly powerful, hitting a target could cause over a thousand points of damage and also come with a crippling effect that reduced the target’s movement speed by 45%;

“The flames of the Abyss will eventually devour everything!”

As Nefaria died off at last, he reverted back to his human form, intoning softly to Song Jian while his body slowly fell to the ground;

Looking at the dozen or so items Nefaria dropped, a faint smile finally appeared on Song Jian’s face;

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