I have an Apocalypse City
Chapter 1032 - Chapter 1032 Chapter 1034 Mentor_1

Chapter 1032: Chapter 1034 Mentor_1 Chapter 1032: Chapter 1034 Mentor_1 Song Jian thought that the Abyssal Hell invasion would start only after the Abyssal Passage had opened, but what he never expected was that the invasion would begin much earlier than he had envisioned.

While many in the game world were actively preparing for battle, Abyssal Hell was like a drop of ink falling into water, slowly spreading and then disappearing without a trace.

By the time the Abyssal Passage opened, those who had already been tainted by Abyssal Power would suddenly erupt, catching everyone off guard.

Ruta was just an ordinary professional among the nearby jackal men captured, but after accepting Abyssal Power, it would become like a seed, taking root and sprouting in its tribe, contaminating more people, a disaster more terrifying than a plague.

After finishing with the Black Dragon, Song Jian returned to the City of Hope and plunged back into the tense work. The city’s defenses were weak, and many areas needed reinforcement. He was currently negotiating with the City of Sin to purchase a large-scale urban energy barrier defense facility, a device that combined technology and magic which could envelop the entire city in an energy barrier according to the city walls. Once installed, incidents like the Necromancer turning into black smoke and silently entering the City of Hope would never happen again.

However, such facilities are also strategic equipment that under normal circumstances would be impossible to sell; even if the City of Sin and the City of Hope had good relations, such strategic facilities would not be put on sale.

But with the impending invasion of Abyssal Hell, some previous bans had started to relax. The City of Sin knew that the City of Hope possessed a Magic Crystal Mine, so it demanded a huge amount of Magic Crystal Ore in exchange for the equipment, and Wang Qi was holding round after round of negotiations, which was quite a headache.

Song Jian was busy for a day at the City Lord Mansion. The territory expansion campaign had just ended, and he had gained a large tract of land. Now was his busiest time because he had to use the City Lord seal to plan for infrastructure and set the future construction of buildings, which was all planned by specialists but had to be confirmed through the City Lord seal.

After confirmation, Song Jian did not need to manage it any further. Construction workers would naturally go and build according to the plan. Although the work was simple, it was very tedious. By evening, Song Jian finally heaved a sigh of relief.

“I’ll go out to grind some Experience Points tomorrow. I haven’t seriously leveled up since passing the second tier combat power assessment,” Song Jian thought to himself.

The combat experience required to go from level fifty to eighty was astronomical, and it was possible that after a day of grinding monsters of the same level, the Experience Points would not even budge. This was why many NPCs in the game spent years, even decades, without reaching third tier combat power. On one hand, it was due to innate talent, as they did not have the convenient support systems that players had, without any bottlenecks, able to level up as soon as Experience Points were full. On the other hand, it was because upgrading one level required a massive amount of Experience Points.

Therefore, anyone in the game who could wield third tier combat power was without exception an elite within the entire community of professionals.

Just as Song Jian stood at the window of the City Lord Mansion, watching the dark clouds rolling overhead, a dazzling silver light, like a star, twinkled in the distant sky.

The light grew closer, and it seemed that something was flying towards the City of Hope. Song Jian immediately became alert, unfolded his steel wings, and flew to the top of the City Lord Mansion to observe carefully.

In just a moment, Song Jian had identified the other party and was immediately shocked, swiftly descending to the ground.

Soon, a figure standing on a giant sword, using the Sword Flight Art, arrived in front of Song Jian.

“Mentor!” Song Jian said respectfully as he bowed.

Duan Jian looked Song Jian up and down, surprise flashing across his face, but quickly disappearing. He nodded and said, “Good, good, to think that in such a short time, you have reached second tier combat power, impressive!”

Song Jian had not seen Duan Jian, the profession mentor, since choosing his class at level ten, until their unexpected reunion today.

“I wonder what errand brings the mentor this time,” Song Jian asked with a smile, “If it’s within my power, I’ll commit myself fully to accomplishing it.”

Players with common classes often receive profession quests from their mentors, usually rewarded with class-specific skills and special equipment. Encounters with mentors of excellent and rare classes, while less frequent, offer quests that are a tier higher in both difficulty and quality than those from common class mentors.

As for those with epic classes, many players, like Song Jian, only met their mentors when they first joined; thereafter, they wouldn’t catch even a glimpse.

Profession quests were even more elusive. However, if a player with an epic class did meet their mentor, the quests they received were epic, and upon completion, the rewards were better than those of a dozen, or even dozens, of common class quests.

Song Jian never imagined that his profession mentor would take the initiative to seek him out and assign a profession quest. Although he maintained a respectful demeanor, his heart was bursting with joy.

“I do have a task that needs your completion…” Duan Jian hesitated for a moment before speaking, “If you can complete it, I will teach you the core skill of the Sword Master profession, the Sword Control Skill!”

Players with epic classes appeared to be much more formidable than those with common classes, but they endured hardships incomprehensible to the latter.

Their trials came from rarely seeing instructors for their class skills. Aside from the initial skills gained at the time of joining their class, the rest had to be collected on their own.

Although the skills of an epic class were significantly more powerful than those of common classes, when the latter mastered a range of skills to execute combos, the overall strength could be comparable to that of an epic class with only one skill.

Upon hearing about the Sword Control Skill, an embarrassed expression appeared on Song Jian’s face as he spoke in a low voice, “Mentor, I have already mastered the Sword Control Skill!”

“Mastered it?” Duan Jian was taken aback, aware that if he hadn’t taught the skill, then only high-level monster bosses had a very slim chance of dropping epic class skills. To his surprise, Song Jian had already acquired the Sword Control Skill.

This left Duan Jian slightly embarrassed. He quickly asked, “Earlier I saw you flying, but not on a flying sword. If you’ve mastered the Sword Control Skill, why not use it?”

“The skill I used just now was the ‘Steel Feather Wings’, an inherent ability of my equipment that requires no consumption. However, using the Sword Flight Art continuously drains Mental Strength. Moreover, I don’t have a flying sword yet. If I were to use the Sword Flight Art with my weapon, a battle would cause me to lose the initiative!” Song Jian hurriedly explained.

“Since you have mastered the Sword Control Skill, then I can teach you a skill to shape Sword Qi. It allows you to transform Sword Qi into various shapes to enhance the skill’s power, and different forms bring various effects. It’s quite powerful,” Duan Jian said with a smile.

“Mentor, about shaping Sword Qi, I just learned that a few days ago…” Song Jian touched his nose, somewhat embarrassedly admitting.

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