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Chapter 1077 - Chapter 1077 Chapter 1079 Oasis_1

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Seeing the Sandstorm Lord lured away, Song Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward with his robot companion Nafiboja.

Having run only a few hundred meters, Song Jian felt a strong fluctuation of Sword Qi coming from behind; his sword shadow clone had already executed the Thousand Swords Art on the Sandstorm Lord.

Song Jian’s mind couldn’t help but be drawn to it, he wanted to see if the Thousand Swords Art could deal a fatal blow to this King Level Boss that needed to be eradicated more than ten times to be completely destroyed.

Though the sword shadow clone’s Thousand Swords Art was only at first level, Song Jian could still estimate the damage he could deal with his own level-one technique.

Moments later, Song Jian’s expression turned ugly. The Thousand Swords Art did deal a fair amount of damage to the Sandstorm Lord. However, the Sandstorm Lord owned both wind and earth attributes, which weakened and countered the fire attribute, reducing the Thousand Swords Art to only 70% or even lesser damage.

Moreover, the Sandstorm Lord’s healing speed was extremely fast; it seemed as long as it was in the desert, it could continuously draw from the sand beneath its feet to restore its Vitality Points, which was truly terrifying.

With such a terrifying rate of healing, if they couldn’t kill it in one strike, leaving it no time to recover, no matter how many people came, they would probably be unable to eradicate it.

Even if Song Jian deployed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation himself, it would be very difficult to take out this King Level Boss with tens of millions of Vitality Points in just one strike.

“How can there be such terrifying Bosses in this world…” Song Jian’s footsteps sped up involuntarily as he fled; the robot Nafiboja was silent, just quietly following behind him.

A few minutes later, Song Jian’s figure shook; he lost his sense of connection to the sword shadow clone. Clearly, the Sandstorm Lord had disposed of it.

“Five minutes, the sword shadow clone lasted less than five minutes…” Song Jian sighed inwardly. With such a formidable Boss, even if he used all his techniques, he would probably have a hard time killing it. If it wasn’t for robot Nafiboja, fleeing alone should be no issue for Song Jian.

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Having evaded the King Level Sandstorm Lord, Song Jian seemed somewhat silent along the way; the horrifying stature of the Sandstorm Lord kept surfacing in his mind.

“Just a third-tier combat power King Level Boss has me at a standstill, what am I to do when those of Legendary Level, or even higher-rank Bosses appear?” Song Jian wondered to himself.

The two traveled in silence for three days. While there were not many monsters in the desert, those they encountered were at least of Elite Level Boss strength. However, these level 50 to 60 Elite and Lord Level Bosses were still insignificant in Song Jian’s eyes; he easily killed them and along the way, indeed collected quite a few level 50 to 60 pieces of equipment.

Hoo-hoo~

Once again, gusts of wind whipped up in the desert. The Flame was blazing in the sky, and the wind that blew carried a scorching, burning scent. Song Jian was thankful he always kept a full stock of supplies, or else, in such a harsh environment, ordinary people probably wouldn’t last this long.

“About three kilometers ahead, there is an oasis where we can rest for a bit and replenish our water supply!” robot Nafiboja suddenly spoke.

“An oasis?” Song Jian’s spirit lifted. After several days of traveling on foot through the desert, where every direction was bleak and the air itself seemed ablaze, Song Jian was physically capable of keeping up, but mentally exhausted and in dire need of rest.

Ever since encountering the Sandstorm Lord, Song Jian had been on edge, constantly weary of encountering another such Boss. He knew that King Level Bosses in Scorching Gorge were far from a solitary occurrence; the deeper one went, the more likely they were to encounter such King Level Bosses.

“How much longer before we reach the edge region of the Scorching Gorge?” Song Jian wiped the sweat from his face and asked.

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“Five hundred-plus kilometers, crossing the desert and traversing a volcanic forbidden zone, and we can reach the outer region. Then after three more days of travel, we should be able to leave the Scorching Gorge, and your escort mission will be perfectly complete…” Robot Nafiboja said with a stiff smile on its face, seemingly filled with anticipation for leaving the Scorching Gorge.

“This is the three hundred sixty-seventh attempt, I hope it succeeds…” Robot Nafiboja silently hoped in its heart.

They hadn’t gone far when Song Jian spotted a small patch of green before him. In the monotonous desert, this touch of green was like a shot of adrenaline, making Song Jian instantly spirited, his steps lightening.

From a distance, the oasis seemed to be just a few hundred square meters, with a small lake in the middle, surrounded by some trees, and what appeared to be some building structures nearby. However, they looked very dilapidated, some houses even lacked roofs, suggesting they had not been inhabited for a long time.

“Let’s rest here for tonight and continue on our way tomorrow,” Song Jian said.

Having been in the desert for more than a week, this was the first time Song Jian had seen an oasis. He instantly felt a desire to stay there and not continue forward, but the thought only flickered through his mind and disappeared; he could not possibly stay in this few-hundred-square-meter oasis forever.

“No problem, but this oasis has been occupied by a group of monsters. We must drive those monsters away if we want to rest here!” Robot Nafiboja said.

“Monsters, you say?” Song Jian squinted into the distance. After looking for a while, he shook his head and said, “It seems quiet, I can’t see any monsters. Could they be hiding in the water?”

“Not in the water, they are hiding in the sand. They will attack from underground as soon as we approach…” Robot Nafiboja said.

“What kind of monsters are they, what level, and what’s the highest rank?” Song Jian asked.

Robot Nafiboja’s scanning capabilities were several times stronger than Song Jian’s. Throughout their journey, it was Nafiboja’s superior scanning ability that had kept Song Jian out of many troubles, circumventing large groups of monsters and turning smaller groups into experience points for Song Jian.

“Desert lurkers, level sixty-five monsters, mostly Elite BOSSes, including one King-level BOSS…” Robot Nafiboja’s eyes flickered with light as it spoke softly.

“How many? What special traits and abilities do they have?” Song Jian asked.

“There are between thirty to fifty Elite-level, three King-level, earth attribute. Their traits include Armor Break and piercing damage, and they have abilities like burrowing and earth spikes…” As long as Nafiboja could identify a monster’s appearance, it could pull the creature’s information from its database, which was infinitely more powerful than Song Jian’s direct observation.

Nafiboja also displayed a map of the monsters hidden underground in front of them, with the three King-level BOSSes specifically highlighted in deep red for distinction.

These monsters were almost all hiding three meters beneath the sand; even if Song Jian used the Thousand Swords Art to bombard their location, it would be difficult to harm them. They needed to be lured out first.

“Usually, they like to hide beneath the sand, waiting for prey to enter their spike attack range before ambushing and dragging the killed prey underground to feed…” Robot Nafiboja earnestly introduced the properties of the desert lurkers, while Song Jian nodded slightly as he listened, quickly formulating a battle strategy in his mind.

“It looks like I’ll have to use the Sword Shadow Clone to lure them out from underground again…” Song Jian thought to himself.

With a thought, Song Jian’s figure suddenly flickered, and as the Sword Shadow Clone appeared, it charged toward the oasis under Song Jian’s command. Meanwhile, Song Jian himself watched intently ahead, waiting for the desert lurkers to reveal themselves.

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