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Chapter 1079 - Chapter 1079 Chapter 1081 Sneak Attack_1

Chapter 1079: Chapter 1081: Sneak Attack_1 Chapter 1079: Chapter 1081: Sneak Attack_1 All around was silence, with only the desert wind causing a ruckus, as the blowing sand had already covered the sleeping bag with a thin layer. Song Jian concentrated, quietly sensing everything around him, yet he found nothing. It was as if everything he had sensed before had been a dream.

“No, there must be some danger approaching. Although there doesn’t seem to be anything unusual, the warning in my mind definitely didn’t appear out of nowhere!” Song Jian thought to himself.

As his strength had grown stronger, so too had his intuition for danger, now akin to a wild animal’s.

Song Jian sat up from his sleeping bag. The robot Nafiboja, which had been in an energy-saving perception mode, ceased the rotation of its sensory equipment.

“Song Jian, have you noticed anything?” Nafiboja asked in a low voice.

“I feel a bit uneasy, perhaps there is some danger approaching!” Song Jian said, looking around.

Nafiboja immediately intensified its surveillance, and a probe slowly penetrated into the sand. Moments later, Nafiboja transformed into humanoid form at a rapid speed and said to Song Jian, “Something is approaching us from beneath the sand, ten meters down. There is an 87.65% chance it’s a desert lurker…”

“Don’t they always stick to guarding the oasis without bothering us? Why would they suddenly trouble us?” Song Jian’s heart tightened. He quickly packed up his sleeping bag, his only one remaining; he had lost the spare ones he used to carry due to monster attacks on previous journeys. Now, whenever Song Jian sensed something amiss, his first action was to pack up his sleeping bag.

“This should be their hunting habit, lying in wait during the day and emerging at night. There are no beasts or monsters left around this oasis; they’ve likely all been hunted by these lurking creatures…” Nafiboja said while already preparing to leave.

Just then, at a spot about a dozen meters from them, whirls of sand began to spontaneously appear on the ground, and the desert lurkers were all quickly burrowing out of the sand, charging towards the two of them.

“Huh, they actually come out of the sand to hunt?” Song Jian’s eyes showed a hint of surprise. He had been ready to leave, but now he stopped.

Previously, these creatures had been hard to attack because they stayed hidden under the sand. Now that they were exposing themselves, Song Jian naturally was not going to let them go easily. The roles of predator and prey began to reverse.

“They must have realized that we’ve detected them and think we’re trying to run away, so they’re speeding up the hunt. They move too slowly in the sand; they’re faster on the surface. There’s nothing nearby that could threaten them anymore. As the local dominants, they wouldn’t see us as a concern. This is a good opportunity…” Nafiboja said with a slight quirk of its mouth to Song Jian.

“Heh, they’re courting death!” Song Jian snorted coldly, his Sky-breaking Sword in hand bursting with a dazzling pale golden light. All the Sword Qi instantly flowed into the Sky-breaking Sword, which, while just over two feet long, now pulsed with a flame-like Sword Qi light.

“Thousand Swords Art!”

Hundreds of Spirit Swords gleamed, illuminating the surroundings as if it were broad daylight, while trails left by the swords in the sky sparkled like shooting stars.

All desert lurkers were enveloped by the Spirit Swords, and soon, a series of booming explosions could be heard in the distance. The shockwaves reached even the distant oasis, bending all the trees from the force of the blast.

A dazzling Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation ablaze with fire appeared out of thin air. The strong suction force drew in dozens of desert lurkers, including the three sovereign bosses, into the Sword Formation. Countless Spirit Swords, aflame, danced within the formation, slashing at every living being trapped inside.

Screams of agony pierced the air, sharp and wailing, while variously colored damage numbers floated up from above the formation, forming a densely packed and eye-catching display.

The robot Nafiboja’s eyes began to flash rapidly once again, uttering not a word as if it were calculating at full speed, recording the might of the Thousand Swords Art.

After some time, as the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation entered its third stage, the robot Nafiboja suddenly spoke, “Your sword technique now possesses power comparable to the essence of swordsmanship, but it still has potential for further enhancement…”

Song Jian was taken aback. The power of the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation was immense, capable of holding its own even against King Level bosses. But when evolving to the Fourth Tier–the Sword Qi Stone Tower–it seemed to have reached the end of its evolution. A seven-layered stone tower could imprison and devour up to seven bosses that could withstand quadruple damage. This was the limit of the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation; it wouldn’t continue to improve.

However, Nafiboja’s words that the Sword Formation still had potential for improvement immediately piqued Song Jian’s curiosity.

“This is the third stage the Sword Formation has evolved to, the Sword Qi Palm Imprint. These monsters probably won’t survive this stage. The next stage is the Sword Qi Stone Tower, under which even a King Level boss would struggle to withstand a single blow!” Song Jian pointed at the distant Sword Formation and continued, “Moreover, if the King Level boss’s Vitality Points can be brought down to one-tenth of its original, the Sword Qi Stone Tower can imprison it, directly absorbing and transforming it into proficiency. This is the limit of the Thousand Swords Art; it’s impossible for it to evolve further!”

“Of course, as the level increases, so does the power, but that’s just a quantitative accumulation. A qualitative change seems unlikely now!” Song Jian shrugged, believing that no one could understand the Thousand Swords Art more deeply than he did.

“No…” Nafiboja seemed to want to add something, but after hesitating for a moment, shook its head and remained silent, merely watching the massive palm imprint fiercely pressing dozens of level sixty-five desert lurkers into the ground.

“It’s over!” Song Jian glanced at his slightly increased combat experience, sensing the Sword Qi slowly dissipating. It was only when all enemies were dead that the Sword Qi would disperse; otherwise, it would continue to evolve into the Fourth Tier, the Sword Qi Stone Tower.

Clearly, this group of monsters didn’t have the strength to withstand the assault of the Sword Qi Palm Imprint!

Song Jian walked towards where the battle had taken place. All the creatures guarding the oasis were eliminated, leaving their loot scattered around. As he picked through the spoils of war, Song Jian turned to Nafiboja and smiled, “Now that there are no longer any monsters guarding the oasis, we might look for a place to rest, perhaps in one of those well-preserved houses? It’s been a long time since I’ve slept in a bed…”

Nafiboja walked over slowly, with dropped items all around. Bending down, it picked up a golden round object from the ground and smiled, “You’re in luck. With this, the journey ahead could be a bit easier…”

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