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Chapter 1093 - Chapter 1093 Chapter 1095 Leaving_1

Chapter 1093: Chapter 1095: Leaving_1 Chapter 1093: Chapter 1095: Leaving_1 “Boom!”

Another loud blast echoed, and in an instant, Song Jian lost his connection with the Moon Essence Wheel. A fist-sized hole was blasted through the steel wings on his back, and from the center of the hole spread dozens of cracks, large and small. Countless fragments of the steel wings shot out radially in every direction.

The steel wings were severely damaged, and Song Jian lost the ability to fly. His body began plummeting toward the ground. While falling, his gaze locked onto the silhouette of the assailant who had somehow already appeared on a cliff behind him, at least a thousand meters from his previous position. Such teleportation effects could only be possessed by someone with the level of a Grand Magician, which meant the adversary had at least the third-tier combat power expected of a mage class after a job change.

Song Jian suddenly felt a chill overtake him and couldn’t help but think to himself, “Is this his skill or the effect of an equipment? With such insidious methods, it’s virtually impossible to guard against…”

Having the ability to negate any skill lock and to teleport over thousands of meters, along with a powerful ranged attack that could kill in one shot, even if his other attributes were average, such an existence was something any player would dreadfully want to avoid.

Just as Song Jian was about to hit the ground, a pair of brilliant Flame Light Wings materialized behind him, carrying him towards the entrance of the valley.

During the flight, Song Jian made a series of evasive maneuvers that made him look like a headless fly buzzing around aimlessly.

Not until Song Jian had flown out of the valley did he hear any gunfire from behind. Perhaps it was a skill cooldown, or maybe the opponent had decided to spare him, which made all of Song Jian’s evasive actions in the air seem like casting seductive glances at a blind man.

Standing outside the valley, looking at the empty and silent desolate valley, Song Jian’s expression was incredibly grim.

“That must be the Watcher guarding the Ancient Altar. The entire valley has become territory-like in nature; within his domain, he can move freely, appearing at any spot…” The robot Nafiboja in his left hand suddenly opened its eyes and spoke in a low voice, laced with a hint of electric noise, indicating its poor condition.

“What should I do?” Song Jian lifted it up and stared into its eyes as he asked.

“You could either draw him out, or destroy the entire valley. You should possess the power to do so…” Having said that, the robot Nafiboja slowly closed its eyes again.

“Draw him out? How? That guy is nothing but a turtle hiding in its shell…” Song Jian’s brow furrowed deeply: “Destroying the entire valley is easier said than done, not to mention that it might inadvertently destroy the Ancient Altar, which has been abandoned for who knows how long. Then, even if I managed to kill the Watcher, I would still be unable to leave this place, and the mission would still be a failure, wouldn’t it?”

For a moment, Song Jian fell into a dilemma.

Standing at the entrance of the valley, Song Jian thought for a long time but could not come up with any good solutions. He could only sigh, lock onto a cliff that was the farthest from the altar, and began to release the Thousand Swords Art continuously.

In a short while, countless Spirit Swords bombarded the cliffside, resembling a missile barrage. The deafening roars were non-stop, and the distant cliff began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye, while Song Jian’s Sword Qi Value kept decreasing.

Just then, a crisp gunshot exploded beside Song Jian’s ear; he immediately threw himself to the left, his body abruptly stopped by the rock walls on either side of the valley entrance;

With a “bang,” a deep hole burst open where Song Jian had just been standing. The hard ground within a three-foot radius had sunk three inches, showing the sheer power of the shot.

Though Song Jian looked somewhat disheveled, a hint of a smile crept onto his lips. Clearly, his earlier actions had agitated the Guardian, making it rash enough to attack even though Song Jian hadn’t entered the valley yet.

“Let’s see how long you can hold out…” Song Jian murmured softly, narrowing his eyes as he looked in the direction of the bullet’s trajectory. He saw the sniper blatantly standing on a cliff, looking towards the valley entrance.

Seeing the sniper’s provocative stance, Song Jian’s mind moved, and he summoned a Sword Shadow Clone, charging towards it while swinging the Sky-breaking Sword in his hand forward, bombarding it with dozens of Spirit Swords. The Watcher didn’t dodge; instead, he bravely aimed his gun at Song Jian’s clone and pulled the trigger.

This time, because he hadn’t summoned the Moon Essence Wheel, the clone burst apart upon impact. Before the Watcher could reload, Song Jian charged straight at him, his gaze locked on the Watcher, and his whole body channeled Sword Qi towards the Sky-breaking Sword.

When the Watcher felt the threat of death, his face finally changed, and his eyes showed fear. The skill to unlock targeting was still on cooldown. This ability was innate and couldn’t be used like teleportation, which could be cast almost without cooldown or cost by leveraging the terrain.

As a deluge of Spirit Swords struck at him, the Watcher’s body began to ripple and slowly disintegrate, disappearing from the spot after a short time.

In an instant, the Watcher’s body appeared beside the cliff, which had already been blasted beyond recognition. However, the Spirit Swords flying in the air suddenly arced and continued flying towards him. The large swarm of Spirit Swords drew arcs in the air like a school of fish swimming in the deep sea, a sight of great beauty. Most importantly, hundreds of Spirit Swords making sharp turns in the air did not collide with one another–an impressive feat that would surely astound any onlooker.

“No!” The Watcher only managed to cry out before he was engulfed by countless Spirit Swords.

Even with the advantage of the terrain, allowing for constant teleportation, there was still a need for a few seconds to cast the ability, and even with a short cooldown, there was still a cooldown period. Once targeted by the Thousand Swords Art, he had no way to dodge, and there was only one inevitable outcome!

Song Jian looked towards the distant cliff, where a dazzling red lotus had bloomed, its flames almost dyeing half the sky red. However, that was all. Not even the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword appeared. The blazing red lotus, burning with fierce flames, lasted only a few short seconds before it slowly dissipated.

A look of disappointment couldn’t help but surface in Song Jian’s eyes. Such strength didn’t even measure up to a level 60 Lord-level boss, at most equivalent to a level 60 elite boss. If not for the high damage and the ability to teleport endlessly, Song Jian probably wouldn’t have given it a second glance.

Song Jian didn’t even bother to look at the items dropped by the Watcher’s death. He headed straight for the altar. The robot Nafiboja seemed to be severely injured. Any further delay might result in it dying before they could leave Scorching Gorge, which would mean failing the quest, and Song Jian would be devastated.

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