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Chapter 1104 - Chapter 1104 Chapter 1106 Insect Soldiers Lord_1

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This mission was somewhat of a surprise to Song Jian, yet it was also within his expectations. He had this premonition when the gap between mission difficulty and rewards kept increasing.

The rewards and difficulty of a mission often correlate directly, if the difficulty suddenly surges without a change in rewards, congratulations, you might have stumbled upon a chain mission or a hidden mission.

These kinds of missions are often deeply concealed and require extensive exploration. They are extremely challenging and tend to weed out the majority of players unlikely to complete them early on. For an average player, killing thousands of Insect Soldiers for a mere reward of 8%-10% combat experience is clearly not worth it. With the same effort and energy, one could gain more Experience Points by grinding on lower-level monsters and do so much more safely than hunting Insect Soldiers.

Song Jian did not hesitate to accept this mission, he knew it would be much more difficult than killing a few thousand Insect Soldiers, but judging from the mission rewards and penalties, a substantial amount of experience would save him one to two months of effort. An epic chest might also likely contain an epic piece of equipment, which wasn’t too shabby.

“You are a true warrior!” the veteran Vayne exclaimed, “These Insect Soldiers are a great enemy to mankind, they must be eradicated!”

“We once broke into the nest of these Insect Soldiers but were ultimately driven out. The nest is located in a cave deep in the valley,” he continued. “I need you to scout that cave. Once you have finished scouting, the mission will give you further instructions!”

Upon hearing this, Song Jian knew it to be true and nodded, stepping towards the valley.

Entering the valley, Song Jian first used the Concealment Necklace to enter stealth mode, then hastened towards the cave deep in the valley.

The valley was once again teeming with Insect Soldiers, they roamed everywhere, and even in stealth mode, Song Jian proceeded with extreme caution to avoid being surrounded by them. Although he wasn’t afraid of them, the Insect Soldiers could still delay his mission progress.

After spending over half an hour, Song Jian finally arrived at the target location–the mouth of the cave in the depths of the valley. Viewing from outside, a constant stream of standard level-60 Insect Soldiers could be seen pouring out of the cave. They appeared to have just hatched, their dark chitinous shells still covered in viscous fluid, which quickly dispersed into the air once they left the cave.

“This place must be akin to a production base for Insect Soldiers; there’s bound to be stronger Insect Soldier BOSSes inside, and there may even be Lord and Overlord level BOSSes,” Song Jian thought silently to himself.

A reward of an epic item would necessitate the presence of a correspondingly challenging BOSS, Song Jian wouldn’t believe it otherwise.

The cave entrance wasn’t large, its diameter about five meters, allowing four or five Insect Soldiers to march out side by side. Song Jian watched the entrance for a while and noticed that the soldiers didn’t emerge at every moment.

There was a brief interval between one group of Insect Soldiers and the next, about only ten seconds. That was his opportunity to enter the cave, as the Insect Soldiers’ alert range might be small, but passing within less than a meter from them was still enough to be detected.

Quickly taking advantage of the interval, Song Jian rushed into the cave and discovered that the underground area was incredibly vast. Looking around, the cave was filled with grotesque rocks, and the sharp shrieking of the Insect Soldiers pervaded everywhere.

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Song Jian carefully evaded the insect soldiers on his way deeper into the cave. Every so often, dozens of insect soldiers would rush out from the depths of the cave towards the valley. Such an environment was not suitable for large army confrontations; once one failed to gain an overwhelming advantage over the insect soldiers, being dragged into a war of attrition meant defeat was inevitable.

In such circumstances, it was more suitable for a small number of elite soldiers like Song Jian to enter the cave and carry out reconnaissance and beheading operations. However, this also significantly increased the danger, especially considering the sheer number of insect soldiers in the cave.

Along the way, Song Jian saw many oval-shaped insect eggs, about half a person tall. It seemed that these eggs were abandoned; they had become like fossils, their surfaces covered with a thick layer of rock, appearing just like stone eggs.

Song Jian was extremely cautious about these stone-like eggs, avoiding them at a distance as he made his way.

After wandering in the cave for over half an hour, Song Jian came to an underground river. In the center of the river was a small island, on which a golden treasure chest was placed. Next to the chest was an insect soldier much more muscular and imposing than the regular ones, constantly roaming around the chest. No matter where it went, its gaze firmly fixed on the treasure chest.

The attraction of the golden treasure chest to Song Jian had lessened over time, but the presence of this insect soldier caught his eye–it was clearly a BOSS, and a formidable one at that. Ordinary insect soldiers didn’t even dare to approach it; on the entire island, only this creature existed.

“Insect Soldier Lord, Level 65, Lord-level BOSS, Vitality Points 190,000/190,000”

“Level 65 Lord-level BOSS…” Song Jian thought to himself.

At this moment, he was more than a hundred meters away from the island. A large number of insect soldiers roamed around; if he charged straight through, it might agitate all the insect soldiers in the cave.

Hidden beside a massive rock, Song Jian held the Sky-breaking Sword, eyeing the insect soldier lord in the distance. With a mere thought, hundreds of Spirit Swords floated around him, paused for a moment, then moved simultaneously, soaring towards the distant insect soldier lord.

The range of the Thousand Swords Art attack was extremely broad. As long as Song Jian could keep his eyes locked on a monster, the Spirit Swords could strike it. This skill’s power was always influenced by Song Jian’s own attributes and couldn’t unleash its full potential. Otherwise, the legendary Sword Immortal technique of taking an enemy’s head from a thousand miles away would be somewhat demonstrated by Song Jian.

The Spirit Swords dancing in the air did not alarm the insect soldiers along the way. Only the lord-level BOSS targeted by the swords seemed to sense the threat, tensing up and looking anxiously around, emitting a series of deep roars, appearing restless and agitated.

During its moment of hesitation, the Spirit Swords had already struck, and the instant it was attacked, its enmity locked onto Song Jian, over a hundred meters away.

The creature let out a roar, turned around, and charged down a winding path, the only entrance and exit of the small island. To get on or off the island, one had to pass through here, which meant that if Song Jian chose close combat, merely getting close to the BOSS would be no easy feat.

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