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Chapter 1185 - Chapter 1185 Chapter 1187 Divine Favor Set_1

Chapter 1185: Chapter 1187: Divine Favor Set_1 Chapter 1185: Chapter 1187: Divine Favor Set_1 “`

Ancient Wilderness Beach, located at the end of the Broken Sword Mountain Range, is a desolate Gobi desert with not a soul in sight for hundreds of miles and stones of all sizes scattered everywhere.

At this moment, Ancient Wilderness Beach had already been largely eroded by the Ancient Desolate Abyss, and one could clearly see a line of demarcation stretching for hundreds of kilometers.

Beyond that boundary line lay a world as if stained by ink, with everything on the ground pitch-black. Thick clouds tumbled across the sky, oppressively dark. The air was saturated with black mist that seemed alive, continuously forming into tentacles dozens of meters long that groped around before quickly dissipating again.

Song Jian stood before this boundary line, feeling the familiar scent of the Abyss emanating from the region ahead.

“This is the place. According to the guidance, if I cross this wasteland and go a few hundred more miles forward, I’ll reach an ancient town. The central square of that town is where the Demon Suppression Seal is located!” Song Jian glanced at the guiding map in his hand and murmured.

“The erosion speed of the Ancient Desolate Abyss is too fast; it has advanced nearly a foot in just ten minutes. At this rate, the Imperial Sword Sect alone will probably have a hard time resisting the invasion of the Abyssal Power, right?” Xin Ling hesitated to say.

“All of this is because the Demon Suppression Seal has been damaged. Once the seal is fully repaired, the Abyssal Power can be completely blocked off. Then we’ll only have to deal with the beasts. I believe that the disciples of the Imperial Sword Sect will have no problem dealing with them,” Song Jian sighed.

The number of beasts was enormous, counted in millions, while the entire Imperial Sword Sect probably had no more than thirty to fifty thousand disciples in total. To resist the attacks of so many beasts, even taking advantage of the terrain, was likely to be a very difficult task.

“Do you think it’s because of the abyssal invasion plotline that the Demon Suppression Seal was damaged?” Xin Ling suddenly said, “Otherwise, it wouldn’t be such a coincidence, right?”

Song Jian gave a slight smile and said, “In any case, let’s complete our mission first!”

Xin Ling nodded, and the two continued forward, stepping directly over the boundary line and entering the Ancient Desolate Abyss region.

Song Jian felt as if he had passed through a transparent membrane. Once inside the Ancient Desolate Abyss region, an inexplicable surge of irritability emerged from the depths of his heart, along with an urge to destroy everything.

But quickly, this irritability was dispelled by a wave of coolness that emerged in his mind. Song Jian turned his head to look at Xin Ling and, sure enough, saw a glint of blood-red in her eyes and her entire face took on a somewhat fierce expression, as killing intent surged from her body.

Just as Song Jian’s brow furrowed, intending to prevent Xin Ling from going deeper, a purple-red light suddenly burst from around her neck. Her eyes immediately cleared, and she took a deep breath.

“An epic-level necklace with quite a foundation, huh!” Song Jian laughed.

“Hehe, just got lucky!” Xin Ling pulled the necklace from under her clothes and showed it off, saying, “The Necklace of Favor from the Goddess of Wisdom, it can immunize against all adverse states below Legendary Level!”

Song Jian raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help saying, “The Necklace of Favor? That’s equipment only the devotees of the goddess can obtain…”

In the City of Hope, there are already temples of seven or eight deities, where players can pray every day. By praying in a temple for over an hour, they can earn faith points; likewise, by completing tasks issued by the temples, they can obtain corresponding faith points. Players can exchange faith points for many valuable items in the temples.

Among them, there is a Divine Favor Set, which is the top-tier equipment that can be exchanged for faith points in the temples. Each Main Deity’s temple offers a Divine Favor Set with distinct attributes, and players can choose the corresponding Main Deity’s temple according to their profession for the exchange.

Of course, the faith points of each temple are not interchangeable. Once a player selects a Main Deity’s temple, they seldom change it casually.

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Every piece of equipment in the Divine Favor Set requires a large amount of Belief Value, and the Favored Necklace is one of them. Xin Ling must have spent a lot of time and effort in the Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom praying and completing tasks.

“Hey, I’m now a fervent believer of the Goddess of Wisdom, and I’ve redeemed three pieces of the Divine Favor Set alone!” Xin Ling said with some pride.

Song Jian couldn’t help but smile and shook his head. As the Belief Value increases, players would obtain a series of titles, starting from a shallow believer to a formal believer to a fervent believer, then to the Favored, the Divine Favored, and so on.

These titles come with corresponding attribute enhancements. However, as the depth of faith deepens, some compulsory tasks issued by the temple must be completed; otherwise, the Belief Value would plummet, and the Divine Favor Set previously redeemed would become unusable. The higher the Belief Value, the stronger this binding force became. Many players felt as if they were trapping themselves–if they didn’t want their previous efforts to vaporize, they had to completely succumb to being slaves of the temple.

However, the temple concealed none of this; all actions were voluntary. Xin Ling was clearly aware of all of this, so Song Jian didn’t feel it his place to dissuade her.

The two continued walking forward, and the surrounding black fog rolled towards them. But as it neared, it suddenly retreated even faster, with some of the fog dissipating instantly, unable to touch either of them at all.

Upon entering the Ancient Desolate Abyss, Song Jian checked his status bar and noticed a “All Attributes Reduced by 5%” debuff, clearly the reason that disciples of the Imperial Sword Sect were dettered by Duan Xingliu from entering the Ancient Desolate Abyss. Being a player reduced his attributes by only 5%, but if it had been any other disciple of the Imperial Sword Sect, their attributes would have been slashed by over 80%, effectively rendering them powerless.

Just then, Song Jian felt a premonition of danger. According to his experience, a very powerful monster must have appeared ahead.

“Be careful, there seems to be a monster ahead!” Song Jian said in a low voice.

The region of the Ancient Desolate Abyss weakened invaders but, to the Abyssal Wilderness Beasts, it increased their attributes to some extent, making them stronger than monsters of the same level and quality.

Shortly after, a giant figure over three meters tall appeared in front of them.

It was a humanoid creature bare-chested with tightly packed black scales covering its torso. It wore a pair of gray trousers that were so decayed they barely held together, and as it moved, small scraps continually fell off, drifting away with the wind.

In the monster’s hand was a long iron chain that was wrapped around its entire arm several times over. The chain dragging on the ground made a series of dull sounds, adding a sense of horror to the atmosphere.

“Skeleton level, probably a BOSS. Should we bypass it or kill it?” Xin Ling asked in a low voice.

A flash of light appeared in Song Jian’s eyes as he used his Eye of Insight, revealing the properties of the monster before them.

“A level seventy-five Lord-level BOSS with only six hundred thousand Vitality Points!” Song Jian, eager to test his mettle, said in a low voice with a chuckle, “Since we’re here, we’re bound to fight the monsters in this place sooner or later. I’ll go up first to test its mettle; you back me up!”

With that, Song Jian leaped forward, rushing towards the monster. He swung the Sky-breaking Sword in his hand and a Spirit Sword, burning with a dark red flame, floated in front of him. Following the motions of the Sky-breaking Sword, the Spirit Sword danced through the air, slashing towards the monster.

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PS: Thanks to “Ye Gubai” for the 100 starting coins reward~