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Chapter 1207 - Chapter 1207 Chapter 1209 Prison

Chapter 1207: Chapter 1209: Prison Chapter 1207: Chapter 1209: Prison Two keys of oblivion that looked exactly the same, except for the different glow of their quality, began to melt slowly as they touched each other, merging into one another.

Before long, a key of oblivion that emitted a dark gold light floated in front of Song Jian, held gently in his hand.

After examining it closely for quite a while, Song Jian frowned slightly, “This doesn’t seem any different from the previous one!”

The properties of the key of oblivion hadn’t changed at all; even the quality remained the previous dark gold color, as if it had simply devoured the black-quality key of oblivion.

System: You have obtained the merged key of oblivion. Do you wish to unlock the hidden quest “Trial of the Demon Suppression Tower”?

Upon seeing this system message, Song Jian was shaken, “The Demon Suppression Tower–it needs the key of oblivion to access it?”

Song Jian suddenly remembered that the little girl who had spared his life had asked him to seek the Demon Suppression Tower on Ancient Sword Star. Was it because she sensed that he had a key of oblivion in his inventory?

With this thought, Song Jian didn’t dare to be careless and, after hesitating for a long time, chose to accept!

System: You have accepted the hidden quest “Trial of the Demon Suppression Tower.” Do you wish to expend a key of oblivion to open the entrance to the Demon Suppression Tower?

“What, it requires a key of oblivion?” Song Jian looked at the newly merged key of oblivion in his hand, his face showing a difficult expression.

As it was known, this key of oblivion was a master key. If he lost it, he would no longer be able to open locked treasure chests in the future, which would be a significant loss, causing Song Jian to hesitate.

After much thought, Song Jian gritted his teeth and made his decision. The key of oblivion he had just acquired slowly vanished from his hand, and in its place, a small red dot suddenly appeared in front of him.

The small red dot spun rapidly, expanding while spinning, and as it rotated, the edges scattered countless spark-like points of light. In no time, a stable red teleportation gate appeared before Song Jian.

“What, what is this thing?” Song Jian stared at the profound teleportation gate, unable to see what was beyond it, only darkness.

System: You have ten seconds to enter the Demon Suppression Tower! Ten, nine, eight,…

As he watched the countdown emerge before him, Song Jian was startled and hurriedly stepped into the crimson teleportation gate in the final three seconds!

After entering the gate, darkness enveloped him, and turning around, he saw the teleportation gate behind him rapidly shrinking, eventually disappearing as a red dot.

Upon opening the quest log, the contents of the “Trial of the Demon Suppression Tower” quest had changed. Quest content: Find the Holy Light Priest Situ Kaiss in the Cage of Evil, and learn the secrets of the Demon Suppression Tower!

“Cage of Evil?” Song Jian looked at the map in the quest log, which was pitch black and showed nothing, not even a marker for the location of the Cage of Evil. How was he to find it?

Opening his vertical eye, the surroundings suddenly became clear. Song Jian realized he was in an underground prison, surrounded by tall metal cages, with rows of cages around orderly stone slab paths that were only about two meters wide and covered with dark brown stains.

“Demon Suppression Tower, Demon Suppression Tower, is this where demons and monsters are imprisoned?” Song Jian looked around the iron bars and mused to himself.

Some of the iron bars were intact, while others had been damaged. The fine steel bars, as thick as an arm, were forcibly torn apart, and on some, desiccated corpses of monsters still hung.

Song Jian carefully explored along the corridor, not convinced that all the monsters inside had been killed or had fled.

With Song Jian’s movement, his path gradually began to appear on the mission map. Any place he traversed was revealed, yet the areas he had not traversed remained shrouded in darkness.

“Now, I need to explore the entire map of this place…” Song Jian thought to himself.

Just then, a furry arm suddenly reached out from a nearby cage, grabbing towards Song Jian. Instinctively, he swung his Sky-breaking Sword and sidestepped in a cleaving motion, severing the arm. A painful roar erupted from within the iron bars as the mutilated limb fell to the ground.

Song Jian glanced inside the cage. A humanoid creature, clutching the wound on its arm, staggered backwards, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

After a look at his information panel, Song Jian’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, “A level thirty-six monster, why would there be such low-level creatures here?”

He knew, although he had never been to the Demon Suppression Tower before, he was very familiar with the legends surrounding it, since one of his most important missions after arriving at the Ancient Sword Star with the Imperial Sword Sect was to find the Demon Suppression Tower for that little girl!

“The Demon Suppression Tower is supposed to hold powerful great demons, with at least level one hundred or above, boss-level strength, before they’re qualified to be suppressed here. Otherwise, why not simply exterminate them, why waste time and effort confining them here?” Song Jian mused to himself.

Song Jian speculated that the Demon Suppression Tower might serve a similar purpose to his Sword Qi Stone Tower, perhaps exploiting these great demons for some benefits, otherwise, why suppress these monsters instead of just killing them?

Pain-filled roars echoed from within the cages, making the surroundings instantly eerie. Gasps, scrapings, and low growls filled the air around him, signaling that something was awakening, or even being attracted by the commotion.

Song Jian’s thoughts raced, and he cast his Sword Shadow Clone Skill. In an instant, a figure identical to him appeared by his side. Under his control, the Sword Shadow Clone arbitrarily chose a passage and sprinted forward, revealing the mission map in its wake.

However, it wasn’t long before the clone stopped, its health rapidly declining. In less than a minute, Song Jian had lost contact with the Sword Shadow Clone.

This startled Song Jian. He knew his Sword Shadow Clone Skill had reached level ten, and although not yet maxed out, the clone’s strength was nearly on par with his own.

“Could there be such powerful monsters inside?” With this thought, Song Jian promptly activated the Stealth Skill inherent to his Concealment Necklace, his figure slowly vanishing from the spot.

Before long, a large group of half-transparent, grey-white ghostly creatures floated over. They resembled clusters of mist, gathering around Song Jian’s previous position before being drawn by the continuing wails of the creature, passing directly through the iron bars towards the thirty-odd level monster.

Soon, the cage resounded with a series of piercing screams. The noise gradually quietened until silence fell.

Quickly, these ghost-like creatures floated out of the cage, their grey-white, translucent bodies now flickering with a faint crimson glow.

Having left the cage, these ghosts seemed to lose interest in surveying the surroundings, casually selecting a passage and drifting away slowly.

“A level one hundred lord-level boss, devouring ghosts, how could there be such terrifying creatures here?” Song Jian, hidden on the side, carefully utilized the Eye of Insight, observing the attributes of these ghosts.

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