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Chapter 1310 - Chapter 1310 Chapter 1312 Battle Array

Chapter 1310: Chapter 1312 Battle Array Chapter 1310: Chapter 1312 Battle Array The humans before me were not players, but members of the Human Race who have survived in Abyssal Hell for thousands of years, essentially the human NPCs of Abyssal Hell. They had become part of the Abyssal Clan, akin to the Abyssal demons.

These humans had undergone clear Abyssal mutations, with the most notable trait being the black Abyssal aura emanating from their bodies. However, not just any human could possess such an aura, it was exclusive to those with formidable strength, whose bodies could then produce the Abyssal aura.

Players who transformed into members of the Abyssal Clan, once their strength grew sufficient, would also emit an Abyssal aura like these individuals. As their power increased, this Abyssal aura would become thicker and not only improve their physical qualities but also enhance the might of their skills.

In the eyes of NPCs within the game world, this Abyssal aura was something to be loathed and feared, yet many players found it incredibly cool, especially during battle, as it seemed to add special effects.

“Why are there members of the Abyssal Human Clan here?” Song Jian frowned, aware that following the start of the Abyssal invasion storyline, a multitude of Abyssal castles had appeared in the game world, all evolved from previous Abyssal Instances, which largely appeared near cities bustling with players.

Song Jian’s current location was a remote lake in the wilderness, seldom visited by humans and home only to dense vegetation and wild beasts like snow leopards.

A few members of the Abyssal Human Clan chased a snow leopard out of the jungle, having already wounded it. They were deliberately pursuing it from behind, reluctant to engage in direct combat, preferring to let the leopard die from exhaustion to avoid injury during the fight.

Seeing the snow leopard stagger toward the lakeside, the three members of the Abyssal Human Clan immediately showed excitement in their eyes–it seemed the leopard was nearly drained of strength, and it was time to collect their spoils.

As the three prepared to rush at the snow leopard, one of them suddenly caught sight of Song Jian and the transformed human-shaped Black Dragon, Kamata, halting their movement abruptly.

“Humans!” The leading middle-aged member of the Abyssal Human Clan roared with a guarded expression, pointing his weapon at Song Jian. The other two, startled, quickly turned their gazes toward him.

For native species entering the game world, it was essentially an invasion. Abyssal players who had experiences in the game world were indifferent to this fact, but for those like the Abyssal Human Clan who were born and never set foot outside Abyssal Hell, entering the game world–no matter how barren and harsh the environment, like the Gobi Desert–felt like paradise, not to mention the more prosperous places. After all, no matter how desolate the game world was, it was still a thousand times, even ten thousand times better than the environment of Abyssal Hell.

“Retreat!” The leader of the Abyssal Human Clan commanded in a low voice, starting to back away slowly.

“Su Ta, it’s just a young man and a little girl. Just kill them, why retreat? The snow leopard is nearly done for, are we going to just give up our prey for nothing?” another Abyssal human spoke up discontentedly.

“Yes, Uncle Su Ta, we’ve killed humans here before. Take out the guy, and take the girl back to the village; after she’s played out, she could fetch a good price…”

All three were speaking in the Abyssal language, incomprehensible to others, but Song Jian understood them perfectly, his face darkening instantly.

Su Ta, the most powerful among the three, could faintly sense Song Jian’s strength and knew that a man in his twenties who dared to bring a little girl to this place couldn’t possibly be ordinary people.

“Since you’ve come, don’t bother leaving!” Song Jian addressed the three in the Abyssal language, causing their faces to turn pale.

At that moment, Song Jian charged toward the three. Su Ta yelled, “Form up!”

The three quickly positioned themselves in a triangle formation, while a faintly black halo appeared beneath their feet, connecting their auras as one.

“A battle formation? Interesting…” Song Jian said with a slight smile tugging at his lips. He unleashed the Mysterious Moonlight Sword, stabbing fiercely toward the leader of the Abyssal humans.

As for battle arrays, Song Jian was not unfamiliar with them. Luo Tianyu from the City of Hope excelled in this area, but compared to this trio’s battle array, Luo Tianyu specialized in military formations that required a larger number of people; those military formations were also a kind of battle array, but they needed at least a hundred people to be effective.

After forming a battle array, the strength of these three Abyssal Human Clan members increased by at least 15%. In sum, it was as if half another person’s strength had been added. However, for Song Jian, this didn’t pose any real concern.

The Sky-breaking Sword easily tore through Su Ta’s defense and pierced into his chest, while at the same time, the other two humans thrust their long spears at Song Jian.

Song Jian’s figure suddenly vanished, leaving only a translucent image in the eyes of the three of them. Leveraging the obstruction-free passing effect of Soul Wander for three seconds, Song Jian evaded the trio’s attacks and once again swung the Sky-breaking Sword viciously towards the neck of the Abyssal Human Clan member on the left.

The innate skill “Holy Sword” often had a high trigger chance for critical strikes on the neck, which was an experience Song Jian had summarized in combat.

These three Abyssal Human Clan members were all around level eighty-five, with the highest-level individual, a middle-aged man named Su Ta, at level eighty-eight. The lowest-level target, whom Song Jian was currently attacking in hopes of a single-strike decapitation, was only level eighty-three. For Song Jian, who was already at level eighty-nine, it would be entirely possible to inflict level suppression damage.

Pfft~

The Sky-breaking Sword seemed to encounter no resistance as it sliced through the neck of the Abyssal Human Clan member, while at the same time, a dazzling golden light sparkled along the blade of the sword.

The corners of Song Jian’s mouth lifted slightly; sure enough, the Holy Sword effect had been triggered with a single strike. Otherwise, even if the opponent’s level was lower than his own, an instant kill would be impossible.

“Ancient Jiao!” An angry voice rose from behind. Song Jian felt a gust of wind at the back of his neck, indicating that the enemy also intended to kill him in one hit.

However, with six more seconds of Soul Wander remaining, attacks that couldn’t damage his soul-state would be completely immune.

But just as Song Jian was prepared to tank the attack and finish off another enemy, he suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, and a needle-like pain stabbed at his nape.

A chill went down Song Jian’s spine, and he abandoned his attack, quickly retreating. A dark purple light traced an arc through the air and fiercely chopped down on Song Jian’s left shoulder.

Instantly, an excruciating pain pierced through his left shoulder.

Surprise registered on Song Jian’s face, “How could this be…”

After moving to a safe distance, Song Jian immediately canceled the Soul Wander state. While Soul Wander could make him immune to any damage except soul damage, if an opponent’s attack could hurt the soul, the damage Song Jian suffered would double!

Song Jian’s gaze fixed on the opponent’s spear-blade, on which was attached a foot-long dark purple crystal that had been polished. If one didn’t look closely, they might mistake it for charred wood.

“What kind of weapon is this?” Song Jian asked in the Abyssal language, narrowing his eyes at the weapon in the opponent’s hands while the dark gold vertical line on his brow suddenly opened a fraction and stared at the opponent’s weapon.

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