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Chapter 1484 - Chapter 1484 Chapter 1486 Skill Upgrade

Chapter 1484: Chapter 1486: Skill Upgrade Chapter 1484: Chapter 1486: Skill Upgrade The trial, the real war, the glory of bygone days, and the scenes engraved on the surface of the stone pillars in the hall immediately gave Song Jian an ominous feeling!

“Hahaha, ‘endless and unbounded’ might be a bit of an exaggeration,” chuckled the Taoist man’s phantom. “It’s merely a perfect restoration of the scenes from my past hunts. As long as you can get through three scenes, you’ll be considered to have passed the assessment, and there will be a basic reward waiting for you!” he laughed heartily. “But if you want to truly inherit all that I have, then continue to challenge. The more scenes you challenge, the more likely you are to inherit my mantle. Ultimately, the person who challenges the most scenes will become my chosen disciple and receive my true legacy!”

No sooner had the sound of his voice faded than the desert began to stir, and innumerable beetles with golden glowing shells suddenly burrowed out of the sand and lunged at Song Jian.

Up in the sky, the phantom of the Taoist man appeared, looking at the army of golden-shelled beetles like a tidal wave, a look of surprise on his face.

“The Golden Beetle Clan, a member of the Space Devouring Beast Clan, not only possesses extremely strong defensive capabilities but also formidable attacks. Even the toughest shells can be torn apart by these golden beetles!” The smiling visage of the Taoist man’s phantom began to explain the characteristics of the Golden Beetle Clan to Song Jian.

The Golden Beetles, part of the Space Devouring Beast Clan, are notable for their impressive attack and defense. More importantly, once the Golden Beetles engage in combat, they fight fearlessly to the death, disregarding any harm to themselves. Additionally, the Golden Beetles least experience suppression by level or rank, retaining most of their combat power even when facing beings of a higher grade than themselves.

Higher-grade creatures generally have an overwhelming advantage over lower-grade ones, but this advantage is nonexistent in the face of the Golden Beetles.

The countless Golden Beetles, like a tidal wave, surged towards Song Jian, instantly reminding him of a familiar scene.

Upon close recollection, Song Jian realized that this very scene unfolding before him was exactly what was depicted on the surface of one of the stone pillars in the great hall.

In the vast desert sands, numerous corpses of Golden Beetles littered the landscape, with the protagonist fighting against beetles as large as three-story buildings and ultimately killing them one by one!

“Golden Beetles the size of buildings…” At this thought, Song Jian’s muscles tensed, and he grasped the situation: each of these fist-sized Golden Beetles was about as strong as he was, at tier three combat power! What kind of strength would a building-sized Golden Beetle possess? Legendary Level, or Demi-God Level?

“Hahaha, I won’t make you relive my previous experiences!” The Taoist man’s phantom seemed to have guessed what Song Jian was thinking, and he said with a smile while staring at him, “As long as you can withstand this level of attack intensity for the time it takes to brew a pot of tea, you’ll have passed this scene’s assessment!”

Tens of thousands of Golden Beetles, even if each one only possesses the peak of tier-three combat power, are beings that even a Legendary Realm powerhouse would not face head-on, choosing instead to retreat.

Moreover, in the current desert environment, with no advantageous terrain to rely on, withstanding a bombardment from the Golden Beetles for the time it takes to brew a pot of tea is no easy feat.

“Can I use combat pets?” Song Jian called out loudly.

“Of course!” the Taoist man’s phantom nodded and answered, “That’s also part of your strength, so you can certainly use them. However, for every additional combat pet you employ, the resistance time doubles! That is to say, if you summon one combat pet, then the defending time extends to the duration of two pots of tea. For two combat pets, it will be three pots of tea, and so on…”

Hearing the Taoist man’s permission, Song Jian didn’t hesitate to summon Gulu, the golden giant. This being a desert, it could be said to be Gulu’s home ground, making it more than suitable to deal with the swarm of Golden Beetles.

Just as Song Jian summoned Gulu, the golden giant, the nearest Golden Beetles had already closed to within ten meters of him. Each of these beetles was the size of a fist, their bodies covered with a layer of hard shell, equipped with six pairs of jointed legs, and twin pincers at the front. Each leg was furnished with fine and sharp barbs, and their mandibles, protruding constantly writhing outside their mouths, were capable of gnawing and devouring any creature they encountered. Such mandibles could tear off a large chunk of flesh upon contact, and Song Jian had no intention of experiencing what it was like to be bitten by the Golden Beetles.

Karmic Fire Red Lotus Ten Thousand Swords Art!

Song Jian’s thoughts stirred, and with a sweep of the Sky-breaking Sword in his hand toward the front, countless Spirit Swords materialized, forming a giant red fire lotus before him!

The Red Lotus Sword Array slowly rotated, and a strong suction emanated from the formation, drawing all of the Golden Beetles in the vicinity into it. In an instant, the Red Lotus Sword Array resembled a tornado, sucking in a massive number of Golden Beetles.

Meanwhile, the golden giant Gulu let out a roar the moment it was summoned, slamming its hands onto the desert!

Immediately, the surface of the desert surged with wave-like ripples that spread in all directions. Although the ripples did not kill the Golden Beetles instantly, they reduced their speed by at least 30%. The Golden Beetles, with their limited mobility, could not avoid the strong suction of the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation, and every single one that encountered it was swept into the formation, leaving none behind.

In just a moment’s effort, thousands of Golden Beetles were wiped out, and “squeaks” of shrill agony echoed from within the formation, while clouds of black ash drifted out and danced in the air, quickly laying down a thin layer of ash across the desert.

The death of these thousands of Golden Beetles seemed to have no effect on those remaining; they still rushed towards Song Jian fearlessly. The previous gaps were quickly filled by the Beetles from behind, and looking around, there were dense swarms of Golden Beetles for at least several hundred meters, and Song Jian even spotted Beetles the size of cars appearing in the distance.

Song Jian’s face was expressionless as he controlled the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation to continue reaping the lives of the Golden Beetles, knowing that if he could last the time it takes for two cups of tea to brew, he would have passed the test.

Two cups of tea, which was about half an hour or so. With his current strength, killing an entire tribe of Golden Beetles was clearly an impossible task. The sheer number of Golden Beetles would exhaust him to death, let alone the fact that the Beetles’ attacks were not weak, and if they got close, even a Legendary Realm expert would have a headache!

“Just keep killing, I only need to hold out for half an hour,” Song Jian thought to himself.

Wave after wave of Golden Beetles were slain by Song Jian, and slowly, the incoming Beetles got closer and closer to him.

Ten meters, nine meters, eight meters, seven meters, …

Song Jian’s expression grew increasingly grim; he realized that if this continued, he would indeed be besieged to death by these Golden Beetles.

Just then, a system notification suddenly rang in his ear;

System: You have hunted five thousand level-one-hundred Golden Beetles, Endless Hunt Aura skill has been upgraded to level 2!

Endless Hunt (Aura), Level 2/; Aura attributes: Damage increased by 11%, Vitality Points recovery increased by 6%, Energy recovery increased by 6%, when the user pursues prey, movement speed increased by 9%; Next level up requirements: Number of monsters killed 0/6000 (Monster level cannot be lower than 100).

The level 2 Aura skill had a slight increase in attributes, a small consolation, but Song Jian had not expected that the monsters killed in the secret realm’s legacy site would also count towards the upgrade requirements. This revelation suddenly infused the previously retreating Song Jian with the urge to grind monsters.

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