I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 1260

Chapter 1260: Chapter 1262: Nutrient Chapter 1260: Chapter 1262: Nutrient The number of Demon Bone Monks in the courtyard was overwhelming, with more than two hundred present, and from the aura they emitted, the majority of their strengths were at the Lord and Commander levels. Without using the Thousand Swords Art, if Song Jian dared to rashly barge in, he likely wouldn't make it out alive.

Although he had yet to sense the presence of a King Level boss, Song Jian still felt that deep within the temple, an extremely terrifying aura was slowly seeping out. If one's perception was not strong enough to a certain extent, it would be difficult to detect its existence.

“There are too many monsters; it's very hard to silently make one's way into the interior of the temple…” Song Jian looked at the half-open wooden door across the courtyard and thought to himself.

Unable to find any clues as to why the small town girl forced him to come here, Song Jian could only follow the mission hints for now. If he were to recklessly battle here, there was simply no way to sneak in quietly.

With this thought, Song Jian touched the necklace on his neck. Although the Concealment Necklace was of epic level, its item level was only forty. Among these eighty and even ninety-level bosses, executing the Stealth Skill perfectly would be very difficult.

As Song Jian was contemplating how to sneak in quietly, the half-open wooden door across the courtyard was suddenly pushed open. Two soul-state grey-robed monks floated out from inside the door and came over to the iron cage, inspecting it carefully.

Their crimson eyes were filled with a greedy light, looking at the ordinary people inside the iron cage as if they were gazing upon heaps of delicious food, with no attempt to hide their desire to swallow them whole.

Following the arrival of these two soul-state grey-robed monks, the Demon Bone Monks standing guard immediately opened the gate of the iron cage.

Creak~
The iron cage, filled with rust and bloodstains, was opened, and the ordinary people inside, like a bunch of startled little animals, scurried away from the door, their faces filled with an expression of terror.

Song Jian looked at the two soul-state grey-robed monks, whose shiny heads bore no scars, but the Demon Bone Monks around them treated them with great respect, their eyes full of flattering submission.

“Wraith, Commander Level Boss, Skeleton level…” Song Jian scrutinized the two wraiths carefully. Since he had not used the Eye of Insight, he could only see their names and judge their strength based on their aura and experience, so he could only understand a rough idea of their capabilities.

However, even this information was enough to prevent anyone from underestimating these two soul-state wraiths; their strength was significantly higher than that of the Demon Bone Monks in the courtyard!

“This one, this one, and this one…”
One of the wraiths pointed at five people in the iron cage. The five who were pointed at began to tremble in their calves, their lips turned blue, and they looked as if they were about to cry out, obviously terrified.

“No, not me, I'm only twenty-five years old, I, I don't want to die, I don't want to die…” A young man with a face full of despair finally couldn't contain his fear, and his emotions collapsed. He began to scream loudly, his hands clutching the iron bars behind him, as if he would rather die than go out.

The cries of the young man triggered a chain reaction. The other four who were selected, including everyone else in the iron cage, also started crying and begging for mercy. The scene became chaotic in an instant.

Their cries did not evoke any sympathy from the wraiths or Demon Bone Monks; several Demon Bone Monks emotionlessly dragged the five out of the cage, lined them up, and stood them in front of the wraiths.

The two wraiths stood in front of these five ordinary people one by one, stared at them for a while, and then turned to leave.

Strangely, the five who had been struggling and crying became quiet after being stared at by the wraiths for a while, their eyes vacant as if they were marionettes being pulled by strings, and they staggered following the two wraiths, slowly walking forward.

Song Jian watched as the five people followed the resentful spirit out of the courtyard and into the wooden door. Before long, a blood-like scarlet light began to seep out from inside the door, giving onlookers a sickeningly smooth sensation.

With the emergence of the light, a series of pitiful screams and wails rang out, causing everyone else trapped in the courtyard's iron cage to tremble and huddle together.

The wailing from beyond the door was spine-chilling. Soon, the screams began to subside, eventually fading into silence, and the rippling scarlet light inside the door dimmed and disappeared.

In a short while, a bald monk wearing a brand new grey robe, with hands joined, emerged from the door, a hypocritical smile plastered across his face as he entered the courtyard.

Song Jian's eyebrows knit together in suspicion upon seeing that the face of the grey-robed monk was identical to that of the young man who had cried and struggled earlier.

“A new brother has emerged, hahaha, not bad at all. Convert to the Demon Lord and you too shall have eternal life!” A Demon Bone Monk with five red scars on his head looked at the newly emerged figure and laughed heartily.

The Demon Bone Monk reached into the iron cage, yanked out a young girl, and threw her fiercely to the ground. He then said to the new Demon Bone Monk, “This is your reward, a privilege reserved for the newcomers. Eat her, and let's see your potential!”

Song Jian watched in horror as the grinning Demon Bone Monk's eyes suddenly revealed a brutal and greedy gleam, though his face showed signs of struggle. A painful howl erupted from him as he bent over, supporting himself on the ground with his hands and gasping for breath. Clearly visible, thick white mist steamed out of his mouth and nose.

Crack, crack~
One after another, pale bone spurs burst from his body. His entire skeletal structure flipped outside his flesh, forming a thick layer of armor on his surface. His entire body elongated by several dozen centimeters; he had been about 1.7 meters tall but now had become a towering brute, nearly two and a half meters in height.

Upon seeing his transformed state, the Demon Bone Monk with five scars on his head showed a pleased expression as he watched the creature rush towards the girl on the ground, its sharp fangs piercing into her neck.

As he watched the creature rip and swallow large bites, the Demon Bone Monk with five scars laughed loudly, “Not bad, not bad, at least the strength of three precepts. After the ceremony, send him to guard the Demon Lord Shrine, and watch over the more valuable nurishments!”

Song Jian, having observed for some time, shook his head slightly, loosened his grip on the fence, and silently dropped down. Clearly, there was no way to subtly infiltrate the area from this position. Unless Song Jian was willing to cause a massacre and level the place using Thousand Swords Art, he would have to find another way in.

Continuing along the Zhenmo Temple's boundary wall, as soon as he entered the temple's domain, a golden point appeared on the mission map, which presumably was where Master Yiwen was.

However, after circling for more than an hour, Song Jian had yet to find a suitable place to infiltrate. It wasn't that there were monsters behind every wall. Rather, nearly all walls were adorned with small black lanterns hanging high. These lanterns were smaller than the two by the temple's main gate, but to Song Jian, they felt just as dangerous as the larger ones.

Just as he was feeling troubled and contemplating a forceful entry, he suddenly saw a Demon Bone Monk hurrying along a small path by the wall towards a little door.

A thought struck Song Jian and he immediately executed the Abyss Concealment Skill, quietly closing in on the Demon Bone Monk.

PS: Thank you to “Austin Om” for the 100 starting coins tip~

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