I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 1265

Chapter 1265: Chapter 1267: Upgrade Chapter 1265: Chapter 1267: Upgrade In the task bar, under two task options, a line of dark red task option suddenly appeared.

“Awakening the ancient Demon Lord in slumber is your only way out of here!”

Song Jian's expression darkened, and the smiling face of the town's young girl emerged in his mind.

“Is this why she let me in here? To awaken the slumbering Ancient Demon Lord?” Song Jian muttered to himself. At this moment, he still felt something odd; after all, the demons had complete control over Zhenmo Temple. With some patience and time, these resentful spirits and Demon Bone Monks could easily awaken the sleeping Demon Lord using the souls of ordinary people slain around them as nourishment.

Bringing Song Jian into this place at this time was like adding a variable to an event that was proceeding smoothly. This variable could speed up the process of the event, but it could also disrupt the entire course and cause irreversible damage.

If he were the town's young girl, he definitely would not allow himself to enter this place, but would rather wait patiently. Just a period of time would be sufficient for the Demon Lord to awaken.

Since they had already been waiting for thousands of years, a few decades more would not make a significant difference. To save this mere few decades by introducing the variable that is Song Jian into the picture was definitely not a wise move.

“Either something urgent has happened that requires the Ancient Demon Lord's awakening, or…” Song Jian speculated in his heart, “or she doesn't know what exactly is happening here!”

“With the town's young girl's formidable strength, even an extra commanding peak, even a King Level Demon Lord, would not be of significant help in the short term. If it's the latter…”

At this thought, Song Jian's eyes suddenly lit up. If the young girl really had no clue about what was happening in this secret realm, she might always have thought that the Ancient Demon Lord was sealed and on the brink of extinction. That's why she was eager for Song Jian to enter this place and break the deadlock!

Thoughts whirled in Song Jian's mind. In his heart, he was unwilling to help the town's young girl, not just for himself, but also for the entire game race. The revival of the Ancient Demon Lord was definitely not a good thing.

However, if he did not do it, he feared he would be trapped forever in this secret realm, unable to return to the Main Plane of the game.

Song Jian stared at the three task options in the task bar for a long time, trying to find a solution that would satisfy both ends.

“Destroying the Soul Heart Lamp would complete the task, though it would not satisfy the third task option. If choosing to awaken the Ancient Demon Lord and then eradicate him…”

Song Jian stared at the third, dark red task option for a long time. The option only required Song Jian to awaken the Ancient Demon Lord. Once awakened, he could leave the secret realm. Perhaps, in the heart of the town's young girl, even if the Ancient Demon Lord had been sealed for thousands of years, he was not someone that a youth with less than a third-order combat capability could deal with.

A slight smile slowly emerged on the corner of Song Jian's mouth: “Your biggest failure is underestimating my strength!”

With that thought, Song Jian sat down cross-legged, took out a heap of Purple Crystals from his inventory, and began upgrading his level.

Back on Ancient Sword Star, Song Jian had obtained hundreds of Purple Crystals, but after leveling up a few times, now only a little over eighty remained. Though he had slain some monsters in Zhenmo Temple and obtained a few crystals, because he had not marched into Zhenmo Temple with fanfare, the number of resentful spirits and Demon Bone Monks he hunted was not many, and the Purple Crystals he got from them were almost negligible.

Song Jian was using almost all of the resources he had saved up before, and now to complete the last two mission options at the same time, he decided to level up a bit more first.

After all, with a higher level, there would be no issue of level suppression, whether it's attacking or defending. It's important to realize that once surpassing the monster by ten levels, the damage a player inflicts on a monster would reduce by more than thirty percent. The monsters in Zhenmo Temple were almost all above level eighty, which was still a bit too much for Song Jian's current level.

Purple Crystals were rapidly consumed, and Song Jian's level was increasing at a breathtaking speed. In just a short while, Song Jian, who had just been over level seventy, shot up to level eighty, and his leveling speed continued to climb.

Eighty-one, eighty-two, eighty-three…

Song Jian's level continued to rise until it finally slowed down at level eighty-three.

While most players were only around levels fifty or sixty, Song Jian's level had already risen to eighty-three. The gap of over twenty levels would be enough for other players to catch up over the span of three to five years.

Of course, this was under the assumption that other players would not be able to get Purple Crystals. If Purple Crystals started to become common in the game, other players' levels would soar in a very short time as well.

However, as Purple Crystals were one of the most precious resources in the game, the likelihood of them becoming widely available and common among every regular player was very small. At most, it would be a select few extremely lucky players who might obtain Purple Crystals. The majority of players probably wouldn't even know what they were.

The skill points obtained were used to raise Thousand Swords Art to level twelve, Mysterious Moonlight Sword to level seven, Sword Shadow Clone to level eleven, Sword Control Skill to level seven, and Sword Qi Forming to level seven, and Eye of Insight to level two.

There were still four skill points left over, but since the proficiency of other skills had not reached their maximum values, they couldn't be upgraded. They had to be saved for later.

The improved skills all had a slight increase in power, especially the Eye of Insight skill, which now considerably reduced the probability of being detected by monsters. This made Song Jian believe that if Eye of Insight was upgraded to a high level, the side effects might be greatly reduced, or even that there might be no side effects at all in the future when using it.

Song Jian, now at level eighty-three, saw his combat power increase by about a third. Dealing with the monsters inside Zhenmo Temple was more efficient, the most noticeable change being that there was no longer any level suppression when attacking, making for more efficient slaughter.

Having closed the mission panel, Song Jian inquired about the location of the Soul Heart Lamp and the Reincarnation Pool from Master Yiwen. Stealthily, he left the Demon Lord Shrine and headed towards the back mountain of Zhenmo Temple following Master Yiwen's guidance.

Along the way, every time he encountered a lone Demon Bone Monk, Song Jian would slay them swiftly. Surprisingly, the combat experience gained from killing the Demon Bone Monks was not reduced at all, still being around 1%-2%. It's important to note that the value of 1% combat experience at level seventy-two is completely different than at level eighty-three–the latter being at least ten times more than the former. However, with the Demon Bone Monks, there seemed to be no difference at all.

“The higher the level, the more advantage I have fighting here. Fortunately, I raised my level for the mission, otherwise, I would have lost a lot!” Song Jian thought to himself, feeling lucky.

The loot dropped by the monsters in Zhenmo Temple was quite ordinary, but the generous combat experience they provided left Song Jian satisfied. Especially since every few Demon Bone Monks killed had a chance to drop Purple Crystals, he began to feel like this place was a haven for leveling up, and he even felt somewhat reluctant to complete the mission too quickly.

In this manner, Song Jian continued his killing spree, slowly nearing the back mountain of Zhenmo Temple where the Reincarnation Pool and Soul Heart Lamp were located.

Chapter end

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