I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 1284

Chapter 1284: Chapter 1286: Giant Dragon Sacrifice Chapter 1284: Chapter 1286: Giant Dragon Sacrifice Song Jian saw that, on the stone stairs leading to the palace at the top of the pillar, there roamed densely packed ghosts that had mutated. These ghosts had the appearance of humans and elves, but their hands had mutated into something reminiscent of beast claws.

Moreover, the originally handsome faces of the elven ghosts had morphed into monstrous visages, with only their long, pointed ears remaining, preserving a hint of their elven features.

These ghosts hunched their backs and wandered aimlessly on the stone stairs, looking utterly lost and without a clue of what to do.

Song Jian opened his vertical eye between his brows, using his Eye of Insight skill, and realized these ghosts were all around level one hundred elite monsters, equivalent to each possessing the strength of an elite boss.

Song Jian looked at the Black Dragon, who was a mere eighty-some levels, and although it was one rank higher than these monsters, they had nearly twenty levels on him, besides which there were just too many of them.

“Are we supposed to fight our way up there?” Song Jian asked, pointing at the ghosts on the stairs with a relaxed expression, “No wonder you wanted me to come. Without me, you would probably have a hard time reaching the Dragon God Altar!”

The Black Dragon let out a roar towards Song Jian and slowly lay down.

“What's up, you don't expect me to go up there and battle these ghosts all by myself, do you?” Song Jian suddenly felt uneasy.

Just then, a deep voice rang in Song Jian's ear: “As a battle companion, you must gain the Dragon Clan's recognition. Strong power is the prerequisite for respect…”
“These wanderers were once despicable thieves. After being killed, their spirits could not be liberated, condemned to wander endlessly here…”

“They will kill all living beings that approach them, plundering their flesh and blood. You must kill them all to ascend the Dragon God Altar and have the Dragon Clan acknowledge you as a battle partner…”
“Before ascending the Dragon God Altar, the Black Dragon must conserve its strength. It will not participate in the battle, and you alone must accomplish all this!”

“Am I to kill all these ghosts by myself?” Song Jian was stunned. Although this wasn't too difficult a task for him, glancing at the Black Dragon lying beside him, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being used.

With that thought, Song Jian snorted coldly, summoned his Sky-breaking Sword, and slowly walked towards the stone stairs.

Perhaps sensing the surging Vitality within Song Jian, the vicious-looking ghost wanderers all became excited, squeezing hoarse roars from their throats as they slowly gathered in front of the stone stairs.

Maybe because they were bound by something, the ghosts couldn't leave the stairs and could only crowd at the bottom, their scarlet eyes full of greedy stares, fixated on Song Jian's figure.

Boom!

Suddenly, dark red flames erupted from Song Jian's body. The Red Lotus Karma Fire was released, enveloping him. Clad in a cloak of fire, Song Jian felt only warmth without any sensation of burning. The ghosts that approached him, on the other hand, displayed looks of terror on their faces, screaming and fleeing from his flames, seemingly afraid of the fire surrounding him.

“If these were other monsters, I might have to exert some effort, but with ghost-type monsters…” Song Jian's lips curled into a cold smile, and he muttered to himself, “I am their natural predator!”

Song Jian took steps up the stone stairs, swinging his Sky-breaking Sword casually at the ghost wanderers. These monsters, higher in level than Song Jian, dared not fight back, scattering away from his direction.

The Black Dragon stood up in astonishment, staring at Song Jian, as if he had never seen Song Jian in such a state. In fact, Song Jian had never truly mastered the Red Lotus Karma Fire before; it was all produced through the Thousand Swords Art. But as time passed, Song Jian discovered that he seemed to be able to produce the Red Lotus Karma Fire without using the Thousand Swords Art.

Splat~
The Sky-breaking Sword ruthlessly struck down on a ghost wanderer. Originally, the strike would have caused it a few thousand points of damage at most, but now, tainted with the Red Lotus Karma Fire, the ghost wanderer was burned to ashes. After a piercing scream, only a puddle of ash-grey powder was left on the ground.

Instant kill!

An Elite Level BOSS that was more than a dozen levels higher than Song Jian had no power to resist and was killed with a single sword strike. If other players knew this, they would probably be so surprised that their jaws would drop.

At this moment, the Black Dragon was looking at Song Jian with a face full of shock. It had been too long since it separated from Song Jian, and its understanding of Song Jian's strength was still at the level when they first entered the highly poisonous swamp. It had not expected that Song Jian's power would have increased so rapidly within just a few months!

The ghost wanderers scrambled towards the top of the stone pillar, while Song Jian turned into the pursuer. Holding the Sky-breaking Sword, he climbed upwards, step by step.

At that moment, the Black Dragon also stepped onto the staircase. It had already realized that these ghost wanderers on the stairs were simply incapable of causing Song Jian any trouble.

Inside the Dragon God Hall, several human-shaped Giant Dragons resembling human sacrifices looked at Song Jian's figure emerging in the air, exchanging glances with each other and seeing the helplessness in their eyes.

“Sigh~, this is the most boring trial I've ever seen. Why not just let them come in? Those ghost wanderers took us so long to collect…” A woman with fiery red hair, resting her chin on her hand, stared at the slightly distorted image in the air and sighed.

“What identity does this human have to possess such formidable power?” A middle-aged man with two horns on his head, who maintained some of the Giant Dragon's features even in human form, roared loudly.

“His strength is not that impressive; it's just that those flames are too powerful against the ghosts, it's practically cheating…” Another white-haired elder slowly opened his eyes, his dark-gold vertical eye emitting a frightening shine, “I suspect he knew the content of the trial in advance…”
“That's impossible…” Another man with purple hair, dressed in battle armor, stood up and spoke loudly, “The content of the trial is different every time; how could he possibly know in advance? Unless someone here disclosed it–but even this Black Dragon preparing for promotion couldn't know the content of the trial. How could a human possibly know…”
“It's just a coincidence, there's no need for mutual suspicion…” The red-haired woman also stood up and said, “This little fellow's promotion can proceed normally, but for this human, I think we must increase the difficulty of the trial for him. Let him know that becoming a battle partner of the Dragon Clan is not so easy!”

“Agreed!”, “Agreed!”, “Agreed”…
Several of the Giant Dragon priests looked at each other, smiles appearing on their faces as they echoed in agreement.

“But, this would violate the rules of the Dragon Clan's trials…” The white-haired elder with a hesitant look in his eyes uttered.

“The ultimate outcome of the Dragon Clan's trial is to advance the younger generation. We have already agreed to let this junior advance; we just want to test his battle partner a bit more. This does not contradict the Dragon Clan's trials…” The red-haired woman said with a smile emerging on her face.

The Dragon Clan elder was silent for a moment, then slowly closed his eyes, saying nothing more.

Chapter end

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