I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 864: Chapter 865: NPC Professionals_1

If it weren’t for those high-quality items in the Trial Space, Song Jian would probably have charged out and wreaked havoc by now. With his current equipment and skills, he completely possesses an overwhelming strength against the average player;

However, this Trial Space clearly wasn’t created for him alone. Those high-quality equipment and skills are enough to make even Song Jian envious, let alone the average players who have obtained these items. One could imagine how crazy they would become after discovering them.

In this chaotic battle, there’s no denying the element of lesser players wanting to experience the thrill of becoming powerful, as gaining entry into this Trial Space itself is a feat – none of the players here are fools, and those who have obtained the trial tokens are considered elites among the players;

The sudden attack woke the battling players up a bit, and they realized that many people looking to take advantage had surrounded them. They instantly lost interest in continuing to fight, retreated to a safe distance from each other, and then turned to flee;

But having exposed themselves, they inevitably became targets. Soon after, the sounds of battle could be heard from afar again, but this time the combatants seemed restrained, not causing too much of a stir and containing the skirmish within a small area, seeking a quick resolution.

“Now is not the time for the real battle…” Song Jian thought to himself. Only when the toxic aura further narrowed, forcing everyone together, then would the most intense fighting erupt;

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Song Jian glanced at the electronic map. The toxic aura had shrunk by less than one-fifth of Doomsday City’s area; it would probably take more than ten hours to cover the entire city;

However, just as Song Jian was about to close the map and head to the city center, he suddenly noticed that the deep green toxic aura had sped up its contraction significantly;

“Why is this happening?” Song Jian furrowed his brow. The velocity of the toxic aura’s contraction at the city’s edge had suddenly increased, and the final battle might now occur several hours earlier. Moreover, within the toxic aura, protective suits were useless. With each contraction, the aura’s damage multiplied several times, and by the end, its power could likely instantly kill any player;

“I must hurry to the city center!” Song Jian thought urgently, and his speed involuntarily increased yet again.

Just then, Song Jian felt a faint current of air brush past the back of his head, and alarm bells went off in his mind. Without even the chance to dodge, he instinctively used the Soul Wander skill, turning his body transparent.

The next moment, a dagger blade surfaced with a hint of dark green toxic poison, plunging viciously into the back of Song Jian’s head, and a “Immune” floating above his head;

With a violent turn of his body, Song Jian’s Sky-breaking Sword slashed fiercely toward his attacker, as a figure slowly emerged from the void;

“Interesting!” A chilling smile appeared on the figure’s lips, and his eyes fixed on Song Jian as if he were a lone wolf. He withdrew the dagger, faced Song Jian, but moved backward rapidly as if pulled by an invisible rope;

“Trying to run?” Song Jian’s eyes narrowed, and he stomped hard on the ground, shooting towards the person like lightning;

“You can’t catch me. I am the wind, can you catch the wind, hahaha!” The man laughed arrogantly, his eyes filled with mockery as he looked at Song Jian: “Don’t hurry; you’ve caught my attention. We will meet again, wait for the next time…”

The man’s speed increased, and he even outpaced Song Jian, who had used the Soul Wander;

Mysterious Moonlight Sword!

Song Jian’s figure transformed into a streak of light, as his Sky-breaking Sword fiercely pierced toward the opponent;

The ambusher only felt a blur before his eyes, and by the time he could see Song Jian clearly, his chest had already been pierced by the Sky-breaking Sword, and a damage number of over nine hundred points floated up from his head;

“How is this possible?” The ambusher’s eyes showed a look of disbelief. His escape skill, acquired in the Assessment Space, was an epic-level escape skill. Once his target was locked on, the distance between himself and the target would either increase or decrease over time;

However, whether it expanded or shrank had to be decided in the instant the target was locked. It was an ability very suitable for escaping or pursuing;

Moreover, this skill was especially designed to counter those with Acceleration Skills. The faster the opponent’s speed, the more his own speed would increase;

But the increase in his speed, after all, needed a process, similar to charging or skills like the Mysterious Moonlight Sword, which could perfectly restrain him.

Before the ambush, he had specifically observed Song Jian, and only after confirming that the other party was not a warrior did he make his move. Unexpectedly, the other party possessed a skill even more terrifying than a charge;

After being hit by the first sword, the ambusher lost control over his body, immediately lifted off the ground, and found himself floating in the air. The following eight swords directly turned his body into a funnel.

If he were a common player, the damage from the Mysterious Moonlight Sword alone would have been enough to instantly kill him, but after Song Jian unleashed all nine swords, the opponent’s body still showed no sign of an Invincibility Aura, which struck him as odd;

Such a high Vitality Points threshold exceeded that of normal players by far, nearly comparable to a level thirty-something elite BOSS.

Since an Invincibility Aura didn’t appear, Song Jian’s attacks naturally didn’t stop. The inherent skill of the Sky-breaking Sword, the Invisible Sword Array, was immediately released, engulfing the man in a grey fog of swords;

There were too many nearby players at the time, and using the Thousands of Swords Flying Immortal Decision would be too conspicuous. It was quieter to use the Five Elements Sword Array. The sword mist filled the area, and no sound from within could escape. Even if someone saw it, they would just think it was ordinary mist;

Within the mist, the ambusher wore a look of madness and despair, howling in desperation while frantically trying to block the five swords of the Five Elements attacking him. Blood gushed from his wounds, and damage numbers close to a thousand floated above his head;

“Thirty thousand Vitality Points?” Song Jian, looking at the ambusher struggling frantically within the mist, involuntarily furrowed his brows. The ambusher had already lost over thirty thousand Vitality Points but was still not showing any signs of falling, an impossible scenario for a player.

It was at that moment Song Jian suddenly recalled that during the battle for the token, it was not only players involved; the NPCs, upon learning of the token’s existence, had pounced on it like mad dogs, some even resorting to special measures just to enter Doomsday City shrouded by the Protection Black Mist.

“Could it be that in this assessment, in addition to players, there are also NPCs with professions within the game?” Song Jian stared at the struggling ambusher in the mist, his mind racing with speculation;

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PS: Thanks to “Bread84” for the reward of 100 starting coins~