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Chapter 891: Chapter 892 Abyssal Demon Shadow_1

Song Jian watched as the Black Dragon’s figure slowly disappeared, and his brow furrowed. It seemed intent on guarding that bizarre Dragon Head Tree closely during this period.

“Could it be that the Dragon Scale Fruits still benefit it, making it want to keep guarding the Dragon Head Tree?” Song Jian thought to himself, “And just now, it also subtly signaled for me not to reveal its location. Could it be trying to keep the Dragon Head Strange Tree’s secret from the Red Dragon, Eugenia?”

Song Jian didn’t know the use of the Dragon Head Tree, but he had a feeling that it was far more important to the Dragon Clan than he had imagined;

Having hunted down a sovereign level Boss, Song Jian’s “Sword Immortal Path” quest was one-tenth complete. Sovereign level Bosses weren’t easy to find; the emergence of one meant that it held dominion over tens of kilometers, and within this territory, another sovereign level creature would not appear;

Lower-level monster areas had already been explored by others, and normal players didn’t dare to venture too deeply into higher-level areas. Thus, finding a sovereign level Boss was something only Song Jian could figure out;

City of Hope was being built in an orderly fashion, everything proceeding without need for Song Jian’s concern, thanks to the City Lord seal, he could control every situation at any time.

A few days later, it was time for another territorial expansion campaign. This time, the City of Hope Alliance’s territory would once again expand. According to the previous expansion rate, the massive black pyramid at the city’s center would be included within City of Hope after this expansion.

Secret realms, also known as instances to players, cannot become part of one’s territory automatically during territorial expansion campaigns. To incorporate an instance into one’s territory, one must confront the instance’s true difficulty when the territory expands to its location. After clearing it, the instance will become part of the territory, and then players will have the options to either destroy or integrate the instance;

Destroying an instance means it is completely obliterated and will never reappear. After the launch of the Abyssal Demon Shadow Expansion Pack, some Abyssal Instances that emerged during the City of Hope’s territorial expansions were all destroyed. This was a firm order issued by Song Jian, and although it caused dissatisfaction among some players, Song Jian’s will was resolute, and he suppressed all opposing voices.

It must be known that within the Abyssal Demon Shadow Expansion Pack, these black pyramid Abyssal Instances were all future passages from Abyssal Hell to the game’s Main Plane. Once these instances transformed, they would each become a barracks connected to Abyssal Hell, providing endless logistical support for the invading forces;

Such information could not be obtained by ordinary players, and Song Jian only acquired it after entering Abyssal Hell. Hence, within City of Hope, not a single Abyssal Instance remained; once the true difficulty of the black pyramid was cleared, it was immediately destroyed.

This also forced City of Hope’s players who wanted to farm instances for equipment to delve into places beyond the city;

This gigantic black pyramid in front of him was the largest instance in all of Doomsday City, with a maximum entry limit of forty people, and offered four levels of difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, and True;

The first two difficulty levels had already been conquered by the players of City of Hope, but the Hard difficulty had never been cleared, failing over a dozen times, with even some deaths, creating a long-lasting fear among City of Hope’s players of the Hard difficulty Abyssal Demon Shadow instance;

“City Lord, if we can’t clear the True difficulty, our territorial expansion campaign will probably be quite difficult this time,” Wang Qi said with concern;

Now, all the other alliances in Doomsday City had been defeated in turn, even the Pantheon had wisely withdrawn from Doomsday City to develop elsewhere. Other alliances either merged directly into the City of Hope Alliance or, like the Pantheon, left Doomsday City. It was only a matter of time before City of Hope unified the entire Doomsday City;

This Abyssal Demon Shadow instance before them was the biggest obstacle to City of Hope’s unification;

After a few days of rest, Song Jian felt an itch in his bones, looking at the enormous black pyramid in the distance, he nodded and said, “I’ll explore it first before anything else, if possible, I’ll clear it directly!”

Upon hearing this, Wang Qi’s face immediately showed a look of surprise, “City Lord, that’s a forty-person instance with six bosses, and up to now, we haven’t even gotten past the third boss on hard difficulty…”

“I know, I’m just going in to scout, if it doesn’t work out, I’ll retreat and then we can come up with another plan!” Song Jian waved his hand and said;

With his current strength, forty players over level thirty wouldn’t stand a chance against him, once the Thousand Swords Art was unleashed, it was more terrifying than a missile;

Furthermore, it was incredibly difficult to kill Song Jian now, even if one could launch a surprise attack and kill him instantly, the trigger of Enemy of Death God would allow him to retreat directly into the Shattered Divine Realm, which was essentially an unstoppable move like the Holy Knight’s hearthstone back to the city;

After some preparation, Song Jian arrived at the Abyssal Shadow instance in the city center, a level five instance. An immense pyramid, towering a hundred meters tall, stood in the middle of the city, and only upon approaching did Song Jian discover that this huge pyramid was actually more than a foot off the ground, floating above the surface, and the entire surface of the pyramid, it was like a mirror without a single seam, and there wasn’t even an entrance to be seen.

To such a massive pyramid, the weight probably exceeded ten million tons, but in Song Jian’s eyes, it seemed almost like an illusion, somewhat unreal;

In fact, these black pyramid instances that appeared suddenly after the expansion pack were projections of Abyssal Hell, they only become real for a moment when the Abyssal Passage is opened;

Song Jian walked towards the black pyramid, and as he drew closer, several options appeared before him;

System: Would you like to enter the Abyssal Shadow (Level 5) Secret Realm? To enter, please select the challenge level: Easy, Normal, Hard, True;

System: This instance can only be challenged once every seven days, once you enter, the next time you can enter will be after seven days;

In Song Jian’s eyes, the first three challenge levels were illuminated, but the True difficulty was greyed out, which would only be unlocked after clearing the instance on Hard difficulty;

This was a game setting, the same for any secret realm;

Song Jian immediately chose Hard difficulty, ready to enter the instance;

After the selection was made, a section of metal staircase slowly extended from the corner of the black pyramid to the ground. This was the only passage into the instance, and it would only appear after the difficulty had been chosen;

Song Jian stepped onto the staircase and walked step by step towards the interior of the pyramid. The end of the staircase led to a door swirling with black vapor—the gate to the level five instance, the Abyssal Shadow. Soon, Song Jian’s figure disappeared into the light of the gate;

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