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Chapter 903: Chapter 904: Angel’s Battle Servant_1

Song Jian walked to the end of the corridor, where he found a spacious room. In the center of the room was a black sarcophagus made of ironwood, surrounded by several skeletons that were nearly weathered away. A burly monster with a hunched back was hammering giant iron nails, each over a foot long, fiercely into the four corners of the sarcophagus with a massive hammer he held;

By its stature, Song Jian could sense the monster had immense strength. The hammer in its hand was almost as huge as those used in battle, causing the entire room to tremble slightly with every strike.

However, despite such formidable strength, it could never fully drive the nails into the coffin. Each blow only sank the nails a short way in, and it would probably take several hours to hammer them all the way;

Song Jian’s gaze fell upon the creature wielding the hammer—a colossus, almost completely naked, save for a piece of tattered felt tied around its waist. Its body bore scars of all sizes crisscrossed over one another, almost leaving no patch of skin unmarked;

On either side of its spine were two deep, gaping wounds, one of which still had a shard of white bone protruding from it, as if a pair of wings once grew there but had been broken off in battle;

“This monster, could it have once been an angel?” Song Jian wondered, looking at the pure white bone on its back. It was hard for him to relate this muscular brute before him to an angel;

Song Jian looked up at the monster’s head, where its name and attributes were displayed. Moreover, the monster’s name was in red, which meant that even if it was a Battle Angel, it was a monster to Song Jian;

“Angel Servant Toros, Level 45, Elite BOSS, Vitality Points: 45000/45000”

“Angel Servant? So it’s not a true Battle Angel?” Song Jian thought to himself, as he swung his sword towards the creature;

Thousand Swords Art!

This time, Song Jian only managed to summon over a dozen Spirit Swords, which made him feel somewhat helpless. The number of Spirit Swords summoned was random, resulting in varying amounts of damage. Creatures that could have been killed instantly were now only suffering a fifth or even less of the damage;

Song Jian believed he had mastered the Thousand Swords Art quite proficiently, capable of targeting both large groups and single enemies at will, but even now, he could not control the number of Spirit Swords he summoned;

Over a dozen Spirit Swords ruthlessly struck Toros, causing it such intense pain that it let out a thunderous roar and turned its head to look at Song Jian;

“Enemy!” With a hoarse bellow, Toros swung its hammer furiously at Song Jian;

Boom!

The Sky-breaking Sword clashed with the hammer, and Song Jian immediately felt an overwhelming force surge towards him, pushing his body back three to four meters, leaving two trails on the hard floor;

“This strength attribute must be over a hundred and eighty points, right? It’s only a servant, how can it possess such incredible power…” Song Jian looked at Toros with astonishment. How could a mere Level 45 Elite BOSS possess such formidable strength;

Even Kekaul, the four-winged angel who had fought alongside him in the Abyssal Hell, did not have such fearsome strength. After all, Kekaul was a true Battle Angel;

“Sacred Fire Assault!” Toros roared, swinging its hammer down hard on the ground;

Boom, boom, boom~

From where the hammer struck, a scorching flame burst forth, its core a dark red while the surface showed a bizarre silver-white color;

After the first flame rose, another burst up a meter away, followed by yet another flame bursting forth in succession;

In less than a second, seven flames rose continuously between Toros and Song Jian, with the last one emerging right under Song Jian’s feet, engulfing him completely;

The impact of the flames made Song Jian lose control of his body instantly, sending him soaring into the air while the ensuing fire damage made his Vitality Points drop rapidly;

-500

-680

-869

-993

…

The damage he was taking kept rising, and at the same time, Song Jian noticed that his resistance and defense were also rapidly declining;

The fiery assault had continued for a full three seconds before it suddenly disappeared, and by the time Song Jian crashed heavily onto the ground from midair, he shockingly found that his Vitality Points had already dropped by more than three thousand;

It should be known that the Vitality Points of an ordinary heavily-armored shield warrior were just slightly over three thousand; in other words, most players, if faced with this BOSS, would likely be killed instantly;

Sword Shadow Clone!

Song Jian’s figure began to shake violently, and after a short while, two Song Jians that looked exactly alike appeared in front of the monster;

Thousand Swords Art!

The clone wielded the Sky-breaking Sword to attack the monster, and Song Jian, meanwhile, took out an Advanced Recovery Potion and gulped it down, just as he had managed to slightly recover some Vitality Points, he saw Toros bearing the attacks of the Spirit Sword, and with a swing of its hammer, it smashed into the clone’s head, dispelling the clone into a burst of white light after only two hits.

The Sword Shadow Clone, only having 40% of Song Jian’s attributes, was no match for the BOSS before him; its purpose was to deal over six thousand points of damage to the BOSS and delay it for a few seconds, allowing Song Jian the time to unleash the next Thousand Swords Art!

As the BOSS’s gaze locked onto him, the cooldown period for Thousand Swords Art came to an end, and Song Jian, without hesitation, released the Thousand Swords Art once more; this time, the number of Spirit Swords broke through to over fifty.

The densely packed Spirit Swords emitted an aura of terrifying force, flying towards the BOSS like a meteor shower;

Boom, boom, boom~

After a burst of energy bombardment, the BOSS’s body, already riddled with wounds, erupted with countless spurts of blood, its Vitality Points plummeting, and it was instantly killed by Song Jian;

“Do not open the coffin; inside there is…” The BOSS, with a glimmer of sentience in its eyes, blood spraying from its mouth, struggled to say to Song Jian as it fell;

“Not open the coffin, huh? But the more you say that, the more I want to open it, damn it!” Song Jian glared hard at the corpse of the BOSS and collected all the loot it had dropped;

Truly worthy of being a level 45 elite BOSS, it dropped two golden quality items, one of which was the weapon used by the BOSS, that hammer, while the other was a thin Skill Book;

The hammer’s properties were average, not presenting many advantages as a weapon, but this hammer had another property—it could be used as a forging hammer and could also increase the Forging skill level by 2 levels, which for players who had learned Forge Art, could be said to be extremely good;

As for the Skill Book, Song Jian glanced at the cover and saw that it was a golden cover with several silver characters: “Skill Mutation Secret Manual.” Song Jian couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, focusing on the attributes of the book and examining it carefully.

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