Chapter 696: Chapter 696: Ancient War Tree
Seeing Song Jian’s sword slashing towards him, Saramo instinctively wanted to dodge backward, but upon seeing Song Jian’s gaze, he couldn’t help but shiver and remain motionless, clenching his teeth to endure the strike;
Thud~
The sword cut into Saramo’s arm, scraping off a fistful of bloody flesh. Saramo’s pained face was distorted, but he didn’t dare to move;
“Saramo, you’re doing very well!” Song Jian nodded;
Saramo immediately knelt down on one knee and respectfully said, “Great Master, everything of Saramo’s is yours…”
Song Jian didn’t pay him any attention, directly grabbing the bloody flesh and began casting the Shackles Mark;
Saramo instantly felt an irresistible mysterious force heavily binding him, but upon slightly moving his body, he found nothing unusual about it;
“Soul! He has imprisoned my soul!” Saramo roared in his heart, but his facial expression became even more respectful;
Watching the bloody flesh in Song Jian’s hand slowly being burned to nothing by black flames, Saramo’s eyes flashed with a trace of understanding;
“So, it’s necessary to use my true name and flesh to cast this skill. If only I had known earlier…” Saramo felt endless regret in his heart. If he hadn’t transformed into an Abyss demon, how could an undead creature possibly have any flesh and blood?
Furthermore, he had guessed earlier that the other party needed his true name, but in the end, why did he still let this human cast such a terrifying skill;
Saramo knew that from now on, he would probably become this human’s lifelong slave;
After casting the Shackles Mark, Song Jian finally let out a sigh of relief, looking at Saramo with a hint of a smile in his eyes;
“Saramo, you’re doing great. Now, tell me how to control this Undead Tower and how to control the entire Undead Valley.”
The Shackles Mark’s duration was only a month, but Saramo was no Blade of the Abyss, and his current strength was just at the first rank of Combat Power. Even Song Jian could easily kill him now;
The only reason to keep Saramo alive was for Song Jian to gain control of the Undead Tower more quickly;
On the other side, Wang Qi and his group were currently fleeing in disgrace within the Valley of the Undead. Behind them, a standard five-member team was easily pursuing them, occasionally attacking them as if they were toying with mice.
“They, they seem to want to drive us deeper into the Valley of the Undead…” Luo Tianyu panted, her armor severely damaged. The durability of some parts had been reduced to zero, and the equipment disappeared. It would only reappear after being repaired.
There was also a bloody mark on her cheek, seemingly cut open by a sharp blade;
“Damn, the effects of the Heaven’s Disaster Poison Fog have already stacked up to three layers. We lose 15 Vitality Points per second and can’t hold on much longer….”
“Just who are these people? Why are they so powerful? We couldn’t even defeat them with our group of over twenty.” Wang Qi angrily roared;
“You guys, don’t you notice that the aura they emit is very similar to the one radiated by Song Jian?” Suddenly someone reminded.
“Song Jian? First Rank Combat Power? All of them have First Rank Combat Power!” Wang Qi and the others were dumbfounded, not expecting there were even players who possessed first rank combat power at their level, moreover, a whole well-coordinated team;
Even if they were merely first rank combatants who had only passed the Class B assessment, all their attributes could be increased by more than 10 points. Combined with the advantages of having higher levels, killing players below level 30 like Wang Qi and the others was extremely easy;
Moreover, it seemed that these five were at least Class A or even Class A+ players. Any of these attributes could crush anyone in Wang Qi’s group;
“Tulu, is there any fun in driving them like this? Do you really think they can make it deeper into the Valley of the Undead?” A lazy archer shot an arrow ahead and said somewhat discontentedly.
“It’s just for a little extra insurance. With them scouting the path ahead, wouldn’t it make things easier for us?” a man with animal ears shrugged indifferently and said, “If you’re willing to take the lead, I don’t mind just killing these guys now!”
“Just based on these God-favored ones? Hmph, I think they will die from the poison fog before they even reach half the way!” The archer pursed his lips and said, but he didn’t complain any further.
“These God-favored individuals sure have great potential. In just a few short months, they have almost reached level 30. If we let them grow, they would pose too great a threat to us!” A man wearing fluffy animal skin clothes stroked the black giant wolf by his side. In his eyes, which lingered on Wang Qi and the others, there was a deep killing intent;
“Why else would they be called God-favored? People who are favored by the gods…”
“I can see that they are almost unable to hold on. Huh! They’ve found a Shadow Forest! That’s a great find! Just this Shadow Forest alone, our trip wouldn’t be a loss!”
“Hurry up and keep up! Can’t let them get away; their equipment is pretty good, and losing even one of them is our loss!”
“Hmph, where else can they run? We’ve blocked their way back, and running deeper is suicide. There’s no need for us to do anything; they’ll be poisoned to death!”
Wang Qi looked at his companions around him. They were all injured, and their vitality was less than half. They were all relying on Advanced Healing Potions to hold on.
However, Advanced Healing Potions also had a cooldown time, and the Heaven’s Disaster Poison Fog currently stacking on them made the effect of these potions weaker and weaker;
“There’s a forest up ahead! Let’s go quickly!” A player wearing a robe suddenly pointed ahead and shouted loudly.
“Ziqiang, are you thinking about summoning a Tree Shepherd?” One of his companions beside him, with brightened eyes, shouted;
“That’s right, my class is Tree Shepherd! I’m invincible in a forest!” Zhang Ziqiang’s face was filled with excitement.
“Hurry up! Try to stall for time. The Alliance leader will definitely come and save us!” Wang Qi shouted loudly;
Since Song Jian was in the Undead Tower, he had been cut off from all contact methods, and they couldn’t even get in touch with him;
The group quickly rushed into the Shadow Forest.
“Ancient Shadow Tree! Great! The quality of the trees here is extremely high. Perhaps we can summon a golden Ancient War Tree!” Zhang Ziqiang touched a huge tree that required several people to embrace and excitedly roared;
After a series of incantations, the Ancient Shadow Tree that Zhang Ziqiang touched suddenly shook violently. An old face appeared on the sturdy trunk, and the branches coiled together, forming two robust arms. The roots buried in the ground became two stout legs, struggling to climb up from the soil;
“Ancient War Tree of Shadows, I salute you, great master!” The resurrected tree-man roared and knelt on one knee before Zhang Ziqiang;
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