Chapter 1078: Chapter 1080 Desert Lurker_1 Chapter 1078: Chapter 1080 Desert Lurker_1 This oasis was probably the only substantial water source on the journey out of the desert, and NPCs had settled here before. However, obviously, they had been driven away by the monsters that ca later.
The Sword Shadow Clone didn’t use any skills and simply charged straight toward the oasis.
Whoosh~
Just as the clone was about to approach the oasis, an arm-thick spike of blackish-brown color shot from the ground, stabbing towards the clone.
The surface of the spike was covered with a thick chitinous shell, which was overgrown with a layer resembling the sa dark brown complexion, and three feet of its tip had evolved into sothing akin to a bone blade, shimring with a tallic luster.
The spike was taller than a man, and the Sword Shadow Clone stomped fiercely on the ground, shifting its figure to the left. But at the sa mont, another similar spike shot up right below where the clone stood.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
No matter which direction the clone dodged in, a spike would shoot out towards it.
“Let’s test the strength of these spikes!” Song Jian controlled ntally.
The clone suddenly grasped the Sky-breaking Sword and slashed at the spike. After a soft clink, a spike over a ter long was easily cut off, gushing a large amount of viscous white fluid from the severed end.
A shrill shriek rose from underground, and a whirlpool over a ter in diater appeared beneath the clone’s feet. In a short ti, a giant spider erged from the ground and lunged at the Sword Shadow Clone.
This spider was enormous, like a massive grinding wheel, with eight legs that, except for their tallic-shining tips, were all covered in black and brown chitinous shells.
In the middle of its body, a mouth full of fangs and sharp teeth split open, continuously letting out waves of roars.
Thousand Swords Art!
The Sword Shadow Clone leapt into the air, swinging the Sky-breaking Sword at the desert stalker, and in an instant, dozens of Spirit Swords floated in the air, flying toward the monster.
Thud thud thud~
The Spirit Swords struck the desert stalker, exploding continuously on its body, causing the creature to let out a series of rapid, sharp “squeaks,” appearing rather pitiful.
Song Jian focused on the monster’s health bar above its head, yet his brows involuntarily furrowed. The monster seed to be taking a severe beating, but the actual damage was minimal, having lost only about one-tenth of its Vitality Points.
Swish swish swish~
Several more spikes drilled out of the desert, lunging at the clone, forcing it to give up its attack on the erging stalker and start dodging the spikes.
At that mont, the stalker, which had endured a round of the Thousand Swords Art, suddenly propped its body up with its eight legs and sprayed a viscous white fluid from its tail.
This fluid turned into a web upon contact with the air and rolled towards the clone.
The clone had just dodged a spike and was in an exhausted state. Seeing the giant web coming toward it, it knew that if it got caught in the web, it would probably lose its life imdiately.
Clenching its teeth, the clone swung its sword toward the desert spike on the ground, then shook vigorously, using the rebound force to dodge to the side. Although the clone’s adaptability had exceeded Song Jian’s expectations, the move was insufficient to allow it to avoid the spider’s web.
Half of Song Jian’s clone’s body managed to dodge, but one of his right legs got stuck to the spider web. The web seed to have a will of its own, that even though only a corner touched the clone’s right leg, the mont it made contact, the entire web shuddered and quickly wrapped itself around that leg.
The clone’s right leg imdiately swelled in size, and coupled with the rapid response just now, its body toppled sideways into the desert.
As soon as the body touched the sand, the clone didn’t stop, but rolled with the montum, moving seven or eight ters to the side.
Swish, swish, swish~
As it rolled away, several spider spikes shot out from the ground where the clone had been just monts before, coming up almost simultaneously, without so much as a second between them. At that mont, Song Jian realized that his Sword Shadow Clone, though lesser in skills and attributes, was nearly on par with him in all other abilities. Sotis, Song Jian felt that even he might not perform as well as the clone.
However, as the web kept sticking to the clone’s leg during the tumbling and dodging, more and more sand grains adhered to it. Soon the right leg of the clone had swollen to more than twice its size, and its speed gradually slowed down.
In the end, while dodging two more spider spikes, a Desert Stalker that had crawled out from behind caught up to it—piercing the clone’s body with a spider leg and turning the clone into a puff of smoke.
After the clone was eliminated, the aggro from the Desert Stalker shifted back to Song Jian himself, who heard it screeching as it charged at him.
“Just a level 65 elite BOSS…” Song Jian took a deep breath, pulled out the Sky-breaking Sword, and swung it forward. In an instant, hundreds of Spirit Swords floated up, instantly dismbering the Desert Stalker before it could get close.
Song Jian’s strength was sothing the Sword Shadow Clone couldn’t match, and similarly, level eleven of Thousand Swords Art was incomparable to level one.
Defeating a level 65 elite BOSS didn’t even require triggering the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation, as hundreds of Spirit Swords were enough to kill it outright.
Easily disposing of a Desert Stalker, Song Jian’s brow furrowed. Only by dealing damage to the monsters could he lure them out, but to deal damage, he had to venture deeper into the oasis, into the monsters’ attack range, which posed a dilemma for him.
“These Desert Stalkers will only attack after you enter the attack range of all the monsters. Plus, their attacks are very sharp. If we advance rashly, it might be dangerous!” Song Jian said to the robot Nafiboja in a low voice after looking at her.
“Maybe we can bypass this area. There’s no need to enter the oasis… Your food and water should be enough, right?” Robot Nafiboja, after staring at the oasis for a long ti, said.
“I can last at least three more months!” Song Jian shrugged. Since exiting the Abyssal Hell, he had deliberately collected a few oversized packages of supplies, always carrying enough to sustain him for several months.
“Then there’s no need for us to venture into the oasis. We’ll just rest nearby for now and continue our journey tomorrow!” Robot Nafiboja suggested.
“Alright then, there’s no other choice…” Song Jian looked at the oasis, feeling sowhat reluctant.
From the recent attacks, it was clear that the number of Desert Stalkers hidden in the oasis was much greater than Nafiboja had detected. Charging in recklessly could be dangerous for Song Jian despite his power, so it was better to avoid the oasis altogether.
Soon night fell, and after eating sothing, Song Jian crawled into his sleeping bag. anwhile, Robot Nafiboja transford into a detecting tower, scanning for any activity within a 500-ter radius.
Song Jian still didn’t dare fall into deep sleep. Even though he was in the sleeping bag, his senses remained fully extended, ready to wake him at the slightest disturbance.
At around three or four in the morning, a faint rustling sound echoed in Song Jian’s mind, as if countless people were taking small, stealthy steps towards him. He imdiately opened his eyes and quietly unzipped the sleeping bag.
Robot Nafiboja, now a detecting tower, had perception sensors at the top slowly rotating, seemingly unaware of any impending danger.
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