Chapter 223 - Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Skill Stele

Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Skill Stele

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Blood Ravens filled the sky, yet they were under siege by the bat-winged zombies. Periodic bursts of blood plasma were seen, and within the Hexagram Array, the figures of red zombies began to appear.

These creatures were blood beasts called Blood Zombies, produced by the Blood Pool after being upgraded to the second level. These Blood Zombies, like the Blood Ravens, could kill monsters to level up. However, their maximum level was much higher than the Blood Ravens, reaching up to level ten.

The Blood Zombies had not been around for long, so none of them had reached level ten. The highest among them was level six, while the lowest was only level three.

All blood beasts would return to the Blood Pool to grow again once they died, and their levels would directly drop to level one. To regain their original levels, it would take considerable effort.

T he blood beasts could level up in two ways. One was by killing monsters to gain Experience Points, and the other was through time – their levels would automatically increase over time. However, the latter method was time-consuming and greatly dependent on the level of the Blood Pool.

T he Blood Zombies were considerably stronger than the Blood Ravens. As soon as they left the Magic Array, they roared and rushed towards the bat-winged zombies. Despite their lower levels, the Blood Zombies managed to fight on par with their enemies for a short period.

While a Blood Raven could be defeated with two hits, each Blood Zombie would need to be hit about five or six times by the bat-winged zombies before it was killed.

Song Jian smiled slightly as he watched his vitality points about to be fully restored. He then charged towards the bat-winged zombies.

In just over ten seconds, the thirty Blood Zombies had been reduced to only seven or eight. Even though their vitality was drained, they had managed to buy time for Song Jian to recover. They had also managed to kill three or four of the bat-winged zombies. In contrast to the Blood Ravens, the Blood Zombies had certainly enhanced their combat power several times over.

Sword Finger!

Swish-

A silver sword light about three meters long swept across and instantly bisected seven or eight bat-winged zombies. The bats screamed in pain and turned into black ash, sending a chill through the remaining bat-winged zombies and in the blink of an eye, Song Jian had charged into the hordes of bat-winged zombies, causing carnage.

Weakness Potion!

Bang!

Another wealmess potion was thrown at the bat-winged zombies. As it shattered, a green powdery mist enveloped all the bat-winged zombies within six meters. The green particles seemed to burrow under their skin and entered their bodies through their mouths and nostrils. Suddenly, a greyish aura spread amongst the afflicted zombies.

The potion caused thirty points of actual damage and reduced the armor defense of all enemies within its range by 35% for 65 seconds. Many bat-winged zombies turned into black ash before they could shake off the weakening effect.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

In his frenzied state, Song Jian charged around the hordes of bat-winged zombies without any regard for his defense as the bat-winged zombies’ claws left marks on his armor.

The battle lasted for half an hour, with all the Blood Zombies killed and returned to the Blood Pool. Song Jian, completely exhausted, started laughing heartily amidst the black ashes and loot scattered around. He sat on the floor, leaning on his long sword.

System: You have successfully completed the regional plot task, and the evaluation of the main task has been upgraded!

System: The Professional Skill Book Stele will appear in three minutes, and its appearance time is ten minutes. Please prepare!

System: The Professional Skill Book Stele only exists for ten minutes and will disappear after ten minutes. During this period, you cannot leave the regional plot task area, or the stele will disappear immediately!

Song Jian struggled to his feet and began picking up the spoils of the battle scattered on the ground. All these items were dropped by level-ten monsters even their materials were more valuable than those dropped by previous monsters.

He continued along the corridor, collecting items all the way onto the stage. Song Jian’s bag was filled, six slots of his Storage Ring were also occupied, with only the green-quality Postal Bag remaining empty.

“Sixty-four white-quality materials, thirteen green-quality materials, three summon card of bat-winged zombies, more than six hundred Doomsday Coins, one Vampiric Scroll, one Attack Scroll, haha, it’s well worth it!” Song Jian looked at the items in his bag and an excited look flashed across his face.

White-quality materials of the same type could occupy one slot, while green-quality materials had to be separately stored from the white ones, even if they were of the same type. This was why Song Jian’s bag was full. The summon cards of bat-winged zombies occupied one slot, and the Vampiric Scroll and Attack Scroll each took up one slot.

After picking up the loot, Song Jian went to the spacious stage. At this point, countless shimmering dots of light, like fireflies, were dancing in the air, continuously merging towards the center to form a light pillar more than three meters high. The light pillar was emitting a soft glow, which got brighter as more dots of light joined.

Looking at the time, two minutes had passed, and the Professional Skill Book Stele was about to appear.

As more and more light converged on rhe pillar, it grew brighter and more intense. Eventually, Song Jian had to cover his eyes to avoid being blinded.

Soon, Song Jian received a system prompt.

System: The Professional Skill Book Stele has appeared, please select and purchase quickly. The stele will disappear in ten minutes!

The light vanished in an instant, and Song Jian lowered his hand. Before him stood a three-meter tall cyan stele. This stele, carved from cyan stone, was wider at the bottom and tapered upward with complex magical patterns on its surface. Energy was flowing through these patterns, flickering in and out of sight.

Song Jian stepped forward quickly, reached out his right hand and touched the surface of the stele. Instantly, a three by three grid appeared before his eyes. Each grid was occupied by a skill book.

Song Jian had a cheerful smile on his face as he carefully looked at the contents of the nine skill books.

The Professional Skill Book Stele was essentially a hidden store that only sold skill books for various professions. These books included skills for over ten thousand professions, from unique to common, each with dozens of skills. Finding a skill book for one’s own profession from the vast number of skills was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Soon, the smile on Song Jian’s face gradually faded and he looked somewhat distressed.