Chapter 245 - Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Desert Scorpion Beast

Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Desert Scorpion Beast

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In this maze, Song Jian didn’t care about other places, but the golden treasure chest guarded by the Level 20 Elite BOSS was extremely enticing to him.

If he didn’t have the map, it would take some effort to find that place. However, with the map in hand, Song Jian could easily locate the Level 20 Elite BOSS. If he prepared properly, he might be able to slay it.

That was a golden treasure chest, after all. Inside, there was at least one gold-quality equipment, which, at this stage of the game, was almost like a divine artifact for players.

“Haha, you’re not bad, human. From now on, you’re Jierna’s friend. When we have time, we can spar again, but no using pets!” Jierna said, patting Song Jian on the shoulder.

System: You have gained the favor of the game character “Jierna.” Your relationship with the game character “Jierna” has increased to Friendly.

System: When your relationship with a game character increases to Adoration, there is a certain chance that you can recruit them as a Follower.

After Jierna finished speaking, she casually led her two Red-tailed Beasts into the light door. Song Jian stood in front of the light door, staring at the system prompt for a long time before revealing a trace of a smile and stepping in.

As Song Jian stepped through the light door, his vision blurred, and he felt a sense of weightlessness. A strong dizziness enveloped him.

This experience was even worse than when he first entered the game.

When the dizziness subsided, Song Jian lifted his head and immediately furrowed his eyebrows.

At this moment, he was standing on a sand dune. The light door behind him was slowly shrinking, and by the time Song Jian noticed it, it had already shrunk to the size of a basketball. In a short while, it disappeared entirely, leaving Song Jian alone in the desert.

Canaan and Jierna were both gone, seemingly teleported to different places.

Song Jian looked around. This place was clearly much larger than the valley he had been in before. He was now in the middle of a desert, with no signs of life anywhere within a few miles. All he could see were rolling sand dunes.

A blazing sun hung in the sky, and the air was miserably dry. The entire area was desolate and lifeless, with not even a single blade of grass in sight.

“I must have left the Zombie City’s boundaries, right?” Song Jian thought to himself. After all, even during daylight hours in Zombie City, there was no sunlight, and the sky was covered with thick clouds, completely obscuring the sun.

Glancing at the sun overhead, he quickly determined his direction. Song Jian picked a random path and began walking forward.

In the endless desert, there seemed to be no boundaries, and Song Jian was the only one walking alone, leaving a long trail of footprints behind him.

Along the way, he didn’t find any traces of life or even a hint of it. However, he did find some ruins in the desert. There were some crude stone houses half-buried in the sand, along with a few dessicated skeletons scattered around. These skeletons looked exactly like the one he had found in the Purple Bamboo Pavilion earlier, with horns on their heads and rows of bone spurs on their arms.

There wasn’t anything valuable in these stone houses, so Song Jian quickly searched them and found only a tattered map. At the center of the map was a huge pyramid marked on it.

“There aren’t any altars marked on this, just this pyramid. I’ll check it out first and see!” Song Jian thought to himself as he put the tattered map into his bag. Following its directions, he headed towards the pyramid.

In the desert, one’s hunger and thirst depleted quickly. Without water, it wouldn’t be long before the thirst gauge would hit zero. Afterward, his Vitality Points would begin to decrease. Without enough water, one could easily die of thirst here.

Fortunately, Song Jian had plenty of supplies. He always carried a lot of food and water with him.

When his thirst gauge dropped below half, Song Jian took out a bottle of mineral water and gulped it down.

At this moment, Song Jian suddenly felt faint sounds of combat coming from his left front. Accompanied by the roars of Red-tailed Beasts, he immediately rushed in that direction.

A few miles away, Jierna was wielding an axe and, along with her two Red-tailed Beasts, was attacking a Level 15 Elite BOSS. The BOSS resembled a huge scorpion with six legs and a segmented tail. Its tail was hook-shaped and tipped with a bright red stinger.

“LV15 Desert Scorpion Beast (Elite), Vitality Points: 2200/2900, Characteristics: Enhanced Defense, Highly Poisonous, Skills: Sand Escape, Scarlet Poison Needle, Pincer Strike.”

Song Jian stood on a sand dune, squinting as he watched. Although it was three against one, the Desert Scorpion Beast was incredibly fierce, able to move freely in the sand without any hindrance. It brandished its giant pincers, creating sparks each time they clashed. The two Red-tailed Beasts appeared quite wary of the BOSS’S formidable weapons, and did not dare to attack head-on, instead harassing it from the sides. Jierna, on the other hand, was the main fighting force and directly faced the scorpion beast.

As he carefully observed from the side, Song Jian seized the opportunity to see just how strong Jierna was in combat and if she had any hidden cards.

However, before he could watch for long, Jierna seemed to detect something and turned her head towards Song Jian.

Since there was nowhere to hide on the vast sands, Song Jian, who was standing on a high sand dune, could not escape Jierna’s gaze.

The moment she saw Song Jian, Jierna raised an eyebrow, anger flashing across her face. “Stop standing there and help!”

No longer able to watch the fight, Song Jian shrugged his shoulders, drew his Guardian’s Sword, and charged towards the Desert Scorpion Beast.

When the Desert Scorpion Beast saw Song Jian approaching, it didn’t pay any attention to him. In its eyes, power directly correlated with size. It even held some contempt for the seemingly insignificant Song Jian.

However, it quickly realized its grave mistake. Song Jian’s attacks were extremely powerful and his damage high. With a swing of his sword, three silver Sword Silks pierced through the thick shell and penetrated the scorpion beast’s body.

With the silvery Sword Qi flashing on his sword, Song Jian effortlessly tore through the shell on the scorpion beast’s body, causing massive damage to it.

Even when its pincers clashed with Song Jian’s sword head on, the latter remained fearless. The Invisible Sword Qi made the sword incredibly sharp. Each clash shattered fragments of the scorpion’s pincers, leaving them pitted and ragged in no time.

The Desert Scorpion Beast’s Vitality Points rapidly decreased, and its eyes filled with fear when looking at Song Jian.

Feeling the imminent threat to its life, the Desert Scorpion Beast actually turned and fled. After running some distance, it burrowed directly into the sand and disappeared.