Chapter 458: Chapter 458: Escape

Squeak~

The monster bat that spotted Song Jian suddenly let out a shrill shriek, plunging towards Song Jian with its wide wings spread out, like a dark shadow swooping towards him.

Song Jian was startled and ignored the body of the monster bat already ripped open. He jumped backward swiftly, but a sharp pain suddenly shot through his neck.

More than sixty damage points floated above Song Jian’s head. Touching his neck, he felt three blood trails slowly oozing blood.

Song Jian struck back and his Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword left a trail of marks in the air, chopping the severely wounded monster bat into two.

However, the earlier shriek from the monster bat had alarmed the rest of the bats resting overhead.

“Whoosh-”

The sound of flapping bat wings echoed, and their shrill cries reverberated throughout the stone forest.

Song Jian quickly summoned two Fire Elemental Spirits.

Though these Fire Elemental Spirits of above-level twenty didn’t pose much of a threat to monster bats, they could relieve some pressure from Song Jian. And even if they perished, Song Jian wouldn’t have a heartache over it.

The Black Dragon hatchling was too low leveled. Summoning it now would mean sending it to its death. Also, due to the blood sampling process, the Black Dragon hatchling was in a state of weakness. Even if it was summoned, it wouldn’t be of much help. If the monster bats killed it, it would probably leave Song Jian devastated.

A big swarm of monster bats descended all at once, instantly overwhelming Song Jian and the two Fire Elemental Spirits. The level twenty-two spirits lasted less than a minute before being killed by the bats, turning into a pile of crimson crystal shards.

Fighting while retreating, Song Jian finally retreated into an indented rock wall, which significantly reduced the damage received. Upon checking his vitality points, he found that he was left with fewer than five hundred. You should know that his Vitality Points were at nineteen hundred and forty, nearly reaching two thousand, which were almost similar to an elite BOSS of the same level.

However, while confronting dozens of monster bats, Song Jian’s Vitality Points were plummeting fast.

After quickly gulping down an Advanced Healing Potion, Song Jian felt slightly relieved. He swung his sword, doing his all to chop down the monster bats in front of him.

Hearing two crisp bangs in the distance, he instantly lost contact with the Fire Elemental Spirits. Ten more monster bats flew over, immediately putting him under greater pressure.

Thankfully, he had retreated to the recess of the rock wall. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to hang on for long under the siege.

Relying on the terrain and potions, Song Jian managed to barely hold on. In a short while, over a dozen monster bats were chopped into halves by him, but the consumption of Advanced Healing Potions was also high. Song Jian would immediately gulp down a bottle as soon as the potion’s cooldown time ended.

However, even then, his Vitality Points were constantly decreasing.

“Immortal Sword Body, Activate!”

Boom!

A strong surge of golden Qi erupted intensely from Song Jian’s body. The monster bats in front of him were all subjected to a strong impact force and were involuntarily thrown backward.

At level six of the Immortal Sword Body, all attributes increased by 10 points, defense went up by 60%, and resistance by 50%. At this moment, Song Jian was like a humanoid mecha. The damage that the demonic bats originally inflicted on him, around fifty to sixty points, suddenly dropped to just over twenty.

Broken Wing Dance!

With the Immortal Sword Body still in effect, Song Jian unleashed his full firepower, throwing out sword skills with abandon. Thanks to the presence of the Vitality Chapter of Sword Control Skill, the maximum limit of Song Jian’s Invisible Sword Qi had increased to over two hundred points. Coupled with the rapid recovery of the Invisible Sword Qi, he was completely capable of recklessly using various sword techniques while the Immortal Sword Body was active.

In an instant, the demonic bats were hacked down in droves. With a resounding “Boom”, black flames suddenly erupted from Song Jian’s body. The Abyssal Raging Flame was released by him, ultimately forming a black armor around his body.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-

The demonic bats attacked Song Jian, but their damage was reduced to mere tens of points. However, for every attack they made, the reflected damage above their heads reached over thirty points. For a while, the entire stone forest echoed with the furious shrieks and tragic howls of the demonic bats.

At that moment, several Golden Scorpions poked out half of their bodies from the holes in the stone forest. They had just experienced a great battle, but not all the Golden Scorpions had left. The combat between the demonic bats and Song Jian had attracted the attention of many Golden Scorpions.

Once they got a clear view of the battle between the demonic bats and Song Jian, the Golden Scorpions slowly crawled out of their holes and surrounded Song Jian.

Seeing the Golden Scorpions slowly closing in, Song Jian’s heart sank. The duration of his Immortal Sword Body was only a dozen seconds left. If he was surrounded by these Golden Scorpions again, Song Jian feared he would be in danger of falling.

With a single blow, Song Jian sent a demonic bat flying and immediately used the Sword Shadow Step. At the same time, he activated the “Frost Sprint” ability of the Frost Boots. His figure, like a flash of lightning, rushed towards the nearest passage.

A demonic bat attacking Song Jian, with a large mouth full of fanged teeth, kept emitting sharp shrieks. As its figure spun in mid-air, ready to pursue Song Jian, it was impaled by the sudden appearance of a Golden Scorpion’s tail.

With the sound of rustling, dozens of Golden Scorpions began to attack the remaining demonic bats.

At this time, the number of Golden Scorpions was several times greater than the remaining demonic bats. The demonic bats couldn’t resist the attack of the Golden Scorpions, and in the end, only a few demonic bats were able to escape the stone forest. The remaining demonic bats were all killed by the Golden Scorpions.

The Golden Scorpions, having wiped out the demonic bats, didn’t leave. Their long scorpion tails trembled continuously in the air. Then, like a tide, they surged towards the passageway where Song Jian had escaped, as if hunting dogs chasing after Song Jian.

At this point, Song Jian was unaware of the pursuit behind him. His figure was moving extremely fast, darting through the passageways, which were like a maze, until the duration of his skill ended. Only then did he stop.

Looking back, a faint line of icy frost was slowly melting on the ground; it was the Path of Frost left by the Frost Sprint skill. Any chasing creature stepping on it would have its movement speed reduced by 30%.

“Where on earth have I escaped to?” Song Jian looked around the passage, and took out a map to check carefully.

After a while, a bitter smile appeared on Song Jian’s face. He had been too panicked during his escape and was no longer able to determine his location from the map. However, Song Jian estimated that he had probably run off the charted area of the map. After all, the map he held only covered a small portion of the Nest of Mourning.

Just then, Song Jian heard an angry roar echoing from a distance, followed by rumbling that seemed to shake the entire Nest of Mourning, as if it was about to collapse at any moment.

A deep, strange voice sounded from afar;

“Stop struggling, Begs. You should know the gap between us. Submit to me and I will grant you even greater power!”