I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 726

Chapter 726: Chapter 726: Treating the Goddess Statue

After the Water Elemental Boss was frozen, it transformed into an ice elemental Boss, breaking free of the freezing effect. Its strength increased dramatically, and it chased after Song Jian, punching him one after another.

Thud~

The Ice Elemental Boss’s punch created a large pit in the ground. Song Jian dodged the attack and took the opportunity to slash at the Boss once more.

After a while fighting, Song Jian suddenly realized that although the Ice Elemental Boss had increased defense and strength, it seemed no longer able to use magic, resorting to close combat attacks instead.

After several tests, Song Jian finally confirmed that the Water Elemental Boss had switched from being a long-range mage to a close-combat fighter, but with none of a fighter’s special skills, relying solely on its fists to flail wildly.

Even if it managed to hit Song Jian, the most damage it could do was reduce his Vitality Points by just over two hundred, which was much weaker than its magic attacks.

Rapid Sword!

Song Jian used his speed-enhancing attack skill, and the attack speed of his four longswords suddenly increased dramatically. Ice splinters flew everywhere, and a continuous stream of damage numbers floated above the Ice Elemental Boss’s head.

The Boss roared loudly and swung its fists repeatedly, but couldn’t even touch the hem of Song Jian’s clothes. It now seemed like a giant punching bag to him, posing no threat at all.

After fighting for more than ten minutes, the surface of the Ice Elemental Boss started to show cracks. Through the cracks, it was clear that its body contained flowing water, indicating that the icy state was about to end.

Song Jian controlled his Surging Wave Breaking Sword and cast Frosty Dusk once more, freezing the Boss again and returning it to its Ice Elemental state.

It took Song Jian over an hour to finally defeat the Boss, which shattered into several huge blocks of ice.

After the Boss died, it dropped only one item, of silver quality. Song Jian picked it up and after a glance, an interested expression appeared on his face.

“Transformation Orb (Silver), accessory, Item Level 35, Equip Effect: Spirit+15 points, Ice Resistance+30; Special Effect 1: Transform into a water elemental after use, granting the ability to breathe freely underwater for 1 hour; transformation effect is removed when taking damage or entering combat; cooldown: 30 minutes; Special Effect 2: Frost Shield, unleash all energy within the orb to create a Frost Shield with 3000 points of defense and +50 Ice Resistance, lasts 30 seconds before the shield is destroyed; cooldown: 1 hour; Item Equip Level: 30, Can be taken out of the game: No.”

“After defeating so many monsters, I’ve finally found a decent item!” Song Jian looked at the Transformation Orb, nodding in satisfaction.

He removed the Heart of Ice from his equipment and replaced it with the Transformation Orb. Although Song Jian’s defense equipment and weapons were decent, his accessories, necklaces, and rings had very average quality, most of which were level 10 or 20 items. Now, he finally had a better accessory.

With the addition of the Transformation Orb, Song Jian could now disguise himself as a Water Elemental, making his disguises more versatile than before.

After equipping the Transformation Orb, Song Jian glanced at the Boss’s corpse and walked towards the spot emitting a bright light in the distance.

Soon, a stone statue appeared before Song Jian’s eyes, with the light emanating from it. This was a female-figured goddess statue holding a Magic Staff embedded with a large, deep blue orb.

The white jade-like statue emitted milky-white light which spread outward like flowing waves. On the ground, a light circle with a diameter of over ten meters emanated from the statue.

As Song Jian entered the light circle, his lost Vitality Points recovered at an extremely fast speed. Within a few seconds, his Vitality Points, which were originally at half, were completely restored.

After placing his hand on the statue, its attributes immediately appeared in front of Song Jian.

“Healing Goddess Statue (Building), special strategic item, Usage Effect: Once placed, this item cannot be moved for 12 hours; within a 10-meter radius, recovery speed increases by 1000%; within a 100-meter radius, recovery speed increases by 500%; within a 1000-meter radius, recovery speed increases by 300%; within a 3000-meter radius, recovery speed increases by 100%; automatically releases a buff healing effect every 30 minutes; Special Effect 1: Light Screen Sky Splendor (Active), can set up to ten connection nodes, after activation, all connected nodes form a large Light Screen Sky Splendor Array, the array has 5000 points of Absolute Defense, immune to all damage and lasts 30 seconds; after 30 seconds, it continues to consume 5000 points of defense until the defense points reach zero and the large array disappears; this skill can be used only once every 24 hours; Special Effect 2: Holy Healing (Active), casts Holy Healing on everyone within a 100-meter radius, restoring them to their peak state; this skill can be used only once every 24 hours!”

A strategic building item?” Song Jian’s eyes lit up. Though this item couldn’t enhance his own strength, it could play a crucial role in completing the City Lord’s quest he was currently undertaking. The recovery speed boost alone would make the final Monster Siege far easier, and both special effects could be used to turn the tide of battle during crucial moments!

Song Jian directly put the statue into his bag. Once moved, a twelve-hour cooldown time appeared on the statue, with it being ready for placement only after the cooldown.

The moment Song Jian put the statue in his bag, the entire space began to shake violently. He quickly burst out of the stone cave and looked up to see cracks appearing in the light barrier above, like a shattered porcelain bowl.

Bang!

In an instant, the entire light barrier shattered, and the lake water, weighing tens of thousands of tons, pressed down on Song Jian. The force of impact sent him flying out, and he spewed out a mouthful of blood as damage numbers over a thousand floated above his head.

After tumbling in the lake for a while, Song Jian slowly sank to the bottom. It was then that he discovered the entire lake seemed to be boiling, as every monster in the lake roared and rushed towards the collapsed formation.

Song Jian, alarmed, quickly controlled the Transformation Orb to turn into a water elemental and stayed quietly beside a rock at the bottom of the lake.

Soon, a dense swarm of monsters appeared at the bottom of the lake. Song Jian even spotted three level 40 Lord-level Bosses roaring in anger.

Song Jian dared not move amid the horde of monsters, as they all frantically searched for the thief who stole the Goddess statue. However, even after more than half an hour, they never found him.

At last, the monsters let out unwilling roars of frustration and gradually dispersed. It wasn’t until all the surrounding monsters had left that Song Jian slowly rose from the bottom of the lake and set course for Manor Castle.

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