I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 1387

Chapter 1387: Chapter 1389 Devouring Chapter 1387: Chapter 1389 Devouring “Song Jian, this is your…” Doya exclaimed in surprise.

“This is my battle companion!” Song Jian laughed, “Just a stone elemental!”

“An elite level stone elemental BOSS, and you say ‘just’…” Doya was suddenly rendered speechless.

After the stone elemental Gulu completely pushed open the bronze gate, Song Jian heard a clear “click” sound, as if something fixed the bronze gate in place.

Rather than recalling the stone elemental Gulu back to the Pet Space, Song Jian let it walk into the tomb chamber.

“Song Jian, there are many mummies here, all level one hundred elite level BOSSes…” Doya suddenly shouted loudly.

Song Jian quickly stepped forward to look and indeed, there were dozens of mummified bodies scattered inside the tomb chamber, dressed in gray armor full of scars, appearing as if they had just experienced a great battle.

“Do you think the alien clan examinees were completely wiped out right here…” Noya suddenly spoke up, while his gaze shifted to the high platform in the center of the tomb chamber.

“Look there, there’s a coffin, that must be where the final BOSS is. I think we should all recuperate fully before opening the coffin…” Noya said, his face showing a bitter smile, “My curse has already stacked up to ten layers, do any of you have a potion or skill that could break the curse?”

Doya showed a hint of hesitation on her face and shook her head, “No, and even if the curse is lifted, it doesn’t take long to get cursed again unless we leave this tomb…”

Noya turned his head to look at Song Jian, who shrugged at him, saying casually, “It’s a passive skill, can’t share it!”

“Hehe, the curse can’t kill anyone, just be a little careful, and if we can’t beat it, can’t we just dodge it?” Patsha said with a mocking smile to Noya.

Doya didn’t say a word – in fact, she had a Dark Gold Quality pill that could remove all negative statuses and also grant immunity to the same type of negative status for thirty minutes.

However, she only had one pill and she did not want to waste it on Noya; she had to save it for a critical moment.

Just then, Song Jian suddenly heard a “rustle” sound behind him. Turning his head, he saw the hulking stone elemental Gulu standing in the center of the tomb chamber. Below it, the golden treasures were rapidly gathering towards it at a visible speed and continuously merged into its body.

Gulu’s huge feet had completely turned golden and, as the gold from the tomb chamber melded into it, the dazzling gold slowly spread from its ankles to its shins and knees.

“These golden treasures are capable of improving our performance rating…” Noya exclaimed, also starting to pick up the golden treasures at his feet.

Song Jian picked up a piece of gold and examined it closely, indeed, this gold did have the property to improve the performance rating, but a single piece only improved it by a point or two. Even if he emptied all the golden treasures in the tomb chamber, it would probably only raise the rating by one or two levels at most!

Since all the Alien Clan examinees were annihilated, Song Jian’s performance rating went up a tier. Just from rewards and hunting exotic beasts, he had enough to offset the penalties for failing the main mission. If he left the Assessment World now, he would at least get a B or even a B+ rating!

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This evaluation was decent for Doya and Noya, but for Song Jian, it was still a bit too low!

“I must complete the golden main quest!” Song Jian thought to himself.

Completing this golden side quest could at least boost him two ranks, enough to secure Song Jian an S-level pass rating or better!

Doya and Patsha began to pick up the gold on the ground. In their eyes, the final boss and the blood of gold were probably out of their reach, so they might as well collect some golden jewelry to improve their pass ratings!

“These golden jewels have the attribute of dropping upon death. You all need to be careful, for if you die, you’ll end up with nothing!” Patsha mocked Noya and Doya while picking up the golden jewelry.

“Hmph, better take care of yourself first!” Noya couldn’t help but retort.

The three’s picking speed was far slower than the stone Gulu’s devouring rate. By now, the gold color on Gulu’s body had spread to his knees, and amazingly, the amount of golden jewelry on the ground didn’t seem to have diminished at all, hinting at the vast wealth within the tomb!

When the gold color had spread to Gulu’s waist, the coffin on the high platform suddenly shook violently. An invisible force flung the coffin lid into the air, and a mummified corpse wearing a golden mask and holding a trident battle halberd, draped with a great red cloak, sat up from the coffin.

The eyes of King Smolahan of the Smorahan Kingdom blazed with furious flames. He swung his trident battle halberd, pointing at Song Jian and his companions as he bellowed, “You shameful thieves, daring to steal the wealth of the Smorahan Empire? You all shall die!”

The treasures in the tomb had a mysterious connection with King Smolahan. Even the treasures placed into the bag’s slot were perceivable by the king, as they all possessed the attribute of dropping upon death. Unless they killed King Smolahan and safely left the tomb, that mysterious link wouldn’t disappear. No matter where the thieves of the treasures went, King Smolahan could track them through this link and kill them all to retrieve his wealth.

The theft by the group hadn’t disturbed King Smolahan initially, but Gulu’s devouring completely assimilated the golden jewelry, integrating it with himself.

If the amount was small, King Smolahan might not have noticed, but now Gulu had devoured so much that nearly one-third of the tomb’s wealth was gone, awakening King Smolahan from his slumber.

Realizing that one-third of his wealth was gone, King Smolahan could no longer contain himself. He leapt from his coffin, waving his trident battle halberd, venting his rage upon the group!

Initially unaware of how his wealth had vanished, King Smolahan understood everything once he saw Gulu persistently swallowing more golden jewelry.

“Die, monster!” King Smolahan hurled his trident battle halberd towards Gulu. A dazzling arc of lightning appeared in mid-air as the halberd turned into a streak of lightning, piercing Gulu’s chest.

Gulu, who had over ten thousand Vitality Points, saw his Vitality Points drop by two-thirds the instant the trident battle halberd pierced him. Nearly two meters in length, the halberd left less than a foot exposed, the rest buried in Gulu’s chest.

Crash~
The stone Gulu let out a low roar as he crumbled, turning into hundreds of fist-sized rocks that rolled away in all directions.

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