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Chapter 1451: Chapter 1453: Ao Tian Chapter 1451: Chapter 1453: Ao Tian Hearing Song Jian say this, Xin Ling nodded and didn’t mind, continuing to explore ahead. Although the Dragon Palace had been completely destroyed, there were definitely places that had not been searched. As long as she followed Ao Tian’s footsteps, she was certain to find something!

At this moment, Song Jian was carefully examining Water Escape and Earth Escape, growing more and more satisfied the more he looked. These two skills could actually be upgraded with combat experience, and once they reached the maximum level, they could directly be enhanced with skill points. As long as he had sufficient combat experience and skill points, he could instantly learn the top-level skills.

The most important part was that, although these two skills were only epic-level, if Song Jian could collect the remaining three escape techniques, Metal Escape, Wood Escape, and Fire Escape, he could form the Legendary Level “Five Elements Escape Skill.”

“The Five Elements Escape Skill doesn’t have any offensive power, but it’s top-notch for saving one’s skin, and it’s also a Legendary quality skill, on the same level as the Chaos Sword Technique…” Song Jian thought to himself, a smile unconsciously appearing on his lips.

Now at level 115, Song Jian needed a vast amount of combat experience to level up. At this time, his combat experience had risen to 34%, which was just right for upgrading these two escape methods.

System: “Upgrading ‘Five Elements Escape Skill: Water Escape’ by one level requires 1200 points of combat experience. Upgrade? Yes/No”
Yes!

A flash of white light, and Water Escape was enhanced to 1st level 100%. Without any hesitation, Song Jian spent a skill point to upgrade Water Escape to the 2nd level;
Water Escape: Level 2, Skill Description: Utilize the power of the Five Elements’ water to escape, instantly moving away 1000 meters, then increasing movement speed by 30%, lasting for 1 minute; if near a water source, duration is unlimited;
“Not enough, keep upgrading!” Song Jian thought to himself.

System: “Upgrading ‘Five Elements Escape Skill: Water Escape’ by one level requires 2000 points of combat experience. Upgrade? Yes/No”
Yes!

Water Escape: Level 3, Skill Description: Utilize the power of the Five Elements’ water to escape, instantly moving away 1500 meters, then increasing movement speed by 35%, lasting for 2 minutes; if near a water source, duration is unlimited;
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Although Song Jian had only 34% combat experience, it was counted by the millions. Since completing the third-stage combat power assessment, he had barely used any skill points, which had now nearly reached thirty. Therefore, upgrading the Water Escape skill was very swift.

In a short while, Water Escape was upgraded to the maximum 12th level;
Water Escape: MAX, Skill Description: Utilize the power of the Five Elements’ water to escape, instantly moving away 10,000 meters, then increasing movement speed by 100%, lasting for 15 minutes; if near a water source, the duration is unlimited, and also allows the casting of the “Liquid Transformation” skill; Liquid Transformation: Transform into a puddle of liquid identical to the nearby water source, improving concealment +1, reducing the chance of detection.

Having upgraded Water Escape to MAX level, a new “Liquid Transformation” skill emerged. As long as he was near a water source, he could transform into a puddle of water, blending in, making it difficult for others to detect him.

“Indeed, it’s a skill designed for escape and survival. Even after upgrading to the full level, it still doesn’t have the slightest bit of offensive power!” Song Jian shook his head and turned his gaze back to Earth Escape.

Soon, Earth Escape was also upgraded to maximum level. Tens of thousands of combat experience points were spent, which was trivial compared to the experience needed for Song Jian to level up now. Twenty-four skill points were used, leaving only five remaining. If he obtained another skill book like Fire Escape or Wood Escape, he feared that there might not be enough skill points.

“True enough, you never feel the need until you actually need it, and then skill points never seem to be enough!” Song Jian shook his head and chuckled bitterly.

Players, besides their professional skills, can also learn a multitude of general skills. Just leveling up a single skill to full level can consume six or seven, sometimes even over a dozen skill points. Since players only receive one skill point per level-up, they are always in a state of skill point scarcity.

Fortunately, there are many other methods in the game to obtain skill points. Otherwise, players wouldn’t dare learn many skills, making survival that much more difficult.

“Senior brother, I found a piece of Red Blood Essence Gold, hehe, what luck!” Up ahead, Xin Ling held up a fist-sized piece of crimson metal and called out to Song Jian, her face beaming with joy.

Red Blood Essence Gold is a forging material that can be used to craft level 120 equipment and is worth at least ten Purple Crystals. To think that in these ruins of the Dragon Palace, one could casually stumble upon such precious material.

“Lucky indeed. Have you spotted any trace of Ao Tian? Where has that guy run off to?” Song Jian extended his perception, scanning the surroundings but couldn’t find any sign of Ao Tian.

“Ao Tian must know where the real Dragon Palace Treasure is. We just need to follow it!” said Song Jian.

“Senior brother, are you seriously after its Dragon Emperor’s Arrogant Sky Secret? That’s a martial arts technique of the Dragon Clan. Even if we get it and hand it over to our sect, we would at most earn some contribution points. After it obtains the Dragon Emperor Treasure Pearl, its strength will skyrocket to the peak of the Legendary Realm. Senior brother, are you really confident you can take it down?” Xin Ling voiced her concerns.

“No problem, let’s give it a try!” Song Jian said with a slight smile.

If he really had to make the Dragon Emperor’s Arrogant Sky Secret drop, the Chaos Sword Canon’s sword move would be out of the question. He could only use the Thousand Swords Art, but the power of Thousand Swords Art was nothing compared to the world-opening, annihilation-level abilities. At most, it could barely manage to kill some weaker early stage Legendary Level bosses. For mid-stage bosses, it was rather risky, and against late stage ones, Song Jian would need to think about running away. If it was a peak-level opponent, relying solely on Thousand Swords Art, there was no way he could withstand a full-force strike from the enemy.

“If all else fails, I’ll use the Chaos Sword Canon to beat it half to death, and then switch to the Thousand Swords Art. By then, I’ll call Gulu and Kamata for help. I refuse to believe we can’t take down a little dragon that relies on external forces to advance to the peak of the Legendary Realm!” Song Jian thought to himself.

Just then, a roaring boom suddenly came from the front, and after a violent shake of the ground, a four-clawed golden dragon was thrown out like trash, crashing heavily into a pile of ruins.

Faint golden blood seeped from the corner of the four-clawed golden dragon’s mouth, its face showing a deep sense of unwillingness and frustration.

“How can this be, I… I am of the orthodox Dragon Clan lineage, with the blood of the Dragon Emperor flowing in my veins, why can’t I get in!” Ao Tian roared in unwillingness.

It knew that relying on a single Coiling Dragon Array Formation was not enough to stop so many Legendary Realm powerhouses. Now, Ao Tian had to race against time to enter the hidden Dragon Palace Treasure and seize the Dragon Emperor Treasure Pearl, and then find the secret passages within the treasure to stand a chance of escape. Otherwise, once those Legendary Realm powerhouses entered, they wouldn’t let it off.

“Eh, Ao Tian?” A surprised voice came from behind Ao Tian, and the already injured Ao Tian shuddered, turning its head to look, its expression turning ugly upon seeing Song Jian and Xin Ling.

“How is this possible, how did you get through the Coiling Dragon Array?” Ao Tian looked up at the distant defense formation, which was still operational. Dozens of Legendary Realm powerhouses were relentlessly attacking the formation, which seemed impossible to break through in the short term.

“Had the Ten Thousand Dragons Array not been damaged, it might have stood a chance at stopping me, but now that only a Legendary Level Coiling Dragon Array remains, how could it possibly stop me?” Song Jian said proudly.

Ao Tian was left speechless. If the Ten Thousand Dragons Array hadn’t been damaged, not even a third-order combat power prodigy of the Human Race, let alone those in the Legendary and Demi-God Realms, could have breached it.

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PS: Thank you to “Sky Awakening*Sparta” for the 500 Qidian coins reward~