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Chapter 1578: Chapter 1579: Centaur King Chapter 1578: Chapter 1579: Centaur King Zhang Hong’s gaze remained fixed on the Bone Ring, and when he heard Song Jian bid fifty Purple Crystals, his face immediately showed an expression of delighted surprise. He quickly took out fifty Purple Crystals and handed them to Song Jian, his face full of gratitude.

“Thank you, Song Jian!” Zhang Hong said, taking the Bone Ring carefully into his hand.

As he took the Bone Ring, Zhang Hong’s palm emitted a golden light, and he touched it with extreme care. The moment Zhang Hong’s palm touched the Bone Ring, a corrosive white mist immediately emerged. Obviously, Zhang Hong couldn’t wear the Bone Ring; even touching it caused him harm.

Zhang Hong immediately put the ring into his bag slot and let out a sigh of relief as he stood up.

“This ring is of special significance to me; it relates to my professional advancement. I really owe you one this time, Song Jian!” Zhang Hong said with a smile.

“Relates to professional advancement?” Song Jian thought to himself, could it be that the top ten unique professions had their own advancement requirements?

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After the Skeleton King was annihilated, the entire dungeon began to shake, and a crack appeared in the ceiling. A stone staircase slowly extended down from the crack.

Song Jian and Zhang Hong exchanged a glance and stepped onto the staircase together, walking towards the exit. Once the two returned to the surface, the crack behind them slowly closed as if it had never existed.

“Let’s go, Song Jian, there are three more bosses before we can reach the Promotion Temple on the mountaintop!” said Zhang Hong, pointing towards the peak. Although he couldn’t defeat the upcoming bosses, Zhang Hong seemed to have a thorough understanding of this dungeon. As they walked, he explained the attributes and skills of the next three bosses to Song Jian.

Song Jian listened carefully but didn’t really care. The next three bosses were only at Legendary Realm strength, and the last one had reached the peak of the Legendary Realm. As long as they hadn’t taken the step to the Demi-God Level, their Domain Power not having evolved into the Power of Law, they stood no chance against Song Jian–it was just a matter of how quickly he could slay them.

“Let’s make it quick and clear the dungeon, so I can see if I can truly become one of the top ten unique professions!” Song Jian thought to himself.

At this moment, the Thousand Swords Art had also finished cooling down. Ten thousand Spirit Swords, even without forming a Sword Formation, were enough to annihilate some ordinary Legendary Realm powerhouses. Over ten million Vitality Points were, in Song Jian’s eyes, not worth mentioning.

For the second and third bosses, Song Jian used just one move. Countless Spirit Swords densely stabbed at the enemy, coupled with the suppression of the Time Law, these bosses could only roar desperately in the rain of swords, struggling in their final moments before being completely engulfed in the Sword Qi storm.

Zhang Hong looked at Song Jian with a trace of awe in his eyes, and even deliberately fell back a couple of steps, no longer daring to walk shoulder to shoulder with Song Jian.

“This is definitely not the power that a Legendary Realm should have. How could he be so powerful!” Zhang Hong felt his heart tremble. He felt like he was walking alongside a terrifying beast, over whose life and death he had no control.

Song Jian didn’t care about the shift in Zhang Hong’s attitude. He had long grown accustomed to others’ fear of him, whether they were enemies or allies.

“What’s the final boss?” As they neared the last boss, the outer wall of the temple already in sight, Song Jian turned his head to ask.

“It’s a fallen Centaur King!” said Zhang Hong: “It’s said to have been the pioneer of a mighty empire, but because it failed to break through the peak of the Legendary Realm and become a Demi-God Level warrior, the emperor of the Centaur Empire chose to collaborate with demons. In the end, it completely fell and became a demon itself!”

“However, in the end, the demon still deceived him. Although he fell to become a demon, his strength never broke through. Instead, it led to the decline of the entire empire,” Zhang Hong said expressionlessly.

Song Jian smiled faintly. Emperors like this chased after eternal life once they reached the zenith of power, not sparing even the empire they built with their own hands.

It was precisely because of such desires that demons preferred to tempt them–people like this were more easily deceived and willing to pay a huge price.

“He deserved to die!” Song Jian said.

Stepping forward, Song Jian could already sense from ahead, as if there was a black sun before the Promotion Temple, emanating a terrifying aura. This centaur emperor, now completely corrupted, had achieved the limits of the Legendary Realm, nearly at the Demi-God Level, separated only by a thin veil yet unable to break through.

“Why, why…”

The massive centaur emperor before him, clad in purple-black scales and standing over three meters tall, wore an expression of crazed ferocity. Wielding a battle spear, he swung it mindlessly, continuously striking the outer walls of the Promotion Temple.

This boss, blocking their path into the temple, stood before the great doors to the Promotion Temple. To enter, they had to either defeat or kill him.

Before the two could approach, the corrupted centaur king sensed their presence and charged at them with a roar.

“You miserable vermin, witness the rage of an emperor!” the centaur roared, swinging his battle spear and releasing streaks of black lightning that struck towards Song Jian and his companion.

“Emperor?” Song Jian’s face showed a trace of mockery as he said, “Your empire has perished for who knows how many years now. How many even remember your kingdom?”

Boom–
Upon hearing Song Jian’s words, the black lightning grew stronger, and dozens of serpentine bolts surged toward the pair.

Zhang Hong’s complexion changed slightly. Such a terrifying force was impossible to withstand even with defensive skills, especially since he only possessed third-tier Combat Power.

Song Jian swung the Sky-breaking Sword, releasing streaks of Spirit Sword, clashing with the black lightning. In both quantity and quality, the Spirit Swords summoned by the Thousand Swords Art were no weaker than the black lightning. After a brief stalemate, the winner was decided: the black lightning was torn to shreds by the Sword Qi, and countless Spirit Swords flew towards the centaur king, tracing white trails through the air. The sharp sound of tearing through the atmosphere almost split the space, shocking the centaur king into disbelieving fury.

“Emperor’s Wrath!” the centaur king bellowed. From behind him rose countless centaur phantoms, which resembled Soul Bodies. Their transparent forms were haloed with a faint grayish-blue light, dense as an army in formation, marching toward Song Jian.

Hundreds, thousands of centaur phantoms, summoned by the centaur king, charged fearlessly forward, colliding with the multitude of Spirit Swords, causing earth-shattering booms.

The Spirit Swords of the Thousand Swords Art were repelled by the centaur king’s move, causing no harm to him. This surprised Song Jian.

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