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“I indeed made the right choice, these ruins do contain treasures!”

Jian Qi stomped his foot, his figure darted like lightning towards the iron-armored beast guarding the treasure. Sword Qi filled the air, causing an intense tremor.

The light of the sword flashed. The iron puppet let out an infuriated roar, its double-handed sword whistling through the air like the wind, entangling itself with Jian Qi.

…

Song Jian’s Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword continually slashed at the other arm of the Swordwood puppet. He was determined to chop off the opponent’s arm, even if it meant taking a few hits from the Swordwood puppet.

In just a few minutes, Song Jian had attacked the Swordwood puppet’s other arm dozens of times. A large crack appeared at the puppet’s shoulder area.

Not long after, Song Jian had chopped off the other arm of the Swordwood puppet. Now, it only had the pair of arms on its back left.

These two arms were not as agile as the previous ones. Moreover, the wounds on the left and right shoulders of the Swordwood puppet also affected these two arms. The swordplay performed by these arms was already less coordinated than before, the two long swords even collided with each other at times;

Boom!

Another stone hit the Swordwood puppet. Even though it did not trigger a dizzying effect, it made the puppet wobble a little, disrupting its attack rhythm. Seizing this opportunity, Song Jian swiftly moved to the left side of the Swordwood puppet boss and violently stabbed its wound.

Crack~

The long sword pierced into the body of the Swordwood puppet. Song Jian stirred it vigorously, causing a shattering noise from within the puppet. A critical damage point of over a thousand was lifted from the top of the Swordwood puppet’s head.

A smile surfaced on Song Jian’s mouth. The Swordwood puppet’s movement was slowing down significantly. Song Jian could already sense the advent of victory beckoning to him, and his gaze fell once again on the stone platform behind the boss.

“A dark gold quality skill, I wonder what kind of swordplay it is!” Song Jian speculated in his heart.

At this moment, the vitality points of the Swordwood puppet had dropped to less than one-third. Suddenly, a red light emerged on the surface of its body and started flashing rapidly.

Song Jian immediately sensed a massive threat rushing towards him. His body stiffened and he hastily retreated;

“Damn it, I was too careless. I didn’t expect this BOSS to explode!” Song Jian’s face instantly turned ugly. His rapid increase in strength made him somewhat complacent. Despite not having first-order combat power, he was able to kill a BOSS with first-order combat power. All these altered Song Jian’s mentality.

However, the scene before his eyes felt like a cold bucket of water drenching him from head to toe. Before he could exit the room, the Swordwood puppet BOSS exploded like a bomb;

Song Jian had just enough time to use “Iron Wings” to protect himself. He didn’t have time to activate the bloody shield that inherently came with his ring. He was directly blasted off by the explosion.

Boom~

A thunderous roar shook the stone house, causing everything to tremble violently. Song Jian felt as if he had been hit by a heavy punch. He lost control of his body and charged forward uncontrollably, crashing heavily into the stone wall.

Crack~

Fragments of stone flew around, and Song Jian felt as if all the bones in his body had shattered. His entire body ached, his mouth was full of blood, and his vision turned black. He seemed to have lost all his strength.

Looking at his vitality points, there were only double digits left, and he was afflicted with impairments like bone fractures and bleeding;

Struggling, Song Jian performed a surgical treatment on himself. He eliminated the status of bone fracture and bleeding, then fumbled out a bottle of healing potion from the bag and drank it painfully.

“What an oversight, I didn’t expect it to explode…” Song Jian’s face was pale, and his expression was full of fear.

His Iron Wings were now shattered, barely recognizable. Fortunately, it was a skill, not a piece of equipment. Otherwise, it probably would have had zero durability and be ruined.

“I was so close, so close to triggering the Enemy of Death God. Damn it…” Gasping heavily, Song Jian sat up.

In the distance, Jian Qi had already knocked the iron-armored puppet to the ground, but he himself had sustained considerable injuries. A wound more than a foot long was slashed on his left shoulder, the muscles were exposed, revealing the crimson flesh inside. The blood continued to pour out, quickly soaking half of his clothes, making him look quite in a sorry state.

Sitting on the ground, Jian Qi took out a bottle of pills from his pocket, popped a red and a green pill into his mouth, and started to channel his energy to accelerate the absorption of the pills. After a short time, his face regained its rosy color. The frightening wound on his shoulder had also grown a thin layer of flesh on the surface and stopped bleeding.

At this moment, a thunderous boom came from afar. Even the ground under him trembled slightly, causing him to frown and look towards the direction of the explosion.

“Could it be the senior brother?” Jian Qi murmured to himself. However, he quickly shifted his gaze back and headed towards the weapon rack in the center of the side hall. The dark gold quality long sword was worth a fortune, much better than his current weapon.

…

Song Jian sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, silently recovering his vitality points. After a short while, Song Jian felt something nudging his calves. He opened his eyes and saw the little stone man was laying on the ground, continuously nudging him with its head.

Song Jian gave a small smile. The damage caused by the little stone man was quite substantial. Most importantly, it had stunned the BOSS at least three times. It was during those times when the BOSS was stunned that Song Jian had the opportunity to chop off the sword-wielding arm of the BOSS;

During the BOSS’ explosion just now, the little stone man was at a distance due to its ranged attacks and hence received less damage. Its vitality points were still nearly half left.

However, it still looked pitiful at the moment. Almost half of its body was shattered by the explosion. It was also missing an arm, and its steps were faltering. It seemed like it would be unable to continue fighting anytime soon.

Song Jian patted its smooth head and put it into the pet space. In the pet space, regardless of how serious the injuries were, they could gradually recover over time;

After Song Jian felt that his condition had mostly recovered, he stood up and walked towards the stone platform.

This is a dark gold quality skill book, which for Song Jian, might be the biggest gain from this assessment world.

As he was walking towards the stone platform, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a golden glow among the scattered remains of the Swordwood puppet.

His face instantly lit up with delight. This guardian BOSS had actually dropped a golden quality item.

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