I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 730: 730: Explosive Flame Bomb

Chapter 730: Chapter 730: Explosive Flame Bomb

Under the accumulated snow, swaths of beetles were frozen in icy lumps, but some slightly more powerful beetles were still able to move, despite their bodies being covered in ice and snow. As for the elite beetle guards, which were painstakingly selected to protect the insect nest, their movement speed was only slightly reduced; they could still charge towards Song Jian at the speed of walking humans on the snowy ground;

Wind Sweeping Clouds!

Following the second longsword, the blade danced, and the second move of the Ten Thousand Facets Sword Technique was immediately unleashed. Countless winds swirl with snowflakes, resembling an enraged jade dragon, which surged towards the insect nest in front;

All the snowflake Sword Qi wildly danced in the sewer, and the beetles they touched burst open one after another. Song Jian was surprised to find that when these two moves were executed simultaneously, their power actually increased by 30%.

Both Twilight Snow Blizzard and Wind Sweeping Clouds were originally group attack techniques, good at dealing with monsters with weak strength but large in numbers. The beetles produced by the insect nest just happened to fit these characteristics. If they were facing other people or creatures, even those with first-order Combat Power would have to retreat in the face of the tide-like beetles, not daring to confront them directly. Once surrounded by the insect nest, they would fall into a tragic situation of being consumed by ants.

Violent winds spread, countless snowflakes seemed like flying swords, charging towards the tide-like beetles. The grade of the Ten Thousand Facets Sword Technique was extremely high, and dealing with these level-25 monsters could directly kill them instantly. Even the stronger level-28 beetles could not withstand two or three swords. Only the elite level-30 beetles could survive amidst the snowflake Sword Qi, but their Vitality Points fell very quickly.

The third longsword flew by, followed by the fourth. Since Song Jian had engraved the Ten Thousand Facet Sword Technique, the consumption of executing these two moves was minimal. The beetles were fearless, even if they were killed instantly, they still rushed towards Song Jian without hesitation. The tide-like beetles churned and burst open one by one under the heavy snow and violent winds, filling the entire sewer with a nauseating stench.

The number of dead beetles was so large that the corpses almost blocked the entire sewer. Fortunately, the bodies of ordinary beetles had a very short existence time. In a little while, they were burned clean by transparent flames, leaving only a pile of low-level materials on the ground;

Wind Sweeping Clouds! Twilight Snow Blizzard!…

Song Jian gave up on other sword techniques and slowly retreated while using these two techniques back and forth. Countless beetles died every second, but even more beetles filled the gaps. Despite the small energy consumption, Song Jian’s Spirit Points were slowly being consumed. In the end, even the recovery speed of the Invisible Sword Qi began to slow down, indicating that his body was approaching its limit.

It was unknown how many beetles he had killed, but there was a thick layer of beetle corpses on the ground that hadn’t been burned yet.

It was evident that the number of beetles near the insect nest had decreased a lot. Compared to the previous beetle tide, there were now at most only one-tenth of them left.

However, Song Jian had also reached his limit. Continuing the battle would bury himself here.

With a thought, the four longswords flew up and down and simultaneously used Wind Sweeping Clouds, causing tornado-like whirlpools to appear in the sewer, sweeping forward with an unstoppable force;

Song Jian took advantage of the situation and turned into a shadow, using the Sword Shadow Step to slide towards the rear, only breathing a sigh of relief after leaving the range of the insect nest.

This was the first time that Song Jian had seen such a terrifying insect nest, capable of producing and controlling tens or even hundreds of thousands of beetles. If it was allowed to grow, even if Song Jian successfully built a city, it would eventually be destroyed under the attack of such tide-like beetles;

“Fortunately, most of the beetles it produces now are ordinary ones. If they were all elite beetle guards, it might have been really difficult to escape today!” Song Jian thought to himself.

And if all the elite beetles were present today, Song Jian wouldn’t have fought until now. He probably would have fled the moment he encountered them.

Upon returning to the Manor Castle, Song Jian headed for Dr. Ebsiting’s laboratory;

As soon as he approached, Song Jian heard a muffled explosion from afar, causing the ground to shake slightly;

Luckily, the doctor’s laboratory had been reinforced multiple times by himself, and it could withstand continuous explosions!

“Doctor, have you made any new inventions lately?” Song Jian pushed open the laboratory door and said directly, “I need to deal with a large number of monsters. They are weak, but there are too many of them…”

With a face covered in soot, Dr. Ebsiting shook his charred lab coat and coughed, “These monsters you speak of, do they have any obvious resistances, such as extremely high fire resistance?”

Song Jian thought for a moment, recalling the previous battle, and shook his head, “Just ordinary monsters, no noticeable features that enhance certain resistances!”

“But they come in great numbers, thousands of them!” Song Jian emphasized;

“Try this!” The doctor took out a flat metal disc from the storage shelf and handed it to Song Jian, “Bursting flame bomb! It has a time delay function, which can extend up to thirty seconds. After the explosion, it will deal 500 points of explosion damage to all targets within a ten-meter range, and then trigger white phosphorus burning effect, causing a similar Mage firewall skill effect, dealing 100 points of damage per second to any creatures entering the range, lasting for 30 seconds!”

Song Jian’s eyes lit up. The ordinary level-25 beetles had only slightly more than 1,000 Vitality Points. Just one such bomb could cause massive damage and kill them in large numbers, probably even more powerful than the Ten Thousand Facets Sword Technique!

“I’ll take this, how many do you have? Give me a hundred!” Song Jian laughed.

“What, a hundred?” The doctor was shocked, “How could I have that many? These are just experimental products; at most, there are thirteen…fourteen; I’ll give you all of them!”

A moment later, Song Jian put all fourteen Bursting Flame Bombs into his inventory and went back towards the sewer. He had to race against time, or else the insect nest would produce even more beetles, and the results of his hard work would cease to exist.

Half an hour later, Song Jian arrived back at the place where he had fought before. Now, it was clear that almost all the beetles were controlled by the insect nest, gathering around it. Even the ordinary level-25 beetles couldn’t move a step away;

Song Jian approached slowly, and when he was only a dozen meters away from the insect nest, the beetles on the outermost layer seemed to sense something. They let out a threatening hiss towards the location where he was standing.

Song Jian smiled faintly, stopped, and buried the first Bursting Flame Bomb here, with a thirty-second delay;

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