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Chapter 595: Chapter 595: Magic Wand

Upon reaching this skeleton, Song Jian didn’t dare to hesitate. He grabbed onto a backpack emitting a dark gold glow, intending to pull it off, but suddenly felt a severe pain in his wrist.

He looked down to see several green vines had wound themselves around his wrist.

Song Jian’s heart sank. He hadn’t expected that the plants growing on this skeleton would also attack strangers.

He tugged hard several times, but with his current strength attribute surpassing sixty, he couldn’t break away from the vines, which took him by surprise.

One should know that with a strength attribute of sixty, he could even snap a piece of rebar, but these vines seemed even tougher than steel bars.

Song Jian extended his left hand’s index finger and pointed at the vines.

Swish~

A golden Sword Qi emitted from the tip of his finger, easily cutting off all the green vines entwined around his wrist.

The severed vines appeared to have been frightened, squirming wildly and emitting a sharp screech from beneath the carcass.

Seizing the opportunity, Song Jian broke free and fled.

As soon as he left, he heard roars from the Puppet Beasts echoing from behind. The Puppet Beasts that had been pursuing the blood wolves and blood crows had actually given up their chase and started to return.

“That screech just now was summoning these Puppet Beasts!” Song Jian wiped the cold sweat from his brow, thinking to himself.

The Invisible Sword Qi has upgraded, almost all sword techniques have improved because they consume Invisible Sword Qi, but the skill that improved the most is the Sword Finger.

There is a stark difference between the Sword Finger with silver Sword Qi and the Sword Finger with golden Sword Qi. The latter, with a mere sweep, can cut in half the vines that were tougher than steel bars.

Hearing the roars of the Puppet Beasts, Song Jian grabbed Anna with one hand and the dark gold glowing backpack with the other, then bolted into the distance.

After he grabbed the backpack, he wanted to put it into his storage slot but was notified by the system that it couldn’t be placed there. So, he had to keep holding it in his hand.

After running a few hundred meters, the roars of the Puppet Beasts slowly faded. Song Jian wiped his sweat; it was fortunate that the Invisible Sword Qi upgraded. Had he been unable to break free from the vines, even a few seconds delay would have led to an attack from the Puppet Beasts. Even with his abilities, facing a dozen of Puppet Beasts equivalent to level thirty elite bosses, he would have ended up dying there, perhaps even triggering the “Enemy of Death God” effect.

“That was a close call!” Anna had a look of relief on her face. She patted her chest, her gaze drifting towards the hand where Song Jian was holding the backpack.

“Hey, a golden-quality backpack!” Song Jian lifted the backpack, excitedly announcing.

“Huh, there seems to be something inside…” Song Jian froze, opened the backpack and started searching inside.

Song Jian soon pulled out a dark gold Magic Staff from the backpack. The staff, just over a foot long and exquisitely made, looked like a piece of art. At the top end of the staff, eight gems about the size of fingertips were embedded, guarding a fist-sized golden crystal.

Even when the glow of the staff was turned off, faint rainbows still danced around it.

As soon as the staff was brought out, Anna’s eyes lit up and she looked pleadingly at Song Jian.

“It’s yours.” Song Jian gave a slight smile, handing the staff to Anna. The staff had excellent attributes, perfectly suited for Anna. With this staff, Anna’s basic self-defense capabilities would be ensured.

“The Staff of Elune’s Prayer, single-hand staff, Dark Gold tier, equipment level 35, ranged damage 268-321, speed 1.8, +5 to all abilities, +8 attack speed, +10 critical strike, all attributes increased by 10 points; Special Effect 1: Brutal Damage (Passive), automatically switch to the property that restrains the target during the locked target attack. If all the target’s resistances are positive, it automatically switches to true damage; Special Effect 2: Life Drain (Passive), while dealing damage, 45% of the damage value is converted into self-sustain; Special Effect 3: Gaze of Elune (active), applies a mark on the target. After the mark is cast, the target receives 50% more damage, and healing received is increased by 100%, and critical strike chance is increased by 1. This skill lasts 10 seconds and can only be used once per hour; only once every three hours for Special Effect 4: Blessing of Elune (active), after casting, the user will be protected by Elune, reducing all damage taken by 98%, resistance increased by 100 points, immune to all negative states, movement speed increased by 150%, this effect lasts for 10 seconds.

This staff is simply the best of the best, its attributes can even rival those of an epic staff.

With this staff, Anna even has the capital to compete with close combat professionals. Unless she is targeted by a bunch of people, few could directly contend with her.

Anna clutched the staff, a bright smile on her face as her gaze towards Song Jian softened even more.

Song Jian didn’t notice the soft look in Anna’s eyes, his attention was all on the backpack in his hand.

After taking out the staff, the dark gold glow on the surface of the backpack began to slowly disappear. Apparently, the light wasn’t emanating from the backpack but from the staff that had just been taken out.

After taking out the staff, Song Jian pulled out a scroll made of fine sheepskin from the backpack. It was a letter.

“Research in the lab has been forcibly halted. They were too reckless; they dared to touch God’s realm, and thus suffered the consequences…”

“…All experimental subjects have lost control. They… we can’t do anything anymore…”

“The energy has leaked out; everyone is starting to mutate. I can also feel my own body…”

“Oh my God, there really are creatures that can absorb such energy, it is becoming more powerful…”

“The lab base is too dangerous, I have to escape immediately. My body has started to mutate, and the speed of mutation is accelerating…”

“I escaped, but I am too weak now, I might die soon…”

“If someone sees this letter, I hope you can go to the lab and kill that creature. Otherwise, it will destroy everything, consume everything. No one can escape!”

Many places in this letter were smeared but from the context, Song Jian could guess roughly what it was about. After reading the letter, a task dialogue box suddenly appeared before him.

System: You have received a “Strange Letter”. This item will trigger a task. Do you accept?

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