nucmednet Chapter 290 A Bountiful Harvest
Chapter 290 A Bountiful Harvest
"Let's go." Lin Tian turned around, his gaze sweeping towards the abyss beyond the Valley of Bones, a place perpetually dark and shrouded in mystery, concealing countless secrets and dangers.
"There should still be 'loot' to be received at Darkeclipse City. And..."
He paused, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
Kael'thas attempted to communicate with the "lower level" before his death, but the connection was severed by him, and the warning failed to be issued.
But the fact that the other party could think of using this method shows that there is indeed a "ruler" on this abyss continent who is above ordinary lords.
Tichondrius...
This name had been screamed in Kael'thas's heart in extreme fear and resentment. Although it was never spoken, Lin Tian, with his keen senses, still managed to catch the fragment of information carried in that soul fluctuation.
"Perhaps we don't need to wait for him to come to us."
Lin Tian's lips curled into a cold smile. "After dealing with Dark Corrosion City..."
His gaze seemed to pierce through layers of mist and earth, looking in a certain direction.
......
The deathly silence of the Valley of Bones was broken by the soft sound of the pale flames burning away the last trace, and then quickly swallowed up by the heavier somber atmosphere of the millennia-old battlefield.
The gray fog flowed silently, as if nothing had ever happened.
However, the very next moment after Kael'thas's existence was completely erased—
[Ding! You have defeated Kael'thas, the level 80 Abyss Lord and Lord of Dark Eclipse! Since the target was a crucial storyline boss in the current Abyss region, your kill contribution is 100%, and you have received the full reward!]
Experience points gained: ... (A large amount of experience points has been automatically stored in the level 50 experience pool)
[Gained 12480 upgrade points!]
[Gained Dominator Power: +95200 points!]
[Gain special title: "Abyss Lord Slayer" (Increases damage dealt to Abyss Lord units by 15%, reduces damage taken from them by 10%)]
[Special items obtained: Dark Eclipse Lord's Token (damaged), Abyss Noble's Emblem (Kael'thas), Fragment of the Thousand Souls Wall Core x3...]
The notification sounds kept coming in, and each reward was so generous that it could drive any player crazy.
Especially the tens of thousands of upgrade points and hundreds of thousands of Dominator Power, which is almost the sum of the previous kills of several level 70 lords!
Kael'thas's true value is on full display at this moment.
Lin Tian calmly received all the information, without much inner turmoil.
These resources are certainly important, but for him, what's more crucial is resolving the trouble with Kael'thas and settling the score for Celia.
As for the fact that experience points can still only be stored and cannot be used to leveling up, he was already used to it.
The rare materials needed for career advancement quests remain his primary objective.
Kael'thas's loot might offer some clues, but we'll need to examine it carefully later.
"it's over."
Lin Tian murmured to himself, shifting his gaze from where Kael'thas had disappeared to the distant horizon shrouded in eternal darkness, the direction of Darkeclipse City.
He turned and looked at Celia beside him.
The girl's golden eyes still held a trace of relief and emptiness after avenging her great grudge, but her gaze had refocused and become firm.
"Let's go back to Dark Eclipse City."
Celia nodded emphatically without any hesitation: "Yes, Brother Tian."
With a slight thought, Lin Tian's shadow clone transformed into a beam of light and merged into his body.
He reached out and gently placed his hand on Celia's shoulder, while gesturing with his other hand to Little White, who was hovering over the skeleton.
The next moment, [it shrank].
As the starlight faded, they had left the Valley of Bones and embarked on their journey back to Dark Eclipse City.
......
When Lin Tian, with Celia and Xiaobai, reappeared on the familiar battlefield in front of Dark Eclipse City, filled with circular pits and scorched earth, the scene before him was completely different from when he left.
The once majestic and menacing Dark Erosion City, shrouded in the dark red "Wall of a Thousand Souls" and exuding immense pressure and strict order, is now unrecognizable.
The most striking change was that the energy shield known as the "Wall of a Thousand Souls," which was said to be unbreakable and constructed from the power of countless vengeful spirits, had completely disappeared.
It's not a hidden collapse, but a real, structural one.
Where the protective shield once stood, only some remnants of dark red energy chips, like shards of broken glass, remained, embedded in the castle's outer walls and spires.
They were dull and lifeless, their internal energy long since depleted, leaving only empty shells that reflected a cold and deathly glimmer in the dim light of the day.
The disappearance of the protective shield seemed to have also removed the last "backbone" and "deterrence" of this abyss castle.
The castle itself was also damaged beyond recognition due to Kael'thas forcibly extracting its essence and the subsequent impact of the battle between Lin Tian and his clone.
Many towering spires have broken in half or collapsed at the top, and the city walls have many huge cracks and gaps. In some areas, the living rocks have even stopped moving and become gray and stiff, like real dead things.
But more shocking than the damage to the castle itself is the chaotic and disorderly scene unfolding inside and outside the castle... a true hellish spectacle.
The disappearance of the Wall of a Thousand Souls signifies the dissipation of the core power that maintains the hierarchy and restrictions within Dark Erosion City.
Without the suppression of the supreme ruler Kael'thas and all his high-ranking generals, the tens of thousands of abyssal monsters that were originally strictly managed and restrained within the castle instantly fell into complete, instinctive chaos and madness!
"roar--!!"
"Hiss—!!"
"Awooo!!!"
A variety of piercing, distorted, violent, and greedy roars, howls, and screams emanated from every corner of the castle, every street, and every dilapidated building, mingling together to form a chilling, insane sound wave.
Lin Tian looked around and saw:
A large number of low-level, distorted monsters—[Lesser Demons], [Abyssal Worms], [Corrupted Bats], [Skeleton Soldiers], etc.—
Like sewage bursting its banks, it was rushing out of the castle through its broken gates, cracked walls, and even windows and holes!
Their eyes were filled with fear of the unknown beyond the city, but even more so with an instinctive panic after being freed from their restraints. They trampled and bit each other, just to escape this seemingly sinking "giant ship" as quickly as possible.
However, not all monsters were running away.
More mid-tier monsters that have lost their minds or were already ferocious—such as the [Rampaging Demon], [Soul Eater], [Lava Hound], [Shadow Lurker], and so on—
They remained inside the castle, or simply near the city gate, where they began the most primitive and bloodiest battles and devouring of each other!