Chapter 360: Feel Your Loneliness, Obtain the Instance Key

The Warrior, Mage, and Archer's seamless coordination is impressive.

Their successive attacks left the Lightning Ape with no chance to retaliate.

Once the Undead Legion strikes, it is like a thousand armies.

The three Legions cooperate seamlessly. The Skeleton Berserker handles heavy attacks and suppression, while the Mage and Archer provide steady output from the rear.

With this coordinated teamwork, combat power rises noticeably, and Jiang Chen feels quite satisfied.

However, merely dealing with a single enemy cannot fully showcase their potential.

When facing groups of enemies, the three forces effect will fully unleash.

Against groups of enemies, Jiang Chen has a deadly Corpse Explosion.

After the Lightning Ape lands, it can no longer evade the relentless attacks and is ultimately crushed to pulp.

It tries to return to the marsh, but the Skeleton Berserker grabs its thigh, preventing escape.

With resentment, the Lightning Ape finally collapses.

"Kill Lightning Ape, Experience +2,820,000"

"Obtained Lightning Crystal Fragment."

"Lightning Crystal Fragment: Five fragments can be combined into a complete Lightning Crystal."

Jiang Chen knows that with his current combat power, challenging a Level 45 Hell-level Dungeon poses no difficulty.

However, what limits him is not the Instance's difficulty, but its level.

If this restriction were absent, he might directly choose a Level 50-plus, or even a Level 60 Instance to clear.

The higher the Instance level, the more experience gained, and the loot becomes superior.

Although Jiang Chen doesn't care about the loot, he cares more about the experience earned.

At this moment, he is eager to level up, because the benefits of leveling are enormous for him.

With each level gained, the Undead Legion's strength surges, more effective than any equipment.

After crossing the Thunder Swamp, the road becomes a smooth plain.

There are no monsters nor intersecting lightning; everything becomes very quiet.

It even gives Jiang Chen the illusion that he has entered another Instance.

After walking more than ten kilometers like this, a bolt of light catches his eye.

Fine lightning threads connect heaven and earth; the sky bears black thunderclouds, and the ground holds a hundred‑meter giant sword.

The giant sword is entwined by lightning, planted upside down in the ground, its tip pointing skyward, linked to the lightning.

At the moment he looks at it, Jiang Chen feels a jolt through his whole body.

A bolt of lightning shoots from the sword tip and strikes Jiang Chen.

The Bone Armor instantly erupts in dazzling light, emitting a dense clanging sound.

The Bone Armor, which had never fractured since the Second Transcendence, shows damage at this moment.

Jiang Chen feels a slight surprise; it's not the lightning's power that's overwhelming, but its attack frequency—far too fast.

In this second, there are probably over a thousand attacks.

Even the impact sounds make his ears buzz.

He immediately patches on another layer of Bone Armor.

Lightning continues to strike; after only a few seconds, the Bone Armor is damaged again.

Jiang Chen ponders, his gaze fixed on the Bone Giant Sword, continuously replenishing Bone Armor as he strides forward.

While advancing, Jiang Chen tries to adjust his direction, and the lightning shifts accordingly.

It locks onto Jiang Chen firmly.

No matter how fast Jiang Chen moves, he cannot outrun the lightning.

He can only brace, unable to dodge.

He replenishes Bone Armor every few seconds; after all, his Spirit never depletes, so it has little effect.

"This speed... really fast!"

"Fortunately the attack power isn't strong; otherwise it would be quite troublesome."

Jiang Chen quickens his pace a bit, drawing nearer to the giant sword.

Jiang Chen's act of speeding up seems like a provocation; the giant sword shudders violently, and the lightning thunders stronger.

The lightning striking Jiang Chen suddenly thickens considerably.

The impact sound becomes more intense.

The rate at which the Bone Armor breaks also accelerates.

"It's gotten stronger."

Previously he replenished roughly every 5 seconds; now it's every 3 seconds.

To Jiang Chen, the difference is minor.

An attack that can't even break Bone Armor is truly of little use.

Jiang Chen still doesn't care, continuing forward with steady steps.

Unwittingly, he arrives before the Lightning Giant Sword.

He only needs to extend his hand to touch the Lightning Giant Sword.

The Lightning Giant Sword is enveloped by a dense web of lightning, which cascades like a waterfall over the blade.

On the earth scarred by swords and axes, only the Lightning Giant Sword stands alone, planted upside down here.

Jiang Chen looks at the sword, and a sense of loneliness unexpectedly arises within him.

"You are lonely."

Jiang Chen whispered.

The pure white palm passed through the waterfall‑like current and touched the blade.

In an instant, all the lightning vanished.

No lightning attacked Jiang Chen again; the earth fell completely silent.

At this moment, only Jiang Chen's breathing could be heard.

A few seconds later, a thunderclap rang out in the sky.

Jiang Chen saw a towering giant, a giant formed of lightning.

The giant wielded a Long Sword, unleashing one terrifying attack after another.

Under its assault, each beast was blasted to dust.

Jiang Chen could feel the horror of the attacks, at least Divine Level.

"This is… a deity, the God of Thunder!"

"And the Beast…"

Jiang Chen saw clearly and guessed the giant's identity.

This is the history recorded in the great sword: the God of Thunder once fought the Beast.

It seems it killed many beasts.

From this perspective, it appears stronger than Hong Jishi and Ao Hongchen.

But is it really so?

Jiang Chen thinks otherwise.

Ao Hongchen probably hasn't mastered the method; otherwise he could also slay the Beast.

In the lightning‑drawn scene, a terrifying giant beast appeared.

"King of the Beasts!"

Jiang Chen recognized it at a glance; the King of the Beasts left a deep impression on him.

Hong Jishi and Ao Hongchen fled at the sight, and a single strike wounded Li Xueru.

The strength of the King of the Beasts is evident at a glance.

The King of the Beasts pounced onto the God of Thunder, and the scene shattered instantly.

Jiang Chen felt a chill all over; the God of Thunder died…

And was killed by the King of the Beast just like that.

The mighty deity was killed by the King of the Beast just like that.

A desolate emotion radiated from the blade.

This sword belonging to the God of Thunder seems to want to convey something to me.

Jiang Chen whispered, "You are lonely, I understand."

"Perhaps in the future there will be a chance; I will awaken your master."

As the words faded, the great sword shrank rapidly, and in an instant it was palm‑sized, quietly landing in Jiang Chen's palm.

"Thunder God Sword: the God of Thunder's pendant sword, the key to the Thunder God Palace!"

Finally obtained the key.

Jiang Chen gently held the Thunder Sword, "Don't worry, I will keep my word."

He could feel the Thunder Sword's emotion, a loneliness tinged with faint sorrow.

During the year his grandmother passed away and his sister went to Shenlong University, he also experienced a similar situation.

The lonelier he is, the less he wants to speak.

The less he wants to speak, the lonelier he becomes.

It feels like entering a dead loop.

So Jiang Chen empathizes.

Roar!

The beast's roar rang out, and lightning exploded in the sky.

A giant eagle over thirty meters tall swooped down from the sky.

It was surrounded by thunder and lightning, exuding an extraordinary aura.

"Thunder Eagle (Hell-level Chief)"

"Level: 48"

"Strength: 60000"

"Agility: 60000"

"Spirit: 20000"

"Constitution: 70000"

"Skill: Thunder Strike, Devastating Thunder Sea"

"Trait: Electric Element damage reduced 50%, physical damage reduced 50%, speed boost, vitality boost."

Jiang Chen sheathed the Thunder Sword, and the loneliness vanished.

Now he has friends, a teacher, a sister; the loneliness has vanished.

He has already stepped out of the dead loop.

A faint smile curled his lips as the Undead Legion appeared upon the earth.

Skeleton Great Mage and Divine Archer formed a formation, targeting the Thunder Eagle.

The Thunder Eagle launched its attack simultaneously.

A lightning bead was spat out, landed on the ground and exploded, instantly turning the one‑kilometer radius into a Lightning Sea.

The Undead Legion stood within the Lightning Sea, each of them being struck by Lightning attacks.

The attack power was not weak; one might think it could annihilate the Undead Legion, but it was still far from that.

Jiang Chen's Undead Legion had once feared this kind of continuous damage the least.

Now, they were even more completely indifferent.

Under the Lich General's casual healing, the damage was instantly cured.

The Skeleton Great Mage acted collectively, and a dense swarm of elements exploded on the Lightning Eagle's body.

The Divine Archer drew his bow and shot an arrow; the sharp arrow pierced the sky and vanished in an instant, then in the next moment it brutally pierced the Lightning Eagle's body.

Both attacks were lock‑on types; once locked, they could not be evaded.

The Lightning Eagle let out a continuous wail.

Its two wings quivered violently, and Lightning roared.

Tens of thousands of Lightning bolts fell from the sky, densely raining onto the Undead Legion.

The ground cracked open, and shards of stone flew everywhere.

The power was great, yet it was still helpless against the Skeletons.

After the Second Transcendence, the Skeletons became far, far stronger.

So far, Jiang Chen has not discovered where the Skeletons' combat power limit lies.

The Skeletons' assaults were fierce, wave after wave, endless and unceasing.

The Lightning Eagle finally could not endure, and with a Scream it fled at high speed.

"You can't escape!"

Jiang Chen let out a light shout, and his Lightning Wings slammed open......