Chapter 1 Back to the Game

Nie Yan returned home and had dinner with Xie Yao. It was almost time to log in.

Nie Yan and Xie Yao entered the game together. Streaks of white light flashed, and Xie Yao, Sun, Brilliant Knife Edge, and others appeared near him one after another.

"Does anyone have a good idea?" Nie Yan looked at the ten dark druids in the distance and asked in the team chat.

Everyone exchanged bitter smiles. In this situation, what good ideas could they have?

"We can only force it."

"I don't know how much mana those dark druids have. If their healing is continuous, we simply can't wear them down," Brilliant Knife Edge said. Forcing it was a move they would only make as a last resort. He frowned slightly. "If there's a way to drain their mana, they'll be easier to deal with."

"Drain their mana? A priest's mana burn?" Tang Yao asked, stunned.

"Magic-based classes won't work; they'll be easily killed," Lei Su beside him shook his head.

Druids also had strong control abilities. After transforming into panthers, they could have some stealth and sneak attack abilities like thieves, which were very effective against magic-based units. Moreover, with so many dark druids, they only had Black Hell, Big Bro Seven, and Ten Miles of Painted Gauze as priests. Their mana burn skills simply couldn't burn through all the dark druids' mana.

"Then what should we do?"

"How about mana burn arrows? The effect is also good."

"Mana burn arrows are so expensive, and the effect isn't obvious. They're okay for dealing with magic-based units, but it's a bit unrealistic to use them to drain the mana of a Level 160 Lord."

"This won't work, that won't work."

Everyone discussed noisily, but they couldn't come to a conclusion.

"My Magic Immunity Domain might be useful," Dark Elegy, the team's only Guardian Knight, said from the side.

Everyone's attention turned to Dark Elegy. Dark Elegy and Mo Jiu had joined the Asskickers United later. They almost forgot that there was still a Guardian Knight here, and they knew nothing about the Guardian Knight's skills.

"Magic Immunity Domain?" Nie Yan suddenly remembered that in his previous life, Magic Immunity Domain was the Guardian Knight's most famous forbidden skill. It could completely freeze magic elements within a 500-yard radius, preventing all magic-based units from casting spells and rendering all magic ineffective for up to an hour, with a cooldown of 30 natural days.

"What's this skill like? Send it over and let us see," Unkillable Scumbag and others said.

Dark Elegy shared the skill effect of Magic Immunity Domain. After everyone looked at it, they were all a little surprised. What a powerful skill! No wonder it was listed as a forbidden spell.

"Magic Immunity Domain is indeed useful. It can prevent the dark druids from healing each other, but a problem arises as well. Within the Magic Immunity Domain, our own magic-based units are also useless and can't cast any attack spells. Without mages, we can only rely on melee units for output."

"That's right, the druid's transformation is one of the magic skills. Once the Magic Immunity Domain is used, the druids can't transform or use auxiliary magic," Big Bro Seven said, his eyes lighting up. Without being able to transform or use auxiliary magic, the druids' strength would decrease by at least 50%.

"Let's use Magic Immunity Domain. I estimate I can hold off two dark druids," Water Color Smoker said. As a top-tier class, soloing elites and lords was commonplace for him, but fighting two Level 160 Lords at the same time was a first.

"I'll hold off two as well," Lei Su thought for a moment.

"I can attract three," Brilliant Knife Edge said. He was a Shield Warrior with high defense and thick health.

"I'll attract one as well," Dark Elegy said. He was a Paladin, after all, and a plate armor class.

That made eight already. The remaining six Shadow Dancer Thieves—Sun, King of the World, Smile Not For Me, Shadow Killer, Nie Yan, and One Hammer to Seal the Deal—still had combat power.

"I'll let the Golden Land Dragon and Paladin Leves hold off the remaining two dark druids. All thieves, listen to my commands," Nie Yan said. Six Shadow Dancer Thieves gathered together could use wolf pack tactics to kill the dark druids one by one.

"Okay," Sun, King of the World, and the others agreed.

Nie Yan searched for some information about the Hellhound. The Hellhound had strong magic abilities and could spew out Hellfire to burn opponents. It could have provided strong firepower support to the dark druids, but once Dark Elegy's Magic Immunity Domain was released, even the strongest magic abilities were useless. The Hellhound lost its ranged attacks and was hung on stone pillars, essentially crippled.

Nie Yan understood somewhat why Magic Immunity Domain was called the Guardian Knight's strongest forbidden skill. Once Magic Immunity Domain was released, even if magic导师 (mó dǎo shī) released forbidden spells, they would be useless.

"Alright, listen to my commands, get ready to attack." Nie Yan arranged the tactics. Dark Elegy ran towards a nearby house, leaped up, jumped to the top of the house, and began chanting.

A series of incantations came from Dark Elegy's mouth. After about seven sets of syllables, dazzling rays of light lit up from Dark Elegy's body, shining brightly.

The Magic Immunity Domain only required seven sets of syllables. If it were during normal times, they would have plenty of time to release the Magic Immunity Domain even after seeing magic导师 (mó dǎo shī) release forbidden spells.

After the Magic Immunity Domain was released, Nie Yan and the others could clearly feel that the surrounding air had become stagnant, and even the wind had stopped.

"Has it been released?"

"Why can't I see anything at all?"

Tang Yao stretched out his right hand, palm facing up, wanting to gather a ball of magic, but his palm didn't react for a long time, without a trace of magic fluctuation.

"The Magic Immunity Domain is in effect," Tang Yao said to Nie Yan.

"Attack!" Nie Yan said in the team chat. As soon as he finished speaking, Brilliant Knife Edge, Water Color Smoker, Lei Su, and Dark Elegy approached the five stone pillars in the center of the plaza from all directions.

Roar! The Hellhounds discovered Brilliant Knife Edge and the others first. They roared wildly, opening their mouths to try to spew out Hellfire, but there was no reaction in their mouths for a long time.

The Hellhounds' violent reaction quickly attracted the attention of the dark druids. Their scarlet eyes stared at Brilliant Knife Edge, Water Color Smoker, and the others charging over. They wanted to cast transformation and auxiliary skills, but found that the skills failed. They strode forward and charged towards Brilliant Knife Edge and the others.

Dark Elegy discovered that none of the dark druids had noticed him. He quickly took out a small crossbow from his backpack, pulled the trigger, and five arrows shot out.

Puff, puff, puff. Five arrows pierced the leather armor of one of the dark druids. The dark druid roared and immediately charged towards Dark Elegy. Dark Elegy turned and ran.

"I've aggroed one," Dark Elegy said in the team chat.

"Knife Edge, you aggro the three on the left."

"Smoker, be careful!"

Five dark druids pounced forward. Water Color Smoker lowered his body and barely passed through the gap between two dark druids. He used Whirlwind on his right hand and swept two dark druids, immediately running away.

Two dark druids chased after Water Color Smoker.

The remaining three dark druids also wanted to chase Water Color Smoker, but Brilliant Knife Edge charged over from the side, smashing into them and attracting their attention. The three dark druids' aggro immediately focused on Brilliant Knife Edge.

As for Lei Su on the other side, he also attracted two dark druids.

The remaining two dark druids had just rushed out of the stone pillar area when they were intercepted by the Golden Land Dragon and Paladin Leves.

"Help Elegy take down that druid first," Nie Yan said in the team chat. As soon as he finished speaking, the six thieves on the field disappeared.

The dark druid waved the crude wooden staff in his hand and kept smashing Dark Elegy. Dark Elegy dodged nimbly. Being able to advance to Guardian Knight, his skills were quite solid. No matter how the dark druid attacked, he could never touch him, but he could always unexpectedly deal some damage to the dark druid.

Damage numbers of over 10,000 floated above the dark druid's head.

"This guy's defense is much lower than Princess Eina's, and his health is only three million," Dark Elegy said. Sure enough, druids without transformation, auxiliary skills, and healing were very crippled. Compared to other Level 160 Lords, they were fragile to death.

Figures appeared around the dark druid. They nimbly dodged the dark druid's attacks.

Nie Yan circled behind the dark druid and used Backbreaker on his back.

With a bang, the dark druid was crippled. The Level 18 Backbreaker effect was good, crippling him for 5 seconds.

"Don't let him wake up!" Nie Yan looked at the skill bar. He still had quite a few control skills. With the cooperation of Sun, King of the World, and others, they should be able to stun him to death.

Shadow Dancer Thieves' control skills could already produce control effects on Lord-level creatures.

The dark druid recovered from the crippled state. Before he could make any movements, Sun landed a heavy elbow strike, attacking the dark druid's spine, causing him to fall into a crippled state again.

Damage numbers floated above the dark druid's head. Sun, King of the World, Dark Elegy, and others could deal about 10,000 attack damage, with critical hits around 30,000 to 40,000. Nie Yan's normal attacks could deal about 20,000 to 30,000 damage, with a critical hit of over 200,000.

The dark druid only had over three million health, making him very fragile. His health dropped rapidly. After only about thirty seconds, he staggered and fell to the ground.

Nie Yan picked up the items dropped by the dark druid. It was a purple crystal.

Seeing this crystal, Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. It was actually a Mutated Energy Crystal!

After so long, he finally obtained his second Mutated Energy Crystal, and it was purple, with better quality than the Mutated Energy Crystal he had obtained before.