Chapter 1 The Binding

While bound by the tentacles, Nie Yan felt the energy in his body rapidly draining away, leaving him feeling weak. Damage numbers exceeding three to four thousand floated above his head.

Ghost Princess Ai Na suddenly appeared behind Nie Yan. He was caught off guard by her rogue-like stealth ambush.

Ghost Princess Ai Na’s tentacles bound Nie Yan’s limbs, making him unable to move. Coupled with his inability to use skills, Nie Yan was completely powerless to resist.

With a snap, Ghost Princess Ai Na’s tentacles lashed out at Nie Yan, dealing over ten thousand damage.

Just as Nie Yan was about to die, the Holy Knight Leffers cast an Aura of Courage on himself, rushed over, and healed Nie Yan with a swing of his greatsword.

The Holy Knight Leffers' powerful healing immediately restored Nie Yan's health to full.

Under Nie Yan’s control, the Golden Earth Dragon suddenly charged forward, its massive body slamming heavily into Ghost Princess Ai Na.

With a thud, Ghost Princess Ai Na staggered back, almost throwing Nie Yan off.

In those brief seconds, Brilliant Dagger, Shui Se Yan Tou, and the others rushed over.

*Pfft, pfft, pfft.* Several flashes of daggers pierced the air, and Ghost Princess Ai Na’s tentacles were severed.

Nie Yan finally broke free from Ghost Princess Ai Na’s bindings and escaped.

Sun, Wang Zhe Tian Xia, Xiao Rong, and the others revealed themselves.

Nie Yan exchanged smiles with them, their coordination was excellent.

"Ghost Princess is almost dead, everyone give it your all!" Nie Yan said in the team chat, controlling the Golden Earth Dragon to spew a breath of dragon fire.

Ghost Princess Ai Na had only 9% health left. Everyone became tense and excited. It wouldn't be long before Ghost Princess Ai Na was killed.

Execute!

Execute!

Brilliant Dagger, Shui Se Yan Tou, and Lei Su slashed out with their swords, one after another, but "Miss" kept floating above Ghost Princess Ai Na's head.

Hundreds of thousands of magic spells flew over and exploded on Ghost Princess Ai Na's body with a *boom, boom, boom*.

8%, 7%...

Ghost Princess Ai Na tried to knock the crowd away and hunt down Nie Yan, but Nie Yan would never give her the chance again. He quickly dodged Ghost Princess Ai Na's attacks, and while Ghost Princess Ai Na was being held back by the Golden Earth Dragon, he circled behind Ghost Princess Ai Na and unleashed a series of Executes with the Zennarde Sword.

With a *pfft*, a damage number of over one million three hundred thousand floated above Ghost Princess Ai Na’s head. She let out a shrill shriek, and her body melted like ice, streams of black liquid flowing down and disappearing into the ground.

Ghost Princess Ai Na was dead!

"Ghost Princess Ai Na is down, whose Execute was that? Nie Yan, was it yours?" Undying Scoundrel asked excitedly in the team chat. That Execute had saved them a lot of trouble.

Nie Yan glanced at the status bar and shook his head. "Not mine."

"Then whose was it?"

"Mine," Shui Se Yan Tou said.

Whether it was Shui Se Yan Tou's, Brilliant Dagger's, Lei Su's Execute, or Nie Yan's Purgatory Execute, they all had a certain chance of success. Whoever succeeded first would be able to finish off the boss.

Ghost Princess Ai Na's body transformed into streams of dark energy and disappeared into the air.

A series of crisp sounds rang out as Ghost Princess Ai Na dropped at least a dozen items, gems and other things scattered all over the ground.

Ghost Princess Ai Na had dropped a lot!

Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao and Xie Qi Lin Ran walked over.

"According to our agreement, I'll only take one item, and the rest is yours," Nie Yan said. His gaze swept across the ground, locking onto one greatsword. It was a two-handed greatsword for warriors, made of some unknown metal, and it was engraved with strange characters, like runes, covering the entire sword. Nie Yan couldn't even recognize these characters.

Nie Yan picked up the greatsword and looked at its attributes. It was a level 150 Legendary greatsword with very good stats.

Melendor's Sword (Legendary): Requires Level 150.

Stats: Attack 3732-3932, 20% chance to deal 3x armor penetration damage, attached with level 12 dark corrosion effect, 30% enhanced dark damage, 30% lifesteal on attacks.

Attached Skill: Dark Demon Slash, deals damage to all units within a five-yard radius, deals 5x damage to the main target, and 2x damage to nearby units.

Restriction: Warrior only.

This Melendor's Sword was quite good. Although it wasn't comparable to Nie Yan's Zennarde Sword, it was still a very good Legendary item.

"You guys take care of this greatsword," Nie Yan said, handing the greatsword over to Shui Se Yan Tou and the others.

Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao and Xie Qi Lin Ran divided the rest of the items equally.

"Thank you, Nie Yan," Xie Qi Lin Ran said. When he said thank you, his mood was a bit complicated. To be honest, he'd rather not have these items.

Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao also cupped his fist in thanks.

"I'll go to Cang Lang City and Ye Mo City to take a look after a while, you wouldn't not welcome me, would you?" Nie Yan looked at Xie Qi Lin Ran and Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao with a smile.

Xie Qi Lin Ran and Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

"You are most welcome," Xie Qi Lin Ran said with a hearty laugh.

"The gates of Asura Hell are always open, and we welcome Nie Yan to come over at any time," Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao said with an awkward smile. He didn't want to see Nie Yan again, but he didn't dare say that.

How could Nie Yan not know that they each had their own plans, but he figured that Mo Qi Tian Xia and Asura Hell wouldn't dare provoke the Niu Ren Tribe.

Shui Se Yan Tou had already finished distributing the greatsword and decided that Brilliant Dagger would hold it. Brilliant Dagger had a talent that allowed him to use two-handed greatswords with one hand, but he wouldn't be able to use it until level 150.

Nie Yan looked at Shui Se Yan Tou and the others and said, "We should go."

"Okay."

The team members gathered together.

"We're leaving, see you later," Nie Yan said, waving his hand and leading the team toward the inner city of Batel City.

"Goodbye, Nie Yan."

Xie Qi Lin Ran and Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao watched as Nie Yan and the others' backs disappeared at the end of the street, and smiled wryly at each other.

"Damn, we're really useless. We're often bullied by Angel Corp normally, but now that we've met Mad Rogue Nie Yan, we have to act like grandsons," Hong Lian Xiu Luo Dao couldn't help but curse. His temper was explosive, and he had been holding it in for a long time.

"Forget it, the Niu Ren Tribe is powerful, even Angel Corp has to avoid them, what else can we do?" Xie Qi Lin Ran said. Although they were also overlords of one side, they didn't dare to act presumptuously in front of Nie Yan.

The people from the two major guilds slowly dispersed, each going to grind, level up, and explore the map.

Nie Yan and the others followed the central street of Batel City and slowly entered the inner city of Batel City. The number of elite-level Sand Giants that spawned inside suddenly increased a lot.

The inner city of Batel was filled with mage towers, towering high, the tallest reaching thirty or forty yards, and the shorter ones were also more than ten yards high. They were densely packed, like a dense forest. The magical landscape gave people a strong visual shock.

A powerful magic element permeated the air.

"Magic damage increased by 300%, the magic elements here are so rich!" Xia Chong Yu Bing exclaimed. The always meticulous him immediately noticed something unusual.

At this time, the mage-type team members noticed their own statuses. Magic damage was indeed increased by 300%, and magic recovery speed was also much faster than usual.

The magic power of magic units is also related to the environment to a certain extent. In places where magic elements are scarce, magic power will be greatly reduced, and if you go to a place where magic elements are rich, magic attacks can be strengthened a lot. Under normal circumstances, an increase of 50% is pretty good, but a situation where it's increased by 300% like it is here is extremely rare.

Why are there so many mage towers here?

And he didn't know where that NPC named Mephisto was. Nie Yan glanced at his backpack. The Pasternoster War Hammer released rays of lightning, making bursts of explosions, looking very amazing.

Nie Yan and the others cleaned up the Sand Giants they encountered along the way, while moving towards the city center, searching the nearby mage towers one by one.

After spending almost a whole day, they had only explored a little bit of Batel City.

After passing through a dense group of towers, a small square not far away appeared in front of Nie Yan and the others. In the center stood five stone pillars, and five huge Hell Hounds were tied to the stone pillars with iron chains. They were three or four yards tall, with two heads on their necks, their faces ferocious. Standing next to them were several tall orcs wearing black robes. Judging from their attire, they should be some druids.

"Nie Yan, five level 150 Lord-level Hell Hounds and ten level 160 Lord-level Dark Druids," Sun said in the team chat.

They had already scouted the situation clearly.

"So many..." After hearing the situation, Tang Yao and the others gasped. It was the first time they had encountered so many Lords at the same time.

"Besides these Lord monsters, is there anything else nearby? If there's nothing else, let's go around," Nie Yan said. It was really difficult to deal with so many Lords at the same time.

"Let's take another look."

"Xiao Rong, three o'clock direction in the center of the five stone pillars, what is that thing emitting golden light? I can't see it clearly from here," Sun asked in the team chat.

"I'll sneak closer to take a look," Xiao Rong Bu Shi Wei Wo said, as he cautiously approached that direction.

Nie Yan and the others paid attention to the situation there. They saw the Dark Druids stirring and gathering in one direction. There were even roars from the Druids transforming into bears.

"What happened?" Nie Yan asked anxiously in the team chat. Could something have happened?

"These Dark Druids have too strong perception, I almost got killed, but I managed to run out," Xiao Rong Bu Shi Wei Wo said with a sigh of relief. He had just ran out.

"Did you find anything?"

"It's a box, it's very high level, I estimate it's at least Legendary grade," Xiao Rong Bu Shi Wei Wo said.