Chapter 1 Utedred Mountain

Utedred Mountain was a hill located in the eastern part of Carol City, surrounded by vast plains, jungles, streams, and grasslands—a beautiful sight to behold. The monsters that spawned around this area were level 20 to 30. Arriving here, Brilliant Dagger and the others couldn't help but recall their own leveling experiences back when they were around level 20 to 30.

Brilliant Dagger had spent at least two or three days in this area, back when he was slowly familiarizing himself with his faith. Leveling was very slow.

Nie Yan's leveling speed during his level 20s and 30s in this life was basically skipping levels, so he hadn't trained here. However, he had been here in his previous life. Looking at the terrain, he had some vague memories.

They had noticed that there were relatively few players here when they were riding their aerial mounts, so they landed and decided to use this place as a ready-made PK arena.

They grouped up freely and found places to PK, while some watched from the sidelines, but no one approached Nie Yan.

"Leader Yaozi, why don't you fight Boss Nie Yan?" Desiring Finger suggested. He could already imagine the scene of Tang Yao being abused.

Tang Yao rolled his eyes and said, "Absolutely not! I'm not going to fight that pervert Nie Yan! That guy has a bunch of level 16 skills. It's too unfair. The highest-level skill in my skill bar right now is only level 9!"

In a PK between a Magister and a Thief, skills were very important in addition to awareness and technique, often playing a decisive role.

Desiring Finger smiled wryly. None of the eleven of them were Nie Yan's match. Even Tang Yao didn't dare, so the others had no hope. Tang Yao's strength was basically on the same level as Brilliant Dagger, Watery Rose, and the others.

Nie Yan smiled and suggested, "I'll only use twenty skills, and I won't use any level 16 skills at all. How about that?"

Tang Yao still shook his head firmly. "No way!" It wasn't like he hadn't seen Nie Yan PK before. Even if Nie Yan only used twenty skills, he would still be easily defeated.

Nie Yan had already mastered skills like Shadow Dance, Gale Step, and Shadow Waltz. His magic couldn't hit Nie Yan at all, and it would be difficult to make Nie Yan lose health.

Tang Yao wanted to find someone to PK with to hone his skills, not just to be abused.

Nie Yan helplessly spread his hands. There was nothing he could do.

Desiring Finger muttered in a low voice, "Leader Yaozi is too cowardly."

Tang Yao glared at Desiring Finger. "Then you go?"

Desiring Finger pretended not to hear anything, smiled, and said to Nie Yan, "I'm going to find Sun. That guy said he wanted to fight me earlier. Goodbye, Boss Nie Yan." He quickly slipped away.

Seeing this, Nie Yan laughed. This guy, Desire, was quite slippery.

Desiring Finger and Sun were the two youngest members of the Nirvana Guild. Sun was already famous in his previous life. Nie Yan wasn't surprised that he was able to successfully advance to a top-tier class. As for Desire, he wasn't a top-tier professional player in his previous life at all. He suddenly emerged after the Nirvana Guild developed, but his strength wasn't inferior to Sun and the others, which surprised Nie Yan especially. He hoped that the Nirvana Guild could have more people like Desiring Finger, who would gradually grow into experts who could stand alone under the influence of the Nirvana Guild.

The sound of fighting in the distance was like rolling thunder. Nie Yan looked towards the distance. Lei Su and Brilliant Dagger had already started fighting, allowing everyone to experience the terrifying power of a Holy Swordsman and a Divine Swordsman.

Centered around Lei Su and Brilliant Dagger, the ground within a radius of fifty or sixty yards was devastated. Boulders were blasted into fragments, trees were turned into piles of debris, and sword marks more than ten yards long and three or four yards deep were left on the ground.

"Thunderous Strike!"

Lei Su roared, raising the greatsword in his hand. Streaks of electricity surrounded the sword's body, emitting astonishing crackling sounds, and electric light burst out.

A huge electric light slashed down, like a dragon or snake, as if it was about to tear the sky apart.

Brilliant Dagger felt a huge pressure rushing towards him. The surging electric current around his body seemed to tear him apart, and his skin felt a strong stinging sensation.

Seeing the electric current blasting down, he definitely couldn't dodge it. Brilliant Dagger didn't panic at all. He took a step back with his right foot, raised the large shield in his left hand, and switched to a defensive stance: Divine Shield Armor!

A huge golden shadow appeared above Brilliant Dagger. It was a tall god clad in golden armor, holding a huge golden shield in his hand, blocking Brilliant Dagger.

With a loud bang, Lei Su's Thunderous Strike slashed onto the golden shield of the golden armored god. The electric light wantonly surged around, threatening to tear the golden shield apart. The electric light and the giant shield rubbed against each other, making sharp, piercing sounds. In the fierce friction, the power of the electric light slowly weakened, changing from thick to thin, and finally dissipated.

Despite Lei Su's attacks being like a storm, Brilliant Dagger remained unmoved. Neither of them had gained the upper hand. They couldn't help but smile wryly. Duels between Holy Swordsmen and Divine Swordsmen often ended up like this. The Holy Swordsman's attack couldn't break through the Divine Swordsman's defense, and the Divine Swordsman's attack wasn't high enough to deal fatal damage to the Holy Swordsman.

However, their fight was truly magnificent, making people's blood boil.

Their duel went all the way from the grassland to the dense forest, sweeping through the area like a bulldozer.

At this time, Desiring Finger and Sun in the distance also started PK. In comparison, their PK was more technical. Any mistake from either of them would result in them falling into the other's hands.

Sun's figure quickly flashed through the jungle. Desiring Finger added a Swift Wind skill to himself, and his speed increased sharply. Their fight was as smooth as flowing water.

While quickly dodging, Desiring Finger released skills one after another: Ice Rain, Wall of Fire, Thunder Pillar. These skills were all spectacular. After transferring to a Magister, even the most ordinary magic skills were completely different from ordinary skills. They were greatly enhanced, some low-level skills became instant cast, and the chanting time for slightly higher-level skills was greatly reduced, and the power was increased several times over.

After Sun entered stealth, he seemed to have completely disappeared.

Desiring Finger added an Enhanced Perception skill to himself, locked onto Sun more than ten yards away, waved his staff, and uttered two heavy syllables: Thunderclap!

A thick pillar of thunder struck down from the sky, and with a loud bang, formed a powerful thunderstorm within a radius of more than ten yards.

Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and all objects in the center of the thunderstorm were torn apart.

Looking at the effect of the thunder pillar in the distance, Desiring Finger frowned. It didn't hit!

Suddenly, he felt something. Sun's dagger stabbed down at the back of his head. At this critical moment, he waved his staff and used a Flash, dodging Sun's attack.

Looking back, Desiring Finger found that Sun had already disappeared. Even with Enhanced Perception, he couldn't sense Sun's presence.

Many of Sun's techniques were learned from Nie Yan. He had learned seventy to eighty percent of Nie Yan's skills. These skills were very effective when PK with magic classes. Desiring Finger felt great pressure.

Their PK here attracted the attention of nearby players. On the hill of Utedred Mountain, a team of players appeared, a total of fifteen people, most of them around level 20 to 30. They were all low-level players leveling up here, and the leader was a mage named Sunshine.

They stood on the hill, looking at the plain below. In the distance were a dozen figures, and several people were in one-on-one PKs. The scene that met their eyes left their nerves in a state of short circuit.

Looking down from the hill, the terrain had been completely destroyed. Some places were like they had been bulldozed over, scarred and barren, while others were like they had been bombarded by a meteor shower, leaving behind deep pits.

Looking towards the grassland in the farthest distance, a figure quickly flashed past, the speed as fast as a shooting star, but looking at the person's clothes, it was actually a mage, waving a staff in his hand, giant pillars of thunder struck down from the sky, forming huge electric storms, the frequency of casting magic was surprisingly fast, almost no different from instant cast.

This running speed, is this guy really a mage? This magic chanting time, this magic cooldown speed, this destructive power, is too abnormal!

On the other side, two warriors were fighting. Sword energies slashed down, and the ground seemed to be about to crack under the devastation of the sword energies, leaving behind sword marks. Are those two guys really warriors?

"Maple, have you ever seen such strong mages and warriors?" Sunshine asked someone next to him in disbelief.

Maple shook his head. He had watched a lot of videos online, but he had never seen such terrifying mages and warriors. He suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Are they those top-tier classes from the Nirvana Guild?"

Sunshine looked down at the plain below the hill and counted. There were a total of eleven people, but that mage seemed to be in a PK with someone, probably a thief, but they couldn't see it. Adding them up, there were exactly twelve people.

"It should be." Sunshine confirmed.

They had been grinding monsters and leveling up in this area for the past few days, and they knew the terrain here like the back of their hands, but now, this place was completely unrecognizable. Looking at the plain that had been destroyed to this extent, it was hard to describe the shock in their hearts. This was a top-tier class! A sense of fanaticism welled up in their hearts. When would they be able to advance to a top-tier class like these people?

"Let's quickly find a place to level up. One day, we'll be able to join the Nirvana Guild!" Sunshine clenched his fists and said, his heart surging.

Maple nodded. Although he hadn't been in the game for long, he often browsed the forums before buying the helmet. As an old bird in the forum, he admired Nie Yan very much. He had already decided that he must join the Nirvana Guild in the future!

Becoming a top-tier class like Nie Yan and the others, this dream was deeply rooted in their hearts.