Chapter 1 The Chase

Nie Yan glanced down at his skill bar. Several skills had finished cooling down. He activated Gale Step and vanished from Qin Han's sight.

Noticing Nie Yan's disappearance, Qin Han's heart clenched. After fighting Nie Yan so many times, he understood his character somewhat. That guy would definitely not leave so easily!

Nie Yan had entered stealth. His primary target was definitely him!

He had suddenly gone from hunter to prey. This huge shift in roles filled him with anger.

Qin Han locked onto Nie Yan's position through the bone dragon. He saw Nie Yan flash across the plains, rapidly approaching him. The astonishing speed made his heart skip a beat.

When Mad Rogue Nie Yan wanted to kill someone, basically no one could stop him!

Feeling death approaching, Qin Han tensed up to the extreme, quickly retreating. With a wave of his right hand, a wall of bone blocked Nie Yan's path.

At this time, the Necromancer Bordman had recovered somewhat. He waved his staff, and scorching flames fell from the sky, instantly sweeping across a large area centered on Nie Yan. Blazing flames soared.

Several flames struck Nie Yan's body. Nie Yan's body appeared, the flames hitting the light shield around him and bouncing off.

Walls of bone rose from all directions, attempting to trap Nie Yan inside.

Nie Yan leaped up, jumping over the bone walls and dashing far away.

With the Necromancer Bordman nearby, it was very difficult for Nie Yan to get close to Qin Han.

The bone dragon circled in the sky, ready to swoop down at any moment.

Nie Yan jumped onto a tree branch, dodging the bone dragon's line of sight. He raised the Headless Horseman Doro's Repeating Crossbow in his hand, pulled the trigger, and swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. Arrows shot towards Qin Han in the distance.

Nie Yan's attack position was exactly in Qin Han's blind spot.

Qin Han sensed something and turned his head, seeing the five arrows shooting towards him. He quickly waved his staff to try to defend.

Before Qin Han could make any move, walls of bone rose up around him, protecting him inside.

Clang, clang, clang. The arrows struck the bone walls and fell to the ground.

After that, no matter how Nie Yan tried to attack, he was blocked by the Necromancer Bordman. Although the Necromancer Bordman's attacks were ineffective against Nie Yan due to the shield, Nie Yan could not do anything to Qin Han.

The Necromancer Bordman was too fast. With the Necromancer Bordman's protection, Qin Han was virtually invulnerable.

Qin Han looked in Nie Yan's direction, his eyes meeting Nie Yan's.

Qin Han revealed a cold smile. Because of the shield on Nie Yan's body, he could not kill Nie Yan, but Nie Yan could not do anything to him either!

"Bordman, let's go." Qin Han said. Today, seeing the Chapter of Order that was within his grasp stolen by Nie Yan, he could only admit defeat. He would get revenge sooner or later!

The bone dragon descended towards Qin Han and the Necromancer Bordman.

They were going to escape! Nie Yan's eyes suddenly narrowed, a murderous intent flashing within them.

Qin Han had a full seven Chapters of Order on him. If he could get them, he could assemble another scroll. Nie Yan knew the power of the Shadow of Darkness. King of the World had been unable to find the remaining chapter and had said that if Nie Yan wanted to collect all the Chapters of Order, he could return the five Chapters of Order to Nie Yan. At the same time, Nie Yan had one scroll and two chapters. For that Pope's dream, he had to get the Chapters of Order on Qin Han!

At first, he had not had much hope of collecting the Chapters of Order, but with the Great Prophet Medal and hearing Emperor Giobia's words, Nie Yan's dream of becoming Pope was suddenly ignited.

If he became the Pope of the Holy Church, the Archangel Tyrael would personally crown Nie Yan. The army of the Holy Church would be at Nie Yan's disposal. Nie Yan would truly ascend to the pinnacle of power in the Greenland Empire. At that time, the Nirvana Guild and other guilds would grow into truly invincible forces under his protection. The Greenland Empire would be completely under Nie Yan's control.

In his previous life, neither the Century Financial Group nor Angel Corps had accomplished such a feat. At their peak, they had only controlled fortresses. Basically, no one had entered the NPC system and become a true controller.

Although he understood that the road ahead was difficult, Nie Yan still decided to try.

Qin Han and the Necromancer Bordman climbed onto the back of the bone dragon. The bone dragon flapped its wings and took off.

Seeing Qin Han and the Necromancer Bordman about to run away, Nie Yan quickly rushed towards the bone dragon. Just as the bone dragon's feet left the ground, Nie Yan was still seven or eight yards away from the bone dragon. Nie Yan shot a spider silk from his left hand, and his body soared into the air, quickly flying towards the bone dragon.

Nie Yan grabbed the bone dragon's skeleton with both hands, his body firmly attached to the bone dragon's body.

The bone dragon did not notice Nie Yan. Qin Han and the Necromancer Bordman did not notice him at all.

Nie Yan looked into the distance. Some white dots appeared in the sky. Nie Yan saw them clearly and discovered that they were griffons.

Those griffons were different from the griffons of ordinary players. They were larger, all snow-white, their feathers reflecting a dazzling white light under the sunlight. They were the Royal Griffons used by the Carol City army!

The NPC army of Carol City was here!

Nie Yan revealed a smile. The Necromancer Bordman had been seriously injured in the previous battle. If he was surrounded by the NPCs of Carol City, it was questionable whether he could escape.

Nie Yan faintly remembered that the Necromancer Bordman seemed to have been seriously injured in a certain battle in his previous life, and then fell into the hands of Karls.

But the timing seemed wrong. The Revenge of the Undead lasted for more than a month before the Necromancer Bordman was killed, not now.

Never mind, while Qin Han and the Necromancer Bordman's attention was all on the griffons in the distance, Nie Yan slowly climbed upwards.

After discovering those Royal Griffons, the bone dragon accelerated its escape to the south.

Not far away, a giant griffon was getting closer and closer. It was several times larger than ordinary Royal Griffons, only a little smaller than the bone dragon. Its body was shrouded in a huge light shield. On its head, a mage in white robes stood proudly.

Nie Yan glanced over there and suddenly felt that the mage looked a little familiar. It was Karls!

The Necromancer Bordman could not escape his destined opponent after all. He had still encountered Karls.

"Despicable Necromancer, the God of Light will not forgive your sins. I will use your head to commemorate the immortal souls who died!" Karls' voice was like a bell, solemn and powerful. He waved his staff, and a powerful pillar of holy light struck down from the sky.

The Necromancer Bordman let out a cackling, piercing laugh and said, "Karls, do you think you can kill me? After a thousand years, you still haven't made any progress."

Bordman erected a black light shield. The pillar of holy light and the black light shield made contact, emitting sizzling white smoke.

Nie Yan clearly felt that the Necromancer Bordman's black light shield was somewhat shaky under Karls' attack.

The Necromancer Bordman's serious injuries in the temple had not healed!

The bone dragon and the Royal Griffon wrestled fiercely in the sky.

Nie Yan's hands were firmly attached to the bone dragon's body. The bone dragon almost threw him off several times.

The battle between Karls and Bordman was unknown how long it would last.

Nie Yan carefully dodged the attacks, and when he saw the Royal Griffon's body crashing over, he quickly leaped away and firmly grabbed another part of the bone dragon.

Compared to the huge size of the bone dragon and the Royal Griffon, Nie Yan was simply negligible.

He was only a little bit away from the back of the bone dragon. His eyes locked onto the Necromancer Bordman and Qin Han in the distance.

Qin Han probably did not expect that Nie Yan would still chase after them. He thought that he and the Necromancer Bordman had taken off on the bone dragon and were already safe, but he still underestimated Nie Yan's determination to kill him.

The battle between Karls and the Necromancer Bordman gradually intensified. The bone dragon clawed at the Royal Griffon, blood splattering, and feathers falling down. The Royal Griffon was not to be outdone, crashing heavily into the bone dragon and knocking it back a distance.

The magic duel between Bordman and Karls had not stopped.

Nie Yan was hit by several fireballs and holy lights in succession. The durability of the Shield of Protection on his body was being consumed bit by bit, gradually only having a little more than fifty thousand left. If he did not find an opportunity to kill Qin Han, he would probably have no chance.

Just as the bone dragon and the Royal Griffon passed each other, Nie Yan and Karls' eyes met. He seemed to see Karls' surprised expression, but it was only a brief encounter.

Nie Yan was sneaking on the back of the bone dragon, getting closer and closer to Qin Han, about ten yards away. The Necromancer Bordman was standing on the top of the bone dragon's head, fiercely fighting with Karls, not noticing Nie Yan at all.

Qin Han felt that the Necromancer Bordman was somewhat unable to hold on. His heart was extremely tense. If the Necromancer Bordman was killed, then he would basically be finished, waiting to have his account deleted and start over. Activating Revenge of the Undead meant that he had to pay a huge price. If Revenge of the Undead failed, he would be blacklisted by the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire, unable to gain a foothold from then on, until he was hunted down to level zero by the city guards.

The final outcome between the Necromancer Bordman and Karls was related to his future fate. How could he not be nervous!

Seeing that Qin Han had not noticed him, a curved arc appeared at the corner of Nie Yan's mouth, like a hidden leopard, waiting for the prey to be slightly distracted before launching a sneak attack.

Time passed by, and Karls' attacks became more and more fierce. The Necromancer Bordman was frequently attacked, showing signs of being unable to hold on.

Nie Yan suddenly leaped up, like an arrow, rushing towards Qin Han. The flames of the Zennarde's Sword suddenly became hotter.