Chapter 116 Elite-Grade

Even people like Tang Yao and Yu Wang would usually choose to hunt elite-grade high-level creatures when soloing monsters, because lord-grade creatures were too difficult to deal with, and ordinary players didn't dare to attack them.

The Darkwing Dragon flew through the sky. While traveling, Nie Yan browsed through the information of all the remaining bosses. The strongest boss in the entire Abernathy Grassland was the Ancient Troll living in the Shadow Swamp—a Level 200 Demonified Lord!

So it was him!

Seeing the name of the Ancient Troll, Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. In the Glimmering Empire, there were ten extremely powerful super bosses, most of whom lived deep in the swamp canyons, rarely appearing in the players' sights. But they were absolute existences of invincibility. Even those Legendary-grade NPCs didn't dare to fight them because they were too powerful. Occasionally, they would come out of their habitats, which was a huge disaster for the NPCs and players of the Glimmering Empire.

Cities could be destroyed wherever they went.

The Ten Lords were existences that made people tremble at the mere mention of them.

The Ancient Troll of the Abernathy Grassland, the Nine-Headed Sea Serpent of the Sea of Death, the Black Dragon King of the Sukle Forbidden Area, the Frost Dragon King of the Far North of Mobius, and so on. Ordinary players simply didn't dare to approach the areas where they were located.

Any player who encountered such a monster would undoubtedly face certain death. No matter how strong your skills were, you were trash in front of them. They were god-like apex existences. Nie Yan estimated that at least someone of Krotos the God of War's level could deal with these super lords.

In addition to the Ancient Troll, there were also six mutated lords above Level 100 in the Abernathy Grassland, who were also terrifying existences.

Carol City was naturally much safer compared to remote places like the Abernathy Grassland. Back then, Emperor Giobia led the mage group of the Glimmering Empire, about three hundred Archmages, sacrificing nearly two-thirds of them to open up Carol City, clearing out all the mutated lords nearby, and killing a Level 160 Demonified Lord in exchange for the stability of Carol City.

The Abernathy Grassland, on the other hand, was a wild land full of danger.

Nie Yan drew seven areas on the map, then copied the map and sent it to every player of the Nirvana Guild who was active in the Abernathy Grassland, strictly forbidding them from entering these areas. If they angered a mutated lord or a demonified lord, the consequences would be quite serious.

Regarding the Ancient Troll, Nie Yan had only heard its name and seen some relevant literature. He knew nothing about its true strength and skills. However, Nie Yan had heard that lords of this level could use powerful Forbidden Magic. Monsters capable of using Forbidden Magic couldn't be defeated by simply throwing people at them.

There were also rumors that these powerful demonified lords had very powerful divine artifacts in their hands. The divine artifacts in their hands were fundamentally different from Legendary-grade items. As for what the divine artifacts looked like and whether it was just a rumor, Nie Yan couldn't judge. Anyway, he had never seen a divine artifact in his ten years in his previous life.

The only thing Nie Yan remembered vividly was that some players didn't know what they did to anger the Frost Dragon King of the Far North. The Frost Dragon King went south, slaughtering millions and turning Flame City into a city of ice. Later, the Frost Dragon King seemed to have killed those players and then went back.

Flame City suffered heavy casualties, with more than half of the NPCs killed or injured. Later, the governor there expelled those players and forbade them from stepping into Flame City again.

That incident made the players truly realize the power of demonified lords. From then on, no one dared to provoke demonified lords, and the areas where demonified lords were active were designated as the ten most dangerous places in the Glimmering Empire.

Even if Holy Shadow Dance's stealth and escape skills were strong, Nie Yan wouldn't dare to approach those demonified lords. Holy Shadow Dance was like an ant to a Level 200 demonified lord.

The Ancient Troll lived in the Abernathy Grassland. Would it have some impact on Ocorun City? Nie Yan was a little worried, but after thinking about it, it was a bit too early to consider these things now.

After more than ten minutes, Nie Yan, on the back of the Darkwing Dragon, discovered the giant bear moving on the distant plain and began to slowly descend.

Abernathy Ragebear, a Level 160 Lord, with 5,000,000 health points, respawns every five days after death.

Nie Yan jumped off the back of the Darkwing Dragon and landed five hundred yards away from the Abernathy Ragebear, then put the Darkwing Dragon away.

Nie Yan didn't bring Berserker Yarop with him. He was alone. If he only let the Golden Land Dragon and Paladin Leves fight the Abernathy Ragebear, the Golden Land Dragon and Leves would definitely not be able to hold on.

Nie Yan summoned the Golden Land Dragon and Paladin Leves, and let them walk far away. Nie Yan activated Stealth and slowly approached the Abernathy Ragebear in the distance.

The Abernathy Ragebear was wandering leisurely. It was very huge, two yards tall, and weighed 1,200 pounds, like a moving giant fortress. Its snow-white fur emitted a faint white light under the sunlight. Its tough skin was harder than steel. It was undoubtedly a behemoth in this area. However, it had a shortcoming, that it could only attack in close combat. Under normal circumstances, Nie Yan was not very willing to challenge lords who could attack remotely. Those lords were difficult to deal with, and the items they dropped might not be very good. But units like the Ragebear, who could only attack in close combat, were relatively easy to deal with.

Nie Yan continued to approach the Abernathy Ragebear, and the Ragebear slowly entered within a hundred and twenty yards of his attack range.

The Ragebear seemed to sense something and suddenly became alert. This guy's perception was too sharp. It actually smelled danger from so far away.

Nie Yan raised the Headless Horseman Doro's Mounted Crossbow in his hand, loaded five ordinary arrows, and pulled the trigger. With a few swooshing sounds, five arrows shot out.

Thud, thud, thud, five arrows were all nailed into the Ragebear's body. Damage values of two to three thousand floated above the Ragebear's head.

Nie Yan's attack damage was quite considerable, but compared to the Ragebear's terrifying health and health recovery speed, it was nothing at all.

After being attacked, the Ragebear roared and accelerated towards the direction where Nie Yan was. Although this guy was huge, his movement speed was not slow. The ground shook as he ran.

After one attack, Nie Yan immediately entered Stealth and ran away, loading arrows while running. Like archers and mages, he used the most common kiting tactic.

The Abernathy Ragebear's health dropped very slowly. Nie Yan's attack damage was only a little higher than its recovery speed. After Nie Yan attacked with the Headless Horseman Doro's Mounted Crossbow for nearly two minutes, he only caused more than six thousand points of damage to the Ragebear.

However, under Nie Yan's frequent attacks, the Abernathy Ragebear was completely enraged. Because it couldn't catch Nie Yan, it entered a berserk state, with attack increased by 50%, defense decreased by 30%, and movement speed increased by 50%, chasing Nie Yan even more fiercely.

The Ragebear rushed to Nie Yan's side and slapped down at the location where Nie Yan was. With a bang, its palm missed and slapped on the ground. Nie Yan ran too fast. After the attack missed, the Ragebear stood up, opened its mouth wide, made a low roar, and swung its giant palm down.

Nie Yan retreated quickly, his eyes locked on the Ragebear's mouth. The scarlet tongue inside exuded a fishy smell. Now!

Nie Yan quickly drew out five arrows tied with Flame Burst Bombs, installed them on the Headless Horseman Doro's Mounted Crossbow, aimed at the Ragebear's mouth, and pulled the trigger.

Five arrows drew a straight line in the air. The first arrow drilled into the Ragebear's wide open mouth. There was a loud bang, and the Flame Burst Bomb exploded in the Ragebear's mouth. The Ragebear's body swayed, followed by four consecutive loud bangs.

The power of the Flame Burst Bomb exploding in a monster's mouth, a vulnerable part, was very amazing. After five loud bangs, Nie Yan looked at the Ragebear again. The Ragebear's mouth had been blown to pieces. Five consecutive damage values of more than 200,000 floated above the Ragebear's head.

The Ragebear was severely injured and fell heavily to the ground. The Flame Burst Bomb caused an unrecoverable serious injury effect, and it was already dying.

The Flame Burst Bomb added certain special effects, and there was also additional damage added after attacking vital points.

Taking advantage of this time, Nie Yan let the Golden Land Dragon and Paladin Leves come over to attack the Ragebear head-on, while he went around to the Ragebear's back to use skills like Spine Break.

The combined attack output of Nie Yan, the Golden Land Dragon, and Paladin Leves was extremely high. In more than ten minutes, they reduced the Ragebear's health to only about 50% remaining.

The Ragebear crawled up and tried to fight back, but Nie Yan sent the Ragebear five more Flame Burst Bombs. This time, the Ragebear was completely unable to fight. Before long, it fell to the ground and became a corpse.

A crisp system notification sounded, leveling up.

Nie Yan looked at the time. It took nearly twenty minutes to kill the Ragebear, which was very efficient. Ten Flame Burst Bombs cost nearly ten thousand gold coins, but in exchange for nearly 80% of the experience, it was quite worth it.

The Ragebear dropped three pieces of equipment for Nie Yan. Nie Yan bent down and picked them up. They were all warrior equipment. He was not very surprised, because the drop rate of warrior equipment was very high for this kind of physical attack melee unit.

After checking, the Abernathy Ragebear's Tenacity Battle Armor and Tenacity Shoulder Pads, and the other item was a pair of Swift Boots. The Tenacity Battle Armor and Tenacity Shoulder Pads were Level 160 Dark Gold equipment, and the pair of boots were Sub Legendary grade, with quite good attributes. The Tenacity Battle Armor and Tenacity Shoulder Pads had extremely high defense.

Nie Yan thought about it. The next time the Ragebear respawned, he might be able to get other components of the Tenacity Set. Generally, if a complete set of this kind of Dark Gold set was collected, it would not be worse than Sub Legendary grade equipment.

With so many NPC guards joining Ocorun City, there were all kinds of professions, and a large number of Level 130 to Level 180 equipment were needed. There was a large shortage, and Nie Yan could only try to find more.

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