Chapter 161 The Tou Xi Crystal

The Ape King roared, raising its fist in a whirlwind attack. Brilliant Dagger, Aquablue Smoker, and Lei Su were caught off guard and sent flying.

Seeing that the Ape King was about to break free, Nie Yan commanded the Golden Land Dragon to charge forward.

With a loud bang, the two behemoths collided.

The Ape King relentlessly attacked the Golden Land Dragon with its fists, while the Golden Land Dragon retaliated fiercely with its claws.

Counterattack Storm!

Counterattack Storm!

Whirlwinds erupted around the Golden Land Dragon. The Ape King's high attack frequency made it easier to trigger the Golden Land Dragon's Counterattack Storm, which inflicted considerable damage.

The Golden Land Dragon had high health, and with the addition of Holy Knight Leffers, it could withstand the Ape King for some time.

The Golden Land Dragon bought Brilliant Dagger, Aquablue Smoker, and Lei Su some time. The three immediately surrounded the Ape King again, pinning it down.

Execute!

Execute!

Brilliant Dagger and the others did not give up. The success rate of Execute was very low, but it still had some effect. With continuous attempts, they would eventually succeed!

Purgatory Execute!

Purgatory Execute!

Nie Yan also used Purgatory Execute repeatedly. The Zennarde's Sword blazed with flames, striking the Ape King again and again.

A damage value of -352098 floated above the Ape King's head. It let out a miserable wail, staggered a few steps, and fell heavily to the ground.

"We did it! Whose Execute was that?" Undying Scoundrel asked excitedly in the team chat.

"Boss Nie Yan's!"

A crisp system notification sounded. Nie Yan checked his current level, which was already one hundred and nine. He had been busy with guild affairs recently. After leveling up a few times in the Skull Grounds some time ago, his level had remained stagnant. It was time to level up again.

The Ape King's massive corpse lay on the ground like a small hill.

Nie Yan retrieved three pieces of equipment from beneath the Ape King's corpse: two were for Warriors, a level 180 Rock Armor, Sub Legendary-grade, and a level 180 Rock Gauntlet, also Sub Legendary-grade. The items were quite good. The remaining item was a green crystal.

To Nie Yan's surprise, it was actually a Tou Xi Crystal (Clairvoyance Crystal).

Tou Xi Crystals were extremely rare, with a very low drop rate. In his previous life, only Lord-class monsters level 180 and above had a few thousandths of a chance to drop them.

Tou Xi Crystals were almost priceless on the market. Nie Yan didn't fully understand their uses, but one of them was that Tou Xi Crystals were important mediums for Grandmaster Alchemists to create Flame Bombs.

Ni Ren's Zi Yan, with the guild's support and the Wish Necklace, had reached the rare Grandmaster level, unique in the Greenland Empire and the Sartre Empire.

The task of crafting Flame Bombs would be given to Zi Yan.

If Zi Yan could create Flame Bombs, Nie Yan would consider leveling up again. Flame Bombs were excellent tools for leveling, known as the magic items with the highest single-target damage.

The cost of crafting Flame Bombs was very high, requiring at least a thousand gold worth of materials.

However, for Nie Yan, exchanging a thousand gold for a Flame Bomb was still very worthwhile.

Thinking of this, Nie Yan couldn't help but feel eager. He sent a list to Guo Huai, asking him to collect the materials.

"Rock Armor, Rock Gauntlet, could this be a set?"

"Probably. If we farm the Ape King a bit more, we might be able to get a full set of Rock equipment."

As they chatted, the Rock Armor and Rock Gauntlet would be temporarily stored in the Ni Ren guild warehouse, because even with three gems that reduced level requirements, these two pieces of equipment required at least level 150 to use. They were still too far from level 150.

The Dark Hymn people were unwilling but helpless to see the Ape King fall. They dispersed, dejected.

"You Nan, let's go." Kanon sighed, looking into the distance. Those thirteen figures were mythic existences worshiped by countless people, while they were just some of the most ordinary people in the vast sea of humanity. The two would probably never cross paths again.

"In the end, they saved us. No matter what, I have to go up and thank them," Yue You Nan said. She was principled. Although she was upset about failing to kill the Ape King, she still had to be clear about gratitude and grudges.

Yue You Nan walked towards Nie Yan and the others.

"That chick's coming over," Undying Scoundrel said in the team chat, glancing at Yue You Nan walking from afar.

"She looks good, are you interested?" Desire Laughs said.

"She probably has a boyfriend. Didn't you see her being all lovey-dovey with that guy earlier? Let's not do anything that low," Undying Scoundrel said, shrugging.

They were just chatting. The few single men could only use this to relieve their boredom. Seeing Yue You Nan approaching, they stopped talking about it.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Nie Yan asked, looking at Yue You Nan. She was wearing silver-white armor, exuding a capable aura. He had a good impression of Yue You Nan, but it was just admiration.

"Thank you just now. If it weren't for your timely intervention, Dark Hymn would have suffered even more casualties," Yue You Nan said sincerely.

Nie Yan smiled and said, "It was just a small thing."

Yue You Nan wanted to say something else, but Nie Yan didn't care about what had just happened and never thought about getting anything in return. He turned around and called out, "Brothers, let's wrap it up."

"Alright!"

Flying mounts were summoned one after another. They mounted their flying mounts and took to the sky.

A strong whirlwind forced Yue You Nan back a few steps. She looked at the sky. Darkwing Dragons, phoenixes, and other flying mounts flapped their wings, flying further and further away.

What a strong lineup: dragons, phoenixes, royal griffons, dazzling to behold.

In a moment, Nie Yan and the others had left, disappearing into the horizon.

Yue You Nan stood there for a while, her thoughts in a mess. After a long time, she calmed down and turned back to Kanon and the others, "Let's go."

A moment later, everyone in the vicinity had left.

Nie Yan and the others returned to Okoron, throwing the two newly acquired pieces of equipment into the guild warehouse. Then, they had someone transfer the Tou Xi Crystal to Zi Yan.

When Nie Yan and the others left Okoron to kill the Ape King, Yarop had left temporarily due to some business. Nie Yan did not stop him. These NPCs had their own thoughts. If he restrained Yarop, he was worried that it would affect Yarop's loyalty to him.

Yarop had not returned. Nie Yan was a little worried. Could this guy have gone to Kavanas on his own?

After thinking about it, Yarop shouldn't be so stupid. If he went to Kavanas alone, he would be courting death! Having just escaped Kavanas, he shouldn't immediately return.

Nie Yan thought about it and decided to wait and see. If it didn't work, he would have to send someone to find Yarop.

During the time that Nie Yan was away from Okoron, more and more NPCs entered Okoron, some were refugees fleeing, and some were tribes from various places. Some planned to stay in Okoron for a long time, and some planned to stay for a while and then leave.

In any case, Okoron was becoming more and more lively.

Those players who were active in the Abernathy Prairie, after learning about the city of Okoron, also came one after another. They did various transactions in Okoron, buying supplies from the NPCs. Since Nie Yan had not yet started collecting taxes, any transactions they made here were tax-free, very cheap.

The popularity of Okoron City quickly increased, and there were more and more pedestrians on the streets.

Nie Yan was very satisfied with this. In addition, after he posted a notice in the Mercenary Guild to recruit NPC guards with high salaries, NPCs finally came to apply. Those who came to apply were some wanderers, not high level, elite level 130-140, their combat power was not bad, much stronger than ordinary players, and they could temporarily serve as guards. Although these applicants were not very satisfying to Nie Yan, fortunately, the recruitment cost was not expensive. They only needed ten gold coins a day.

With such a low recruitment cost, Nie Yan could recruit as many as he wanted without considering the quantity. If he could recruit one thousand, two thousand, or more NPCs, such a force would not be underestimated.

In order to attract more NPCs to come, Nie Yan not only posted the notice in Okoron, but also in other Mercenary Guilds in the Greenland Empire and the Sartre Empire, hoping to attract more NPCs to Okoron.

The news that Nie Yan was recruiting NPCs on a large scale caused panic among Angel Corps, Monet Financial Group, and Century Financial Group. If Nie Yan built an NPC army, the first to be attacked would be them. If they were facing a group of players, it would be okay, but if they were facing a group of fully armed NPCs, how would they fight this battle? They were closely monitoring the effect of Ni Ren's recruitment notice.

Nie Yan offered very high salaries. Some NPCs who were not doing well in other cities began to consider going to Okoron. They packed their bags and set off from various cities.

As many NPCs in major cities had the intention of going to Okoron, many players also had the idea of going to Okoron to develop, especially some guilds, they were eyeing the market in Okoron.

The thirteen people dispersed to work on their own matters. Nie Yan was planning to find a place to level up, and prepared some consumables before setting off.

"Boss, Yarop is back." Wu Dao ran in anxiously, panting.

"Where is he?" Nie Yan asked, Yarop is back, there is no need for Wu Dao to be so anxious!

"In the Mercenary Guild." Wu Dao couldn't restrain his joy, and said excitedly.

"What is he doing in the Mercenary Guild?" Nie Yan asked in confusion.

"He brought back a large group of NPCs! Dozens of burly men, all warriors!" Wu Dao was a little incoherent.