Chapter 112 The Approaching Crisis

Generally, magic that allows a Grand Magister to chant more than two sets of syllables is a very powerful, high-level spell. However, it shouldn’t be a forbidden spell. Large-scale, offensive forbidden spells require at least thirty sets of syllables.

Xie Yao uttered the last syllable. A gate of light opened in the sky, and two angels with pure white wings emerged. A beam of white light poured down, covering an area of ​​about 100x100 yards. All the skeletons below were melted by the white light, disappearing without a trace. The skeletons beyond that area trembled under the holy light, afraid to move.

After a moment, the two angels disappeared, and the gate of light in the sky closed.

Nie Yan had never seen such a powerful, high-level magic spell before. Although some high-level spells weren’t forbidden, they could only be learned after reaching the Grand Magister level. Ordinary players rarely could cast them. Nie Yan hadn’t encountered many Grand Magister-level players in the past. He hadn't been qualified to associate with experts of that level back then. He had encountered them in the wild a few times and been beaten like a dog.

"This magic is quite powerful," Nie Yan said. As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling golden light lit up on the Golden Earth Dragon, and it leveled up!

Nie Yan quickly opened the Golden Earth Dragon's stats page. Its various attributes, including health, defense, and more, had greatly increased. Currently, this guy’s health had exceeded 260,000, and it had Dragonscale Armor, which gave it high immunity to both physical and magical attacks.

High growth created the Golden Earth Dragon's current state. The attributes it gained for each level were several times more than those of other players' pets. After level 100, the huge gap became apparent. It was said that Zhui Shen Zhi Jian and the Guang An Empire had also obtained Golden Earth Dragons. Although they were the same species, their strengths were far apart. They weren't even in the same league. Although their Golden Earth Dragons could fool some people with their appearance, their actual strength wasn't much to speak of.

In addition to the attribute boost, the Golden Earth Dragon had gained a skill called Intimidation, which could cause all creatures within a thirty-yard radius to fall into a state of fear. In addition, most of its skills had been upgraded. Counterattack Storm had been upgraded to level 10, dealing triple damage on counterattacks, and the range was much larger than before.

At this moment, the Golden Earth Dragon already belonged to the ranks of sixth-order creatures and could completely despise ordinary monsters.

The Golden Earth Dragon had grown to six yards tall, and the scales all over its body were slowly dyed with a touch of purplish-gold, giving it an unparalleled aura.

The group of thieves in the distance became even more timid after seeing the upgraded Golden Earth Dragon. This Golden Earth Dragon was even more powerful than before.

After reaching level 100, Nie Yan could feed the Golden Earth Dragon ordinary crystals. After digesting each crystal, its attributes would increase slightly.

Nie Yan planned to raise both the Golden Earth Dragon and the Darkwing Dragon. Both creatures had high growth potential, and they would definitely become very powerful when they reached a higher rank in the future.

After advancing, the Golden Earth Dragon became even more invincible. Wherever it passed, raging flames burned on the ground. Many skeletons behind it were engulfed in the flames and burned to ashes. Moreover, this group of skeletons couldn't besiege the Golden Earth Dragon at all. As soon as they besieged it, they would trigger the Counterattack Storm, which dealt terrifying damage. The level 10 Counterattack Storm was even more terrifying than before. In the past, it only dealt single damage on an attack, but now it was triple damage. It could deal triple damage in the same amount of time. In an instant, the ground was covered with broken bones.

The skeletons that kept rushing over weren't even enough for the Golden Earth Dragon and Xie Yao to farm. As for those thirty paladins, Nie Yan was still studying their attributes. They all had their own abilities, and their skills weren’t entirely the same. Of course, they were all equipped with the basic paladin skills.

While Nie Yan and the others were frantically farming skeletons, a large group of them gathered about a thousand yards away. There were about a hundred skeletons, sixty or seventy of which were elite, thirty or forty were lord-class, and two were mutated lord-class.

Generally, when a skeleton constantly kills players, the more players they kill, the higher their rank. It was said that after those powerful lord-class and mutated lord-class skeletons were purified by players and turned back into ordinary players, they would receive a large amount of attribute rewards, which would greatly increase their attributes. But that was another story.

Out of a thousand or even several thousand skeletons, there might only be one lord-class. Qin Han had gathered such a large group of lords and mutated lords. He had really gone all out to encircle and kill Nie Yan!

After this group of skeletons was ready, they began to advance towards Nie Yan and the others under the cover of ordinary skeletons. Although they were very tall, much larger than ordinary skeletons, and easily recognizable, with so many skeletons attacking and covering for them, it was estimated that Nie Yan would have a hard time discovering them.

Generally, the lord-class skeletons were already very fierce, let alone the mutated lord-class. A level 100 mutated lord monster was equivalent to a level 150 lord monster.

Over a hundred lord-class and elite-class creatures were enough to pose a threat to Nie Yan and the others.

Nie Yan, Xie Yao, and Tang Yao didn't notice the approaching danger. They were still diligently farming these ordinary skeletons.

Nie Yan checked the levels of the three of them, and they had all reached level 102. Such high-intensity leveling was much faster than leveling elsewhere.

"Let's tally up the kills. Xie Yao, how many did you get?" Nie Yan asked, looking at Xie Yao.

"A little over three thousand," Xie Yao said, looking down.

"Yao Zi?" Nie Yan looked at Tang Yao. Tang Yao should have the most kills among them.

"I'm almost five thousand..." Tang Yao immediately changed his words before he could finish, "I'm already at five thousand."

Nie Yan looked at his own kills. All the kills of the Golden Earth Dragon were counted towards him, which was about three thousand.

"I received a mission," Tang Yao frowned, his expression shifting. He had just broken five thousand kills when he suddenly received a system message.

"What kind of mission?"

"The Greenland Empire Rescue Mission. The first part is to kill five thousand skeletons, which is already completed. The next level is twenty thousand, so many!" Tang Yao said dejectedly. They had farmed for so long, and only accumulated five thousand kills. The second stage of the mission actually required twenty thousand.

"Does the mission have any important details?" Nie Yan asked. He didn't seem to recall hearing about such a mission in his previous life. But then again, how many players had killed more than five thousand skeletons in the entire Undead Revenge expansion pack? It was estimated that there wouldn't be more than five. It was normal for no news to come out.

"No matter how much of the mission is completed, it seems like we can receive rewards from the Greenland Empire Council of Elders. This mission was issued by the Greenland Empire Council of Elders," Tang Yao said, looking at the information.

The Greenland Empire Council of Elders was finally making a move. He wondered if the Undead Revenge event counted as his prediction. If it did, he might be able to get the title of Great Prophet. Nie Yan thought. He still couldn't go back yet, so he should wait. Haste makes waste.

If this mission only gave a little experience, then it wouldn't be of much interest. Hopefully, there would be other rewards. Such a large mission should at least give a sub-legendary item.

Nie Yan and Xie Yao hadn't accumulated five thousand kills yet, so they could only wait and see.

Tang Yao was still killing those skeletons with fire walls. Compared to those group attack spells, this fire wall spell was more cost-effective. He just needed to keep replenishing them. The fire wall spell could kill all the skeletons that rushed over, and the skill cast speed was faster.

After another ten minutes or so, Nie Yan also received a system notification. He probably received the same mission as Tang Yao. He casually glanced at his kills and found that he only had four thousand seven hundred, not yet reaching five thousand.

Huh, what's that system notification?

Nie Yan curiously opened the system notification. Streaks of golden light flashed from his body, dazzlingly beautiful.

After looking at it, he realized that his Advanced Demon Hunter title had been upgraded.

System: Advanced Demon Hunter title has been upgraded to Initial Light Arbiter.

Nie Yan looked at the attributes of the Initial Light Arbiter. The title of Initial Light Arbiter was actually higher than Saint Shadow Dancer. It was a Holy Church position, with a very high status in the Holy Church, and he could enjoy certain rights. In terms of title attributes, the effects of skills like Extreme Deterrence had been increased, and he also gained a new skill, Initial Arbitration Aura, which covered an area of ​​about 50x50 yards. It could deal purification damage to all undead creatures and increase the attack power of all team members in the area by 30%.

This Arbitration Aura was obviously very good.

A player might have many active skills, but if they couldn't use them, they would be useless. Passive skills were different. For any player, the more passive skills they had, the better. Players with more passive skills would often have a greater advantage in battle, especially warrior class players. After their defense reached a certain level, they would need a large number of passive auras to support them.

Nie Yan was pleasantly surprised by the changes in his title. Just as they were focusing on farming monsters, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. Several large skeletons crossed the fire walls set up by Tang Yao, withstood Xie Yao's holy light magic, and charged over. Xie Yao and Tang Yao's attacks could only deal less than ten thousand damage to them.

Nie Yan used an Investigate skill on one of the three-yard-tall, pitch-black skeletons.

Mutated Skeleton King: Level 100, Mutated Lord.

It was actually a mutated lord, and there was more than one. There were also a large number of lords. Nie Yan's heart sank. These mutated lords and lords were probably sent by Qin Han to kill them.

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