Chapter 1 Seeing Lei Su’s announcement, Nie Yan thought to himself that this guy was indeed very arrogant, but Lei Su did have the capital to be arrogant. At this time, there were very few people who could beat him.

Nie Yan asked Guo Huai to send someone to find Lei Su. He also wanted to see how strong Lei Su was after advancing to Holy Swordsman.

He would contact him first. Nie Yan teleported to Cripps Fortress.

Xie Yao was standing at the entrance of the guild headquarters, waiting. When she saw Nie Yan coming, she immediately greeted him.

Xie Yao was shrouded in a sacred white light, constantly overflowing with a powerful holy power. The soft light reflected on Xie Yao's fair cheeks, making her look even more charming.

Seeing the dazzling Xie Yao, Nie Yan's heart fluttered.

Walking to Xie Yao's side, a sacred aura rushed towards him. Xie Yao already had seven pieces of Legendary equipment, plus she had just become a Holy Archmage. Nie Yan wondered how strong Xie Yao was now.

"Did Tang Yao come?" Nie Yan asked Xie Yao.

"He went to the warehouse to get something and will be here soon," Xie Yao said, looking at Nie Yan with her bright eyes, her eyes full of tenderness.

After a while, Tang Yao ran over from a distance in a hurry.

"Sorry, I'm late," Tang Yao said, scratching his head.

Nie Yan glanced at the Arcane Sprite beside Tang Yao. The Arcane Sprite floated beside Tang Yao, still gurgling bubbles, and waves of magical light spread out.

"Damn, the Arcane Sprite is level six?" Nie Yan asked in surprise, because he felt that Tang Yao's Arcane Sprite was obviously bigger than before.

"Six and a half," Tang Yao said with a smile.

Nie Yan was shocked. A level six Arcane Sprite was already very strong. The experience required for upgrading was too much, and the experience bar simply couldn't move. However, it was said that someone in his previous life had raised the Arcane Sprite's experience to level six and a half. The level six and a half Arcane Sprite didn't have much improvement in attributes, but it had a Spiritual Ascension additional attribute, which allowed its master to learn two more Forbidden spells than ordinary mages.

Ordinary mages can learn three Forbidden spells, and at most only one area-of-effect Forbidden spell. This was already an amazing thing. However, the level six and a half Arcane Sprite broke this limit, changing the number of Forbidden spells for mages from three to five, with two area-of-effect Forbidden spells.

Generally, the cooldown time of Forbidden spells was very long, often ten days or half a month, and some powerful Forbidden spells could have a cooldown time of one or two months. The significance of adding two Forbidden spells to a mage out of thin air was self-evident.

"Not bad, you actually leveled up the Arcane Sprite so quickly. Try to get it to level seven," Nie Yan said. Tang Yao was definitely the fastest in both his previous and current life at leveling up the Arcane Sprite. Now he was at level six and a half, and maybe he could break through level seven in the future.

He didn't know what the attributes of a level seven Arcane Sprite were like, but it was probably already an artifact-like existence for a mage.

"Well, the Arcane Sprite's experience is getting harder and harder to increase, and there is a bottleneck between level six and level seven. I calculated that it will take at least half a year to upgrade it to level seven," Tang Yao said. He definitely had more experience in cultivating Arcane Sprites than anyone else.

Tang Yao had put a lot of effort and emotion into the Arcane Sprite, unlike many players who only regarded the Arcane Sprite as a prop. Perhaps this was the key to the Arcane Sprite's rapid improvement.

"Let's go grind skeletons together. In a few days, Daoguang, Sun, and the others should be coming out soon," Nie Yan said. The next period of time will be the fastest period for the number of top professional players in the Niu Ren Tribe to increase. Let's wait until they all come out!

Xie Yao and Tang Yao already knew about the Undead Mage Bodman and understood the current severe situation.

Qin Han's skeletons had spread rapidly, no longer satisfied with attacking villages and towns, and began to attack the most concentrated leveling locations and the vicinity of dungeons, and then spread to other cities. Their expansion was gradually getting out of control, and some skeletons even entered the territory of Carol City.

In any case, they should kill as many as they could. The Niu Ren Tribe was preparing to defend the major fortresses when the undead skeletons came. It was unwise to fight those skeletons head-on. They could only wait for the Green Land Empire and the Holy Cathedral to react and send troops to clear them, and it was wisest to use the npCs to destroy the Undead Mage Bodman. All Nie Yan had to do was to preserve his strength as much as possible when the Undead Revenge expansion pack was launched.

The three of them teleported to Emerald City. Nie Yan suddenly thought of something and said, "Follow me."

Nie Yan led Xie Yao and Tang Yao towards the Holy Cathedral of Emerald City.

When they arrived at the entrance of the Holy Cathedral, Xie Yao and Tang Yao were a little puzzled. What was Nie Yan doing here?

They walked into the Holy Cathedral together. Seeing Nie Yan coming in, an npC manager wearing a white robe walked up and greeted Nie Yan: "Respected Holy Shadow Dancer, hello."

The npC manager was very polite and respectful, completely in the tone of a subordinate to a superior.

Hearing the npC manager's title for Nie Yan, Xie Yao and Tang Yao were surprised. Nie Yan's title was actually Holy Shadow Dancer, which was higher than ordinary Shadow Dancer.

"I need help." Nie Yan stated his intention and prepared to recruit Holy Knights.

"These are the Holy Knights that the Holy Cathedral can recruit. Please take a look."

A list appeared in front of Nie Yan. There were at least seven or eight hundred Holy Knights on this list. With the power of the Holy Shadow Dancer title, he could recruit thirty Holy Knights to serve him. Of course, Nie Yan had to pay some remuneration after the work was completed, but the remuneration was very low, and it only cost a few thousand gold coins to recruit them for a few days.

Nie Yan looked at the attributes of these Holy Knights. Most of the Holy Knights were above level 120, and a few could reach level 150. They were all elite level, and their combat power was very strong.

Nie Yan recruited sixteen Holy Knights of level 150, and most of the other Holy Knights were above level 140.

After a while, a group of Holy Knights poured into the hall of the Holy Cathedral. Thirty people, six in a row and five in a column, all wearing silver-white uniform armor, moved in unison, like a well-trained small army. Their armor was very good, and each of these guys had at least two or three hundred thousand health points. Their combat power should be quite strong.

"Respected Holy Shadow Dancer, we are willing to serve you!"

"May the Holy Light be with you."

Each of these Holy Knights had a kind of fanaticism in their eyes. They absolutely trusted Nie Yan and respected Nie Yan's will. Nie Yan could order them to do anything, even commit suicide.

Tang Yao was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped when he saw so many Holy Knights. He asked: "Are they all your mercenaries?"

Damn, he hired more than thirty at once, and they were all elites of level 140 or 150. It was too perverted!

"Well, their combat power seems to be not bad. I just don't know how efficient they are when grinding monsters." Nie Yan glanced at these Holy Knights. Each of them was very strong and well-equipped.

Tang Yao thought for a while. From the beginning of the game, Nie Yan had given him one surprise after another. As time went on, his strength became stronger and stronger, but until now, he still had not seen through Nie Yan's strength. Tang Yao smiled slightly and said, "You guy are always so unexpected."

Xie Yao stood quietly next to Nie Yan. Seeing Tang Yao's surprised expression, she smiled slightly. She had long been accustomed to it.

Nie Yan completed the hiring and walked out of the Holy Cathedral with Xie Yao and Tang Yao.

Nie Yan glanced at the neat Holy Knight army behind him. It was too ostentatious to walk through the streets of Emerald City with these guys. Mercenaries hired from npCs were different from summons and could not be put away. This was more troublesome. Although these Holy Knights could not avoid the players' sight, they could!

Nie Yan asked the thirty Holy Knights to lead the way first. He, Xie Yao, and Tang Yao secretly followed behind, wearing cloaks.

The orderly formation of these thirty Holy Knights immediately attracted the attention of the players. It was really surprising to see such a team of Holy Knights in Emerald City.

"Could it be that the Holy Cathedral sent them to deal with the skeletons?"

"Maybe."

The players were talking about it. They did not notice Nie Yan, Xie Yao, and Tang Yao following behind this group of Holy Knights.

Nie Yan noticed that some players with strange expressions were following behind this group of Holy Knights. They were from the Sword of Divine Punishment!

Qin Han must have noticed these Holy Knights, and they should be taking some action.

However, Nie Yan was not worried. Even if they were ambushed when they left the city, with two Archmages, what was there to be afraid of! Archmages could use any magic to beat them into submission. Moreover, Emerald City was not the territory of the Sword of Divine Punishment alone. If a fight broke out, the Mad Battle Alliance could provide support at any time.

The thirty Holy Knights walked out of Emerald City along the street and headed east.

At this time, Emerald City had become a zone of white terror. Skeletons were wandering everywhere outside the city. Many players did not dare to leave Emerald City. Many people left Emerald City and went to other cities to level up. As a result, the popularity of Emerald City had dropped sharply recently, and it was much more desolate.

Nie Yan, Xie Yao, and Tang Yao were walking outside the city behind these Holy Knights. It was not long before a large number of skeletons appeared on the distant hillside, covering the mountains and plains, densely packed and endless, like a continuous tide.

Presumably, the Sword of Divine Punishment sent a large number of skeletons after locking on to the location of these Holy Knights. These guys were quick to act.

Nie Yan looked at Xie Yao and Tang Yao and said, "It's up to you this time. There are so many skeletons, it should be enough for us to grind to our heart's content."

"Yes." Xie Yao nodded.

"Don't worry, we'll kill as many as come. I'm just worried about not having a place to practice my skills." Tang Yao said excitedly, rubbing his fists and preparing to start.