Chapter 1 Enough to Shock Them

An eighth-level Maim was enough to shock them. If they knew Nie Yan also had tenth-level, eleventh-level, and fifteenth-level Kicks, who knew what their expressions would be like. What a shock they'd be in if they saw Nie Yan’s skill list!

“By the way, you should have had more than just one Maim skill just now,” Brilliant Knife Light said, looking at Nie Yan.

“An eleventh-level Spine Break, and a ninth-level Concussion...” Nie Yan said. Under the persistent questioning of Sun and the others, he simply shared his skill list.

Everyone was stunned. Nie Yan's skill list was so magnificent!

If it were just a single skill, that would be one thing, but he had more than a dozen skills above level eight or nine, the highest being a full level fifteen! It was outrageously strong. With so many formidable skills, he could probably fight a Lord of the same level. If he didn't run into a freak like the Venomous Mist Scorpion, Nie Yan might even be able to solo a level 100 Lord.

Eleventh-level Spine Break, tenth-level Backstab, tenth-level Counter, tenth-level Phantom Assassinate, tenth-level Instant Strike, seventh-level Backstab, eighth-level Maim, ninth-level Concussion, fifteenth-level Kick…

Any one of these skills would be enough to drive all players crazy. Maim, Concussion, and other skills were one thing, but he actually had a full five free skills, all without exception above level ten. Unless there was some special method, it was incredibly difficult to level up skills to this extent! According to the game's progress, it would probably take at least five or six years.

“Just glancing at your skill bar, we also want to go to that map to level up our skills,” Brilliant Knife Light said with emotion. Everyone probably wanted to go, but unfortunately, it was a special map that required a special quest to enter.

“A map for leveling skills...” Nie Yan suddenly thought of such a place. There was a map with an NPC specifically for training players' skill proficiency, which could greatly increase the speed at which players trained their skills. “When you reach around level 120, you can go to a map to level up your skills. The speed can be increased by about three times, and if your skills are good enough, it can be increased by more than eight times.”

That map was naturally much worse than the Realm of Illusion, but it was still pretty good.

Its geographical location was extremely hidden. In his past life, a player accidentally entered it. Later, after it became public knowledge, trouble ensued. The NPC only issued 500 quests each day, limited to 500 people taking the quests. There were quite a few disputes surrounding that NPC. The Victorious Return Empire controlled that map for a period, which caused fierce resistance from other guilds, and in the end, they could only let it go. It wasn't like the Victorious Return Empire discovered it; why should the Victorious Return Empire monopolize it?

If he could control that place at the fastest speed, the players of the Nirvana Flame would be in luck. Allowing Nirvana Flame’s players to level up their skills a bit higher would naturally lead to faster leveling and make it easier to pull ahead of others.

As for whether other guilds had opinions, Nirvana Flame was the first to discover the place and had the right to exclusive access. This was one of the rules the players tacitly agreed upon.

Hearing Nie Yan's words, the elite players all showed strong interest. Usually, when leveling up, they deeply felt that their skill levels were too low, which seriously restricted their development. They wanted to train their skills, but the speed was too slow, and training a single skill required a lot of time. If there were some shortcuts, they could speed up the process and not waste so much time.

Everyone suddenly felt passionate about leveling up. This group of people were the top players in the entire Greenland, and if they started leveling up, it would definitely be amazing.

After handling everything here, Brilliant Knife Light and the others prepared to continue going down into the Gryphon Woodlands. After all, air cavalry was still very important. If they could build a gryphon cage in Cripps Fortress, the development of Nirvana Flame’s air cavalry would be much faster.

Nie Yan had reached 78% of level ninety-seven and wanted to continue striving for level 100. He already felt that Shadow Dance was close at hand.

Brilliant Knife Light and the others left, and Nie Yan continued to level up.

As he approached level 100, leveling became increasingly difficult. Grinding ordinary monsters was no longer an effective way to level up. After thinking about it, Nie Yan locked onto a target.

With so many powerful skills, soloing some ordinary Lords above level 100 shouldn't be a problem, right?

Using a Return Scroll, he returned to Carol City. Nie Yan mounted the Darkwing Dragon and flew towards the mountains north of Carol City.

It was a pity that if the Darkwing Dragon killed a monster, the experience wouldn't go to Nie Yan. Otherwise, with the Darkwing Dragon's powerful attributes, if it were used for leveling, the speed would definitely be incredibly fast.

After the Darkwing Dragon flew for about twenty minutes, the undulating mountains below were covered with dense forests.

Nie Yan, riding the Darkwing Dragon, circled in the sky for a while, his eyes searching below. This should be Mount Solode in the Kulu Mountains. He spotted a wasteland on the mountainside, with no plants growing on it, and a large creature seemed to be active there.

That was it!

Nie Yan stowed the Darkwing Dragon and jumped down into the jungle below.

What spawned there was a creature called the White-Haired Behemoth. It was huge, almost the size of a Behemoth, but it was a herbivore with great strength, strong attacks, and thick skin. However, it only had physical attacks and no special skills. It was clumsy and relatively easy to deal with, so Nie Yan chose it as his target.

It was a level 110 Lord monster!

He had teamed up to grind the White-Haired Behemoth in his past life and had a thorough understanding of it.

The White-Haired Behemoth had a strong sense of territory. It would eat all the surrounding plants, creating a wasteland, and then dig a hole in the center of the wasteland to serve as its nest. If you saw a bare wasteland in the Solode Mountains, you could basically determine that a White-Haired Behemoth lived there.

This was Nie Yan's first time attempting to solo a Lord monster above level 100. Compared to other Lord monsters above level 100, the White-Haired Behemoth could be considered a relatively easy type to bully. Its strength was at most about the same as a level 100 Elite, just with more health.

With a thud, Nie Yan landed lightly and dashed through the trees, running towards the distance, gradually reaching the edge of the wasteland.

Nie Yan hid in a low bush, looking towards the center of the distant wasteland. As he thought, he spotted a White-Haired Behemoth.

The White-Haired Behemoth was a bit like a bear, covered in pure white fur without a trace of other colors, with a round body that made it difficult to even move.

Next, he would have to solo this beast. Nie Yan didn't dare to be too careless. He glanced at his backpack, and all the necessary items were prepared, including Agility Potions, Strength Potions, Acceleration Potions, and so on, all at least advanced or higher, and some were even master level. In addition to these potions that boosted his status, there were also some master-level instant recovery potions and advanced bandages that he could use at any time during combat.

Nie Yan found an open space and sat down, placing the Zennarde's Sword in front of him. He took out a bottle of emerald green potion from his backpack. This potion was contained in a very high-grade crystal bottle, and the green liquid inside was like crystal, clear and transparent, full of texture, emitting a green glow under the light.

Ordinary players might feel affection for such a potion, finding it hard to imagine that it was a deadly poison!

This emerald green potion was a potent poison specially made for Nie Yan by Di Diao De Nan Nan. Poisons were divided into two types: lethal poisons, which caused the opponent to lose health continuously, and slowing poisons, which greatly reduced the opponent's speed.

This potion was a lethal poison that could cause a large amount of poison damage, 500 points per second, for five minutes. Without a master-level antidote, it was basically incurable.

A full five minutes; this poison had a considerable duration. The cumulative damage could reach 150,000, which was quite staggering.

He took out some poison and carefully smeared it on Zennarde's Sword. The blade of Zennarde's Sword had an extra touch of shimmering green.

After getting everything ready, Nie Yan stood up, entered stealth, and slowly crept towards the White-Haired Behemoth's back.

The White-Haired Behemoth sat on the ground, grabbing thick branches and gnawing on them continuously. Only a sharp friction sound could be heard as the wood was ground into fragments by its sharp teeth. Some of it was swallowed, and a large pile of wood chips was scattered on the ground.

Getting closer and closer to the White-Haired Behemoth, only about five yards away, the White-Haired Behemoth still hadn't detected Nie Yan's presence. Just like in his past life, this guy's perception was quite weak.

Nie Yan could almost feel the scorching heat emanating from the White-Haired Behemoth.

He used a Detection skill on the White-Haired Behemoth to check its attributes. Its health was a full seven million, even more than the Venomous Mist Scorpion.

Storm Assault!

Nie Yan cast a buff on himself, and his speed increased dramatically. He pounced on the White-Haired Behemoth like a gust of wind, hitting it in the back with a Spine Break.

Before the White-Haired Behemoth could react, with a *poof*, Zennarde's Sword accurately pierced into the White-Haired Behemoth's back, burying half of it in the flesh, and blood spurted out.

Success. Nie Yan checked the White-Haired Behemoth's status: Crippled for 3 seconds.

Only 3 seconds. Nie Yan frowned. When he controlled the Venomous Mist Scorpion, the same eleventh-level Spine Break could last for a full 5 seconds. It seemed that the White-Haired Behemoth had a stronger resistance to control skills, which was a bit troublesome.

After thinking about it, the White-Haired Behemoth's movement speed was relatively slow. As long as he was quick enough and didn't make any mistakes, it shouldn't be a problem.

The White-Haired Behemoth had a touch of emerald green on its body. It was poisoned, and damage numbers of 500 floated above its head.

Doom!

Nie Yan used Doom on the White-Haired Behemoth. Once the five curses were applied, the White-Haired Behemoth's defense dropped sharply. Originally, Nie Yan couldn't do much damage to the White-Haired Behemoth, but after Doom was applied, Nie Yan's damage increased several times over. Normal attacks could reach more than a thousand, and skills could reach five or six thousand. His damage output was much higher than the White-Haired Behemoth's self-recovery speed.

Backstab! Eviscerate!

One after another, lethal skills were used, and the damage accumulated rapidly. The White-Haired Behemoth's health slowly dropped.