Braniger blocked the entrance to the stone chamber, preventing the skeleton warriors behind him from getting out. In the confined space, Braniger couldn't cast spells effectively, and he was easily interrupted by attacks, so he had to resort to attacking with his staff.

After advancing to Archmage, magic-based units could imbue themselves with certain status effects, granting them some melee ability, but only about a tenth of their magical power.

In fact, melee ability was very important for mages when fighting monsters. If they ran out of mana and the monster had only a sliver of health left, they could only whack the monster to death with their staff.

Braniger's melee ability was quite strong, especially with the staff he wielded.

Braniger slammed his staff into Leffers' chest, sending him flying backwards.

Seeing the situation was bad, Nie Yan suddenly burst forward and lunged at Braniger.

Seeing Nie Yan rushing at him, Braniger waved his staff, and a scorching meteor smashed down towards Nie Yan.

Windwalk!

Nie Yan used Windwalk to dodge Braniger's attack, and the dagger in his hand stabbed towards Braniger's forehead.

Stun!

Nie Yan's stun skill was very high. If he could control Braniger, everything would be easy.

Braniger glanced at Nie Yan, a hint of disdain on his face. He waved his staff, and a powerful banishing force swept towards Nie Yan.

Halfway through his charge, an invisible force struck Nie Yan, lifting him off the ground and sending him flying backwards.

"What a powerful banish!"

The Banish skill could only push ordinary players five yards away; the strength of Braniger's Banish was on a completely different level.

Nie Yan activated Death Immunity, finally resisting the effects of the Banish and landing back on the ground.

Nie Yan used Shadow Dance, his body transforming into multiple illusory images.

Annoyed by Nie Yan, Braniger kept waving his staff, smashing it down. Boom, boom, boom, the ground was ravaged, rubble flew, and giant pits were left behind.

Braniger's health had been reduced to only about 3% under the powerful Holy Light.

Although Nie Yan couldn't get close enough to Braniger to control him, he bought some time. The Golden Land Dragon and Leffers gradually got up from the ground. Leffers waved his Paladin greatsword, and beams of white light fell on him and the Golden Land Dragon, and they charged towards Braniger.

After exiting the stone chamber, Braniger became incredibly powerful. He unleashed spells, and the powerful firepower suppressed the Golden Land Dragon and Leffers, causing their health to drop rapidly. If Leffers hadn't frantically healed, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold on.

Seeing the immensely powerful Braniger, Nie Yan frowned. The firepower was too intense; the Golden Land Dragon and Leffers were having trouble holding on.

He had to think of something!

He gave the Golden Land Dragon an order, and the Golden Land Dragon suddenly accelerated, charging fiercely towards Braniger.

Braniger waved his staff, and fireballs spewing flames shot at the Golden Land Dragon.

The Golden Land Dragon's health was instantly reduced by more than half. Leffers waved his greatsword, and healing spells landed on the Golden Land Dragon. The Golden Land Dragon finally withstood the attack and charged to Braniger's side, clawing down at him, interrupting Braniger's spellcasting.

Dragon Breath!

A breath of dragon fire blasted Braniger, causing him to stagger back. He furiously attacked the Golden Land Dragon.

After activating Vanish, Nie Yan slowly snuck behind Braniger, getting closer and closer.

The Golden Land Dragon's attack successfully attracted Braniger's attention; he didn't notice Nie Yan approaching.

Braniger waved his staff, and white magical elements swirled and danced at the top of the staff, scattering snowflakes.

The ice magic elements in the air fluctuated violently, and the air temperature suddenly dropped several degrees.

Just as Braniger was about to cast his spell, the Golden Land Dragon suddenly pounced, using Rend to interrupt Braniger's spell momentarily. Braniger was still chanting the spell; his magic wasn't completely interrupted.

Seeing Braniger's spell about to be released, Nie Yan suddenly erupted, casting Gale Assault on himself, his speed increasing sharply. The dagger in his hand used Backstab, stabbing towards Braniger's back.

Braniger was chanting a spell, so he couldn't dodge when Nie Yan pounced on him.

With a muffled thud, Braniger's body froze, and he fell into a Crippled state. The ice magic elements gathered on the staff dissipated.

Success! Nie Yan was ecstatic. He could control Braniger for at least seven or eight seconds.

That was enough!

The Golden Land Dragon and Leffers instantly unleashed their highest damage output. Taking advantage of this time, Nie Yan also frantically dealt damage. Doom was ineffective against Braniger, so he used high-damage skills!

Hellish Execution!

The Zennarde's Sword in Nie Yan's hand turned red, and he swung it down on Braniger's back. The sharp Zennarde's Sword cut through him like butter. Braniger's health finally bottomed out, and with a bang, he fell to the ground.

Ding! A crisp system notification sounded in his ears. Nie Yan checked his level and found that he had reached level 100. Braniger gave much more experience than he had expected.

If he found the Abak Set components left here, he could do the Saint Shadow Dancer advancement quest, Nie Yan thought.

The Golden Land Dragon also leveled up to level 90 and learned a skill called Fiery Storm, a group attack spell.

After carefully studying the data for Fiery Storm, Nie Yan was secretly surprised. The skill seemed very powerful; he had to find a chance to test it.

He searched under Braniger's body, but he didn't drop anything for Nie Yan. He searched in the stone chamber for a long time, but there was nothing. Nie Yan couldn't help but feel depressed. Braniger was such a high-level Lord, but he didn't drop anything. It was too unreasonable.

Unfortunately, no matter how he searched, there was nothing to be gained. When he walked out of the stone chamber, Pharaoh Braniger's body slowly melted, turning into ashes. Nie Yan saw a phantom floating out of Pharaoh Braniger's body and slowly disappearing into the Holy Spirit Mark on Nie Yan's left hand.

The Holy Spirit Mark had the ability to collect souls, which might be a quest clue. Nie Yan didn't bother with it for the time being.

Pharaoh Braniger's body had been purified by him. Nie Yan checked his title and found that the Intermediate Demon Hunter title had reached 35%, which was quite fast.

Killing Pharaoh Braniger only gave experience points and no loot, which disappointed Nie Yan greatly.

Nie Yan sat down to eat bread to restore health. The Golden Land Dragon and Paladin Leffers' health and mana also gradually returned to full.

Should he open the remaining golden stone door?

After considering it, he decided to open it. Even if he encountered another pharaoh, there was nothing to be afraid of; at worst, it would be another brawl.

Nie Yan walked to the golden stone door and slowly pushed it open. The layout inside was exactly the same as the stone door he had opened before. In the center was a huge golden coffin. As before, Nie Yan pressed the button on the golden coffin, and the golden coffin slowly opened.

He was ready to fight, expecting a powerful Boss like Pharaoh Braniger to emerge from this coffin as well. However, unexpectedly, the golden coffin was empty; there was no corpse. In the center of the golden coffin, a treasure chest was quietly placed. The treasure chest was not large, cast from molten gold, and firmly embedded in the bottom of the golden coffin.

He checked the level of the treasure chest and found that it was actually a Sub Legendary-grade chest.

Nie Yan secretly rejoiced. If he hadn't decided to open this stone door just now, he might have missed this Sub Legendary-grade chest.

A total of two golden stone doors, one was a punishment, and the other was a reward. Nie Yan was unlucky enough to open the stone chamber where Pharaoh Braniger was lying first. If the Golden Land Dragon and Paladin Leffers hadn't been strong enough, Nie Yan would have been killed. If it had been an ordinary player team, without a powerful enough Divine Swordsman, releasing Pharaoh Braniger would have definitely led to a wipe.

Even if a player team managed to kill Pharaoh Braniger, after struggling for so long without gaining any rewards, they probably wouldn't open the remaining golden stone door.

Nie Yan was an exception. After opening the Pharaoh Braniger's chamber, he still dared to open the remaining stone door.

He lowered his head and began to open the treasure chest.

System: Treasure chest opening in progress, completion 12%...35%...

With a click, the treasure chest was opened. Nie Yan reached inside and pulled out a skill book.

This skill book was different from ordinary skill books. It was about a finger thick, made of some special material, and the edges were sewn with fine dark gold threads, making it extremely delicate. Every detail was perfect.

Judging from its appearance, this skill book was much higher level than any skill book Nie Yan had seen before.

Seeing this skill book, Nie Yan couldn't help but exclaim, "It's a top-tier profession skill book!"

He wondered which class it was for, hoping it was for a Thief!

Nie Yan couldn't wait to open the pages of the skill book. Ancient words appeared before his eyes, written in Ancient Common Language, with the words "Release, Shadow Dance Skill" written on it.

It was a Shadow Dance skill!

Nie Yan's heart pounded. This skill book could only be learned after successfully transiting to Shadow Dancer. He had only heard about Shadow Dance skills in his previous life and had never seen one. He didn't have the strength to obtain such top-tier items. Shadow Dance skills were very rare. It was already good enough for a Shadow Dancer to collect one or two of them. As long as they mastered one Shadow Dance skill and perfectly displayed it, they would be very powerful.

He wondered what the effect of the Release skill was. Nie Yan calmed his excited mood, opened the Release skill description, and started reading.