Fa Biao De Wo Niu
Chapter 179 Hellfire Cave
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Bang bang bang, dozens of spells exploded on Kuo Dao and the others. Five white lights flashed, and of the eight people, only three remained, and all three were left with only a sliver of health.
Two red-named players were killed, and their equipment littered the ground.
The remaining three were about to run, but dozens of shield warriors and berserkers rushed up from behind, blocking their path.
A siege without any suspense!
The difference in numbers was too great. The Triumph players didn't even have a chance to fight back.
"Thanks to the guild brothers!" Knight's Elegy said in the group chat. If it weren't for these brothers' help, they would have certainly died at the hands of the Triumph players.
"We've been holding a grudge against the Triumph people for a long time."
"One day we'll destroy them!"
"Brothers in the east report that Triumph people are heading this way, about three or four hundred of them!"
The people of the Niuren Tribe all changed color. They had just made a move here, and the Triumph people were already here. Their reaction was too fast.
"We must have a mole in our guild, otherwise they wouldn't have come so quickly!"
"Let's fight them!"
"It's too costly to fight them like this. Everyone should go back first," Knight's Elegy said. He was relatively calm. The executive president had warned them that now was not the time to fight Triumph.
"Pick up the equipment and go back first!" a more influential warrior said in the group chat.
Everyone read their return scrolls. White light flashed, and they all returned to the city.
A few minutes later, a large team from Triumph arrived, led by Netherflame.
"These guys run fast!" Netherflame cursed in frustration. Recently, these guys' information had become more and more accurate. Perhaps a mole had been mixed into Triumph as well.
"Netherflame, what do we do now?"
"What do we do? What else can we do? Go back and level up!"
Just because they didn't catch the Niuren Tribe people this time didn't mean it was over. The intense local friction made everyone feel the unease between the two major guilds. The Niuren Tribe had been suppressed and suffered far more losses than Triumph, only gaining some advantage in certain areas. However, the Niuren Tribe had been enduring, accumulating strength, waiting for a future eruption.
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The jungle was lush with greenery, full of wildflowers, as beautiful as a fairyland. One or two giant gold-armored beetles, waving their steel forks, flew through the forest. The colors on their backs were also dazzling. They roamed through the jungle, occasionally stopping to perch on the gray bark of trees.
Nie Yan's body was hidden in the jungle. He bypassed the flying gold-armored beetles, sneaked to the side of a tree, and found a locked silver treasure chest. He crouched down and began to use Pickpocketing to open the chest.
System: Treasure chest opening, 3%...37%...
System: You have opened a silver treasure chest. Pickpocketing skill gains 1 skill proficiency.
With a click, the treasure chest was opened. Nie Yan pulled out two items, both level 20 items: a silver warrior armor and a silver paladin's mace, with decent stats. Nie Yan threw the items into his backpack.
Perhaps the sound of Nie Yan opening the treasure chest disturbed the surrounding gold-armored beetles. Dozens of gold-armored beetles immediately waved their steel forks and charged towards Nie Yan.
These gold-armored beetles were all level 21 monsters, and such a large number made them very difficult to deal with.
Nie Yan activated Shadow Waltz and quickly disappeared from the monsters' field of vision, running away quickly.
The dozens of gold-armored beetles lost their target and returned to their wandering state.
Nie Yan shuttled through the jungle, running for more than ten minutes, and arrived at the foot of a mountain. He searched among the rocks for a long time, and finally found a locked silver treasure chest embedded in the rocks. He crouched down and continued to use Pickpocketing.
After a while, with a click, another treasure chest was opened.
He reached into the treasure chest and pulled out an item: the paladin's Minor Healing skill. This was a good item. Skill books and the like were only available to players with high guild contribution points.
Nie Yan put Minor Healing into his backpack.
"Nie Yan, are you there?" Guo Huai sent Nie Yan a message.
"What's up? Is something wrong?" Nie Yan entered stealth and ran quickly towards his next target.
"I want to apply for a few guild missions. I've collected more than ten gold coins, but it's still not enough."
"How much do you need?"
"About three gold coins."
"Go to the Starry Night Pharmacy and get ten gold coins," Nie Yan said. Applying for guild missions often required a lot of money. In the early stages of guild development, it was indeed a huge money-swallowing machine. Because of this, the guild's threshold was raised. If the funds were not in place, the guild would not be able to develop at all.
"Has Triumph been making any moves recently?"
"Small conflicts haven't stopped." Guo Huai told him about what happened to Knight's Elegy, Gan Zhe, and the others in the afternoon, and said, "It's a pity that four of them were killed. They were too impulsive."
Nie Yan thought for a moment. This kind of guild brawl was common among the major guilds. If a guild member was monster-stolen by someone and shouted in the guild chat for a long time and no one paid attention, then this guild was basically finished. This kind of mutual support should be encouraged. After this incident, those players who participated in the battle became more loyal to the guild.
"Four were killed, but they killed eight of them, including three red-named players. It's not a loss!" Nie Yan said with a smile, "Give each participating player 10 guild contribution points as a reward!"
"Are you sure? More than 100 players, that's more than 1000 guild contribution points!" Guo Huai said in surprise.
"I still think 10 guild contribution points is too stingy. Tell them that the guild is just starting to develop, and ask them to be considerate!" Nie Yan said.
In fact, 10 guild contribution points was not a small amount for ordinary players, because in the Niuren Tribe, 200 guild contribution points could be exchanged for very good silver equipment. They had to donate a lot of herbs, materials, and other items to donate 10 guild contribution points.
The Niuren Tribe took the herbs donated by the players to the pharmacy to make potions, sold the potions to exchange for money to purchase equipment to enrich the guild warehouse, and the equipment in the guild warehouse could be exchanged from the guild members for more materials and items. This was a circular economy, and the Niuren Tribe's guild warehouse was rapidly growing, so Nie Yan was generous and confident.
"I think they must be going crazy," Guo Huai said with a smile.
"Then I'll go and get busy," Nie Yan said. He was approaching the Hellfire's lair.
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The Niuren Tribe's guild group chat was discussing today's events enthusiastically.
"What should we do with the equipment that was dropped?" Gan Zhe asked.
"Of course, we'll auction it in the guild for guild contribution points and everyone will split it equally," Knight's Elegy said firmly. If it weren't for these brothers today, they would have been killed. People can't forget their roots.
Gan Zhe also nodded and said, "But we have to give Douzi and the others a little more because they lost a level and a piece of equipment."
"Yeah."
"Thank you everyone for today. Now we will start auctioning the equipment we got today. First is the warrior silver equipment dropped by the Wild Boar Leader."
The guild group chat suddenly became lively.
"I bid 79 guild contribution points!"
"I bid 120 guild contribution points!"
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This silver equipment was not particularly good, and it was finally sold for 130 guild contribution points. Then Knight's Elegy started auctioning other equipment. The equipment dropped by the red-named players was all good, and it was exchanged for about 1860 guild contribution points, which were evenly distributed to the brothers who participated in the event.
"Since there are a lot of people, everyone's contribution value is a little less, please don't mind."
"It's okay, Knight, you're too serious. We just went to join in the fun. I don't want my contribution value. I didn't even cast a spell there, and I came back after using a return scroll."
"Haha."
Kind laughter came from the guild group chat.
"Next time we encounter Triumph, if there is an event, we can't hide it. Shout in the guild group chat, and everyone will crush them together!"
Knight's Elegy felt warm in his heart. It was too enjoyable to be in this guild.
"Have you guys laughed enough?" Guo Huai appeared with a stern face.
The atmosphere in the guild stagnated.
"Windy Snail."
"Boss."
"What you did today was too impulsive. You lost four brothers for a piece of equipment. They didn't have to die!"
The guild members were silent, but in their opinion, it was okay to die. Silver equipment was more valuable. Seeing that Guo Huai was about to get angry, they didn't dare to argue with Guo Huai.
"However, it is commendable for other guild members to rescue a guild member in trouble. Therefore, Nielian has decided to reward each of you with 10 guild contribution points. The guild has just started, so don't think it's too little." Seeing that he had deterred the guild members, Guo Huai smiled slightly.
"Long live Nielian!"
"Long live Executive President!"
A cheer erupted in the guild. 10 guild contribution points was already a lot. More importantly, this was an approval from Nielian and the others.
After a little calculation, there were more than 100 players present. Nielian gave each person 10 guild contribution points, which was more than 1000 points, equivalent to five pieces of level 10 silver equipment. This was still considered little? They were speechless.
Nielian's actions were very popular. In Nie Yan's opinion, money was secondary. If he could buy people's hearts, it was worth it. In the future, if there was a group of players who were absolutely loyal to the Niuren Tribe, even if there were only 10,000, they would be more valuable than more than 100,000 ordinary guild members. The Furious Warriors Alliance was a clear example.
The discussion in the guild slowly subsided, and the players continued to devote themselves to the tense task of leveling up.
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System: You have discovered the Hellfire Cave.
Nie Yan looked at the outside of the cave. The outside had been burned to a charred black, and no living things grew. Rolling hot air surged from inside the cave, and flames occasionally burst out from inside the cave.
Nie Yan drank a bottle of intermediate fire resistance potion from the Starry Night Pharmacy, and looked at his own fire resistance status. It had increased by nine points, lasting for five minutes, which was enough. His body slowly disappeared, and he sneaked into the cave.