Chapter 1 He Is No Coward

Nie Yan had always been reluctant to use *Sheming Yiji* (Desperate Strike). The cooldown time for this skill was quite long, requiring two days to cool down completely. He had a quest to do next, which required this skill. However, a man lived for honor. If Nie Yan had his monster stolen and retreated without a word, he would be a coward!

Seeing Nie Yan rushing over, Ye Ying retreated from there, holding his dagger to meet Nie Yan.

Combat Stance!

Ye Ying activated Combat Stance. After a combat thief activated Combat Stance, attack speed increased by 30%, and attack increased by 20%. Their attacks could even surpass those of some Berserker Warriors. The only weakness was that they still only had leather armor defense.

With a crisp sound, the two daggers collided.

Nie Yan's dagger suddenly switched from backhand to forehand, the direction changing abruptly, like a nimble snake, bypassing Ye Ying's dagger and hitting Ye Ying. Everything happened in a flash. Ye Ying didn't even see what happened before he was hit and stunned.

Nie Yan's movements were extremely deceptive. This was a technique demonstrated by a group of Shadow Dancer Thieves in official videos in his previous life. By switching the direction of the dagger, they could confuse their opponents. When facing the enemy head-on, they could still successfully bypass the opponent's defense and stun them.

Back then, Nie Yan had practiced this technique tens of thousands of times in order to master it. If he encountered a Shadow Dancer Thief, this trick might not work, but it was more than enough to deal with the players in front of him.

Ju Zi and Cang Dao both believed that even if Ye Ying couldn't kill Nie Yan, he would definitely be able to hold on for a while. They never expected that Ye Ying would be stunned by Nie Yan in one exchange, which caught them off guard and shocked them.

A magic spell drew an arc in the sky, shooting towards Nie Yan.

Ju Zi's magic spell arrived just at this moment. If Nie Yan dodged, he would only give Ye Ying a chance to breathe again, just like the first encounter.

However, this time the situation was very different. During the first encounter, the Ghoul King's aggro was focused on Nie Yan. He didn't dare to act rashly and could only temporarily avoid the edge. But now, the Ghoul King's aggro was focused on Cang Dao. Ju Zi wanted to drive Nie Yan away with a single magic spell to save Ye Ying, but it wasn't that simple!

Nie Yan withstood Ju Zi's magic spell. With a bang, the Arcane Fireball exploded on Nie Yan, knocking off 130 points of his health.

Terrifying attack! Nie Yan's equipment was already considered very good, but he still lost so much health.

Nie Yan used Assassinate and Eviscerate, knocking off more than 180 points of Ye Ying's health. Bleeding damage of -10 floated above Ye Ying's head.

Combat Thieves have so much health! Ye Ying's health was as high as 520.

However, compared to Nie Yan's attack, it was still not enough!

Nie Yan went behind Ye Ying and used a Mutilate, shaking off a Polymorph scroll. However, his Polymorph scroll was not for Ye Ying, but for Cang Dao.

Cang Dao was just about to use Flame Slash on the Ghoul King when a white light fell on Cang Dao's head. Cang Dao's Flame Slash skill was interrupted, and he turned into a little lamb.

The Ghoul King's health was only 8% left. When the health was below 20%, it would activate the Bloodlust Frenzy effect, which included life steal in its attacks, so the health dropped relatively slowly. If Cang Dao and the others stopped attacking, the Ghoul King's health could slowly recover.

In order to rescue Ye Ying, Ju Zi's firepower had been concentrated on Nie Yan. Cang Dao had been polymorphed, so the Ghoul King's health stopped when it dropped to 3%. The Ghoul King attacked Cang Dao once, and its health recovered to 5%.

Cang Dao's Polymorph disappeared.

Nie Yan drank a bottle of instant recovery potion, and applied an Intermediate Combat Bandage on himself. With a bang, Ju Zi knocked off another 130 points of Nie Yan's health.

Nie Yan used Backstab and Rupture, knocking off 253 points of Ye Ying's health.

Ye Ying woke up from being mutilated, before he even had time to drink a health potion.

Die! Nie Yan used a Vital Strike, the dagger in his hand streaking across Ye Ying's neck like a meteor piercing the sun.

The last bit of Ye Ying's health was taken away, and with a thud, he fell to the ground.

Ju Zi was stunned. She obviously didn't expect Nie Yan's attack to be so fierce. In such a short exchange, he took away Ye Ying. She didn't even have time to cast a third attack spell!

Cang Dao recovered from the Polymorph state. Seeing the system message that Ye Ying had died, he was stunned for a moment. Seeing the Ghoul King pounce on him, he quickly parried. His health also dropped to more than two hundred under the Ghoul King's attacks.

Flame Slash!

Cang Dao finally swung his Flame Slash, and the great sword burning with flames struck the Ghoul King. The Ghoul King finally let out a shrill scream, and a soul floated out of its body, dissipating in the sky.

Nie Yan had just killed Ye Ying, and when he turned around, Cang Dao had already killed the Ghoul King. It was still one step too late, and the Ghoul King's experience was stolen!

Seeing the Ghoul King's experience, which he had worked so hard to reduce to a small portion of its health, being stolen, Nie Yan was furious.

Seeing that Ye Ying was killed, Cang Dao was also furious, and charged towards Nie Yan.

Once Cang Dao charged close and pinned him down, using Hamstring, Nie Yan would be finished.

In addition, Ju Zi's Arcane Fireball also flew over. Under the double attack, Nie Yan would undoubtedly die!

It's either you die or I die. Unless Cang Dao was killed, Nie Yan had no chance of survival!

*Sheming Yiji* (Desperate Strike)!

Nie Yan's health instantly dropped by 30%, reaching the brink of exhaustion, leaving only 11%. The dagger in his hand turned into a sharp flash of lightning, and electric snakes danced and shot in all directions. With a puff, it pierced Cang Dao's chest, and the rampant energy instantly pierced through his body.

-193.

A damage value floated up from Cang Dao's body, and Cang Dao's eyes were full of disbelief. He thought that his 193 points of health were enough to kill Nie Yan, because the average thief's attack would definitely not exceed 30 points of damage. His hard plate armor could easily block short weapons like daggers. As long as he charged up, one Hamstring would cripple Nie Yan, and one Wild Blade would kill him!

He died from his absolute confidence in the warrior's defensive ability and the equipment on his body.

Nie Yan's *Sheming Yiji* (Desperate Strike) was an anomaly!

He never expected that Nie Yan could explode with such high damage.

Almost in an instant, Ye Ying fell, and Cang Dao fell, leaving only Ju Zi. Despite having experienced countless battles, she did not expect the ending to be like this. Even her usually calm heart, which could remain calm even in the face of life and death, was now difficult to calm down.

At the moment of killing Cang Dao, Nie Yan rolled away, dodging Ju Zi's Arcane Blast.

With a bang, the Arcane Blast exploded, but it was a miss.

Nie Yan picked up the equipment dropped by Cang Dao, Ye Ying, and the Ghoul King, stood up, and looked directly at the woman named Ju Zi.

Ju Zi finally showed a panicked expression. Losing one level was a small matter, but if she died, her set would not be complete.

The psychological impact on her was enormous that only she was left after the other three died.

"I thought you were so powerful, what's wrong, are you scared now too?" Ju Zi had simply ignored his existence earlier. Nie Yan still remembered that arrogant and contemptuous expression. He walked towards Ju Zi step by step.

"It's not over yet, don't be too proud!" Ju Zi was still stubborn, raising her staff, but the superiority in her heart had vanished.

Skills like Banishment did have a good effect on thieves, but they only drove the thief away and could not threaten the thief's existence.

Ju Zi overestimated her strength. If it was really a 1v1, Nie Yan could easily play her to death!

She was wrong if she regarded Nie Yan as those thieves that she could easily kill with her high magic damage.

Ju Zi raised her staff and chanted a spell. Waves of magic gathered on the staff, and then emitted a bright blue color, dazzling and brilliant.

This woman actually has Arcane Presence!

Arcane magic, like Elemental Hall magic and Sanctuary magic, also had terrifying power. The Arcane Presence skill had a relatively short cast time, and the cooldown time was also two days. It could instantly reset the skill cooldown time of all Arcane Mages' skills to zero, lasting for three minutes. In other words, in such a short period of time, an Arcane Mage could release as many skills as they had magic, without worrying about the skill cooldown time. This skill was quite terrifying in single target attacks. As long as she had enough magic, she could release dozens of spells in a few dozen seconds.

She must not be allowed to fully unleash the power of Arcane Presence. Even Blood Bull-level Shield Warriors did not dare to face this terrible skill easily. Nie Yan used a Flash Bomb. With a bang, the strong light stimulated Ju Zi's pupils, and her pupils instantly became dark.

"Go to hell!" Ju Zi's expression instantly became ferocious, and waves of Arcane Fireballs shot out.

Tuk tuk tuk, tuk tuk tuk, countless Arcane Fireballs flew in the sky, like tongues of fire, hitting the open space in the distance, with a crackling explosion.

"Stupid woman, where are you aiming?" Nie Yan laughed. The place where he was standing was still intact, but the open space not far from him was devastated by Arcane Fireballs.

After a while, Ju Zi's eyes finally recovered.

"No more magic, right?" Nie Yan sneered. This arrogant woman should taste the bitter fruit. Although Arcane Presence was fierce, it was equivalent to bursting out all the damage in an instant, but after the burst, her magic was exhausted all at once.

Ju Zi stared at Nie Yan with resentment, like a defeated rooster, and said fiercely, "I will take revenge."

"You're welcome anytime. Forget it, let me send you back." In order to avoid being ambushed, Nie Yan was still very cautious. He rushed to Ju Zi and stunned her, putting her in a stunned state, then used Assassinate and Eviscerate, and a Vital Strike sent her back. Her health was much weaker than Ye Ying's.

After killing Ju Zi, Nie Yan picked up the things that fell on the ground, which was a level 10 staff for Arcane Mages.

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