Chapter 1 The Failed Attempts

After failing six or seven times in a row, losing dozens of skeleton warriors, Nie Yan still hadn't succeeded.

It seemed the success rate of Undead Sacrifice was also affected by level. Nie Yan searched the official website for Undead Sacrifice and actually found some information on it, which was quite rare. There was a list stating that when commanding undead of the same level, the success rate was 20%. For every level the undead was higher than the player, the success rate would decrease by about 1%. Against leaders and elites, the success rate would also decrease. If the undead's level exceeded the player's level by more than 20, there was basically no chance of success.

Because it was his first time encountering this type of skill, Nie Yan didn't understand it very well. It seemed checking the official website was still very helpful.

The Bone Kodos was a Level 23 Leader, so it was normal for the success rate to be low.

If he couldn't successfully recruit a Bone Kodos, then Nie Yan's subsequent plans would be impossible to implement.

Time passed little by little. Nie Yan felt a sense of frustration rising in his heart. The only thing worth celebrating was that his experience was steadily increasing. Leveling up here wasn't bad either.

Nie Yan had already lost count of how many skeleton warriors he had lost. The twenty-seventh, or maybe the twenty-eighth? He repeatedly commanded the skeleton warriors to tank the Bone Kodos for him, then circled around to the back to cast Undead Sacrifice.

He sent another skeleton warrior slowly approaching the Bone Kodos, raising its battle axe and charging towards it.

The Bone Kodos was provoked by the skeleton warrior and pounced on it in a rage.

With a bang, the skeleton warrior was sent flying.

Undead Sacrifice!

Nie Yan cast Undead Sacrifice on the Bone Kodos, habitually preparing to retreat, when he suddenly noticed that the Bone Kodos in front of him had undergone some changes. Success? Nie Yan quickly pulled up the system prompt, which indeed confirmed his success.

Nie Yan manipulated the Bone Kodos, and it moved, then walked towards him!

Finally, he succeeded!

Having the first Bone Kodos was a good start.

Commanding the Bone Kodos might take a long time, so Nie Yan thought for a moment and decided to level up here.

"Where are you?" Nie Yan sent a message to Tang Yao, asking.

"I'm leveling up with Yu Lan and the others," Tang Yao replied. Recently, he had become quite familiar with Yu Lan and the others, occasionally running a dungeon or two. Under Nie Yan's guidance, the Yu Lan team's equipment was getting better and better, and they could even visit the Sunken Magus Camp occasionally.

"Return to town," Nie Yan said. He could only bring Tang Yao alone; he couldn't possibly bring the entire Yu Lan team.

"Okay, I have to tell them first," Tang Yao said.

A few minutes later, Tang Yao sent a message back to Nie Yan: "I'm in town, where are you?"

"Go to the teleportation array, teleport to the Dead Realm Gate, Hems. The teleportation fee is 20 silver coins, do you have enough money?" Nie Yan asked.

"Dead Realm Gate, Hems? Isn't that a Level 20 map? What are you doing there?" Tang Yao was shocked. Going to a Level 20 map at this level was suicide.

"Just come over!" Nie Yan said.

"Okay, I don't have enough money here, wait a moment." Nie Yan asking him to go must mean there was something to do. Out of trust for Nie Yan, Tang Yao didn't ask any further questions.

"If you don't have enough money, I'll have someone send you some," Nie Yan said. If it really didn't work, he would have to borrow some from Ban Xing De Hu Li first.

"No need, I'm only a little short. I can borrow some from my dad's subordinates."

"Alright, hurry over then."

Nie Yan continued to look for the next target, still using the skeleton warriors to attract the Bone Kodos' attention in order to command them. If he let Bone Kodos #1 tank, it would kill the Bone Kodos in a short amount of time, making it impossible to cast Undead Sacrifice for a long time.

Without casting Undead Sacrifice dozens of times, the possibility of successfully commanding a Bone Kodos was very low.

Undead Sacrifice!

Under the skeleton warrior's distraction, the Bone Kodos didn't notice Nie Yan approaching from behind, and he successfully cast Undead Sacrifice again.

To his surprise, this time it was successful. Probability was a fickle thing; sometimes you wouldn't encounter it even after dozens or hundreds of tries, and other times you'd encounter it after only one or two.

Nie Yan successfully controlled the second Bone Kodos. The two gigantic Bone Kodos were like dinosaurs from ancient times, with thick limbs, huge skeletons, and three sharp horns on their heads. Emerald green ghostly flames danced in their eye sockets.

With two giant Bone Kodos, Nie Yan's leveling speed would be much faster.

"I'm at Hems, where are you?" Tang Yao sent a message to Nie Yan, asking.

"I'll be there in a moment," Nie Yan said, leading the two Bone Kodos and two skeleton warriors towards the teleportation array.

After a while, Nie Yan saw Tang Yao waiting next to the teleportation array.

"Whoa, are these all your summoned creatures?" Tang Yao was shocked to see the two Bone Kodos and two skeleton warriors beside Nie Yan.

"Yeah, let's go, I'll take you leveling."

"No wonder you level up so fast, you're already Level 9. You scared me when you first came, I thought those two Bone Kodos were monsters. Leveling with these big guys must be very fast," Tang Yao said in surprise.

"Not bad," Nie Yan smiled. His leveling speed wasn't due to these Bone Kodos.

"Where's your Arcane Sprite?"

"It's behind me, a little shy."

Only then did Nie Yan see a small blue sprite following behind Tang Yao, chubby but not clumsy, with a round head like a little boy, very cute. Tiny blue specks of light swirled around it.

"Blur, blur." The Arcane Sprite blew out some small blue bubbles from time to time, floating in the sky.

As long as the Arcane Mage protected the Arcane Sprite from being killed, he could obtain endless magic power from it, which was very satisfying, especially when there were many high-damage spells. He could cast spells to his heart's content without worrying about mana, and the skill cooldown time would also be greatly reduced, allowing him to prepare quickly.

However, in a duel, the Arcane Sprite was easily targeted by the enemy, so it was very impressive to raise an Arcane Sprite to Level 3. To raise it to Level 5, the player's skills had to be very good, and they couldn't have any powerful enemies.

"What are the stats of a Level 1 Arcane Sprite?" Nie Yan asked.

"Magic recovery speed +200%, all magic skill cooldown time -30%, all magic chanting time -30%."

"That's pretty good." In fact, Nie Yan was also shocked. Arcane Sprites were indeed overpowered. "Try to avoid PK as much as possible in the future. If the Arcane Sprite dies, it'll be a big loss."

Tang Yao thought for a moment and nodded, "Understood." But in his heart, he was thinking that he would never participate in a PK unless he was 100% sure of winning. It was fine to bully those who were weaker, but having such an overpowered thing as an Arcane Sprite and not being able to PK was too tragic. He would be itching to do so.

Nie Yan smiled wryly. He understood Tang Yao's personality. Even though he agreed so readily now, he definitely didn't mean it. The only way was to improve Tang Yao's strength as quickly as possible so that he had enough strength to protect himself and could retreat safely even if he encountered a master.

"Let's go," Nie Yan said, heading to the Bone Kodos' respawn area, letting his Bone Kodos tank while he occasionally cast Undead Sacrifice on the side. If Undead Sacrifice didn't succeed, he would just kill it directly.

System: Your party has killed a Bone Kodos Leader. Extra-level monster killing experience bonus +2300%, gaining 28290 experience.

Looking at the experience bar that had skyrocketed, Tang Yao was stunned. He followed behind Nie Yan and hadn't done anything yet. Nie Yan commanded two giant Bone Kodos and took care of a wandering Bone Kodos. The experience value soared from 62% to 73%.

This speed was too insane.

When he was with Yu Lan and the others, using Meteor Strike to level up, it only took them nearly half an hour to level up by 6%.

"Don't stray too far from me," Nie Yan said, picking up the loot dropped by the Bone Kodos and continuing to manipulate the Bone Kodos to find the next target.

"Leveling up so fast! What did you get?"

"A gem of luck."

"Wow, lucky." A gem of luck was worth five silver coins. In Tang Yao's opinion, this was already a great fortune. The 20 silver coins he spent to teleport from Calore City made him resentful, and spending those 20 silver coins left him so poor that he only had his underwear left.

Nie Yan suddenly remembered that Tang Yao didn't seem to have much money left, but this time he should be able to earn a lot.

"You pick up the loot, just give me what I need, and you can sell the rest," Nie Yan said. He didn't lack this little bit of money, and dealing with equipment was too much trouble.

"You don't want it?"

"I'm not short of money."

"I know you're rich, so I won't be polite," Tang Yao said with a grin. They were childhood friends who grew up together, so being polite with each other would only create distance.

After a while, a white light landed on Tang Yao's head, and Tang Yao leveled up.

"Damn, this leveling speed is like riding a rocket," Tang Yao looked at the experience bar, which had already risen to 5% of Level 7. Staying here for two days would probably be enough to reach Level 9.

"Did you pick up anything good?"

"A Level 20 silver equipment, a Paladin skill book, I don't know how much I can sell it for, plus two silver coins and a gem of luck," Tang Yao said after looking at it.

"Give me the gem of luck, and sell the other things," Nie Yan said. He looked at it and saw that the Paladin skill was actually Gag, "Sell this Gag skill book, but don't let it go for less than 50 silver coins."

"It's worth that much?" Tang Yao was shocked. "Let's split the money we get from selling this skill book." Tang Yao felt that Gag was too valuable. Nie Yan might not care about one or two silver coins, but this was a whole 50 silver coins!

"No need," Nie Yan said with a smile, nonchalantly, "It's only 50 silver coins." It wasn't even enough to fill Nie Yan's teeth.

What do you mean by only 50 silver coins! Those 20 silver coins had already drained him dry. How much money did Nie Yan actually have?

(There will be another chapter tonight, a full-force burst of 12,000 words for monthly tickets!!! The monthly ticket ranking is still in the top ten, let's witness the miracle of online games novels with Fa Biao De Wo Niu!!)