“Nie Yan, are you really sure?” Yao Yao nudged Nie Yan’s arm with her elbow, her pretty face full of worry.

“Don’t worry, there won’t be any problems.”

Yao Yao’s actions weren’t excessive, but in Chen Bo’s eyes, they were overly intimate. The resentment in Chen Bo’s eyes deepened a few more points.

The twenty-man team slowly advanced into the depths of the jungle, with warriors and holy knights in the front, and magic-based classes in the rear. At Nie Yan’s special request, everyone maintained a distance of no more than two yards apart.

“Brother Chen Bo, why don’t you go ahead and scout the way?” A hint of hidden coldness flashed in the corner of Nie Yan’s eye. Chen Bo was a hypocritical and jealous person, and he would firmly remember even the slightest bit of hatred. He had offended Chen Bo by making him lose face, and even so, Nie Yan wasn’t afraid of him at all. With his meager skills, how could he possibly cause any trouble?

“You and I are both thieves, why should I go?” Chen Bo said coldly.

“I am the captain and need to command the team. How about I scout the way and leave the entire team for Brother Chen Bo to command?” Nie Yan provoked in return.

“No need, I want to see how you can clear an expert-level dungeon!” Chen Bo snorted coldly and walked forward, using his agile skills to start scouting the way.

Judging from Chen Bo’s movements, he could barely be considered above average, completely different from Nie Yan’s level.

Cold winds howled through the dark jungle from time to time, and a strange feeling, as if being watched, arose in Nie Yan’s heart. He keenly glanced at the shadows in the distance. Those were dark elves, guys who were good at hiding in the shadows and ambushing. You wouldn't be able to detect them unless your Perception was over 10.

Chen Bo groped forward, clearing the way for the others. The branches on both sides were lush, and the ground was covered with vines, like thick snakes lying across the ground, making it extremely difficult to move forward.

“Damn things!” Chen Bo kicked away a vine lying across the road. Unexpectedly, the vine wrapped around Chen Bo’s foot like a spiritual snake, hanging him upside down in mid-air. “Help!” Chen Bo screamed sharply.

A large tree standing beside the road suddenly came to life. Vines filled the sky, and the trunk grew eyes, a nose, a mouth, and a beard. It was actually a treant.

“It’s a Treant! Bai Kaishui, Jiaozi, attack from the right! Holy Knights, form a wall! Mages, full firepower!” Nie Yan calmly commanded. He had discovered the disguised treant when Chen Bo passed by the roadside, but he didn’t remind Chen Bo, letting the treant teach this guy who didn’t know how to advance or retreat a lesson.

Jiaozi, holding a wooden shield, rushed up from the right side. With a bang, a shield bash struck the treant's body horizontally.

The melee classes tightly surrounded the treant, and the magic classes in the rear fired in unison. Dozens of spells drew arcs in the air, hitting the treant with a series of "bang, bang, bang" sounds. The treant let out a miserable scream and turned into a pile of broken wood, falling to the ground. This treant was just an ordinary mob; how could it withstand such a dense attack?

Chen Bo was thrown into the air and landed on the ground with a thud, face-planting in the mud.

Seeing Chen Bo’s embarrassed appearance, everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

“What dropped?”

“Three copper coins.”

Chen Bo felt he had lost face and glared at Nie Yan, saying, “You did it on purpose, didn’t you?” Nie Yan must have discovered the treant in advance but didn’t remind him; otherwise, how could Nie Yan have commanded so calmly in such an emergency?

“Brother Chen Bo, you have to make it clear. I find it strange, you accidentally bumped into the treant yourself, what does it have to do with me?” Nie Yan looked at Chen Bo with a smile that wasn’t a smile. His expression seemed to say, I saw the treant before, but I just didn’t remind you. What can you do to me?

“Chen Bo, don’t be unreasonable,” Yu Lan scolded. She also couldn’t figure out whether Nie Yan had discovered the treant’s location beforehand.

“Tch, just my bad luck.” Chen Bo spat out the mud in his mouth and turned to leave.

“Brother Chen Bo, watch your step…” Nie Yan deliberately slowed down his speech by a few beats. He saw Chen Bo accidentally step on a trap in the forest, and a horizontal log swung over, hitting Chen Bo in the abdomen, sending him flying. With a thud, he fell face-first into the mud again. Fortunately, the thief's Reflex save was relatively high, so even if he stepped on a trap, the damage he received was much lower than other classes. However, even so, this trap had swept away most of Chen Bo’s health. Nie Yan slowly added a few sentences, “I told you to be careful, but you didn’t listen. As a thief, don’t you know how to avoid traps? I really don’t know how you became a thief. A successful thief can increase the team’s survival rate by more than 50%. Someone like you… Forget it, I won’t say it, lest I hurt your self-esteem.”

Chen Bo was repeatedly harmed and then heard Nie Yan ridiculing him like this. The fire in his eyes almost burst out.

Nie Yan fearlessly met Chen Bo’s gaze. He wasn’t a pushover. Since joining the team, he had been ridiculed by Chen Bo. If he could still swallow his anger, he wouldn’t be called Nie Yan.

“If you don’t have the skills, don’t try to be brave. Making such a mess, and you still want to blame others?” Tang Yao’s voice came slowly.

“Wasting that equipment on your body, any thief randomly pulled off the street would be better than you.” Huang Hun obviously stood on Nie Yan’s side as well. Chen Bo didn’t seem to have a good reputation in the team, and no one was willing to speak up for Chen Bo at this time.

“Nie Yan, did you know beforehand?” Yao Yao’s pretty face was full of doubt. Chen Bo was first thrown out by the treant and then stepped on a trap. It seemed that Chen Bo was just being careless.

“What does this have to do with me?” Nie Yan said with an innocent face.

“You’re full of bad ideas, who knows if you’re scheming behind his back,” Yao Yao whispered in Nie Yan’s ear. The soft voice, coupled with the faint fragrance in her ear, made Nie Yan feel a little refreshed.

“If I were Captain Yu Lan, I wouldn’t want a thief with such terrible skills. Ninety-nine out of a hundred thieves I know are better than you. Do you want me to teach you how to play thief?” The mocking meaning in Nie Yan’s tone was even more obvious.

If he determined that the other party was his enemy, after stepping on them, he would definitely step on them a few more times. This was Nie Yan’s character.

Chen Bo felt insulted, clenched his dagger, and looked as if he wanted to fight Nie Yan to the death.

Nie Yan played with the dagger in his hand, his nimble fingers twirling the dagger.

“My man’s skills aren’t good, making you laugh. Chen Bo was just careless when he stepped on the trap. As for scouting the way…” Chen Bo was ridiculed by Nie Yan like this, and Yu Lan, as the captain, also felt embarrassed, so she helped Chen Bo say a word.

“Then I’ll do it. It seems Brother Chen Bo can’t do it,” Nie Yan said. Since Yu Lan had spoken, he couldn’t tear down her face. In Yu Lan’s team, only Chen Bo was unbearable; the others were still easy to get along with.

“Then I’ll have to trouble you,” Yu Lan said. With this interruption, the atmosphere eased a bit.

Nie Yan quickly investigated the traps in the forest, exploring the road. His eyes swept through the trees, examining every possible place where traps could be set up extremely carefully. On a small path in the forest, a tree trunk was sticking out. After checking it, he suddenly understood.

Nie Yan reached out and touched the protruding branch, quickly retreating. He heard a few "嗖嗖嗖" sounds, and arrows shot over, hitting the tree trunk with a series of "笃笃笃" sounds.

He had already dodged, so these arrows naturally couldn’t hurt him.

One by one, the traps were cleared by Nie Yan. Yu Lan, Yao Yao, Huang Hun, and the others saw Nie Yan’s figure constantly shuttling through the forest, and they were secretly shocked. The efficiency with which this guy cleared traps was truly amazing. Along the way, none of them had touched a trap.

As a thief, clearing traps was his responsibility. This was determined by the thief’s class characteristics. At the same time, thieves also had an extra Reflex save bonus, so even if they stepped on traps, their chances of survival were more than 50% higher than other classes.

As a thief, Chen Bo could only act as a bystander in the middle of the team. Compared to Nie Yan, he seemed extremely embarrassing, so he had to pretend to be doing something, walking through the forest as if he were clearing traps. At this time, he understood the gap between him and Nie Yan, but he didn’t want to lose face. He sneered coldly in his heart, muttering with a sour tone, “So what if you play the game well? There’s nothing great about it.”