Chapter 1 Team Status

"How's the team doing?" Nie Yan messaged Brilliant Knife Light. Aside from providing some information to Brilliant Knife Light and the others, it had been a long time since he'd asked about the guild's elite team. In fact, he had a lot of confidence in Brilliant Knife Light, Big Brother Seven, and the others.

"Not bad. We cleared the Shadow Swamp dungeon on Normal difficulty," Brilliant Knife Light replied. With the information Nie Yan provided, their progress far exceeded that of the elite teams of the other large guilds. They were all surprised where Nie Yan had gotten the information. Maybe it was just some inside scoop he had picked up somewhere.

"How's the cooperation with your teammates?"

"Big Brother Seven and Forgotten are both skilled. Yi Yan is also very powerful. The others are all elites. Nirvana's Flame can truly be called a place of talent." Brilliant Knife Light said. It was hard to imagine how Nie Yan had gathered this group of people together. Back in Soaring Triumph, he and Hei Zhuo were the strongest, while the others were mediocre at best. After joining Nirvana's Flame, he suddenly realized that many of his teammates were just as strong as him. It was so enjoyable to raid dungeons with these people.

While the elite teams of the various large guilds were still trying to clear the Shadow Swamp, Brilliant Knife Light and his team had already cleared it on Normal difficulty and were now exploring the Hard difficulty version. All the equipment they replaced went into the guild warehouse, greatly increasing the strength of the dozen or so second-tier teams below them, who were also working hard on the Shadow Swamp.

These people were considered elites in the entire Calore. After forming a team and getting used to each other, how much energy could they unleash? Nie Yan was also waiting to see.

"Some more brothers from Soaring Triumph have followed me over here, about three thousand of them. They've all joined Nirvana's Flame. However, it's still hard to say whether there are any of Hei Zhuo's people among them." Brilliant Knife Light said. After all, these people had only come over later, and had been following Hei Zhuo for so long, so it was hard to guarantee that they didn't have other ideas. However, the vast majority of the brothers were slowly integrating into Nirvana's Flame.

"Don't worry, I'll have Little Bug and Wind Chaser Snail pay more attention. Even if there are, they won't be able to stir up much trouble," Nie Yan said with a smile. Could they possibly incite the players below them in Nirvana's Flame to rebel? The people who came over from Soaring Triumph wouldn't even be able to make a ripple in Nirvana's Flame.

Every day, a large number of players joined Nirvana's Flame. Nie Yan couldn't help but feel some anticipation for what Nirvana's Flame would become.

In his previous life, Soaring Triumph was considered a large guild. It was hard to say this time. Would it be directly destroyed because of Nirvana's Flame?

"How many people are left in Soaring Triumph now?" Nie Yan asked.

"About twenty or thirty thousand. I know Hei Zhuo. He's still somewhat capable. Although so many people have left the guild, it hasn't had too much of an impact on Soaring Triumph." Brilliant Knife Light said. He was too embarrassed to mention the little things between him and Hei Zhuo.

Soaring Triumph still had twenty or thirty thousand people, and their strength was still decent, but for the current Nirvana's Flame, it was nothing. Nirvana's Flame was still in a period of rapid development. Soaring Triumph would soon be left far behind by Nirvana's Flame, and eventually wouldn't even be able to see its shadow.

"You guys continue to raid dungeons. If you need anything, tell Wind Chaser Snail," Nie Yan said. Nirvana's Flame had strong financial resources. If the guild's elite team needed anything, as long as it was within a reasonable range, they would almost always get it.

System: Player Wu Feng has deposited 3 Superior Fire Mother Crystals and 10 Superior Magic Sandalwood in your warehouse.

The things that Guo Huai had bought had already arrived at the warehouse. Nie Yan went to the guild warehouse to retrieve the items, and then went to the Starry Night Potion Shop to withdraw fifty gold coins. He headed towards the Senior Blacksmith Kady in Calore.

Walking along the familiar streets, Nie Yan remembered the first pot of gold he had earned by collecting bat teeth. At that time, he was still busy earning a few silver coins. Half a month had passed, and now he owned countless pieces of golden land, had become the behind-the-scenes boss of the Starry Night Potion Shop, and was the helmsman of the emerging guild Nirvana's Flame.

The twists of fate were truly mysterious.

Nie Yan walked into Kady's blacksmith shop. Kady's blacksmith shop had been upgraded to level two, and was much more spacious than before.

"Respected Demon Hunter, what do you need?" Kady immediately became respectful after seeing Nie Yan. The hierarchical system in Calore was extremely strict. Kady was just a senior blacksmith. If he showed the slightest disrespect to Nie Yan, who had the title of Demon Hunter, he would be taken to the Inquisition to be branded, even if he knew Nie Yan.

"I want to forge two items. The first is the Severing Blade. These are the fragments of the Severing Blade." In any case, with the identity of a Demon Hunter, Nie Yan didn't need to do things like bargain like ordinary players.

"It costs fifty silver coins to synthesize a Severing Blade. You can enjoy a 40% discount, which is thirty silver coins." The blacksmith Kady said, taking the twenty fragments of the Severing Blade and starting to forge.

A warrior entered Kady's blacksmith shop and was stunned when he saw the blacksmith Kady being so respectful to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan glanced at the warrior, who looked to be in his late twenties, wearing a good set of metal armor that concealed its brilliance, but still revealed some extraordinary qualities. He used Greater Insight on the warrior. The warrior was called Fallen into Samsara. He had never heard of him.

"Hey, brother, hello." Fallen into Samsara walked over and greeted Nie Yan.

"Hello." Nie Yan nodded. He didn't want to have too much interaction with strangers.

"You're here to forge equipment, right? That blacksmith Kady seems very respectful to you. I have some materials here and I want him to help me forge a weapon. Can you help me bargain?" Fallen into Samsara asked. Through bargaining, players could get a maximum discount of 10% from NPCs. The success rate of bargaining was related to the player's respect value, and some had bargaining skills that also had an effect.

Bargain? Nie Yan showed an embarrassed expression. He had always hated bargaining with NPCs.

"The forging fee for my weapon is seven gold coins. If the bargaining is successful, I can get a discount of 70 silver coins, and I can give you half of it." Fallen into Samsara explained, seeing that Nie Yan looked a little impatient.

Generally, anything that required a forging fee of 7 gold was a super-grade item, but such a small amount of money was nothing to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan casually said, "If you're willing to give me these materials, I can directly get Kady to give you a 40% discount."

Fallen into Samsara looked at Nie Yan warily. Did this person want to take the opportunity to trick him out of his materials?

Nie Yan didn't want to say anything more. Kady was busy by the furnace, sweating profusely. After working for a while, he finally finished forging the Severing Blade and walked towards Nie Yan with it.

"Respected Demon Hunter, the Severing Blade has been forged." The blacksmith Kady handed the Severing Blade to Nie Yan.

This was a sharp dagger, about seven inches long, with sharp serrations all over the blade. This structure could easily break through the opponent's armor, causing continuous bleeding damage.

Holding it in his hand, the weight was just right, and a sense of familiarity surged up. In his previous life, he had been using this dagger from level thirty-nine to level sixty.

Severing Blade (Dark Gold grade Charged Weapon, Special Item): Main hand weapon, Strength 120, Agility 100, Requires Willpower 20 points.

Attributes: Attack 206-229, 10% chance to penetrate armor, an additional 10% bleeding damage when casting skills, lasting 5 seconds. Comes with skill: Detonate, inject energy into the opponent's body and explode, gaining additional bonus damage. Charge 0/100.

Attack Speed: 2.9

Weight: 5 pounds.

Restriction: Can be used by thieves of all factions.

This dagger was the most powerful weapon before level 50. Whether it was armor penetration or bleeding, it was very deadly. Especially the last skill, Detonate, which was very powerful even when dealing with Bosses, because the Detonate damage ignored armor.

Charged weapons generally required willpower. If there was not enough willpower, using the weapon forcefully would cause damage to oneself. The level of willpower also affected the charging speed. The higher the willpower, the faster the charging speed.

For example, Nie Yan's current willpower was 37 points, and the charging speed was about 20 per day.

The maximum energy for Detonate was 100. The more energy charged, the higher the damage caused by the Detonate skill. If there were 20 points of energy, it could cause about 2 times the user's attack damage. Moreover, this damage ignored armor! It was effective against players and Bosses with high defense.

After using it once, no matter how much energy there was, it would be consumed all at once.

With a charged dagger, as long as enough energy was charged, one could even easily kill some high-defense warriors!

Ordinary players at this time would be lucky to have 10 points of willpower, while Nie Yan had 37 points of willpower due to the bonus effect of the two Chapters of Order, so his charging speed far exceeded that of ordinary players, allowing him to make greater use of the effect of this Severing Blade.

Nie Yan equipped the Severing Blade to his main hand and the Blood Oath Dagger to his offhand, and his attack increased sharply. The attack of the main hand weapon and the offhand weapon were not simply added together, but there was a special calculation method. About 20% of the attack of the offhand weapon could be added to the main hand.

Looking at his current attack, it was about 430.

Among thieves, such an attack was quite terrifying, and it was no problem to deal with warriors in plate armor.

Fallen into Samsara cautiously observed Nie Yan, looking at Nie Yan's profile, there was a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen him somewhere. He suddenly remembered that he had seen Nie Yan in the video of Nirvana's Flame fighting against the Victorious Empire. Nie Yan could be considered a celebrity. Considering Kady's respectful attitude towards Nie Yan, was there any need for such a person to trick him out of his things?

Fallen into Samsara said, "Brother, I'll trade you the materials. Can you help me forge this sword?"