Fa Biao De Wo Niu
Chapter 521 Land of Curses (Third update today!)
After killing the warrior, Nie Yan immediately pounced on another person, an arcane mage.
Seeing Nie Yan rushing towards him, the arcane mage’s heart trembled. He quickly raised his staff and cast a Slow spell. But in the instant he cast it, Nie Yan used Gale Step and vanished from his sight.
Slow, miss!
“Damn, isn’t Slow supposed to be instant?” the arcane mage cursed. Logically speaking, instant-cast skills like Slow were hard to dodge, but the moment he raised his staff, Nie Yan had accurately predicted what magic he was going to cast based on his movements. This wasn’t a remarkable skill in his previous life; many players above level 100 could do it. But to this group of players, it was unimaginable.
The instant Nie Yan disappeared, the arcane mage felt a sense of foreboding. He turned to run, but it was too late.
A bright, gleaming dagger was already across his neck. A Throat Cut. Blood splattered, and his vision went red as he collapsed to the ground.
Nie Yan could easily kill these mages with their fragile defenses!
In the blink of an eye, Nie Yan had killed three people in a row, unstoppable. The others tried to flee in droves. Nie Yan was like a god of death, filling them with terror. They had lost all will to fight.
In front of Nie Yan, they had no power to resist. Even when they occasionally cast a controlling skill or two, Nie Yan easily dodged them.
The League of Mages' morale completely collapsed. They had no heart to fight, let alone display their inherent combat strength. They were chased and beaten by the members of the Ni Ren Tribe. Anyone who tried to resist was instantly killed by the suddenly appearing Nie Yan.
Nie Yan chanted a spell, and the gigantic form of the Golden Land Dragon appeared in the players’ vision, opening its mouth to spew streams of dragon breath, blasting the players from the League of Mages away.
Five or six minutes later, all the members of the League of Mages had fallen. Only a dozen or so members of the Ni Ren Tribe and seven or eight members of the Godly Sanctuary remained on the field.
“Where are the others?” Dun Keng Si Mei Nv asked after killing an elemental mage from the League of Mages.
Kuai Le Yin Shi smiled bitterly and said, “The others are running back from their corpses.” Their losses were quite heavy.
The ground was littered with the corpses of players from the League of Mages and Holy Guardians. Not a single one of them dared to run their corpses back here. With Crazy Thief Nie Yan here, who would dare resurrect?
The players watching the excitement from the periphery were stunned by the scene. They thought the melee would last at least two or three hours. They never expected such a sudden turn of events. Crazy Thief Nie Yan actually appeared here, and the ending was completely unexpected.
The people from the League of Mages and Holy Guardians who had died here didn't dare run their corpses back to resurrect, because they understood that running their corpses back would only mean dying again. Looking at the countless corpses piled up on the open ground in the distance as Nie Yan walked by with the Golden Land Dragon, the scene was extremely shocking.
Crazy Thief Nie Yan's power had once again penetrated deep into their hearts.
Dun Keng Si Mei Nv, Kuai Le Yin Shi, Wu Yue Xian Zi, and the others walked towards Nie Yan.
“Boss, what brings you here?” Dun Keng Si Mei Nv said excitedly. He had only seen Nie Yan at guild gatherings, and he never had a chance to speak to him then. Meeting Nie Yan suddenly today, he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.
Nie Yan glanced at Dun Keng Si Mei Nv, Kuai Le Yin Shi, Wu Yue Xian Zi, and the others. Nie Yan was somewhat familiar with them, knowing that they were from the Ni Ren Tribe, but he didn't know their names. He looked at the names of these people. Dun Keng Si Mei Nv? Kuai Le Yin Shi?
Nie Yan frowned and pondered. He was a little familiar with these two names, but he couldn't remember them for the moment.
“I'm here doing a quest. Have all our people resurrected?” Nie Yan saw the Ni Ren Tribe players on the field sitting up one by one. Only the corpses of players from the League of Mages and Holy Guardians remained on the ground.
“Two short,” Kuai Le Yin Shi said after counting. If Nie Yan hadn't come, they would have definitely suffered a great loss in this melee.
After a while, the corpses of the League of Mages and Holy Guardians players on the ground disappeared one after another, wiped out by the server. Those people chose to resurrect in the graveyard and then return directly to the city.
Knowing that Crazy Thief Nie Yan was here, how could they dare to be presumptuous?
Players weren't allowed to start wars in graveyards, otherwise Dun Keng Si Mei Nv and Kuai Le Yin Shi would definitely take people to block the graveyard. They had each been killed two or three times, and they were naturally very unhappy. Fortunately, running corpses to resurrect only dropped about 20% of their experience, which wasn't much. As for the people from the League of Mages and Holy Guardians, choosing to resurrect in the graveyard would cost them a level's worth of experience, enough to make them feel the pain for a while.
Dun Keng Si Mei Nv, Kuai Le Yin Shi, and the others cleaned up the battlefield.
Nie Yan looked at the equipment they had obtained and said, “You don't need to hand these things over to the guild warehouse. You guys can take them and divide them up yourselves. Remember to give the brothers who suffered more losses a bigger share.” The equipment they looted was enough for them to make a fortune.
“Okay, I understand. Thanks, Boss,” Dun Keng Si Mei Nv nodded. This group re-formed their party, thanked the brothers from the Godly Sanctuary who came to their rescue, and prepared to head to the underground mine.
“I'll go first,” Nie Yan said, putting away the Golden Land Dragon and heading towards the City of Gold.
Watching Nie Yan walk away, the surrounding onlookers were amazed. Crazy Thief Nie Yan had only appeared for five or six minutes, but his appearance had completely reversed the entire battle situation. The Ni Ren Tribe, who were originally bound to lose, had turned the tables, and the League of Mages and Holy Guardians were slaughtered to the point of corpses littering the field. This filled everyone with a sense of dramatic tension, as well as a deep sense of awe towards Nie Yan.
One person could defy the heavens!
Kuai Le Yin Shi saw Nie Yan enter the City of Gold and asked the nearby Dun Keng Si Mei Nv in surprise, “Aren't the upper levels of the City of Gold filled with level 90 monsters?” The City of Gold was divided into two areas, upper and lower. The more famous one was the underground mine dungeon below, which was level 60. The upper levels of the City of Gold's castle were all level 90 monsters, so no players had ever entered. What was Nie Yan doing there? Could Nie Yan handle level 90 monsters now?
“It's true that they're level 90 monsters. Don't use our own thinking to speculate about what Boss Nie Yan is doing. Level 90 monsters might really not be much to Boss Nie Yan,” Dun Keng Si Mei Nv said. He had once seen Sun use a strange method to forcefully kill a level 90 elite. After the video was released, they were amazed by Sun, never expecting that Sun, at such a young age, would have such skilled techniques. If Sun could do it, Nie Yan definitely could too.
Kuai Le Yin Shi couldn't help but yearn for the life of a lone wolf venturing into advanced maps. He was also a thief, and he naturally wanted to be as successful as Nie Yan and Sun. Nie Yan was his goal and dream.
Flame City, headquarters of the Light and Darkness Empire.
Guang An Yong Zui brought all his subordinates to Flame City, acquired five guilds in Flame City, and created the Light and Darkness Empire. This guild began to rise, occupying more than a dozen fortresses in Flame City. The Light and Darkness Empire was different from other guilds in that they didn't need any financial support from consortiums, because many members of their studio were wealthy, such as the founder himself, Guang An Yong Zui, and the guild's number one thief, Tang Candy, and so on. They all had consortium backgrounds that were not inferior to the Century Financial Group.
The Century Financial Group came several times to try to acquire them, but they were rejected. With the financial support of several consortiums, the Light and Darkness Empire became the undisputed overlord of Flame City.
Guang An Yong Zui received a video from his subordinates, some videos of Nie Yan slaughtering League of Mages and Holy Guardian players in the City of Gold. After watching the video, he looked at Tang Candy next to him and said, “I didn't expect that the little thief we encountered before has now become the president of the Ni Ren Tribe. His strength is truly amazing. If you were to face him, what are your chances of winning?”
Tang Candy spread her hands and smiled bitterly, “One percent, maybe even less. Gao Ge, what are your plans? Join the League of Mages and Holy Guardians, or cooperate with the Ni Ren Tribe? It seems we have no choice but to join these two major forces, or be swallowed up.”
“The current situation is still difficult to say. There are currently two largest forces, the Ni Ren Tribe and the League of Mages. Our Light and Darkness Empire and the Sword of Gods from Emerald City have only just risen. We have more than enough to protect ourselves, so why not take another look?” Guang An Yong Zui smiled mysteriously, he had his own plans.
Nie Yan stepped into the City of Gold. Inside the dark castle, there was an unusually bloody aura. Every wall and every pillar here was cast in gold, and inlaid with huge night-luminescent pearls, making it look exceptionally gorgeous and luxurious.
Nie Yan used the search skill on the Holy Light Stone. The Holy Light Stone emitted a dazzling light, as if conveying some kind of information. He could confirm that a component of the Abak Set was in this City of Gold.
Walking through the spacious hall, it was as if he had entered a distant world. The ancient patterns on the walls were the accumulation of history.
Suddenly, a system prompt rang.
System: You have entered the Cursed Land of the Mine Slave Igerlin. Attributes reduced by 10%.
Nie Yan felt a sliver of strength being drawn from his body, making him feel a little weak. Fortunately, his attributes were strong enough, so even if they were reduced by 10%, the impact was not significant. If it were an ordinary player, encountering such a curse, how would they dare to continue forward?
In the distance, several tall giants, about three yards high, appeared in Nie Yan's vision. Their skin was dark red, and they held huge iron hammers, guarding the door and walking back and forth.