Chapter 1 The Standoff

Just as his attack was about to hit Nie Yan’s head, Nie Yan parried. With a crisp clang, the two daggers collided.

The thief reacted quickly, suddenly switching the direction of his dagger, aiming straight for Nie Yan's forehead.

To stun him!

Nie Yan suddenly took a few wrong steps, executing a Shadow H幻 Assassinate, the sharp blade striking straight at his opponent’s throat.

Sensing Nie Yan’s fierce attack and seeing that he couldn't dodge it, he used Gale Step, blocking Nie Yan’s attack.

The invisibility effect of Gale Step wasn’t very good. Nie Yan locked onto his position and muttered, Eye of Truth!

A strange blood-colored light burst from Nie Yan’s pupils. He quickly discovered that a faint figure was rapidly moving to a spot about five or six yards away from him, where it stopped.

This guy’s skilled, his reactions are quick. He’s a tough opponent.

Nie Yan noticed that this person was slender with a pair of pointed horns on his head. No, not horns, but a pair of ears. He was an elf!

It was said that elves determined a person’s magic power by the length of their ears. The longer the ears, the stronger the power. The main system did have this rule, but generally, the length of the ears couldn’t be distinguished with the naked eye.

An elf thief!

How rare!

Nie Yan smiled meaningfully. News had come from Calore that the members of Nirvana’s Edge had lost track of the thief from Angel Corps. Could it be him?

Nie Yan wasn't sure if this elf thief had followed him here specifically or happened to be here on a quest. He used a Super Appraisal.

Pu Ti Kong Ming: Elf, Grand Thief, Level 52.

Seeing this name, Nie Yan was shocked. He didn’t know many experts from the Satreen Empire. Since each race’s skills and talents were different, he generally didn’t watch combat videos of players from other empires, as there was nothing to learn. However, there were a few people who were very famous in the Viridian Empire. Those people had teleported to the Viridian Empire, either to do quests or just for fun, and had left behind glorious records. This Pu Ti Kong Ming was one of them.

After this guy successfully job-advanced to Shadow Dancer, he teleported to Calore and challenged six Shadow Dancers in a row, finally losing narrowly to Sun. In that defeat, the two had exchanged blows for dozens of rounds, and Pu Ti Kong Ming had almost won, but Sun had turned the tables with a single fatal move. Although he lost, Pu Ti Kong Ming’s name was still remembered by the Viridian Empire. After all, in the entire Viridian Empire, only Shadow Killer could contend with Sun. At that time, King of the World had already retired. Some people estimated that there weren’t more than five Shadow Dancers in the entire Viridian Empire with strength comparable to Pu Ti Kong Ming.

This guy’s fighting style was on the agile side. If one attack didn’t succeed, he would immediately retreat, never dawdling.

He wondered how his current strength compared to his previous life. Now that he had job-advanced to Grand Thief, his strength shouldn’t be bad.

Many top players often frequented various virtual games, only switching to Faith after it was launched. They had an extremely high understanding of games, and once they were familiar with the game, they had strong combat power.

Nie Yan didn’t move, slowly biding his time. Pu Ti Kong Ming had arrived relatively late and didn’t know that Nie Yan had used several important skills that were now on cooldown in order to fight the Evil Spirit Peyenci. If he knew, he would have charged over already.

The more time passed, the more advantageous it would be for Nie Yan.

Pu Ti Kong Ming hid in the darkness, seeing Nie Yan’s strange, blood-red pupils, like those of a demon. The almost tangible gaze swept over him, causing him to feel a chill.

It was a Pupil skill! Nie Yan’s Pupil skill seemed to be of a higher level than many other Pupil skills!

He knew Nie Yan was coming this way through information gathered by the Soaring Angel Empire. His target location was this ancient castle. So, he searched this way and found Nie Yan here. However, he seemed to be a step late. Nie Yan’s battle was already over. He didn’t get the advantage.

He ranked fifth among all the thieves in Angel Corps. As an elf thief, his talent was Concealment. This talent was very suitable for thieves, and he had many skills that increased Concealment. However, his Concealment ability was now nowhere to be seen under Nie Yan’s powerful Perception and the scan of Eye of Truth.

He remembered Qing An’s warning. Nie Yan, as the leader of Nirvana’s Edge, was not simple. It was best to ambush him while he was killing monsters. If the ambush assassination failed, leave immediately and don’t linger.

However, Pu Ti Kong Ming didn’t expect that he would be detected by Nie Yan as soon as he appeared. Nie Yan’s Perception attribute was at least twice his Concealment attribute, which was why he was discovered so easily! He had always been proud of his Concealment ability, which was far superior to that of ordinary thieves, but his attributes paled in comparison to Nie Yan’s.

He couldn’t understand Nie Yan’s almost freakish equipment. If he were to show it off, he would probably want to smash his head against the wall. If he knew Nie Yan had such high attributes and so many powerful skills, he wouldn’t even bother fighting and would just run away.

He didn’t want to leave right now. The things in this hall were beyond his expectations. There was so much black powder. He wanted to move all of the black powder away, because it was too bulky. He could only move it; he couldn’t put it in his bag.

Even if he couldn’t move this black powder, he could tell at a glance that the few scrolls on the opposite table were extraordinary.

They were definitely very important items!

So, when Nie Yan was about to put these things into his bag, he couldn’t hold back any longer and launched a surprise attack on Nie Yan.

The first surprise attack obviously failed. His stealth was also useless under Nie Yan’s Eye of Truth. But if he had to give up these things and run away, he really wouldn’t be willing.

Pu Ti Kong Ming adjusted his mentality and gradually calmed down. He looked at the Zennarde’s Sword in Nie Yan’s hand. The equipment of the guy in front of him was obviously very good, perhaps so good that it was beyond his imagination. But in a competition between thieves, the importance of awareness and reaction far outweighed equipment. He still had a chance. It seemed that he could only use Grand Thief skills!

The scene was deadlocked. Nie Yan’s calm demeanor made him feel a little uneasy.

In countless ups and downs in life and gaming experiences, both in this life and the previous one, Nie Yan had learned to stay calm. He glanced at his skill bar. Shadow Dance and Gale Step had both finished cooling down. With these two skills, he was confident that there wasn’t a single thief in the entire Faith that could kill him. He was so familiar with the use of Gale Step that it was ingrained in his bones. When he encountered danger, he could immediately use Gale Step to dodge. The effect of Shadow Dance was roughly the same as Gale Step. With these two skills, what did he have to fear?

Nie Yan turned around and reached out to the few parchment scrolls on the table. He was determined to get these things!

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