Chapter 103 The Temple of Thieves

Legend was destined to remain a legend. They were like sharp knives, capable of piercing through any pocket they were placed in. Their brilliance could not be concealed by anyone.

Take Sun, for example. He successfully advanced to Great Thief first, and his reputation among thieves was second only to Nie Yan, who ranked first. Wangzhe Tianxia had killed over a thousand people and was clearly on the rise. He too, was beginning to shine.

Nie Yan quickly sent a message to Guo Huai, asking him to recruit Wangzhe Tianxia and see what conditions they would propose. If the requirements weren't excessive and they could bring Wangzhe Tianxia into the Niu Ren Tribe, everyone would be happy.

If they could recruit Wangzhe Tianxia, the Niu Ren Tribe would have Nie Yan, Sun, Wangzhe Tianxia, Yi Chui Ding Qing, and over a dozen others with the potential to become Shadow Dancers. It would truly become a sanctuary for thieves.

Thieves relied heavily on technique for ambushes. Without proper technique, it was difficult to play a thief well. Therefore, thieves valued technique far more than other classes. They often rewatched videos of other thief players. Players paid close attention to these individuals. Many high-end thieves yearned for guidance from these top thieves. Given this trend, Nie Yan and the others were bound to attract more high-end thieves.

Of course, it wasn't just thieves. Other classes were the same. If it weren't for the recent kill order incident, the Niu Ren Tribe would definitely be a desirable place for high-end players. Naturally, the Niu Ren Tribe's decision to increase benefits for guild members renewed confidence in the guild. Those players who had previously left the Niu Ren Tribe were somewhat regretful. Many felt too ashamed to return to the Niu Ren Tribe. Those who eagerly approached were met with suspicion from the Niu Ren Tribe's players.

Guo Huai received Nie Yan's message and didn't dare delay, immediately going to handle it.

Nie Yan also sent some instructions to Niao Bu Sheng Dan, guiding the next development direction of the Xingkong Pharmacy. The Xingkong Pharmacy had already become an unshakable brand. Expanding slowly was definitely not a problem. Plus, Nie Yan had the title of Great Scholar, and his assets were protected by Greenland. Even if he opened the pharmacy right under Zhan Dao Shixue's nose in the City of Glory, Zhan Dao Shixue couldn't do anything about it.

Gradually, the ground began to become damp and muddy, with puddles of water everywhere. Occasionally, some plants grew, and some monsters roamed around. They were about the size of ordinary people, with a blue-gray complexion, resembling Blue-skinned Goblins. They had a pair of transparent wings on their backs, and they wielded steel forks, flapping and flying.

This type of monster was everywhere in this grassland, densely packed and extending far into the distance.

These monsters were Level 80 Blue-skinned Elves. They were a mixed breed of Goblins and Elves. Because they were volatile and often attacked humans, they were classified as monsters. Their attacks were very strong, several times stronger than ordinary level 80 monsters. They could probably kill Nie Yan instantly, but they also had a weakness, which was their low health, only a little over five thousand, which was considered rare among level 80 monsters. At the same time, their perception was extremely weak. A thief could easily evade their tracking by going into stealth. Moreover, their movement speed wasn't fast.

Nie Yan slowly went into stealth, approached one of the Blue-skinned Elves, and cast a Detect on it.

Blue-skinned Elf: Level 80, Health 5200/5200.

Nie Yan raised the Headless Horseman Doro's Cavalry Crossbow. Arrows flew out, *dudududu*, five arrows simultaneously hitting one of the Blue-skinned Elves. After the Blue-skinned Elf discovered Nie Yan, it immediately let out a sharp cry, and a group of Blue-skinned Elves gathered and aggressively surrounded Nie Yan.

Nie Yan turned and ran, heading towards other areas where Blue-skinned Elves were spawning. Seeing the groups of Blue-skinned Elves, he immediately fired with the cavalry crossbow in his hand. Wave after wave of Blue-skinned Elves gathered and surrounded him, their numbers astonishing.

Nie Yan ran all the way, and along the way, more and more Blue-skinned Elves gathered.

Looking behind him, hundreds of densely packed Blue-skinned Elves looked quite terrifying. Nie Yan shook out a Death Ripple scroll, and a mysterious dark power spread out from the scroll.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, a strong aura of death slowly spread out, like ripples on the surface of water, sweeping across an area of about 20 by 20 yards around.

The ripple was like a wave of air, penetrating all the nearby Blue-skinned Elves.

-1000, -1000, -1000...

Layers upon layers of damage values appeared on these Blue-skinned Elves, and all the Blue-skinned Elves' bodies paused for a moment.

Nie Yan continued to attract them, circling around in the nearby open area. After a while, he cast another Death Ripple, and a powerful wave of air once again penetrated these Blue-skinned Elves.

If the Blue-skinned Elves caught up, Nie Yan would immediately disappear into stealth and go to other places, then cast Death Ripple attacks again.

One scroll, two scrolls, three scrolls, after using six scrolls in a row, finally, swathes of Blue-skinned Elves fell to the ground, their corpses crisscrossing, and items scattered all over.

Behind them were wave after wave of Blue-skinned Elves. Nie Yan used Death Ripple scroll after Death Ripple scroll.

The Blue-skinned Elves fell like harvested wheat.

During the monster farming, two crisp system prompts sounded. Nie Yan checked his own level and found that he was already level 49. The higher the level, the harder it was to level up, but the experience from farming monsters above his level was quite rich. Nie Yan's level was still rising rapidly.

Nie Yan picked up all the items dropped by these Blue-skinned Elves, a total of thirty-six items. Many were level 80 equipment, which seemed useless to Nie Yan. In addition, there were actually two Elementary Resurrection skill books, which really excited him.

Currently, the adoption rate of Elementary Resurrection among priest players was still not high. It was pretty good if one out of tens of thousands of priests had Elementary Resurrection. The price of Elementary Resurrection in the market was still very expensive, as high as several thousand gold.

After players reached level 60, Elementary Resurrection really became widespread, because the drop rate of Elementary Resurrection from monsters level 60 and above was quite high. After level 60, basically every priest had an Elementary Resurrection. The expensive Elementary Resurrection, from the initial thousands of gold coins, later sold for less than one gold, but that was a long time later.

Farming Elementary Resurrection here to equip the priests in the guild was also good. Currently, the Niu Ren Tribe only had a pitiful nine priests who had learned Elementary Resurrection. Every additional priest who knew Elementary Resurrection had a big impact on the entire guild. Every additional priest who knew Elementary Resurrection meant that a group of twenty people could challenge some more difficult dungeons, and the probability of being wiped out would be greatly reduced. A dungeon that used to require more than ten or even dozens of wipes to pass, could now be cleared in a few tries, or even cleared in one try.

Ordinary players couldn't farm monsters above level 60 yet. Nie Yan was probably the only one who dared to farm groups of monsters on a level 80 map like this.

Besides the two Elementary Resurrections, nothing else good dropped.

Nie Yan was busy in this wetland area. Wave after wave of Blue-skinned Elves fell to the ground. The high slopes nearby were full of corpses, stretching endlessly, which was amazing.

The monster respawn rate nearby couldn't keep up with Nie Yan's monster farming speed, so Nie Yan had to advance to farther places.

When he reached level 50, if he successfully advanced his class, all attributes would receive an additional 30% bonus, and the attack and defense types would change from normal attack and normal defense to enhanced attack and enhanced defense, respectively. Attack and defense would increase by nearly 80% compared to before the class advancement, and hidden attributes would also be enhanced.

Class advancement was a qualitative leap for an ordinary thief. According to normal procedure, after leveling to level 50, players would generally choose to advance their class first, and then continue leveling, which would make leveling faster. But for Nie Yan, since he was using Death Ripple scrolls to level up anyway, the leveling speed was the same. He would use the Death Ripple scrolls to level up a few more levels first.

His level soared very quickly, sweeping away the Blue-skinned Elves nearby. By evening, Nie Yan's level was already 54, on par with Tang Yao and Zhan Dao Shixue. He checked the number of Death Ripple scrolls and found that he had only used less than two hundred of them.

Nie Yan's information was shared with Tang Yao. He accidentally glanced at his friend's information and saw that Nie Yan's level was 54. A few hours ago, he had seen Nie Yan's level, which was only 47. In just a few hours, Nie Yan had leveled up 7 levels. This leveling speed was too terrifying.

"Nie Yan, where are you leveling up? Your leveling speed is too fast. I'm looking everywhere for a place to farm monsters in groups, and Zhan Dao Shixue is getting closer and closer. I'm almost overwhelmed by this pressure. I didn't expect you to catch up in a few hours," Tang Yao said. Nie Yan's leveling speed could be described as ghostly.

"Come to the Karol City map at 18295, 23829, 38920. I'll help you level up a few levels. You should advance your class. I estimate that Shixue Kuangdao may have already successfully advanced." Nie Yan said. Shixue Kuangdao's leveling speed would only be so fast if he had successfully advanced.

"I understand. Guo Huai told me to protect the number one spot at all costs and not let Shixue Kuangdao surpass me. If I go to advance my class, I definitely won't be able to keep the number one spot. I'm worried that it will hurt the morale of the guild," Tang Yao said. He was also a signboard for the guild.

"Sharpening your axe won't delay your work. I'll help you level up a few levels first. After you level up, go advance your class."

Nie Yan looked at the harvest after farming monsters for a few hours. His monster farming speed could be described as terrifying. Plus, the drop rate for farming monsters above his level was very high. The dropped items filled three entire backpacks. He counted them and found that there were as many as seven Elementary Resurrection skill books. He had really made a fortune.

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