Chapter 176 Backstab

One-turn skill books differ from ordinary and advanced skill books. They are often skills with strong combat characteristics, possessing some of the unique qualities of one-turn classes. The skill effects are generally much higher than ordinary skills, but the skill cooldown time isn't as long as advanced skills.

Nie Yan continued to rummage through the dark gold treasure chest, but found nothing else. He looked at the one-turn skill book. It was a Great Thief skill book.

Skill Book: Backhand Backstab (Free Skill)

Skill Description: The thief evades the opponent's attack through body movements, with two seconds of invincibility, circling behind the enemy to attack, causing an enhanced backstab effect.

Activation Element: Action (weapon required), 50 Rage Points

Skill Attribute: When hitting the opponent, gain an additional 100%-300% attack damage bonus, armor penetration damage.

Skill Cooldown Time: Thirty seconds.

User Restriction: Thief, Great Thief and above class titles, usable by any faction.

Thieves are divided into Thief, Great Thief, and Shadow Dancer. The higher the rank, the greater the freedom and spontaneity in combat. Especially after reaching the Shadow Dancer rank, all skills are fully mastered and can be cast at will, with extremely high freedom and a substantial increase in strength.

Free skills were already appearing for one-turn classes, and this Backhand Backstab belonged to this category.

A skill that could evade attacks, provide invincibility, and enhance backstab damage was very powerful, and the skill cooldown time was only thirty seconds.

However, because it was a free skill, mastering it required one to explore it bit by bit.

In his past life, the value of a free skill on the market was as high as tens of thousands of gold coins, and there were still few available, far more expensive than some mounts and advanced skills, which showed how sought after free skills were by players. In addition, free skill books were extremely rare. It was good if one in ten thousand people had a free skill.

Reaching the Shadow Dancer rank with five or six free skills was already excellent.

In his previous life, after becoming a Great Thief, Nie Yan had obtained a free skill book, but he had been forced by life to sell it to a Shadow Dancer.

Naturally, Nie Yan wouldn't do such a shameful thing in this life. He put the Backhand Backstab into his bag, so he could use it after advancing to Great Thief at level fifty.

Nie Yan continued to search forward, hoping for other gains. Passing through narrow passages, he found traces of artificial construction. The rock walls beside him had been polished very smoothly, covered with dense text, crooked and tadpole-shaped, which he couldn't understand at all.

The light here was very dim, a bit eerie.

He hesitated for a moment, then walked forward. Stepping on the smooth ground, a cold aura permeated upwards, making his feet feel a little numb. Suddenly, his foot vibrated slightly, and something pressed against the center of his foot.

"It's a trap!" Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. He saw many cold arrowheads suddenly appearing on the rock walls beside him, as well as on the ground in front and behind.

These arrows were densely packed, exuding a chilling killing intent.

When they appeared, Nie Yan's body didn't move; he remained standing still. Fortunately, these mechanical arrows didn't fire!

Facing so many arrowheads, he gasped.

Luckily, he had guessed right. As he had suspected, if his foot left the ground, he would immediately be shot into a hedgehog.

But he couldn't stand here forever!

Looking ahead, the area about ten yards in front of him was completely covered with arrowheads.

Nie Yan remembered that he had a Leap Ring in his backpack!

Nie Yan equipped the Leap Ring, aimed at a spot, and leaped up. As if riding on clouds, he jumped over this dangerous area.

He heard a dense "dudududu" sound behind him. Looking back, the walls and the ground were covered with arrows, densely packed like rice stalks.

Seeing this scene, Nie Yan felt a sense of relief after surviving a disaster.

He walked forward, more cautious about possible traps. Although many of the traps here were extremely well-hidden, he still managed to identify and avoid them. However, it was still quite thrilling. Several times, he almost fell into this trap area.

Passing through a narrow passage, a cold aura came. Nie Yan looked ahead and gasped.

In front of him was a closed, open hall, covered with spider webs. A huge black spider was lying in the center of the stone room, coiled on the spider web, occupying an area of about ten yards in radius. A terrifying giant spider!

Nie Yan had never seen such a giant spider in either his past or present life. He quickly retreated into the narrow passage to avoid being attacked by this black spider. Looking at the spider in front, he saw that it was extremely ugly, with eight giant compound eyes in front, and its body covered with dense, steel-needle-like fluff. Upon closer inspection, Nie Yan suddenly had some surprising discoveries. The spider's eyes had lost their color and were dim.

Dead?

Nie Yan was stunned. He looked at the spider's back and saw that its back had been opened up. It was just an empty shell!

But even as a corpse, it was still quite scary.

Nie Yan looked at the area under the spider's body in the distance. On a stone table amidst the spider webs, a black pearl was emitting a dazzling light. This pearl was pitch black and spherical, about the size of a fist.

Nie Yan's gaze was involuntarily drawn to this black sphere.

What was that?

Nie Yan picked up his crossbow and began to shoot randomly into the air. He couldn't be sure if there were unknown dangers in this stone room.

Arrows were nailed into the distant stone walls, and some arrows penetrated the empty shell of the black spider. The entire stone room remained calm.

Determining that there was no danger, Nie Yan walked forward, carefully watching out for possible traps under his feet. Finally, he approached the pearl.

Nie Yan took a deep breath and reached out to grasp this spherical black pearl. An icy touch went straight to his heart.

This spherical object was smooth and soft, without a trace of roughness.

Nie Yan held the pearl in his palm and looked at its properties.

Finas's Natal Pearl: Special Item.

Item Attributes: The holder of this item gains +12 Dark Vision, +12 Dark Perception, and +100% Dark Magic Effect. This item takes effect when placed in the backpack.

Quest Additional Attribute: Holding this item weakens the Spider Queen Finas by 30% attributes.

Nie Yan looked at it. The value of this Finas's Natal Pearl should be more than ten thousand gold. In the Light Faction, equipment that increases Dark Vision was very rare. A piece of equipment that increased Dark Vision by +1 could be sold for ten gold coins. The value of Dark Vision +12 was unimaginable. Dark Perception was also very valuable, increasing perception in dark conditions and locking onto opponents. What's more, it was an item that took effect when placed in the backpack. It was difficult to estimate the value of these two attributes. As for the +100% Dark Magic Effect, it was also useful to Nie Yan. This status effect had a bonus to the Necromantic Rite!

Seeing the Dark Vision attribute on Finas's Natal Pearl, Nie Yan's brow twitched. An irresistible thought popped into his mind.

Equipment that increases Dark Vision!

Equipment that adds +1 to Dark Vision only costs dozens of silver coins in the Evil Faction. Once transported here, the price skyrockets to several gold or even dozens of gold. How much profit is contained in this price difference?

Nie Yan could use the Deceiver's Necklace to get some items from the Evil Order and sell them in his auction house to earn the difference!

In his previous life, many people had thought about moving items from the Good Order to the Evil Order, and vice versa, but many had failed. The reason was simple: the Good Order and the Evil Order could not communicate or trade with each other. In addition, any contact between the Good Order and the Evil Order, or any exchange of items, would be considered smuggling and would be sanctioned by the NPCs of Carol City.

If the Good Order transported a large number of items to the Evil Order, or even deliberately discarded items for the people of the Dark Order to pick up, and the amount exceeded ten gold coins, it would be regarded as an act of betrayal by the enforcers of Carol City. They would track you down until they arrested you.

But it was permissible for someone like Nie Yan to go to the Evil Order to buy equipment and sell it in the Good Order. However, if he wanted to bring items from the Good Order to sell in the Evil Order, no matter what method he used, as soon as he returned to the city, the enforcers of Carol City would immediately come after him. This kind of behavior was treated as treason, and even the title of Great Scholar couldn't protect you. As a result, it was difficult for items to circulate between the two sides.

Money was never enough. Nie Yan estimated that if he went to the Evil Order and filled five backpacks with high-level equipment from the Evil Faction using the Deceiver's Necklace and sold them in the Good Order's auction house, he could earn at least fifty or sixty thousand gold coins.

Some equipment that sells for dozens of gold coins in the Evil Order could be sold for thousands of gold coins in the Good Order, such as equipment that increases Dark Vision.

If he could transport items from the Evil Order, Nie Yan wouldn't concentrate the market in Carol City alone. He would definitely sell them in other places, and he would also use them to fill the guild warehouse of Asskickers United.

Of course, this was just his idea. He didn't know if it would succeed. With such a large profit driving him, he could risk going there to try.

Thinking of this, Nie Yan put Finas's Natal Pearl into his backpack. This item would be useful for the next quest. He searched the surrounding area and, finding nothing else, followed the original route back and walked outside.

"How's it going on your side?" Nie Yan asked in the team chat.

"Soaring Angel has already discovered the Gnoll Lord ahead," Brilliant Blades replied. They knew the location of the Gnoll Lord and were now waiting for Nie Yan.

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