Chapter 177 Undead Berserkers

"You help me take out two batches of wandering soul berserkers, and your task will be complete. I'll do the rest of the task myself," Nie Yan said. This was a necessary step to complete that quest, otherwise it couldn't be done.

These seven wandering soul berserkers stood before Nie Yan and Tang Yao like giant iron towers.

"Are you kidding me?" Tang Yao looked at Nie Yan with an incredulous expression. Nie Yan must have gone crazy to even think about dealing with seven Level 60 elite wandering soul berserkers.

"Of course not. Don't worry, just listen to me. Wandering souls are unarmored units, so there's no level suppression against low-level players. Whatever your attack is, that's how much damage you'll do. These wandering soul berserkers are immune to physical attacks, but magic attacks against them have an extra 30% damage bonus. I can use Advanced Entangling Vines to hold them in place, and you can just bombard them with area-of-effect magic," Nie Yan said. He wouldn't have brought Tang Yao here if he wasn't confident.

Seeing that Nie Yan was talking so confidently, Tang Yao nodded and said, "Alright, since you've decided, tell me how to do it."

Nie Yan explained the whole process to Tang Yao in detail.

"I'll do as you say and lure the monsters," Tang Yao said as he ran towards the seven wandering soul berserkers, stopping about thirty yards away from them.

Nie Yan also moved into position and gave Tang Yao a hand signal. Tang Yao waved his staff, and a black flame fireball shot straight forward.

With a bang, the flame fireball struck one of the wandering soul berserkers, exploding with a loud boom and scattering sparks.

The gazes of all seven wandering soul berserkers locked onto Tang Yao, and they swung their iron hammers, charging toward Tang Yao.

Charge!

Charge!

The wandering soul berserkers activated their Charge skill and rushed towards Tang Yao with astonishing speed, several times faster than Tang Yao.

"Oh my god!" Tang Yao cast Swiftness on himself and ran towards Nie Yan.

Seeing Tang Yao lure the monsters, Nie Yan unfurled an Advanced Entangling Vines scroll and began chanting the spell, the scroll in his hand emitting a faint white light.

The wandering soul berserkers were getting closer and closer to Tang Yao. The level difference between him and the wandering soul berserkers was too great, and his movement speed was far too slow. He was quickly overtaken.

Nie Yan, who was still chanting the Advanced Entangling Vines scroll, was also sweating for Tang Yao. He hadn't expected the wandering soul berserkers' movement speed to be so fast after Charging, at least 150% faster than their normal speed.

The wandering soul berserker swung its iron hammer down, and it looked like Tang Yao would be turned into mincemeat in the next moment.

Suddenly, Tang Yao's body transformed into a seagull the size of a millstone, flapping its wings and accelerating outwards.

With a crash, the wandering soul berserker's iron hammer missed and slammed into the ground, leaving a deep pit.

Tang Yao, however, managed to escape and flew forward for about thirty seconds before transforming back into human form and running towards Nie Yan.

"I didn't expect Tang Yao to have this move!" Nie Yan immediately recognized it as a rare item, the Ring of the Shapeshifter!

The Ring of the Shapeshifter allowed a player to transform into an animal of their choice. Each animal transformation would grant a special talent, such as the seagull's increased movement speed, which could greatly enhance a player's movement speed, and a certain degree of flying ability. However, after transforming into a seagull, the player would lose all offensive capabilities, and the Ring of the Shapeshifter's effect would be canceled upon being attacked. Moreover, the duration of the Ring of the Shapeshifter's effect was only about 30 seconds, very brief.

In a situation like the one just now, the Ring of the Shapeshifter proved extremely effective.

After escaping, Tang Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Luring monsters was too difficult for him.

Seeing Tang Yao lead the group of wandering soul berserkers over, Nie Yan waved his right hand. The scroll in his hand turned into a wisp of white light, and magical elements swirled and danced before finally disappearing.

The group of wandering soul berserkers was charging at full speed when suddenly thick vines grew out of the ground at an incredible speed, entangling their limbs and binding them tightly. The seven wandering soul berserkers immediately came to a halt.

Tang Yao, who was running away, suddenly turned around, waved his staff, and uttered a few deep syllables. A cloud of black flames gathered in the sky, and a torrent of fire rained down violently on the group of wandering soul berserkers.

Damage numbers appeared above the wandering soul berserkers' heads, mostly around two or three hundred.

Wandering soul berserkers were unarmored units, so all damage numbers were real.

Tang Yao continued to retreat while casting area-of-effect spells.

The wandering soul berserkers struggled incessantly, but they couldn't break free from the entanglement of the vines. They roared and howled in the flames. Their health dropped by about 30%.

"Well done, it's a pleasure to work with you," Nie Yan said with a slight smile.

Time ticked by, second by second.

"Retreat thirty yards!" Nie Yan shouted anxiously. As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Yao ran backwards without stopping, maintaining a distance of about thirty yards from the wandering soul berserkers.

Nie Yan timed it perfectly. Just as the vines on the wandering soul berserkers were about to disappear, he began chanting the second Advanced Entangling Vines scroll.

The duration of the vines ended, and the wandering soul berserkers suddenly broke free, snapping all the vines. The wandering soul berserkers charged toward Nie Yan.

They got closer and closer to Nie Yan: ten yards... six yards... three yards...

The wandering soul berserkers lunged at Nie Yan like giant beasts. They were only two yards away from Nie Yan when the Advanced Entangling Vines scroll in Nie Yan's hand disappeared, and vines immediately wrapped around the wandering soul berserkers.

The wandering soul berserkers' charge was halted, stopped right in front of Nie Yan.

Tang Yao's area-of-effect spells continued to rain down. With the support of the Arcane Spirit's mana, his area-of-effect spells never stopped.

The wandering soul berserkers' health rapidly decreased.

The Advanced Entangling Vines scroll could only be used three times in a row. The fourth time it was used, the wandering soul berserkers would develop resistance.

However, after three Advanced Entangling Vines scrolls, the wandering soul berserkers' health was almost gone.

Following the same pattern, Nie Yan used the last Advanced Entangling Vines scroll, and Tang Yao continued to attack. After the last area-of-effect spell landed, the seven wandering soul berserkers let out miserable screams and fell to the ground.

"That's it?" Tang Yao was stunned. The process of killing the wandering soul berserkers was unusually smooth. The Level 60 elite wandering soul berserkers seemed vulnerable under Nie Yan's well-organized tactics.

Nie Yan had once again proven that his judgment was correct.

The bodies of the seven wandering soul berserkers disappeared one after another, leaving behind a pile of equipment.

Nie Yan picked up the equipment dropped by the wandering soul berserkers. Most of it was Level 60 equipment, both Silver and Gold grade, but these items were temporarily unusable. He looked around to see if there was anything else, and after rummaging through everything, he found three Grade 7 gems, worth about 120 gold, which immediately made up for the cost of the Advanced Entangling Vines scrolls.

There were a few other items that caught Nie Yan's attention. One was an Intermediate Resurrection Skill Book. This was a rare and valuable item. There were none on the market. They only dropped in maps Level 50 and above, with an extremely low drop rate. It required 580 Intelligence. He wondered if anyone in the guild met the requirements.

There were also two potion recipes, which were also very valuable and required an Advanced Alchemist.

Currently, Starry Night Potion Shop had the most Advanced Alchemists in Calore City. There were about seven Advanced Alchemists in the entire Calore City, five of whom were concentrated in Starry Night Potion Shop. Niao Bu Sheng Dan and Di Diao De Nan Nan had been Advanced Alchemists for some time and were trying to reach the Master level.

The Advanced Alchemist recipes were good news for Niao Bu Sheng Dan and Di Diao De Nan Nan.

Nie Yan also found something good: a standardized equipment design blueprint!

Design Blueprint—Level 60 Gold Set: Evil Radiance, Arcane Mage equipment, requires Intermediate Tailor or higher, requires 3 Magic Weave Cloth Rolls, 2 Flamefire Cloth Rolls, and 3 Goldthread Silk Rolls. This Evil Radiance set wasn't the best among all Level 60 sets, but it was still quite good. Top-tier players certainly wouldn't want it, but it was a treasure for mid-level players. Standardized equipment design blueprints were different from other equipment blueprints. Standardized equipment design blueprints allowed twenty players to learn it at the same time. After learning the blueprint, they could craft the same equipment. As long as there were enough materials, these twenty tailors could continuously produce this Level 60 Gold set.

Because Evil Radiance didn't require many materials and could be crafted by Intermediate Tailors, the Evil Radiance set could be mass-produced.

Using standardized equipment to arm the guild members on a large scale was very satisfying.

There would definitely be more and more standardized equipment in the future.

After Nie Yan finished packing up, he turned to Tang Yao and said, "Let's go, on to the next one!"

A group of wandering soul berserkers were gathered at the next intersection, numbering nine. Nie Yan and Tang Yao used the same method to kill all nine wandering soul berserkers, obtaining another Evil Radiance design blueprint. Two Evil Radiance design blueprints meant that forty tailors could learn the blueprint at the same time, allowing them to produce even more Evil Radiance sets.

After glancing at the bodies of the wandering soul berserkers on the ground, Nie Yan turned to Tang Yao and said, "You go back. You can't go any further."

Tang Yao looked ahead. The monsters were very densely packed in the distance. He nodded and said, "Okay, be careful."

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