Chapter 1 Furious Magic

The raging magic struck Nie Yan, but did not cause him any harm.

The Shadow Demon Lords that were attacked immediately scattered, and a path slowly cleared in front of Nie Yan.

Nie Yan waited patiently, watching the Shadow Demon Lords disperse. He activated Gale Step and sprinted towards the bottom of the cliff in front of him.

In half a minute at most, he would reach the bottom of that cliff.

Since the three Light and Darkness Saint Dragons had attracted the attention of some of the Shadow Demon Lords, most of them had already scattered to both sides. Furthermore, the Brilliant Burst Forbidden Spell had dispelled the remaining Shadow Demon Lords, so the path ahead of Nie Yan was basically clear.

Just as Nie Yan activated Gale Step, two Shadow Demon Lords closest to him suddenly sensed something. They roared and, braving the Brilliant Burst, flanked Nie Yan.

Damn, they still found me!

The distance between Nie Yan and the two Shadow Demon Lords was at least a hundred yards. He originally thought that this was a safe distance, but he didn't expect that the two Shadow Demon Lords could still sense his existence from over a hundred yards away.

Seeing the two tall Shadow Demon Lords flanking him, Nie Yan's heart tightened. With his strength, he was no match for those two Shadow Demon Lords!

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance. Nie Yan had the Guardian Angel Kallenna cast acceleration buffs on him, which greatly increased his speed. As long as he rushed to the bottom of the cliff, he would basically be safe!

The two Shadow Demon Lords approached, and the distance between them and Nie Yan quickly shortened.

Nie Yan used a Summon Doom Guard skill, and three Doom Guards suddenly appeared in front of him. He had the Guardian Angel Kallenna cast shields of Holy Light magic on them. Without slowing down, he brushed past them.

With the addition of the shield magic, the dense Brilliant Burst couldn't hurt the Doom Guards at all.

The three Doom Guards charged towards the Shadow Demon Lords, trying to stop them.

The two Shadow Demon Lords suddenly went berserk. They swung their giant axes in the air, and with a loud bang, three figures flew out. The three Doom Guards were no match for the Shadow Demon Lords!

However, the three Doom Guards successfully blocked the Shadow Demon Lords for a moment, causing them to pause slightly.

Nie Yan quickly glanced back. The effect was good, but he didn't stop running. He summoned the Golden Earth Dragon and the Violet-Eyed Earth Dragon and added shield magic to them.

The two Earth Dragons roared and continued to charge towards the Shadow Demon Lords.

The two Earth Dragons could at least block the Shadow Demon Lords for a while, but it wasn't enough. He was still more than three hundred yards away from the cliff in the distance, and the distance between him and the Shadow Demon Lords was only fifty yards. He would still be caught!

After summoning the two Earth Dragons, Nie Yan used a Shadow Assassin skill, and his body split into two. The main body activated Supreme Stealth and sprinted away, while the Shadow Assassin ran in the other direction.

With two loud bangs, the two Earth Dragons couldn't withstand a single blow from the Shadow Demon Lords and were sent flying, instantly killed!

A Demonified Lord at Level 210 was at least seven or eight times stronger than a Demonified Lord at Level 200. Even Earth Dragon creatures at Level 200 couldn't survive a single move from them.

After killing the two Earth Dragons, the two Shadow Demon Lords stopped and paused for a moment because they sensed two auras. One was stronger and flew to the left, while the other was very weak and was sprinting towards the cliff in the distance.

These two auras were naturally Nie Yan and the Shadow Assassin.

After a moment of愣 (lèng) [stunned silence], the two Shadow Demon Lords immediately chased after the Shadow Assassin.

Although the Shadow Demon Lords were Level 210 Demonified Lords, their intelligence was not high due to being undead creatures. The biggest principle in their minds was the system's aggro formula. The Shadow Assassin's aura was stronger, so they only had one thought in their minds: to kill that strong aura!

They couldn't think about Nie Yan's purpose, let alone think with human logic, so they didn't even think about splitting up and ran towards the Shadow Assassin together.

Seeing that the two Shadow Demon Lords had been lured away by the Shadow Assassin, Nie Yan smiled slightly. Everything was as he had expected. That was why he summoned the Shadow Assassin first and then released Supreme Stealth on the main body.

Seeing that the plan had worked, Nie Yan sped up and sprinted towards the bottom of the cliff.

Only five seconds passed before a system notification sounded.

System: Your Shadow Assassin has died.

However, in those five seconds, Nie Yan had already run more than a hundred yards, and the distance between him and the two Shadow Demon Lords had reached more than one hundred and fifty yards. After killing the Shadow Assassin, the two Shadow Demon Lords immediately flanked Nie Yan again.

This time he could only fight. Nie Yan looked ahead, and the cliff in front of him was already close at hand.

The two Shadow Demon Lords behind him were getting closer and closer, and soon they caught up with Nie Yan. They slashed down with their giant axes.

Seeing that the giant axe was about to fall on his head, Nie Yan used Shadowmeld, dodging the sharp energy of the giant axe.

With a loud bang, Nie Yan could roughly guess what a terrible scene was behind him, but at this time, how could he dare to look back!

The two Shadow Demon Lords missed their attack and saw a figure sprinting forward. They were even more enraged and roared, black flames burning all over their bodies. They swung their axes and slashed down, two huge flames cutting through the air.

The cliff was getting closer and closer, only about fifty yards away. Nie Yan almost stopped breathing. Seeing the flames whistling overhead, he knew that he could only dodge one of them at most. He quickly had the Guardian Angel Kallenna cast a Holy Light Shield with the highest defense on him.

Nie Yan took out a bottle of Expert Instant Recovery Potion, and used a Leap skill, his body soaring into the air, enduring one of the flames as he flew forward.

With a bang, Nie Yan was hit by a flame attack. With a *pa da*, the Holy Light Shield on his body shattered instantly, and the flames raged over him.

A damage number as high as 90,000 floated above Nie Yan's head. Almost at the same time, he poured the Instant Recovery Potion down his throat. His body flew out a distance, and his left hand shot out a strand of spider silk, sticking to the cliff in front of him. He pulled hard, like a shooting star across the sky.

He wasn't instantly killed!

Nie Yan gasped for breath. This was an attack from a Level 210 Demonified Lord!

Looking back, he suddenly understood that in order to be able to move freely in the Brilliant Burst, Nie Yan had cast the Divine Arbitration skill on himself, which could completely immunize him against magic. At least 80% of the flames slashed out by the Shadow Demon Lords were magic damage, and this 80% of the magic damage was immunized. This meant that Nie Yan only suffered 20% of the Shadow Demon Lords' attack, but even this 20% of the damage still broke Nie Yan's Holy Light Shield with one blow, causing Nie Yan to suffer more than 90,000 damage.

Seeing the Shadow Demon Lords chasing after him relentlessly, Nie Yan activated the Climb skill. His body was like a gecko, sticking to the cliff face, and he frantically climbed upwards.

*Hong, hong, hong,* the sound of violent destruction behind him seemed to be about to engulf him.

Nie Yan no longer cared about these things, and just used his fastest speed to move up quickly.

He was probably fifty or sixty yards high. Nie Yan looked down, and the two Shadow Demon Lords were pacing around under the cliff. They couldn't climb the cliff and could only be anxious below.

Nie Yan looked up at the sky. There were several huge flying creatures circling back and forth in the sky. Looking at their size, they were even bigger than the Ninth-Order Dark Winged Dragon. He absolutely couldn't be discovered by them, or he would be in trouble.

Taking advantage of the cover of the protruding bones on the cliff, Nie Yan slowly approached the pyramid-shaped building above and slowly walked around to the front. He saw a small entrance in front of him, which could only allow a creature the size of a human to pass through.

He looked up, made sure that the flying creatures hadn't noticed him, and Nie Yan carefully entered the pyramid. The light suddenly dimmed.

The narrow passage ahead, he didn't know where it led. Torches were inserted into the walls on both sides, and the flames flickered and stretched all the way to the end of the passage.

Nie Yan was very careful, who knows what strange things would happen inside this building.

After walking for about five or six minutes, Nie Yan looked ahead. In front of him was an open hall. The hall was more than thirty yards high, and pillars stood tall, making it look magnificent. The pillars, walls, and the top of the hall were covered with colorful oil paintings, with demons and angels, roughly depicting the war between demons and angels. A tall and mighty angel and an ugly monster with countless tentacles also appeared in the murals. That should be the legendary God of Light and the God of Death.

Looking around the hall, there were no monsters active, and Nie Yan felt a lot more relieved. He looked at the distance of the hall. He saw an empty throne in front of the hall, made of some kind of black metal, and he didn't know what was next to the throne.

It seemed that he had overthought it. There were no monsters nearby at all.

Thinking about it, it was also true. Entering this pyramid-shaped building had already been through many hardships. The Shadow Demon Lords outside were all extremely fierce. This task could be called an SSS-level task. If there were even more powerful monsters inside, how could people survive!

There seemed to be something next to the throne. Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. He walked towards the throne in front. The moment he stepped into the hall, a powerful pressure surged towards him from all directions.

This kind of power was impossible to resist. Nie Yan felt as if he was about to be squeezed into mincemeat. The power of mighty divine authority!

In the face of this terrifying power, everything was insignificant.

Was he going to die here in the end? A deep sense of unwillingness surged in Nie Yan's heart. He had overcome so many difficulties and dangers, and he was only one step away from completing the task. Was the result going to be a complete failure?

Could it be that there was still some key link that hadn't been completed?