Chapter 257 Xia Yao's Skill

Nie Yan smiled. Xie Yao had used quite a bit of ingenuity for this task.

"This tribe is full of NPCs, with varying levels of strength. Those fully armed NPCs are very powerful. Last time I came, I killed an NPC, and my sin value instantly increased by over 300. So we can't attack them, but if they discover us entering the tribe, they'll immediately sound the alarm, and everyone in the tribe will rush over to surround us," Xie Yao said. These were all lessons she had learned from several painful experiences.

"Do you have a way to enter the center of the tribe?" Nie Yan asked. Since Xie Yao had reached the final stage, she should have already found a way to solve the previous problems.

"Yes," Xie Yao nodded.

"Then I'll follow you in," Nie Yan said. If Xie Yao, a mage, could enter, then he, a thief, would naturally have an easier time.

Xie Yao looked hesitant.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Nie Yan asked, looking at Xie Yao.

"I used Blink to get in," Xie Yao said.

Nie Yan smiled. So that was it. Xie Yao used Blink, so he couldn't use Stealth to follow behind. He said, "You go in first, and then I'll sneak in."

Looking ahead, there were many fully armed guards patrolling the streets. Even for Nie Yan, it would be somewhat difficult to sneak in silently, let alone Xie Yao.

"Okay," Xie Yao nodded, having great confidence in Nie Yan. It should be a piece of cake for Nie Yan to sneak into the tribe.

"You can start now," Nie Yan said, wanting to see how Xie Yao used Blink to get in.

Xie Yao looked around, fixing her gaze on a certain point. After checking the time and waiting about five seconds, she stepped forward.

*Won't she be exposed to the guards' line of sight like that?* Nie Yan couldn't help but sweat for Xie Yao.

He saw the guards in the distance walking past each other, and Xie Yao was precisely in their blind spot.

Xie Yao stared at the time. After exactly three seconds, she used two consecutive Blinks to reach the edge of a wall seven yards away. Three teams of patrolling guards were turning their attention inward, completely ignoring Xie Yao by the wall.

At the entrance of a thatched hut in front, two guards were standing, scanning their surroundings. Their gaze just happened to turn to the left, and Xie Yao used another Blink, arriving behind the two guards. She stood still for two seconds, and the patrolling guards in the distance just happened to look over this way. However, Xie Yao's body was relatively petite, and the tall figures of the two guards completely obscured her from view.

The patrolling guards' gaze swept past and moved away. The two guards seemed to sense something and turned their heads, but at this time, there was nothing behind them. They hadn't discovered anything. They turned their heads back, never imagining that Xie Yao had just passed behind them.

"Coordinate 290.280, three seconds, coordinate 220.208, two seconds, three consecutive Blinks." Xie Yao clearly and completely acted out the route she had designed beforehand, while also adding some on-the-spot adjustments.

Nie Yan looked into the distance. Before long, Xie Yao had already Blinked quite far away. Her speed was considered quite good. From his perspective, he could clearly see every step Xie Yao took. However, Xie Yao's position was always precisely in the guards' blind spots, allowing her to enter smoothly.

This could be considered a unique skill created by Xie Yao. Nie Yan had never seen anyone display such a technique before. Overall, the difficulty of this technique was quite high. It required constant observation and meticulous attention to detail in order to gradually explore a suitable path. At the same time, the guards' routes were not completely fixed, and there would often be unexpected situations. If her ability to improvise wasn't good enough, one wrong step would ruin everything.

In just over ten minutes, Xie Yao had disappeared into the distance.

Nie Yan entered stealth and moved forward. After walking more than ten yards, he slowly approached one of the highest-level guards. When he was about five yards away, just as he was about to take another step forward, the guard seemed to notice something and looked around. Nie Yan's right foot abruptly pulled back and slowly landed.

The guard didn't find anything and returned to normal.

"3.7 yards!" Nie Yan muttered to himself. This guard's level was relatively high, so the safe distance was 3.7 yards, meaning that as long as Nie Yan was more than 3.7 yards away, he would be absolutely safe.

After determining the safe distance, Nie Yan increased his speed. While moving at high speed, he still maintained a safe distance, flying along a winding route, precisely controlling even the most minute distances.

After about three minutes, Nie Yan saw Xie Yao standing at the entrance of a cave on a distant cliff.

It turned out that this tribe was built on the edge of a cliff. He didn't know where this cave led.

Nie Yan stood next to Xie Yao.

*Nie Yan arrived so quickly?* Xie Yao was surprised. When she had run halfway, she saw that Nie Yan had only just started moving. It was only a few minutes slower than her. But thinking about it, it was normal for anything to happen to Nie Yan.

"Are we almost there?" Nie Yan asked.

"There's still a long way to go. This is a cave. We have to clear out the monsters in the cave. After passing through the cave, at the end of the cave is a lake. There's a small boat on the lake. We have to take the boat to the other side. At the end of the riverbank is a cemetery, which is the final destination," Xie Yao said.

"What's in the last stage?" Nie Yan asked.

"It's a giant tarantula. It has spun webs in many places in the cemetery and lives by eating the corpses in the cemetery. The residents here worship it, believing it to be a godlike creature. Every once in a while, they transport the dead from nearby and discard them there, turning them into its food. It's a Level 180 mutated Lord," Xie Yao said, explaining the origin of the task. She needed to find the last piece of the set in that cemetery. During the search, she had to face the tarantula. She was no match for the tarantula at all, so the task had been delayed.

"This kind of work is more suitable for me," Nie Yan said with a smile. Searching for items was something he was good at.

Xie Yao looked worried and said, "That task is very difficult. I died there three times, but I haven't made any progress."

Nie Yan was silent for a moment. With Xie Yao's equipment and skills, a task that could stump Xie Yao should not be a simple search task. He should go in and take a look first, so as not to brag and slip his tongue. If he boasted now and couldn't complete it later, he would lose face.

As usual, Xie Yao would go first. She had a way to pass through the cave, and Nie Yan could sneak in later.