Chapter 1 The Underground Passage

The underground passage had many forks, some leading to the Undead Empire, and others to the Demon Player tribes.

Nie Yan had only taken a few steps when a system notification sounded.

System: You have discovered the Barren Dark Swamp.

The ground here was very damp, with mud everywhere, covered in black aquatic plants. Many animal carcasses lay along the edges of the mud, already rotting and emitting a foul stench.

According to the map, he should be on the side of the Demon Player tribes.

Nie Yan walked along the hard ground at the edge of the mud. Looking as far as he could see, he spotted some black serpentine creatures moving in the mud ahead. These were level 120 Swamp Black Snakes, which posed no threat to Nie Yan.

As Nie Yan walked, some Swamp Black Snakes crawled over, stopping five or six yards away from him, hissing and spitting their red tongues. They lingered for a moment before slowly retreating. In their eyes, Nie Yan was extremely dangerous, not an easy prey to deal with.

Nie Yan ignored them and continued onward. After a short while, a light red dot flew up, circling and dancing around him.

For a long time, Bennett's soul hadn't appeared. He thought it had disappeared, but unexpectedly, it had reappeared.

Led by Bennett's soul, Nie Yan traversed the swamp for about twenty minutes.

The dense dark magical elements here were full of cold, corrosive energy, making Nie Yan feel very uncomfortable.

After passing through an open space of five or six hundred yards, Nie Yan stopped. He smelled something unusual, smiled coldly, and continued forward without betraying his awareness.

The area was full of waist-high bushes, all pitch black, growing in some unknown way. In the dark corners of the bushes, several figures flashed by.

Nie Yan took a few more steps when suddenly, five Thieves pounced from all directions, surrounding him.

After following for so long, they finally couldn't help but make their move!

These five Thieves were agile, obviously experts among the players. Without exception, they all had a pair of silvery-white wings on their backs.

Five Silverwings!

After five or six months, with the full opening of top-tier class advancements, the number of top-tier classes in the Green Continent Empire and the Saturn Empire had exceeded two hundred. The number of Silverwings in the Demon Player tribes was definitely even higher. Nie Yan wasn't surprised to encounter five Silverwing Thieves at once.

Nie Yan remained standing still. Just as they were about to pounce on him, he suddenly conjured several phantoms. Using Phantom Dance, he dodged the attacks of three of the Thieves.

A dagger struck straight at Nie Yan's chest. Nie Yan swung the Bloodstained Dagger in his right hand. With a crisp clang, the two daggers collided.

With a turn of his body, Nie Yan's left-hand Slaughter Dagger moved as fast as lightning, stabbing towards the Thief's throat.

The Thief quickly blocked with his dagger, but Nie Yan's dagger suddenly changed direction, a white light flashing in his eyes. In the instant he lost his vision, the dagger pierced his throat with a soft thud.

The Thief's eyes widened. Even in his dying moments, he didn't understand how Nie Yan had done it, because he hadn't even seen Nie Yan's attack clearly! His vision went black, and he fell.

Just as this Thief died, the other four Thieves blocked Nie Yan's path and pounced on him.

"Damn, lost most of my health, it's Slaughter Feast!"

"Kill him!"

Storm Assault!

Nie Yan suddenly accelerated, pouncing on one of the Thieves.

"Damn, die!"

Just as they were about to pounce on Nie Yan, Nie Yan activated Death Immunity, immune to control skills. He withstood the attacks of the four Thieves, roared, and used Shadowstrike combined with Killing Aura. *Puff puff puff*, a trace of blood splattered on the four people, and their health points simultaneously hit bottom, causing them to fall to the ground.

System notifications sounded one after another.

System: Honorable Kill, Centurion, gained 723 honor points.

System: Honorable Kill, Centurion, gained 921 honor points.

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The honor points gained from honorable kills take into account the enemy's strength, so the amount of honor points gained varies.

Killing these five Silverwings actually yielded so many honor points. Nie Yan's honor value had currently dropped back to Chiliarch. He would have to spend some time in the underground world to see if he could reach Brigadier General or High Brigadier General. After thinking about it, he didn't often participate in battles, so even if he reached Brigadier General or High Brigadier General, it wouldn't be of much use. If he didn't participate in battles, his rank would quickly drop.

After picking up all the items dropped by the five Silverwings, he had only taken a few steps when he suddenly sensed something. He activated True Sight, immediately locking onto the positions of seven Thieves.

These Thieves quickly stealthily approached, pouncing on Nie Yan.

In addition, a dozen Mages and Warriors surrounded him from all directions.

Another batch of people here to die, Nie Yan smiled indifferently. In his opinion, no matter how many of these people came, they were just courting death.

He suddenly accelerated, dodging the encirclement of the seven Thieves, and rushed to one of the Warriors. The Warrior reflexively raised his greatsword to block, but Nie Yan suddenly used Shadow Dance, performing a backstab.

*Puff*, a damage value of seventeen or eighteen thousand floated above the Warrior's head.

This guy was level 145, with a pretty high defense and a lot of health.

After being hit by Nie Yan, the Warrior was about to turn around and counterattack, but Nie Yan followed up with a Spine Break.

Nie Yan's Killing Aura caused more than twenty people around him to fall to the ground.

The ground was littered with corpses. Nie Yan picked up the better pieces of equipment that had fallen to the ground, and then walked away.

The people who came now were all sent by various forces to test him. Their main force had not yet been dispatched, and the main event was still to come. Furthermore, the Bloodfiend Knights hadn't moved out yet. After his last encounter with the Bloodfiend Knights, Nie Yan was still somewhat wary of them. Such a group of Silverwings gathered together was indeed a force to be reckoned with. After being driven back to the underground world by the Niu Ren Tribe, they would definitely study tactics to deal with him and the Niu Ren Tribe.

Nie Yan followed Bennett's soul to the depths of the Barren Dark Swamp. The monsters spawning here were much higher level, some at level 150, 160, 170 and 180. He summoned the Golden Earth Dragon, letting it grind and level up nearby.

Nie Yan hadn't had time to help the Golden Earth Dragon level up. Its level and strength were starting to fall behind. It had been killed several times in previous battles, and its loyalty had dropped to sixty-seven. He needed to bring the Golden Earth Dragon along to level up, and also raise its loyalty.

The monsters nearby were very dense. Nie Yan lifted the Headless Horseman Doro's Riding Crossbow, constantly pulling the trigger, shooting at the monsters in the distance, attracting them over, and then letting the Golden Earth Dragon take the lead.

The Golden Earth Dragon constantly spewed Dragon Breath, attracting a large number of monsters, and then constantly using Counterstorm, sweeping down a large area.

A large number of monster corpses littered the ground. Occasionally, some oblivious players tried to sneak attack Nie Yan, but were quickly defeated and routed, only one or two managing to escape.

At this time, the sixty members of the Bloodfiend Knights were riding flying mounts, flying towards Nie Yan's location.

"Bloodfiend, I just received news that Crazy Thief Nie Yan is currently in the center of the Barren Dark Swamp. This guy is too fierce. He has already killed at least five or six hundred players, all sent by the major guilds." Leng Feng in Late Autumn, sitting on a Black Hawk, said, feeling a little apprehensive when he mentioned Nie Yan.

"Crazy Thief Nie Yan is really reckless. He has the Death God's Edge and the Paternoster Combat Hammer, yet he still isn't keeping a low profile. He's just standing there waiting for people from the major guilds to come." Dark Shadow sighed.

"He does have the capital to be arrogant. Even if everyone knows he's there, no one can do anything to him." Bloodfiend said. He admired Nie Yan. Nie Yan deserved the title of the number one player in the game. But admiration was admiration, and it still couldn't change their current antagonistic relationship.

Thinking of the number one player in the game, Bloodfiend's mind flashed with another person's figure. Two months ago, he had fought someone, but was completely defeated. That person was God King of the Tribes of Gods. That God King had actually advanced to Goldwing. In the Demon Player tribes, Goldwing was the advancement of Silverwing, equivalent to Nie Yan's Holy Shadow Dance, Smiles Not For Me's War Shadow Dance, and so on. However, obtaining Goldwing was even more difficult than Holy Shadow Dance and War Shadow Dance, and there were very few of them. Currently, God King was the only one in the entire Demon Player tribes who had completed the task.

In the Undead Empire and the Demon Player tribes, there were three very strong experts. One was God King, another was Duoduo, the boss of Fallen Angel, and the last one was a Thief, elusive and famous, but no one knew exactly how strong he was. God King and Duoduo were definitely stronger than Bloodfiend. As for that Thief, Bloodfiend couldn't say for sure.

Between God King and Duoduo, who was the number one Chaotic Evil player?

Crazy Thief Nie Yan has come to the underground world. I wonder if God King will make a move.

Bloodfiend drove these thoughts out of his mind. If possible, he wanted to intercept Crazy Thief Nie Yan before anyone else, obtain the Death God's Edge, and then he could complete that task before everyone else and become the Master of Hell. Then he could surpass God King and Duoduo. Crazy Thief Nie Yan was very strong, but with the Bloodfiend Knights' sixty people, they might have a chance of winning if they planned an ambush against Nie Yan!

Nie Yan didn't understand what the Death God's Edge meant to Chaotic Evil players, because the secret of the Death God's Edge was only known to a few people in Chaotic Evil, while other players only knew that the Death God's Edge was an artifact, and that by taking the Death God's Edge to the Evil Governor, a Lich, they could obtain a huge reward.

The Death God's Edge, I must get it! Bloodfiend clenched his fists, thinking firmly. After being driven back to the underground world by the Niu Ren Tribe, they had learned from their shame and strived to improve their strength for five or six months, just for this day!