Chapter 144 The Advancement of the Phoenix

Xie Yao's phoenix had already reached the peak of rank seven more than a month ago. Nie Yan had Guo Huai find a lot of fire-type crystal cores for her. The phoenix had eaten a basketful of crystal cores, but there was still no sign of it advancing.

Nie Yan understood that a rank seven flying mount needed more than just crystal cores to advance to rank eight. It also needed an opportunity.

If the phoenix advanced, it would be of great significance to the Ni Ren Tribe. They would have two rank eight flying mounts. But the phoenix had not shown any signs of moving, so they could only let fate decide.

However, in this battle today, after the phoenix unexpectedly died and was reborn, it was completely different from before. Its size was much larger than before, only slightly inferior to the Darkwing Dragon. Its feathers were brighter, and the fiery flames burning on its body were more dazzling than before. Sparks flew, exuding a powerful and terrifying aura. The tall phoenix chirped a few times, its voice as loud as a bell and full of confidence.

"The phoenix advanced?" Nie Yan looked at Xie Yao and asked in surprise.

"Its rank has reached rank eight, but after Nirvana, its combat power is temporarily still the same as rank seven. It will only slowly grow to the level of rank eight in the next month or so," Xie Yao said, looking at the phoenix's condition.

A month was not long. After the Darkwing Dragon, the Ni Ren Tribe had another rank eight flying mount. This was a piece of news worth celebrating.

Nie Yan glanced at the pet space. The Darkwing Dragon's corpse was lying there quietly. The people of Angel Corp thought the Darkwing Dragon was dead, but Nie Yan still had a resurrection crystal that could revive the Darkwing Dragon!

Although the Darkwing Dragon would not have any combat power in a short period after being resurrected and could not be put into battle, the situation would be very different after it recovered.

"How long does it take for the Nirvana skill to cool down?" Nie Yan asked. This Nirvana skill was great. It was equivalent to the phoenix having a second life. In normal circumstances, the phoenix's strength was much inferior to that of the dragons, but because of this Nirvana skill, the phoenix was truly listed as a creature of the same level as the dragons.

"It takes sixty natural days to cool down," Xie Yao said.

"That's okay," Nie Yan said. Such a strong skill must have a long cooldown time, so Nie Yan was already mentally prepared.

"Nie Yan, your Darkwing Dragon..." Xie Yao thought of Nie Yan's Darkwing Dragon and felt a little sad.

Nie Yan smiled and said, "The Darkwing Dragon is not dead."

"Not dead? But just now..." Xie Yao looked at Nie Yan in confusion.

"I have a resurrection crystal here that I can use," Nie Yan explained.

"No wonder you took back the Darkwing Dragon's corpse," Xie Yao suddenly understood, and her mood was not as depressed as before.

Nie Yan took a great risk to take back the Darkwing Dragon's corpse. After all, in that critical moment, even just a second could determine life and death.

It would be a very troublesome process to resurrect the Darkwing Dragon. He would have to go to Carol City to find a beastmaster.

Nie Yan could only postpone the resurrection of the Darkwing Dragon for the time being and direct the battle on the spot in Okolon City.

The war in Okolon City became more and more intense. The people of Angel Corp used some kind of magic to summon more than sixty giants with huge bodies and a height of five yards, covered in muscles, and let them cover the players below to launch an attack on the walls of Okolon City.

"They're coming up again!"

"Catapults ready!"

"Crossbows ready!"

Although the scene on the city wall was chaotic, it was actually very orderly. Everyone was sticking to their posts.

The iron bullets of the catapults whistled through the air, some of them falling on the city wall and smashing a large number of people.

"Liu Zi is dead, find someone to carry the body down!"

Soon, the corpses on the city wall were cleaned up, and everything was still in order.

"Boss Nie Yan is here!"

"Boss Nie Yan is coming up!"

Seeing Nie Yan and Xie Yao coming up, cheers rang out on the city wall. Nie Yan's appearance boosted the morale of the Ni Ren Tribe players.

Boom, boom, boom, the ground shook.

Nie Yan looked ahead and saw a group of tall giants rushing towards the city wall. They were holding huge logs, which were used to ram the city gates.

Dense artillery fire covered these giants. They dodged nimbly, but several were still smashed away by the flying shells.

Tens of thousands of players surged in like a tide, their momentum shaking the sky.

Soon, the two sides clashed again at the edge of the city wall. The two sides' magic kept shooting at each other, which was spectacular. Almost every second, many players fell, but neither side gave an inch.

Boom, boom, boom, the giants began to ram the city gate, and the city gate groaned in fear.

"Boss Nie Yan, the south side of the city wall has been blown open by Angel Corp's artillery!"

"Send warriors to block the gap and don't let them in!" Nie Yan said in a deep voice, glanced back, Xie Yao had already started chanting a forbidden spell among the players, and the beams of holy light were as dazzling as the sun.

With a forbidden spell, plus the crossbows, even if they had magic resistance, they could kill at least tens of thousands of Angel Corp players.

At this moment, Nie Yan seemed to smell something unusual, and shouted in a low voice, Eye of Truth!

Scanning with his eyes, two vague figures were rushing towards Xie Yao.

Nie Yan snorted coldly, How clumsy!

They were two Shadow Dancer thieves, and their target was obviously Xie Yao in the crowd.

These two Shadow Dancer thieves were both freelancers, one named Mo Yan and the other named Mo Yang. They were both professional players, but they had been recruited by Cao Xu. They usually lurked among ordinary players, wandering around Okolon City, and waited until now to suddenly attack.

"Mad Rogue Nie Yan is over there!" Mo Yan glanced at a distance, Nie Yan's red blood pupils looked over here, he felt a chill in his heart, and exclaimed, "He found us!"

"You cover me, I'll kill that Yaoyao, and retreat immediately after I succeed!" Mo Yang said, and rushed towards Xie Yao with Gale Steps activated.

"Understood!" Mo Yan responded, standing in the middle of Nie Yan and Xie Yao, he couldn't help but lick his dry tongue. It was impossible not to be nervous when facing Mad Rogue Nie Yan.

Mo Yang was only five or six yards away from Xie Yao, and it looked like he was about to succeed.

In just a blink of an eye, Mo Yan found that he had lost track of Nie Yan. He activated Bloodshot Vision to scan around, but still didn't find Nie Yan. Nie Yan seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

"Be careful, he might be going for you!" Mo Yan said anxiously.

Mo Yang was just about to attack Xie Yao when he suddenly felt a cold wind flash across his neck. There was no consciousness in his head, and he almost reflexively raised his dagger to block.

With a clang, the two daggers collided.

Nie Yan raised his eyebrows. He actually blocked his attack. This guy had some ability!

"Go, or it will be too late!" Mo Yang said anxiously, moving his left hand, there was a random teleportation scroll in his hand.

Before he could finish speaking, with a poof, Nie Yan's dagger pierced his chest.

Mo Yang was killed instantly!

Mo Yan in the distance realized that something was wrong, how dare he stay, and immediately used a random teleportation scroll to run away.

The guy named Mo Yang blocked his first attack, Nie Yan thought the opponent was a bit capable, but he didn't expect it to be useless. After the top professional class transfer mission was fully opened, more and more people were getting the Shadow Dancer title, but there were not many who were truly strong. There were even fewer people like Sun, King's World, Smile, Shadow Killer, and One Hammer who could exchange a few moves with him.

Also Shadow Dancers, Mo Yang and Mo Yan can only be considered scum.

In just a moment of fighting, one Shadow Dancer died and one fled. The thieves hidden in other places who were preparing to attack Xie Yao were all frightened and slowly disappeared. Let Xie Yao cast a forbidden spell, even if they were beaten to death, they would not go up to stop her.

Xie Yao's forbidden spell was released, and a huge pillar of light fell from the sky, turning the outside of Okolon City into a world of white light. More than fifty giants were turned into ashes in screams.

Xie Yao put down her staff and recovered her magic value in place.

"Let's go," Nie Yan said, and the two ran towards the south of Okolon City together.

"Dao Guang, Shui Se, how are you doing?" Nie Yan asked in the team chat.

"We're all back, and we're landing. We lost six flying mounts, all of them rank six, but it's not a loss. We killed more than thirty of Angel Corp, and more than ten of them were rank six, so we've made our money back!"

It was fine as long as they came back safely. Nie Yan's heart was relieved, and he said, "Be careful of their Firebirds, don't get caught!"

"Understood."

They didn't know about Firebirds before, so they were caught by them. Knowing the Firebird's skills and being prepared, there was nothing to be afraid of. Moreover, it was estimated that the Firebird's fire net skill also needed a long time to cool down, otherwise it would be too strong.

Nie Yan arrived at the gap. Hundreds of Ni Ren Tribe warriors were desperately blocking the gap, preventing the players outside from attacking. However, iron bullets flew in from time to time, smashing one warrior after another. However, there were enough reserves behind to rush up at any time. The two sides launched a fierce battle for this gap.

Nie Yan disappeared with Gale Steps, leaped up, flew over the heads of the Ni Ren Tribe warriors, and suddenly stabbed with the dagger in his right hand, killing a player instantly.

The surrounding players could hardly see Nie Yan's figure. They only saw a figure flash, and then poof poof poof, blood splattered out, and more than a dozen Angel Corp players fell to the ground.

After these players fell to the ground, they turned into skeletons and then got up.

These skeletons made sharp laughter, waved the weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the Angel Corp players. They were all fearless and unusually brave.