Chapter 18 Scale Frog Refreshing Zone

The dim jungle was silent and desolate. The occasional chirping of insects could be heard from the trees. It was a place rarely visited by humans. For the moment, no other players dared to come here. In his past life, Nie Yan often saw teams of twos and threes coming here to grind and level up. Among them were many red-named players. When an elite or sub-elite creature appeared, players would frantically fight over it, and many would die as a result.

In fact, although leveling in *Faith* was difficult, if one constantly leveled up, it would take at most three years to reach level 180. Some could even reach level 200 or higher. However, PK, dungeon raiding, cross-level elite challenges, fortress siege battles, and so on meant that death was commonplace for players, so leveling up was relatively slow. Yet, it was the experience of repeated deaths that made them true experts. Later on, when various skills became more numerous, having only levels and equipment without matching abilities meant being killed by lower-level players was normal.

After passing through a forest, Nie Yan and the others finally arrived at the Scale Frog respawn area deep in the jungle.

"How much mana do you have, and how many mana potions did you bring in total?" Nie Yan asked Tang Yao. Without the Arcane Sprite, insufficient mana would be a very serious problem.

"Including what Sun sent, I have a total of thirty slow mana recovery potions and ten beginner instant mana recovery potions," Tang Yao said. Although it seemed like a lot, it was far from enough when grinding elites. Mana recovery potions had a cooldown time, so they couldn't be used continuously. When killing elites, they had to pause every now and then to recover mana before continuing to output damage, which slowed down the grinding speed.

Nie Yan suddenly remembered something and looked at Yao Yao. "Did you learn the Holy Words mage's mana transfer?" Mana transfer was a Holy Words mage skill that could transfer their mana to others, but often, for every 100 points of mana transferred, the recipient would only receive 50 or 60 points, making it very inefficient.

"Yes, I learned it," Yao Yao nodded. As a Holy Words mage who frequently grouped up, mana transfer was a must-learn skill. Sometimes, Holy Words mages had to sacrifice their mana for the priests. Holy Words mages were the strongest damage dealers in the team, even surpassing Elemental mages and Arcane mages. Without mana, the Holy Words mage's output would stop, but many times, sacrificing high spell damage to keep the entire team alive was well worth it.

"Having mana transfer will make things easier. Later, if Yao Zi's mana is not enough, you can transfer mana to him," Nie Yan said. Mana transfer generally took two minutes to cool down. If uninterrupted, it could transfer up to 200 mana. That way, Tang Yao wouldn't have to worry about insufficient mana. As long as he didn't use high-mana-consuming spells like Tian Yu (Heavenly Fall), with Yao Yao's help and the replenishment of mana potions, maintaining sustained output would definitely not be a problem.

"You don't need me to output damage?" Yao Yao asked in surprise.

Nie Yan shook his head and said, "No, your level isn't high enough. You won't deal any damage to the Scale Frogs."

"How long does it take us to kill an elite Scale Frog now?" Tang Yao asked.

"At least an hour. A sub-elite should take about half an hour."

Seeing Tang Yao's dejected look, Nie Yan patted Tang Yao's shoulder and said, "Cheer up, we have to level up quickly, otherwise our levels will be overtaken by Po Tian. The Triumphant Empire is watching us. Our guild members don't dare to wear guild badges when leveling up in outside maps. They have to hide it. It's all because we're not strong enough. If we were strong enough, we wouldn't have to be afraid of the Triumphant Empire."

Nie Yan realized even more deeply that the reason the Triumphant Empire dared to besiege and kill Nie Yan and Tang Yao so blatantly today was related to their lack of strength. If the Niu Ren (Amazing People) Guild had a force that the Triumphant Empire feared, would they still dare to besiege and kill Nie Yan and Tang Yao so wantonly?

Hearing Nie Yan's words, Tang Yao's eyes revealed deep unwillingness. Everything that happened today would be repaid to the Triumphant Empire sooner or later!

Tang Yao finally wasn't as depressed as before. He gritted his teeth and cursed, "Fuck the Triumphant Empire!"

If Tang Yao became dispirited, it would be a big blow to the Niu Ren Guild, but seeing him rekindle his fighting spirit, Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally arriving at a sub-elite Scale Frog respawn point, Nie Yan first used a Mist Dust. After the mist formed, Tang Yao began to cast spells, attacking the Scale Frog.

"This works?" Yao Yao and Sun were both stunned. They didn't expect Nie Yan and Tang Yao to use this method to kill monsters above their level.

For ordinary players, killing monsters above their level was very dangerous. They basically didn't dare to touch leader-level or higher monsters that were higher than their level, because it was too dangerous. But now, Tang Yao seemed to be able to kill a sub-elite without taking any damage. This simply subverted Yao Yao and Sun's understanding.

Sun and Yao Yao were basically there to leech experience. Yao Yao's job was to transfer some mana to Tang Yao when he ran out of mana, and Sun's job was to pick up equipment. Nie Yan could take advantage of Tang Yao's grinding time to look for the next elite and determine its location, then run back to collect experience when the Scale Frog was about to be killed. This could save a lot of time.

After a while, a sub-elite Scale Frog fell to the ground. The generous experience allowed Sun to level up twice in a row, reaching level 9. As for Yao Yao, she also went from level 10 to level 11. Although Nie Yan and Tang Yao's levels didn't change, their experience bars also rose quite a bit.

"Leveling up is so fast. I actually leveled up twice," Sun said in surprise, a little incredulous. Before, it took him at least two days to go from level 7 to level 9, but now it was only half an hour.

Yao Yao was also shocked by the speed of leveling up. So Nie Yan and Tang Yao used this method to level up so quickly, no wonder they rushed to the top of the level rankings so quickly. How could anyone else's leveling speed compare to Nie Yan and Tang Yao?

"Nie Yan, how did you think of this leveling method?" Yao Yao asked, looking at Nie Yan with a puzzled look in her bright eyes.

"The library has detailed explanations of various monsters' attributes. Just find their weaknesses. Sun, what equipment did you get?" Nie Yan could only find an excuse and change the subject.

"A war armor and a paladin hammer. Both are unidentified."

"Bring them over and I'll identify them."

"Okay." Sun handed the equipment he picked up to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan identified the equipment. The war armor was Silver-grade, and the paladin hammer was Gold-grade. Both were good equipment, but they were both level 30. No one could use them yet, so they would be used to fill the guild warehouse. When the players reached level 30, they would definitely be able to use them.

Players needed at least 1,000 guild contribution points to take out a level 30 Silver-grade equipment from the guild warehouse, and at least 3,000 guild contribution points for a Gold-grade one. No one would move them for the time being, but having so many level 30 equipment on display would be a great incentive for the players.

After killing this sub-elite Scale Frog, Nie Yan and the others continued to walk towards the next elite Scale Frog respawn point.

"Nie Yan, why hasn't the Murderous Maniac Medal dropped yet?" Tang Yao asked, frowning. According to reason, their Red-Name value should have reached the requirement, right?

"I'm not sure. The drop rate of the Murderous Maniac Medal is low. Let's keep looking. If we get it, we're lucky. If we don't, that's fate," Nie Yan said. After all, the attributes of the Murderous Maniac Medal were too good. It was the best accessory in the early stages. In his previous life, the price of a Murderous Maniac Medal was equivalent to a sub-legendary item. It had already reached the level of 'godly equipment' in the eyes of the players, so it wasn't easy to get.

"Okay, let's continue."

The storm stirred up by the Triumphant Empire and the Holy Roman Empire subsided and became a topic of conversation for players after meals, but another thing attracted the players' attention. That was the video that was going viral in the Greenland area on the official website. Several videos were pushed to the top, pushing Tang Yao's reputation to a peak.

Nie Yan, Tang Yao and others casually glanced at the comments below: 'Amazing!' 'This is a god, verified.' 'Spectating an amazing person!' ......

Seeing the posts below, Nie Yan and Tang Yao couldn't help but smile at each other. Fortunately, when Guo Huai released Tang Yao's video, he deliberately hid some of the videos related to Nie Yan, only vaguely seeing Nie Yan's back, killing several players from the Triumphant Empire in a row. Therefore, after watching the video, many people were asking who the incredibly awesome thief in the corner of the video was, who was killing people like cutting radishes. But they didn't get an answer. The people from the Triumphant Empire didn't reveal it, nor did the Niu Ren Guild, and the Holy Roman Empire didn't reveal any information either. Therefore, Nie Yan's identity was still a mystery. This was in line with Nie Yan's consistent low-key style. However, the players of the Niu Ren Guild all knew that in addition to their number one brave and invincible boss Yao Zi, they also had a very awesome boss who was a thief, but he had never appeared before and was mysterious.

The Niu Ren Guild became famous in one battle and became a legend passed down by word of mouth among players. Some expert-level players came attracted by the name and joined the Niu Ren Guild. Therefore, the Niu Ren Guild quickly grew stronger and recruited a large number of players who could be called elites. The number of people also developed to more than 10,000. Although it was not as good as those big guilds, it was already a little famous among the second-rate guilds. It was not so easy for the Triumphant Empire to block the Niu Ren Guild. Moreover, because of the video, the reputation of the Triumphant Empire suffered a heavy blow, and a lot of affairs were keeping them busy, so they had no time to pay attention to the Niu Ren Guild. At the same time, the elite team of the Triumphant Empire began to level up frantically. Po Tian broke through level 16, directly targeting the number one Tang Yao. At the same time, they sent out a large number of thieves to search for the whereabouts of Nie Yan and others, preparing to create some trouble for Nie Yan, Tang Yao and others' leveling, but their actions were obviously in vain. There was no way their sent out thieves could find the level 30 map.