Chapter 25 The Holy Roman Empire

(The previous two chapters' Celestial Arbitration had magic immunity. Snail revised it and made it more low-end.)

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Po Tian, watching the video at the Triumph Empire headquarters, couldn't sit still any longer. Without reinforcements, Tang Yao and Nie Yan, no matter how strong, would inevitably die in the end. Although the enormous losses made his heart bleed, he had only one goal: to eliminate Tang Yao and Nie Yan. He felt that the threat they posed was simply too great. Before, when the members of the Niu Ren Tribe had ambushed them halfway, he had remained calm and collected. After all, the strength of those Niu Ren Tribe players was not on the same level as the elite players in his guild. However, with the appearance of the Holy Roman Empire, he could no longer sit still.

"Damn, it's the Holy Roman Empire!" His expression changed. This time, he had to lead the troops himself. Otherwise, if three hundred people died there without achieving their goal, it would be too unworthy.

Nie Yan, Tang Yao, and the others were in the thick of battle when they didn't expect someone else to intervene—the Holy Roman Empire! Nie Yan felt relieved. This time, he owed Ban Xing de Hu Li a favor.

When the Scorching Meteor appeared, everyone in Triumph felt a chill in their hearts. This magic was too terrifying. Even blood-bull-level shield warriors couldn't withstand its horrific attack, let alone ordinary players.

The sky was filled with large swaths of scorching red clouds, and the atmosphere suddenly became suffocating and oppressive as elemental forces stirred restlessly.

"Silence Paladins, quickly silence him!" Shou Gou screamed, his voice cracking. He had witnessed the power of high-level magic like elemental magic and arcane magic in the team. Once that person released the Scorching Meteor, it would be a devastating blow to the remaining Triumph players.

Five Silence Paladins charged towards the Holy Roman Empire player.

More than a dozen warriors from the Holy Roman Empire rushed out of the rubble, charging! Intercepting! The Holy Roman Empire warriors intercepted the Triumph Silence Paladins, not letting them succeed!

Seeing the five Silence Paladins intercepted, Shou Gou and the others finally panicked.

"Everyone, run! Holy Roman Empire, damn you!" Shou Gou and the others turned and ran, trying to get out of the Scorching Meteor's attack range!

Yue Er, having escaped the encirclement, finally cast a heal, a white light landing on Tang Yao's body, restoring a portion of his health. She also applied a Holy Light Shield to Tang Yao.

Previously, Yue Er hadn't been targeted for damage, but she had received plenty of silences from the paladins. Under the care of so many Silence Paladins, she hadn't been able to cast a single heal.

She didn't know why, but she was receiving an unusual number of silences. Perhaps Tang Yao and Huang Hun had too much resistance, especially Tang Yao. With such a large level difference, the silences from these Silence Paladins were ineffective against him. Therefore, they threw all the silences at Yue Er.

Yue Er pulled Tang Yao's health back from the brink of death, saving his life.

"Yaozi, run!" Nie Yan shouted anxiously. The Scorching Meteor was about to fall, and if Tang Yao didn't run, he would definitely die!

Tang Yao continued to unleash magic, bombarding nearby players with low health, but without the Level 3 Arcane Sprite, his strength was greatly reduced, and the cooldown time for each spell was much longer. However, with his powerful level advantage, his magic damage was still terrifyingly high.

The Triumph players were scattered by the Arcane Sprite's explosion. Before they could organize a counterattack, Tang Yao had already blasted several more of them to death.

Kill count: 92!

This was a number that chilled everyone present! Whether it was the Heavenly Meteor from the beginning or the Arcane Sprite's self-destruction, the Triumph players suffered heavy casualties. These weren't ordinary players that could be found everywhere, but Triumph's elites! Yet, they had all died at Tang Yao's hands!

Hearing Nie Yan's shout, Tang Yao's mind became much clearer. He couldn't die. If he died, with his current red name status, he would lose at least five levels!

Fortunately, after the Arcane Sprite's self-destruction, there were no Triumph players around, and with the threat of the Scorching Meteor, no players dared to block Tang Yao's path.

Tang Yao ran wildly. If he couldn't escape the Scorching Meteor's attack range, he was finished.

"You think you can leave after killing so many people!" Shou Gou, who was in the distance, saw Tang Yao and his eyes turned red. How many of the 92 people killed were his brothers who had gone through thick and thin with him? Seeing Tang Yao trying to escape, his eyes turned red. Ignoring the danger of being bombarded by the Scorching Meteor, he turned and pounced on Tang Yao, trying to intercept him.

Nie Yan noticed Shou Gou pouncing on Tang Yao and rushed up as well.

"I'll cover you, run!" Nie Yan shouted to Tang Yao, using an acceleration scroll and speeding towards Shou Gou.

Tang Yao didn't dare to stop and ran wildly.

Shou Gou jumped high, his dagger stabbing towards Tang Yao's forehead.

Nie Yan pounced, blocking Shou Gou.

With a clang, the two daggers collided, producing a crisp sound.

Shou Gou wanted to pursue Tang Yao, but Nie Yan firmly held his position, making it impossible for him to get around him!

About five or six hundred members of the Holy Roman Empire appeared in the open space not far away. The priests there cast healing spells on Tang Yao, and Tang Yao's health quickly returned to full.

Nie Yan's Celestial Arbitration ended. After blocking Shou Gou and seeing Tang Yao run away, he couldn't wait to run out as well.

Everyone wanted to escape the Scorching Meteor's attack range. The place where Nie Yan, Shou Gou, and the others were fighting was on the edge of the Scorching Meteor's attack range, so there was still a chance to escape. As for those Triumph members in the center, they had no chance at all.

After a long series of notes, scorching meteors fell from the sky like a torrential rain.

The frenzied fire element seemed to want to devour everything.

Players hit by the flames had damage numbers of over two hundred pop up over their heads and fell to the ground, resulting in dozens of more deaths. In this way, more than three hundred Triumph players who had come to hunt down Nie Yan and Tang Yao were almost all dead, with only a dozen survivors.

Nie Yan, Tang Yao, and Shou Gou were undoubtedly included in the Scorching Meteor's attack range.

"Quickly heal those two!" Ban Xing de Hu Li, in silver-white armor, pointed at Nie Yan and Tang Yao, who were running wildly, and shouted.

More than a hundred priests from the Holy Roman Empire all activated their healing spells.

Countless white lights fell on Tang Yao and Nie Yan's heads.

-270, -290, -260, damage numbers floated above their heads. Nie Yan and Tang Yao walked through the raging flames, but their health remained as steady as Mount Tai.

More than a hundred priests simultaneously healed Nie Yan and Tang Yao. As long as the Scorching Meteor couldn't instantly kill Nie Yan and Tang Yao, they would be safe and sound!

Tang Yao and Nie Yan thought they were doomed, but they didn't expect things to suddenly turn around. The two of them safely passed through the storm of Scorching Meteors, and came out safely.

Shou Gou wasn't so lucky. He let out a scream in the raging flames and fell to the ground after only a few steps.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao both had a feeling of surviving a disaster. Walking in the fiery rain of Scorching Meteors was something that few people would dare to try.

Yao Yao and Yue Er ran over, panting.

"You're okay, that's great," Yao Yao said with relief.

"It was too dangerous just now. Fortunately, you're okay," Yue Er was also a little shaken.

"Thank you just now. If it weren't for your healing and Holy Light Shield, I would have died," Tang Yao said gratefully. He was too impulsive just now and had been overwhelmed by the Arcane Sprite's self-destruction. Thinking of the Arcane Sprite's self-destruction, Tang Yao's mood couldn't help but darken.

"It's okay. If the Arcane Sprite is gone, you can find another one later. Don't be too sad," Yue Er comforted Tang Yao.

Tang Yao grinned, but the smile wasn't very natural.

Yao Yao looked at Nie Yan and said, "Nie Yan, you didn't die even after that, you're too awesome. It's so annoying, we're all red names, and so heavily red, what should we do? I killed five people, I guess I have to kill about six thousand ordinary monsters to clear the red name."

"I killed eleven people, I guess I have to kill twenty thousand," Nie Yan looked at his own status and smiled. It was a miracle to survive, and neither Chapter of Order exploded.

Yao Yao stuck out her tongue. He killed eleven people, how terrifying.

"I killed... 92? That's too fake, did the server miscalculate?" Tang Yao was stunned when he saw his status bar. Thinking back to just now, perhaps, there really were 92. How long would it take to clear the red name?

Yue Er was better off. She was a priest and had been silenced the whole time. She couldn't even cast heals, let alone attack magic, so she hadn't killed anyone.

"Let's go kill Scaled Frogs together to clear our red names," Nie Yan said. For the time being, killing Scaled Frogs was the fastest way to clear red names.

"Without the Arcane Sprite, can we handle the Scaled Frogs?" Tang Yao asked somewhat pessimistically.

"You're level seventeen, you should be able to handle them. If not, we'll kill ordinary Scaled Frogs first."

"It's a pity the Arcane Sprite is gone," Tang Yao said sadly, he had been depressed since just now.

"The Arcane Sprite is gone... wait, check your backpack, is there a crystal? Is the crystal broken?" Nie Yan suddenly remembered that someone in his previous life had revived an Arcane Sprite, but it was very difficult, requiring them to go to the Eternal City to find an Arcane Charging Crystal.

"There is a crystal. It used to be shiny, but now it's much dimmer," Tang Yao took out the crystal from his backpack. To be precise, it looked more like a white stone without any luster. He couldn't help but ask, "What's this thing for?"

Nie Yan picked up the crystal and checked it. It was still intact, without any cracks. He smiled slightly and said, "Fortunately, it's not broken."

"You're saying, there's still a way?" Tang Yao couldn't help but be moved.

Nie Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe there is, I'm not sure."