Chapter 1 Nearing the End

Nie Yan continued to use the teleportation array to go to Tesoy Town, then followed the original route into the Earth Giant Lizard cave, and arrived at the edge of the cliff.

Gusts of cold wind blew through the canyon. The wind here came from the desolate northern plains. Although the air temperature rose a lot as it passed through the valley along the way, you could still feel the biting chill in the wind.

Nie Yan looked down at the cliff, where he could see the dense canopy of trees below.

Below was the main area of the Plague Canyon, which was rich in wind spirit grass, the main raw material for making intermediate anti-paralysis potions. When wind spirit grass sold best, it was seventeen silver coins a plant. Plus, there were many monsters there, all of which were chubby porcupines that moved very slowly and had no ranged attacks. In his previous life, level 20-something mage players liked to come here to grind.

However, it was a long way to get there, requiring them to bypass a large mountainous area. They usually went on horseback. Nie Yan didn't have a mount, so he didn't know how long it would take to walk there, but jumping down from here seemed like a shorter route.

Jumping from this height would definitely kill you without a treasure like a Feather Fall Gem.

Nie Yan jumped down.

The altitude dropped rapidly, and the wind whistled past his ears.

Jumping from a height of hundreds of yards was quite thrilling. After falling more than a hundred yards, the falling speed became faster and faster. Nie Yan struggled to open his eyes. As he got closer and closer to the ground, he quickly used the Feather Fall skill.

After activating the Feather Fall skill, the falling speed became slower and slower. Nie Yan adjusted his landing point, found an open space, and landed safely.

Nie Yan stood still and checked his surroundings. There was an open area of grass about 50x50 nearby, right on the edge of the cliff.

"This is the place." Nie Yan thought to himself. The terrain nearby was quite suitable. He noticed several wind spirit grasses growing densely on the grass because no one had picked them. Unfortunately, Nie Yan's gathering level was not high enough.

A porcupine monster appeared in front of Nie Yan. They were short and fat, only half a man's height, wielding wolf-fang clubs, and covered in gray spikes. They possessed extremely strong physical defense capabilities and could also reflect damage. However, they moved extremely slowly, making them easy targets for magic players. After discovering Nie Yan, the porcupine monster made a strange "woo woo" sound and charged towards Nie Yan.

Nie Yan used Super Insight on the porcupine monster.

Porcupine Monster: Level 23, HP 1300/1300.

A level 23 porcupine monster, its HP and defense were frighteningly high.

Nie Yan raised the crossbow in his hand and shot three arrows at the porcupine monster.

-10, -11, -10, three damage values floated above the porcupine monster's head. However, the HP recovery speed of a level 23 monster was also quite amazing. Nie Yan's damage was barely keeping up with its HP regeneration.

Nie Yan quickly ran away. His movement speed was 30% faster than the porcupine monster's, so the porcupine monster was immediately left far behind.

After estimating the speed, he knew what to do. As long as he didn't get touched by the porcupine monster, everything would be fine.

Nie Yan began to lure monsters, running towards the depths of the jungle. He shot a few arrows at the porcupine monsters wandering in the jungle. Those porcupine monsters were immediately attracted and angrily chased after Nie Yan. He carefully controlled his running speed, so that the porcupines were always chasing him not too closely, not too far behind.

All the way, it was like driving a train, one, two, ten, twenty... more and more porcupine monsters followed behind Nie Yan, a large and bustling group. Under Nie Yan's guidance, these porcupine monsters all entered the open area.

After leading these porcupine monsters to the place, Nie Yan immediately accelerated and quickly escaped from their sight. The porcupine monsters lost their target and returned to their wandering state.

A large group of wandering porcupines appeared in this open area, about fifty or sixty of them. They would not disperse in a short period of time.

Nie Yan ran to the other side of the jungle and continued to lure monsters with his crossbow. In just over ten minutes, a large group of porcupines, about fifty or sixty, gathered behind him again. He could see that among these porcupine monsters, there were a few larger ones that moved faster. However, there were too many porcupine monsters, and they were too crowded, so they were squeezed in the crowd and could not play any role at all.

Nie Yan used Scout on one of the larger porcupine monsters.

Porcupine Leader: Level 25, HP 2100/2100.

They were some leader monsters with a lot of HP. A level 25 porcupine leader would be difficult for Nie Yan to match under normal circumstances, but now, they were all his prey.

Another group of porcupines was led by Nie Yan to the open space. As more and more porcupine monsters were led here, this open area became more and more crowded. There were dense porcupines everywhere.

Nie Yan accelerated again and ran away, escaping from the sight of these porcupine monsters.

The work of luring monsters was proceeding in an orderly manner. After about an hour and a half, Nie Yan had lured about six waves of porcupine monsters. This originally small open space was crowded with more than three hundred porcupines, which was staggering.

"Done." Seeing the crowded porcupine monsters, Nie Yan showed a smile. Next, it was time to harvest!

Nie Yan dodged the pursuit of several porcupine monsters and ran to the edge of the cliff. He used the skill on the Creeper Ring, and his hands immediately turned into suction cups. He agilely clung to the cliff and climbed upwards. He reached a higher position and found a protruding place to stand.

Looking down, it was all dense porcupine monsters!

If he didn't hurry, these porcupine monsters would disperse!

Nie Yan put on the three pieces of equipment that increased intelligence, took out the Thunderfire Scroll, and shook the Thunderfire Scroll open.

System: Do you want to cast Thunderfire?

Yes!

System: Thunderfire Scroll is loading...

Nie Yan followed the instructions on the scroll and spat out a string of unfamiliar characters.

Reading this spell required a set of words and a set of gestures, which took ten seconds. Nie Yan felt as if the Thunderfire Scroll in his hand was like a flame, burning fiercely.

The Thunderfire Scroll was activated!

Fire elements gathered frantically, and manic heat surged in the sky, as if a distant destructive force was being awakened. Clouds of fire danced in the sky, like the beautiful sunset glow.

However, they were so gorgeous that they represented destruction and doom.

Thunderfire was an elemental mage's AoE magic, summoning fire rain to attack enemies. It was a level 1 magic in the Element Hall. In the early stages, its power was quite amazing, and it could cause considerable damage to monsters above level 30. Not to mention these level 20 porcupines!

The porcupines seemed to feel the danger and walked around restlessly. The porcupine swarm rioted and spread outward.

Ten seconds was a very long time in the critical battles of the past. Many things could happen in ten seconds. A spell that was half-cast could be silenced or even interrupted, and it was enough for a thief to instantly kill a magic player with the highest burst damage. But for now, ten seconds was too short. By the time the porcupine swarm sensed the danger, it was too late. Ten seconds was not enough for them to disperse safely.

Nie Yan aimed at the most densely populated area of porcupines, Thunderfire!

Scorching clouds condensed in the sky, and dense fire rain slammed down on the open space below wave after wave.

Insane flames!

Boom, boom, boom, clusters of flames exploded in the porcupine swarm, sparks flew everywhere, and the porcupines let out miserable screams.

Like a purgatory on earth, the flames were raging, and waves of heat were coming. All the porcupines in the area within 20x20 yards were suppressed by the dense fire rain and could not lift their heads.

In the flames, -200, -200, -200, a series of hundreds of -200 damage values popped up densely, what a spectacular scene!

Even the thick-skinned porcupine leaders could not withstand such terrifying damage!

Fifteen seconds, nearly ten waves of fire rain, were enough to cook all the porcupine monsters!

In the most densely populated area of Thunderfire, the porcupine monsters fell in pieces like harvested wheat.

System: You killed a porcupine monster, the experience bonus for killing monsters above your level is 1800%, you gained 5290 experience.

System: You killed a porcupine monster, the experience bonus for killing monsters above your level is 1800%, you gained 5290 experience.

...

Nie Yan looked at his experience bar, and the experience rose in terror, ...56%...67%...83%..., with a ding, a crisp system prompt sounded, his level increased by one, and he reached level eight.

But the growth of experience still did not stop, and was still skyrocketing, 12%...56%...

System: You killed a porcupine leader, the experience bonus for killing monsters above your level is 2800%, you gained 25290 experience.

System: You killed a porcupine leader, the experience bonus for killing monsters above your level is 2800%, you gained 25290 experience.

...

Nie Yan found that the experience bar quickly broke through 100% again, and a white light fell on his head. With a ding, the system prompt sounded, and he leveled up again. The experience rose to 56% of level 9 before stopping.

What a terrifying amount of experience!

Nie Yan was only level 7, and these porcupine monsters were all above level 20. This experience bonus was amazing. Plus, they had a lot of experience themselves, so each porcupine monster gave an absurdly high amount of experience.

The huge amount of experience allowed Nie Yan to level up twice in a row, directly soaring to 56% of level 9. This leveling speed was too scary.

Nie Yan suppressed his excitement and looked at the area attacked by Thunderfire again. The fire cloud of Thunderfire had slowly dissipated, and the center of the raging fire was already a mess. The ground was full of porcupine monster corpses, stacked on top of each other, and the ground was scorched. The corpses shone brightly, and you could see that many things had come out.

The attack area of Thunderfire was only 20x20 yards, and there were still many porcupine monsters outside the attack area, but they were all driven away by the scorching flames.

Nie Yan could safely go down to collect the equipment.

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