Chapter 1 The Giant Lizard

Coarse breathing came from amidst the jumbled rocks. Nie Yan carefully scouted and the belly of a giant lizard came into view.

It was a Great Earth Lizard!

Nie Yan had known for a long time that he would encounter it here.

The lizard hid in the pile of rocks, reaching five yards in length, its entire body covered with thorns. It was practically a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Looking towards the other side, there was a deep cave between the boulders. It would be difficult to spot without careful observation.

Looking towards the cave from this side, it was bottomless.

"I have to avoid this lizard," Nie Yan thought. It wouldn't be easy to enter the cave without disturbing the lizard.

Nie Yan cast a Super Identification on the lizard.

Great Earth Lizard: ?? Level Elite.

Nie Yan vaguely remembered that this Great Earth Lizard seemed to be an elite creature above level thirty. If he were touched by it, he would be dead.

However, this Great Earth Lizard wouldn't stay here all the time.

Nie Yan waited quietly.

After several minutes, the Great Earth Lizard's body moved. It slowly rose, climbed onto a boulder, and its giant tail swept against a boulder not far from Nie Yan. With a loud crash, the boulder shattered.

Crack, crack, crack. Fragments of rock flew towards Nie Yan.

-23, -27, -26. Damage values floated above Nie Yan's head.

Nie Yan didn't dare to move even slightly, for fear of being discovered by the Great Earth Lizard.

The Great Earth Lizard suddenly stopped and gazed down at the jumbled rocks below.

Nie Yan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He hid even deeper behind the rock, motionless. Time seemed to stand still.

The Great Earth Lizard turned its head and lazily crawled away.

Fortunately, the Great Earth Lizard hadn't found him. Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the Great Earth Lizard gradually moving away, Nie Yan dared to peek out and sneak towards the cave.

A cold wind blew from the depths of the cave. Nie Yan entered the cave. The inside was a bit damp, and the walls were covered with deep scratches, probably left by the Great Earth Lizard.

This was the Great Earth Lizard's cave. Every two hours, it would leave to sunbathe on the distant cliff for about five minutes.

With Nie Yan's current attack power, even if the Great Earth Lizard stood still and let him shoot at it, his damage wouldn't be as fast as the Great Earth Lizard's health regeneration.

If he hadn't known that the Great Earth Lizard would leave for a while, Nie Yan wouldn't have dared to come.

He groped into the depths of the cave. As Nie Yan went deeper, no light could penetrate. It was pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers. Nie Yan could only grope his way forward, little by little, relying on his senses.

Fortunately, apart from the occasional activity of the Great Earth Lizard, there were no other monsters here.

Time was short. If the Great Earth Lizard returned and smelled Nie Yan's scent, it would rush in and tear Nie Yan to shreds without hesitation.

Nie Yan quickened his pace, extending his hands to expand the range of detection, immediately avoiding any obstacles his fingertips touched.

After about three minutes, he still hadn't reached the end of the cave. Nie Yan faintly noticed a faint light coming from the depths of the cave.

"Could there be a treasure chest?" Nie Yan thought, moving towards the source of the light.

In his previous life, the treasure chest had already been opened when he came here to search. This time, he was the first to arrive, which was an unexpected surprise.

As expected, Nie Yan found a treasure chest emitting a silver glow in the corner of the cave. He checked it and was glad that it wasn't locked. Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to open a level 30 locked treasure chest.

Treasure chests were divided into locked and unlocked. Unlocked treasure chests could be opened by players of any level or class, while locked treasure chests required the corresponding level of lockpicking skill or a key.

Nie Yan squatted down and began to open the treasure chest.

System: Treasure chest opening, completion 10%...30%...

With a click, the treasure chest opened. Nie Yan felt around at the bottom of the treasure chest and pulled out two items. He looked at the attributes of one of them.

Dark Amulet (Silver): Accessory, requires 20 Strength, 30 Agility.

Attribute Description: Strength +7, Dark Vision +3.

Restriction: Can be used by any class of any faction.

Seeing that it was an accessory, Nie Yan's heart tightened. It was something that increased dark vision. He could equip it now. Because his equipment was so good, his Strength and Agility had long met the requirements.

He put on the Dark Amulet, and his field of vision increased a lot. He could vaguely see the surrounding environment, but it was still very limited. In the early stages, this was already very good.

He checked the other item. It was a scroll.

Thunderfire (Intermediate Scroll): Requires 30 Intelligence to activate.

Attribute Description: Releases Thunderfire with an attack damage of 200 within a 20*20 yard area, lasting for 15 seconds.

Casting Elements: A set of gestures, a set of actions.

Class Restriction: Human Thief, Human Paladin, Human Warrior.

It was actually an intermediate rare scroll! Even when the players were all around level thirty or forty, this scroll was very valuable. Its drop rate in the wild was extremely low, and it was a one-time item. Ordinary people couldn't afford to use it at all. But for Nie Yan right now, this thing was priceless, even more valuable than the Dark Amulet in his hand.

It required 30 Intelligence, which could be increased with equipment. He could cast the spell and then remove the Intelligence-boosting equipment.

Nie Yan put away the Thunderfire scroll and continued to explore deeper into the cave.

After walking inside for a few more minutes, Nie Yan found another treasure chest, a gold-level one at that. But the tragic thing was that the treasure chest was locked.

A level 30 gold treasure chest required at least an intermediate lockpicking skill to open. It was temporarily impossible to open it.

Nie Yan could learn the lockpicking skill when he reached level five, but in the early stages, lockpicking skill books were too scarce. He had been to the auction house several times, but no one was selling them. The skill books for lockpicking had to be obtained by killing monsters, but the drop rate was less than one in ten thousand. Spending so much time farming for a skill book wasn't worth it, so he could only give up for now.

Regretfully, he had to leave. Nie Yan heard some movement from the direction of the cave entrance. His heart tightened. Not good, the Great Earth Lizard was coming back!

Heavy footsteps echoed in the cave, quickly spreading towards him.

Using his blurred vision, Nie Yan ran wildly towards the depths of the cave.

A sliver of light shone in front of him, and wind rushed in. That was the exit!

Nie Yan quickened his pace. Soon, he reached the end of the cave and stopped. In front of him was a deep cliff. The towering cliff walls were hundreds of yards high, and the cold wind howled.

It was as if a mountain peak had been split in half from the middle, with steep rock walls on both sides and a deep rift valley below. He could vaguely see the dense jungle below.

Nie Yan estimated that the distance from this side to the opposite rock wall was a hundred yards in some places and about fifty yards in the narrowest.

Where he was standing was the closest point to the opposite rock wall, about fifty yards away.

The reason he had come here was to reach the opposite rock wall! Going from here was the only way Nie Yan could currently reach it!

Nie Yan's gaze searched the opposite rock wall, but he didn't find anything.

The footsteps of the Great Earth Lizard behind him were getting closer and closer. Time was running out.

"There's no time, it should be fine," Nie Yan thought, retreating about ten yards and familiarizing himself with the terrain to avoid hitting obstacles while running.

At this moment, a huge figure quickly approached from the shadows behind him.

Nie Yan quickly used an acceleration scroll and began to run and accelerate, sprinting towards the cave entrance. His movement speed increased faster and faster.

The Great Earth Lizard pounced from behind. Even in the slightly narrow cave, its movement speed was quite fast. Its roars sounded like thunder rolling from behind.

Nie Yan's running speed had reached its maximum. He was getting closer and closer to the cave entrance. Ten yards, five yards, three yards, two yards, one yard. At the cave entrance, he leaped up, like a cannonball, flying towards the opposite rock wall.

The wind howled in his ears, and the cold wind blew straight into his head. Nie Yan seemed to feel something behind him rushing out of the cave with him and falling towards the cliff. It must be the Great Earth Lizard.

Nie Yan flew diagonally towards the opposite rock wall, and his altitude dropped rapidly. His speed increased.

If this movement were converted into a mathematical model, it would be a projectile motion with drag. Nie Yan would constantly approach the opposite rock wall, until he hit the opposite rock wall or fell to the ground.

Nie Yan fell about a hundred yards, getting closer and closer to the opposite rock wall. He quickly used the Feather Fall skill on the Feather Fall Gem. His falling speed slowed down rapidly, gradually slowing down to slightly faster than the speed of a feather.

Nie Yan's gaze quickly scanned the approaching rock wall. A cave surrounded by vines came into view, about ten yards away from his current position. That was it!

Nie Yan shot out a spider silk, which stuck to a clump of plants on the rock wall, pulling him.

Nie Yan hung on the rock wall, slowly pulling the spider silk and climbing up, his right hand grabbing the plants on the cliff, hanging in the air.

System: You have discovered Riendoode.

Riendoode was where Nie Yan was located. It was a towering mountain peak surrounded by steep rock walls. Looking up, the summit soared into the clouds. It was said that there was a Riendoode Temple on top, but Nie Yan had never been there.

The skill on the Weaver's Ring was still on cooldown.

Nie Yan looked at the distance to the cave entrance, about five yards away. He could enter it by using the Weaver's Ring one more time.

In his previous life, Nie Yan had heard that someone had used the Weaver's Ring and a Feather Fall Device to reach here, and he had found it incredible. After experiencing it himself, he understood that miracles were not out of reach!

After twenty seconds, the skill on the Weaver's Ring finally cooled down.

Nie Yan shot out a spider silk with the Weaver's Ring, which stuck to the vines at the cave entrance. He pulled the spider silk, which seemed solid. He pulled the spider silk and quickly climbed up. With a flip, he entered the cave.

After entering the cave, Nie Yan discovered that it was a huge lava cave. Although the entrance was small, the inside was a different world. Stalactites hung down from the cave ceiling, forming a unique landscape.

Waves of hot air surged from the depths of the cave. It was said that a level 60 elite fire elemental slept in the depths of the cave. Once someone entered, it would be disturbed. Nie Yan's purpose here was not to disturb it. He didn't want to die.

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