Chapter 1 Heims, the Gate of the Dead

After failing six or seven times, and losing dozens of skeleton warriors, Nie Yan still hadn't succeeded.

It seemed the success rate of the Undead Sacrifice was also affected by level. Nie Yan searched the official website for Undead Sacrifice and was surprised to find some information about it. This was rare. There was a list that showed the success rate of Undead Sacrifice when commanding undead of the same level was 20%. For every level the undead was higher than the player, the success rate would decrease by about 1%. The success rate would also decrease when encountering elites and leaders. If the undead’s level exceeded the player’s level by more than 20, there was basically no chance of success.

Since this was the first time he had come across such a skill, Nie Yan didn't know much about it. It seemed checking the official website was still very beneficial.

The Bone Kodos was a Level 23 Leader, so it was normal for the success rate to be low.

If he couldn't successfully recruit a Bone Kodos, then Nie Yan's next plan would be impossible to implement.

Time passed bit by bit. A trace of irritability had risen in Nie Yan's heart. The only thing to be thankful for was that his experience was steadily increasing. Leveling up here wasn't bad.

Nie Yan had already lost count of how many skeleton warriors he had sacrificed, the twenty-seventh, or perhaps the twenty-eighth? He repeatedly commanded the skeleton warriors, letting them tank the Bone Kodos for him, and then he would circle around to the back and cast Undead Sacrifice.

He had another skeleton warrior slowly approach the Bone Kodos, raising its battle axe and charging at it.

The Bone Kodos was provoked into a rage by the skeleton warrior and pounced on it.

With a bang, the skeleton warrior was sent flying.

Undead Sacrifice!

Nie Yan cast Undead Sacrifice on the Bone Kodos, and was habitually preparing to retreat when he suddenly noticed some changes in the Bone Kodos in front of him. Had he succeeded? Nie Yan quickly checked the system prompt and, sure enough, it indicated success!

Nie Yan manipulated the Bone Kodos, and it moved a little, then walked towards him!

He had finally succeeded!

Having the first Bone Kodos was a good start.

Commanding the Bone Kodos might take a long time, Nie Yan thought. He might as well level up here.

"Where are you?" Nie Yan sent a message to Tang Yao, asking.

"I'm leveling up with Yu Lan and the others," Tang Yao said. Recently, he had become quite familiar with Yu Lan and the others. They occasionally ran a few dungeons, and under Nie Yan's guidance, Yu Lan's team's equipment was getting better and better. They could even go to the Sunken Warlock Camp sometimes.

"Return to the city," Nie Yan said. He could only bring Tang Yao alone, he couldn't possibly bring Yu Lan's entire team.

"Okay, I have to tell them first," Tang Yao said.

A few minutes later, Tang Yao replied to Nie Yan, "I'm in the city, where are you?"

"Go to the teleportation array, teleport to Heims, the Gate of the Dead in the Dead Zone. The teleportation fee is 20 silver coins. Do you have enough money?" Nie Yan asked.

"Heims, the Gate of the Dead, isn't that a Level 20 map? What are you doing running over there?" Tang Yao was shocked. Going to a Level 20 map at his current level was suicide.

"Just come over!" Nie Yan said.

"Alright," Tang Yao said. Nie Yan had to have something in mind, he trusted him.

"If you don't have enough money, I'll have someone send you some," Nie Yan said. If it really came down to it, he would have to borrow some from Banxinge de Hu Li.

"No need, I'm just a little short. I can borrow some from my dad's subordinates."

"Okay, hurry up and come over."

Nie Yan continued to search for the next target, using the same method of having the skeleton warriors attract the Bone Kodos' attention to command it. If he let Bone Kodos 1 tank, it would kill the other Bone Kodos in a short amount of time, so he wouldn't be able to cast Undead Sacrifice for long.

Without casting Undead Sacrifice dozens of times, the chances of successfully commanding a Bone Kodos was very small.

Undead Sacrifice!

With the skeleton warrior's distraction, the Bone Kodos didn't notice Nie Yan approaching from behind, and he successfully cast Undead Sacrifice once again.

To his surprise, he succeeded this time. Probability was the hardest thing to predict. Sometimes it wouldn’t occur even after dozens or hundreds of attempts, while at other times it would succeed with just one or two.

Nie Yan successfully controlled the second Bone Kodos. The two gigantic Bone Kodos were like dinosaurs from ancient times, with thick limbs, huge skeletons, and three sharp horns on their heads. Green ghostfire danced in their eye sockets.

With two giant Bone Kodos, Nie Yan's leveling speed would be much faster.

"I've arrived at Heims, where are you?" Tang Yao sent a message to Nie Yan.

"I'll be there in a moment," Nie Yan said, leading the two Bone Kodos and two skeleton warriors towards the teleportation array.

After a while, Nie Yan saw Tang Yao waiting next to the teleportation array.

"Whoa, are these all your summoned creatures?" Tang Yao saw the two Bone Kodos and two skeleton warriors around Nie Yan, and was startled.

"Yeah, let's go, I'll take you leveling."

"No wonder you're leveling up so fast. You're already Level 9. When you first came, you scared me. I thought those two Bone Kodos were monsters. Leveling up with these big guys must be really fast," Tang Yao said in surprise.

"It's not bad," Nie Yan smiled. The reason he was leveling up so fast wasn't because of these Bone Kodos.

"Where's your Arcane Sprite?"

"It's behind me, it's a little shy."

Only then did Nie Yan see a small blue sprite following behind Tang Yao, chubby, but not clumsy. It had a round head, like a little boy, very cute, with little blue sparks swirling around it.

"Blulu, blulu." The Arcane Sprite's mouth would occasionally blow out some small blue bubbles, which floated in the sky.

As long as the Arcane Mage protected the Arcane Sprite from being killed, they could obtain infinite mana from the Arcane Sprite. This was very enjoyable, especially when there were more high-damage spells. They could cast spells to their heart's content without worrying about mana, and the skill cooldown time was greatly reduced, so they could prepare skills very quickly.

However, when two people were fighting, the Arcane Sprite could easily become the enemy's priority target, so it was very impressive to raise an Arcane Sprite to Level 3, and to raise it to Level 5, that player would have to be very skilled and not have any powerful enemies.

"What are the stats of a Level 1 Arcane Sprite?" Nie Yan asked.

"Magic recovery speed +200%, all magic skill cooldown time -30%, all magic casting time -30%."

"That's very good." In fact, Nie Yan was also startled. The Arcane Sprite was indeed abnormal. "Try to avoid PK as much as possible in the future. If the Arcane Sprite dies, it'll be a loss."

Tang Yao thought for a moment, then nodded. "Understood." In his heart, he was thinking that he would never participate in a PK he wasn’t 100% sure he would win. It was still okay to bully those who were relatively weak. Having something like an Arcane Sprite that could bully people but not being able to PK was too tragic.

Nie Yan smiled wryly. He understood Tang Yao's personality. Although he agreed so readily now, that wasn't what he was really thinking. The only way was to improve Tang Yao's strength as soon as possible, so that he would have enough strength to protect himself, and be able to retreat even if he encountered experts.

"Let's go," Nie Yan said, going to the Bone Kodos's spawning area, letting his Bone Kodos tank, and occasionally casting Undead Sacrifice on the side. If the Undead Sacrifice failed, he would just kill it directly.

System: Your team has killed a Bone Kodos Leader, the experience bonus for killing a monster above your level is +2300%, you have received 28,290 experience.

Looking at the experience bar that had soared by a large margin, Tang Yao was stunned. He was following behind Nie Yan, and hadn't done anything yet. Nie Yan commanded two huge Bone Kodos and dealt with a wandering Bone Kodos. The experience value directly soared from 62% to 73%.

This speed was too fierce.

When he was with Yu Lan and the others, using Meteor skill to level up, it only rose by 6% in almost half an hour.

"Don't stray too far," Nie Yan said, picking up the things that the Bone Kodos had dropped on the ground, and continuing to control the Bone Kodos to find the next target.

"Leveling up is so fast! What did it drop?"

"A Lucky Gem."

"Wow, not bad luck." A Lucky Gem was worth five silver coins. In Tang Yao's eyes, this was already a great wealth. The 20 silver coins he spent teleporting from Calore City to here made him feel uneasy. Spending those 20 silver coins left him so poor he only had his underwear left.

Nie Yan suddenly remembered that Tang Yao didn't seem to have much money left, but this time he should be able to earn a lot.

"You pick up the loot, just give me what I need, and you can take the rest to sell," Nie Yan said. He wasn't short of this little bit of money, and he found it troublesome to deal with equipment.

"You don't want it?"

"I'm not short of money."

"Knowing you're a rich man, then I won't be polite," Tang Yao said with a grin. They were childhood friends who grew up together, wearing the same diapers, so it would be strange to be polite with each other.

After a while, a white light fell on Tang Yao's head, and Tang Yao leveled up.

"Damn, this leveling speed is like sitting on a rocket," Tang Yao looked at the experience bar, which had already risen to 5% of Level 7. If he spent two days here, he probably wouldn't have any problems reaching Level 9.

"Did you pick up anything good?"

"A Level 20 Silver equipment, a Paladin skill book, I don't know how much it can sell for, and two silver coins, a Lucky Gem," Tang Yao said after taking a look.

"Give me the Lucky Gem, and take the other things to sell," Nie Yan said, taking a look. The Paladin's skill was the Silence spell. "Take this Silence skill book to sell, but don't sell it for less than 50 silver coins."

"It's worth that much?" Tang Yao was startled. "Let's split the money we get from selling this skill book." Tang Yao felt that the Silence spell was too valuable. Nie Yan might not care about one or two silver coins, but this was a full 50 silver coins!

"No need," Nie Yan smiled, nonchalantly. "It's only 50 silver coins." It wasn't even enough to fill Nie Yan's teeth.

What did he mean only 50 silver coins! Those 20 silver coins just now had already squeezed him dry. How much money did Nie Yan have?