Chapter 23 A Stroke of Luck

In Nie Yan's view, most players hadn't caught up in levels, and very few had arrived here, so his actions were very secretive.

However, in the Fei Meng Plains, not far from the cliff where Nie Yan was, a team of ten players was focused on grinding monsters. They were fighting level 7 lions. Because these monsters were relatively high level, the highest among them was level 6, and the lowest was level 4, but they still didn't dare to go deep into the Fei Meng Plains.

Although these level 7 lions had a 300% experience bonus for fighting monsters above their level, the experience points distributed to each of them weren't much. If it hadn't been for a Lion Shield dropping just now, plus the lions dropping some fur, the gains would have been decent, and they would have stopped grinding these monsters with thick skin and were hard to chew on a long time ago, because the potion consumption was too fast. Consumables such as blood potions alone were a huge expense.

"Daoguang, let's grind for two more hours and then leave. We'll have enough lion skins soon," a priest in the back said to the level 6 shield warrior in front.

The shield warrior, called Daoguang, held his shield horizontally, blocking a lion, and swung his sword in a Heroic Strike, fighting and retreating. After the mage in the back had almost exhausted the lion's health, he used a Berserk Blade, killing the lion.

"Okay, let's grind for another hour and then leave. Since we got a Lion Shield, it would be perfect if we could get a Lion Armor," Cuitan Daoguang nodded, calmly collecting the items dropped by the lion.

"According to some data released on the official website, the drop rate of Lion Armor is only 0.2%. With such a low drop rate, it's basically impossible," said an elemental mage next to him. He and Cuitan Daoguang were the only two in the team who had reached level 6.

This elemental mage who was with Cuitan Daoguang was called Hei Zhuo. Both of them were well-known experts. Although they were friends, neither of them was convinced by the other. In terms of skill, Cuitan Daoguang was obviously better, but Hei Zhuo used the names of the two to establish Zongheng Tianxia (literally: "criss-crossing the world"). Under his management, Zongheng Tianxia was on the right track and seemed to be a little famous. Cuitan Daoguang wasn't interested in managing the team, and his prestige in the team wasn't as high as Hei Zhuo's.

"The drop rate of the Lion Shield is only 0.1%, and we still got it," Cuitan Daoguang retorted.

"That was just good luck." Cuitan Daoguang's tone made Hei Zhuo a little unhappy. His expression changed, but he said lightly.

"If I get a Lion Armor, my defense will be invincible," Cuitan Daoguang said confidently.

*Such an arrogant guy*, Hei Zhuo thought disdainfully, but his face remained calm as usual. He and Cuitan Daoguang were in a player-versus-player match, and he was doing pretty good to be able to win two out of ten matches. Cuitan Daoguang had a very good reputation and was very skilled. He had a lot of prestige among several professional players. Zongheng Tianxia was established by borrowing Cuitan Daoguang's name. Hei Zhuo had to rely on Cuitan Daoguang, but as the strength of Zongheng Tianxia expanded, Cuitan Daoguang had been slowly squeezed out of the management by Hei Zhuo.

Cuitan Daoguang looked into the distance and suddenly saw a player falling from a cliff in the distance. He thought, *These days, strange things are happening one after another. Even in the game, there are people jumping off cliffs. This guy is really taking things too hard*. But to his surprise, the player's falling speed was getting slower and slower. At this speed, even if he fell to the ground, he wouldn't die.

"Look at the cliff over there!" Cuitan Daoguang said in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Hei Zhuo asked, looking at the opposite side unintentionally, but then his eyes stopped. He also discovered Nie Yan. At this time, Nie Yan shot something out of his hand, which was actually hanging on the cliff. He was just hanging in mid-air like that, and he took out a crossbow and shot down.

"What is he doing?" The surrounding teammates were stunned.

"Amazing, he can even think of this kind of trick. Can't you see? He's grinding monsters!" Daoguang stood up straight and said. He was very interested in the player on the opposite cliff. To be able to come up with such a crooked trick to grind monsters here, he was really not an ordinary person.

"The one in his left hand should be the Weaver's Ring!" Hei Zhuo knew everything about equipment, so he naturally knew about such a thing.

"If we had the Weaver's Ring, wouldn't we be able to grind monsters like him?"

"Having the Weaver's Ring won't work either. Falling from such a high place, the force of the fall would definitely break the Weaver's Ring, unless he can be like him and have a Feather Fall device," Daoguang said. The Weaver's Ring was a rare item, worth a lot of money, not to mention the Feather Fall device. These two things might not be available even if you spend money. In order to grind monsters, this guy actually found the Weaver's Ring and the Feather Fall device. Who exactly is this guy?

"Damn, grinding monsters like this is too awesome. You don't have to worry about the monsters' attacks, just keep shooting arrows. It won't be long before you level up several times."

"Not necessarily. The range he can attack is limited. In such a small area, the rate of grinding monsters will definitely not be very fast. If he grinds monsters like this, the server's respawn rate definitely won't be able to keep up. He will have to go back after killing some monsters." There were some knowledgeable people among the team members.

Hearing the discussion of the team members, Hei Zhuo didn't say a word. They didn't dare to go any further. The closer they got to the cliff, the more monsters there were. They didn't dare to go in at all. They didn't know what monsters the thief was grinding.

*Roar*, a deafening sound came from below the cliff, and the team members' expressions changed drastically. They looked at each other in horror.

A strong male lion jumped up, jumping about five yards high, and pounced on the cliff wall. It pounced very fiercely, and the powerful impact caused the rock wall to tremble, but the height of the male lion's jump was still a long way from Nie Yan's position. It couldn't stop on the rock wall and fell from above. Nie Yan was still shooting non-stop on the rock wall as steady as Mount Tai.

"It's the Elite Lion King!" Hei Zhuo said in a deep voice.

The team members looked at each other. The Elite Lion King, even if they formed a team of twenty people to grind it now, they wouldn't be able to kill the Elite Lion King. A level 7 Elite was just being slowly shot to death in the air by a player? A feeling of unwillingness surged in their hearts, or more of it, was jealousy.

"Can we break in and wait for him to shoot down the Lion King and then steal his equipment?" A team member said.

"Impossible, we can't even get there now, unless we let Guild Leader Hei Zhuo bring a group of people over, but the loss and the gain are completely disproportionate."

"Sigh, forget it."

While Daoguang, Hei Zhuo, and others were pondering, the earth trembled violently, as if many creatures were approaching here. Their expressions all changed, and they looked into the distance. A group of hundreds of lions was coming towards this side. The roar of the Lion King caused the nearby lions to move.

"It's over, retreat quickly!" Hei Zhuo exclaimed, but it was already too late. The lions had discovered them, and what awaited them was an imminent disaster.

Daoguang looked like it would be difficult for him to escape. He held the shield in his hand and prepared to meet the enemy.

On the opposite cliff, Nie Yan was quite relaxed. He didn't need too much strength, as long as he maintained his firing rate. With each arrow shot, these arrows were attached with additional damage. Even a level 7 Lion King only had more than 5,000 health points. Under his continuous attacks, it quickly had only a small half left.

The Lion King's aggro was all focused on Nie Yan, but it couldn't attack Nie Yan, and there was nothing it could do. It would only use physical attacks, and all of its skills were to increase physical damage. The highest it could jump was only six or seven yards, but Nie Yan was hanging on the rock wall at twenty yards.

With arrows with additional damage, it was much easier to kill monsters above his level. Every arrow was a real, solid hit of damage.