Chapter 13 Blackblood Cloak

Nie Yan had accurately calculated that Lion King Kardo had no ranged attacks, which was why he came here specifically to deal with it. Of the bosses located under cliffs that Nie Yan remembered, there were at least several dozen, but Lion King Kardo was the easiest to deal with. With only physical attacks, Nie Yan naturally chose the weakest target.

Lion King Kardo used all its tricks. When its health fell below 20%, it even entered a berserk state, its robust body relentlessly pouncing at Nie Yan, but all its struggles were in vain.

In less than thirty minutes, Lion King Kardo's health reached zero. It roared at the sky, unwillingly collapsing to the ground.

Lion King Kardo, an elite creature that countless players would fight over in the future, was ground to death by Nie Yan without losing a single drop of blood.

*Ding!* A crisp system notification sounded. The 800% experience for killing a monster several levels higher caused Nie Yan's level to jump to Level 5, exceeding it by 36%.

Lion King Kardo dropped two pieces of equipment, shimmering beside its body.

"Equipment!" Nie Yan was excited, but he couldn't go down yet.

Not far from Lion King Kardo's corpse were more than a dozen lions. Nie Yan shot arrow after arrow, killing all of them.

Equipment dropped by monsters would not be refreshed by the server. Equipment thrown on the ground would never disappear, just like real objects. As for unwanted equipment, it could be re-smelted into raw materials by a dismantler, which could still be worth a lot of money.

Seeing that there were no monsters around, Nie Yan jumped off the cliff, landing on the ground. The twenty-yard drop only cost him sixty points of health; that height wasn't enough to kill him.

Nie Yan walked to Lion King Kardo's side, searched around, and pulled out two pieces of equipment, both unidentified. He used Super Appraisal on them.

Blackblood Cloak (Gold): Requirement Level 5.

Stats: Defense 19-21, Resilience +5, Movement Speed +6.

Weight: 2 lbs.

User Restriction: Thief, all factions can use.

Lion King Shield (Gold): Requirement Level 5.

Stats: Defense 39-51, Block Rate 12%, Resilience +5, Magic Resistance +7.

Weight: 10 lbs.

User Restriction: Warrior, Paladin, all factions can use.

Nie Yan was satisfied with the Blackblood Cloak, but he didn't expect to get a Lion King Shield as well. The value of the Lion King Shield was much higher than the Blackblood Cloak. He wouldn't sell it for less than twenty silver coins on the market, and preferably trade it for some thief equipment.

The trading price of shield warrior shields remained high in the market, consistently topping the charts. Of the ten most expensive items ever traded on the market, eight were shield warrior shields.

"This is a good thing." Combined with the Blackblood Cloak, it was a good haul. Nie Yan stowed away the Lion King Shield and the Blackblood Cloak.

"Finally Level 5!" Nie Yan looked at his stats. Because of the Badge of Courage, he gained 7 stat points and 2 talent points after leveling up to Level 5. He added 2 points to Strength and 5 points to Agility. The Crossbow Mastery still couldn't be upgraded, so he added the two talent points to Dagger Mastery and Dual Wield Mastery. His dagger movements became more skilled, with a 10% attack bonus, and he could finally use dual weapons.

Nie Yan equipped all the Level 5 equipment he carried in his backpack and looked at his equipment slots.

Main Hand: Horn Dagger (Bronze), Off-Hand: Assassin's Training Dagger (Gold), Boots: Swift Return Boots (Gold), Leather Armor: Headhunter Leather Armor (Silver), Cloak: Blackblood Cloak (Gold).

The dark Headhunter Leather Armor exuded an aura of shadowy, murderous death, while the dark red cloak behind it was the color of blood, with streams of golden light flowing across it. The two exquisite and sharp daggers in his hands glinted coldly. The style of the thief equipment was deep and restrained. Nie Yan hid the colors of the equipment, but even from the outside, one could still see its extraordinary quality.

His speed was much faster than before, moving like the wind, leaving a trail of afterimages.

"Not bad." Nie Yan was quite satisfied with his equipment.

In the current state of equipment scarcity, this set of equipment was enough to make most players look up to him.

With this equipment, he could go to any monster area within Levels 6 and 7.

After killing the Lion King, he had to wait until tomorrow for it to respawn. Nie Yan walked out of the Scarlet Dream Plains. His next target wasn't far from here, an elite-level Ogre Devourer, a Level 8 creature. The Ogre Devourer dropped good items, equipment for all classes. It was said that a player had gotten a Dark Gold thief equipment from the Ogre Devourer, but of course, the drop rate of Dark Gold equipment was very low. The Ogre Devourer also respawned once a day.

Nie Yan carefully avoided the surrounding lions. Suddenly, the bushes not far away rustled. A shield warrior player wearing white armor and holding a silver-gray shield jumped out of the bushes and ran towards him. Three lions followed closely behind him, rushing out of the bushes and pouncing at him.

The shield warrior's footsteps were steady as he fought and retreated. The situation was a bit unfavorable for him. He was left with only a sliver of health, and the three lions were attacking more and more fiercely.

"Intimidating Shout!"

The shield warrior roared, causing the three lions to momentarily halt their movements. He used Hamstring, hitting the lion in front, and then quickly retreated.

The lion hit by Hamstring was temporarily crippled. The other two lions growled and leaped, pouncing at the shield warrior.

The shield warrior used Heroic Strike, knocking back one of the lions, and blocked the attack of another lion with his shield. Even for a Level 6 shield warrior, it was very difficult to withstand three Level 7 lions with low health.

As soon as the shield warrior appeared, Nie Yan entered Stealth, hiding in the jungle, wandering near the shield warrior.

If Nie Yan attacked in this situation, the shield warrior would definitely die. However, it seemed a bit like taking advantage of someone's misfortune. The other party's movements were steady, and he seemed like an expert. Nie Yan was considering whether it was worth making an enemy of him for a piece of equipment, or if it would be more worthwhile to wait for the three lions to kill the shield warrior and then get the equipment for free.

As for rescuing the shield warrior, Nie Yan had seen too many cases of people being ungrateful after being saved. In this world, everyone had to learn to be cold-blooded to protect themselves.

Daring to come here to hunt lions, the other party's strength must be quite high. Nie Yan used Super Appraisal on the shield warrior.

Brilliant Lights: Shield Warrior, Level 6.

Seeing the name Brilliant Lights, Nie Yan raised an eyebrow. Nie Yan knew almost everyone with some fame near Calore. Brilliant Lights was no exception.