Tang Yao released his attacks, and the Rock Spider Leader's aggro was drawn to him. It completely ignored Nie Yan, who had been attacking it from the side. Taking advantage of this time, Nie Yan took out a bottle of poison from his backpack and smeared it on his dagger.

In five seconds, Nie Yan finished applying the poison. A vital attack stabbed into the Rock Spider Leader's body.

Defense -10%!

The Rock Spider Leader was poisoned.

In addition, Nie Yan's vital attack caused 52 points of damage to the Rock Spider Leader.

The Rock Spider Leader cried out in pain and turned to pounce on Nie Yan.

Nie Yan was caught off guard by the Rock Spider Leader's sudden change of target and quickly retreated.

The Rock Spider Leader pounced on Nie Yan, dealing 78 points of damage. Nie Yan's health immediately dropped by more than half. He didn't dare to delay and quickly drank a bottle of low-level instant recovery potion, rolling away to dodge.

The Rock Spider chased after him.

Seeing the Rock Spider change its target, Tang Yao accelerated his output, Arcane Missiles, Arcane Flames, Arcane Fireballs, one magic spell after another, were cast continuously.

"I'm almost out of mana." Tang Yao checked his mana, which was only 23% left. The mana consumption was too high, and automatic recovery couldn't keep up.

"Do you have any mana potions?"

"I have a bottle of low-level instant mana recovery potion."

"Drink it quickly," Nie Yan said. In the blink of an eye, the Rock Spider Leader had already pounced in front of him. He raised his dagger and used Stun, slowing the Rock Spider Leader's movements for a moment. He took the opportunity to retreat a distance.

Although the Rock Spider Leader was stunned, it still managed to attack Nie Yan. Nie Yan checked his health, which was only 13% left. He quickly applied a combat bandage to himself.

+20, +20...

At this time, Tang Yao took out a bottle of azure potion and drank it. He felt a bit of heartache. This bottle of beginner-level mana potion cost ten copper coins and was his life-saving treasure, but the situation was urgent, so he couldn't care less.

Tang Yao's mana recovered to 89%. With his mana replenished, he cast various spells continuously, resulting in high critical damage numbers.

The Rock Spider Leader was stunned for less than two seconds. After recovering, it abandoned Nie Yan and pounced on Tang Yao.

The Rock Spider's aggro shifted once again.

"It's almost dead, give it your all!" After Nie Yan's health was restored, he rushed back to the Rock Spider Leader's side.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao's damage output was not low. Although it was a level 5 Leader monster, it couldn't withstand such torment and only had 11% of its health remaining.

Screech, the Rock Spider Leader became manic, its whole body turning red.

"Not good, this guy has berserked, retreat, keep moving, watch out for its ground spikes," Nie Yan called out nervously.

Hearing Nie Yan's shout, Tang Yao didn't understand what was happening, but he still listened to Nie Yan's words and quickly retreated, casting spells while running.

A rock spike suddenly grew from the ground, stabbing towards Tang Yao.

Fortunately, Tang Yao was constantly moving, and the spike was slightly off, only grazing him and dealing 32 points of damage.

If the rock spike had hit Tang Yao directly, Nie Yan estimated that it would have taken away at least two-thirds of Tang Yao's health.

Tang Yao was startled and secretly rejoiced that he had dodged the attack.

"Keep running, don't stop. If you see any area on the ground shaking and cracking, run away, don't step on it!" Nie Yan shouted. If Tang Yao stopped, it would be a dead end.

Sure enough, rock spikes stabbed up from the ground one after another, but after listening to Nie Yan's words, Tang Yao paid attention to his feet and dodged from time to time. None of the ground spikes hit him.

How did Nie Yan know how to dodge these ground spikes? Had he killed a Rock Spider Leader before?

Tang Yao put the doubts in his heart to the back of his mind and focused on dodging the ground spikes under his feet, occasionally releasing a spell or two. He didn't have time to ask.

The Rock Spider Leader didn't manage to attack Tang Yao and became even more manic, constantly撞击 (zhuàngjī - crashing into) the rock walls. The rock walls collapsed with a roar, and it rushed out of the rubble, pouncing towards Tang Yao.

"Retreat quickly," Nie Yan shouted.

"I can't, there's another Rock Spider behind me. If I go over there, I'll attract it as well!" Seeing the Rock Spider's huge body pouncing over, Tang Yao said nervously.

Nie Yan looked at the Rock Spider Leader's health, which was only 5% left! So little health left!

"It's okay, run over there!" Nie Yan said, looking at his skill bar. Several skills in the skill bar had finished cooling down.

Nie Yan chased after the Rock Spider Leader, using Assassinate and Eviscerate.

The Rock Spider Leader's health was only 2% left!

Vital Attack!

Nie Yan lunged forward, a vital attack piercing into the Rock Spider Leader's abdomen.

The Rock Spider let out a shrill scream and collapsed to the ground with a bang, causing the entire Rock Spider Cave to tremble continuously.

"Finally killed it." Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the items dropped by the Rock Spider Leader.

"Another one is coming," Tang Yao led a Rock Spider towards Nie Yan. Earlier, in order to dodge the Rock Spider Leader, he had inevitably alarmed another Rock Spider. Fortunately, it was just a normal monster.

Nie Yan blocked the Rock Spider, and Tang Yao cast spells from behind.

The two of them worked together and quickly killed it.

Another Rock Spider corpse lay on the ground.

"My god, I'm exhausted." Tang Yao sat down in a corner next to him, recovering health and mana. He took a breath. He had just killed a Rock Spider Leader that was more than two levels higher than them. This was the most glorious thing he had ever done in his life. "I just realized for the first time that I'm so awesome."

Nie Yan took out the two items dropped by the Rock Spider Leader: a skill book and a silver-white key.

Skill Book: Tian陨 (Tiān Yǔn) [Falling Sky].

Skill Description: Elemental Mages and Arcane Mages summon meteors to attack their opponents.

Casting Elements: A set of syllables, three gestures, and a magical symbol.

Skill Attributes: At the initial level, five fireballs, each fireball gains an additional attack roll +5 bonus, 10 points of burning damage within a 5*5 yard area.

Skill Cooldown Time: 120 seconds.

User Restrictions: Elemental Mage, Arcane Mage, limited to Lawful Good Light alignment.

Arcane Mage rare skill, an extremely rare skill. In the early stages, it can summon Falling Sky Fireballs, each fireball simultaneously attacking five targets within a certain range. In the mid- to late-stages, it can become a powerful area-of-effect spell.

"It even dropped this, what amazing luck." Nie Yan exclaimed. The Tian陨 (Tiān Yǔn) [Falling Sky] skill was extremely rare. In the nearby areas with Langmu Spiders, Rock Spiders, Flame Spiders, and other monsters from level one to thirty-something, only Leader-level monsters could drop it, and the drop rate was less than one in ten thousand. At the current level, it could be said to be priceless. Today they really had amazing luck. This might also be related to them killing a monster above their level.

"What did it drop?" Tang Yao asked in surprise.

"Good luck, you got a Tian陨 (Tiān Yǔn) [Falling Sky] skill book. You're set, an invincible small group attack with high damage in the early stages, and a pretty good monster-grinding skill in the mid- to late-stages." Nie Yan said with a hint of envy. An Arcane Mage who could use Tian陨 (Tiān Yǔn) [Falling Sky] in the early stages was truly blessed.

"Really?" Tang Yao stood up abruptly. "Let me see."

"Not bad, it's usable, but it's still a bit worse than Holy Hall Magic, Giant Magic, and Dragon Language Magic." Nie Yan threw the Tian陨 (Tiān Yǔn) [Falling Sky] to Tang Yao and looked at the other item.

Silver Key: Can be used to open 0-20 level gold-grade and below treasure chests, 33 uses remaining.

"What's Holy Hall Magic, Dragon Language Magic?" Tang Yao was stunned.

"You'll see them in the future. Tian陨 (Tiān Yǔn) [Falling Sky] is yours. Also, I'll take the key." Nie Yan said. He and Tang Yao each took what they needed. Keys like this could only unleash their greater value in the hands of a thief. With this key, he could open that silver treasure chest not far away.

"Then I won't be polite!" Tang Yao learned the Tian陨 (Tiān Yǔn) [Falling Sky] skill and looked at the skill description. He was overjoyed. He had been chased all day and felt extremely depressed, but he didn't expect that with Nie Yan's arrival, things would turn around for the better.

~~I was too tired these past few days and overslept, forgetting to post this chapter at noon.

Thanks to everyone for the rewards, there are too many people, and Snail can't write them all out. Thank you to the two helmsman classmates, thank you to 俺是美人 (Ǎn Shì Měirén) [I'm a Beauty] for rewarding Snail with a pot lid, thank you to 烟火 (Yānhuǒ) [Fireworks] for rewarding Snail with five pairs of slippers, thank you to everyone, thank you very much.