“In that case, I’ll start giving out instructions. If anyone is dissatisfied with me as the team leader, you can bring it up. I can accept any requests within reason,” Nie Yan said. With his previous words and Yulan’s relatively capable leadership, the team should have no problem running the dungeon.

“Everyone report your names and stats, starting with the shield warriors,” Nie Yan said. If their equipment didn’t meet the most basic requirements, even the most skilled players would find it difficult to clear the dungeon. Even though Nie Yan knew how to clear the Tree Spirit Forest dungeon, each team member’s stats still had to meet the basic requirements first.

“Bai Kaishui, shield warrior, sixty-one defense, two hundred and thirty health, twenty-seven attack,” said a burly man in his thirties. He was the one who had spoken up for Nie Yan earlier. He was the team’s main tank, with a strong physique like a wild bull, clearly the material for a warrior.

“Feishui Zhu Jiaozi, just call me Jiaozi. Shield warrior, fifty-one defense, one hundred and sixty health, twenty-eight attack.”

“Lieyan, fire mage, thirty-two magic damage.”

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“Bai Kaishui, go buy an acceleration scroll. Nangua, go buy a strength scroll...” Nie Yan gave out instructions to the team members.

The team members exchanged glances, looking troubled. Among ordinary players, they were considered relatively skilled experts, but their assets certainly didn’t exceed a silver coin. Acceleration scrolls, strength scrolls, intelligence scrolls, and the like cost dozens of copper coins each. This expense was too great. Even if they cleared the Tree Spirit Forest, the amount of profit each person could gain was still unknown.

“Buying so many scrolls, even if I lead, we can still clear Tree Spirit Forest,” Chen Bo muttered.

Chen Bo had repeatedly gone against Nie Yan, and Tang Yao next to him had long been annoyed.

“You wouldn’t be broke, would you? Such a small amount of money to buy scrolls. If you can’t afford it, I can lend you some first,” Tang Yao looked at Chen Bo mockingly.

“Twenty copper coins is nothing, it’s not like I can’t afford it. He clearly has ulterior motives. Why doesn’t he let you buy an intelligence scroll and only make us spend money?” Chen Bo retorted impolitely.

The team members looked at Nie Yan with suspicion. They were all on the same team. If Nie Yan showed favoritism and deliberately made them spend more money, it would be too unkind.

Tang Yao couldn’t explain himself for a moment. A sneer appeared on the corner of Chen Bo’s mouth. “Got nothing to say, do you?”

The team members were all waiting for Nie Yan’s explanation. If Nie Yan didn’t give them an explanation, he would probably lose their support.

“You know nothing. My brother has a full set of Scorched Earth equipment. His magic damage is already fifty. Does he need to buy an intelligence scroll? He’s already trying to control his magic damage. Does he need to buy an intelligence scroll to increase it? Waiting to attract the boss’s aggro and get cleaved?” Nie Yan mocked mercilessly.

Nie Yan’s implied meaning was that Tang Yao’s equipment was more than enough to run dungeons with the elite teams of several large guilds. Teaming up with you guys to run dungeons is an overqualified use of his skills. He’s already looking down on you guys, what more do you want?

When the team members heard Nie Yan’s words, they all looked ashamed. Looking at Tang Yao’s equipment, their eyes were a little different. That was a full set of Scorched Earth equipment, a symbol of glory! Proof of conquering the Blackflame Forest! Tang Yao had already cleared the Blackflame Forest and had no need for the Tree Spirit Forest, yet he turned around and teamed up with them to run the Tree Spirit Forest. It was simply giving their team a huge amount of face!

Seeing the team members’ strange gazes, Tang Yao straightened his back unconsciously. This feeling of being admired was pretty good. Tang Yao secretly made up his mind. Now that he had put on this set of equipment, he couldn’t be too embarrassing. At least he had to look like a skilled expert.

Chen Bo was speechless for a moment and had nothing to say. Nie Yan had a firm grasp on the truth, and he couldn’t refute it at all.

Yulan glanced at Tang Yao, noticed Tang Yao’s equipment, and couldn’t tell that this wretched-looking fatty was actually a skilled expert.

“Those who were named should go buy the scrolls,” Yulan said. What she was thinking was, buying so many scrolls, even if they cleared the Tree Spirit Forest, could they break even?

The team members went to the store to buy scrolls one after another. They had already prepared all kinds of consumables. Buying some scrolls wouldn’t take much time.

“Nie Yan, does clearing the Tree Spirit Forest really require so many scrolls?” Yao Yao looked at Nie Yan with her beautiful eyes. In her impression, several large teams hadn’t used so many scrolls when clearing the Tree Spirit Forest dungeon.

“You’ll know when the time comes. It’s definitely not a waste of money for me to have them buy scrolls,” Nie Yan said. Even the elite teams of several large guilds had probably only cleared the normal difficulty Tree Spirit Forest, and he was going to clear the expert-level Tree Spirit Forest dungeon! Scrolls were a necessity.

“Mm.” Yao Yao blinked her eyes and sized up Nie Yan. Even though she had only known Nie Yan for a few days, she could be sure of one thing: Nie Yan was a capable person and would never speak without thinking.

After a while, the team members returned with the scrolls they had bought.

Nie Yan counted the number of people. All nineteen were present.

“Can any of you pull in a slightly stronger mage? If there’s a mage with higher magic damage, we’ll probably have a better chance,” Nie Yan looked at Yulan and the others.

“This... It’s a little hard to find,” Yulan said with some difficulty. Most mages with high magic damage had fixed teams. Where could they find one?

“I can find one. I have a classmate who’s in Bright Sacred Flame’s elite team. They’re currently preparing to run the Blackflame dungeon, and he happens to be free today,” Yao Yao said from the side.

“Male or female, how’s their skill?” Yulan asked from the side.

“Male classmate, he’s very skilled,” Yao Yao said.

“Bright Sacred Flame? Let’s forget it,” Nie Yan shook his head.

“Why?” Yao Yao asked curiously.

“I’ve killed quite a few people from Bright Sacred Flame. They’re wanted me right now,” Nie Yan said without holding back. Even if the people from Bright Sacred Flame knew he was here, so what?

“Last time I was blocked by a team from Bright Sacred Flame, my brother single-handedly killed seven or eight of them,” Tang Yao boasted with pride, wishing he could tell everyone present that Nie Yan was his brother.

“Just a trash guild. Those players are all noobs,” Nie Yan didn’t think much of it.

“I was wondering, you think you’re amazing just because you killed a few noobs. I’ve even killed a whole team of people before,” Chen Bo mocked coldly.

Tang Yao was so angry at Chen Bo that he couldn’t speak. The people Nie Yan had killed last time weren’t noobs at all. One of them was even wearing a full set of Scorched Earth equipment! He was just about to retort when Nie Yan stopped him, and he could only sulk in silence.

Yulan crossed her arms and sized up Nie Yan. Nie Yan wasn’t a flamboyant person. It seemed that what Tang Yao said was mostly true. Being able to block Tang Yao meant that the opponents were definitely not simple. It seemed that Nie Yan was not only proficient in dungeons, but also skilled in player-versus-player combat.