Chapter 17 Ambush

Nie Yan ran for a while, but didn't immediately go far. He circled around, scanned the surrounding terrain, and noticed a high slope not far away. He ran to the top of the slope as quickly as possible and looked in the direction of Guang An Yong Zui and the others. The battle over there was still in full swing.

At first, Nie Yan only wanted to save his own life, so he used Guang An Yong Zui and the others to kill the basilisk. Since Guang An Yong Zui and the others wanted to kill Nie Yan, Nie Yan didn't need to be polite with them.

The equipment dropped by the basilisk was something that couldn't be easily given up.

Tangguo and the others had no idea that Nie Yan was watching them from a corner.

Finally driving away that hateful thief, Guang An Yong Zui and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Guang An Yong Zui had been worried, because he was trapped by the basilisk and couldn't escape. If the priest in the back had a problem, he might have been finished. Fortunately, Tangguo discovered Nie Yan in time, allowing them to avoid the danger of being wiped out.

"Bro, nice work," Guang An Yong Zui said in the team chat.

"Just lucky. That guy is hard to deal with. We need to be careful if we encounter him again," Tangguo said solemnly.

Guang An Yong Zui deeply agreed. With Tangguo's skills, he couldn't gain any advantage against the other party, which showed that the person's strength was truly amazing.

With Nie Yan gone, it was much easier for them to kill the basilisk.

*Pa pa pa*, three magic attacks hit the basilisk, knocking off more than 160 points of its health. Just as they were about to kill it, the basilisk suddenly sprayed out a cloud of poison, which quickly spread out. The area within twenty yards was filled with black poisonous fog, much thicker than ordinary poisonous fog, so dense that one couldn't see their own hand in front of their face.

Seeing the poisonous fog spreading over, Su Yan, Shi Yan, and the others quickly retreated. Guang An Yong Zui swung his sword, but suddenly noticed a shadow flashing in front of him, and his attack missed.

Guang An Yong Zui's heart skipped a beat.

"It's over there, it's going to run!"

It was the first time they had encountered a sub-elite creature that could run away, but it wasn't unheard of. Some elite Bosses would use escape skills when their health was low to a certain level.

"Where is it?"

The poisonous fog was spreading, and the vision was completely dark. The magic users couldn't find the target at all.

The Holy Word mage, Su Yan, saw a shadow flash past the bushes in front of her. She raised her staff, preparing to chant a spell, and had just uttered a syllable.

System: Target is out of attack range.

Su Yan had to interrupt the spell.

The poisonous fog gradually dissipated. Where was the basilisk?

"It ran!" Su Yan put down her staff and said.

"Which direction did it run in?" Guang An Yong Zui asked. They had finally managed to wear down the basilisk's health to only a little bit left. If it ran away like this, wouldn't they have lost out?

"That way!"

"Let's chase!"

From Nie Yan's high ground, looking in the direction of Guang An Yong Zui and the others, a cloud of poisonous fog obscured his vision. Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. The basilisk was about to make a move. Sure enough, a shadow in the poisonous fog ran wildly towards the southeast.

Nie Yan had known for a long time that the basilisk would run away, so he hadn't left, but had chosen a place to hide, preparing to intercept and kill the basilisk.

The maximum distance a basilisk with low health could run was definitely no more than eight hundred yards. Killing the basilisk before Guang An Yong Zui and the others could allow him to obtain the items it dropped.

Nie Yan calculated the pursuit route, taking the shortest path to intercept the basilisk.

There was a saying, working for others, and that was probably a description of Guang An Yong Zui and the others.

Nie Yan used an acceleration scroll, moving like the wind through the swamp.

There were many animals such as giant lizards active in the dense swamp. Nie Yan quickly passed by these giant lizards. After discovering Nie Yan, the giant lizards chased for a distance, but Nie Yan quickly widened the gap. Seeing that they couldn't catch up with Nie Yan, the giant lizards resumed their wandering.

There were some magic explosions coming from ahead. Nie Yan frowned. Were there other players here?

Nie Yan moved forward a distance and soon discovered another group of players who were grinding monsters, a total of six people, from another team.

Nie Yan met them face to face, and the six people's wary eyes fell on Nie Yan.

"There's a thief, everyone be careful!"

The six players became vigilant.

"He shouldn't be coming for us," the leader said. If Nie Yan wanted to ambush them, he would have gone into stealth long ago, and wouldn't have revealed his whereabouts.

"Probably a thief who's come to lure monsters."

The six players were cautious and didn't take the initiative to intercept Nie Yan. If Nie Yan had a team, intercepting Nie Yan might cause trouble.

Nie Yan had something to do and didn't need to get entangled with these players here. They shouldn't pose a threat to him. He quickly ran and disappeared into the bushes.

The six players stared in astonishment as Nie Yan ran past less than ten yards away from them.

"What speed!"

Nie Yan's speed was too fast. Even if they wanted to intercept Nie Yan, they probably wouldn't be able to stop him. The players were shocked.

"It's nothing, let's continue leveling."

"Yi Wang, do you have any health potions? I don't have any left. Can you give me some?"

Nie Yan's passing was just an accident for them.

Nie Yan ran forward for a distance and finally discovered the traces left on the ground by the basilisk crawling.

That's the direction! Nie Yan accelerated. There were too many players active in this area. If someone else killed the basilisk first, it would be too much of a loss.

In the distance, the basilisk's huge body came into Nie Yan's sight.

The basilisk noticed someone coming and hissed, sticking out its tongue and staring at Nie Yan, but it was already at the end of its rope and had no strength left. The previous run had completely weakened it, and it didn't even have the strength to escape.

Nie Yan took out the giant crossbow, aimed at the basilisk, and shot three arrows.

-17, -18, -16.

The basilisk let out a shrill scream and twisted its body.

Nie Yan put away the crossbow and pounced forward with a vital strike.

-51.

A bright red number floated from the basilisk's head. The basilisk struggled for a moment and finally fell to the ground.

"It ran that way!"

"There are its footprints here!"

Several voices came from behind. It was Guang An Yong Zui and the others, but it was too late. Nie Yan bent down and picked up the items dropped by the basilisk. It seemed to be a skill book.

Guang An Yong Zui and the others appeared in the distance. They spotted Nie Yan.

"It's that thief!"

"Stop him!"

Magic attacks shot towards Nie Yan.

Goodbye. Nie Yan looked at Guang An Yong Zui, Tangguo, and the others, smiled slightly, leaped over a patch of bushes, and disappeared from their sight.

When Guang An Yong Zui, Tangguo, and the others caught up, they couldn't find Nie Yan. The few of them looked at each other in dismay.

They had finally managed to reduce the basilisk to low health. How did it end up in Nie Yan's hands again? Could it be that Nie Yan had been lurking nearby and hadn't left, waiting for the opportunity to kill the basilisk? Wasn't Nie Yan's patience a little too terrifying?