The Holy Hire had already been used. He wondered if the three Rock Astrologers would leave the Star Offering Platform. If they could be lured away, then he'd have to sacrifice the Golden Land Dragon. The Golden Land Dragon's loyalty would drop if it died, and it would take a long time to feed it back up. However, if he could get Phinas' Poison Sac, sacrificing some of the Golden Land Dragon's loyalty would be worth it.

Nie Yan retreated two or three hundred yards away, summoned the Golden Land Dragon, planned a bit, and began the operation to seize Phinas' Poison Sac.

He entered stealth and swept towards the distance. Arriving at the north side of the Star Offering Platform, he slowly manipulated the Golden Land Dragon to approach the Star Offering Platform from the south.

Soon, the Golden Land Dragon entered the vision of the three Rock Astrologers, and they simultaneously locked onto it.

Nie Yan slowly approached from the north, wanting to wait for the Golden Land Dragon to lure the three Rock Astrologers away before going to seize Phinas' Poison Sac.

The Golden Land Dragon cast a Dragon Breath, and a scorching flame shot towards the Rock Astrologers. At that moment, the Rock Astrologers cast a Dark Shield on themselves. With a bang, the Dragon Breath hit the Dark Shield, sparks flew everywhere, but it instantly dissipated in the air, causing no damage to the Rock Astrologers.

After the Golden Land Dragon's Dragon Breath, Nie Yan quickly controlled the Golden Land Dragon to turn around and run.

The Rock Astrologers didn't chase after it as Nie Yan had imagined. Instead, they waved their staffs and summoned three Rock Giant Wolves. These Giant Wolves were two yards tall, huge, and rapidly pounced on the Golden Land Dragon. Their movement speed was much faster than the Golden Land Dragon's. Level 100 summons!

When the Golden Land Dragon had run three or four hundred yards away, the three Rock Giant Wolves pounced on the Golden Land Dragon and tore it to pieces.

The Golden Land Dragon's strength was not on the same level as these three level 100 summons.

System: Your pet, Golden Land Dragon, has died.

Nie Yan was preparing to approach the Star Offering Platform when he noticed this situation and quickly stopped, slowly retreating.

Unable to lure the Rock Astrologers away from the Star Offering Platform, Nie Yan's plan completely failed.

He lingered outside for a long time, unable to find a suitable method, and could only wait for the next natural day, when all the skills had cooled down.

Nie Yan ran to a corner of the canyon and logged off.

He wondered how things were going with the Nirvana Flame's side. Nie Yan dialed Guo Huai's voice, who was also using a game pod, so he could directly talk to Guo Huai in the game.

Guo Huai sent Nie Yan some videos, and Nie Yan watched them on his phone while listening to Guo Huai describe the general situation.

The war for Blackrock Fortress was in full swing. The players on Soaring Swords' side formed a formation outside Blackrock Fortress. Three Ironclad Catapults aimed at the walls of Blackrock Fortress. One by one, red-hot iron balls weighing twenty or thirty pounds were launched into the air, flying hundreds of yards and smashing into the walls. Immediately, rubble flew everywhere, and several red-hot iron balls landed inside Blackrock Fortress, smashing into the crowd. Dozens of players were instantly killed and turned into streaks of white light.

On the Nirvana Flame's side, they launched several attacks on Soaring Swords' formation, trying to destroy the three Ironclad Catapults. However, the Ironclad Catapults were surrounded by many obstacles set up by the Angel Corps from the Satreen Empire. Demon Hunters had set up many traps around the three Ironclad Catapults, and Elemental Shamans had planted Lightning Totems within a radius of five hundred yards. Once players approached these Lightning Totems, the Lightning Totems would explode directly within a range of about five yards, causing heavy losses to the Nirvana Flame's players.

Soaring Swords' side remained stationary, constantly bombarding the city walls with the Ironclad Catapults. Soon, the walls of Blackrock Fortress were smashed to pieces.

Each of these Ironclad Catapults could launch five iron balls at the same time, with an attack interval of 120 seconds, making them quite powerful.

At this time, Blackrock Fortress was in chaos. Brilliant Swords and Yan Tou were in charge of commanding, and the walls of Blackrock Fortress were under urgent attack everywhere. Brilliant Swords and Yan Tou's goal was clear: they didn't expect to be able to defend Blackrock Fortress, but only to delay Soaring Swords as much as possible.

Currently, most of the players defending Blackrock Fortress were from the five sub-guilds. There were many people, about one hundred thousand, but their strength was not very good. Losing some of them wouldn't have a big impact on Nirvana Flame.

After the Ironclad Catapults bombarded for nearly half an hour, the walls of Blackrock Fortress collapsed with a bang. The people from several of Soaring Swords' guilds poured in like a tide, and melee combat broke out inside Blackrock Fortress.

After a fierce battle that lasted all day, the battle came to an end.

Blackrock Fortress fell.

Soaring Swords' people began to advance towards Nirvana Flame's headquarters, Creepps Fortress, which touched a nerve with Nirvana Flame. Creepps Fortress absolutely couldn't be lost. Nirvana Flame's investment in Creepps Fortress was quite large, and Dragonleap Conglomerate had also invested a large amount of money in the fortress. If Creepps Fortress fell, these investments would be in vain, especially Dragonleap Conglomerate's investment, which would take at least 20 days to recover the cost. It had only been developing for a few days!

If Creepps Fortress could be developed, it would definitely become a metropolis in this area second only to Carlore City. Even if Nirvana Flame fought with all their might, they couldn't let Creepps Fortress be destroyed by war!

It would take Soaring Swords' main force at least three hours to reach Creepps Fortress. They had to delay as much time as possible!

Nirvana Flame began to mobilize their operations in Carlore City. Whether it was the Temple of Galan or the Holy Roman Empire, they were all in a state of full preparation.

The Holy Roman Empire and the Temple of Galan constantly sent out large numbers of troops to harass Soaring Swords. However, they suffered a great loss from the Ironclad Catapults. One launch from the Ironclad Catapults could directly kill two or three hundred people within five or six hundred yards. The power was so strong that it was frightening!

After watching the video, Nie Yan roughly understood the situation. If Creepps Fortress fell, it would be a very big blow to Nirvana Flame, and he had to go back quickly.

During the day, Nie Yan discussed with Guo Huai and the others, arranged the next steps, and strengthened their confidence. As long as he came back from underground and had the support of one million gold coins, things would definitely be easier.

A day later, Nie Yan returned to the game and looked at the skill bar. The new day had begun, and all the skills had completely cooled down.

He began to continue probing the Star Offering Platform, and saw the three Rock Astrologers walking to the other side of the platform.

Maybe it was an opportunity. Nie Yan slowly sneaked over. About twenty yards away from the Star Offering Platform, a faint light curtain blocked his path. There was another barrier here!

With this barrier, Nie Yan couldn't get close to the Star Offering Platform at all.

Nie Yan was dumbfounded. This quest couldn't be completed at his current level!

With no other choice, Nie Yan prepared to leave, but at this moment, Benett's soul was hovering nearby, unwilling to leave for a long time.

Nie Yan looked east as far as he could, and suddenly noticed that about three hundred yards away from the Star Offering Platform, there was a rock structure in the shape of a tower, about five or six yards high. Nie Yan's heart stirred. There might be some quest-related building over there.

Nie Yan groped over there and found a black stone tower with a huge black gem on top, emitting a hazy black light. The exterior of the stone tower was exquisitely carved, covered with various star charts, like a deep night sky, as if one look would draw you in.

System: You have discovered a Star Tower.

Nie Yan checked his quest progress.

Quest Progress: Destroy six Star Towers, enter the Star Offering Platform, and obtain Phinas' Poison Sac.

Nie Yan looked around. In the shadowy darkness, he could vaguely see five other Star Towers standing around the Star Offering Platform, forming a hexagram array centered on the Star Offering Platform.

Nie Yan approached the Star Tower in front of him.

After thinking for a while, Nie Yan drew the Sword of Zennarde, jumped high, and swung the sword. The sharp edge of the Sword of Zennarde pierced through the black gem at the top of the stone tower, and the black gem shattered with a crack.

The indestructible Sword of Zennarde!

As the black gem shattered, the entire Star Tower collapsed with a roar, and dust flew everywhere.

System: You have destroyed a Star Tower.

Following the system's quest prompts, Nie Yan destroyed the remaining five Star Towers one by one.

When Nie Yan destroyed the last Star Tower, the barrier around the Star Offering Platform shattered like glass, disappearing into the air.

The three Rock Astrologers on the platform all turned their heads to look at Nie Yan's location, and actually left the Star Offering Platform and walked towards Nie Yan.

Nie Yan's heart jumped, and he quickly entered stealth, bypassing the three Rock Astrologers and sweeping away into the distance.

If the Rock Astrologers discovered his location, they could instantly kill him without a doubt.

Finding nothing unusual, the Rock Astrologers returned the way they came and went back to the Star Offering Platform.

After the barrier was broken, it was possible to lure the Rock Astrologers away. Forced to, Nie Yan summoned the Golden Land Dragon again, and also hired a Level 7 Holy Knight, Reyn.

After planning, Nie Yan began to have the Holy Knight Reyn and the Golden Land Dragon attract the attention of the three Rock Astrologers from two different directions.

The Holy Knight Reyn entered the Rock Astrologers' vision first. The Rock Astrologers waved their staffs and summoned three Rock Giant Wolves, which pounced on the Holy Knight Reyn.

Under Nie Yan's command, the Holy Knight Reyn turned around and ran.

At this moment, the Golden Land Dragon suddenly appeared on the other side, spitting out a Dragon Breath, bombarding the three Rock Astrologers. After being attacked, the Rock Astrologers surrounded the Golden Land Dragon and slowly left the Star Offering Platform.