Chapter 107 The Frost Ironclad Catapult

That evening, Nie Yan and Xie Yao once again entered the game. During this time, Nie Yan wanted to use the Glorious Gems to upgrade some of his special items. He spoke to Guo Huai about it, and Guo Huai brought news that Sun was doing the quest for the Master Gem Craftsman Paget. Once Sun completed that quest, he could use gems to enhance equipment quality at Paget's, with certain discounts.

Nie Yan thought about it, and decided to wait. The effects that a Master Gem Craftsman could achieve were completely different from those of an ordinary Advanced Gem Craftsman. He wanted to maximize the effects of these five Glorious Gems and couldn't afford to waste them. Those special items were his treasures; the better their attributes, the greater their future impact would be.

Nie Yan's equipment was now more complete than before, so he could proceed to do things that would be more beneficial for the guild. Nie Yan thought of the Ironclad Catapult!

The combat power of the Ironclad Catapult was quite astonishing. It was very important in guild wars. Usually, players would first obtain a level one Ironclad Catapult blueprint, and the guild's engineers would continuously improve it, allowing it to advance into a higher-level Ironclad Catapult, somewhat like the Goblin Arcane Fire Cannon.

The Ironclad Catapult could only be used on plains. They moved on wooden wheels, making it impossible to advance on rugged mountain roads. This created a certain limitation for the Ironclad Catapult. In addition, because Ironclad Catapults were mechanical units, monsters killed by them didn't give experience, and equipment drop rates were extremely low, almost nonexistent. Thus, Ironclad Catapults were generally not used for grinding. However, on the battlefield, these Ironclad Catapults were considered unmatched powerhouses, until players reached level 100, their defenses greatly improved, and many top-tier classes emerged. Only then did the role of these Ironclad Catapults on the battlefield gradually diminish.

Nie Yan suddenly remembered that there was a place that had produced an Ironclad Catapult blueprint, and the Ironclad Catapult built with that blueprint was more advanced than the ones Warblade Bloodthirst had obtained. It was the rare Frost Ironclad Catapult!

Ordinary Ironclad Catapults launched shells that caused some fire damage, but the Frost Ironclad Catapult would launch a spread of ice bombs, freezing all units in the surrounding area. When facing large creatures, the Frost Ironclad Catapult was also much stronger than the ordinary Ironclad Catapult.

Before level 100, building one or two such catapults would be like having a powerful weapon on the battlefield. Especially during this time, the war between the War God Tribe and the Tuoba Family was in full swing. If they had a few more Frost Ironclad Catapults, the War God Tribe would definitely win.

Although Nie Yan knew the location of the Frost Ironclad Catapult blueprint before, he didn't dare to retrieve it at all. The reason was simple: his level was too low and his equipment was too poor. Now, he barely met the requirements and could try. If it really didn't work, he could use a Random Teleportation Scroll to escape.

Nie Yan teleported to Soyu Wind Town and bought ten scrolls, including two Intermediate Web Scrolls, three Advanced Entangling Vine Scrolls, and five Intermediate Hatred Dissipation Scrolls. He should be able to use these. In addition, Nie Yan went to Starry Night Pharmacy to get a few bottles of Advanced Instant Recovery Potions and Advanced Ice Resistance Potions in preparation for the upcoming adventure.

With everything ready, Nie Yan told Guo Huai and the others that even while he was searching for the Frost Ironclad Catapult blueprint, he could remotely command the guild's affairs.

Nie Yan left Calore and summoned Faulkner's Warhorse, galloping all the way north. Distant mountains overlapped, and Nie Yan raced across the wilderness.

Some ordinary players saw Nie Yan's signature Faulkner Warhorse, and their views on Nirvana Guild and Nie Yan underwent some changes. In the past, Nie Yan was just the chairman of Calore's most powerful guild, but now, Nie Yan was practically the master of Calore!

These ordinary players wanted to develop in Calore and had to depend on Nie Yan's every breath. No one dared to say they would hunt down Nie Yan and loot his equipment anymore; that was simply a suicidal act. Nie Yan could casually summon a bunch of people to stomp him into the ground, never to raise his head again. Although Nie Yan wouldn't do such a thing, it was a powerful deterrent for ordinary players.

A lone rider swept across the open prairie, entering the level 90 area. In the distance, the prairie was endlessly covered with countless white tents. In the middle was a two-story building, about three yards high, with a round golden roof that shone brightly in the sunlight. It was the Bloodfiend Legion's camp.

On the Calrons Plains, there was a group of heretics who had abandoned the faith of the Holy Light. They were dark apostles who lived by plundering the nomadic inhabitants of the plains and were regarded as evil beings. Their leader was a level 90 Lord, the Evil Bloodfiend Warrior Filbrazer.

Sometimes, he would even summon some low-level Bloodfiend Bone Dragons, which were extremely powerful. In addition, next to the building in the center of the Bloodfiend Legion camp were seven Frost Ironclad Catapults. If players formed a group to come here, those seven Frost Ironclad Catapults would often inflict heavy losses on them.

The Holy Light Temple often sent paladins to encircle and suppress the Bloodfiend Legion, and had destroyed the Bloodfiend Legion several times. However, they still repeatedly revived and regrouped. In the Holy Light Temple, there were special paladin missions to kill Bloodfiend Legion members. For every Bloodfiend Legion member killed, a certain amount of Revered Honor could be obtained.

Nie Yan was not a paladin, so he naturally couldn't accept those missions. However, if he could obtain the Evil Orb held by Bloodfiend Legion leader Filbrazer, he could also go to the Holy Light Temple to receive a reward. It was said that the reward was a Divine Laudation. After receiving Divine Laudation, if he could also advance to Shadow Dancer, he would become a powerful Holy Shadow Dancer.

The difference between a Holy Shadow Dancer and an ordinary Shadow Dancer was that they could cast blessings on themselves and perform some powerful divine magic. In his previous life, someone did complete this quest. He became the only Holy Shadow Dancer among all Shadow Dancers. That person was a thief named Smile. According to the progress of his previous life, at this time, that Holy Shadow Dancer named Smile hadn't entered the game yet.

Nie Yan's appearance had disrupted the game's progress. In his previous life, at this time, players' levels were at most in the thirties or forties. Now, there were already players in their fifties and sixties everywhere. This was the impact of the Sealed History being opened. The effect he caused spread like a butterfly effect. Many people became stronger, and some people left the stage of the strong. He changed many players and also changed the structure of the entire Glimmering Empire. He didn't know when that thief named Smile would appear.

If Nie Yan could get the Evil Orb, then he would definitely change the game path of that Holy Shadow Dancer.

Nie Yan slowly approached the tent area. Several patrolling Bloodfiend Legion guards passed by about ten yards away from Nie Yan. They wore bright red fitted clothing, held dark red greatswords, and exuded a bloody aura. They were some crazy slaughterers.

Nie Yan threw a scout on one of the Bloodfiend Legion guards.

Bloodfiend Warrior: Level 90, Health 32000/32000.

These Bloodfiend Warriors had extremely fierce attacks. During battle, they would also bless themselves with a Bloodthirst state, greatly increasing their attack power, and their attacks came with life steal, making them extremely difficult to deal with. However, one good thing was that although the Bloodfiend Warriors were humanoid creatures, they had low intelligence and belonged to low-level intelligent creatures. Only their leader, Filbrazer, was a slightly higher mid-level intelligent creature with relatively strong thinking abilities.

However, Nie Yan wouldn't get entangled with these Bloodfiend Warriors. His only goals were the Frost Ironclad Catapult blueprint and the Evil Orb.

This task was a bit difficult for him at the moment, but it wasn't impossible to achieve.

Nie Yan looked toward the tent area. Some walls were set up in front, and magic cannons and similar things were placed there. The dark muzzles were aimed at the plains outside. The defenses here were obviously very strong. If a large group of players came over, they would first have to take a few cannon shots.

Nie Yan dodged a few Bloodfiend Warriors who were walking over and arrived at the edge of the wall outside the tent area. With a leap, he grabbed the top of the wall, flipped over, and jumped inside.

He hid behind a tent and gradually crept toward the center of the tent area.

In the open space between the tents in front, there were six wooden pillars. These wooden pillars were about one yard high, and six small red flags fluttered on them. The small flags depicted some mysterious red patterns. Those were the most famous and most notorious things of the Bloodfiend Legion, the Bloodfiend Totems!

Players had some special methods to remove the Bloodfiend Totems, but if they triggered the Bloodfiend Totems and detonated them, they would be depressed. These Bloodfiend Totems would explode with a blood splatter effect. Any player who came into contact with those things would suffer a powerful Corpse Rot effect, and their health and defense would plummet. In his previous life, Nie Yan had come into contact with the power of these things. At that time, he followed two hundred-man groups of level 100 players to clear monsters here. He was a very ordinary mercenary at the time. As a result, those two hundred-man groups of level 100 players were wiped out, leaving only a few dozen people. The losses were heavy. It wasn't until the团长 (Tuan Zhang - possibly Captain, Guild Leader, or Party Leader) obtained the Frost Ironclad Catapult blueprint that he salvaged some of the losses. More than eighty percent of the two hundred people were gone. One could imagine how tragic the scene was at that time.

Nie Yan could be considered to have some understanding of this map, otherwise he wouldn't dare to come alone.

Hearing some movement in the distance, Nie Yan quickly hid in the shadows of the tent corner.

After a while, a team of twenty-odd Bloodfiend Warriors walked across the open space. They scanned their surroundings, didn't find Nie Yan in the corner of the tent, and slowly walked away.