Chapter 1 The Entrance

Nie Yan entered the gate and went up the massive spiral staircase behind it, heading towards the upper reaches of the Golden City castle.

He climbed to the third level and entered a corridor, where level 90 Furnace Smiths often wandered. Fortunately, they were all acting alone.

Seeing a Furnace Smith walking towards him, Nie Yan slowly crept up, felt his way to the Furnace Smith's back, and delivered a Sap to the back of his head, followed by Backstab and Eviscerate. Just as the Furnace Smith was about to wake up, he circled around to the front, Stunned him, and finished with Garrote. Once this wave of attacks was over, Nie Yan ran, dragging out the time with the Furnace Smith, using bleed damage to kill him.

Nie Yan's attack damage was only around a few hundred each time, at most five or six hundred, but the bleed damage was quite considerable. This kind of damage was enough to kill the Furnace Smith.

Nie Yan made his way along, traversing the five or six hundred-yard-long spiral corridor, taking down two or thirty Furnace Smiths, and entered a dark hall. Around the hall stood giant golden statues, demons, monstrous beasts, all kinds of figures, hideous and terrifying. Below the statues, some tall figures moved from time to time.

Looking towards the front of the hall, a huge giant statue stood on a circular platform. It was five yards tall, like an arhat, covered in golden armor, with six arms, each of its thick hands holding different weapons: a hammer, scythe, shovel, long staff, giant axe, and chain hammer.

Seeing this statue, Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. This was the Mine Slave Igerlin!

Normally, it was just a statue, but as long as a living being touched it, it would awaken and become a powerful level 90 Lord.

It would take at least a team of two hundred level 80 players to take it down, and the Guardian Knights' defense had to be high enough.

Nie Yan observed that there were at least two or thirty Furnace Smiths wandering around the hall among the many statues. These Furnace Smiths were much taller than the previous ones, and their appearance was even more ferocious.

Nie Yan felt his way to the side of a statue and cast a Detect on a Furnace Smith not far away.

Demon Furnace Smith: Level 90 Elite, HP 50,000/50,000.

It would be very difficult to deal with these Demon Furnace Smiths. Nie Yan wondered, could he use Stealth to bypass them and find the Abak Set? It would be best if he could avoid alarming these elite monsters.

Nie Yan hid behind the statue, using it as cover, and groped his way inside.

In the distance, six Thieves were walking along the spiraling corridor towards the hall where Nie Yan was. Every time they traveled a certain distance, they would find a Furnace Smith's corpse lying on the ground. There were at least two or thirty corpses along the way, and the more they saw, the more alarmed they became.

"Tian Fa, are all these corpses on the ground the work of Crazy Thief Nie Yan? He's too fierce. We've been tracking him all the way, but we haven't seen his shadow," one Thief said. They were both Thieves, but the gap between them and Nie Yan was too great.

"Let's follow him first. Crazy Thief Nie Yan is obviously not someone we can deal with. In a while, Captain Chi Yan will bring a group of people over. The guild leader wants us to take a shot at Crazy Thief Nie Yan when we get the chance, and maybe we'll get a big reward. Remember not to reveal our identities. If we're discovered, we'll say we're from the Mage Alliance. This is what the guild leader personally instructed," Tian Fa said. This group of people had temporarily left the guild, covering their faces with black cloaks, to avoid being noticed.

There were quite a few people who wanted to make a move against Nie Yan. Not to mention Nie Yan's equipment, which was all top-notch, just the rewards offered by the Mage Alliance, Sacred Guardians, and Angel Corps added up to 30,000 gold coins. Such a reward was enough to tempt many people. Many people wanted to assassinate Nie Yan, but he usually appeared and disappeared without a trace, and they couldn't catch him. But today's situation was a little different. Everyone saw Nie Yan enter the Golden City alone, and some people with ulterior motives naturally started plotting.

The reason why this group of people concealed their identities was because they were worried about retaliation from the Niu Ren Tribe after killing Crazy Thief Nie Yan. After all, the strength of the Niu Ren Tribe could easily overturn their guild.

At first, they were driven by profit, but after following Nie Yan for a while, each of them felt a little uneasy and asked for reinforcements from outside.

What Tian Fa and the others didn't know was that after they entered the Golden City, even more people came in, all of them Thieves. People from the Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians also came.

These Thieves had only one goal: Crazy Thief Nie Yan!

They didn't know what Nie Yan's purpose was in entering the Golden City. They all wanted to take advantage of the situation and launch a sneak attack when Nie Yan was killing monsters or encountering danger.

Nie Yan was still in the hall, looking ahead. In the distance, there were many Demon Furnace Smiths active. It wouldn't be easy to bypass them. Since the Demon Furnace Smiths had ranged skills, it would be easy to be discovered even if he used skills like the Creeper Ring.

Nie Yan retreated, gritted his teeth, and decided to risk it! He retreated to a corner, summoned the Golden Earth Dragon, and hired a level 10 Holy Knight, Lement. He took out the Headless Horseman Doro's Riding Crossbow and shot at the ground to create some noise, slowly attracting a Demon Furnace Smith.

It would be easier to deal with if there was only one. Nie Yan led the Demon Furnace Smith to a corner, went around to the Demon Furnace Smith's back, and delivered a Sap to the back of his head.

The Golden Earth Dragon opened its mouth and spat out a Dragon Breath. With a muffled bang, the Dragon Breath bombarded the Demon Furnace Smith's body. The Holy Knight Lement activated Undaunted Aura and charged towards the Demon Furnace Smith.

Under the combined attack of Nie Yan, the Golden Earth Dragon, and the Holy Knight, the Demon Furnace Smith's health kept dropping. He woke up and wanted to shout, summoning the other Demon Furnace Smiths.

Stun!

Nie Yan stunned the Demon Furnace Smith's forehead, causing him to enter a dizzy state.

Undead Sacrifice!

The Demon Furnace Smith was a dark creature. Nie Yan didn't know if he could summon it, so he cast an Undead Sacrifice on the Demon Furnace Smith. The system prompted that the Undead Sacrifice failed. He cast the Undead Sacrifice on the Demon Furnace Smith again, and it still failed.

The Demon Furnace Smith woke up and swung his hammer at the Golden Earth Dragon. The Golden Earth Dragon was hit by the hammer, its body paused, and a damage value of more than 3,000 floated up. Fortunately, the Golden Earth Dragon had high defense and a lot of health. If it were an ordinary pet, it wouldn't be able to withstand the Demon Furnace Smith's attack.

Undead Sacrifice!

System: Undead Sacrifice failed.

The Demon Furnace Smith opened his mouth and let out a sharp cry. He was about to call for his companions.

If the Demon Furnace Smith summoned his companions, Nie Yan would not be able to deal with two or more Demon Furnace Smiths.

Just as the Demon Furnace Smith was about to shout, Nie Yan raised his foot and kicked the Demon Furnace Smith in the abdomen, interrupting the Demon Furnace Smith's shout. He had just uttered a few syllables and swallowed them back.

The Golden Earth Dragon spat out a few Dragon Breaths, bombarding the Demon Furnace Smith's body. Damage values floated above the Demon Furnace Smith's head.

The Holy Knight Lement cast a few Purifications, and rays of white light shone on the Demon Furnace Smith's body.

The Demon Furnace Smith furiously waved his hammer, constantly attacking the Golden Earth Dragon. Nie Yan had the Holy Knight Lement continuously heal the Golden Earth Dragon from behind, resisting the Demon Furnace Smith. Once the Demon Furnace Smith wanted to call for his companions, Nie Yan would go up and kick him, anyway, the cooldown time for the Kick skill was relatively short.

Under their combined siege, the tall Demon Furnace Smith finally fell heavily to the ground.

Looking at the Golden Earth Dragon's health, which was only about 20% left, Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as the Demon Furnace Smith fell to the ground, the Sword of Zennarde in Nie Yan's hand shone brightly, and a strong force rushed towards him. His heartstrings suddenly jumped, and he quickly opened the Sword of Zennarde's attribute page to check the Sword of Zennarde's attributes.

Sealed Sword of Zennarde: A Karan Holy Object.

Item Description: A holy object created by the Dragon King Zennarde, ordering Karan's God of Creation to forge it, and infused with dark magic by Zennarde. When you do not control its power, you will be backlashed by the Sword of Zennarde. This sword has been cast with six layers of divine seal by the God of War, Keros. Seal 5/6.

Item Attributes: Attack 830-812, Crit +50, 20% chance to trigger 5x critical damage, Ignore Level +15, Ignore Armor. Comes with skill, Purgatory Execution, when the enemy's health is below 20%, using this skill has a certain chance to kill the opponent, the success rate is related to the levels and defenses of both sides. Skill cooldown time 3 seconds, requires 50 points of energy. Comes with skill, Beginner Cataclysm, attacks the enemy with five curses: level 3 Weakness, level 3 Cripple, level 3 Plague, level 3 Fear, and level 3 Corrosion, lasting 5 minutes, skill cooldown time is one hour.

Attached: Undead Nightmare Curse, those who hold the Sword of Zennarde will be cursed by the Undead Nightmare, all attributes are reduced by 30% (suppressed, the effect is halved).

Usage Restriction: None.

Nie Yan looked at the attributes of the Sword of Zennarde. One of the seals of the Sword of Zennarde had been unlocked, and its attributes had been greatly improved. It already had the attack of a level 90 Dark Gold weapon, and its other attributes were also very high.

After such a long time, the Sword of Zennarde had finally become stronger. He wondered what the final complete state of this upgradeable weapon would be like.

The black flames on the Sword of Zennarde were even hotter than before. When swung, the flames danced, captivating people's hearts.

Nie Yan picked up the items dropped by the Demon Furnace Smith, took the Golden Earth Dragon to the corner to restore health, and had the Holy Knight Lement heal the Golden Earth Dragon. He then bandaged the Golden Earth Dragon. Soon, the Golden Earth Dragon's health was restored to full.