Chapter 1 The Beginning

The Fissure Fortress of the Undead Cemetery was the territory of Fallen Angel. This sturdy fortress was built entirely of giant stones, with rows of arrow towers behind them.

Inside the Fallen Angel guild headquarters, a Spellcaster clad in a sorcerer's robe sat in the empty hall, listening to Dark's report. The sorcerer's robe was a top-quality level 50 set for Spellcasters. The somewhat gray robe was buffeted by the flowing magical elements, edged with gold thread, and embroidered with a dark red shadow vine on the collar, with a white skull coiled between the shadow vines. In his hand was a bone-wood staff, topped with a deep blue gem.

He looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, tall and with a hint of heroism between his brows. His gaze was cold and he exuded an imposing aura.

He was the guild leader of Fallen Angel, Duo Duo.

Dark, Bloodscar, and the others stood to the side. Under Duo Duo's gaze, they all trembled with fear and dared not speak. They could all sense the guild leader's anger at the loss of the Black Serpent King's Shield.

Dark hesitated, not daring to challenge the guild leader's authority.

"Dark, you speak," Duo Duo said in a low voice.

Dark felt his heart sink and said, "According to the original plan, we could have easily taken down the Zombie Foreman, but we were suddenly ambushed by several Zombie Taskmasters, and then the Golden Earth Dragon. That human Thief was too fast, he took out all our Wizards in one fell swoop. Bloodscar was kicked away by the Zombie Foreman. In that situation, he couldn't even make the most basic defensive movements..."

Duo Duo waved his hand, interrupting Dark. "I won't pursue who was at fault this time. The Black Serpent King's Shield must be retrieved. Has Shizi sent any news?"

Seeing that the guild leader was no longer pursuing their responsibility, Dark quickly said, "Shizi just said he found that human Thief's pet and then the connection was cut off. I'll contact him immediately."

After a while, Shizi sent a long video.

"Boss, Shizi sent a video." Dark glanced at the video and quickly shared it with Duo Duo.

Duo Duo opened the video. It was a video of five Zombie Taskmasters and a Golden Earth Dragon defeating a hundred-man team. The Zombie Taskmasters' Three-Blade Style swept across the battlefield. This video was a classic. Although Nie Yan never appeared in the video, one could imagine how taxing it was to coordinate the attacks of five Zombie Taskmasters and a Golden Earth Dragon. At the end of the video, Nie Yan walked out of the darkness. As if sensing something, he activated True Sight and scanned the place where Shizi and the others were hiding. The veins around his eyes were exposed, his pupils were bloodshot, and his divine light burst forth, like a demon.

Dark, Bloodscar, and the others were all shocked when they saw the end.

Duo Duo tapped the table next to him with his finger and said, "This guy is interesting. Let Shizi keep an eye on him!" He was considering whether to send a team of hundreds or thousands of people to block Nie Yan. In the dark underground world, blocking a Thief, especially a high-end Thief with top-quality skills, was not a simple matter.

Seeing Duo Duo's expression relax, Dark was relieved. The video sent back by Shizi undoubtedly saved them. It wasn't that they were incompetent that they almost got wiped out while killing the Zombie Foreman, but that Nie Yan was too strong.

"Boss, what do we do now?" Dark asked.

"Keep an eye on him first. If the Black Serpent King's Shield is brought to the surface, it's only worth a few hundred gold coins when broken down into materials. If it's sold in the underground city, it's worth at least five or six thousand gold coins. He'll definitely calculate this, and he shouldn't be stupid enough to take the Black Serpent King's Shield away. Find someone to contact him," Duo Duo said. He was determined to get the Black Serpent King's Shield, no matter what means he had to use. If he could get the Black Serpent King's Shield back using gentle methods, he wouldn't want to resort to force. If not, then they could only fight.

No matter how strong Nie Yan was, the Undead Cemetery was his territory. A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake.

Dark understood Duo Duo's meaning and immediately conveyed the guild leader's instructions to Shizi and the others.

Although Shizi and the others weren't as strong as Nie Yan, they were still considered elites. In the dark environment, tracking someone from behind without being discovered wasn't a difficult task. They might not be able to track Nie Yan, but Nie Yan's Zombie Taskmasters and Golden Earth Dragon were still around. They had no problem tracking the Zombie Taskmasters and Golden Earth Dragon.

The video of Nie Yan defeating the hundred-man team was fragmented and posted on the Undead Cemetery forum. Seeing that it was almost all exposed, Shizi posted the complete video, and it was immediately pinned to the top.

The Zombie Taskmasters' Three-Blade Style and Nie Yan's True Sight at the end made all the players in the Undead Cemetery remember Nie Yan's face. He had slaughtered two or three hundred people before and after, and was still rampant.

When Nie Yan used True Sight to search the darkness, his murderous gaze was deeply imprinted in their minds.

Godslayer Nirvana, a nickname spread among the players in the Undead Cemetery. Only this word could express the awe in their hearts.

In their opinion, it was appropriate to use this word to describe Nie Yan, who could repel so many level 40-plus experts with his own strength.

The reward for killing Nie Yan also skyrocketed, all the way to more than a thousand gold coins. Coupled with the many Evil Order equipment Nie Yan carried, Nie Yan was a great temptation to the players in the Undead Cemetery. Some guilds were ready to make a move, but they didn't do anything because Fallen Angel hadn't moved!

Fallen Angel was the largest guild in the Undead Cemetery. All guilds had to follow Fallen Angel's lead. Since Fallen Angel hadn't made a move, the other guilds naturally wouldn't be the first to stick their necks out.

Nie Yan was traveling through the Fallen Canyon. After the team that had ambushed him retreated from the Fallen Canyon, few teams came to block him. Occasionally, a few who didn't know any better were directly routed by the Zombie Taskmasters and the Golden Earth Dragon.

Nie Yan was like a ghost, appearing and disappearing around the Golden Earth Dragon and the Zombie Taskmasters. Few people could catch his figure.

After passing through the Fallen Canyon, Nie Yan entered a wilderness. At the end of the distant horizon stood a towering lighthouse, dozens of yards high, its fire flickering as if it were about to go out in the dark, cold wind.

This was a sign of a residential settlement!

In the dark underground world, players had a small field of vision and often couldn't recognize the way back, so some large settlements would set up a lighthouse. With the lighthouse as a sign in the darkness, the residents of the underground could find their way home.

He had finally found an Evil Order settlement.

Nie Yan thought to himself, the next step would be a very risky move, which was to sneak into the Evil Order residential settlement. He had to be very careful. If something went wrong, he would definitely be buried inside.

This was a brand new exploration. If he could succeed, it would mean a rolling source of wealth!

Sometimes it was worth taking a risk.

With that thought, Nie Yan no longer hesitated and walked towards the distant town.

He wasn't far from the town. To avoid being too conspicuous, Nie Yan summoned the Golden Earth Dragon back, then let the Zombie Taskmasters grind monsters freely in the wild, and entered stealth to dash towards the town.

Shizi and the others following Nie Yan were shocked. After Nie Yan summoned the Golden Earth Dragon back, he disappeared from their sight.

They didn't dare to get too close to Nie Yan. They could only rely on their relatively good dark vision to follow Nie Yan from a distance. Seeing Nie Yan disappear, they thought Nie Yan had discovered them, but later they never saw Nie Yan again. Obviously, Nie Yan had left.

They had lost him!

The Zombie Taskmasters scattered in all directions and began to grind monsters freely, as if they had been abandoned by Nie Yan.

"Boss, the Thief named Nirvana put away the Golden Earth Dragon and then disappeared." Shizi sent a message to the guild leader. The guild leader took over the matter himself, making him panic. And now he had lost him again. He didn't know how to explain.

"Where did he disappear?" Duo Duo frowned and asked. Nie Yan must have had a reason for putting away the Golden Earth Dragon and disappearing. He deduced that the Zombie Taskmasters were obviously ordinary commanded creatures that Nie Yan could discard at any time. Only the Golden Earth Dragon was Nie Yan's pet. Nie Yan put away the Golden Earth Dragon and disappeared, so he had probably gone far away.

"Near the Verdin Cemetery Town. I saw him heading towards the Verdin Cemetery Town," Shizi said. He couldn't help but guess, could Nie Yan be going to the Verdin Cemetery Town? But that was an Evil Order player settlement! Not to mention the countless players there, the NPCs that appeared in the Verdin Cemetery Town were at least level 50 or 60 elites. There seemed to be two level 100 guards. A Good Order player would be killed by an NPC in one strike!

Logically speaking, a Good Order player who came to the underground would definitely try to avoid this kind of Evil Order settlement. Few people would go there to die.

Shizi thought for a while and said, "That Thief named Nirvana probably wanted to avoid the Verdin Cemetery Town, so he put away the Golden Earth Dragon." He thought he could justify himself.

Duo Duo was a little distracted at this time and didn't pay attention to Shizi. He was guessing Nie Yan's purpose in coming to the underground. He had been wandering aimlessly for so many days, passing through the Fallen Canyon. Was it just for travel and adventure? As the guild leader of a guild, Nirvana wouldn't be so free. So what was his purpose?

"Verdin Cemetery Town." Duo Duo pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and walked towards the fortress's teleportation array.

The Fallen Angel players next to him passed by Duo Duo and immediately greeted him respectfully.

"Hello, Boss."

"Hello, Boss."

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Duo Duo nodded in acknowledgment, walked into the fortress's teleportation array, and activated the teleportation. A flash of light and shadow passed, and he disappeared from the spot.