Chapter 180 Dark Slaughter

Seeing the Golden Earth Dragon reach level twenty, Nie Yan recalled it and left the Eternal City.

He was going to unlock the Shadow Slaughter skill on the Shadow of Darkness.

He already had a target.

Nie Yan rode Faulkner's Warhorse, galloping towards the endless sea to the east. The horse sped across the vast plain, the scenery rushing backwards. Occasionally, one or two teams of players leveling up nearby were startled by Nie Yan, retreating in haste, preparing to defend. They quickly realized Nie Yan was already out of their range, leaving them far behind in a cloud of dust.

The Shadow of Darkness was indeed a powerful piece of equipment, but many of its uses had not been discovered. For example, the Shadow of Darkness skill tree had dozens of skills. The shadow series alone had six or seven powerful skills, Shadow Slaughter being just one of them.

Nie Yan rode Faulkner's Warhorse to the edge of a cliff. He looked into the distance, where a vast ocean stretched out before him, seemingly without end.

The clear sky and boundless sea were a feast for the eyes. Seabirds occasionally flew across the sky, adding a touch of vibrant color.

System: You have discovered the Endless Sea.

Nie Yan galloped along the edge of the sea for more than ten minutes. Luckily, there weren't any monsters nearby. This area was already a level fifty monster zone.

The monsters at the edge of the Endless Sea were all very high level. As for the center of the Endless Sea, if you dove down, you could even encounter super elites of several hundred levels. Those were all marine creatures. You needed underwater breathing potions or skills to enter the deep sea area.

Nie Yan rode Faulkner's Warhorse to the top of a cliff and looked down. The cliff was a hundred yards high, and below was an inner sea, its surface murky, as if stained with ink.

There were three rocky platforms on the cliff face, twenty or thirty yards above the sea, large enough to accommodate fifty or sixty people.

This sea area spawned a Dark Siren, the level fifty Lord Banim, a very famous lord and one of the few sea monster lords. It dropped excellent equipment, but it was very difficult to deal with and could also attack from a distance. Unless it was a well-equipped team of level fifty or higher players, they generally wouldn't dare to attack it.

Players would usually use Feather Fall devices to land on the stone platforms below, and then deal with the Dark Siren Banim on the platforms.

Nie Yan scanned the rock face below, his eyes falling on a crack in the rocks in the distance, about fifty yards above the sea. At that distance, the Dark Siren's physical attacks definitely couldn't reach him, but its ranged attacks were still troublesome.

Nie Yan jumped down towards the stone platform below. The wind whistled in his ears, and he could smell the saltiness of the sea breeze.

Just as he was about to hit the stone platform below, he activated the Feather Fall Gem. His speed quickly slowed down, and he landed lightly on the platform.

Nie Yan looked at the sea below. The water was dark, and he could feel a huge creature lurking beneath the surface.

Several huge seabirds flew across the sky. Suddenly, a jet of black water shot out of the sea, rising more than thirty yards high and hitting one of the seabirds. The seabird let out a scream and fell into the sea.

Nie Yan felt a little uneasy about whether he could deal with the Dark Siren Banim. He hadn't done anything so risky in his previous life. He had only heard that a thief had single-handedly killed the Dark Siren Banim, using another magical piece of equipment, the Ring of Levitation. He had found out that the maximum attack range of the Dark Siren Banim's tentacles was thirty yards. As for ranged attacks, as long as you were aware, you could dodge them.

He had watched the video and still had some impression in his mind.

Someone had done it in his previous life, so Nie Yan dared to come. If he had to figure it out himself, he didn't know how many times he would die.

Therefore, Nie Yan was prepared to try. If he could kill the Dark Siren Banim, he could not only gain some equipment but also unlock the super skill, Shadow Slaughter.

The Dark Siren Banim spawned every three days.

If he succeeded in killing it the first time, he could often come to farm the Dark Siren in the future.

Nie Yan summoned the Golden Earth Dragon and had it stay in a very hidden place at the edge of the cliff, where the Dark Siren Banim couldn't attack it.

Looking up at the cliff, he activated the Ring of the Crawler and began to climb up the cliff, moving with incredible agility.

Having used the Ring of the Crawler often, he was quite familiar with it and quickly reached a height of more than forty yards. He stopped, took out the Headless Horseman Doro's Riding Crossbow, and shot at the sea. Swish, swish, swish, five arrows pierced through the air, forming a straight line that plunged into the sea.

Puff, puff, puff, the five arrows splashed, creating a spray of water.

The sea shook and the waves surged. A huge creature emerged from beneath the surface.

Nie Yan quickly climbed higher, staying about fifty yards away from the huge creature. He stood on a branch of a tree growing horizontally out of the cliff and turned to shoot at the monster below.

Dud, dud, dud, five arrows hit simultaneously, and five damage numbers floated above the monster's head.

-50, -100, -51, -53, -100...

Although it was a level fifty Lord, because it wasn't a mechanical unit, it couldn't defend against penetration like metal armor. Therefore, the Headless Horseman Doro's Riding Crossbow's penetration damage was very impressive, and there was an additional 100 points of fire damage.

Seeing the Riding Crossbow deal such damage, Nie Yan felt confident. With such high damage, he should be able to whittle down the Dark Siren Banim's health.

Nie Yan finally saw what the Dark Siren Banim looked like.

It was an incredibly huge ball of flesh, its massive body like a small hill. It was jet black all over, covered with countless tentacles. It floated on the surface of the sea, and upon seeing Nie Yan, one of its tentacles stretched out and whipped towards him.

With a bang, the thick tentacle struck the rock face.

With an attack range of only thirty yards, it couldn't reach Nie Yan, who was more than 50 yards above. Because of the higher terrain, Nie Yan's attack range had an additional bonus, allowing him to further increase the distance between himself and the Dark Siren Banim.

Nie Yan looked at the Dark Siren Banim's stats.

Dark Siren Banim: Level 50 Lord, Health 99,301,100,000.

This Dark Siren Banim was not a Lord monster with super high health and defense. The reason it was ranked sixth on the list of the most difficult level fifty Lords was because the Dark Siren's attacks were terrifying, and it also had a skill that allowed it to wrap people up with its tentacles and throw them away. This skill was extremely deadly. A shield warrior could easily fall victim to this skill and die. Once the shield warrior died, the team would likely be wiped out.

Although its health regeneration speed wasn't fast, its tentacle attacks had a blood-sucking effect. Once attacked, the damage to the players would be directly converted into its own health.

However, Nie Yan was outside the range of the Dark Siren's tentacle attacks, so there would definitely be no problem. The only thing he was worried about was its spray attack. The poisonous liquid it sprayed could easily kill a player.

Because of these many conditions, Nie Yan chose the Dark Siren among the many bosses. Only it was within Nie Yan's capabilities to deal with at his current level!

Nie Yan hung on the cliff and continued to shoot, arrow after arrow hitting the Dark Siren Banim.

A series of damage numbers floated above the Dark Siren Banim's head.

Nie Yan's attack damage was only slightly faster than the Dark Siren's health regeneration, and its health slowly dropped.

The Dark Siren angrily whipped the rock face, but it was a long way from Nie Yan, so it couldn't attack him and could only passively take a beating.

Nie Yan stood on a protruding part of the rock face and continued to shoot.

At this moment, the Dark Siren Banim closed its eyes and spat out a stream of black, viscous liquid.

Seeing the Dark Siren close its eyes, Nie Yan stretched out his left hand and shot out a strand of spider silk, sticking to a tree growing horizontally on the rock face. He aimed at another protruding part of the rock face, pushed off with his feet, and swung over like a giant pendulum, stopping on the other side, clinging to the rock face.

The stream of black, viscous liquid splattered on the rock face, scattering and making a sizzling sound, emitting white smoke.

Successful dodge!

The Dark Siren needed at least a minute to accumulate its next poison attack, while Nie Yan's spider silk had a cooldown time of only 20 seconds, so he could easily dodge the Dark Siren's attacks.

With a successful dodge, Nie Yan felt confident and continued to shoot at the Dark Siren Banim with the Headless Horseman Doro's Riding Crossbow.

Nie Yan slowly whittled away at the Dark Siren Banim's health. On the stone platform below, the Golden Earth Dragon was sleeping soundly, as if nothing was happening here.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

Yao Yao sent him a message, asking if he had time to help her with Karl's Blessing. Nie Yan slightly delayed it, saying he would go over as soon as the Dark Siren Banim was killed.

"I looked up information about Karl's Blessing. Do you want me to send it to you?" Yao Yao asked, having made thorough preparations for this task.

"Send it to me. What does Karl want you to collect?" Nie Yan asked. Karl's tasks were different each time. He would first ask the player to collect something, and the higher the level, the more difficult the things to collect. After receiving this item, they would get a chance to be tested. Nie Yan had a method for the subsequent trials that would make it easy for Yao Yao to pass.

"Collect the Black Lotus of the Domain of Sin," Yao Yao said. The Black Lotus of the Domain of Sin grew in a secluded cave in the Domain of Sin Valley. She was slightly surprised. Nie Yan had obviously read the detailed explanation of Karl's task, otherwise, he wouldn't know so much about the 'Karl's Blessing' task.

"The Black Lotus of the Domain of Sin?" Nie Yan was shocked. That thing was very difficult to find. Ordinary players had to go in groups to get it.

"Is it difficult? If it's too difficult, then forget it," Yao Yao said, slightly disappointed.

"It's okay. Let me look at the information first," Nie Yan said. He only roughly knew how to use some tricks to pass Karl's Blessing. He didn't know much about the whole task.