Chapter 62 Backhand Backstab

First-tier skill books differed from ordinary and advanced skill books. They often involved skills with strong combat elements, possessed characteristics of first-tier classes, and had skill effects that were much higher than ordinary skills. However, their cooldown times weren't as long as advanced skills.

Nie Yan continued to rummage around inside the dark gold treasure chest, but found nothing else. He looked at the first-tier skill book. It was a Great Thief skill book.

Skill Book: Backhand Backstab (Free Skill)

Skill Description: The Thief avoids the opponent's attack through body movements, with two seconds of invincibility, circling behind the enemy to attack, and inflicting an enhanced backstab effect.

Activation Requirements: Action (requires weapon), 50 Rage

Skill Attribute: When hitting the target, gain an additional 100%-300% attack damage bonus, armor penetration damage.

Skill Cooldown Time: Thirty seconds.

User Restriction: Thief, Great Thief and above class titles. Can be used by any faction.

Thieves were divided into Thieves, Great Thieves, and Shadow Dancers. The higher the tier, the stronger the freedom and randomness of combat. Especially after reaching the Shadow Dancer tier, all skills were completely mastered, and could be used at will, with extremely high freedom, and a significant increase in strength.

Free skills had already appeared in first-tier classes, and this Backhand Backstab was one of them.

A skill that could avoid attacks, and came with invincibility, as well as enhanced backstab damage, had very strong attribute effects, and the cooldown time was only thirty seconds.

However, since it was a free skill, the use of this skill required one to explore it bit by bit in order to master it.

In his previous life, the value of a free skill on the market was as high as ten thousand gold coins, and there were still people willing to pay even more. It was much more expensive than some mounts or advanced skills, which showed how popular free skills were among players. In addition, free skill books were extremely rare. It would be great if one person out of ten thousand had a free skill.

After reaching the Shadow Dancer tier, it would be great to have five or six free skills.

In his previous life, after Nie Yan became a Great Thief, he had obtained a free skill book, but at that time, he was forced by life to sell the free skill book to a Shadow Dancer.

Naturally, Nie Yan wouldn't do such an embarrassing thing in this life. He put the Backhand Backstab into his bag, and could use it after reaching level 50 and advancing to Great Thief.

Nie Yan continued to search forward, hoping for other gains. Passing through narrow passages, there were some traces of artificial construction ahead. The rock walls on the sides were polished very flat, and covered with dense text. The text was crooked and tadpole-shaped, and he couldn't understand it at all.

The light here was very dim and a bit gloomy.

He hesitated for a moment, then walked forward. Stepping on the flat ground, a cold aura permeated upwards, and the soles of his feet felt a little numb. Suddenly, there was a slight tremor under his feet, and something pressed against the center of his foot.

"It's a trap!" Nie Yan's heart suddenly jumped. He saw many cold arrowheads suddenly appear on the rock walls beside him, as well as on the ground in front and behind.

These arrows were densely distributed, revealing a biting murderous aura.

When they appeared, Nie Yan's body didn't move. He stood still in place. Fortunately, these mechanical arrows didn't shoot out!

Facing so many arrowheads, he gasped.

Luckily, he had bet correctly. As he had guessed, if his foot left the ground, he would immediately be shot into a hedgehog by the arrows.

But he couldn't just stand here forever!

Looking ahead, the area about ten yards in front was completely covered with arrowheads.

Nie Yan remembered that he had the Leaper's Ring in his bag!

Nie Yan put on the Leaper's Ring, aimed at a spot, and jumped up, as if flying through the clouds. He leapt over this dangerous area.

He only heard a dense series of "dudududu" sounds from behind. Looking back, the walls and the ground were covered with arrows, distributed like rice stalks.

Seeing this scene, Nie Yan felt a sense of relief, as if he had escaped death.

He walked forward, being more careful of possible traps. Although many of the traps here were extremely concealed, he still recognized them and dodged them. However, it was still quite thrilling. There were several times when he almost fell into this trap zone.

Passing through a narrow passage, a cold aura came from ahead. Nie Yan looked forward and gasped.

Ahead was a closed, open hall, covered with spider webs. A huge black spider was lying in the center of the stone chamber, coiled on the spider web, occupying an area of about ten yards. A terrifying giant spider!

Such a giant spider was the first time Nie Yan had seen it in both his previous and current lives. He quickly retreated into the narrow passage to avoid being attacked by the black spider. He sized up the spider in front of him, and saw that it was extremely ugly, with eight giant compound eyes in the front, and its body covered with dense, steel needle-like fluff. Upon closer inspection, Nie Yan suddenly made some surprising discoveries. The spider's eyes had lost their color and were dim.

Dead?

Nie Yan was stunned for a moment. He looked at the back of the spider, and saw that its back had been opened. It was just an empty shell!

But even as a corpse, it was still quite scary.

Nie Yan looked at the stone table under the spider's body in the distance. On a stone table in the midst of the web, a black pearl was emitting a dazzling luster. This pearl was jet black and spherical, about the size of a fist.

Nie Yan's gaze was attracted by this black sphere.

What was that?

Nie Yan raised his crossbow and began to shoot randomly into the air. He couldn't be sure if there were unknown dangers in this stone chamber.

Arrows were nailed into the stone walls in the distance, and some arrows pierced through the empty shell of the black spider. The entire stone chamber remained calm.

Confirming that there was no danger, Nie Yan walked forward, carefully watching out for possible traps under his feet, and finally approached the pearl.

Nie Yan took a deep breath, and reached out to hold the spherical black pearl. A cold sensation went straight into his palm.

This spherical object was smooth and soft, without a trace of roughness.

Nie Yan held the pearl in his palm and looked at the attributes of the pearl.

Finas's Natal Pearl: Special item.

Item Attributes: Holder gains +12 Dark Vision, +12 Dark Sensitivity, +100% Dark Magic effect. This item takes effect when placed in the bag.

Quest Additional Attribute: Holding this item weakens Spider Queen Finas by 30% of her attributes.

Nie Yan looked at it. The value of this Finas's Natal Pearl should be above ten thousand gold. In the light camp, equipment that increased dark vision was very rare. A piece of equipment with +1 Dark Vision could sell for ten gold coins. +12 Dark Vision, its value was unimaginable. Dark Sensitivity was also very valuable, increasing perception ability when in a dark state, locking onto opponents. Moreover, it was an item that took effect when placed in the bag. It was difficult to estimate the value of these two attributes. As for the +100% Dark Magic effect, it was also useful to Nie Yan. This state effect had a bonus to Undead Sacrifice!

Seeing the Dark Vision attribute on Finas's Natal Pearl, Nie Yan's brow twitched. An uncontrollable thought popped up in his heart.

Equipment that increases Dark Vision!

A piece of equipment that increased +1 Dark Vision sold for only a few dozen silver coins in the evil camp. When transported here, the price would be as high as several or even dozens of gold. How much profit did this price difference contain?

Nie Yan could use the Deceiver's Necklace to go to the Evil Order camp, get some stuff and sell it in his own auction house to earn the difference!

In his previous life, many people had thought about moving things from the good and orderly side to the evil and orderly side to sell, and moving things from the evil and orderly side to the good and orderly side to sell, but many people had failed. The reason was simple. The good and orderly side and the evil and orderly side could not talk or trade. In addition, if the good and orderly side had any contact with the evil and orderly side, or any exchange of items, it would be regarded as smuggling and would be sanctioned by the npCs of Carol City.

If the good and orderly side transported a large number of items to the evil and orderly side, or even deliberately discarded items to let the people on the dark and orderly side pick them up, and the amount exceeded ten gold coins, it would be regarded as an act of betrayal by the enforcers of Carol City. They would track you down until they arrested you.

But like Nie Yan, going to the Evil Order camp to buy equipment and bringing it to the Good Order camp to sell was allowed. But if he wanted to bring items from the Good Order camp to the Evil Order camp to sell, no matter what method he used, as soon as he returned to the city, the enforcers of Carol City would immediately come to him. This kind of behavior was treated as treason, and even the Scholar title couldn't protect him. In this way, the flow of goods between the two sides was very difficult.

Money was never enough. Nie Yan estimated that if he went to the Evil Order camp and filled five bags with high-level equipment from the Evil camp using the Deceiver's Necklace, and then brought them to the Good Order auction house to sell, he could earn at least fifty to sixty thousand gold coins.

Some equipment that sold for dozens of gold coins on the Evil Order side could sell for thousands of gold coins on the Good Order side, such as equipment that increased Dark Vision.

If he could transport things from the Evil Order side over, Nie Yan wouldn't concentrate the market in Carol City. He would definitely take it to other places to sell, and he would also use it to fill the guild warehouse of the Nirvana Flame.

Of course, this was just his idea. He didn't know if it would succeed. With such a big profit driving him, he could take the risk and try it out over there.

Thinking of this, Nie Yan put Finas's Natal Pearl into his bag. This item would be useful for the next quest. He searched the surroundings and found nothing else. He returned the way he came and walked out.

"How's it going on your side?" Nie Yan asked in the team chat.

"Shining Brightly has already found the Cave Lord ahead." Brilliant Blades said. They knew the location of the Cave Lord and were now waiting for Nie Yan.