Chapter 118 Immortal Soul: Love of the Humble

Nie Yan glanced at the Phylax’s Pearl of Life in his bag, wondering when it would come in handy. He decided to deal with the Cave Lord first.

"Did you guys collect the other diary fragments?" Nie Yan asked, those fragments being another mission clue.

"We have three here. Adding the two you have, that's enough to make a complete diary," Brilliant Knife Light said. They had cleared out quite a few monsters and opened a few chests to obtain the remaining three fragments.

Brilliant Knife Light shared the contents of the remaining three diary fragments.

"Even though I know Queen Phylax only needs my body, I'm still willing to be her vessel... I am a lowly cave dweller, but I am willing to dedicate my life and this useless body, just to prove my love... Respected Queen Phylax, during the long, lonely winter nights, when my soul and body turn to dust, will you remember that foolish cave dweller, that humble love..."

This was the content of the remaining three diary fragments.

Although these diary fragments were easy to collect, they seemed to hide some secrets that needed to be deciphered.

"I'll be right there," Nie Yan said. He used the same method, passing through tunnel after tunnel, running wildly until he finally emerged from the cave area.

He saw Brilliant Knife Light and the others scattered around, replenishing their health and mana.

"Where are Sun and Love at First Hammer?" Nie Yan asked, not seeing them.

"They're scouting ahead," Brilliant Knife Light replied. Sun and Love at First Hammer had actually found the location of the Cave Lord before Nie Yan.

"Let me see those three diary fragments," Nie Yan said, wondering what would happen when the five diary fragments were put together.

Brilliant Knife Light traded the three diary fragments to Nie Yan.

The trade confirmed, the three fragments landed in Nie Yan's bag, and the five diary fragments gathered together. A dazzling light flashed, and the diary turned into a complete scroll, already tattered, with some blurred words on it: 'Immortal Soul: Love of the Humble.'

There was also a description of its attributes, stating that it possessed infinite mysterious power, and the holder of the item would receive the guidance of the spirit, seeking the footprints of Queen Phylax. Holding this item would weaken the Cave Lord's attributes by 30%.

‘System: Queen Phylax left this place thousands of years ago. It is said that she went to the distant underground. She drained the Cave Lord's life, and when she left, she gave the Cave Lord's corpse a wisp of immortal soul. No matter how many times it is killed, the Cave Lord will be resurrected every night.’

This diary looked very old, with energy halos rotating on it, a power that could penetrate space.

Nie Yan's intuition told him that this diary was not simple, and it might be another mission clue.

"This mission seems to be in the underground. You'll have to find a way yourself. I'm afraid we can't help you," Watery Rose said with a helpless smile. Among all the classes at their current level, only Thieves could go to the underground. If other classes went to the underground, they would definitely be hunted down by the Evil Order players!

Currently, the battle between the two camps was still limited to the border, and few players dared to venture deep into the other side's territory. The deeper one went into the other side's territory, the more their overall stats would decline. Someone had statistically calculated that when wandering near the enemy camp's main city, overall stats would drop by about 60%, which was no joke. Near the Evil Order country's main city, a Level 50 Righteous player would likely lose to a Level 40 Evil Order player.

Among everyone, only Nie Yan was most suitable for this mission. Sun had made some progress, but he was still not mature and steady enough. As for Love at First Hammer, she definitely wouldn't be happy to stay in the dark and gloomy underground for so long.

"I'll take a look when I'm done with this," Nie Yan said. He definitely had to go to the underground, at least to get a feel for the situation there.

As they were chatting, Sun and Love at First Hammer returned.

Brilliant Knife Light stood aside a little restrained.

"How was it over there?" Nie Yan asked.

"We found the Cave Lord. There are also dozens of elite-level cave dweller guards and about five or six hundred crystal cave dwellers around the Cave Lord," Love at First Hammer said, looking at Brilliant Knife Light beside her.

Nie Yan patted Brilliant Knife Light and laughed, "Don't be like a shy maiden."

As the saying goes, one thing subdues another. Brilliant Knife Light was such a hero, a famous figure in his past life, who had also made a name for himself. In Nirvana Guild in this life, he also had great influence, and he was usually decisive and never hesitated. It was quite a strange thing that he was so afraid of Love at First Hammer.

"Let's go take a look together," Nie Yan said, deciding to go over there to see the situation first.

The group advanced into the distance. The area ahead became wider and wider. Looking up, pillars of lava ore hung down, about fifty or sixty yards from the ground, occupying an area of several thousand yards, like an underground world.

In the distance, a huge cave dweller appeared in the group's sight. It was five or six yards tall, its whole body crimson, like a beast from ancient times. Countless cave dwellers guarded it, making it look quite spectacular.

With such a large group of monsters gathered together, luring them out one by one would be troublesome.

"How should we deal with it?"

The team members beside him were thinking about how to deal with the Cave Lord. Nie Yan looked towards the top of the cave, where stone pillars hung down, seemingly providing places to stand. However, Nie Yan thought it would be a little difficult to use arrows to slowly kill the cave dwellers below. It would take forever, and even if he shot arrow after arrow, he would definitely not be able to kill the Cave Lord, as the Cave Lord's health regeneration speed was too fast, and it also had penetration resistance.

Nie Yan suddenly had an idea. He couldn't go up himself, but he could send Tang Yao up there! Although Tang Yao couldn't kill the Cave Lord either, he could clear out all the small monsters around the Cave Lord.

Nie Yan told Tang Yao his idea, and Tang Yao's eyes lit up. "I don't know if it'll work, but I'll try."

Nie Yan traded the Crawler Ring and the Spinner Ring to Tang Yao. Tang Yao was already familiar with the Crawler Ring. As for the Spinner Ring, it was just for insurance.

Tang Yao confirmed, equipped the Crawler Ring and the Spinner Ring, activated the skill on the Crawler Ring, and skillfully climbed towards the top of the cave.

The crowd looked up, watching Tang Yao climb from the top like a spider.

"That's possible..."

Everyone was speechless.

Tang Yao stepped on two hanging stone pillars, standing firmly.

As for Tang Yao's Arcane Sprite, it stood together with Nie Yan and the others under his instructions.

"How is it?" Nie Yan asked in the team chat.

"I can stand firmly here and cast spells!" Tang Yao replied, starting to chant spells, quickly gathering balls of fire elements.

Clouds of red enveloped the sky above the cave dwellers, and then fireballs smashed down, dealing damage in large swathes. The cave dwellers were in a commotion, but they couldn't find the enemy attacking them.

Awesome! Tang Yao thought excitedly, casting one spell after another, all area-of-effect spells, smashing down in droves. The cave dwellers were quickly cleared out, with corpses lying all over the ground.

Tang Yao's spell damage was quite terrifying. Few monsters could withstand his area-of-effect spells, which had damage comparable to other people's high-level spells!

The area-of-effect spells were continuous, with five or six spells going down together, their range far exceeding high-level spells. The invincible magic storm was staggering.

Wave after wave of crystal cave dwellers were harvested, and the dozens of cave dweller guards couldn't hold on either. Under Tang Yao's area-of-effect spell bombardment, the Cave Lord's health also dropped a little, but its regeneration speed was too fast, and it quickly returned to full health.

Watching the crystal cave dwellers being cleared out at an astonishing rate, everyone was stunned. They had originally thought that slowly killing these crystal cave dwellers would take at least four or five hours, a huge and long process. They never expected that with Nie Yan's method, these crystal cave dwellers would be cleared out in a matter of minutes.

Soon, one cave dweller guard after another fell to the ground.

Equipment dropped all over the ground, shining brightly, dazzling the eyes.

By the time Tang Yao stopped using area-of-effect spells, only the Cave Lord and a few remaining cave dweller guards with low health were left standing in the distance.

Tang Yao began to use single-target spells to kill off these remaining cave dweller guards one by one.

That way, only the Cave Lord was left on the field, making it much easier to deal with.

The team members realized the usefulness of special items, and they all began to think about getting more special items in the future.

Special items were relatively rare, but due to the unclear effect and value, one or two special items would occasionally appear on the market, even selling for a low price of one or two gold coins. If they were lucky enough to encounter them, they had to buy them. Some team members were filled with regret, as they had encountered special items on the market before, but they had missed them.

Only Nie Yan could utilize a special item to such an extent.

"I'll pull the aggro, you guys get ready," Nie Yan said, running towards the Cave Lord.

Brilliant Knife Light and the others scattered, forming a formation to prepare to meet the Cave Lord.

Nie Yan raised the Headless Horseman Drollo's Crossbow, and with swish, swish, swish sounds, five arrows shot straight towards the Cave Lord.

Thud thud thud... With five consecutive muffled sounds, the five arrows hit the Cave Lord. The Cave Lord roared, letting out an earth-shattering roar, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami. The entire cave shook violently, as if it was about to collapse, and it strode towards Nie Yan.