Chapter 1 The Crystal Cave

The white light emitted by the crystal ore illuminated the entire cave. In the depths of the cave, shadows flickered from time to time, probably the Crystal Cave Goblins that spawned there!

Creatures that dropped crystal ore when killed!

Nie Yan and the others gradually retreated into the crystal cave, the group of thieves relentlessly pursuing them.

There was a large open space inside the cave. If they let them in, it would be troublesome. With the Crystal Cave Goblins in front and the thieves harassing from behind, Nie Yan and the others would be caught in a pincer attack.

"They still won't leave. What do we do?" Shui Se Yan Tou and the others looked at Nie Yan and asked. They couldn't possibly defend the rear while dealing with the monsters in front.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, "I'll lure the Crystal Cave Goblins over to block the entrance."

"That might work, but one thing, the Crystal Cave Goblins won't listen to us. If we lure them over and they don't block the entrance, but attack us, that'll be troublesome," Shui Se Yan Tou said.

Shui Se Yan Tou's worries were valid. If the thieves attacked a Crystal Cave Goblin, the other Crystal Cave Goblins' aggro would be scattered. If they lured them over, they would definitely attack all the teammates here, and with Zhan Dao Shi Xue's thieves biting closely from behind, it could very well lead to a team wipe.

"The key is to concentrate the aggro. Does anyone have Bing Tian Xue Di (Ice World)?" Nie Yan asked. If they had the Bing Tian Xue Di skill, that would be great.

Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said from the side, "I have it." The Bing Tian Xue Di skill was the most basic area-of-effect magic for elemental mages. How could he not have it?

"Then do you have any Novice Void Potions?" Nie Yan asked. If they had Novice Void Potions, then his plan could be implemented. If not, he would have to think of another way.

The Novice Void Potion could temporarily put a player in a Novice Void state. In the Novice Void state, a person turned into a cloud of mist, immune to physical attacks. However, magic attacks would deal 300% damage, and movement speed would be greatly reduced. This potion was relatively rare, and only some top-tier players would occasionally equip it.

"I have one," Cui Can Dao Guang said, his gaze falling on a bottle of azure potion in his backpack.

"I happen to have one too, it was given to me when I did a Shield Warrior quest," Leng Ao Ying said. He happened to have a Void Potion in his backpack, which he kept for emergencies.

"You two trade the Novice Void Potions to Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan. Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan, come with me. Everyone else, wait here," Nie Yan said. Luring monsters was a job for the two of them.

Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan received the Novice Void Potions traded over by Cui Can Dao Guang and Leng Ao Ying, then followed Nie Yan's footsteps. Nie Yan walked towards the depths of the cave, took a look, and saw that this area was a very large open space.

"You stay here first, I'll go lure the monsters," Nie Yan said. He explained the work he was about to do to Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan.

Nie Yan activated Shadow Dance and rushed towards the depths of the cave, brushing past piles and piles of Crystal Cave Goblins.

The Crystal Cave Goblins were emerald green, their entire bodies constructed of crystals, their heads were particularly large, their limbs were shrunken, and they held spears. They wandered around in piles of fifty or sixty.

Crystal Cave Goblin: Level 50, HP 8000/8000.

In Nie Yan's impression, these Crystal Cave Goblins had a certain degree of physical damage reduction. Warriors' physical attacks dealt very little damage to them, but mages' attacks had a certain bonus effect. With the ebb and flow, the Crystal Cave Goblins' aggro easily transferred to the mages. Therefore, when encountering elites or lords, once the aggro shifted, it would be a team wipe for the players. This was the reason why the Crystal Cave had not been cleared until now.

Nie Yan continued to rush into the depths of the cave, looked at a pile of Crystal Cave Goblins in the distance, raised the Headless Horseman Doro's Crossbow in his hand, aimed at them, and shot out arrows.

Arrows hit one of the Crystal Cave Goblins.

Groups of Crystal Cave Goblins chased towards Nie Yan. Nie Yan ran towards the cave entrance. Soon, groups of Crystal Cave Goblins gathered towards Nie Yan, like a train, with a large pile of them following behind, a full two or three hundred Crystal Cave Goblins, the scene was quite spectacular.

Seeing this group of Crystal Cave Goblins, Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan was also taken aback.

"Start casting Bing Tian Xue Di!" Nie Yan sent a message to Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan.

Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan received Nie Yan's message and immediately began chanting Bing Tian Xue Di. A gloomy magical element quickly gathered, and the surrounding cold mist condensed, the temperature suddenly dropping several degrees.

Then, snowflakes fell, turning a large area nearby into a world of ice and snow.

This group of Crystal Cave Goblins entered the area of ​​Bing Tian Xue Di, and patches of damage floated up, all only ten or so points of damage. The damage of Bing Tian Xue Di was not high, but it was this not-so-high damage that instantly concentrated all the aggro of the Crystal Cave Goblins on Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan.

After casting Bing Tian Xue Di, Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan took off and ran wildly towards the cave entrance.

"The aggro is all concentrated on Huai Dan, don't attack!" Nie Yan said in the team chat. He wedged his body in front of the fastest Crystal Cave Goblin, moving his position left and right.

When the Crystal Cave Goblin encountered Nie Yan blocking in front, it paused for a moment. After taking a few steps, it encountered Nie Yan again, and paused again.

In this way, the Crystal Cave Goblin's movement speed was greatly slowed down, and the overall movement speed of the Crystal Cave Goblin decreased by about 10%.

A large group of Crystal Cave Goblins moved to the entrance of the Crystal Cave.

The thieves of Zhan Dao Shi Xue were wandering near the entrance, and were dumbfounded when they saw such a large group of Crystal Cave Goblins.

"Holy crap, so many Crystal Cave Goblins!"

Shui Se Yan Tou, Cui Can Dao Guang and others quickly made way, sticking close to these Crystal Cave Goblins, brushing past them, and running far away with a group of teammates. The Crystal Cave Goblins' aggro was all concentrated on Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan, ignoring Shui Se Yan Tou, Cui Can Dao Guang and others next to them.

This group of Crystal Cave Goblins blocked the entrance. Several Crystal Cave Goblins were about to pounce on Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan, when Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan drank a bottle of Novice Void Potion, and his body turned into a cloud of mist. The Crystal Cave Goblins' aggro towards him immediately returned to zero.

Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan slowly moved, 'running' outside. Although it was said to be running, he used all his strength, but his movement speed was so slow that it was almost like walking, like a slow motion in a movie.

After a while, the first bottle of Novice Void Potion ran out, and he quickly drank another bottle of Novice Void Potion. Fortunately, this thing had a short cooldown time.

With the effect of two bottles of Novice Void Potion, Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan finally ran out.

Looking towards the cave entrance, the entrance was blocked by two or three hundred Crystal Cave Goblins. The people of Zhan Dao Shi Xue would not be able to enter unless they cleared these Crystal Cave Goblins! By the time they cleared them, Nie Yan and the others would have already penetrated deep into the interior of the Crystal Cave, and the Crystal Cave Goblins along the way would almost have respawned.

If the higher-ups of Zhan Dao Shi Xue knew this news, they would probably be so depressed that they would want to kill someone. Nie Yan and his group were causing trouble in Radiance City, and after they were done, they ran away, leaving them with no way to deal with them. Shi Xue Kuang Dao must be furious!

Nie Yan smiled easily and said, "Alright, the entrance is blocked. Let's go inside to kill monsters and remove our red names." This way, they would have no worries.

Shui Se Yan Tou and the others couldn't help but be impressed by Nie Yan's whimsical ideas. If he hadn't come up with this method to block the entrance of the Crystal Cave, they might have been stuck at the entrance of the Crystal Cave, unable to advance or retreat.

They began to advance towards the depths of the cave. They had to penetrate as deeply into the Crystal Cave as possible before Zhan Dao Shi Xue cleared all two or three hundred Crystal Cave Goblins blocking the entrance. This way, the people of Zhan Dao Shi Xue wouldn't be able to catch them.

Cui Can Dao Guang, Leng Ao Ying and Yi Yan began to go up and aggro the monsters. Three super Shield Warriors stood in front, and the mages behind continued to attack, sweeping away the Crystal Cave Goblins one by one. The group followed the winding cave deeper and deeper.

While clearing monsters, Ban Xing De Hu Li sent Nie Yan a message: "Check the Assassin Alliance, you'll have an amazing discovery!"

What happened to the Assassin Alliance? Nie Yan was stunned for a moment, looked at the Assassin Alliance, and searched for the so-called amazing discovery that Ban Xing De Hu Li mentioned. The Assassin Alliance page was clear at a glance. A Marquis and three Count positions had actually appeared among the professional players. This was incredible, because to become a Marquis, one had to complete at least three missions worth more than 1,000 gold coins. Looking at the guy with the Marquis title again, the name was actually a familiar person, Ying Sha!

The three missions he completed had all just been submitted. The first, assassinate Ban Xing De Hu Li, the guild leader of the Holy Roman Empire, reward 1,200 gold coins, completed. The second, assassinate Lie Yang, the guild leader of the Mage Alliance, reward 2,200 gold coins, completed. The third, assassinate Fa Lan, the guild leader of the God Temple of Karana, reward 1,800 gold coins, completed. In addition, the fourth, assassinate Nie Yan, the guild leader of Nirvana Flame, reward 3,900 gold coins, uncompleted.

Damn, Ying Sha had actually joined the Assassin Alliance, which startled Nie Yan. The Assassin Alliance had actually posted a mission to assassinate him, what a huge mistake!

However, he had told Ban Xing De Hu Li and others before that the Assassin Alliance's customers would not cancel any missions they posted, even missions to assassinate them. He didn't expect his words to come true.

Ying Sha was also a very awesome person. In addition to these three thousand-gold missions, the number of people he had assassinated was countless, no matter which faction they were from, as long as they paid, he would kill them. Of course, they had to be experts to be qualified to let him do it himself! However, his assassination of Nie Yan had failed.