Chapter 1 “Zi Yan, the materials are all here. The boss has something to take care of and won't be back for five days. In these five days, try your best to make more area-of-effect magic bombs for the boss, especially intermediate ones.” Niao Bu Sheng Dan said. He had his subordinates collect a large number of materials, amounting to several thousand portions, and he was shocked by the terrifying price of these things. The price of one portion of raw materials for a basic area-of-effect magic bomb was around one gold coin, but the worst was the intermediate area-of-effect magic bomb, which cost 15 gold per portion, and he only managed to get thirty portions. That was 1,500 gold gone, such a waste, especially at a time when funds were so tight. However, Nie Yan had said it was worth it, so he naturally had to strictly follow orders.

As players leveled up, more and more people were using area-of-effect magic bombs, and Tesoer Town had long been familiar to players. There were even occasional shortages of basic area-of-effect magic bombs there.

If a basic area-of-effect magic bomb were placed in the auction house, it could definitely sell for more than five gold. An advanced alchemist could make more than two hundred basic area-of-effect magic bombs a day, earning 800 gold after deducting costs!

What could be more profitable than this? Since he was making something so lucrative, Nie Yan naturally wouldn't be stingy with the raw materials. He could sell some of the area-of-effect magic bombs and use the rest himself, and still make a profit!

Zi Yan’s private laboratory was filled with materials everywhere.

“Zi Yan, work hard. If you do well, I’ll talk to the boss about giving you a raise.” Niao Bu Sheng Dan said to Zi Yan.

“Okay, I’ll try my best.” Zi Yan nodded. With so many materials, she would be busy for the next few days.

She focused on her work, her nimble fingers moving constantly, and one area-of-effect magic bomb after another was produced from her hands.

Seeing Zi Yan’s focused look, Niao Bu Sheng Dan nodded. Zi Yan was quite talented in alchemy. As long as she could complete the task assigned by the boss, he could rest assured.

The war between the Niu Ren Tribe and Zhan Dao Shi Xue had affected players in countless cities. More and more players were participating, most of whom were powerful experts, and they were the main force. Most ordinary players also knew their limits. They wouldn't send themselves to their deaths if they encountered members of the Niu Ren Tribe or Zhan Dao Shi Xue.

The battles generally took place in maps for players level forty and above, making it difficult for ordinary players to participate.

In some cases, players even killed over a hundred opponents, but this was extremely rare, and only two or three people had achieved this. These few people were immediately snatched up by the major guilds for a high price.

This chaotic war was expected to continue for a long time.

In the western district of Carol City, in a small, narrow house, seven players were gathered together. Their equipment could be described as tattered, with only the leader being slightly better equipped, wearing a full set of silver armor.

“Boss, are you sure you want to go to the City of Glory? Why don’t we stay in Carol City and deal with the Niu Ren Tribe?” the players next to him asked, looking at the player wearing the silver armor.

The player looked to be in his thirties, with short hair, and looked very capable. He was a Thief, wearing a set of gray leather armor, and holding two short, unremarkable daggers in his hands. His name was Wang Zhe Tian Xia.

“Yeah, going to the City of Glory will cost us one gold coin in teleportation fees, that’s too uneconomical.”

“We don’t have much money in total. The equipment in the warehouse has already been sold, and we only managed to scrape together two gold coins, just enough for the round-trip fare,” said a player next to him, who looked a bit young, about twenty years old.

“Losing two gold coins for the round-trip fare, what if we fail to assassinate someone from Zhan Dao Shi Xue? Won't we go bankrupt?”

“Yeah, if we assassinate a player from the Niu Ren Tribe, we can get three gold coins, without taking any risks,” the players persuaded Wang Zhe Tian Xia to be calm.

Wang Zhe Tian Xia looked at the Priest next to him and said, “San Lao, do you know why I want to target Zhan Dao Shi Xue?”

“Why?” the Priest asked.

“Because the Niu Ren Tribe has Kuang Zei Nie Yan. I’ve been constantly studying Kuang Zei Nie Yan’s videos, and I’ve gained some insights, so Kuang Zei Nie Yan can be considered half my master. I won’t attack the Niu Ren Tribe. Another reason is that the people from the Niu Ren Tribe are far stronger than those from Zhan Dao Shi Xue. Calculating the risks, it’s better to go to the City of Glory to assassinate the people from Zhan Dao Shi Xue. Even if we spend two gold coins on teleportation fees, it’s worth it!” Wang Zhe Tian Xia said, having his own opinions on the matter.

Hearing what Wang Zhe Tian Xia said, they didn’t say anything more.

“Since you’ve decided, we won’t say anything.”

“We brothers can’t go with you, so be careful.”

Wang Zhe Tian Xia smiled confidently, “Although I can’t make a big splash, I can still kill a few people from Zhan Dao Shi Xue. As long as I kill more than two, we’ll make a profit, and this operation won’t be in vain.”

Wang Zhe Tian Xia looked at the brothers around him. They had sold all their valuable equipment to get him a decent set of equipment, and even for the sake of these poor brothers, he had to give it his all. He had accepted a mission from the Assassin Alliance, and his goal was to assassinate at least two people from Zhan Dao Shi Xue.

The group walked towards the teleportation array.

Six of them were only in their twenties, and only Wang Zhe Tian Xia was level thirty-seven. Their levels and equipment could be considered shabby, and the players passing by looked at them, all showing disdain.

Wearing such tattered equipment, how dare they show their faces in public?

“I’m leaving.” Wang Zhe Tian Xia smiled at the others and stepped into the teleportation point.

“Goodbye, boss.”

“Good luck, boss.”

After they finished speaking, Wang Zhe Tian Xia’s figure had already disappeared into the teleportation array, and they felt a sense of loss in their hearts. The future was bleak, unknown, and only a glimmer of hope remained. If Wang Zhe Tian Xia failed, what awaited them would likely be eternal depravity.

After a distortion of light and shadow, Nie Yan arrived in a completely new area.

There was no sunlight here, it was all darkness. Looking around, it was a wilderness filled with gravel, with only some short, black plants growing. Looking up, it was all black, and the sky could not be seen, giving people a depressing feeling.

Nie Yan had the Fina’s Pearl, which gave him +12 to dark vision, allowing him to see clearly, with a range of about ten yards. He couldn't see clearly beyond that.

Since it was always dark here, the equipment that increased dark vision had an extremely high drop rate. Equipment that increased dark vision was as common here as equipment that increased strength and agility on the surface. Basically, every piece of equipment would increase dark vision by one or two points.

Equipment that increased dark vision was very common underground, but on the surface, it was extremely valuable.

Generally, wealthy players in human kingdoms would buy one or two pieces of equipment that increased dark vision and put them in their backpacks for emergencies, which promoted demand. However, equipment that increased dark vision on the surface was extremely rare. Therefore, equipment that increased dark vision was almost priceless in the human kingdoms.

One could imagine how high the price of equipment with +7 or +8 dark vision would be if it were transported to the surface! This was a profit of hundreds of times! At the same time, there were other attributes that were very common underground but very expensive on the surface, such as Focus, etc.

I wonder where the underground city is nearby!

Nie Yan walked forward into the wilderness, where some porcupines covered in thorns were active. They were silver-gray all over, like giant hedgehogs.

Nie Yan approached one of the porcupines and threw a Scout at one of them from behind a rock.

Bloodthirsty Porcupine: Level 45, HP 2000/2000.

They were level 45 monsters, so this was only a level 45 monster area. The landing point of dark teleportation was random. Luckily, he hadn't been teleported to a monster area with extremely high levels, or Nie Yan would have been in trouble.

Ahead were hordes of Bloodthirsty Porcupines, in large numbers, wandering around the wilderness.

Nie Yan thought for a moment, chanted a spell, and summoned the Golden Earth Dragon.

The Golden Earth Dragon's tall figure appeared before Nie Yan. It moved around and exhaled a mouthful of hot breath.

Nie Yan raised the Headless Horseman Doro's Cavalry Crossbow in his hand and shot at a porcupine in the distance. The porcupine horde was immediately alarmed by Nie Yan's arrow, and the hordes of porcupines ran towards Nie Yan.

The earth shook violently, and dozens of porcupines rushed over in droves, which looked quite shocking.

The Golden Earth Dragon spewed a breath of dragon fire, and with a boom, the scorching dragon breath exploded among them, and damage values of over seven hundred floated above the heads of the porcupines.

The Golden Earth Dragon's area-of-effect attack covered all dozens of porcupines.

Nie Yan circled behind a porcupine and used a Gouge, followed by an Assassinate and Eviscerate, and continuous damage values floated above the porcupine's head.

The porcupine only had a sliver of health left, so Nie Yan stopped paying attention to it and immediately pounced on another porcupine.

The porcupine woke up and charged at Nie Yan, but after only a few steps, bleeding and poison damage values floated above its head, and it collapsed to the ground with its health depleted.

The Bloodthirsty Porcupine’s body, weighing hundreds of pounds, crashed heavily to the ground, and a beam of white light shone on the Bloodthirsty Porcupine, its body quickly evaporating and finally disappearing.

Nie Yan had a certain chance to purify the corpses of evil creatures around him, and the Bloodthirsty Porcupine was one of the evil creatures.

Purification count: 1.

In a moment, Nie Yan knocked down another Bloodthirsty Porcupine, and the Golden Earth Dragon spewed another breath of dragon fire, reducing the health of the nearby Bloodthirsty Porcupines to a sliver. A group of Bloodthirsty Porcupines crashed into it, causing its body to pause for a moment, and with a swipe of its claw, it knocked a Bloodthirsty Porcupine with a sliver of health to the ground.

The second update for the 1st, asking for some recommendation tickets.