Chapter 15 The Fury of Ye Po Shengun

The difference between an elemental mage and a thief: Thieves are known as kings of the wild. They excel at field battles, moving freely, capable of stealth and concealment. Even their running speed is much faster than other classes. As for elemental mages, their win rate against thieves of the same level in encounters is about forty percent. However, they are not good at chasing battles. If a thief wants to run, a mage with short legs generally can't catch up.

Watching his guild members being slaughtered, Ye Po Shengun was enraged.

Thieves are so damn amazing!

Ye Po Shengun rarely took action, but that didn't mean he lacked strength. He understood that a guild leader who only knew how to fight bravely was not enough. Even a god of war would sometimes be defeated, due to attribute counters, skill counters, and the multitude of classes.

Although he possessed skills, he was definitely not invincible.

A guild leader who could win every battle would be a great encouragement to the guild brothers, just like Nie Yan. Nie Yan had never been defeated, so the morale of the Niu Ren Tribe was higher than ever.

But in reality, Nie Yan was walking a tightrope!

There were countless talented people in the world!

If someone were to take down Nie Yan and break the myth of the Undefeated Thief, the myth would shatter, and the fanatical followers would return to reason, and their morale would suffer a heavy blow.

He was more insightful than Nie Yan. A guild leader shouldn't focus on being brave and fierce, but on maintaining dignity and mystery.

He would never act unless absolutely necessary, and when he did, it would be a guaranteed kill!

But now, watching the brothers he had raised being slaughtered like this, he finally couldn't hold back!

Even a clay figure has some fire in it!

"All priests and paladins, give me buffs!" Ye Po Shengun shouted. He waved his staff, and violent magical elements quickly gathered around him. His robe moved without wind, and he cast several buffs on himself.

All the priests and paladins began to cast enhancement spells on Ye Po Shengun.

His attributes began to soar!

His momentum was like a rainbow! Divine Prayer! Haste! Grace! Prayer! ...

In an instant, he received more than twenty enhancement spells. His attributes increased greatly: Intelligence, Strength, Agility—whether useful or not, all were applied to Ye Po Shengun. About six of them enhanced the mage's attributes like Intelligence and Magic Damage, but even six were very powerful.

The surface of Ye Po Shengun's skin emitted a faint white glow—the divine power of the priests and paladins!

Ye Po Shengun waved his staff, and a magical elemental aura surrounded him.

Mana Burn!

Consumes twice the mana value for casting all elemental magic, burning 2 mana points per round.

Lasts 3 minutes, cooldown time of 5 natural days.

His mana slowly decreased. Ye Po Shengun felt a burning energy from his abdomen, and his attributes increased by about thirty percent.

All elemental magic effects are increased by 300%, Intelligence by 100%, and magic casting speed by 100%.

A powerful high-level state magic, even rarer than ordinary elemental hall magic, its superiority is hard to say.

This Mana Burn skill was a bit similar to the skills attached to Nie Yan's Scroll of Order.

The Mana Burn state was difficult to maintain. Mages consumed mana quickly to begin with, and doubling the mana consumption was too much. Plus, burning mana every round meant that even a tough guy with over two thousand mana points couldn't withstand the consumption.

Windwalk!

Windwalk was a pretty good skill for elemental mages, increasing movement speed by 30%. Increasing running speed could effectively avoid thieves and warriors, preventing them from catching up. Usually, this skill was somewhat useful, but not much, because even with a 30% increase in movement speed, a short-legged mage still couldn't outrun a thief's pursuit or a warrior's charge!

But now, the effect of this Windwalk skill was completely different.

Movement speed increased by 120%, which was about the speed of riding a good horse!

Ye Po Shengun's movement speed soared, truly living up to the name of Windwalk.

After buffing himself, Ye Po Shengun chased after Nie Yan's location. He was only about ten yards away from the Golden Earth Dragon, but he ignored it due to his skill and boldness.

The Golden Earth Dragon's aggro was focused on Nie Yan, so he didn't have to worry about the Golden Earth Dragon suddenly changing targets.

Rain of Ice Shards!

Ye Po Shengun determined Nie Yan's approximate location based on the direction of the Golden Earth Dragon's gaze. With a wave of his staff, countless ice shards pierced into the ground.

These ice shards were like tiny spikes, dense and numerous, covering an area of about 30x30 yards. They exploded on the ground with a series of "peng, peng, peng" sounds, and damage numbers of two or three points floated above the heads of hundreds of players below.

This Rain of Ice Shards did almost no damage.

A cloud of ice mist spread around. These tiny ice crystals clung to everyone's body, exposing the silhouettes of everyone, including Nie Yan.

This magic could reduce the movement speed of everyone within the area by -20%! But when cast by Ye Po Shengun, the effect was truly amazing, directly reducing movement speed by 80%.

Nie Yan, seeing the Rain of Ice Shards covering him, couldn't dodge even with his speed. He quickly drank a bottle of ice resistance potion. The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, and a thick ice mist filled the air. Nie Yan's movement speed immediately decreased by about 60%—what a powerful effect!

Nie Yan was shocked. This was the most potent Rain of Ice Shards he had ever seen! Looking into the distance, he saw Ye Po Shengun's robe fluttering wildly, with magical auras flowing around him. With just one glance, Nie Yan recognized what skill he was using!

Mana Burn!

This perverted magic had been continuously weakened during system upgrades, but it was still one of the most powerful spells for elemental mages.

In the later stages of the game, elemental mages who possessed this magic accounted for only about 1% of the total number of elemental mages. Having Mana Burn at this level was extremely rare.

Before the changes, the Mana Burn skill was truly frightening.

Nie Yan narrowed his eyes, a murderous intent flashing across them. The Mana Burn skill had a strong side effect: a one-minute period of weakness after use, during which all attributes decreased by 80%.

But while in the Mana Burn state, Nie Yan absolutely wouldn't dare to confront Ye Po Shengun head-on.

In fact, activating Divine Judgement would indeed make him immune to Ye Po Shengun's attacks, but Divine Judgement was still needed. It couldn't be wasted unless absolutely necessary.

Extreme Ice Thorns!

Ye Po Shengun waved his staff, and ice thorns shot up from the ground with great speed.

These ice thorns were extremely terrifying. If hit, one would be frozen in place and unable to move.

In a normal state, these ice thorns didn't seem very powerful, because their attack speed was too slow, giving players enough time to dodge. But with Ye Po Shengun in the Mana Burn state, the attack speed of the ice thorns was terrifying.

Nie Yan jumped and rolled away.

One-yard-long ice thorns shot up from the ground, crystal clear and transparent.

All of these ice thorns missed, but they continued to shoot up endlessly.

Anyway, it was a low-level spell with a very fast cooldown, low mana cost, fast attack speed, and strong effect, capable of freezing people in place!

Back then, Ye Po Shengun had activated the Mana Burn skill and used these ice thorns to nail a tank-level shield warrior to the ground. This was the horror of the Mana Burn skill—any low-level spell became extremely dangerous after being greatly enhanced by Mana Burn.

Because Ye Po Shengun's ice thorns attacked too quickly with short intervals, Nie Yan was almost hit several times, which startled him. In his past life, he had been killed by elemental mages using Mana Burn five times, but it was rare to see someone use Mana Burn as fiercely as Ye Po Shengun.

After Mana Burn, the lower the level of the magic, the more aggressive it became.

For example, Extreme Ice Thorns, small fireballs, and arcane missiles.

Ye Po Shengun clearly understood the essence of Mana Burn.

Nie Yan dodged the attack of the Extreme Ice Thorns. Just as he landed, the ground beneath his feet trembled slightly, and another ice thorn shot up from the ground. Nie Yan sidestepped, and the ice thorn pierced up next to his leg, a chilling cold permeating the air.

"He's there, kill him!"

At this time, the mages ignored their own safety and cast spells to attack Nie Yan.

Nie Yan glanced at a large tree in front of him, stretched out his left hand, and shot out a strand of spider silk that stuck to the tree branch. Nie Yan pulled hard, and his body flew into the air.

He leaped about four or five yards and landed on the tree branch.

Everyone was slightly stunned. They didn't expect Nie Yan to have such a skill!

What exactly was this, spider silk?

At this moment, the Golden Earth Dragon spat out a breath, with a loud boom. Gravel and sparks flew everywhere, and the scorching heat wave rolled.

Ye Po Shengun didn't expect that such an attack would still fail to take down Nie Yan. Mana Burn had already consumed all of his mana. He took out a bottle of intermediate instant mana recovery potion from his backpack, drank it, and his mana recovered greatly.

It seemed that these means alone were not enough to kill Nie Yan.

Ye Po Shengun's mana surged, and his robe fluttered in the wild magic wind. The staff in his hand emitted a dazzling light, like a god descending from the sky.

Ye Po Shengun and Nie Yan locked eyes, a spark of fire erupting in their pupils.

Just then, Nie Yan, standing on the branch, suddenly revealed a brilliant, cruel smile, pointed his thumb down, then drew his dagger across his neck, making a throat-slitting gesture.

The cold light of the dagger in Nie Yan's hand burst forth, the killing intent chilling!

Just like when Nie Yan killed Hei Zhuo, the leader of Zongheng Tianxia, seeing Nie Yan's cold smile, like the smile of death, the surrounding air seemed to suddenly turn cold.

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