Chapter 1 The Team's Progress

"How's the team doing now?" Nie Yan sent a message to Can Lan Daoguang. Aside from providing Can Lan Daoguang and the others with some information, he hadn't inquired about the guild's elite team for a long time. In fact, he was very confident in Can Lan Daoguang, Daitou Dage Qi Zai, and the others.

"Not bad. We cleared the Shadow Swamp dungeon on normal difficulty at Level 20," Can Lan Daoguang said. With the information Nie Yan provided, their progress had far surpassed that of the elite teams of the other large guilds. They were all surprised as to where Nie Yan got the information. It might have been hearsay from somewhere.

"How's the cooperation with your teammates?"

"Daitou Dage Qi Zai and Yi Wang Jishu are both pretty good. Yi Yan is also very strong. The others are all elites. The Ni Ren (Amazing People) Tribe is really full of talent," Can Lan Daoguang said. It was hard to imagine how Nie Yan had gathered this group of people together. Back in Zongheng Tianxia, he and Hei Zhuo were the strongest, while the others were mediocre at best. After joining the Ni Ren Tribe, he suddenly discovered that many of his teammates had strength no less than his own. It was so pleasant to run dungeons with these people.

The elite teams of the other large guilds were still exploring the Shadow Swamp, while Can Lan Daoguang and his team had already cleared the Shadow Swamp on normal difficulty and were exploring the Shadow Swamp on hard difficulty. All the equipment they replaced went into the guild's warehouse, greatly enhancing the strength of the dozen or so second-tier teams below them. Those dozen or so second-tier teams were also working hard on the Shadow Swamp.

These people were all considered elites in the entire Calore City. After forming a team and working together, how much energy could they unleash? Nie Yan was also waiting to see.

"Some more brothers from Zongheng Tianxia have followed me over here, about three thousand of them. They've all joined the Ni Ren Tribe, but it's still hard to say whether any of Hei Zhuo's people are among them," Can Lan Daoguang said. After all, these people had only come over later, and had been following Hei Zhuo for so long, it was hard to guarantee that they didn't have other intentions. However, the vast majority of the brothers were slowly integrating into the Ni Ren Tribe.

"Don't worry, I'll have Xiao Chong and Wang Feng De Wo Niu pay more attention. Even if there are any, they won't be able to stir up much trouble," Nie Yan said with a smile. They couldn't possibly incite the players below in the Ni Ren Tribe to rebel. The people who came from Zongheng Tianxia wouldn't even be able to cause a ripple in the Ni Ren Tribe.

Every day, a large number of players entered the Ni Ren Tribe. Nie Yan couldn't help but feel some anticipation as to what the Ni Ren Tribe would develop into.

In his previous life, Zongheng Tianxia was considered a large guild. It was hard to say in this life whether it would be directly ruined because of the Ni Ren Tribe.

"How many people are left in Zongheng Tianxia now?" Nie Yan asked.

"About twenty or thirty thousand, I know Hei Zhuo, he still has some ability. Although so many people have left the guild, it hasn't had too much of an impact on Zongheng Tianxia," Can Lan Daoguang said. He was too ashamed to mention the little incident between him and Hei Zhuo.

Zongheng Tianxia still had twenty or thirty thousand people, and their strength was still considerable, but for the current Ni Ren Tribe, it wasn't much at all. The Ni Ren Tribe was still in a period of rapid development. Zongheng Tianxia would soon be left far behind by the Ni Ren Tribe, and eventually wouldn't even be able to see its shadow.

"You guys continue running dungeons. If you need anything, tell Wang Feng De Wo Niu," Nie Yan said. The Ni Ren Tribe had strong financial resources. If the guild's elite team needed anything, as long as it was within a reasonable range, their requests would almost always be met.

System: Player Wufeng has deposited 3 superior Fire Mother Crystals and 10 superior Magic Nanmu into your warehouse.

The things that Guo Huai bought had already arrived in the warehouse. Nie Yan went to the guild warehouse to pick up the items, and then went to the Xingkong Pharmacy to withdraw fifty gold coins. He headed towards the senior blacksmith Kadi in Calore City.

Walking on the familiar streets, Nie Yan remembered the first pot of gold he had earned from collecting bat teeth. At that time, he was still busy with little silver coins. Half a month had passed, and now he owned countless pieces of golden real estate, had become the behind-the-scenes boss of the Xingkong Pharmacy, and was the helmsman of the emerging guild, the Ni Ren Tribe.

The encounters were really mysterious.

Nie Yan walked into Kadi's blacksmith shop. Kadi's blacksmith shop had been upgraded to level two, and it was much wider than before.

"Respected Demon Hunter, what do you need?" Kadi immediately became respectful after seeing Nie Yan. The hierarchy in Calore City was extremely strict. Kadi was just a senior blacksmith. If he showed the slightest disrespect to Nie Yan, who had the title of Demon Hunter, he would be taken to the Heresy Tribunal to be branded, even if he knew Nie Yan.

"I want to forge two items. The first is the Separating Blade. This is the fragment of the Separating Blade." Since he had the identity of a Demon Hunter, Nie Yan didn't have to do things like bargain like ordinary players.

"It costs fifty silver coins to synthesize a Separating Blade. You can enjoy a 40% discount, which is thirty silver coins," the blacksmith Kadi said, taking the twenty fragments of the Separating Blade and starting to forge.

A warrior entered Kadi's blacksmith shop and was stunned to see the blacksmith Kadi being so respectful to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan glanced at the warrior, who looked to be in his late twenties. He was wearing a good set of metal armor, which concealed his brilliance, but it could still be seen to be extraordinary. He cast a Super Appraisal on the warrior. The warrior's name was Duoru Lunhui. He had never heard of him.

"Hey, brother, hello," Duoru Lunhui walked over and greeted Nie Yan.

"Hello," Nie Yan nodded. He didn't want to have too much interaction with strangers.

"You're here to forge equipment, right? That blacksmith Kadi seems to be very respectful to you. I have some materials here and I want him to help me forge a weapon. Can you help me bargain?" Duoru Lunhui asked. Through bargaining, players could get a maximum discount of 10% from NPCs. The success rate of bargaining was related to the player's respect value. Some people had bargaining skills, which also had an effect.

Bargain? Nie Yan showed a troubled expression. He had always hated bargaining with NPCs using mission language.

"The forging fee for my weapon is seven gold coins. If the bargaining is successful, I can get a discount of 70 silver coins, and I can split it with you in half," Duoru Lunhui explained, seeing that Nie Yan was a little impatient.

Generally, items that required 7 gold coins to forge were super excellent, but so little money was really nothing to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan casually said, "If you're willing to give me these materials, I can directly get Kadi to give you a 40% discount."

Duoru Lunhui glanced at Nie Yan warily. Did this person want to take the opportunity to trick him out of his materials?

Nie Yan didn't want to say any more. Kadi was busy beside the iron furnace, sweating profusely. After working for a while, he finally finished forging the Separating Blade and walked towards Nie Yan with the Separating Blade.

"Respected Demon Hunter, the Separating Blade has been forged," the blacksmith Kadi handed the Separating Blade to Nie Yan.

This was a sharp dagger, about seven inches long, with sharp serrations all over the blade. This structure could easily break through the opponent's armor and cause continuous bleeding damage.

Holding it in his hand, the weight was just right. A sense of familiarity surged up. In his previous life, he had been using this dagger between Level 39 and Level 60.

Separating Blade (Dark Gold Grade Charging Weapon, Special Item): Main hand weapon, Strength 120, Agility 100, requires 20 points of Will.

Attributes: Attack 206-229, 10% chance to break armor, deals an additional 10% bleeding damage when using skills, lasts 5 seconds. Comes with skill: Burst, inject energy into the opponent's body to explode, gaining additional bonus damage. Charge 0/100.

Attack Speed: 2.9

Weight: 5 pounds.

Restriction: All faction thieves can use it.

This dagger was the most powerful weapon before Level 50. Whether it was armor breaking or bleeding, the damage was very strong. Especially the last burst skill, even when dealing with Bosses, the damage was also very fierce, because burst damage ignored armor.

Charging weapons generally had a demand for Will. If the Will was not enough, forcibly using the weapon would cause damage to oneself. The level of Will attribute also had an impact on the charging speed. The higher the Will, the faster the charging speed.

For example, Nie Yan's current Will was 37 points, and the charging speed was about 20 per day.

The full amount of energy for Burst was 100. The more energy charged, the higher the damage dealt by the Burst skill. If there were 20 points of energy, it could probably deal 2 times his own attack damage. And this damage ignored armor! It was effective against players and Bosses with high defense.

After using it once, no matter how much energy there was, it would be exhausted all at once.

With a charging dagger, as long as enough energy was charged, he could even easily kill some high-defense warriors!

Ordinary players at this time could only get 10 points of Will, which was already very good, but Nie Yan, because of the bonus effect of the two Chapters of Order, had 37 points of Will, so his charging speed far exceeded ordinary players and could make better use of the effect of this Separating Blade.

Nie Yan equipped the Separating Blade to his main hand and the Blood Oath Dagger to his offhand. His attack increased sharply. The attack of the main hand weapon and the offhand weapon was not a simple addition, but had a special calculation method. About 20% of the attack of the offhand weapon could be added to the main hand.

Looking at his current attack, it was about 430.

Among thieves, this kind of attack was quite scary, and it was no problem to use it against warriors in plate armor.

Duoru Lunhui carefully observed Nie Yan. Looking at Nie Yan's profile, he had a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen him somewhere. He suddenly remembered that he had seen Nie Yan in the video of the Ni Ren Tribe fighting against the Triumph Empire. Nie Yan could be considered a celebrity. Thinking of Kadi's respectful attitude towards Nie Yan, was it necessary for someone like this to trick him out of his things?

Duoru Lunhui said, "Brother, I'll trade you the materials, can you help me combine this sword?"