Chapter 117 Encountering a Team

This group of players, all level 40+, wanted to team up and level in the outer regions of the Scorched Islands. They never expected to run into Nie Yan here. Nie Yan's fearsome reputation preceded him; quite a few level 40+ teams had already been wiped out by him.

This group dared not advance any further.

"Guild Leader, what do we do?" A short Undead Thief turned to the Undead Mage next to him and asked.

"Hold, everyone retreat," the Undead Mage said. If Nie Yan chased after them, they wouldn't be able to escape, given his speed.

The massive Golden Land Dragon exerted enormous pressure on them. They had seen the videos of the Golden Land Dragon summoning an area-of-effect magic spell, instantly wiping out a group of players from the Undead Empire.

Nie Yan heard the commotion behind him. He glanced at the group; they weren't approaching him but retreating. He didn't care, continuing to lead the Golden Land Dragon, following Bennett's soul at a leisurely pace.

If the players charged, Nie Yan wouldn't mind taking action to eliminate them. If they didn't come, he couldn't be bothered to chase them down.

Seeing that Nie Yan wasn't chasing, the Undead Mage's anxious heart calmed. He was a little surprised; why was Nie Yan still so carefree after being discovered by players from the Undead Empire? Wasn't he afraid they'd leak his location, attracting players from the entire Undead Empire to hunt him down?

The Undead Mage thought for a moment. Nie Yan's confidence stemmed from his great strength. In this underground world, top-tier Thieves were very popular. The dark environment provided them with excellent cover. If they stocked up on a few random teleport scrolls, it would be virtually impossible to catch them!

Watching Nie Yan's slowly receding figure, the Undead Mage sighed softly. When would he reach such a level of disdain for everything?

Nie Yan continued along the Sea of Lava. The frequency of encountering players from the Undead Empire increased, all around level 40+. There should be a level 40+ map ahead.

A group of players charged up recklessly, numbering about fifty or sixty. They were all instantly annihilated by the area-of-effect magic spell summoned by the Golden Land Dragon.

30 by 30 yards was a very large area. If they stood close together, this area could hold over a thousand people. Generally, dodging an area-of-effect magic spell was very difficult, plus the Golden Land Dragon cast quickly. With one area-of-effect spell, unless they had exceptionally good awareness, players had no chance of escaping.

As they advanced, corpses littered the ground.

The ranged classes were basically incinerated by the Golden Land Dragon's breath. Even if someone occasionally rushed up, the five strong zombies would surround them. A few hammer blows, and few could withstand it. Some newbies even sent their pets, but compared to Nie Yan's 20-growth Golden Land Dragon, their pets were trash!

News of Nie Yan's massacre at the edge of the Sea of Lava spread. Those with brains weren't willing to get involved in this mess. Those who wanted to pick up cheap kills were basically sent back in an instant. As for the experts, they generally wouldn't act. Just thinking about it, Nie Yan dared to be so arrogant at the edge of the Sea of Lava; how could he not have some skills to save his life? Sending more people would probably be like trying to draw water with a bamboo basket, an exercise in futility.

Nie Yan swept through the area, not encountering a single decent opponent. These people finally learned their lesson, gathering fifty or sixty yards away from Nie Yan, not daring to charge up and die.

Nie Yan suddenly felt something strange in the air. Focusing his senses, he discovered that dozens of Thieves had crept up around him. They were all targeting Nie Yan himself. They were hidden too poorly. Nie Yan's perception was too high; with just a little feeling, these people were completely exposed, all visible to Nie Yan's eyes. He didn't even need the Eye of Truth.

Nie Yan commanded the five zombies to charge up, blocking a portion of the people, and had the Golden Land Dragon spew a breath, instantly killing a dozen or so.

Dealing with this group was simply too easy.

Just as these Thieves were about to be wiped out by Nie Yan, Nie Yan suddenly felt a trace of killing intent locked onto him. It was very faint, very subtle, making it difficult to detect.

In a distant corner, a pair of eyes was quietly watching Nie Yan.

Les was a top-tier Thief from Fallen Angel, ranking third among all the Thieves in Fallen Angel. This ranking made him somewhat arrogant. The two ahead of him were undoubtedly geniuses. Even the guild leader was very polite to them. Among the remaining Thieves, he was the strongest. He had been sent to meet with Nie Yan, and he was a little dissatisfied. He stubbornly believed that he was at least a figure in Fallen Angel, with a bit of arrogance in his heart. Who was this Nie Yan, actually making him run errands for him? He was certainly unwilling. Usually, he behaved very humbly and cautiously in front of the higher-ups in Fallen Angel. Outside, he wanted to act like a fox borrowing a tiger's might, sweeping away Nie Yan's prestige.

But he never expected that Nie Yan's status was so important in Duo Duo's eyes. Duo Duo had fired him for making what he considered a trivial mistake, which he found unacceptable. At the same time, he understood that if he dared to reveal any news about Nie Yan's contact with Duo Duo, given Duo Duo's powerful background, he could basically forget about seeing the sun tomorrow. So he vented all his anger on Nie Yan.

He had been killed by Nie Yan before because he hadn't guessed that Nie Yan would attack him, plus Nie Yan's speed was so fast that he didn't have time to react before being hit.

As Les was thinking, Nie Yan suddenly shouted, "Eye of Truth!"

The veins beside Nie Yan's eyes bulged, and a strange blood-red light bloomed in his eyes. A gaze scanned toward his location.

Les was startled. He quickly used Void Concealment. A tangible gaze swept over him, lingered for a moment, then moved away. After using Void, his body turned into a wisp of air, without substance, with extremely slow movement speed, and unable to attack anyone.

Nie Yan saw nothing and was somewhat surprised. He had clearly sensed an opponent just now, but why didn't he find anyone when he used the Eye of Truth to scan? The Eye of Truth had already been upgraded before. With the current players' concealment attributes, it was difficult to avoid Nie Yan's Eye of Truth.

But he still didn't find the opponent's location. The opponent should be no simple character. He wouldn't have thought that this Thief was the Undead Thief he had killed before.

Since the opponent didn't appear, given Nie Yan's reaction speed, he didn't need to be too nervous. He continued to command the Golden Land Dragon to clear out the nearby Thieves.

Just then, a crisp system notification sounded.

System: You have advanced to Centurion.

After killing so many people, Nie Yan's rank finally advanced!

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