Chapter 1 The Bountiful Harvest

The mages unleashed a barrage of single-target spells, blasting the Phantom Warriors away. Rogues moved in to collect the items dropped by the Phantom Warriors. Nie Yan's Underworld fifty-grade equipment was in short supply, as many players were rushing to Level 50, and the available equipment couldn't meet the demand.

This time, the expedition was particularly rewarding. Elite Level 50 monsters were rarely seen elsewhere and were difficult to deal with, but here, they were being farmed in groups!

A single wave of area-of-effect spells resulted in a ground littered with Level 50 equipment.

Currently, Level 50 equipment on the market was extremely expensive, with demand far exceeding supply. Every day, large groups of Level 40+ players teamed up to farm monsters in high-level areas, hoping to find some high-level equipment. Of course, the equipment they found was usually white or bronze grade, and even silver grade items were rare.

This wave of area-of-effect spells was truly a massive windfall.

They cleared the area bit by bit. Before long, Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun, Xihuan Jiangnan, and Xia Chong Yubing sent word that they had unlearned some spells and systematically learned some new skills.

Nie Yan walked towards the team's camp and saw the three of them approaching.

"How's your spell learning going?" Nie Yan asked, asking them to send over their respective skill lists. If necessary, they could relearn skills, but it would cost some money.

"Unlearning spells and learning new skills is so expensive! The six hundred gold coins I saved up are all gone," Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun said with a bitter face. However, he had to admit that the six hundred gold coins were well spent.

The magic tower in Cripps Fortress contained over a thousand different spells, a dazzling array, and many of them were quite good.

Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun had just entered the ranks of top players, and he didn't have much money saved up. Unlike Xihuan Jiangnan and Xia Chong Yubing, a few hundred gold coins wouldn't hurt them at all.

"You can get reimbursed for the money you spent learning skills from Guo Huai," Nie Yan said. He was very generous to these top players. These people would be the pillars of Underworld in the future, and it was worth spending more money on them.

Nie Yan listened to Xihuan Jiangnan and the others describe the tower.

The magic tower had a total of six floors, but we could only enter the first and second floors. Inside, there were rows of bookshelves, filled with thick magic books and many books describing magic, even a lot of historical data. The administrator of the magic tower was an elderly scholar. He was responsible for teaching magic skills. As long as you paid him a certain amount of gold coins, you could learn a lot of magic from him.

Nie Yan looked at Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun's skill list and saw that he had only learned more than thirty skills. Ice Crack, Freeze, Burst Ice Orb, Ice Shard, Ice Thorn...

He was following the ice magic route. Nie Yan discovered that these ice spells were the simplest and most basic spells. They had one common feature: the magic incantation time was short, the attack speed was fast and sharp, and they emphasized the ice mage's control ability.

Nie Yan glanced at Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun. Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun had his own ideas.

If these spells could be used well, they would be very effective whether in PvP or leveling.

"Yu Wang's damage output is not enough. After controlling the enemy, you need to instantly burst with damage, otherwise it's easy to be turned around," Nie Yan said, pointing out his shortcomings.

Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I only had enough money to learn these skills. Those high-damage skills are too expensive."

"If you don't have enough money, go ask Guo Huai," Nie Yan said with a smile. So that was the reason. Team members who had signed agreements could get reimbursed by the guild for learning skills and buying equipment. In the future, after the players in the guild changed classes, learning skills would also be a huge expense. He deeply felt that no amount of money was enough. After all, Underworld had more than 60,000 members! In addition to transporting equipment from the underground to the surface, he also needed to expand his business, such as fortresses. If he occupied a few more fortresses and developed them, the income from the fortresses could basically maintain the guild's expenses.

He then looked at the skill lists of Xihuan Jiangnan and Xia Chong Yubing. They each had different paths. Xihuan Jiangnan was a Holy Word mage, learning high spell damage magic. High spell damage skills usually took a long time to cast and required higher technical skills. Spells with long casting times were easily interrupted, and the user had to have a good eye and be good at grasping the timing.

As for Xia Chong Yubing, this guy took an unconventional route and systematically learned shadow arcane magic, which was neither strong control nor high output, but shadow corrosion damage. Like a curse, it could corrode the enemy's defense and health. The longer the battle lasted, the higher the shadow corrosion damage would be.

No matter what kind of tactic, as long as it was used well, it would be very strong.

There was no weakest class, no weakest skill, only the weakest player.

Mages who had studied at the magic tower would be very formidable. Even Nie Yan had to be very careful if he encountered a great mage who had studied there.

These people all had their own tactics. They were all top players in their previous lives. They all had some unique insights into their skills. Nie Yan could only give some advice based on his own experience, which was not considered teaching.

When they grew up and became familiar with their respective skills, Nie Yan might try to PvP with them. In his previous life, Nie Yan was absolutely no match for Xia Chong Yubing and the others, but in this life, Nie Yan had already been reborn.

Nie Yan had nearly ten more years of gaming experience than these people, so he naturally had a great advantage, but as time went on, they would definitely improve slowly.

Nie Yan said that when the area-of-effect spells of the mages on several buildings had cooled down, he would continue to attract the Phantom Warriors.

After about three hours, the Phantom Warriors around the Blacket Bear had been cleared one by one.

Only the huge Blacket Bear was left. Nie Yan, Sun, and Yi Chui Ding Qing had alarmed this guy several times while attracting monsters, but luckily they ran fast.

Nie Yan reorganized the team. This square could only accommodate seven or eight hundred people at most. If someone in the front died, the players in the back could replenish them.

At this time, teams of players cleared the streets of Cripps Fortress and gathered here.

"I need five hundred people: one hundred warriors, three hundred mages, fifty priests, thirty paladins, and twenty rogues!" Nie Yan said. He asked Shui Se Yantou, Cui Can Daoguang, and others to help organize a team, but the numbers were slightly off.

Five hundred people in the front. If there was enough space in the back, it wouldn't hurt to add some mages.

With the coordination of Shui Se Yantou, Cui Can Daoguang, and others, the team began to enter the square.

Cui Can Daoguang led more than twenty of Underworld's top shield warriors and began to surround the Blacket Bear.

The Blacket Bear quickly noticed Cui Can Daoguang and the others approaching. It let out a heavy roar, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami, and the earth trembled.

Cui Can Daoguang walked forward step by step, slowly approaching the Blacket Bear. The surrounding warriors also gathered around.

The mages were already in position, scattered everywhere, waiting for Cui Can Daoguang's move.

Cui Can Daoguang and the others were about fifteen yards away from the Blacket Bear, which was close to the limit of the Blacket Bear's tolerance. Just then, the Blacket Bear let out an angry roar, ran a few steps, and charged towards Cui Can Daoguang.

Heavy Shield Bash!

A shield warrior next to him rushed up quickly, and the heavy shield in his hand slammed into the Blacket Bear.

With a bang, the shield warrior was undoubtedly knocked away.

Instant kill!

However, he also slowed down the Blacket Bear's charge speed, causing the Blacket Bear's speed to slow down.

Taking advantage of this time, Cui Can Daoguang shouted and charged towards the Blacket Bear, using a shield bash. He activated the Savage Strength state skill to block the Blacket Bear's charge.

Seeing the Blacket Bear's health, Cui Can Daoguang gasped. A full one million!

What a powerful mutated lord!

The Blacket Bear paused, raised its palm, and swept towards Cui Can Daoguang.

Cui Can Daoguang quickly switched to a defensive stance. With a muffled bang, he took a few steps back, and a damage value of -1573 floated above his head.

Immediately, beams of white light fell on Cui Can Daoguang, and Cui Can Daoguang's health immediately returned to full.

Cui Can Daoguang fought steadily and charged up again.

While Cui Can Daoguang was fighting the Blacket Bear, the surrounding warriors all gathered around. More than twenty shield warriors used their shields to hold the Blacket Bear's feet firmly, making it very difficult for the Blacket Bear to move.

The Blacket Bear waved its bear paws, smashing the warriors away one by one.

Some were instantly killed, while others were blasted away and fell to the ground. They got up and waited for the priests to heal them before immediately charging up.

"All mages, attack! Those with high spell damage, pay attention to controlling aggro!" Nie Yan said in the area chat.

The mages were scattered everywhere, forming a encirclement around the Blacket Bear. Beams of magic streaked across the sky and landed on the Blacket Bear, and damage values floated above the Blacket Bear's head.

More than 60% were misses, but the other damage was not bad, around three or four hundred. However, the Blacket Bear's health regeneration speed was also quite alarming, regenerating more than 10,000 health points per second.

After a long time, a sliver of the Blacket Bear's health bar would drop, which could only be seen with careful observation.

There was a reason why Triumph Empire and Radiant Sacred Flame had wiped out so many times here in their previous lives.