Chapter 144 The Blood Demon Knights

Nie Yan checked his quest log. The remaining piece of the Abak set had a clue.

He glanced down at the quest description. The remaining piece was in Flame City.

Quest Progress: Ophiny in Flame City is a renowned jeweler who frequently buys rare jewels from various places and then sells them. Recently, he acquired a piece of equipment that, after appraisal, turned out to be the Focus Legguards, a component of the Abak set. This excited him greatly, but lately, he seems to have encountered some trouble.

Nie Yan checked the quest progress. It seemed he needed to go to Flame City to take a look.

Just as Nie Yan was preparing to head to Flame City, news suddenly came from the Ni Ren Tribe: they had discovered traces of the Blood Demon Knights!

This time, unlike the previous instances, the Blood Demon Knights didn't initiate an attack on the Ni Ren Tribe. Instead, they were spotted by a member of the Ni Ren Tribe's Thieves Guild while leveling in the wild.

"What's the situation over there?" Nie Yan privately messaged Guo Huai.

"The Blood Demon Knights are currently in the Abernethy Grasslands, farming monsters in the center of the Golden Desert. Initially, a Thief player named Shi Yi Yaohuo discovered them. Fearing he might lose track, he sent a message to Wu Dao and Qingwa, who have already rushed over. The Blood Demon Knights haven't noticed them yet! Wu Dao and Qingwa said the Blood Demon Knights seem to be preparing to farm a boss and probably won't leave for the time being. But we need to get there quickly, or it'll be difficult to find them again if they run!" Guo Huai said.

Nie Yan frowned in thought. The Blood Demon Knights had a large number of random teleport scrolls. If Nie Yan and the others rashly went over there and alerted them, they would definitely use the scrolls to escape. He needed a foolproof plan to ensure that even if they couldn't wipe out the Blood Demon Knights, they would at least force them to lose some men.

The Blood Demon Knights were, after all, evil-aligned players, and operating on the surface world came with many inconveniences. If their teammates were killed and didn't resurrect within half an hour, they would have to return to the graveyard in the Underworld, and crossing the Underworld passage back to the surface would cost them a lot of time.

Therefore, Nie Yan absolutely couldn't give them a chance to resurrect their teammates. This would weaken the Blood Demon Knights and prevent them from causing trouble in the Galen Empire, at least for a short period.

"What's your plan?" Guo Huai asked, quietly awaiting Nie Yan's reply. As time passed, he couldn't help but ask.

"Have Sun, Wang Zhe Tianxia, Xiao Rong, Yi Chui Ding Qing, and Ying Sha come with me first to meet the Blood Demon Knights. Have the others follow later. Get me as many magic scrolls of the War Shackles as possible, and distribute them to each member," Nie Yan said. To avoid alerting the Blood Demon Knights, only these few Thieves would go first.

"Alright," Guo Huai replied immediately, contacting everyone and relaying Nie Yan's instructions.

Nie Yan opened his friend interface and added Sun, Wang Zhe Tianxia, Tang Yao, and others to the team.

System: Sun has joined your team.

System: Yaozi has joined your team.

System: Yaoyao has joined your team.

...

As the team was established, the team chat became lively.

"Leader Nie Yan, where are the Blood Demon Knights? I have to give them a good thrashing this time!" Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said, unable to restrain himself after hearing that the lower-level members had discovered the Blood Demon Knights' tracks.

"Listen to my command. All Thief members go first. The others maintain a distance of more than 3,000 yards. Absolutely don't let them discover you, especially the Thieves. Their Thieves might be patrolling outside. If you bump into them, it's all for naught," Nie Yan instructed. They had finally found an opportunity to deal with the Blood Demon Knights and couldn't afford to waste it.

"Understood," Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan and the others replied in unison.

"Also, there might be spies from them within our Ni Ren Tribe. Keep this operation absolutely confidential! Don't mention it to anyone! From now on, put on your cloaks, hide your information, and absolutely don't let anyone know we're collectively heading to Okoron City!" Nie Yan seemed extremely cautious.

They all donned cloaks, concealed their information, and quickly made their way to the teleportation arrays in their respective cities, then teleported to Okoron City.

Guo Huai had people bring over a large number of War Shackle scrolls, giving Nie Yan and the others two each. War Shackle scrolls were extremely rare and expensive. They had only managed to acquire a little over fifty in total, and just buying these scrolls cost them a full 300,000 gold coins.

The members of the Mage, Paladin, and Warrior classes stayed in Okoron City, while Nie Yan, Sun, and the others set off first.

From Okoron City, they teleported to a small fortress called Paris in Abernethy, which was controlled by the Ni Ren Tribe. After leaving the fortress, they advanced towards the northern direction, entering a place called the Golden Desert.

Nie Yan quickly connected to the voice chat of Luo Nan De Qingwa: "What's your current location? Coordinates?"

"Golden Desert coordinates 38587.99085.8879," Luo Nan De Qingwa reported a complex three-dimensional coordinate.

Nie Yan used the coordinates to pinpoint their location. The six of them activated Gale Steps and sprinted towards that direction.

After traveling through the yellow sand desert for about five minutes, a team appeared in his vision. The team seemed to be farming monsters. They were numerous and had formed a formation. One Thief after another was attracting waves of Desert Giant Lizards. Once the lizards reached the designated area, magical light streaked across the sky. It was all area-of-effect magic!

Seeing the wings on the backs of those players, Nie Yan finally confirmed that it was indeed the Blood Demon Knights.

"Where are you two?" Nie Yan messaged Wu Dao and Luo Nan De Qingwa.

Wu Dao and Luo Nan De Qingwa each reported their coordinates. Nie Yan looked towards the south, where the terrain was empty. His gaze fell on a location slightly farther away, about 200 yards out, and he roughly figured out Wu Dao's and Luo Nan De Qingwa's positions. Wu Dao and Luo Nan De Qingwa were doing a pretty good job of staying stealthed.

About a minute after Nie Yan arrived, Sun, Wang Zhe Tianxia, and the others also caught up.

"Nie Yan, we're here," Wang Zhe Tianxia said in the team chat.

The eight Thieves scattered around the area, all in stealth, observing the Blood Demon Knights' every move.

Under the intense bombardment of magic, the Desert Giant Lizards fell in droves.

"Clean up the loot," Blood Demon said in the team chat.

Dark Shadow looked around, saying, "I have a bad feeling. Something might happen today."

"We've been on the surface for so long without anything happening. Besides, the Century Financial Group and the Angel Faction have planted so many spies in the Ni Ren Tribe. If they make any moves, they definitely won't escape their notice. You're overthinking it," Blood Demon said confidently. The Ni Ren Tribe had been fooled by them so many times, yet they still couldn't do anything about it.

"Maybe I really am overthinking it," Dark Shadow said with a self-deprecating laugh. He just had an uneasy feeling, but he couldn't pinpoint the problem. He hadn't detected Nie Yan and the others. They were too far away. There was no way he could have discovered them. He only said that because of a strange sixth sense, so even he himself didn't take it to heart. Perhaps he also felt that there was no way the Ni Ren Tribe could intercept them.

"Leader Blood Demon, everything is cleaned up. Should we go farm the Giant Lizard Lord?" Shen Qiu De Lengfeng asked in the team chat.

"Farm a few more waves of Desert Giant Lizards," Blood Demon replied.

Hearing Blood Demon's words, the Thieves went to lure monsters.

"I just received a video from a friend in the Light Faction. Take a look. It's ridiculous that the Century Financial Group didn't say a word about this," Dark Shadow said, sending a video to Blood Demon.

Blood Demon watched it. It was a video of Nie Yan soloing a Grand Magister-level NPC.

"If you faced that Grand Magister-level NPC, what would the result be?" Dark Shadow asked, looking at Blood Demon. Although he and Blood Demon spent every day together, he knew very little about Blood Demon's true strength, because Blood Demon always liked to hold back, no matter what happened. Ordinary battles made it difficult for Blood Demon to unleash his full strength, so Dark Shadow couldn't see through Blood Demon.

Blood Demon frowned as he finished watching the video and shook his head. "I'm no match for that Grand Magister."

Blood Demon wouldn't lie on such a matter. Dark Shadow couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Blood Demon and Crazy Thief Nie Yan were still a bit different.

Blood Demon watched every detail of Nie Yan and Leffith's battle, becoming increasingly alarmed. Crazy Thief Nie Yan's reputation today was definitely not accidental, but based on solid strength.

Watching the video, Blood Demon gripped his sword hilt tightly. He understood that he would eventually have to fight Crazy Thief Nie Yan. Crazy Thief Nie Yan was definitely the strongest opponent he had ever seen. As for the odds of winning, he estimated that his chances of winning wouldn't exceed 10%. Crazy Thief Nie Yan was like an insurmountable mountain.

Blood Demon smiled wryly, feeling somewhat despondent. He couldn't think of any way to defeat Crazy Thief Nie Yan, unless he could further comprehend and advance his Silver Wings to Gold Wings. Perhaps then there would be a glimmer of hope.

He closed the video. In the short term, he still didn't want to fight Crazy Thief Nie Yan.

After they killed some Desert Giant Lizards, the entire team sat down to rest.

"Recover, prepare to kill the Desert Giant Lizard King," Blood Demon said in the group chat.

The players who had consumed the most potions began drinking potions, while some Warriors were still patrolling around, responsible for guarding.

"Leader Nie Yan, they're resting in place. What should we do?" Wu Dao asked.

"Yaozi, where are you?" Nie Yan asked in the team chat.

"About 3,000 yards away from you," Tang Yao replied.

"Alright, prepare to move!" Nie Yan said. Following his command, the eight Thieves entered stealth and surrounded the Blood Demon Knights from all directions.

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