Chapter 198 About to Happen

He was about to be completely blocked by these mutated lords. Nie Yan activated the Jumper's Ring and leaped into the air, flying more than twenty yards.

At this moment, countless spells shot up like fireworks.

Several druids immediately transformed from bear form into giant black eagles, taking to the sky.

Dozens of spells howled up from below, about to hit Nie Yan in the next moment.

Nie Yan felt nervous. Was he unable to escape?

His gaze fell on a towering stone pillar not far away. He stretched out his left hand and shot out a strand of spider silk. The spider silk, more than ten yards long, stuck to the stone pillar. Then, with a sharp tug, Nie Yan flew horizontally through the air. Dense magic brushed past him, startling him into a cold sweat.

Using the Crawling skill, small suction cups immediately appeared on his hands. With a soft pop, they firmly adhered to the stone pillar. Watching several giant black eagles pounce from behind, Nie Yan crawled quickly like a gecko, quickly circling behind the stone pillar, jumping out, and leaping dozens of yards away.

The mutated lords behind him caused a commotion, chasing after Nie Yan, trying to encircle and intercept him.

These mutated lords moved extremely fast. Nie Yan had to use all his skills to shuttle through the ruins for nearly half an hour before finally shaking off the mutated lords behind him.

Nie Yan took a breath, hiding in a pile of messy rubble. According to Bo Mu Wei Liang and the others, there weren't many guards nearby, but they gradually increased later. If there were only one or two mutated lords, Nie Yan could still deal with them, but with so many, even if Nie Yan had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

The mutated lords searched everywhere, but when they didn't find Nie Yan, they slowly dispersed.

Bypassing this area of ruins, Nie Yan continued to search inside. Everywhere was ruins. Every few moments, he would encounter some level 180 mutated lords patrolling everywhere.

These mutated lords had very strong scouting abilities. Nie Yan had to hide carefully, waiting for them to walk away before he dared to continue forward, sometimes having to waste more than half an hour.

Almost the entire day was wasted here. Nie Yan slowly passed through the outer hall and arrived at the edge of the inner hall. The towering stone pillars in front appeared in Nie Yan's vision. They were only a hundred yards away. These stone pillars, which were fifty or sixty yards high and required five or six people to embrace, gave people a strong visual shock.

The steps at the entrance of the inner hall led to higher ground, beyond the reach of sight.

Nie Yan walked around a corner and looked towards the entrance. There were as many as sixty or seventy mutated lord-level guys standing on the steps. They were gathered in groups of three or two, talking to each other.

In order to avoid being discovered, Nie Yan immediately retreated and counted, "...sixty-seven...seventy-three, seventy-three in total, this is troublesome." With so many mutated lords guarding here, it would be very difficult for Nie Yan to sneak past them silently, and he would inevitably have to engage them in battle.

Nie Yan couldn't help but have a headache. What method could he use to avoid them?

After thinking for a long time, Nie Yan's gaze fell on one of the skills in the skill bar, Disguise!

This skill might be useful, but he had to hunt a level 180 mutated lord first!

If it was just a one-on-one fight, Nie Yan could still kill a level 180 mutated lord, but the mutated lords here were often in groups. Where could he find a lone mutated lord?

Nie Yan wandered around the ruins, searching everywhere. He could only try his luck. Until he logged off, he had no gains.

During the day, Nie Yan went to class with Xie Yao as usual. After returning in the afternoon and eating dinner, he entered the game again.

Nie Yan continued to search in the ruins. He still hadn't encountered a lone mutated lord. These mutated lords were at least in pairs. However, he did have some pleasant surprises. A silver-gray treasure chest was quietly left in the corner of the ruins, covered with dust and rubble.

Although it was hidden very secretly, it was still discovered by Nie Yan. Nie Yan walked towards the treasure chest, squatted down. Due to the cover of dust and rubble, he couldn't see exactly what it looked like. He reached out and brushed away the dust and rubble on it. Its original appearance was finally slowly revealed.

This was a dark green treasure chest. He looked at its level. It was a sub-legendary level.

Nie Yan began to open the treasure chest.

System: The treasure chest is opening, completion...35%...67%...

With a snap, the treasure chest opened.

Nie Yan reached into the treasure chest and groped around, taking out a black book from inside.

It was a skill book!

Besides this skill book, there were no other gains.

Nie Yan looked at the attributes of this skill book. It was a thief's skill book.

Supreme Stealth: Sub-Legendary Skill, reduces aura in a short time, stealth effect +300%, lasts 5 seconds, skill cooldown time is twenty minutes, skill can be upgraded.

Nie Yan looked at the effect of this skill and showed a hint of surprise. He had been trying to find a skill to enhance the stealth effect, but the effects of those skills were not ideal, and he eventually eliminated them. This Supreme Stealth skill was good. If he used such a skill when sneaking close to an enemy in battle, it would definitely have unexpected effects.

Nie Yan placed the Supreme Stealth skill book in the palm of his hand. A white light lit up. The Supreme Stealth skill book disappeared, and a new skill was added to his skill bar.

After learning the Supreme Stealth skill, Nie Yan continued to wander around in this area, looking for a lone mutated lord.

Time passed quickly. For five or six hours, although Nie Yan didn't find a lone mutated lord, he had some unexpected discoveries. He found the library that Bo Mu Wei Liang mentioned. The entire library building was dilapidated. There were many books inside, and the books described many unknown secrets.

Looking at the books placed on the bookshelf, these books were covered with thick dust. He didn't know what materials they were made of, but they hadn't rotted. Nie Yan took out one of them and tried to put it in his backpack so that he could read it slowly in the future, but he received a system prompt.

System: This book cannot be placed in the backpack.

The books here could not be taken away!

Nie Yan hesitated in front of the bookshelf for a moment. Since there was still plenty of time, he might as well read more information here. He searched the catalog, looking for all the text with keywords related to the Goddess of Life, Abak, and Divinity, quickly browsing and reading, absorbing as much information as possible into his mind.

It was unrealistic to deal with the affairs of the Temple of the Goddess of Life and obtain the Abak Focused Leg Guards in a short period of time. Nie Yan simply calmed down and slowly thought of a solution.

He spent the entire day in the library. When it was time to log off, Nie Yan quit the game. He read a lot of legends related to the Temple of the Goddess of Life and prepared to continue sorting out all the clues related to the Temple of the Goddess of Life tomorrow.

After coming out of the game, it was the weekend, with a day off. He could go out with Xie Yao. He glanced outside. The weather was very nice.

Nie Yan went to the garage, got into his Soaring Dragon, and glanced at the time on the car's computer, July 8th.

For some reason, his heart was jumping inexplicably, as if something was about to happen.

This was a very bad feeling. Nie Yan didn't know where the problem was. What was wrong?

The Soaring Dragon drove to the ground. Xie Yao opened the car door and sat in, revealing a sweet smile: "Where are we going?"

"Let's just stroll around." Nie Yan seemed a little absent-minded.

"Nie Yan, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Xie Yao quickly noticed Nie Yan's abnormality and asked with concern.

"No." Nie Yan shook his head a little awkwardly.

"If you're not feeling well, we'll just stay home and rest." Xie Yao looked at Nie Yan gently. She reached out and touched Nie Yan's forehead. He didn't have a fever.

"Let's go to the beach." Nie Yan said. He didn't want to spoil Xie Yao's fun. He stepped on the accelerator, and the Soaring Dragon sped away.

The two of them played at the beach for a morning and were about to find a restaurant nearby to eat when Nie Yan's phone rang. For some reason, this phone made his heart jump inexplicably. He glanced at it. It was Guo Huai. It was probably something related to the guild. Nie Yan thought to himself.

"Guo Huai, what's the matter?" Nie Yan asked.

"This morning, Yaozi and I had a gathering with some friends at Hua Hai's Spring of Bright Moon. One of his friends invited him out, but when I called him at noon, no one answered. His phone hasn't been turned on for three hours. I'm a little worried..." Guo Huai said.

Hearing Guo Huai's words, Nie Yan suddenly became nervous, as if some thoughts in his heart had suddenly been confirmed. A strong sense of unease instantly surged up.

"Did he say where he was going?" Nie Yan hurriedly interrupted Guo Huai.

"It seems he went to some bar. He wanted to refuse, but he couldn't resist that friend's invitation, so he agreed to go. He wanted to call you before he left, but then he didn't." Guo Huai said. He noticed that Nie Yan's tone was a bit off and asked, "Is there a problem?"

"That guy, I told him not to go to bars!" Nie Yan scolded, feeling suffocated. His heart convulsed violently. Yaozi must not get into any trouble! He manipulated the Soaring Dragon to make a sharp turn and sped towards Hua Hai, but even at the fastest speed, it would take more than two hours to drive from here to Hua Hai!

Hearing what Nie Yan said, Guo Huai also felt that something was not right. He said: "I'll send people to find Yaozi immediately. Damn it, if anyone dares to touch Yaozi, I, Guo Huai, will never let him go!"

Guo Huai hung up the phone and arranged for people to go.

"Nie Yan, what happened?" Xie Yao looked at Nie Yan with some doubts. She heard something from Nie Yan and Guo Huai's phone call.

~~Today my thoughts were not smooth, I wrote very slowly, the update was late, I am very sorry...