Chapter 1 The Binding

While being bound by the tentacles, Nie Yan felt the energy in his body rapidly draining away. A sense of weakness spread through him, and damage numbers exceeding three to four thousand floated above his head.

Ghost Princess Eina suddenly appeared behind Nie Yan. She actually knew a thief's stealth ambush, which caught Nie Yan a bit off guard.

Ghost Princess Eina's tentacles bound Nie Yan's limbs, rendering him unable to move. Coupled with the inability to use skills, Nie Yan was completely powerless to resist.

With a snap, Ghost Princess Eina's tentacles whipped Nie Yan, dealing over ten thousand damage.

Just as Nie Yan was about to fall, the Holy Knight Leffers cast Heroic Aura on himself, ran over, and waved his greatsword to heal Nie Yan.

The Holy Knight Leffers' powerful healing ability immediately restored Nie Yan's health to full.

Under Nie Yan's control, the Golden Earth Dragon charged forward, its massive body slamming heavily into Ghost Princess Eina.

With a bang, Ghost Princess Eina staggered backward, almost throwing Nie Yan off.

In those brief seconds, Brilliant Knife Edge, Water Color Smoker, and others rushed over.

*Puff puff puff*, several cold glints of daggers flashed past, and Ghost Princess Eina's tentacles were severed one after another.

Nie Yan finally broke free from Ghost Princess Eina's bonds and escaped.

Sun, King of the World, Smile, and others revealed their figures.

Nie Yan exchanged smiles with them; their coordination was excellent.

"Ghost Princess is almost dead, everyone give it your all!" Nie Yan said in the team chat, controlling the Golden Earth Dragon to spray a breath of dragon fire.

Ghost Princess Eina had only 9% health left. Everyone became tense and excited. It wouldn't be long before Ghost Princess Eina was taken down.

Execute!

Execute!

Brilliant Knife Edge, Water Color Smoker, and Lei Su slashed out with their swords one after another, and a series of misses floated above Ghost Princess Eina's head.

Hundreds upon thousands of spells flew over, *boom boom boom*, exploding on Ghost Princess Eina's body.

8%, 7%...

Ghost Princess Eina tried to knock everyone away to chase Nie Yan, but Nie Yan would never give her the chance again. He quickly dodged Ghost Princess Eina's attacks, and while Ghost Princess Eina was being held back by the Golden Earth Dragon, he circled behind Ghost Princess Eina, raising the Sword of Zennarde and unleashing a series of executes.

With a *puff*, a damage number of over 1.3 million floated above Ghost Princess Eina's head. She let out a shrill scream. Her body melted like ice, and streams of black liquid flowed down, disappearing after falling to the ground.

Ghost Princess Eina was dead!

"Ghost Princess Eina is down! Whose execute was that, Guild Leader Nie Yan, was it yours?" Undying Scoundrel excitedly asked in the team chat. This execute saved them a lot of trouble.

Nie Yan glanced at the status bar and shook his head, "Not mine."

"Then whose was it?"

"Mine," Water Color Smoker said.

Whether it was Water Color Smoker's, Brilliant Knife Edge's, or Lei Su's Execute, or Nie Yan's Purgatory Execute, all had a certain chance of success. Whoever succeeded first could instantly kill the Boss.

Ghost Princess Eina's body transformed into streams of dark aura, disappearing into the air.

A crisp sound rang out, and Ghost Princess Eina dropped at least a dozen items, with gems and other things scattered all over the ground.

Ghost Princess Eina dropped a lot of loot!

Crimson Lotus Asura Blade and Evil Aura walked over.

"According to our agreement, I'll only take one item, and the rest are yours," Nie Yan said, his eyes scanning the ground, locking onto a greatsword. This was a warrior's two-handed greatsword, made from an unknown metal, engraved with strange characters like runes, covering the entire sword. Nie Yan couldn't even recognize these characters.

Nie Yan picked up the greatsword and looked at its attributes. It was a Level 150 Legendary Greatsword with excellent attributes.

Sword of Mollander (Legendary): Required Level 150.

Attributes: Attack 3732-3932, 20% chance to cause 3x armor penetration damage, with level twelve dark corrosion effect, 30% enhanced dark damage, 30% lifesteal on hit.

Attached skill: Dark Demon Slash, deals damage to all units within a five-yard radius, dealing 5x damage to the main target and 2x damage to nearby units.

Restriction: Warrior only.

The Sword of Mollander was quite good. Although it was not comparable to Nie Yan's Sword of Zennarde, it was still a very good legendary item.

"You guys can handle this greatsword," Nie Yan said, handing the greatsword over to Water Color Smoker and the others.

Crimson Lotus Asura Blade and Evil Aura divided the rest of the items equally.

"Thank you, Guild Leader Nie Yan," Evil Aura said. When he said thank you, his mood was a bit complicated. To be honest, he would rather not have these things.

Crimson Lotus Asura Blade also clasped his fist in thanks.

"I'll go to Azure Wolf City and Night Demon City to take a look after some time, I won't be unwelcome, will I?" Nie Yan smiled as he looked at Evil Aura and Crimson Lotus Asura Blade.

Evil Aura and Crimson Lotus Asura Blade exchanged a look, and both saw the worry in the other's eyes.

"You are most welcome," Evil Aura said with a hearty laugh.

"The gates of Asura Hell are always open, and you are always welcome to come, Guild Leader Nie Yan," Crimson Lotus Asura Blade said with an awkward smile. He didn't want to see Nie Yan again, but he didn't dare to say that.

How could Nie Yan not know that they each had their own agendas, but he expected that Demon Rider World and Asura Hell wouldn't dare provoke the Niu Ren Tribe.

Water Color Smoker had already distributed the greatsword, deciding that Brilliant Knife Edge would hold it. Brilliant Knife Edge had a talent that allowed him to use two-handed greatswords with one hand, but he would have to be level 150 to use it.

Nie Yan looked at Water Color Smoker and the others and said, "We should go."

"Okay."

The team members gathered together.

"We're leaving, see you later," Nie Yan said, waving his hand and leading the team towards the inner city of Battlestar City.

"Farewell, Guild Leader Nie Yan."

Evil Aura and Crimson Lotus Asura Blade watched the backs of Nie Yan and the others disappear at the end of the street, exchanging bitter smiles.

"Damn, we're really pathetic. We were often bullied by Angel Corps, but now that we've met Crazy Thief Nie Yan, we have to act like grandsons," Crimson Lotus Asura Blade couldn't help but curse. He had a fiery temper and had been holding it in for a long time.

"Forget it, the Niu Ren Tribe is powerful, even Angel Corps has to avoid them, what else can we do," Evil Aura said. Although they were also overlords, they didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Nie Yan.

The people from the two major guilds slowly dispersed, each going to grind, level up, and explore the map.

Nie Yan and the others followed the central street of Battlestar City and slowly entered the inner city of Battlestar City, where the elite-level Yellow Sand Giants that spawned suddenly increased a lot.

The inner city of Battlestar City was full of mage towers, towering high, the tallest reaching thirty to forty yards, and the shorter ones also ten yards, densely packed, like a dense forest, the magical landscape giving a strong visual shock.

A powerful magical element permeated the air.

"300% magic damage bonus, the magic elements are so rich here," Xia Chongyu Bing exclaimed. The always observant man immediately noticed something unusual.

At this time, the magic-based team members noticed their respective statuses. Magic damage was indeed increased by 300%, and magic recovery speed was also much faster than usual.

The magic ability of magic-based units is also related to the environment to a certain extent. In places with scarce magic elements, magic ability will be greatly reduced. If you go to a place with rich magic elements, magic attacks can be greatly enhanced. Under normal circumstances, an increase of 50% is not bad, and the situation where it is increased by 300% here is extremely rare.

Why are there so many mage towers here?

And I don't know where that NPC named Mephisto is. Nie Yan glanced at his backpack. The Hammer of Paternoster released lightning and made bursts of explosions. It looked very amazing.

Nie Yan and the others cleared the Yellow Sand Giants they encountered along the way, and moved towards the center of the city, searching every mage tower nearby.

It took them almost a whole day to explore only a little bit of Battlestar City.

After passing through a dense cluster of towers, a small square appeared in front of Nie Yan and the others. In the center stood five stone pillars, and five huge hellhounds were bound to the stone pillars with iron chains. They were three or four yards tall, with two heads on their necks, and their faces were ferocious. Next to them stood several tall orcs wearing black robes. Looking at their clothes, they should be some druids.

"Guild Leader Nie Yan, five Level 150 Lord-level Hellhounds and ten Level 160 Lord-level Dark Druids," Sun said in the team chat.

A few of them had already scouted out the situation clearly.

"So many..." After knowing the situation, Tang Yao and the others gasped. It was the first time they had encountered so many Lords at the same time.

"Besides these Lord monsters, is there anything else nearby? If there's nothing else, let's bypass them," Nie Yan said. Dealing with so many Lords at the same time was really difficult.

"Let's take another look."

"Guild Leader Smile, in the center of the five stone pillars, at three o'clock, what is that thing that's emitting golden light? I can't see it clearly from here," Sun asked in the team chat.

"I'll stealth closer and take a look," Smile Isn't for Me said. He cautiously approached that direction.

Nie Yan and the others paid attention to the situation over there. They saw the Dark Druids stirring and gathering in one direction, and even the Druids roaring after transforming into bears.

"What happened?" Nie Yan asked anxiously in the team chat. Nothing happened, right?

"These Dark Druids have too strong perception. I was almost killed, but luckily I ran out," Smile Isn't for Me said with a sigh of relief. He had just run out.

"Did you find anything?"

"It's a box, the level is very high, I estimate it's at least Legendary," Smile Isn't for Me said.