Chapter 160 Light of Shadow

Nie Yan's movements were as swift as lightning.

Qin Han never expected Nie Yan to suddenly pounce from the side. By the time he reacted, it was already too late. He simply couldn't keep up with Nie Yan's speed.

Just as Nie Yan's Zennarde's Sword was about to touch Qin Han's body, a black light shield suddenly sprang up, blocking Nie Yan and resisting his attack.

The undead mage Bodman had imbued Qin Han with a triggered shield-type magic, which saved Qin Han's life.

Nie Yan frowned. The appearance of this shield caught him off guard. If Qin Han hadn't had it, he would have been dead for sure! With this change in circumstances, he had no choice but to adjust his tactics.

Having narrowly escaped death, Qin Han felt fortunate and quickly retreated. He was about to wave his staff to cast an offensive spell, believing that the undead mage Bodman's shield defense must be very strong and should be able to ignore Nie Yan's attacks.

Nie Yan stepped forward and swung his sword, shouting, "Annihilation Strike! Break!"

Zennarde's Sword ignited with a blazing flame, transforming into ten huge sword shadows in the air, each twenty yards long. They took turns slashing down, converging into one. With a resounding boom, the black shield around Qin Han shattered into pieces.

What a powerful skill! Qin Han's heart turned cold. He never expected the shield to be so vulnerable.

Watching the swift and unparalleled sword shadows descend, Qin Han had nowhere to hide. Annihilation Strike was an area-of-effect attack, five yards wide and twenty yards long. Nie Yan had left him no room to maneuver.

Qin Han waved his staff and summoned a huge skeleton in front of him. With a bang, the skeleton was chopped into fragments.

Nie Yan's sword energy didn't stop, continuing to strike Qin Han head-on after breaking through the skeleton.

A trace of resentment and despair flashed in Qin Han's eyes. With a thud, he took the hit and was sent flying backward.

-27307!

Qin Han was instantly killed without a doubt.

After completing the Annihilation Strike, Nie Yan sheathed his sword and stood firm, a faint smile on his face. Done!

He was quite satisfied with the effect of this sword strike. Annihilation Strike was indeed powerful.

Nie Yan's process of instantly killing Qin Han was completed in just a few seconds. By the time the undead mage Bodman noticed the commotion, it was already too late.

"Damn it!" The undead mage Bodman cursed angrily. For him to watch someone he was protecting be instantly killed by a mere mortal was a disgrace. He waved his staff, and a huge ice sphere shot towards Nie Yan.

Having killed Qin Han, Nie Yan was satisfied. He didn't expect to be able to kill the undead mage Bodman as well. His gaze turned to Qin Han's corpse in the distance. Chapters of Order burst out of Qin Han's body, falling through the air.

Seeing the ice sphere hurtling towards him, Nie Yan had no way to dodge. He simply ignored it and lunged towards the Chapters of Order.

With a loud boom, the ice sphere struck Nie Yan. The Shield of Kallenna on his body trembled slightly, its light dimming considerably, and its durability plummeted by more than 30,000.

But it didn't break!

Nie Yan was unharmed. He grabbed two Chapters of Order out of the air. Seeing the other Chapters of Order drifting further and further away, Nie Yan shot out silk from his left hand, stuck one of the Chapters of Order, and yanked it towards him.

He got three. There were still four left in the air. By this time, Nie Yan's body was already airborne, quickly falling downwards.

He quickly used the skill on the Feather Fall Gem, and his falling speed immediately slowed down a lot.

Discovering that Nie Yan was snatching the Chapters of Order, the undead mage Bodman abandoned Karls and furiously controlled the bone dragon to pounce towards Nie Yan.

Karls noticed the situation and maneuvered the Royal Griffin to charge at the bone dragon. The Royal Griffin's huge body crashed heavily into the bone dragon, sending the two behemoths flying.

They wrestled in the air, and the undead mage Bodman couldn't care less about Nie Yan.

Nie Yan used his silk to retrieve the remaining four Chapters of Order one by one, and after chanting a spell, he summoned the Darkwing Dragon.

The Darkwing Dragon appeared out of thin air, and Nie Yan leaped onto its back.

The Darkwing Dragon's size was nothing compared to the bone dragon and Karls' Royal Griffin. The bone dragon and Karls' Royal Griffin were both beyond ninth-order, legendary-level flying creatures, while the Darkwing Dragon was only seventh-order.

The difference between the two was still considerable.

Nie Yan understood that if the bone dragon dodged the Royal Griffin and pounced over, the Darkwing Dragon wouldn't be able to withstand it. He quickly urged the Darkwing Dragon to descend rapidly and flee into the distance.

At this time, more and more Royal Griffins appeared in the air. They were all from the Carol City army, and they surrounded the undead mage Bodman. A fierce aerial battle was about to begin.

The undead mage Bodman might die here!

Although Nie Yan wanted to know the final result, reason told him that he absolutely couldn't stay here!

To be on the safe side, he should run as far as possible. Anyway, he had already obtained the Chapters of Order. If something unexpected happened and the undead mage Bodman suddenly unleashed his power and snatched the Chapters of Order back from him, it would be troublesome.

Even knowing that the undead mage Bodman had little chance of getting rid of Karls, Nie Yan was still extremely cautious, letting the undead mage Bodman and Karls continue to fight. He had to get away as soon as possible, since he couldn't help here anyway.

Nie Yan rode the Darkwing Dragon and flew towards the end of the sky.

Looking back, the shadows of the bone dragon and the Royal Griffin were getting further and further away, eventually disappearing from sight.

More than ten minutes later, Nie Yan's Darkwing Dragon slowly landed on the open ground outside Carol City.

Nie Yan returned to Carol City. At this time, his backpack contained a total of nine Chapters of Order, six of which could be put together to form a scroll. He couldn't help but feel excited.

The treasure that Qin Han had obtained was actually snatched away by Nie Yan like this. He must be furious. This was the second time Qin Han had fallen into his hands!

With a heart full of excitement, Nie Yan walked into the Starry Night Potion Shop and found a room.

He looked at his backpack, where nine Chapters of Order were quietly placed. He picked out the six Chapters of Order belonging to the second volume and put them together.

A dazzling and brilliant light as hot as the sun appeared. The six Chapters of Order slowly merged together, turning into a scroll, a black book like the Shadow of Darkness. Then, it continued to merge with the Shadow of Darkness in Nie Yan's backpack, turning into one book.

Nie Yan could feel that the energy contained in the Shadow of Darkness was more powerful than before. Nie Yan took out the book, which was more than twice as thick as before, making it even heavier. Touching the pages with his hand, his mind became peaceful.

Nie Yan looked at it and saw four ancient characters written on the cover of the book: The Book of Order. The font was tadpole-shaped, very lively, as if it was about to leap off the page.

Opening the first page, the title page of the first volume had the four characters, Shadow of Darkness. The Shadow of Darkness part was basically unchanged. Turning further down, he reached the second volume. The opening page had a gray-white tone, with four characters written on it: Light of Shadow.

This volume, Light of Shadow, gave Nie Yan an extra bonus.

He looked at the attributes of Light of Shadow.

Chapter of Order, Volume Two, Light of Shadow: Legendary item. Item level: 1. Item level increases by killing evil creatures.

Item description: The holder of the Chapter of Order will receive the inheritance of God. Your mission is to spread the glory of God.

Item attributes: The holder of this item has a skill level cap +2, Strength +100, Agility +200, All Attributes +30. Gains an additional ten skill slots.

Usage restriction: Only for player Nirvana Flame.

Note: The effect is generated when the item is placed in the backpack.

The attributes of the Light of Shadow skill were obviously very good. The skill level cap +2 meant that Nie Yan's skill level could be higher than others. Ordinary players' skill levels could only reach level 16, while he could reach an amazing level 18. In addition, the extra ten skill slots also meant that he could learn more skills than ordinary players, which was obviously very cool. Skills were the life of a thief. Thieves could learn many advanced skills, but because they didn't have skill slots, they had to make choices, learn some of the better ones, and give up similar skills. With ten more skill slots than ordinary players, Nie Yan had more to choose from.

Opening the second page of Light of Shadow, there was a picture depicting five different colored gems. These five gems each had their own names: Inheritance of Light, Inheritance of Darkness, Inheritance of Fire, Inheritance of Life, Inheritance of Arcana. They were of different shapes, some octahedral, some sixty-four-sided, with very beautiful shapes, crystal clear texture, perfect and flawless. There were quest clues to find the five Inheritance Gems, but he didn't know what they would be used for after they were collected. These gems had a certain connection with the Abak Set, because Nie Yan saw the rune mark on the Abak Set in the corner of this pattern.

Nie Yan hadn't even collected the Abak Set components of the first volume yet, so this quest was naturally put aside to be dealt with later.

Nie Yan thought of the Abak Set component in the Holy Mountain Range. He didn't have time for it now, but after the Undead Revenge was over, he could go and collect that set component.

Of the six volumes of the Book of Order, two volumes and eight single chapters have already been obtained. It seems that obtaining the complete Book of Order is not an unreachable thing.

Putting the Book of Order into his backpack, Nie Yan sent a message to Guo Huai, asking him to send people to pay close attention to the situation in the Holy Mountain Range.

The battle in the Holy Mountain Range had not ended. Two legendary-level mages were fighting, so it wouldn't be surprising if they fought for ten or twenty hours, or even several days.

Would the undead mage Bodman die there? If the undead mage Bodman died, then Nie Yan could lead the Ni Ren Tribe to launch a full-scale counterattack.