Chapter 1 The Retreat

Nie Yan quickly retreated, his eyes locked on the swiftly approaching arrows.

Seeing six arrows following closely, Nie Yan waved the Zennarde's Sword in his hand, slashing once, knocking three arrows away.

The remaining arrows were about to hit Nie Yan. At this critical moment, Nie Yan activated Shadow Dance.

With three "dings," the arrows struck Nie Yan but were blocked by Shadow Dance's invincibility effect, falling to the ground.

This was the first time he had faced the Archangel's tracking arrow skill, and it had cost him two escape skills. Nie Yan wasn't entirely satisfied with the result.

While Nie Yan dodged the Archangel's arrows, the others from Angel Corps also took action.

More than a dozen people converged on Nie Yan, grouped in fives. The priests among them waved their staffs, and beams of Light surged into the sky, pouring down. The paladins activated Eye of Divinity.

"Mad Rogue Nirvana is over there!"

"Damn, he's fast!"

They had barely spotted Nie Yan before losing track of him again.

Nie Yan glanced at those guys. The Angel Corps members were proceeding cautiously, grouped in fives, each person no more than five yards apart. Each team was equipped with a priest and a paladin, making it difficult for him to find an opportunity to attack. Nie Yan recognized many of them; in his past life, these guys had been famous experts, textbook figures of Angel Corps. Nie Yan had watched many videos of these guys and knew they wouldn't be easy to deal with.

While they were chasing Nie Yan, four warriors led by Lie Yan surrounded the paladin Leves, trapping him so he couldn't move.

Six mages quickly surrounded the Golden Land Dragon, which was slaughtering the Holy Guardians players, occupying six positions. Rays of light flashed on the ground, forming a huge hexagram array.

Nie Yan saw the scene in the distance, and his eyebrows rose. Those guys wanted to use a Kunfu Barrier to trap his Golden Land Dragon! (Kunfu Barrier - binding barrier)

He knew a bit about the power of the Kunfu Barrier. If used well, it could trap a Lord-class Boss for half an hour. It was a perfect move for dealing with Boss-level creatures.

Seeing that the Kunfu Barrier was about to form, Nie Yan manipulated the Golden Land Dragon to charge out, slamming a palm down on one of the mages.

The mage, seeing that he didn't have time to dodge, flashed away.

The Kunfu Barrier was temporarily broken.

The six mages quickly adjusted their positions, and a hexagram array formed on the ground again.

The best thing about the Kunfu Barrier was that it could be adjusted according to the situation.

The Golden Land Dragon missed its attack and let out a low dragon's roar, spewing a breath of dragon fire.

The mage was chanting a spell, about to complete the Kunfu Barrier with the other mages, when the Golden Land Dragon suddenly spewed a breath of dragon fire. Unable to dodge, he was hit by the dragon fire with a "boom."

He was blasted away and fell to the ground.

The Golden Land Dragon's terrifying attack was something a mage simply couldn't withstand.

"Damn, Shihui is down! Hongying, get up here!" Luo Bai, a Holy Words mage in white robes, cursed and said anxiously in the team chat.

A mage immediately came to replace the one who had been killed. This time, they didn't dare to be as careless as before. The Golden Land Dragon's powerful attacks made them vigilant. They absolutely couldn't be hit by the Golden Land Dragon's breath of fire! Otherwise, they would be instantly killed!

The six mages adjusted their positions. Twenty seconds later, a golden barrier formed around the Golden Land Dragon, slowly shrinking and finally trapping it, unable to move.

"Angel, the Golden Land Dragon has been trapped by us, but Shihui is down," Luo Bai said in the team chat.

"What are you guys doing? Retreat according to plan." Angel Wing heard Luo Bai's words and was a little annoyed that someone had actually been killed. Even if they killed the Golden Land Dragon, Nie Yan could revive it, only losing some loyalty, which could be regained. But they had lost a top player, so it was still a loss.

After completing the Kunfu Barrier, the mages quickly retreated. Nie Yan saw the mages retreating and was about to manipulate the Golden Land Dragon to break through the Kunfu Barrier when he suddenly heard several sharp whistling sounds in the sky. His expression changed as he looked at the turrets in the distance. A total of five magic cannons fired shells in this direction.

The Golden Land Dragon struggled, unable to break through the Kunfu Barrier in a short time. Five solid iron bullets streaked through the air in curved arcs, landing at the Golden Land Dragon's location at the same time. Two hit directly, and the remaining three landed near the Golden Land Dragon. With several loud booms, flames engulfed the Golden Land Dragon.

Nie Yan heard a system prompt and looked down.

System: The Golden Land Dragon has died.

These guys were really decisive. Nie Yan clenched the Zennarde's Sword in his hand, the veins on his hand bulging out, but eventually he relaxed his grip. He had lost a pet, while Angel Corps had lost a top player. Comparatively, he wasn't at a loss. In this situation, Angel Corps had the advantage in numbers and were all top-level experts, so he basically couldn't gain any advantage.

After killing the Golden Land Dragon, the mages were about to attack the paladin Leves when Nie Yan chanted a spell in the shadows. Suddenly, the paladin Leves disappeared.

"Boss, Mad Rogue Nirvana has run away," Lie Yan said. They could no longer detect Nie Yan's trail.

"Damn, he runs fast!"

The pressure on these players dissipated, and they relaxed a little.

"Be careful, everyone is not allowed to leave their teammates by more than five yards!" Angel Wing said in a deep voice. Although Nie Yan seemed to have escaped, he was still very cautious. He understood Nie Yan's personality. Nie Yan wouldn't be willing to retreat like this. He might suddenly launch an attack on them when they were careless. With Nie Yan's ability to sneak attack, it was impossible to defend against. A little carelessness could lead to a successful sneak attack.

Nie Yan circled around the periphery for a while, constantly looking for an opportunity to attack, but these people didn't give him any chance. Angel Wing and others summoned flying mounts and rode on them, rising into the air, so Nie Yan had no way to attack them.

Angel Wing had finally learned his lesson. If this group of people continued to operate in the Krux Fortress, Nie Yan would eventually find an opportunity to kill one or two of them, but they rode flying mounts and left directly, leaving Nie Yan with no way to deal with them.

Watching the backs of Angel Wing and his group as they left, Nie Yan clenched his fists. This time you came to the Greenland Empire, next time it will be my turn to go to the Saturn Empire. Let's see who is more ruthless between the two of us!

"Brothers, let's retreat." Nie Yan said in the team chat. Krux, this place of trouble, could no longer be stayed in, otherwise they might be attacked even more. They had made a big scene here, slaughtering over ten thousand, and the results were quite glorious. Although two people had been killed, and Nie Yan's Golden Land Dragon had also died once, the losses were still within acceptable limits.

Nie Yan and others prepared to break through the gate of Krux and retreat from the main gate.

The ten people quickly gathered near the gate. In the distance, arrow towers stood on the edge of the gate. The Holy Guardians had arranged extremely tight defenses near the gate.

"Boss, I'll release a forbidden spell and blow them up directly." Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun said. With Nie Yan's permission, he found a suitable position, stood behind a building, and began to wave his staff, chanting a spell. (Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun - Desire Dyes Youth)

A series of low-pitched syllables were spoken from Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun's mouth. His whole body was shrouded in a white current, and he slowly floated up.

After a full twenty groups of syllables, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and a gale howled. Lightning flashed in the dark clouds. Ten thick pillars of lightning struck down from the sky, piercing through the heavens and the earth.

Under Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun's control, the pillars of lightning slowly moved towards the arrow towers by the city gate.

The Holy Guardians players guarding the arrow towers panicked. They felt the current surging in the air. Each of the ten pillars of lightning was like a pillar supporting the sky, giving people a heavy sense of oppression. Everything that touched the pillars of lightning was completely destroyed. The ground they moved over left gullies more than ten yards wide.

"Everyone, run! It's a lightning forbidden spell!"

The players on the arrow towers scattered and fled. The ten pillars of lightning swept over. After the ten or so arrow towers in front of them came into contact with the pillars of lightning, they shattered. The ten pillars of lightning did not stop and continued to move forward, crashing into the city wall. The city wall let out a trembling groan and was knocked out of ten gaps by the pillars of lightning.

The pillars of lightning continued to move forward for a distance before slowly dissipating. The gloomy sky returned to brightness.

"Boss, we can go." Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun put away his staff. This was the first time he had cast a ranged attack forbidden spell, and he was obviously quite satisfied with the lightning pillar's attack effect.

"The power of this forbidden spell is good." Nie Yan said, Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun's forbidden spell attack was more concentrated, the destructive power was stronger, and the range was only slightly smaller than other forbidden spells. No wonder it took twenty groups of syllables to release it.

Holy Flame tried to use arrow towers to intercept Nie Yan and others, but unexpectedly, the ten of them left Krux in a grand manner from the main gate of the fortress.

By the time Holy Flame and the others resurrected from the cemetery and returned to Krux, Nie Yan and the others had already left. The Krux Fortress was full of devastation. The city wall on the front of the fortress was completely blown up, and the arrow towers inside had also become ruins. The wreckage left after the forbidden spell attack made them feel chills in their hearts.

Holy Flame began to clean up the mess with a sad heart. How glorious the Holy Guardians were in the past, but now they couldn't even protect their main fortress.