Chapter 181 Translucent Crystal

The Ape King roared furiously, raising its fist in a whirling storm. Bright Knife Light, Water Color Smoker, and Lei Su were caught off guard by the blow and sent flying.

Seeing the Ape King about to break free, Nie Yan commanded the golden earth dragon to charge forward.

With a resounding crash, the two behemoths collided.

The Ape King relentlessly hammered the golden earth dragon with its fists, while the golden earth dragon retaliated fiercely, slashing with its claws.

Counter-Storm!

Counter-Storm!

Whirlwinds erupted around the golden earth dragon. The Ape King's high attack frequency made it easier to trigger the golden earth dragon's Counter-Storm, which inflicted considerable damage.

The golden earth dragon had thick health and, with the help of the Paladin Leves, could withstand the Ape King for a while.

The golden earth dragon bought Bright Knife Light, Water Color Smoker, and Lei Su some time. The three immediately surrounded the Ape King again, pinning it down.

Execute!

Execute!

Bright Knife Light and the others didn't give up. The success rate of Execute was low, but it still had some effect. With persistence, it would eventually succeed!

Purgatory Execute!

Purgatory Execute!

Nie Yan also used Purgatory Execute repeatedly. The Zennarde's Sword blazed with flames, striking the Ape King again and again.

A damage value of -352098 floated above the Ape King's head. It let out a miserable wail, staggered a few steps, and collapsed heavily to the ground.

"Success! Whose Execute was it?" Undying Scoundrel asked excitedly in the team chat.

"Nie Yan's, Boss!"

A crisp system notification sounded. Nie Yan glanced at his current level, which had reached level 109. He had been busy with guild affairs lately. After leveling up a few times while grinding skeletons some time ago, his level had stagnated. It was time to level up again.

The Ape King's massive corpse lay on the ground like a small hill.

Nie Yan picked up three pieces of equipment from the Ape King's corpse. Two were for warriors: a level 180 Rock Armor, an sub-legendary item, and a level 180 Rock Gauntlet, also sub-legendary. The items were quite good. The remaining item was a green crystal.

To Nie Yan's surprise, it was a Translucent Crystal.

Translucent Crystals were extremely rare, with a very low drop rate. In his past life, only Lord-class monsters above level 180 had a few thousandths of a chance of dropping them.

Translucent Crystals were almost priceless in the market. Nie Yan didn't fully understand their uses, but one of them was that Translucent Crystals were an important medium for Grandmaster Alchemists to create Flame Bombs.

With the guild providing a large amount of raw materials and the help of the Su Yuan Necklace, Zi Yan of the Ni Ren Tribe had reached the rare Grandmaster level, unique in the Green Land Empire and the Saturn Empire.

The task of making Flame Bombs would be entrusted to Zi Yan.

If Zi Yan could make Flame Bombs, Nie Yan would have an idea of where to level up. Flame Bombs were a good tool for auxiliary leveling, known as the magic item with the strongest single-target damage.

The cost of making Flame Bombs was very high, requiring the collection of raw materials worth at least a thousand gold coins.

But for Nie Yan, a thousand gold coins for a Flame Bomb was still very cost-effective.

Thinking of this, Nie Yan couldn't help but feel eager. He sent a list to Guo Huai, asking Guo Huai to collect the raw materials.

"Rock Armor, Rock Gauntlet, could this be a set?"

"It should be. If we grind the Ape King more often, we might be able to get a set of Rock Armor."

As they chatted, the Rock Armor and Rock Gauntlets were temporarily placed in the Ni Ren Tribe's guild warehouse, because even if three gems that reduced level requirements were inlaid on each piece, these two pieces of equipment still required level 150 to use. They were still too far from level 150.

The people from Dark Chant saw the Ape King fall and felt very unwilling, but they were helpless. They scattered dejectedly.

"You Nan, let's go." Canon sighed and looked into the distance. Those thirteen figures were like myths worshiped by countless people, while they were just ordinary people in the vast sea of people. The two should not have any interaction in the future.

"In the end, they saved us. No matter what, I have to go up and thank them," Yue You Nan said. She was very principled. Although she felt very bad about failing to kill the Ape King, she still had to be clear about gratitude and resentment.

Yue You Nan walked towards Nie Yan and the others.

"That girl is coming over," Undying Scoundrel said in the team chat, glancing at Yue You Nan walking from a distance.

"She looks good. Are you interested?" Lust smiled.

"She should have a boyfriend. Didn't you see her being all lovey-dovey with that guy earlier? Let's forget about this kind of immoral thing as poaching a wall," Undying Scoundrel spread his hands and said.

They were just discussing it. Several single otaku could only use this to relieve their boredom. Seeing Yue You Nan approaching, they stopped talking about this topic.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Nie Yan asked, sizing up Yue You Nan. She was wearing silver armor and exuded a capable temperament. He had a good impression of Yue You Nan, but it was just appreciation.

"Thank you just now. If it weren't for your timely intervention, Dark Chant would have suffered more deaths," Yue You Nan said sincerely.

Nie Yan smiled and said, "It was just a small effort."

Yue You Nan wanted to say something else, but Nie Yan didn't take the matter to heart at all and never thought of getting anything in return. He turned his head and shouted, "Brothers, that's all for today."

"Alright."

One flying mount after another was summoned. They mounted their flying mounts and soared into the sky.

A strong whirlwind caused Yue You Nan to take a few steps back. She looked at the sky and saw flying mounts such as Darkwing Dragons and Phoenixes flapping their wings, flying further and further away.

What a strong lineup. Dragons, Phoenixes, Royal Griffons, it was dazzling.

In a moment, Nie Yan and the others had left, disappearing into the horizon.

Yue You Nan stood there for a while, her thoughts were chaotic. After a long time, she calmed down and said to Canon and the others, "Let's go."

A moment later, everyone in the vicinity had left.

Nie Yan and the others returned to Okoron, threw the two newly acquired pieces of equipment into the guild warehouse, and then asked someone to transfer the Translucent Crystal to Zi Yan.

When Nie Yan and the others left Okoron to kill the Ape King, Yalop had left temporarily due to an emergency. Nie Yan did not stop him. These NPCs had their own thoughts. If he restrained Yalop, he was worried that Yalop's loyalty to him would be affected.

Yalop had not returned. Nie Yan was a little worried. Could this guy have gone to Kavanas on his own?

After thinking about it, Yalop shouldn't be so stupid. If he went to Kavanas alone, it would be suicide! He shouldn't return immediately after escaping from Kavanas.

Nie Yan thought about it and decided to wait and see. If it didn't work, he could only send someone to find Yalop.

During the time that Nie Yan left Okoron, more and more NPCs entered Okoron. Some were refugees who had fled, and some were tribes from various places. Some planned to live in Okoron for a long time, and some planned to live there for a while and then leave.

In any case, Okoron was becoming more and more lively.

The players who were active in the Abernethy Grasslands, after learning about Okoron City, also came over. They made various transactions in Okoron City and bought supplies from the NPCs. Since Nie Yan had not yet started collecting taxes, any transactions they made here were tax-free, which was very cheap.

The popularity of Okoron City quickly increased, and there were more and more pedestrians on the streets.

Nie Yan was very satisfied with this. In addition, after he posted a notice in the Mercenary Guild to recruit NPC guards with high salaries, NPCs finally came to apply. Those who came to apply were some wanderers. Their levels were not high, around level 130-140 elites. Their combat power was not bad and was much stronger than ordinary players. They could temporarily serve as guards. Although Nie Yan was not very satisfied with these applicants, the recruitment costs were not expensive. They only needed ten gold coins a day.

With such low recruitment costs, Nie Yan could recruit as many as he wanted without considering the quantity. If he could recruit one thousand, two thousand, or even more NPCs, such a force would not be underestimated.

In order to attract more NPCs, Nie Yan not only posted the notice in Okoron City, but also posted it in other Mercenary Guilds in the Green Land Empire and the Saturn Empire, hoping to attract more NPCs to Okoron.

The news of Nie Yan's large-scale recruitment of NPCs caused panic among Angel Corps, Monet Financial Group, and Century Financial Group. If Nie Yan formed an NPC army, the first to be targeted would be them. If they were facing a group of players, that would be fine, but if they were facing a group of fully armed NPCs, how could they fight? They were closely monitoring the effect of the Ni Ren Tribe's recruitment notice.

The salaries offered by Nie Yan were very high. Some NPCs who were not doing well in other cities began to consider going to Okoron City. They packed their bags and set off from various cities.

As many NPCs in various cities had the intention of going to Okoron City, many players also had the idea of going to Okoron City to develop, especially some chambers of commerce, who were eyeing the market in Okoron City.

The thirteen people dispersed to work on their own affairs. Nie Yan was planning to find a place to level up. After preparing some consumables, he prepared to set off.

"Boss, Yalop is back!" Wu Dao rushed in anxiously, panting heavily.

"Where is he?" Nie Yan asked. Yalop was back, there was no need for Wu Dao to be so anxious!

"In the Mercenary Guild," Wu Dao said excitedly, unable to suppress his joy.

"What is he doing in the Mercenary Guild?" Nie Yan asked doubtfully.

"He brought back a large group of NPCs! Dozens of burly men, all warriors!" Wu Dao was a little incoherent.