The top-tier Undead Warrior of Fallen Angel dropped a large shield. I wonder what the stats are. If Good-aligned, Lawful players can use it, that'd be awesome. MT shields are usually ridiculously expensive, like the one Brilliant Dazzle is holding now, which would be worth at least three or four thousand gold coins on the market.

Just as Nie Yan put the large shield into his bag, several spells landed on him. He activated Obsidian Shield in time, and the spells exploded against it.

Sparks flew everywhere, blinding Nie Yan.

His health plummeted, and Nie Yan quickly drank a Intermediate Instant Recovery Potion.

Nie Yan had no time to check the shield's stats. He used Vanish, disappearing from the players' sight.

At that moment, the Zombie Overseer swung its cleaver, sending a Zombie Foreman flying. It charged over. The Zombie Overseer didn't care about factions. It attacked anything within its sight.

Nie Yan quickly commanded his creatures to retreat. One Zombie Foreman was killed by the Zombie Overseer's ferocious attacks. The Evil-aligned, Lawful players also suffered heavy losses, with another dozen falling under the Zombie Overseer's cleaver. The remaining Evil-aligned, Lawful players retreated in all directions, but Nie Yan killed a few more as they fled.

Looking at the Zombie Overseer's health, it had recovered from 5% to about 15%. It picked up a corpse, ate it, and its health regeneration speed increased even more.

The Zombie Overseer had a Corpse Eating skill, which allowed it to rapidly regenerate health after consuming a corpse.

If the Zombie Overseer's health was low, Nie Yan could try to kill it. But in the current situation, he couldn't deal with it, so he gave up, letting the remaining two Zombie Foremen and Golden Earth Dragon retreat.

The Zombie Overseer was still chasing the Evil-aligned, Lawful players. Nie Yan took the opportunity to pick up some equipment on the ground. He had used a lot of consumables earlier, freeing up a lot of bag space. He picked up several good pieces of equipment, many of which were Level 45 Gold-grade and Dark Gold-grade items.

After checking, he found that only two pieces of equipment could be brought back to the surface. The rest were limited to Evil-aligned, Lawful players.

The two pieces he could take back were a warrior's armor and a Sorcerer's Arcane Headband, both Level 45 Dark Gold-grade equipment with decent stats. Nie Yan planned to put them in the guild warehouse to see if anyone could use them. Looking at the shield, Nie Yan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. It was actually a Sub-Legendary item!

Black Serpent King Shield (Sub-Legendary): Requires 620 Strength, 520 Agility.

Item Description: A heavy shield made by the Undead Blacksmith Inigo using Black Serpent King scales, possessing powerful defensive capabilities.

Stats: Defense 1039-1051, Defense Rate 32%, Resilience +35, Magic Resistance +37. Comes with the skill Heavy Shield Resistance, which can be used to defend against one attack, ignoring physical and magical attack effects. Skill cooldown is one natural day.

Weight: 52 lbs.

User Restriction: Evil-aligned, Lawful Undead Empire Undead Warrior.

Such high defense! It's a Sub-Legendary item, but it's restricted to Evil-aligned, Lawful Undead Empire Undead Warriors. If I bring it back to the surface, it won't be worth as much. It can only be broken down into materials, which I estimate will get me about five or six hundred gold coins. But five or six hundred gold coins is just a fraction of the Black Serpent King Shield's value, which is worth at least five thousand gold coins!

Nie Yan thought for a moment. Players in Greenland couldn't take Good-aligned, Lawful equipment out of Greenland and sell it to the Evil-aligned, Lawful, but players had the freedom to dispose of equipment they obtained underground. If he could sneak into an Evil-aligned, Lawful city and put the Black Serpent King Shield in their auction house, he should be able to sell it for a lot of money.

He could process the other equipment that he couldn't bring back to the surface in the same way!

Unfortunately, his bag wasn't big enough. Nie Yan gave up some equipment, choosing to put the more expensive items in his bag.

After collecting the equipment, Nie Yan chased after the direction Dark and the others had disappeared in.

After escaping the Zombie Overseer's pursuit, Dark and his teammates regrouped. There were still more than thirty of them left. All the Undead Sorcerers had been wiped out, none surviving. Dark was still shaken. That human Thief was too fast. In just a short time, he had wiped out nearly half of their sixty-man group.

"Dark, Bloodscar's Black Serpent King Shield was dropped," a player said with a frustrated tone after receiving the message Bloodscar had sent back from the graveyard.

"That damned Thief, we're finished!" Dark couldn't help but curse. The most expensive piece of equipment on everyone in their group was that heavy shield. It was a Sub-Legendary heavy shield, worth at least five thousand gold coins! They actually lost the Black Serpent King Shield. How would they explain this to their leader!

Nie Yan's ambush was too sudden, appearing at the critical moment when they were dealing with the Zombie Overseer. That was why they suffered such heavy losses. Otherwise, with their skills, even if they couldn't kill Nie Yan, they wouldn't have let him take such a big advantage.

"Don't Good-aligned, Lawful people have their stats reduced by 30% when they come underground? How is he still so strong! I saw him one-shot Undying, who was at full health," a player said, puzzled. No matter how bad an Undead Sorcerer's defense and health were, they could withstand a few attacks. But that Thief could one-shot him. What kind of attack was that!

"Didn't you see the dagger in his hand? If Evil-aligned, Lawful players could use that dagger, someone would offer twenty thousand gold coins for it!" An Undead Mage next to him said. Many people wanted to know what the stats of the dagger in Nie Yan's hand were. Some wealthy people had even offered a reward of twenty thousand gold coins.

But even if Nie Yan was killed, the sword in Nie Yan's hand might not be dropped.

"Dark, what do we do now? Should we rest here and then chase after that guy called Nie Yan together? If we kill him, we can get all the Evil-aligned, Lawful equipment on him back! If we go back like this, we'll definitely be punished by the boss," an Undead Warrior said, thinking that since they were going to die anyway, he might as well take a gamble.

"Get out, if you want to die, don't drag me down with you. Do you think we can find that Nie Yan? Even if we do, what can we do? It's easy for him to escape!" Dark scolded. If Nie Yan wanted to escape, they couldn't catch up at all. Plus, with Nie Yan's unpredictable attacks, they might have to sacrifice a few more people. Dark understood his boss's personality. The boss could tolerate mistakes, but not stupidity!

The group looked around. The surroundings were filled with darkness. Even if they were told to find Nie Yan now, they wouldn't be able to find him. At most, they could only find the few Zombie Foremen and the Golden Earth Dragon. Even if they found those pets, it would be useless.

Everyone was a little dejected. They could only go back and endure the boss's anger.

"I've posted the news about Nie Yan appearing in the Canyon of the Fallen on the Undead Cemetery forum and said that he has six or seven thousand gold coins worth of Evil-aligned, Lawful equipment on him. Even if we don't take action, I believe many people will. Persimmon, you take all the Thieves and keep an eye on this area. Soon, there will be a large number of teams searching for Nie Yan. You guys can move around here and try to find and keep an eye on his Zombie Foremen and Golden Earth Dragon, and see if you can get the Black Serpent King Shield back. But remember, don't attack. You're not his match," Dark said. This was the best solution at the moment.

The Thief called Persimmon thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay, I agree with your plan."

A total of six Thieves entered Stealth and disappeared into the darkness.

"The rest of you, follow me back to the city," Dark said. The group began to read their Return Scrolls.

Streaks of black light flashed, and one player after another disappeared from the spot.

When Nie Yan cleaned up the equipment and rushed over, the group had already left. He thought, *These guys are pretty fast.* He had gained so much this time that there was no need to go to extremes. He looked at his military rank. He was only one step away from being a Sergeant Major.

This military rank was really hard to raise. No wonder so many people in his past life spent years on the battlefield, but only a few reached the rank of Warlord. Moreover, military ranks could be lost. It wasn't uncommon for a Warlord to drop back to Centurion or Commander after being killed a few times.

Those who reached the rank of Warlord generally had to spend at least two or three years on the battlefield. Nie Yan didn't expect to raise his military rank now.

Nie Yan entered Stealth, commanding the Zombie Foremen and Golden Earth Dragon to grind monsters and level up while searching for nearby villages. Along the way, he successfully commanded three more Zombie Foremen. As a result, the number of creatures under his command was increasing.

With the Zombie Foremen and Golden Earth Dragon clearing the way, Nie Yan cleared out countless Zombie Miners and leveled up to Level 39, not far from Level 40. He looked at the number of purifications, 3201. He wondered how many corpses of Evil creatures he had to purify to unlock the first seal on the Zennarde's Sword. He could only take it one step at a time.

Nie Yan gradually discovered that the number of Evil-aligned, Lawful players nearby had obviously increased. He often encountered one or two player teams with good levels and equipment. These people were probably coming for him, so he became more vigilant.

If he encountered trouble, he could recall the Golden Earth Dragon and immediately use a Random Teleportation Scroll to escape!

Just then, Nie Yan discovered a group of players through the Golden Earth Dragon's vision. The group had about a hundred people, all at least Level 40. They were faintly surrounding the Zombie Foremen and Golden Earth Dragon.

*There's trouble,* Nie Yan thought. He stopped exploring forward and turned back towards the direction of the Zombie Foremen and Golden Earth Dragon.

He rushed forward in the darkness. In the wilderness ahead, the shadows of the Evil-aligned, Lawful players flickered. Nie Yan slowly approached, only ten yards away from them, spying on their movements in the darkness.

I'm tragically sick, and I only have one day left to rest. After I finish this month, I definitely won't dare to write 12,000 words a day continuously, otherwise everyone will have to see me at the funeral home.

I'm not a fast writer. Generally, 6,000 words a day is easy for a writer, 9,000 words a day is a bit tiring, and 12,000 words is okay once or twice, but two months in a row...