Chapter 190 Tracking

Once the thieves’ guild tracked down Ying Sha's location, Nie Yan could assassinate him. As for how to do it, that would depend on the situation.

If he could successfully get rid of Ying Sha, he could have him assassinate three people. Nie Yan had already made up his mind about this.

“Ying Sha went looking for you?” Guo Huai asked. Nie Yan wouldn’t have him search for Ying Sha for no reason. They must have encountered each other again.

“I was almost caught in his ambush,” Nie Yan said. The situation just now had truly been a close call. Fortunately, he had used his Death Immunity skill in time. Otherwise, if he had been even a step slower, he would have been finished.

Hearing Nie Yan's words, Guo Huai’s heart sank. He said in a resolute tone, “This problem of Ying Sha must be resolved!” He understood that if Nie Yan were to die, it would be a heavy blow to the morale of the Nirvana Guild. Nie Yan couldn’t die, at least not before the Nirvana Guild became strong. Nie Yan’s undefeated myth was extremely important to the Nirvana Guild. This was also why other guilds spared no effort in sending people to besiege Nie Yan.

Nie Yan described the bet between him and Ying Sha in detail. Guo Huai pondered for a long time and said, “This makes things easier. With our connections in various cities, tracking him down won’t be difficult. Leave this matter to me. You also need to be careful. People from various guilds are keeping an eye on you. I sense that the Sword of Divine Punishment is acting restless!”

The Sword of Divine Punishment? Nie Yan did recall something about that. “Let them be arrogant for a while longer. Let’s focus on developing ourselves first.”

Nie Yan chatted with Guo Huai for a while, hung up the call, and prepared to continue with his current task, leading the four Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths and the Golden Land Dragon towards the front of the hall.

In the shadows of the hall’s corner, Chi Yan and Tian Fa of the Sword of Divine Punishment had witnessed the entire process of Nie Yan and Ying Sha's encounter. The exchange between Nie Yan and Ying Sha was fleeting, lasting only five or six seconds. Both Nie Yan and Ying Sha were existences beyond their reach. Ying Sha's extremely fast movements, executed in one smooth motion, filled them with admiration. They could never do that. Ying Sha had perfectly demonstrated the meaning of an assassin.

At the moment Ying Sha attacked, they thought to themselves, Nie Yan is finished this time. If Ying Sha successfully assassinated Nie Yan, then this strike would become a legendary tale. But they never expected the situation to suddenly change. Nie Yan had inexplicably diffused the crisis with a unique, seemingly mutual destruction style.

After the battle ended, they replayed the video over and over again, finally sorting out the details of the two men’s exchange, and were even more shocked. Ying Sha's attack could be considered stunning, definitely capable of joining the ranks of top-tier experts. This was true assassination! But Nie Yan's reaction was above everyone else’s, simply monstrous.

Ying Sha's attack was so fast, yet Nie Yan was still able to react and use Death Immunity. How the hell did he do that!

Even if they practiced for another ten years, they might not be able to reach Nie Yan's level. The two of them were completely subjugated by Nie Yan.

A few minutes later, the video of Nie Yan slaughtering more than thirty thieves and fighting Ying Sha was posted on the forums.

This was a video that left many players speechless. The exchange between the two was a peak duel. Although it only lasted a few seconds, it was widely circulated among countless thieves. This duel could be described as brilliant, leaving people with endless aftertaste. The strength of the two men was fully displayed within these few seconds.

Many thieves replayed the video over and over again. The more deeply they studied it, the more amazed they were by the skills of Nie Yan and Ying Sha.

The first thought that came to many people's minds when they saw this video was, Damn, Mad Rogue Nie Yan still wasn't killed! In such a short moment, under such a sharp attack, Nie Yan actually survived. How unbelievable!

Besides the battle between the two men, the four Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths that Nie Yan commanded were also a topic of discussion among the players.

Controlling four Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths and a Golden Land Dragon, Nie Yan was truly awe-inspiring and unparalleled. This image was deeply ingrained in the players' minds, and they also saw Nie Yan's level, seventy-two! The highest on the level rankings was Haze's sixty-nine. It turned out that Nie Yan had long surpassed the level rankings!

With four summoned creatures and a Golden Land Dragon helping him level up, no wonder his level was rising so fast.

Nie Yan once again proved his undefeated myth with his powerful strength.

Almost all thieves thought of one sentence: only by advancing to Shadow Dancer would they be qualified to challenge Nie Yan.

Players couldn't help but start imagining what Shadow Dancer was like, whether it would be possible to reach Nie Yan's level?

“Tian Fa, did you upload the video to the forums?” Chi Yan asked doubtfully. If they uploaded such a video to the forums, it would undoubtedly boost Mad Rogue Nie Yan's prestige, and they would be scolded by their guild leader.

“No. If I were to upload the video, it wouldn't be from this angle.” Tian Fa looked towards a distant corner. It seemed they weren't the only ones here.

Many people had their eyes on Nie Yan. Nie Yan was too high-profile when he entered the Golden City.

Just as he finished speaking, Tian Fa sensed something. A thief!

He took a few steps back and stealthily circled behind a statue.

This statue depicted a Fallen Demon. Its body was obese, its skin was an unusual red, and it wore silver-gray armor. Even its eyebrows, eyes, and other organs were sculpted vividly, appearing lifelike.

Just as Tian Fa retreated, his right elbow suddenly touched a circular groove behind the statue.

At the moment the groove was touched, the ground suddenly trembled violently, the entire hall shaking as if it were about to collapse.

What's going on!

Tian Fa and Chi Yan's expressions both changed. They sensed a dangerous aura and quickly cast their Vanish skills to enhance their stealth.

The tremors subsided. At this moment, the statue of the Fallen Demon suddenly came to life. It swung its massive chain hammer and smashed it down into the shadows in the distance.

With a miserable scream, a thief in the dark corner turned into a beam of white light. The poor thief, because his concealment was too low, had become the target of the Fallen Demon's attack.

“It’s a Level 90 Elite, let’s go!” Chi Yan said nervously. They quickly activated Gale Steps and ran wildly towards the outside of the hall.

The Fallen Demon chased behind them, continuously swinging its chain hammer, the ground groaning and trembling as the hammer smashed out one deep pit after another. Chi Yan and Tian Fa didn't dare to stop. If they were hit by the hammer, they would definitely be instantly killed.

Nie Yan, in the distance, noticed the commotion. He saw a demon statue suddenly come to life and was quite surprised. It turned out that the statues in this hall were all living beings!

He guessed that some thieves had been stealthily tracking him, and ended up triggering the mechanism to awaken the statue.

Chi Yan and Tian Fa quickly rushed out of the hall. The Fallen Demon lost its target, wandered around searching for it, and then focused its gaze on Nie Yan in the distance.

If there was only one Fallen Demon, it would be relatively easy to deal with.

Nie Yan commanded the four Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths to pounce on the Fallen Demon.

Four against one, the Fallen Demon's strength far exceeded these Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths. It had as much as 90,000 health.

The four Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths roared non-stop, swinging the massive hammers in their hands at the Fallen Demon, and damage numbers of eight or nine hundred constantly floated above the Fallen Demon's head.

After being attacked, the Fallen Demon roared furiously and counterattacked with its chain hammer. Each attack could deal five or six thousand damage to the Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths.

Nie Yan was shocked. The Fallen Demon's strength could simply be considered a mutated elite!

Nie Yan cast a Necromantic Sacrifice on the Fallen Demon.

System: Necromantic Sacrifice is ineffective on statue creatures.

This Fallen Demon was actually a statue creature!

Statue creatures were unique to dungeons. They had no life, and their armor type was powerful city defense armor, which was very troublesome. Ordinary attacks were ineffective against them. Only after the players' strength reached a certain level could they deal attack damage to it.

Fortunately, Nie Yan had four Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths and a Golden Land Dragon to help him. Killing it shouldn't be a problem. Since he couldn't use Necromantic Sacrifice to command it, he could only kill it as soon as possible!

Nie Yan commanded the Golden Land Dragon to spew dragon breath. The Golden Land Dragon's attack damage to the Fallen Demon was quite considerable, reaching as much as two thousand. Dragon breath attacks were relatively effective against city defense armor.

Nie Yan commanded the Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths to use a rotation strategy against the Fallen Demon. When one Demonic Furnace Blacksmith's health turned red, he would replace it with another. Finally, with the health of three Demonic Furnace Blacksmiths in the red, they killed the Fallen Demon.

The Fallen Demon fell to the ground, dropping a piece of equipment, which seemed to be a robe.

Nie Yan walked towards the Fallen Demon's corpse, preparing to pick up the robe, traversing through the rows of hideous statues, the atmosphere gloomy and the cold wind gusting. The bizarre faces of these statues were terrifying. Players could actually trigger the hall's mechanisms to revive these statues. It seemed this hall was far from as simple as Nie Yan had imagined.

Nie Yan carefully recalled the news related to the Golden City from his past life, but to no avail. He had come to the Golden City several times in his previous life, but he only followed a group to the underground mines a few times. He knew nothing about the upper levels of the Golden City.

He seemed to have heard that when a guild was exploring the Golden City, they had been wiped out twenty or thirty times before finally obtaining a Tu Jin Dagger (Gold Slaughtering Dagger), which was a sub-legendary item. The guild searched the entire Golden City, but failed to open the Golden City's final vault. They couldn't find the key. Even until Nie Yan's rebirth, no players had triggered the quest to open the Golden City's vault. It was an unsolved mystery.