Chapter 1 Nie Yan's Attack

Nie Yan lunged at Angyi Tianshi, the dagger in his right hand plunging into Angyi Tianshi's chest with a soft thud.

Almost everyone was stunned by Nie Yan's sudden appearance.

He had approached so silently that none of the dozens of them had noticed, sending shivers down their spines. Such a thief was terrifying because he could take your life without you even realizing it, perhaps without you even understanding what had happened when you died.

They were powerless to resist, and the resulting fear was deeply rooted in their hearts. Perhaps one day, Nie Yan would appear out of nowhere when you were least expecting it, slitting your throat, and all the experience and equipment you had painstakingly accumulated would be lost.

When Nie Yan's dagger struck Angyi Tianshi's chest, he suddenly felt a sense of unease, although he couldn't say why. Perhaps it was because everything had gone too smoothly.

Even as he wondered, Angyi Tianshi's body began to crumble like rock, piece by piece, falling to the ground.

A dark power locked onto Nie Yan. He glanced over and saw it was Dark Shackles!

Slightly different from War Shackles, Dark Shackles not only prevented you from using random teleport scrolls but also blocked escape skills. This was the most frustrating thing of all.

An ambush! The thought flashed through Nie Yan's mind.

"Don't let him get away!"

"Kill him!"

The dozen or so people nearby were all top-tier professional players, and they reacted quickly.

Lieyan roared and swung his greatsword, a crescent of sword energy cleaving down through the air.

With a bang, the ground split open, and a shockwave slammed into Nie Yan's position.

As Nie Yan prepared to dodge, several vines lashed out at him.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Three arrows shot through the gaps in the vines, speeding towards him.

Seeing that his path was completely blocked, Nie Yan glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Angyi Tianshi standing about fifty or sixty yards away, bow raised, having just finished shooting.

This guy had some tricks up his sleeve. As the leader of Angel Corps, a legendary figure in his past life, he wasn't someone to be taken lightly.

The real showdown was just beginning!

Just as the attacks were about to hit him, Nie Yan used a leap skill, jumping up and dodging to the side in mid-air. The three arrows whistled past his face.

"Angyi Tianshi put Dark Shackles on him, don't let him escape!" Lieyan shouted, preparing to charge towards Nie Yan, when a figure suddenly appeared behind him: Shadow Assassin!

Lieyan suddenly sensed something was wrong behind him, but it was too late. A sharp dagger pierced the back of his head, stunning him.

After stunning Lieyan, Shadow Assassin decisively used Throat Cut.

With a soft thud, blood spurted out.

Lieyan's vision went black, and he fell to the ground. Only as he died did he realize that Nie Yan had a terrifying shadow clone!

Shadow Assassin vanished as quickly as he had appeared, disappearing into stealth. Seeing Lieyan killed, the surrounding players hesitated.

Angyi Tianshi used Solon's Detection to scout something out, but Shadow Assassin had only flashed past, too fast for him to lock on.

"Angyi Tianshi, which one is the real one? Which one is the fake?" a player shouted anxiously. If they had gone to great lengths to kill a fake, they would have completely lost their chance, especially when facing an opponent like Mad Rogue Nie Yan. Such a mistake could have serious consequences, possibly even leading to a total party wipe.

Two thieves, one in the open and one in the shadows, and no one knew which was the real one and which was the fake.

At this moment, Angyi Tianshi was also confused. He thought he had lured Nie Yan out, but no one knew whether the one who had appeared at the beginning was Nie Yan's real body or Shadow Assassin. With Nie Yan's cunning, it might all be a trick!

Just as they hesitated, Nie Yan suddenly switched the weapon in his left hand to the Sword of Zennard. The blazing flames of the Sword of Zennard immediately shook everyone's hearts.

Nie Yan swung his sword, Shattering Blow!

Amidst the players' terrified gazes, ten huge waves of sword energy crashed down, and with a bang, more than twenty players in front were blasted away by the violent sword energy. The top-tier professional players dodged quickly and suffered little damage, but Nie Yan's Shattering Blow had given them a cold sweat.

A terrifying skill!

They retreated in fear, preparing to organize a second wave of attacks, when they heard another scream from behind. A Magister-level player had been ambushed and killed by Shadow Assassin.

Attacked from both sides, they felt a chill down their spines, but they had to grit their teeth and keep fighting!

Soon, the entire scene descended into chaos. The Angel Corps players surrounded and hunted Nie Yan, but Nie Yan was as slippery as an eel, and they still didn't know if he was the real one!

Nie Yan sneered. He still had many tricks up his sleeve, including summoning Doom Guards and more. The situation was completely under his control. He could play with these people for a while longer.

As Nie Yan and the Angel Corps players fought, Shadow Assassin flashed past and stealthily approached Angyi Tianshi from behind.

Through Solon's Detection, Angyi Tianshi could clearly sense Shadow Assassin's approach. When Shadow Assassin was only a dozen yards away, he suddenly drew his bow and aimed, locking onto Shadow Assassin's position. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Three arrows shot out.

Nie Yan, who was dealing with the Angel Corps players, saw Angyi Tianshi attacking Shadow Assassin and his heart skipped a beat. Angyi Tianshi could detect stealth! No wonder he had been discovered when he approached earlier and had been forced to use Golden Cicada Shell!

Seeing that Angyi Tianshi's arrows were about to hit Shadow Assassin, Nie Yan quickly ordered Shadow Assassin to dodge. There were several deafening explosions, and Angyi Tianshi's arrows caused violent explosions. Caught off guard, Shadow Assassin didn't have time to dodge, and the resulting shockwave sent him flying.

Shadow Assassin was a mess. Just as several Magisters' spells were about to hit him, he activated Gale Step and sped away.

As the scene was in chaos, Nie Yan leaped up, flying more than ten yards, and like a spider, stuck to the wall of a nearby building. With a few leaps, he ran far away.

Nie Yan and Shadow Assassin ran in opposite directions. Angyi Tianshi hesitated for a moment, then locked onto Nie Yan, who was rapidly climbing, and said, "I'll chase that one, you guys chase this one!"

It was time to show some real skill. Angyi Tianshi gave a low shout, chanted a few spells, and slowly grew a pair of black wings on his back. The wingspan was more than three yards, and with a flap, he shot into the sky like a cannonball.

Nie Yan was running when he suddenly heard the wind whistling behind him. He turned back and saw Angyi Tianshi flying towards him at high speed, flapping his wings.

Seeing the wings on Angyi Tianshi's back, Nie Yan's heart sank. Damn, this guy actually got the Wings of Solon!

In the history of Faith, Solon was a winged man with black wings who conquered all around. He led his race to prosperity and eventually founded a nation. But later, as he grew old, the nation quickly declined. Now, in every corner of Faith, there are many dungeons, quests, and equipment related to Solon. And the things Solon once used, including the Wings of Solon, which were produced by the Blackwing Demon King of the Shadowy Forest.

The entire system only dropped five or six types of wings, and it was said that the probability of the Wings of Solon dropping was only a few hundred thousand to one. This guy actually got them!

Unlike flying mounts, the Wings of Solon were more agile and lightweight, and were more suitable for the Archer class. They were the treasure of a Demon Hunter. If a Demon Hunter had the Wings of Solon, their combat power would be increased several times over! Nie Yan thought that the Wings of Solon were just a legend, with a drop rate of only a few hundred thousand to one. He never expected someone to actually get them. He wondered who had gotten the Wings of Solon, but it was also possible that Angyi Tianshi had bought them. As the leader of Angel Corps, Angyi Tianshi definitely had the strength to do so!

Nie Yan thought of the wings he had been searching for. If he could find them, they would definitely be much more powerful than the Wings of Solon, but he had never had the time to do that quest. With the Wings of Solon, Angyi Tianshi would be even more difficult to deal with than before.

An archer flying in the sky!

"You can't return to the city and you can't use escape skills, let's see where you can run!" Angyi Tianshi sneered, his face twisted and ferocious, like an enraged beast. He was eighty percent certain that the one he was tracking was Nie Yan's real body!

He reached into the quiver on his back, pulled out three arrows, nocked them on the string, and whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, three arrows shot towards Nie Yan.

Nie Yan felt the arrows whistling towards him from behind. Just by the sound, he could roughly determine the direction and speed of the arrows. The arrows also had a slight, sharp thunderous sound. He didn't know what kind of arrows they were, but remembering that Shadow Assassin had suffered a loss earlier, he didn't dare to be careless. He stretched out his left hand and fired a spider web, which pulled him sideways for more than ten yards.

Boom, boom, boom, three violent explosions occurred behind him, and gravel splashed everywhere. Some of the gravel hit Nie Yan, stinging him.

Nie Yan dodged the shockwave and turned into an alley.

Angyi Tianshi wasn't willing to let Nie Yan escape like this. He followed from behind, swerved to the side, and flew through the narrow gap between two buildings. Looking at Nie Yan running below, he drew three more arrows, nocked them on the string, and drew his bow.

While running, Nie Yan would occasionally look back to determine Angyi Tianshi's position. If it were anyone else, faced with a Demon Hunter wearing the Wings of Solon, they would only have two choices: to escape or to surrender. However, at this moment, Nie Yan was very calm. It was just the Wings of Solon. He wasn't afraid of just this one piece of equipment!