Chapter 1 The Taming

Nie Yan wore a black cloak, so no one noticed him. There were too many people around, and it was quite noisy, so no one could clearly hear what the beast trainer and Nie Yan were saying.

Several people from the Mage Alliance were chatting nearby. These people were extremely well-equipped and were likely elites of the Mage Alliance.

A few casual players were buying pets. A warrior from the Mage Alliance held a flying mount egg in his hand, talking to the beast trainer about something.

This group was probably here to hatch a flying mount.

"Are you sure? What kind of flying mount is it?" a Mage Alliance mage asked.

"It's a Wind Serpent."

"What a pity, Wind Serpents are relatively low-level flying mounts, but they're still not bad. It's worth the money that Crazy Mage spent to buy it from Angel Corp."

"Where did the Angel Corp people get so many flying mounts? How did they get so many?"

"It seems they got them from the Griffin Woodlands. After the Griffin Woodlands opened, their people entered several times, with their thousand-man groups getting wiped out twenty or thirty times before they managed to get a few flying mount eggs, which they sold to us through the Century Financial Group's influence."

"Is exploring the Griffin Woodlands that difficult?"

"Of course, what kind of place do you think the Griffin Woodlands is?"

They chatted in low voices.

The beast trainer gently stroked the egg. A small snake hatched, with a pair of transparent wings growing from its back, constantly flapping, hovering in the air. Its size was very small, completely a miniature version of the Wind Serpent Tang Yao had encountered before. This Wind Serpent, like the Nether Thunder Eagle, could freely change its size. Players who didn't understand flying mounts wouldn't even think that this little snake was a powerful flying mount.

"It's hatched," a Mage Alliance player said in surprise.

They teased the Wind Serpent for a while, chatted for a while, and then walked out of the pet store together.

Nie Yan watched their backs disappear at the entrance of the pet store, lost in thought. Angel Corp was willing to transfer flying mounts to the Mage Alliance. There must be many reasons for that. It seemed that the Mage Alliance was really going all out. However, the Wind Serpent was like an ant compared to Nie Yan's Darkwing Dragon. Even if the Mage Alliance could get a few flying mounts, Nie Yan could still make them lose badly.

Seeing that there were fewer people around, Nie Yan said to the beast trainer, "Mr. Beast Trainer, please help me hatch my pet."

Nie Yan traded all the crystals and the Darkwing Dragon egg to the beast trainer. "This is a dragon egg?" The beast trainer looked at Nie Yan in shock, his movements paused, and he carefully took the Darkwing Dragon egg. He began to focus on hatching the dragon egg, extracting the energy from the crystals and slowly injecting it into the dragon egg.

The energy in the crystals was slowly absorbed by the Darkwing Dragon's larva, and one crystal after another cracked into useless fragments.

Nie Yan could clearly feel that the life pulse inside the Darkwing Dragon egg was becoming stronger and stronger. A life was rapidly growing, it trembled, and began to move, constantly hitting the eggshell.

Thump, thump, thump, one heavy muffled sound after another.

This powerful life rhythm made Nie Yan couldn't help but feel excited.

A new life was about to be born.

The beast trainer prepared for a long time. Under his guidance, with a snap, a tiny crack appeared in the Darkwing Dragon egg. Soon, cracks spread like spider silk.

At this moment, the players walking nearby looked over, curiously watching the dragon egg in the beast trainer's hand. It was the first time they had seen such a huge egg, and they were curious about what kind of creature was inside. Seeing the beast trainer's expression, he looked very nervous, and some sweat had seeped out on his forehead.

"What is that thing?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a flying mount. Two people just came over to hatch flying mounts. There are more and more flying mounts now."

"It's probably just some ordinary stuff. Wearing a black cloak and thinking he's a master," a player said jealously, looking at the giant egg in the beast trainer's hand. Sour grapes, perhaps that was exactly his mentality at this moment.

Nie Yan didn't pay attention to what those people were talking about. He was focused on watching the dragon egg in the beast trainer's hand. He had a feeling, and it was becoming stronger and stronger.

The black cloak concealed Nie Yan's face, and the players next to him couldn't see how expectant and nervous Nie Yan was at this moment.

Flying mounts were a dream that many people could not reach. In his past life, Nie Yan could only watch others use flying mounts from afar, envying them. And now, he finally had the opportunity to own his own flying mount.

With a snap, the eggshell broke, and the Darkwing Dragon's head stretched out from the eggshell. It gnawed off some of the eggshell, slowly opened its eyes, and looked around at the world. Its eyes were pure black, agile and sharp. After a while, it fluttered its wings and flew up.

The Darkwing Dragon was like a large bird, but it still had many obvious dragon features. It was a pterosaur, pure black all over, its abdomen bulging, and a pair of strong and powerful giant claws growing under its wings. Its legs were thicker, and in addition to its flying ability, its running ability was also not bad.

Compared to the real dragons, the Darkwing Dragon's size was slightly smaller.

The Darkwing Dragon floating in the air caused a small commotion.

"What is that?"

"It looks like a bird?"

"Is it a dragon?"

The players guessed.

The Darkwing Dragon looked around, its gaze sweeping over everyone, and finally landed on Nie Yan. It could feel the kind aura emanating from Nie Yan. It flapped its wings and flew towards Nie Yan, landed on his shoulder, and rubbed its head against Nie Yan, wrapping itself in a pair of fleshy wings.

A strange feeling arose in Nie Yan's heart. He and this Darkwing Dragon had established some kind of connection, and he could command its actions.

Discovering that so many players were watching him, Nie Yan put the Darkwing Dragon into his pet space and walked outside.

Watching Nie Yan's back, the players were still discussing.

"It should be a dragon, who is that guy?"

Some players finally remembered and quickly opened the flying mount rankings. Seeing that there were several more flying mounts on the flying mount rankings, and the top one was the Darkwing Dragon.

"Damn, it really is a dragon."

"Awesome guy!"

"Could that person be Crazy Thief Nie Yan? I heard that Crazy Thief Nie Yan got a top-quality pet egg, but it hasn't hatched yet."

The Darkwing Dragon was a very high-level existence among all dragons. They possessed powerful dark magic abilities. Their close combat ability was average, but it was much stronger than ordinary dragons. At the same time, their magic resistance and physical resistance were also top-ranked among all kinds of dragons.

The information searched on the official website made these players dumbfounded.

Some players couldn't help but think, how cool it would be if they could ride such a powerful Darkwing Dragon when they went out. But they sighed, not to mention a Darkwing Dragon, they couldn't even afford a single hair of a Darkwing Dragon.

Nie Yan came out of the pet store, returned to the villa in the center of Hilton Fortress, and summoned the Darkwing Dragon.

The Darkwing Dragon flapped its wings and flew up. If it were outdoors, its size could increase hundreds of times.

Undying Scoundrel and others were doing their own things in the villa. Seeing the Darkwing Dragon flying in the sky, they were all stunned.

"Boss, you hatched the Darkwing Dragon?" Undying Scoundrel asked in surprise, looking at the Darkwing Dragon in the sky.

"Yeah," Nie Yan nodded.

Undying Scoundrel and others quickly opened the flying mount rankings and found that the Darkwing Dragon, as they thought, was high above, occupying the first position on the flying mount rankings. This first place was without suspense, the Darkwing Dragon was a powerful dragon! One of the most high-end creatures in *Faith*!

No one knew what the combat power of the Darkwing Dragon was, but everyone could be sure that at the current level, no flying mount was the Darkwing Dragon's opponent! The Darkwing Dragon was the well-deserved overlord of the sky!

The players of the Niu Ren Tribe were more confident in the battle of the Death Realm. They had even gotten a powerful dragon mount. They had the right time, the right place, and the right people. What were they afraid of?

Nie Yan opened the Darkwing Dragon's attribute page and looked at the Darkwing Dragon's attributes.

Darkwing Dragon: Flying Mount.

Attack Type: Dragon Breath Physical.

Defense Type: Holy Armor Defense.

Attributes: Health 250000, Defense 12000, Magic Resistance 1000, Poison Resistance 1000, Physical Resistance 1000.

The Darkwing Dragon's attributes were very detailed, accurate to every characteristic. Nie Yan could only get a rough idea, and he would have to slowly study it thoroughly in the future. But what was certain was that the Darkwing Dragon was extremely powerful, far exceeding ordinary flying mounts. For example, Tang Yao's Nether Thunder Eagle. Even if three Nether Thunder Eagles besieged the Darkwing Dragon at the same time, the Darkwing Dragon could still remain invincible.

"Boss, send the Darkwing Dragon's attributes over for us to see," Undying Scoundrel pleaded. He was guessing how strong the Darkwing Dragon was.

"Yeah, boss, send them over for us to see."

Nie Yan looked around. Some of these people were trustworthy brothers. After thinking about it, he shared the Darkwing Dragon's attributes.

Seeing the Darkwing Dragon's attributes, Undying Scoundrel and others gasped. What a sturdy fellow!

"1000 magic resistance, I guess my magic can't even hurt it," Undying Scoundrel said dejectedly.

"It would be strange if your magic could hurt it. Take a look at its defense type, Holy Armor Defense! I guess only some large offensive weapons like catapults and ballistae can hurt it," a player exclaimed.