“My honor points aren’t enough yet,” Yueer said. Obtaining level 40 equipment was still a bit premature for priests like them, as their leveling speed couldn’t match that of other classes.
Shili Huasha, standing nearby, suggested, “Let’s put it in the guild warehouse first. Whoever reaches the required level can use it first.”
Nie Yan finally had a chance to examine the new member who had just joined the Bull Tribe. She wore a light blue priest robe, exuding an elegant and tranquil aura. In terms of appearance, she was on par with Yaoyao, Yulan, and Yueer in the Bull Tribe.
“Then let’s put it in the guild warehouse. If anyone needs it, just let me know,” Nie Yan said. Such top-tier dark gold equipment could never be stored in the guild warehouse at normal prices. It was obtained at the risk of a total wipe by over 600 members of the team. If spies from other guilds infiltrated and acquired it, the loss would be significant. Such equipment could only be used by elite players who had signed agreements.
Previously, when raiding these lord-level creatures, obtaining two dark gold items was already considered excellent, usually just one. If defeating a lord-level creature yielded no dark gold items at all, it was simply a case of terrible luck.
Nie Yan and his team were leveling up in higher-tier areas, and the rewards were indeed different. They managed to obtain five dark gold items, which could be considered an incredible stroke of luck.
Under Nie Yan’s guidance, the entire team advanced deeper into the Eternal City, continuing to clear mechanical and energy golems along the way. There were no major incidents, although six members died once, two were resurrected, and the remaining few mages who couldn’t enjoy resurrection had to spend some time running back to their corpses.
Everything went relatively smoothly.
Along the way, they defeated countless energy golems and managed to collect a complete set of golden-tier Eternal Set. Cui Can Daoguang equipped the golden-tier Eternal Set, significantly boosting his attributes. The silver-tier set he had been using was handed over to Yi Yan. Additionally, they managed to collect another silver-tier Eternal Set, which was intended to be sold to Ban Xing De Hu Li.
This trip to the Eternal City proved to be highly rewarding, with numerous pieces of equipment obtained. Nie Yan distributed honor points to each team member, averaging at least 500+ per person, with some reaching over 1,000. The average level of the team members also increased by more than one level.
Nie Yan quickly began planning the next boss encounter—the goblin fire mage, a mechanical unit capable of fire magic, with formidable combat power. With a complete set of the golden-tier Eternal Set, Cui Can Daoguang was nearly capable of tanking the encounter.
There was also a unique method for dealing with the goblin fire mage. Its magical damage was extremely high, and if it landed a group attack spell on Nie Yan’s team, they would face a total wipe. Therefore, when the goblin fire mage was about to cast a group attack spell, players needed to retreat outside the spell’s range to avoid any issues. As for predicting when the goblin fire mage would cast its group attack spell, Nie Yan had a unique method based on summaries from previous players on previous-life websites, combined with his own experience from participating in similar encounters.
The coordination among team members wasn’t very smooth, and they were slightly slow during retreats, resulting in two wipes. However, on the third attempt, they finally defeated the goblin fire mage, who dropped three dark gold items.
Team members scattered and sat down to recover their health.
“Compared to the first goblin cutter, this goblin fire mage was extremely difficult to handle,” Cui Can Daoguang wiped sweat from his forehead. The experience gained from defeating the goblin cutter barely compensated for their losses.
“The next few bosses will be much easier,” Nie Yan said. The goblin fire mage was an exception—an arching boss capable of long-range area-of-effect magic, making it particularly challenging.
“That’s a relief,” Cui Can Daoguang said. If they had to wipe one or two times for every boss kill, it would be too exhausting.
“Unfortunately, besides a few dark gold items, there’s nothing else valuable,” Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan muttered in disappointment.
“You’re too greedy. Ask the players from the Triumph Empire and the Holy Roman Empire elite teams whether they can even obtain level 40 dark gold items,” Cui Can Daoguang retorted. Without Nie Yan’s leadership, defeating these bosses was nearly impossible, regardless of how many players they brought.
“The next boss, the goblin shatterer, might drop high-level magic skill books. Everyone, stay alert,” Nie Yan said to the team.
After recovering their health, the team members gradually stood up and reorganized their formation.
The Bull Tribe’s progress in the Eternal City was quite fast. Nie Yan calculated the time and believed they could clear the entire Eternal City before the Holy Roman Empire’s fortress battle began. If their luck wasn’t too bad, they might even obtain a complete set of dark gold-tier Eternal Sets, further enhancing Cui Can Daoguang’s attributes.
With such equipment, participating in the fortress battle would allow them to easily dominate regular players, significantly impacting the final outcome of the fortress battle.
One of Nie Yan’s main purposes for coming here was to obtain the Eternal Set for Cui Can Daoguang. Having already acquired a golden-tier Eternal Set was already great, but obtaining a complete set of dark gold-tier Eternal Sets would be fantastic. Currently, three pieces of the dark gold-tier Eternal Set had been collected, including the gauntlets, armor, and greaves, but they were still far from completing the set. It was estimated that at least three days would be needed, along with another full run through the Eternal City, to potentially complete the set.
While the Bull Tribe was intensively raiding the Eternal City, the Bright Holy Flame and the Holy Roman Empire engaged in several more major battles. Bright Holy Flame was truly desperate this time. Originally, with strong support from the Triumph Empire, their burden in the fortress battle was much lighter. However, the sudden unexpected incident caught Bright Holy Flame off guard. The elite forces from the Triumph Empire, originally prepared to participate in the fortress battle, were completely wiped out, with seven or eight out of ten being imprisoned in Carol City. They suddenly lost a powerful ally and were left to fight alone.
Bright Holy Flame began launching targeted attacks against the Holy Roman Empire’s elites, suppressing them, while also mobilizing some elite forces from allied cities. Although the one-gold teleportation fee per person was painful, they had no choice.
Indeed, many members of the Holy Roman Empire fell victim to Bright Holy Flame, but they immediately launched counterattacks, reigniting the chaotic conflict between the two major guilds.
Bright Holy Flame’s members actively searched for the Bull Tribe’s elite forces, but to their frustration, the Bull Tribe’s elite members seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving them puzzled. Could it be that the Bull Tribe members simply didn’t go out to level up? They couldn’t possibly imagine that the Bull Tribe’s elites were currently raiding level 40 maps.
The Triumph Empire also sought revenge against the Bull Tribe, actively hunting down its members. Amid the chaos, four major guilds were dragged into the conflict.
The war expanded further, involving more and more guilds, with both sides rallying allies.
A secret plot, orchestrated by Nie Yan and Ban Xing De Hu Li behind the scenes, quietly unfolded. Approximately twenty players from the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire invited over ten members from the Ji Lan Temple to train together. These individuals were highly popular within the Ji Lan Temple. The Bull Tribe intentionally leaked their location to the Triumph Empire and Bright Holy Flame. Soon, they were surrounded by hundreds of players from the Triumph Empire and Bright Holy Flame, resulting in an inevitable defeat, with nearly forty players being sent back.
Subsequently, the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire began rallying forces to pursue and hunt down the Bright Holy Flame members. The Ji Lan Temple remained neutral at first, prompting the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire to mock them as cowards and weaklings. Although the over ten Ji Lan Temple players who were defeated were reprimanded by Fa Lan, they couldn’t bear the humiliation any longer. Each of them gathered over a hundred members to begin hunting down players from the Triumph Empire and Bright Holy Flame.
Soon, the Ji Lan Temple was dragged into the conflict as well. Casualties on both sides increased, and the Ji Lan Temple became increasingly enraged. Although they had always maintained neutrality, the arrogance of the Triumph Empire had long been intolerable. In this chaotic battle, they held nothing back.
Eventually, even Fa Lan couldn’t suppress the situation anymore. If they forcibly ordered the players to stop fighting, it would likely trigger a massive wave of resignations.
After carefully analyzing the entire incident, Fa Lan realized that the development of events was indeed suspicious. Why had the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire suddenly invited Ji Lan Temple members to train together, specifically targeting those with connections and influence within the Ji Lan Temple? Within an hour of training, they were ambushed by the Triumph Empire and Bright Holy Flame. After those over ten Ji Lan Temple players were defeated, Bull Tribe and Holy Roman Empire members quickly gathered large numbers of their members to aggressively pursue and hunt down the Triumph Empire and Bright Holy Flame, mocking the Ji Lan Temple for being too timid to respond. Meanwhile, many members within the Ji Lan Temple were also stirring the pot. How could those influential Ji Lan Temple players, each respected and powerful, endure such humiliation? They rallied their friends and allies to retaliate against the Triumph Empire and Bright Holy Flame, dragging the Ji Lan Temple into the conflict.
Eventually, the situation spiraled out of control, with members clashing chaotically. Fa Lan could only turn a blind eye and reluctantly accept the reality, secretly cursing that they had been tricked by Nie Yan and Ban Xing De Hu Li. Those two old foxes were simply too cunning!
With the Ji Lan Temple now embroiled in fierce combat against Bright Holy Flame and the Triumph Empire, the latter two guilds would inevitably perceive the Ji Lan Temple as aligned with the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire, unable to disassociate themselves. They had essentially been forced into an alliance with the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire. In the future, if the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire fell, the Ji Lan Temple would also face dire consequences.
Fa Lan inwardly cursed Nie Yan and Ban Xing De Hu Li to the point of exhaustion but could only reluctantly accept the situation.
From this point on, could the Ji Lan Temple still remain neutral?
From this point on, the Ji Lan Temple would inevitably join the alliance of the Bull Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire.
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