The difference between an Elementalist and a Rogue is that Rogues claim to be kings of the wild. They excel in outdoor combat, moving freely and stealthily, capable of hiding and moving faster than other classes. As for Elementalists, in a duel against a Rogue of the same level, their winning rate is about forty percent, but they are not good at pursuing enemies. If a Rogue decides to flee, the short-legged Elementalist usually cannot catch up.
Seeing his guild members being slaughtered, Ye Poshenggun became furious.
“F***ing Rogues think they’re so great!”
Ye Poshenggun rarely took action personally, but this didn’t mean he lacked strength. He understood that a guild leader must do more than just seek fights; even a war god could be defeated due to attribute or skill counters, as there are simply too many classes.
Although he was highly skilled, he knew he wasn’t invincible.
A guild leader who could achieve countless victories would greatly inspire his members, just like Nie Yan. Nie Yan had yet to suffer a defeat, which was why the morale of the Bull Tribe was at an unprecedented high.
But in reality, Nie Yan was walking on a tightrope.
How many capable individuals were there in the world?
If someone managed to defeat Nie Yan and shatter his undefeated record, the myth would collapse, and the fervent followers would regain their senses, causing a serious blow to their morale.
He was wiser than Nie Yan. A guild leader must not be hot-headed, but rather maintain authority and mystery.
Under normal circumstances, he would never take action personally. When he did, it would be a killing blow.
But now, watching his own men being slaughtered mercilessly, he finally lost his patience.
Even a clay Buddha has a temper!
“All Priests and Paladins, cast your buffs on me!” Ye Poshenggun roared. He waved his staff, and violent magical elements quickly gathered around him. His robe flapped without wind as he cast several enhancement spells on himself.
All the Priests and Paladins began casting beneficial spells on Ye Poshenggun.
His attributes skyrocketed!
Divine Blessing! Haste! Divine Favor! Benediction!…
In an instant, he received more than twenty beneficial spells, significantly boosting his stats. Intelligence, strength, agility—everything was enhanced, whether directly useful or not. About six of these buffs specifically enhanced magic-related attributes like intelligence and spell damage, which was already extremely powerful.
A faint white glow emanated from Ye Poshenggun’s skin, the result of the Priests’ and Paladins’ holy power.
Ye Poshenggun waved his staff, and a magical aura surrounded him.
Mana Burn!
Doubles mana consumption for all elemental spells, burning 2 mana points per round.
Duration: 3 minutes. Cooldown: 5 natural days.
Mana slowly decreased, and Ye Poshenggun felt a burning energy igniting from his abdomen, increasing his attributes by about 30%.
All elemental spell effects increased by 300%, intelligence increased by 100%, and spellcasting speed increased by 100%.
This was a powerful high-level enhancement spell, rarer than the typical spells of the Elemental Temple, and its superiority or inferiority was hard to determine.
The Mana Burn skill was somewhat similar to a few skills provided by Nie Yan’s Order Codex.
Maintaining the Mana Burn state was difficult. Elementalists already consumed mana quickly, and doubling mana consumption was extreme. Combined with the mana burn each round, even someone with over 2000 mana would struggle to endure such consumption.
Haste of the Wind!
Haste of the Wind was a decent skill for Elementalists, increasing movement speed by 30%, effectively helping avoid Rogues and Warriors. Normally, this skill had limited use because even with a 30% speed boost, a short-legged Elementalist still couldn’t outrun a Rogue’s pursuit or a Warrior’s charge.
But now, the effect of Haste of the Wind was drastically different.
Movement speed increased by 120%, comparable to riding a fine horse!
Ye Poshenggun’s movement speed skyrocketed, truly living up to the name Haste of the Wind.
After applying all his buffs, Ye Poshenggun charged toward Nie Yan’s location. He was only about ten yards away from the Golden Earth Dragon, but with confidence in his skills, he ignored the dragon.
The Golden Earth Dragon’s aggro was focused on Nie Yan, so Ye Poshenggun didn’t have to worry about it suddenly switching targets.
Ice Shard Rain!
Judging Nie Yan’s approximate position based on the Golden Earth Dragon’s gaze, Ye Poshenggun waved his staff, and a hail of ice shards rained down.
These ice shards were like tiny spikes, densely covering an area of about 30×30 yards. They struck the ground with loud explosions, causing damage numbers of two or three points to float above the players below.
This Ice Shard Rain dealt almost no damage.
A thick fog of ice spread around, and tiny ice crystals clung to everyone, clearly revealing their positions, including Nie Yan’s.
This spell reduced everyone’s movement speed by 20% within its area. However, when cast by Ye Poshenggun, the effect was astonishing—movement speed dropped by a full 80%.
Nie Yan noticed the descending hail of ice shards. Even with his speed, there was no way to dodge now. He quickly drank an ice resistance potion. The temperature around him plummeted, and the air filled with dense ice fog. Nie Yan’s movement speed dropped by about 60% immediately—this was an incredibly strong effect.
Nie Yan’s heart jumped. This was the strongest Ice Shard Rain he had ever seen! Looking into the distance, he saw Ye Poshenggun’s robe flaring, surrounded by swirling magical auras. At a glance, Nie Yan recognized the skill he was using!
It was Mana Burn!
This overpowered spell had been repeatedly nerfed during system updates but remained one of the strongest spells for Elementalists.
In later stages, only about 1% of Elementalists possessed this spell. At this level, having Mana Burn was extremely rare.
Before the changes, Mana Burn was genuinely feared.
Nie Yan narrowed his eyes, a glint of killing intent flashing. Mana Burn had a strong side effect: after using it, there was a one-minute period of weakness during which all attributes dropped by 80%.
But during the Mana Burn state, Nie Yan absolutely dared not confront Ye Poshenggun.
In fact, if he activated Divine Arbitration, he could indeed become immune to Ye Poshenggun’s attacks. However, Divine Arbitration was still needed, and it absolutely couldn’t be wasted unless absolutely necessary.
Frost Spikes!
Ye Poshenggun waved his staff, and numerous ice spikes erupted from the ground at incredible speed.
These ice spikes were terrifying—if struck, one would be frozen in place.
Under normal circumstances, these ice spikes weren’t particularly dangerous because their attack speed was too slow, giving players enough time to dodge. However, under the Mana Burn state, Ye Poshenggun’s ice spikes became terrifyingly fast.
Nie Yan leaped and rolled away.
The ground erupted with ice spikes, each about a yard long, crystal clear and transparent.
All the ice spikes missed, but they continued to shoot up relentlessly.
They were low-level spells with fast cooldowns, low mana cost, high attack speed, and strong effects—hitting someone would freeze them in place.
Back then, Ye Poshenggun had used Mana Burn to pin down a tank Warrior with high HP purely with these ice spikes. This was the terrifying power of Mana Burn. Any low-level spell, when significantly enhanced by Mana Burn, became extremely dangerous.
Due to the rapid attack speed of Ye Poshenggun’s ice spikes with short intervals, Nie Yan narrowly avoided several attacks, making him feel alarmed. In his previous life, he had been killed by Elementalists using Mana Burn several times, but someone like Ye Poshenggun, who used Mana Burn so aggressively, was truly rare.
After using Mana Burn, the lower-level spells became more dangerous.
Such as Frost Spikes, Fireballs, and Arcane Missiles.
Clearly, Ye Poshenggun had mastered the essence of Mana Burn.
Nie Yan dodged the Frost Spikes and had just landed when he felt the ground beneath him tremble slightly. Another ice spike shot up from the ground. Nie Yan sidestepped, and the spike pierced past his leg, radiating chilling cold.
“He’s there, get him!”
At this moment, the other mages no longer cared about their own safety and began casting spells at Nie Yan.
Nie Yan glanced at a nearby tree, extended his left hand, and shot out a strand of spider silk. The silk stuck to a tree branch, and Nie Yan pulled hard, launching his body into the air.
He flew about four to five yards and landed on the tree branch.
The others were momentarily stunned; they hadn’t expected Nie Yan to have such a skill!
What was that? Spider silk?
At that moment, the Golden Earth Dragon exhaled a stream of dragon fire, causing a thunderous explosion with flying debris and sparks. The scorching heat rolled outward.
Ye Poshenggun hadn’t expected that even such an attack couldn’t defeat Nie Yan. Mana Burn had already drained all his mana. He took out a mid-tier mana potion from his bag and drank it, restoring a significant portion of his mana.
It seemed that defeating Nie Yan would require more than just these tactics.
Ye Poshenggun’s mana surged, his robe flapping violently from the turbulent magical energy. His staff emitted dazzling, brilliant light, like a god descending from the heavens.
Ye Poshenggun and Nie Yan locked eyes, and sparks of confrontation ignited between them.
At that moment, Nie Yan, standing on the tree branch, suddenly displayed a cruel, dazzling smile. He pointed his thumb downward and then made a throat-slashing motion with his dagger.
Nie Yan’s dagger gleamed coldly, exuding a chilling killing intent!
Just like when Nie Yan killed the leader of the Zongheng guild, Hei Zhuo, seeing Nie Yan’s icy smile was like witnessing the grim reaper’s grin. The surrounding air seemed to drop several degrees instantly.
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