Chapter 280: The Dark Sea Demon Baneem

Seeing that the Golden Earth Dragon had reached level 20, Nie Yan recalled it back and then left Eternal City.

He needed to unlock the Shadow Slaughter skill on the Dark Assassin’s Garb.

He already had a target in mind.

Nie Yan rode the Falkner Warhorse and galloped eastward toward the Endless Sea, swiftly crossing the vast plains with the scenery whizzing past. Occasionally, a few player groups nearby were startled by Nie Yan, hastily retreating and preparing to defend, only to find that Nie Yan had already left their attack range, vanishing in a blur.

The Dark Assassin’s Garb was indeed a powerful item, but many of its effects remained undiscovered. For instance, its skill tree contained dozens of skills, and among the Shadow branch alone, there were six or seven powerful skills, with Shadow Slaughter being one of them.

Nie Yan rode the Falkner Warhorse to the edge of a cliff, gazing at the vast ocean ahead, endless and boundless.

The clear sky and wide sea created a pleasant atmosphere. Occasionally, seabirds flew across the sky, adding a touch of vitality.

System: You discovered the Endless Sea.

Nie Yan followed the edge of the sea, galloping forward for about ten minutes. Fortunately, there were no monsters nearby, as this area was already for level 50 monsters.

The monsters along the edge of the Endless Sea were all of high level. As for the center of the Endless Sea, if one dove deep, even hundreds-level elite monsters could be encountered. These were marine creatures, and one needed underwater breathing potions or skills to enter the deep sea areas.

Nie Yan rode the Falkner Warhorse to the top of a cliff and looked down. The cliff was nearly a hundred yards high, below which was an inner sea with murky water, as if stained with ink.

About twenty to thirty yards above the sea surface, there were three rocky platforms on the cliff, large enough to hold fifty or sixty people.

This area spawned a Dark Sea Nymph named Bennim, a level 50 lord and a very famous one, being one of the few sea monster lords. The equipment it dropped was excellent, but it was very difficult to deal with, and it could also attack from a distance. Only well-equipped teams of level 50 or higher would dare to challenge it.

Players usually used feather fall devices to land on the lower stone platforms and fight Bennim there. Nie Yan scanned the cliff below, his gaze landing on a crevice in the distant rocks, about fifty yards from the sea surface. At this distance, Bennim’s physical attacks definitely couldn’t reach him, but its ranged attacks were still troublesome.

Nie Yan leaped off the cliff toward the lower stone platform, the wind whistling in his ears, and he could smell the salt in the sea breeze.

As he was about to hit the stone platform, he activated the feather fall gem, quickly slowing his descent and landing lightly on the platform.

Nie Yan looked down at the sea surface, dark and murky, sensing a huge creature lurking beneath.

A few giant seabirds flew overhead when suddenly a black water jet shot up more than thirty yards high from the sea, striking one of the birds. The seabird screamed and fell into the sea.

Nie Yan felt a bit uneasy about whether he could defeat Bennim. In his past life, he had never done anything this risky. He had only heard of a thief who single-handedly defeated Bennim using another magical item, the Ring of Levitation. He had scouted and found that Bennim’s tentacle attacks had a maximum range of thirty yards, and its ranged attacks could be dodged with good reflexes.

He had seen a video and still had a vague memory of it.

Since someone had done it in his previous life, Nie Yan dared to come here. If he had to figure it out on his own, he didn’t know how many times he would die.

Therefore, Nie Yan decided to give it a try. If he could defeat Bennim, he could obtain several pieces of equipment and unlock the powerful Shadow Slaughter skill.

Bennim respawned every three days.

If he succeeded on the first respawn, he could come back often to farm Bennim.

Nie Yan summoned the Golden Earth Dragon and had it hide in a well-concealed spot on the cliff edge where Bennim couldn’t attack it.

Looking up at the cliff, he activated the Ring of Climber and began climbing, moving with great agility.

After getting used to the Ring of Climber, he was quite proficient. Soon he reached a height of more than forty yards, stopped, and took out the Headless Rider Doro’s Light Crossbow, firing at the sea surface. Whoosh! Five arrows flew through the air and plunged into the sea in a straight line.

Plop! Plop! Plop! Five arrows splashed into the water.

The sea surface trembled slightly, the waves surging, and a huge creature emerged from beneath.

Nie Yan quickly climbed higher, stopping at around fifty yards high on a horizontal branch growing out from the cliff. He turned and shot at the monster below.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Five arrows hit simultaneously, and five damage numbers floated above the monster.

-50, -100, -51, -53, -100…

Although Bennim was a level 50 lord, since it was not a mechanical unit, it couldn’t resist penetration like metal armor could. Therefore, the Headless Rider Doro’s Light Crossbow’s piercing damage was very effective, with an additional 100 points of fire damage.

Seeing the damage numbers from the crossbow, Nie Yan felt reassured. With such high damage, he should be able to wear Bennim down.

Nie Yan finally saw Bennim’s appearance.

It was an enormous ball of flesh, as big as a small hill, pitch-black with countless tentacles, floating on the sea surface. Upon seeing Nie Yan, one of its tentacles stretched out and lashed toward him.

Boom! The thick tentacle struck the cliff wall.

Its attack range was only about thirty yards, unable to reach Nie Yan, who was perched more than fifty yards high. Due to the higher elevation, Nie Yan’s attack range received an additional bonus, allowing him to further increase the distance from Bennim.

Nie Yan checked Bennim’s status.

Dark Sea Nymph Bennim: Level 50 Lord, HP 99301/100000.

This Bennim wasn’t a boss monster with extremely high HP and defense. The reason it ranked sixth on the list of the most difficult level 50 bosses was because Bennim’s attacks were terrifying. It also had a skill where it could wrap people up with its tentacles and throw them away. This skill was very deadly; shield warriors could easily fall victim to it and die. Once the shield warrior died, the team would likely suffer a total wipe.

Its HP regeneration speed wasn’t fast, but its tentacle attacks had a life-drain effect, converting the damage dealt by players directly into its own HP.

However, Nie Yan was outside Bennim’s tentacle attack range, so there was definitely no problem. The only thing he was worried about was its ranged attack skill, which could easily kill a player with its toxic liquid.

Precisely because of these factors, Nie Yan had chosen Bennim among many bosses. Bennim was the only boss at his current level that he could handle!

Nie Yan hung on the cliff, continuously shooting arrows at Bennim.

A series of damage numbers floated above Bennim’s head.

Nie Yan’s attack damage was only slightly faster than Bennim’s regeneration, so Bennim’s HP was slowly decreasing.

Bennim lashed angrily at the cliff, but it was far from Nie Yan, so it couldn’t reach him and could only take the beating.

Nie Yan stood on a protruding part of the cliff, continuously shooting.

Just then, Bennim closed its eyes and opened its mouth, spitting out a black, viscous liquid.

Seeing Bennim close its eyes, Nie Yan extended his left hand and shot out a strand of spider silk, sticking it to a horizontal tree on the cliff. He aimed at another protruding spot, pushed off with his feet, and swung like a giant pendulum toward it, sticking to the cliff and standing there.

The black viscous liquid splattered onto the cliff, spreading out with a hissing sound and emitting white smoke.

Successfully dodged!

Bennim needed at least a minute to recharge its next toxin attack, while Nie Yan’s spider silk cooldown was only 20 seconds, so he could easily dodge Bennim’s attacks.

With one successful dodge experience, Nie Yan had a plan in mind and kept shooting Bennim with the Headless Rider Doro’s Light Crossbow.

Nie Yan gradually wore down Bennim’s HP. Below, on the stone platform, the Golden Earth Dragon was sleeping soundly, seemingly having nothing to do here.

Time passed minute by minute.

During this time, Yaoyao sent him a message, asking if he had time to help her complete the Blessing of Karl. Nie Yan slightly postponed, saying he would go after defeating Bennim.

“I checked the information about the Blessing of Karl. Do you want me to send it to you?” Yaoyao asked. She had made thorough preparations for this mission.

“Send it to me. What does Karl want you to collect?” Nie Yan asked. Karl’s tasks varied each time, usually requiring players to collect something, with the collected items becoming harder to obtain at higher levels. After obtaining the item, players would get a chance for a trial. Nie Yan had a method for the subsequent trials that would make it very easy for Yaoyao.

“Collect the Sinful Black Lotus.” Yaoyao replied. The Sinful Black Lotus grew in a deep cave within the Sinful Canyon. She felt a bit surprised; clearly, Nie Yan had seen the detailed explanation of the Karl task, otherwise he wouldn’t be so familiar with the Blessing of Karl task.

“Sinful Black Lotus?” Nie Yan was momentarily startled. That thing was very hard to find; ordinary players would at least need to form a team to obtain it.

“Is it difficult? If it’s too hard, forget it.” Yaoyao said slightly disappointedly.

“Not too bad. Let me check the information first.” Nie Yan replied. He only roughly knew some tricks to complete the Blessing of Karl, but wasn’t very familiar with the entire task.