“It’s done.” Huang nodded.
“That Nie Yan is technically impressive… amazing!” Fox Half-asleep finally exclaimed when he saw the clip of Nie Yan luring monsters with a crossbow. Accomplishing those three shots was simply impossible without superb skill.
At this moment, most players were still novices in the game, their skills far from matching Nie Yan’s level. These three shots were merely basic techniques among top-tier players from Nie Yan’s past life. Yet, when Nie Yan performed them, they seemed like godly moves to Fox Half-asleep, Huang, and the others.
Thieves were often not highly valued in dungeon teams because many teams could clear dungeons without one. Therefore, Fox Half-asleep hadn’t really cared about inviting Nie Yan. Now, however, he suddenly realized how crucial a skilled thief could be to a dungeon team.
Previously, Fox Half-asleep always felt something was missing in his team. Now, he finally understood—they lacked an expert thief like Nie Yan!
“Stone was absolutely right. He really is a top player,” Huang remarked. Stone’s judgment was usually questionable, but this time, perhaps by sheer luck, he had managed to bring in such an expert.
“I think we’ll be able to clear the Ogmat Mire Swamp now,” Fox Half-asleep said after watching the video. He now understood the commonly spread saying: a successful thief can increase a team’s survival rate by more than 30%. This applied not only to three- or five-member teams but also to twenty- or thirty-member teams.
Nie Yan’s leadership and organizational abilities were indeed commendable. Without him, with the poor equipment quality of the Yulan team, clearing the Treant Grove would have been nearly impossible.
Nie Yan knew that the outcome of this venture into the Treant Grove with Huang would eventually reach Fox Half-asleep and that it would at least alleviate some of his doubts.
After obtaining the Feather Fall Gem, Nie Yan thought of the famous elite monster, Lion King Kado. To defeat this formidable opponent, he would need extensive preparation.
Nie Yan visited the auction house. Since Blackfen Potions were selling well, alchemists had turned all their remaining ingredients into Blackfen Potions for auction—around over a hundred potions and dozens of Blackfen Potion recipes. These items would soon become highly valuable, so Nie Yan bought them all without hesitation. He also acquired all the raw materials for Blackfen Potions available at the auction house.
After securing all the Blackfen Potion recipes, potions, and their ingredients, Nie Yan purchased nine tubes of crossbow bolts at the auction house—two tubes of Blackgold Bolts, three tubes of Nightmare Bolts, and four tubes of Poisoned Bolts.
Blackgold Bolts: Deal an additional 12 armor-piercing damage. Each tube contains 1000 bolts. Purchase price: 2 silver coins.
Nightmare Bolts: Deal an additional 10 chaotic damage. Each tube contains 1000 bolts. Purchase price: 1 silver coin and 50 copper coins.
Poisoned Bolts: Deal an additional 9 poison damage. Each tube contains 1000 bolts. Purchase price: 1 silver coin and 10 copper coins.
These bolts cost Nie Yan a significant amount of money. Such expensive items were rarely used, except by thieves or warriors in large teams who were responsible for luring monsters. Even for wealthy teams, using these bolts for aggro pulling was considered wasteful. Therefore, these bolts didn’t trade frequently at the auction house, but due to their rarity, their prices remained high. Only a player like Nie Yan, who had more money than he knew what to do with, would buy them in bulk.
After buying the bolts, Nie Yan teleported to Moduo Village and headed toward Feimeng Hills.
After traveling more than ten kilometers north from the village, he reached a continuous mountain range. He sprinted up the mountain trail and arrived at the edge of a cliff. Looking into the distance, he saw a plain where everything appeared very small. The cliff was extremely high; looking down revealed a desolate landscape.
The wind howled at the cliff’s edge, and the distant forest undulated like ocean waves.
This was a cliff over two hundred yards high. If ordinary players jumped down, they would surely be smashed to pieces.
Nie Yan walked along the top of the cliff, occasionally glancing down as he moved along its edge. He found a Yebai tree near the cliff’s edge.
Standing beneath the Yebai tree, Nie Yan counted his steps eastward along the cliff’s edge—one step, two steps, three steps. This should be the spot.
“This should be the right place; I don’t think I’ve forgotten,” Nie Yan said as he leapt off the cliff.
He wasn’t jumping here to commit suicide. At the base of this cliff, an elite creature roamed—Level 7 Lion King Kado, the ruler of this plain. Many players had met their demise here at the claws of Lion King Kado.
Lion King Kado respawned once a day after being killed. Upon defeat, it had a high chance of dropping the Rogue’s Black Blood Set. The Black Blood Set consisted of three pieces: a cape, gloves, and shoulder guards. It was the pinnacle of Level 5 Rogue’s silver-grade equipment, slightly inferior only to the Contract Set from the Sos Valley dungeon. Acquiring a complete set would make Nie Yan’s gear top-tier. Besides the Black Blood Set, Lion King Kado also dropped various Rogue skill books.
In his previous life, many players competed to farm Lion King Kado, often leading to fierce battles over its loot. Many lives were lost in these conflicts. Obtaining even a single piece of the Black Blood Set was no easy task, let alone completing the entire set. Each time Lion King Kado respawned, hundreds of regular lions would spawn around it. Clearing these regular lions was necessary before attempting to farm Lion King Kado. These Level 7 lions were also quite formidable.
Currently, players’ levels were still too low. At least twenty players of Level 5 or higher were required to attempt farming Lion King Kado. However, Level 5+ players were still rare, mostly high-level experts. Gathering such a group was no simple feat.
No one dared to farm Lion King Kado yet. This area was a Level 7 monster zone with few visitors. Even if someone came, reaching Lion King Kado’s location was difficult. Nie Yan could therefore safely execute his plan.
The wind roared past his ears as he rapidly descended. Nie Yan activated the Feather Fall Gem skill, immediately slowing his fall. He felt weightless, descending slowly and steadily.
Under the Feather Fall effect, Nie Yan’s descent was only slightly faster than a drifting feather.
As he neared the ground, he estimated his altitude at about twenty yards. Nie Yan shot out a strand of spider silk, which stuck to the cliff face, halting his descent mid-air. Looking down, he spotted a powerful male lion nearby, its brown mane exuding regal majesty.
This male lion was exactly within his shooting range.
This lion was indeed Lion King Kado, precisely at the location Nie Yan remembered.
“Got it.” Nie Yan’s left hand securely held the spider silk attached to some shrubs on the cliffside. With his right hand, he retrieved a crossbow from his backpack, aimed carefully at Lion King Kado, and fired three bolts in quick succession. The bolts flew in a straight line toward Lion King Kado.
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