Nie Yan was positioned upstream, with currents flowing past him one after another.
He took out the Weaver’s Ring and pulled out a strand of spider silk, slowly extending it. Under the impact of the water flow, the spider silk drifted forward.
The spider silk floated like underwater plants, moving along with the current.
The strand became longer and longer, gradually becoming more difficult to control.
Nie Yan carefully guided it, each movement executed with utmost caution.
One yard, two yards, three yards. Fortunately, the water flow here wasn’t too complicated. Soon, the spider silk had extended about six yards, its thin strand gracefully swaying in the seawater, slowly approaching the distant Soget’s Feather.
Just as success seemed imminent, three distant Sirens suddenly seemed to sense something and turned their gazes toward him.
Nie Yan immediately stopped moving and held his breath.
The three Sirens only saw a long, thin thread floating in the water. With their limited intelligence, they couldn’t comprehend the purpose of the spider silk. After a moment of confusion, they resumed their previous wandering.
Seeing the Sirens turn their attention away, Nie Yan exhaled in relief. Fortunately, he hadn’t drawn their attention.
Nie Yan continued extending the spider silk until it reached about ten yards in length, finally long enough to reach Soget’s Feather.
He couldn’t control the silk’s direction, only able to tug at the thread and rely on luck.
The spider silk kept drifting, nearly sticking to Soget’s Feather several times, only to be pushed away again by the current.
After several attempts, Nie Yan extended the silk a bit further. Under the force of the current, the silk rapidly struck Soget’s Feather. However, the impact lacked sufficient strength. Nie Yan’s underwater breathing time was nearly depleted, and sustaining himself for ten minutes was already pushing it. Even if he successfully retrieved Soget’s Feather, he would still need to evade the three Sirens’ pursuit.
He couldn’t afford to waste any more time. Assessing the water speed, he took a deep breath and tugged the silk. The strand struck Soget’s Feather, and finally, the feather became stuck to the silk.
The silk immediately snapped taut. Nie Yan flicked the silk with his fingers, pulling Soget’s Feather. The feather rolled and flipped, becoming firmly entangled in the silk.
The silk wound tighter and tighter, securing Soget’s Feather.
Nie Yan suddenly pulled the silk, which rapidly retracted, drawing Soget’s Feather toward him.
As the silk tugged Soget’s Feather, the three Sirens were startled. They shrieked loudly, their piercing cries vibrating Nie Yan’s eardrums and causing visual hallucinations.
Mental Immunity!
Realizing something was wrong, Nie Yan quickly used a mental immunity skill, instantly clearing his senses.
Thankfully, he had reacted quickly—if he had delayed any longer, he might have died right there.
The spider silk pulled Soget’s Feather into Nie Yan’s grasp. He tightly gripped the feather, but there was no time to put it into his backpack.
A Siren swiftly lunged forward, wielding a massive trident aimed directly at Nie Yan’s head.
Just as it seemed he would be struck, Nie Yan quickly activated a Gnome Transformation skill. His body rapidly shrank, becoming about one-third of his original size.
The Siren missed its strike as the trident hit a coral reef, causing a loud explosion. Debris scattered, and chunks of stone fell.
The Sirens’ attack power slightly unnerved Nie Yan. Seeing the other two Sirens closing in from the sides, he immediately fled, darting into the gaps between the coral reefs. He crouched low and squeezed into the coral thicket.
After shrinking, Nie Yan could now maneuver freely through the narrow spaces within the coral.
The Sirens noticed Nie Yan had entered the coral thicket and repeatedly thrust their tridents downward.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Under the relentless attacks of the tridents, the coral thicket shattered into countless fragments.
Nie Yan swiftly darted through the coral, running frantically.
Like a game of hide-and-seek, the three Sirens searched everywhere for Nie Yan, but he skillfully evaded, making every attack miss.
Finding a gnome-sized target, only one-third the size of a normal person, among the dense coral thicket was extremely difficult.
Nie Yan checked his remaining underwater breathing time—it was down to about six minutes. The Sirens still pursued relentlessly behind him. He needed to speed up!
Nie Yan activated Shadow Step and cast several skills to enhance his stealth. His figure gradually vanished into the shadows of the coral thicket.
The three Sirens searched everywhere, but Nie Yan seemed to have disappeared entirely, leaving no trace. After searching for a while, they could only reluctantly return.
After about five minutes, Nie Yan had run over one hundred yards away. He checked his inventory and noticed he had exited the spatial restriction range—his Recall Scroll was now usable.
With his underwater breathing time nearly depleted, Nie Yan quickly took out the Recall Scroll and began chanting its activation incantation.
A white glow appeared on the scroll.
Time passed—second by second: one, two, three…
Nie Yan felt his breathing becoming increasingly difficult. Damn it! His underwater breathing had run out. He immediately held his breath, but a massive pressure surged toward him—the ocean’s pressure underwater. With oxygen rapidly depleting, his consciousness began to blur. Was he going to die here? That would be extremely unlucky.
Suddenly, a dazzling white light illuminated everything—the Recall Scroll had been activated.
Nie Yan’s consciousness gradually returned. When he opened his eyes again, he was already outside the teleportation array in Carol City. Due to oxygen deprivation, his body felt weak and sore, but at least he had survived.
He stretched a bit, gradually regaining his strength. He looked at his left hand—Soget’s Feather was still tightly entangled in spider silk from the Weaver’s Ring.
Carefully, he slowly untangled the silk and retrieved Soget’s Feather, checking its attributes.
Soget’s Feather: A fragment of Soget’s Shadow. This feather radiates strange magical power. Wielders gain +80 Strength and +120 Agility.
The attributes of Soget’s Feather were secondary. He placed it into his backpack and retrieved the Soget’s Boots already in his possession, placing them side by side. A dazzling white light suddenly appeared, and the two items gradually fused together.
After several seconds, the white light slowly faded.
A pair of exquisite boots appeared before Nie Yan’s eyes. Entirely black, the boots were woven from finely stitched threads, their design exuding a bold and unrestrained aura. Mysterious runes adorned the edges, reflecting the style of the Dark Age. These runes symbolized a distant history.
Legendary Soget’s Shadow Boots!
Nie Yan felt a surge of excitement. After so much effort and time, he had finally completed this legendary pair of boots!
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