Chapter 695: Casualties

A thief, not even a demon hunter, how could his long-range shooting be so powerful!

Nie Yan’s sniping of Holy Flame was extremely decisive; the priests behind couldn’t even react.

“Damn it, the leader is down! Everyone, block the mad thief Nie Yan!”

Holy Guardians’ players tried to intercept Nie Yan everywhere, but still couldn’t catch him.

Nie Yan appeared only for less than a second each time, suddenly popping out of nowhere, pulling the trigger, and immediately going back into stealth, vanishing like a fleeting moment. Even when Nie Yan appeared right in front of them, they still had no time to react.

“We can’t stop him. Should we leave this place?” Kuangfa asked anxiously. Staying here would only make them targets for Nie Yan’s hunt.

“If we leave now, people will laugh at us for cowardice,” said Xue Kuangdao.

“But it’s better than dying!” Kuangfa said urgently. As soon as his voice ended, five arrows flew toward the back of his head.

Kuangfa quickly used a blink to dodge the arrows. As soon as his feet landed, several more arrows shot straight toward his back. Puh puh puh! Blood splattered, and a powerful force pierced through Kuangfa, causing him to collapse onto the ground.

Seeing Kuangfa fall, Xue Kuangdao couldn’t help but curse. Now only he and Potian remained. Unable to use random teleport scrolls or recall scrolls, originally meant to trap Nie Yan and others, ironically turned into a self-imposed trap.

Second down. Nie Yan, still in stealth, revealed a faint smirk. His eyes locked onto Xue Kuangdao and Potian in the middle of the group. Next, it’s your turn.

News of Holy Flame’s death quickly spread. The forums were shaken again.

“Did the mad thief Nie Yan really kill Holy Flame?”

“The message came from Holy Guardians’ side. Confirmed true!”

They had barely received this news when another message came: Kuangfa was also dead.

Players clicked open the post Nie Yan had made earlier. It had already been modified, with crosses marked behind Holy Flame and Kuangfa’s names, indicating their deaths. Only the poster himself could modify the post. While hunting down Holy Flame and others, Nie Yan even had time to edit the post. Killing Holy Flame was as easy as picking something from his pocket. Indeed, Shadow Dancers are extraordinary!

Before long, more news came in. Holy Flame and others were killed by Nie Yan’s crossbow. The thief’s long-range attack was this powerful, completely beyond players’ imagination.

“The post has been edited again!”

Only minutes later, crosses were marked behind the names of Holy Flame, Kuangfa, Xue Kuangdao, Potian, and several other Holy Guardians members. Nie Yan was fulfilling his prophecy at an astonishing speed. Within half an hour, most of those targeted by Nie Yan were already dead.

The players couldn’t help but sigh. The Holy Guardians were truly no match for the Bull Tribe. So many of them couldn’t even take down the Mad Bandit Nie Yan alone.

At this moment, Nie Yan looked around the square. Most of the Holy Guardians members he had marked were already dead. He put away the Headless Rider Dolo’s crossbow and dashed toward the edge of the square.

Under attacks from two flying mounts, the Golden Earth Dragon was starting to struggle. Countless magical attacks bombarded the dragon, reducing its health to less than 20%.

Wind Serpent and Thunder Eagle tightly entangled the Golden Earth Dragon, not giving it any chance to attack.

Nie Yan activated Windstep, dashing across the square toward the distant Wind Serpent.

Riding the Wind Serpent was a mage. He controlled the Wind Serpent to dive from above. Bang! The Wind Serpent’s giant tail slammed heavily onto the Golden Earth Dragon, causing it to stagger backward.

“This Golden Earth Dragon has way too much health!” the mage exclaimed. He had never seen such a powerful pet before. Its combat strength was barely inferior to flying mounts, and it even had numerous magical and passive skills. How did Nie Yan the Mad Bandit raise such a pet?

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a chill piercing through his back. His heart pounded with alarm. What was happening?

Before the mage could react, Nie Yan suddenly appeared behind him, executing a Garrote. The sharp Zennarde Blade slashed across his throat, instantly killing the mage.

Feeling its rider on its back being eliminated, the Wind Serpent twisted violently, trying to throw Nie Yan off.

Nie Yan swung the Zennarde Blade and stabbed it deeply into the Wind Serpent’s neck. Puh! The blade was fully embedded.

Lacerate!

Nie Yan slashed with the Zennarde Blade, tearing open a massive wound on the Wind Serpent’s back. A thick blood jet spurted out. The Wind Serpent screamed in agony. The more it struggled, the worse the wound became.

As the Wind Serpent was about to die, the paladin riding the Thunder Eagle nearby saw the situation and panicked. Seeing Nie Yan on the Wind Serpent, he was so terrified he didn’t dare attempt to fight, thinking he had no chance against Nie Yan. He immediately turned the Thunder Eagle around and fled.

Trying to escape already? Nie Yan’s eyes suddenly flashed with killing intent. He extended his left hand, shooting out a strand of spider silk, sticking it to the Thunder Eagle’s back. With a strong pull, his body soared into the air, flying over fifty to sixty yards, landing heavily on the Thunder Eagle’s back.

As soon as Nie Yan steadied himself, he lunged forward, swinging the Zennarde Blade and beheading the paladin in one strike. Then, he performed a Spinal Shatter on the Thunder Eagle’s back. At level eighteen, the Spinal Shatter skill caused the Zennarde Blade to blaze with flames. With a loud crack, the Thunder Eagle’s spine was shattered. It let out a mournful cry and plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily onto the ground.

Several Holy Guardians players below couldn’t dodge in time. Crushed beneath the Thunder Eagle’s massive body, they hadn’t even made a sound before turning into several beams of white light.

Nie Yan stood atop the Thunder Eagle’s corpse, gazing at the square. The Holy Guardians players, witnessing Nie Yan’s bloodthirsty presence, forgot to attack and began retreating one by one.

Nie Yan activated Sacred Hire, summoning Paladin Lai Fusi.

Paladin Lai Fusi swung his greatsword and cast several heals on the Golden Earth Dragon, restoring its health to full.

The Golden Earth Dragon charged forward, rushing into the crowd on the square.

A one-sided massacre began.

Across the entire Krux fortress, chaos reigned. Holy Guardians’ casualties rapidly increased. Cui Can Daoguang, Lei Su, and Shui Se Yantou stormed some arrow towers, collapsing five of them. Five magic users in their group unleashed area-of-effect spells, furiously slaughtering and expanding their advantage.

Holy Flame and others resurrected from the graveyard.

Holy Flame anxiously asked in the guild chat: “How is the situation at Krux?”

“Boss, we’ve already lost over ten thousand brothers! Their magic attacks are too intense.”

“Damn it, what about the flying mounts?”

“They were defeated five of them,” came the reply.

Holy Flame’s heart sank. Even aerial mounts couldn’t match Nie Yan and his group. How did they manage that? He ordered grimly, “Send me the videos!”

A while later, Holy Flame received a set of videos. Nie Yan had killed two aerial mounts with incredible speed. Watching other parts, a griffin attacking Shui Se Yantou was dodged and then pierced through the abdomen by a greatsword, then killed by combined attacks from Lei Su and Cui Can Daoguang. Another wyvern was ambushed by Hei Se Di Yu, Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun, and Yaozi. Hei Se Di Yu used Shadow Bind to trap it, causing it to fall from the sky, then Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun and Yaozi finished it off with magic. Another Venomous Dragonfly was shot down by Xie Yao and Dai Tou Da Ge Qi Zai using magic.

This group was simply too damn monstrous!

Although Krux Fortress had full defenses activated, with Nie Yan and his group’s strength, how could they be contained?

“Damn it, use cannons to bombard them! I want them dead!” Holy Flame roared.

“But the cannons will hit our own people!”

“I don’t care!”

“Boss, Angel Empire’s Angelic Wing is coming, about twenty people total. He requests our cooperation,” a player messaged Holy Flame.

“Follow Angelic Wing’s command!”

“Understood!”

Nie Yan wreaked havoc across Krux. Holy Guardians’ players began retreating into arrow towers, catapults, and other city defenses, using heavy weapons like city cannons and giant crossbows to attack Nie Yan and his group. Boom! Boom! Boom! Each cannonball caused Krux to tremble violently.

“Everyone, be careful! Don’t get hit by the cannons,” Nie Yan warned in the team chat. If even Cui Can Daoguang and Shui Se Yantou were directly hit by such weapons, they probably couldn’t survive.

Flying shrapnel whizzed through Krux, piercing the sky with shrieks. The ground shook violently, almost making it impossible to stand steadily.

“Nie Yan, Lei Su and Cui Can Daoguang are down,” Shui Se Yantou reported heavily in the team chat.

Receiving this message, Nie Yan’s heart sank. He asked, “What happened?”

With Lei Su and Cui Can Daoguang’s strength, who could possibly take them down?

“It was Angelic Wing! We were ambushed,” Shui Se Yantou explained. While attacking an arrow tower, they fell into a trap set by Angelic Wing and others. Angelic Wing was prepared, using several high-level mages to trap them with barriers. If not for Lei Su and Cui Can Daoguang covering his escape, he wouldn’t have made it out either.

“It’s that guy!” Nie Yan’s expression turned cold. Angel Empire had arrived. Angelic Wing himself had already advanced to a top-tier class, and with so many elite members at Angel Empire over level 100, if they planned carefully, they could indeed ambush Lei Su and Cui Can Daoguang.

Nie Yan slammed a nearby stone wall hard, feeling frustrated. Casualties had begun in this battle at Krux.