The Winged Angel kept shooting arrows non-stop. The other four top-tier professional players also took action, floating around waving their staves, casting spells to help The Winged Angel draw aggro.
As for Lieyan, he accelerated forward without attacking the Demon Slayer, only using a defensive stance to constantly block the Demon Slayer’s path.
Canying occasionally placed various trap totems. Each step the Demon Slayer took almost triggered a totem, resulting in continuous booming sounds. Although the damage wasn’t significant, it greatly hindered the Demon Slayer’s movement.
As for Butcher Shakh, he had disappeared somewhere, likely stealthily lurking nearby.
The Demon Slayer was enraged by The Winged Angel. With a swing of its greatsword, a giant sword beam slashed towards The Winged Angel and Floating Around.
With a bang, the ground was cut into a deep trench. At the moment the sword beam descended, The Winged Angel and Floating Around suddenly vanished, blinking to a location roughly fifty to sixty yards away, continuing their attacks with arrows and spells.
The Demon Slayer found movement difficult among the many buildings, constantly bombarded by attacks from magic cannons and arrow towers, causing significant damage.
The firepower was intense, with arrows and iron bullets flying everywhere in the sky.
The Demon Slayer’s health dropped by about 30%. Observing this, Nie Yan estimated that if this continued, the Demon Slayer would be defeated in another half hour.
If it were in the wilds, the Demon Slayer might have shown its might, but within this heavily fortified stronghold, it couldn’t withstand the city’s defenses.
The Winged Angel drew the Demon Slayer’s attention, minimizing the destruction of buildings, which proved quite effective.
The Demon Slayer occasionally stopped, searching for The Winged Angel’s whereabouts. With too many buildings, it couldn’t charge as it would on flat ground, while The Winged Angel darted through alleys, continuously firing arrows, making it impossible for the Demon Slayer to locate him.
It was like a game of hide-and-seek, with the Demon Slayer constantly swinging sword beams but never managing to eliminate The Winged Angel.
Nie Yan, hidden nearby, swiftly approached The Winged Angel. In this situation, if Nie Yan launched a surprise attack, The Winged Angel would be certain to die.
The Winged Angel remained oblivious to the impending danger.
Just as Nie Yan was about to strike, the Demon Slayer seemed to sense something, turning its gaze toward Nie Yan.
A chill rose from Nie Yan’s heart. He felt alarmed—he had been discovered by the Demon Slayer! It was truly a case of attempting to steal a chicken but losing a handful of rice instead. Despite the intense attacks, the Demon Slayer’s aggro was still focused on him, which he hadn’t anticipated.
Burst of Speed!
Nie Yan suddenly accelerated, his figure darting towards the densely packed buildings. Having studied the defensive layout of Clemency Fortress, he was thoroughly familiar with the building arrangements and thus chose the narrowest, most congested alleys.
The Demon Slayer suddenly took flight, chasing in Nie Yan’s direction, recklessly destroying buildings along its path.
“Out of control aggro?” The Winged Angel was stunned as he watched the Demon Slayer recklessly charging after something. A sudden realization struck him, and he quickly typed in the team chat, “It’s Rogue Nie Yan! Cut him off! Don’t let him reach the guild headquarters!”
The Winged Angel assumed Nie Yan was trying to lure the Demon Slayer to Angel Dominion’s guild headquarters, unaware that Nie Yan’s only intention at this moment was self-preservation.
Building after building was destroyed by the Demon Slayer, each demolition causing The Winged Angel’s heart to bleed. He had already cursed Nie Yan countless times in his mind.
“Nie Yan, head north! Angel Dominion’s people are all gathered there!” Ji Feng quickly private messaged Nie Yan.
Seeing Ji Feng’s message, Nie Yan immediately understood his intent and adjusted his direction accordingly.
A group of elite players from Angel Dominion were gathered together, awaiting The Winged Angel’s instructions, discussing noisily about how the Demon Slayer had appeared.
“The leader said Rogue Nie Yan is inside Clemency Fortress. I wonder if it’s true.”
“It must be certain. Probably the Demon Slayer was lured here by him.”
Watching the commotion near the city gates, they felt uneasy, uncertain about how the situation would unfold. Several players felt a breeze pass by but didn’t raise their guard, assuming it was natural wind. Suddenly, players nearby became agitated.
“It’s the Demon Slayer! It’s coming this way!”
“My God Almighty!”
At this moment, not far from them, the Demon Slayer was flapping its wings, charging forward with a sword slash unleashing a sweeping sword beam.
As the sword beam descended, cries of agony rang out, and countless white lights illuminated the area.
“Attack!”
“Quickly scatter everyone!”
Voices rose and fell in a cacophony, as mages and demon hunters launched their attacks. Arrows and spells tore through the sky, landing on the Demon Slayer. However, their damage was minimal, with only around a hundred points at best, and mostly just a few dozen. Against the Demon Slayer’s massive health pool, this damage was practically negligible.
The Demon Slayer didn’t stop, merely sweeping through, but in its wake lay five to six hundred corpses.
“Scatter everyone! Don’t cluster together!” The Winged Angel, catching up and witnessing the scene, regretted his decision and quickly typed in the team chat.
Gradually, the Demon Slayer moved out of the range of the magic artillery. The Winged Angel dared not aim the magic artillery at the heart of Clemency Fortress, but the densely packed arrow towers within the fortress maintained their relentless barrage. Once the Demon Slayer ascended, it became the target of all.
During the chase after Nie Yan, the Demon Slayer also sustained significant injuries.
“We go this way!” Observing the Demon Slayer’s aerial pursuit direction, The Winged Angel typed in the team chat. The five of them flanked from another direction.
Rain of Flames!
A barrage of fireballs swept towards Nie Yan.
Feeling the fire rain approaching, Nie Yan extended his left hand, shooting out a strand of spider silk that adhered to a distant building. With a sudden pull, his body soared, landing twenty to thirty yards away.
After the fire rain missed, instead of stopping, it shifted towards Nie Yan.
“Damn it, not giving up,” Nie Yan muttered in frustration.
He leaped, soaring twenty to thirty yards to the top of another building, then jumped towards yet another.
“All arrow towers, focus fire! Take down Rogue Nie Yan first!” The Winged Angel’s face contorted with ferocious intensity.
Nie Yan noticed the nearby arrow towers beginning to target him. He now had to dodge both the Demon Slayer’s attacks and the arrow towers’ fire simultaneously.
Even with Nie Yan’s formidable defense, if caught in the arrow towers’ barrage, he would be instantly killed.
Seeing a swarm of arrows like locusts densely descending, Nie Yan threw himself forward. The street’s surface was immediately filled with arrows, densely packed. Hardly dodging them, before he could steady himself, another wave of arrows came down.
Nie Yan quickly ducked behind a wall, but still took several hits, each dealing three to four thousand damage.
Checking his health, it had dropped by 56%.
Just as he prepared to escape using the wall, the Demon Slayer flapped its wings, appearing in the distant sky, its giant blade resembling a raised scythe of death.
Shadow Dance Steps!
Nie Yan suddenly vanished, flipping over the wall and fleeing rapidly.
As Nie Yan prepared to escape, several figures appeared at the nearby alley entrance. A shaman waved his staff, placing anti-invisibility totems.
The Winged Angel and the others had arrived, nearly sealing off all of Nie Yan’s escape routes.
“There he is!” Canyin shouted in the team chat, his anti-invisibility totem locking onto Nie Yan’s position.
Nie Yan’s figure flashed, vaulting over the nearby wall.
“Damn, he’s fast!” Canyin also climbed onto the wall. At that moment, a massive meteor from the sky crashed down, prompting Canyin to quickly use a vanish ability, disappearing abruptly.
With a deafening roar, the nearby ground was reduced to ruins.
The scene had become chaotic, with the Demon Slayer and nearby arrow towers attacking Nie Yan. While The Winged Angel and the other five tried to intercept Nie Yan, they also had to be cautious of the Demon Slayer’s threats.
“No matter what, we must eliminate Rogue Nie Yan today!” The Winged Angel decisively declared in the team chat. He likely understood this might be his only chance to defeat Nie Yan. If Nie Yan slipped away this time, Angel Dominion would be utterly disgraced.
The Winged Angel drew five arrows, placing them on his bowstring, swiftly leaping across building tops to seize the high ground, clearly observing the situation below.
He hadn’t expected the situation to escalate to such a severe point. Glancing at his unusable random teleport scroll, he realized that if he died today, the losses would be significant. Several scrolls of Order, the Deathbringer Blade, and the Paternoster Hammer would all be dropped.
He had been a bit careless earlier, but now wasn’t the time for regret. He had no choice but to shake off the pursuers first.
Nie Yan darted past an arrow tower, the front now a long street. He immediately activated all his speed-boosting skills, using Shadow Step techniques to sprint forward at an astonishing speed.
Approaching a turn ahead, he was about to change direction when suddenly, with a bang, something exploded in front of him, instantly blinding him.
It was a Goblin Flash Grenade!
Nie Yan’s heart sank. He had lost his vision, everything in front of him turning white and blinding.
Almost simultaneously with the blindness, Nie Yan sensed a chilling coldness piercing towards the back of his head.
There was a rogue!
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