Chapter 756: Demon Feather

It was almost time!

Nie Yan’s left hand moved, and he had already switched to the Paternoster Warhammer.

Frost Guard!

The temperature of the surrounding air dropped sharply, and all nearby ice elements rapidly gathered. A white layer of ice formed around Nie Yan, quickly thickening to securely protect him inside.

Nie Yan was like a statue, surrounded by a massive block of ice.

With a loud bang, the Demon Slaughterer’s sword energy struck the ice block.

MISS.

The Demon Slaughterer’s attack left a thin crack on the ice block, but soon, the crack healed visibly before anyone’s eyes.

After activating Frost Guard, Nie Yan became invincible, and the Demon Slaughterer’s attacks were completely ineffective against him.

At the same time, all of Nie Yan’s life signs vanished, and the Demon Slaughterer’s enmity toward him dropped to zero.

The Demon Slaughterer’s hatred finally shifted to nearby archery towers and players.

A chaotic battle began. The Demon Slaughterer continuously slaughtered nearby players from the Angel Dominion guild, toppling archery towers one by one. During the chaos, it occasionally attacked the barrier surrounding the guild headquarters, causing the barrier to tremble slightly.

When An Yi Tian Shi and others arrived, they found that the area surrounding the Demon Slaughterer had already become a wasteland.

“Where is Kuang Zei Nai Yan?” An Yi Tian Shi searched the area with his eyes, finally focusing on Nie Yan frozen inside the ice block.

“Kuang Zei Nai Yan has frozen himself. It’s somewhat similar to a mage’s Ice Seal Guard,” Piao Lai Piao Qu said. A regular mage’s Ice Seal Guard could only last about twenty to thirty seconds, making it a useful skill in battle. However, Nie Yan’s Frost Guard was clearly much stronger than a regular mage’s Ice Seal Guard.

While frozen, he was invincible, immune to all normal attacks, and his enmity was instantly cleared. No wonder the Demon Slaughterer had shifted its target.

“Boss, what do we do now?”

“Assign a few people to monitor Kuang Zei Nai Yan. The rest of you, follow me to deal with the Demon Slaughterer!” An Yi Tian Shi said. The Demon Slaughterer had already destroyed many buildings in Clemency Fortress. If it continued, no one could predict what would happen to Clemency Fortress.

A group of rogues surrounded Nie Yan, while everyone else focused their attention on the Demon Slaughterer.

Under the concentrated fire of the archery towers, the Demon Slaughterer’s health steadily decreased.

The two sides began to wear each other down. Facing so many archery towers at once, the Demon Slaughterer’s health dropped rapidly.

After about twenty minutes, the Demon Slaughterer’s health dropped to 13%. The Demon Slaughterer entered a berserk state, destroying over a dozen archery towers, gradually reaching critical health. At this point, the Demon Slaughterer’s health finally became visible, showing barely over a million.

One could only imagine how astonishingly high its full health must have been.

Even after going berserk, the Demon Slaughterer couldn’t reverse its defeat. Even at its peak, it couldn’t take down so many archery towers.

Nie Yan, still frozen inside the ice, couldn’t move his body, but he could clearly see everything happening outside. The Demon Slaughterer was nearly finished. He estimated that within three to five minutes, it would be killed by the concentrated attacks.

This was a great opportunity. He wondered what the Demon Slaughterer would drop.

Although there were seventy or eighty rogues watching him, they were no match for him!

“Everyone, push harder! That guy is almost dead!” An Yi Tian Shi shouted in the party chat, feeling a bit excited as success was near.

Everyone poured in a fierce assault.

As the Demon Slaughterer’s health neared depletion, it became even more frenzied. It let out a furious roar, its entire body engulfed in flames, resembling a flaming giant. It flapped its wings, hovering into the air, and began a low chant.

“It’s a forbidden spell! Everyone be careful! Who can interrupt it!”

No one responded. After all, it was a level 130 demon lord. Their interrupt skills were completely ineffective against a demon lord.

After a few incantation syllables, the entire area within a radius of five or six hundred yards burst into roaring flames. Everything was engulfed in fire. Fortunately, all the buildings in Clemency Fortress were made of stone, so they didn’t collapse despite the burning.

The rooftops were safe. An Yi Tian Shi and others quickly jumped onto higher buildings to avoid the flames, hastily applying protective shields to themselves.

Thankfully, it was only a small-scale forbidden spell. Otherwise, Clemency Fortress would have suffered heavy losses.

In the midst of the flames, the protective barrier outside the guild headquarters suffered some damage.

The Demon Slaughterer seemed to have no intention of stopping, continuing to chant incantations. The spell it was preparing this time was clearly stronger than the previous firestorm ability.

If this continued, the guild headquarters might be destroyed.

“Finish it off now! Hurry!” An Yi Tian Shi roared in the group chat. A dense hail of arrows flew into the sky.

The Demon Slaughterer’s health was down to a sliver, estimated to be only a few ten thousand left.

An Yi Tian Shi loaded five arrows onto his bowstring, uttering a low command. These five arrows transformed into massive fire arrows, and at this moment, he looked like a god incarnate. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The five blazing fire arrows flew straight toward the Demon Slaughterer.

Seeing this, Nie Yan’s eyes suddenly narrowed. Around him, the underground inferno raged, flames licking against his Frost Guard, but failing to melt it even slightly. The flames were completely blocked outside. The rogues watching him were either already killed by the firestorm or had fled.

The Demon Slaughterer was already on its last breath. How could he miss this opportunity!

Release!

The Frost Guard quickly dissolved and evaporated. Nie Yan automatically canceled the Frost Guard skill. As the Frost Guard disappeared, a wave of scorching heat hit him. Inside the Frost Guard, he had felt no heat from the surrounding flames. Only after canceling the Frost Guard did he realize how intensely hot these flames were, as if they could melt a person completely.

Haste Step!

Nie Yan activated Haste Step and dove into the flames.

Level 18 Haste Step had nearly nine seconds of invincibility. Using this invincibility, Nie Yan activated his Jump skill, propelling himself upward about twenty to thirty yards, flying toward the Demon Slaughterer.

Pew! Pew! Pew! An Yi Tian Shi’s blazing fire arrows hit the Demon Slaughterer, exploding into dazzling fireworks in the air.

Floating damage numbers of five to six thousand appeared above the Demon Slaughterer’s head.

Even Nie Yan was somewhat surprised. He didn’t know what skill that was, but it dealt incredibly high damage. With five hits totaling around twenty-five to thirty thousand damage, the Demon Slaughterer’s health was depleted. It choked on its final incantation syllable, emitting a sharp, raspy cry. Streams of electricity swept across its body, and it disintegrated in midair.

These electric currents, like dragons and snakes, flew everywhere, striking the archery towers, which instantly turned to dust.

The Demon Slaughterer was dead!

An Yi Tian Shi exhaled in relief. Using that skill had drained all his mana. As the Demon Slaughterer died, white light radiated from him, instantly restoring both his health and mana to full.

Awesome! As An Yi Tian Shi was about to look down at his status, he noticed a figure in the sky flying toward the Demon Slaughterer’s corpse floating in midair.

“It’s Kuang Zei Nai Yan! Don’t let him get the loot from the Demon Slaughterer!” Lie Yan shouted. He kicked off the ground, launching himself like a cannonball toward Nie Yan.

An Yi Tian Shi had no time to check his stats now. He quickly drew five arrows and shot them at Nie Yan.

A single feather slowly drifted down from the Demon Slaughterer’s body, fluttering in the wind.

This feather was pitch-black, its color as pure as a black diamond. Slowly floating through the air, it refracted dazzling and magnificent black light, almost blinding to look at.

That’s it!

The Demon Slaughterer dropping a feather surprised everyone. After all, the Demon Slaughterer had a pair of flesh wings. Why would it have a feather? According to legend, demons were fallen angels who had undergone long evolution, transforming into their current forms, yet retaining one feather. It was said that the Demon’s Feather was a treasure sought after by all legendary NPCs.

These legends were merely folklore, not recorded in the library of the Grinland Empire, but only passed among NPCs, so whether they were true or false was unknown.

Everyone’s attention focused on this single feather.

“Don’t let Kuang Zei Nai Yan get it!” An Yi Tian Shi shouted anxiously. He hastily drew arrow after arrow, trying to shoot Nie Yan.

About ten yards away from the feather, Nie Yan’s gaze fell on the Demon Slaughterer’s corpse. At this moment, the corpse had not yet fully disintegrated.

Running out of momentum, Nie Yan’s body began rapidly descending. He extended his left hand, shooting out a strand of spider silk that latched onto the Demon Slaughterer’s corpse. With a sudden pull, his falling body found support and shot forward like an arrow.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Several arrows whizzed past Nie Yan’s body, missing him.

Getting closer and closer to the feather, Nie Yan extended his right hand and grabbed it. He had it!

The moment the feather landed in his palm, a dark, corrosive force nearly burned Nie Yan.

Nie Yan quickly threw the feather into his backpack, rapidly retracting the spider silk. His body, due to inertia, flew far away.

“Damn it! Kill him! Shoot him now!” An Yi Tian Shi was furious watching Nie Yan snatch the loot they had worked so hard to obtain.

With a buzz, hundreds of nearby archery towers launched a coordinated volley. Countless arrows shot toward Nie Yan’s location. Thousands of arrows flying through the sky darkened the heavens momentarily.