Nie Yan gave instructions in the guild chat, asking Guo Huai to closely monitor the situation at the End Times Canyon. If any players stood out there, they would be considered for recruitment into the Bull Player Tribe, which itself needed to cultivate experts capable of dealing with players from the Undead Empire and Demon Tribe.
In terms of wilderness survival skills on the battlefield, no class could rival the thief. Nie Yan dispatched approximately three thousand thieves to the End Times Canyon, an ideal place to hone their skills. Other players who wished to go there voluntarily were also welcome.
News of the End Times Canyon’s opening spread quickly. Many players from the underground world arrived at the surface through the canyon’s underground passage, while players from the Grandsland and Saturn Empires also rushed toward the End Times Canyon. Not only the Bull Player Tribe, but all major guilds had sent representatives.
At the beginning, several high grounds and scattered towns inside the canyon became key points of contention among the guilds. The battle situation there was exceptionally fierce.
Nie Yan reviewed the situation in Okolen City. The city’s defenses had been well constructed. What excited him was that his NPC army had expanded to ten thousand strong. Although their quality varied, there were many powerful high-level NPCs among them, making city defense absolutely secure.
Besides Okolen City, Nie Yan had built dozens of fortresses nearby. With the influx of many players, the ability of Abernathy Prairie to resist the Undead Empire and Demon Tribe was gradually increasing.
Checking the time, Nie Yan saw he had dozens of minutes left before logging off. He packed up his items, handed the previously acquired equipment to the Bull Player Tribe’s representative stationed in the Orc King’s City, emptied his backpack to carry more consumables, and prepared to do the Paternoster Hammer task. While preparing, he suddenly received a message.
System: Player Feng Ming acquired the Order Chapter Volume 4 Chapter 2, the Elemental Chapter, located at coordinates (Ice Elemental Temple 385.382.582). Coordinates will be broadcast every hour.
Seeing this system message, Nie Yan’s heart stirred. Someone else had obtained the Order Chapter. The name “Feng Ming” slightly surprised him.
It was him!
The name Feng Ming was well-known; in the previous life, he was undoubtedly the top mage of the Saturn Empire, hunted by Angel Empire until he disappeared. This defiant guy had once been an idol for countless elven mages. In this life, he had switched to a top-tier class even before the Ascended Angel class.
Feng Ming had no background, just a casual player who never grouped with others, always soloing, self-sufficient in equipment. To reach his current level, his talent must be extraordinary.
Nie Yan had long wanted to meet Feng Ming, but Feng Ming was always elusive. The Bull Player Tribe’s intelligence department in the Saturn Empire had never obtained any information about him.
Nie Yan estimated that a player like Feng Ming must now be leveling in high-level maps, rarely returning to cities or appearing publicly. Unexpectedly, he had come knocking on his own.
It seemed Feng Ming had obtained the Order Chapter at the Ice Elemental Temple. Regarding the Ice Elemental Temple, Nie Yan only had a vague understanding. It was the temple of ice mages, recording many ancient magics. Legends said that even the weakest ice mage could become a top expert after studying there, of course, only if they passed certain trials to gain entry. As for the exact location of the Ice Elemental Temple, even those who had entered didn’t know.
Feng Ming should have seen Nie Yan’s Order Chapter by now. They would inevitably meet sooner or later.
Nie Yan smiled slightly, finally about to meet the top expert from the Saturn Empire. His heart couldn’t help but feel excited.
Checking the time again, with only three minutes left before logging off, Nie Yan disconnected from the game and exited the game pod.
After staying in Huanghai for a while, it was time to return. The Tianxia Group had already gotten on track, operating at high speed with so much business that it was bustling with activity. Many conglomerates and factions had opened doors for the Tianxia Group, allowing it to expand rapidly, described as making money hand over fist. Its profit scale even exceeded established conglomerates like Zhengrong and Longyue, making it the most profitable company.
Besides managing his business, Nie Yan’s father had secretly acquired 5% of Century Group, 6% of Longyue Group, and 3% of Zhengrong Group, with investments in other conglomerates as well. Nie Yan could almost see the Tianxia Group slowly shaking up the entire market.
The rapid development of the Tianxia Group made Nie Yan proud. His father was indeed capable. In the previous life, without those so-called relatives like Luo Ming betraying him, he wouldn’t have suffered such a defeat, nor would his father have become so disillusioned.
In this life, everything had been turned around.
Nie Yan drove his Sorn back to the villa with Xie Yao. After unloading their belongings, Xie Yao began cleaning the house. Watching her busy figure, Nie Yan felt warmth and moved.
Nie Yan had another urgent matter to attend to. After informing Xie Yao, he left home and headed directly to another villa nearby.
He naturally hadn’t forgotten Mo Yuntian’s request. He wondered how well Ci Dao had trained those guys. If he disappointed Mo Yuntian’s trust, the consequences would be severe. Therefore, as soon as he arrived, he hurried to check.
Ci Dao bought a villa here, with Mo Yuntian paying the bill. He renovated the interior as a specialized training ground for people like Wang Duo.
At Nie Yan’s request, Ci Dao had been rigorously training Wang Duo and others without pause.
Entering through the villa gate and pushing open the training ground door, what he saw left him stunned.
The training ground was about two or three hundred square meters, fully covered with wooden flooring, very spacious, with windows all around, providing excellent lighting. Many training facilities were placed inside.
At first glance, the entire training ground had only Ci Dao standing. Everyone else lay on the ground like exhausted dogs. They wore loose pants, bare-chested, clearly showing their muscles, with large sweat droplets trickling down to the floor.
Wang Duo lay not far from Ci Dao’s feet, his chest heaving repeatedly. He tried several times to struggle up but eventually collapsed helplessly again.
“This little bit of exercise already wears you out. You claim to be special forces? My brothers, even the crippled ones, are better than you. Don’t lie there like dead dogs. Get up, all of you, you bunch of weaklings…” Ci Dao’s voice was cold and emotionless.
Ci Dao’s mocking words were very offensive; probably anyone would get angry.
Wang Duo and others, however, had no strength left to be angry.
“Ahh!” Wang Duo let out a low growl and slowly staggered to his feet.
Others followed, using their last strength to slowly rise.
Nie Yan didn’t know what method Ci Dao used to exhaust Wang Duo and others to their limits. But judging from the situation, the training results recently should have been quite good.
Nie Yan walked directly toward Ci Dao, looked at Wang Duo and others, and asked beside Ci Dao, “How’s the training going?”
“A bunch of trash. If it weren’t for your money, I wouldn’t bother training them.” Ci Dao said disdainfully, not hiding his contempt for Wang Duo and others.
Wang Duo and others glared at Ci Dao like fierce beasts ready to fight to the death.
“Captain.” Several teammates looked at Wang Duo. If not for Wang Duo holding them back, they would have already rushed at Ci Dao for a showdown.
“Continue training!” Wang Duo said coldly. He had experienced Ci Dao’s strength firsthand; in hand-to-hand combat, he couldn’t even last ten moves. Although filled with anger, he knew they could only keep training to have a chance to defeat Ci Dao.
Wang Duo continued doing squats, one, two, each extremely difficult.
Although they noticed Nie Yan’s arrival, they had strict rules during training: no matter who came, training couldn’t be interrupted.
Ci Dao’s training method was the oldest one: extreme training, exhausting one’s physical strength and continuing training to enhance physical capacity. Although ancient, this method was very effective.
Nie Yan had no objection to Ci Dao’s method and asked, “How much have they improved recently?”
“Training has just started. How could there be any improvement? I don’t know how their instructor trained them. They can’t even handle this little workload. When I was trained, it was at least dozens of times more.” Ci Dao said calmly, seeming somewhat sentimental when recalling the past.
Wang Duo and others’ strength was already very impressive. Nie Yan was somewhat curious about where Ci Dao came from, but he didn’t ask. Ci Dao was a man with secrets. If Nie Yan wanted Ci Dao’s trust, he must respect Ci Dao’s privacy. One day, when Ci Dao wanted to talk, he naturally would.
Seeing Wang Duo and others struggling but persisting, Nie Yan felt he was superfluous here. Ci Dao should be able to complete the training well. He only needed to teach Wang Duo and others the techniques of top-tier classes in the game.
“You have thirty minutes to rest, replenish food and water. Thirty minutes later, I’ll give you a chance to challenge me. If you have any complaints, come and beat me.” Ci Dao’s sharp gaze swept over Wang Duo, Lin Yi, and others.
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