Chapter 821: Ambush

Princess Aina of the Wandering Souls, with each attack, eliminated dozens or even hundreds of players. Slowly, she advanced deeper into the city of Okolen.

Wherever Princess Aina went, buildings crumbled into ruins.

If Princess Aina continued her destruction, no one could predict how much more the Bull Man Tribe would lose.

Nie Yan leaped from a tower, bounced off a rooftop, and lunged toward Princess Aina. The Bloody Dagger and the Slaughter Dagger flashed a sinister red arc through the air.

Although the Zennarde Sword had powerful attributes, it was clearly inferior compared to the set bonus of the Abak Set. Therefore, Nie Yan temporarily placed the Zennarde Sword in his secondary equipment slot and opted to use the two daggers instead. The Zennarde Sword’s immense power could only be fully unleashed after unlocking its final seal.

First, let’s test the power of the Abak Set!

Princess Aina immediately sensed Nie Yan’s presence and lashed a tentacle toward him.

After landing, Nie Yan leaped into the air. With a slash from his Bloody Dagger in his right hand, a red arc cut through the air. With a plop, the tentacle was severed and fell to the ground.

Princess Aina let out a shriek of pain. Her severed tentacle twitched like a snake upon hitting the ground before dissolving into a pool of blood. Soon after, a new tentacle sprouted from the broken end.

A damage number of over 30,000 floated above Princess Aina’s head.

This damage figure stunned all the players momentarily. Their attacks could only inflict a few points of damage on Princess Aina, yet this player in a black cloak had dealt over 30,000 damage. Who was he?

“It’s Leader Nieyan! Leader Nieyan is here!”

Soon, some teammates recognized Nieyan, causing an immediate uproar.

“Keep attacking! Don’t stop!” Nieyan commanded in the guild chat channel.

“Understood!”

The players responded in unison, continuing their magical and ranged attacks on Princess Aina.

The players not belonging to the Bull Man Tribe exchanged glances. So it was the Rogue Nieyan. No wonder the damage was so high. This is terrifying! Is this the effect of the Abak Set!

The Abak Set’s attributes allowed Nieyan to ignore Princess Aina’s defense, dealing armor-piercing damage. Additionally, the Abak Set enabled Nieyan to completely ignore the thirty-level gap between him and Princess Aina, making each strike highly effective.

Princess Aina’s attention was immediately drawn to Nieyan. She continuously lashed her tentacles downward, boom after boom, eliminating players one by one. However, Nieyan swiftly dodged, his speed astonishingly fast, causing Princess Aina’s attacks to miss every time.

After equipping the Abak Set, Nieyan’s speed became lightning fast, leaving behind trails of afterimages.

Dodging a wave of Princess Aina’s attacks, Nieyan suddenly approached her, launching three skills in rapid succession: Backstab, Shadow Phantom Strike, and Reverse Backstab. The three skills were executed in quick succession, with an incredible attack speed, each dealing massive damage.

Among these three damage numbers, two exceeded 30,000, and one critical strike reached a staggering 300,000.

The players at the periphery collectively gasped. Good heavens, such a terrifying critical strike! Is that guy even human!

Princess Aina, severely wounded, let out a piercing scream and swung her tentacles downward. However, before her tentacles could reach the ground, a figure swiftly dashed past, dodging her attack. Boom after boom, her attacks continued to miss.

Princess Aina’s attack frequency was too high. The area around her was already littered with corpses. The players at the periphery gradually dared not approach Princess Aina anymore, leaving a large open space around her, with only Nieyan remaining.

Nieyan continued to dodge Princess Aina’s attacks while occasionally counterattacking, dealing some damage.

“Leader Nieyan is just too strong. Despite Princess Aina’s dense attacks, he can still dodge so calmly.”

“You don’t know who you’re talking about.”

The players at the periphery murmured in amazement. Watching Nieyan face Princess Aina so effortlessly, they felt that if it were them against such a powerful boss, they would have been in a panic already.

With Nieyan drawing Princess Aina’s attention, the players outside could attack freely. Although their damage was low individually, with so many players, combined with arrow towers and arcane cannons, the cumulative damage was still considerable.

After about half an hour, Princess Aina’s health had finally decreased by around 10%.

Suddenly, Princess Aina let out a piercing scream, sending shockwaves outward.

As the scream echoed, Nieyan quickly activated his Mental Immunity, resulting in a MISS text floating above his head.

Nieyan’s timing was impeccable, but the players outside weren’t so lucky. Many were hit by the shockwave, feeling as if struck by an area-of-effect spell. Like ants, a dense crowd of players was instantly swept away, with at least five or six thousand players eliminated.

Princess Aina became even more frenzied in her pursuit of Nieyan, sending dozens of tentacles toward him.

As the tentacles were about to ensnare him, Nieyan activated Dash, swiftly fleeing outward.

Princess Aina immediately gave chase, crashing through two or three buildings along the way.

Soon after, another large group of players gathered.

After dodging Princess Aina’s attacks, Nieyan leaped into the air. The Bloody Dagger and the Slaughter Dagger swept in a spinning motion, severing two tentacles. However, Princess Aina quickly regenerated two new tentacles.

This opponent was just too troublesome!

Princess Aina plunged the players of Okolen City into a state of despair. What a terrifying boss! Nieyan had already achieved an incredible feat, but it was unrealistic to expect him alone to defeat a level 180 demonized lord. They could only rely on a swarm strategy to overwhelm her!

Corpse after corpse littered the ground, blood flowing like a river. Most of the fallen players quickly ran back to their corpses to resurrect and continued fighting against Princess Aina. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of players remained on standby outside, most of whom were unaffiliated, independent players.

News of Okolen City being attacked by a level 180 demonized lord quickly spread, and the battle footage was streamed online. While players were astonished by the power of a level 180 demonized lord, they were even more amazed by the scale of the battle. Hundreds of thousands of players threw themselves into the fray fearlessly, like an endless swarm of ants. The Bull Man Tribe had such an incredible ability to rally people!

Many players volunteered to assist the Bull Man Tribe, though the exact reason was unclear. However, the Bull Man Tribe’s players were all elites, widely connected, and adept at rallying friends, so gathering such a large number of players wasn’t entirely unexpected.

Besides the sheer numbers, Nieyan’s formidable combat prowess against Princess Aina left them awestruck. That guy was practically inhuman!

No one knew when this battle would end. Leaders of various guilds closely monitored the developments in Okolen City. Angel with Raised Wings, Cao Xu, and others were all watching the live stream of the battle in Okolen City. For them, the attack on Okolen City by a level 180 demonized lord was actually good news. Although Princess Aina’s health was decreasing slowly, it was indeed being whittled away. They gradually became restless and began to plot behind the scenes.

Princess Aina chased after Nieyan, casting various spells, including Entangle and Slow, attempting to trap him. Nieyan, however, used his unmatched speed to continuously evade her attacks, giving the players on the periphery ample time to attack.

“Princess Aina is just too invincible.”

“You don’t understand. This is a level 180 demonized lord. Once, I and some friends formed a group of twenty players, averaging level 90s. We encountered a level 60 demonized lord, thinking we’d be fine, but we were wiped out instantly. If a level 60 demonized lord was that strong, imagine how powerful a level 180 demonized lord must be!”

The battle raged on intensely as time passed.

As Nieyan and others were dealing with Princess Aina, a group of seventy to eighty players entered Okolen City. They wore no guild insignia and were a group of independent players. Their equipment was quite good, and their average level was at least 130.

These were elite players gathered by Cao Xu. They rarely appeared publicly, and most players were unfamiliar with them. They had just received a mission from Cao Xu and arrived in Okolen City. They were all loyal followers of Cao Xu, rarely appearing in the guild, and only acted upon direct orders from him.

Among this group, the leader was a fire mage named Huo Hu (Fox Fire), in his thirties, wearing a red robe.

“The boss said that if we succeed in this mission, each of us will receive a bonus of ten times the usual amount. Give it your all. Anyone who slacks off will face consequences,” Huo Hu stated solemnly in the team chat.

“Understood!” they responded in unison.

This group pushed through the surging crowd toward the central battlefield. From afar, they saw Princess Aina’s massive form, exchanging glances filled with shock. The experience of seeing her in person was completely different from watching a video. For the Rogue Nieyan to have held off Princess Aina for so long without being eliminated was simply incredible.

Under Princess Aina’s relentless pursuit, Nieyan quickly retreated, slashing with his daggers to sever her tentacles. As he saw fiery torrents crashing down, he swiftly dodged using Shadow Dance Step, then pulled out the Headless Horseman D’lo’s Crossbow, turning around to fire several bolts.

With no escape route, Nieyan lured Princess Aina toward a nearby street where over a thousand players were gathered.

“Quick, move aside! Get out of the way!” Nieyan waved for the players to scatter, but there were simply too many people, a dense black mass, and they couldn’t disperse quickly enough in such a short time.